History Main / FairyCompanion

* The Best Fairy Ever from ''WebComic/AxeCop''. Abilities include a shrinking poison spray, a giant poison spray, and the capability to fly inside a bad guy and either slice or punch her way out.

* Link from ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'' is frequently [[ExpositionFairy accompanied by fairies.]] [[StopHelpingMe Unfortunately]]. Examples:
** The most (in)famous of them is Navi, introduced in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime''.
** ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaPhantomHourglass'' has 3 different ones that can each be powered up to raise attack, defense or have the sword beam. Arguably the most useful ones so far, even story-wise.
** The spin-off Nintendo Power comic, ''Comicbook/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkToThePast'', also gave Link a fairy companion named Epheremelda, who ''also'' had a crush on Link and at one point abandoned him in a huff out of jealousy of his feelings for Zelda.
*** The American series done by Valiant (''Comicbook/TheLegendOfZelda'') amd based on the first two games, gave him a fairy companion named Miff.
*** Another spin-off comic, a manga based on ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaLinksAwakening'' created a fairy companion named Felicia that disappeared along with the island at the end of the story. She was ''also'' in love with Link. Clearly Nintendo picked up on a trend when they finally added canonical companions to the series, amd Miyamoto also stated that [[WordOfGod Navi is also in love with Link.]] He gets around.
** Even ''Tingle'' has one, of sorts, named Pinkle, in ''VideoGame/FreshlyPickedTinglesRosyRupeeland''.
** Skull Kid, the villain of ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaMajorasMask'', had two, Tatl and Tael. Tatl gets separated from them and becomes Link's companion instead.
** The onscreen cursor in the Wii version of ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess'' appears as a fairy, although this game's [[TheImp companion]] [[{{Tsundere}} is rather]] [[DarkIsNotEvil different]].
** The ExpositionFairy of ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaSpiritTracks'', Princess Zelda's spirit, travels in the form of a little glowy ball, resembling a wingless fairy. When she wants to talk, she's your usual, glowing and floating in mid-air, [[OurGhostsAreDifferent ghost-girl]].
** Fi fills this role in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaSkywardSword'', she travels in the Master Sword, but materializes into a human size fairy to talk.

* Back when ''MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha'' [[TheAnimeOfTheGame was just a collection of mini-scenarios included in the]] ''TriangleHeart3SweetSongsForever'' Lyrical Toy Box fandisk, Lindy took the role of a pixie that served as Nanoha's FairyCompanion.

* ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiIIINocturne'':
** The protagonist's first demon ally is Pixie. Although, through the evolution and fusion systems, it can become any number of other creatures, some more horrible than others. However, keeping whatever creature would be considered the "descendant" of the original fairy all the way through the end of the BonusDungeon will cause it to turn back into its fairy form... but [[GameBreaker far, far more powerful.]]
** Shows up again in the DigitalDevilSaga BonusBoss fight with the Demi-Fiend, clearly powered-up, slinging dark matter around. Mind you what comes out of Demi-Fiends ''other'' poke-balls are clearly not pixies!

* Kururu from ''RhapsodyAMusicalAdventure''.

* Mieu in ''VideoGame/TalesOfTheAbyss''.
* Issun from ''VideoGame/{{Okami}}'' can be considered a fairy companion, coming from a race of tiny, forest-dwelling spirits. At first glance he might look like a bug, but close-up shots reveal him to instead be a tiny man wearing a beetle shell as a hat.
* In ''VideoGame/SeikenDensetsu3'', the main character you choose will share a body with a fairy from the Holy Land. Said character will also double as TheChosenOne. [[spoiler: Fairies are also seeds for the Mana Tree.]]
* In the ''VideoGame/WorldOfMana'' games in general, mana spirits sometimes manifest as fairy-like creatures.
* In ''VideoGame/DragonQuestIX'', your PlayerCharacter has one of these. She is called Stella and acts as an adviser to the player.
* In ''VideoGame/DawnOfMana'', Keldy can't cast magic at all (and until near the end of the game, seems to be nothing more than a BadassNormal caught up in events beyond his control); his fairy companion Faye does it for him. It's eventually revealed that [[spoiler: fairy + tree maiden + Mana Sword = Mana Tree]].

* [[{{Meido}} Fiona's]] ending in ''VideoGame/ArcanaHeart'' showed her being accompanied by one in the Elemental World in her quest to become human again.
* The eponymous character of ''{{Astyanax}}'' has a fairy sidekick named Cutie, who drags him into [[TrappedInAnotherWorld another world]] to fight the forces of the dark wizard Blackhorn. She occasionally appears as a power-up item, allowing the hero to refill his magic supply, or [[MorphWeapon change the shape of his magic weapon]]. She's also in love with him, and at the end she [[spoiler:gets reincarnated as a human back in Astayanax's own world]].
* NeverwinterNights allows you to have a fairy as a familiar, she can be quite useful, as long as the quiet tinkling [[MostAnnoyingSound doesn't drive you completely mad]]
* GuardiansCrusade has Nehani. Really, her [[spoiler:gigantic crush on Knight]] is sweet and all, but she can be a bit of a nag sometimes. What kind of friend ''doesn't'' want you ransacking every house you find for treasure?
* In ''HarvestMoon Exciting Animal March'', the player character is followed around by Finn, the orange, flying, miniature [[SixthRanger sixth harvest sprite]] who [[HeKnowsAboutTimedHits gives the character advice]] and [[ExpositionFairy prods him or her to advance the plot]].
* Lilli in ''{{Rosenkreuzstilette}}''
* ''VideoGame/SuperPaperMario'' actually features a lot of different 'Pixl' partners who are basically powerups that can be switched out. You also have your (mostly) constant companion [[ExpositionFairy Tippi]], who actually serves an important purpose in the plot...
* In ''VideoGame/MitsumeteKnight'', the Asian (the player's avatar) is followed by Piko, a fairy being originating from his heart, that only him can see. She's his sidekick since his young days.

* VideoGame/Kirby64TheCrystalShards: Kirby does all of the work, while Ribbon collects the titular Crystal Shards [[spoiler: until the TrueFinalBoss battle and Ribbon + Completed Crystal becomes Kirby's EleventhHourSuperpower]].
* Leonard has one in ''{{Drakengard}}''. Unlike many of the other examples here, this fairy is extremely malevolent and seems to have little purpose in life other than making Leonard's own life as miserable as possible, which kind of makes you wonder why he agreed to form a pact with the fairy in the first place.
* ''Anime/AgentAika'' gives every player a fairy companion called a Pran. And yes, they do have their own personalities, and will frequently mouth off to your army commanders. They also have a bad habit of refusing to use their magic to help you at the worst possible time.
* ''Growlanser'' (the first) has Tippi, a fairy-shaped homunculus, who's basically a voice acted Navi. Her function is mostly to be an ExpositionFairy to compensate for the HeroicMime, though she also has the lovely function of shouting things whenever you battle an enemy. Her little "IKKKEEEEEEEEE!!" is particularly [[strike:annoying]] notable.

* ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaSymphonyOfTheNight'' has, among others, a summonable fairy familiar that can use items to heal you and cure status changes.
* ''SpyroTheDragon'' is traditionally accompanied by a dragonfly, named Sparx.
** A straighter example may be Zoe the fairy, while Sparks only speaks in speedway stages in the third game, Zoe is quick to stop you in the middle of your path and [[StopHelpingMe remind you of stuff you've already known for a while.]]
* Silk from the ''[[FantasticNightDreamsCotton Cotton]]'' ShootEmUp series.
* ''VideoGame/DustAnElysianTail'' gives us Fidget, an [[RidiculouslyCuteCritter adorable]] [[CartoonCreature nimbat]] who guards the [[EmpathicWeapon Sword of Ahrah]]. She fills the role of PluckyComicRelief and [[BreakingTheFourthWall Fourth Wall Breaker]]. She uses a weak attack that becomes [[DeathInAllDirections ridiculously powerful]] when [[{{Combos}} combined]] with Dust's [[SignatureMove Dust]] [[BlowYouAway Storm]].
* In the [[NoExportForYou Japan-only]] ''Gaia Master'' series by Capcom, the fairy Variel acts as tutorial and referee. [[spoiler: She's also a secret character in the Dreamcast game.]]
* In the freeware Roguelike ''Dungeonminder'', you play as an unseen FairyCompanion to an AI hero.
* In the first two games in the ''Videogame/{{Awakening}}'' series, Princess Sophia is guided by Mira, a fairy assigned to her by the Fairy Queen. Starting with the third game, Mira is replaced by a fairy owl named Ran.

* ''Videogame/BravelyDefault'' has Airy, the titularly "Flying Fairy." Just take off the "F" and you get her name!

* Muses in ''{{Talislanta}}'' are accompanied by Sprite-like creatures called Whisps. Which is amusing, as the Muses themselves are fairy-like, making them and the Whisps ''each other's'' [[FairyCompanion Fairy Companions]].

* Literature/PeterPan accompanied by Tinker Bell. TropeCodifier if not TropeMaker.
* Quite a few stories involving SantaClaus, such as ''TheLifeAndAdventuresOfSantaClaus'' and ''SilverSpurs'', give him Fairy Companions to accompany him on his sleigh ride. Usually, they unlock the door when the house doesn't have a chimney. (Such stories make you [[FridgeLogic wonder why he bothers with chimneys at all]] but that's another matter.)
* Subverted in the offbeat novel ''Top Dog''. The hero (a dog) attends a meeting held by the evil side of the setting's battle between the forces of good and evil with a tiny sprite spy hidden in his ear. After the meeting, he sends her off to report what they have heard to the other good guys and she happily flies off [[spoiler: and gets swallowed by a bullfrog.]]

* This is also the basis for the novel ''How To Ditch Your Fairy.'' Most people have one, but they can't see or communicate with it. They only know that they have one because they have particularly good luck in one area of life.

* Beatrice Shakespeare Smith in ''Eyes Like Stars: Theatre Illuminata, Act I'' by Lisa Mantchev is accompanied by 4 fairies throughout her adventures: Mustardseed, Cobweb, Peaseblossom and Moth, of ''A Midsummer Night's Dream'' fame.
* In the first book of the ''{{Sword of Truth}}'' series, Kahlan has a companion by the name of Shar, [[OurFairiesAreDifferent who is a night wisp.]] Shar helped Kahlan keep her sanity when she traveled through the boundary, but as a result of the boundary, as well as Darken Rahl's influence and power, she and her kind are dying.

* In the ''Franchise/SailorMoon'' manga, each of the Planet Senshi has a Sprite that basically looks like a chibi version of their respective ward, though they never appeared in other continuities. At one point, Usagi/Serena was going to have a pet fairy named Diana, The idea was scrapped, but the name was retained for Artemis & Luna's daughter.

* The creator and staff of the above series liked Cham so much that she was given an {{Expy}} in their later, notably more [[ScienceFiction Sci-Fi]] work, ''Anime/HeavyMetalLGaim''. Said Expy, Lillith Fuau, was even [[PigeonholedVoiceActor voiced by]] [[ActorAllusion the same woman as Cham]]. Cham and Lilith even get to meet in ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars4'' and ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsCompact''.
* In the manga ''AquaKnight'', [[ActionGirl heroine]] Ruliya saves a caterpillar from her brother when the two are children. The lucky bug metamorphoses into a butterfly-like fairy named Pinoque, who crosses paths with Ruliya again years later during her quest for knighthood.

* Lily of KiniroNoCorda.

* In the manga, ''DragonKnights'', once the fairies are wiped out by a mysterious force, the surviving ones join up with the heroes.
* [[AxisPowersHetalia England and Norway]] both have these, in addition to a plethora of ''other'' magical creatures.
* Falan Fa from ''Anime/GarzeysWing''.
* [[OjamajoDoremi Doremi]] and friends all had one. Notably, we do not see Onpu's until the first ep of season 2.
* [[FushigiboshiNoFutagoHime Fine and Rein]] [[DoubleEntendre got a pair]] in season 2.
* Combined with GhostInTheMachine to create the Guardian Charas in ''ShugoChara''.
* While not technically a fairy, [[MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha Reinforce Zwei]] acts like this towards her Meister, Yagami Hayate. Certainly not helped by her [[FunSize 30cm-ish tall figure]]. She stops being chibi and becomes fully human sized by Force.
** In the original ''Lyrical Toy Box'' short, it was ''Lindy'' who was the FairyCompanion to Nanoha.
* Primera from ''Manga/MagicKnightRayearth'' helps Lantis with magic out of gratitude for his [[IOweYouMyLife freeing her from rubble]].

** You also have the option to shoot her dead once you reach the end of the tutorial level,[[AndThereWasMuchRejoicing which many players tend to do.]]
--> '''Nerd:''' You want to hold my hand through a video game?? I'm the fuckin' Nerd! Bitch!

* ''VideoGame/TheAngryVideoGameNerdAdventures'' has "Naggi the patronizing firefly" pestering you with obvious at during the tutorial level, much to The Nerd's annoyance.[[OcarinaOfTime Bet, you can't guess who she's a parody of?]]

* To some degree, Fool of ''KaleidoStar''. [[spoiler: The OAV hints he's actually the reincarnation of a human court jester who once had a BodyguardCrush on [[EmotionlessGirl the princess he once served.]]. ]]

* In the ''WorldOfMana'' games in general, mana spirits sometimes manifest as fairy-like creatures.

* In ''DawnOfMana'', Keldy can't cast magic at all (and until near the end of the game, seems to be nothing more than a BadassNormal caught up in events beyond his control); his fairy companion Faye does it for him. It's eventually revealed that [[spoiler: fairy + tree maiden + Mana Sword = Mana Tree]].

* ''Videogames/WonderProjectJ'' has an {{Exposition Fairy}} named Tinker, who's actually a mechanical construct.

* ''ShinMegamiTenseiNocturne'':

* In La Pucelle: Tactics, the pirate Homard has a fairy companion named Papillon. She has a massive crush on him and tends to get extremely jealous towards any other females Homard comes near.

* SymphonyOfTheNight has, among others, a summonable fairy familiar that can use items to heal you and cure status changes.

* Literature/PeterPan accompanied by Tinkerbell. TropeCodifier if not TropeMaker.

* Tinkerbell, in ''PeterPan''. Possibly the TropeMaker, ''definitely'' the TropeCodifier.

* The creator and staff of the above series liked Cham so much that she was given an {{Expy}} in their later, notably more [[ScienceFiction Sci-Fi]] work, ''Anime/HeavyMetalLGaim''. Said Expy, Lillith Fuau, was even [[PigeonholedVoiceActor voiced by]] [[ActorAllusion the same woman as Cham]]. Cham and Lilith even get to meet in ''SuperRobotWars4'' and ''SuperRobotWarsCompact''.

* Ascot from ''MagicKnightRayearth''

* In ''DragonQuestIX'', your PlayerCharacter has one of these. She is called Stella and acts as an adviser to the player.

* In the SailorMoon manga, each of the Planet Senshi has a Sprite that basically looks like a chibi version of their respective ward, though they never appeared in other continuities. At one point, Usagi/Serena was going to have a pet fairy named Diana, The idea was scrapped, but the name was retained for Artemis & Luna's daughter.
* One of the most notable [[FairyCompanion Fairy Companions]] in anime is Cham Hau of the fantasy HumongousMecha series ''AuraBattlerDunbine'', who sat in the main character's cockpit and shouted encouragement to him. [[spoiler:She's also the only character confirmed by WordOfGod to have survived the series' KillEmAll ending.]]
* The creator and staff of the above series liked Cham so much that she was given an {{Expy}} in their later, notably more [[ScienceFiction Sci-Fi]] work, ''HeavyMetalLGaim''. Said Expy, Lillith Fuau, was even [[PigeonholedVoiceActor voiced by]] [[ActorAllusion the same woman as Cham]]. Cham and Lilith even get to meet in ''SuperRobotWars4'' and ''SuperRobotWarsCompact''

* The ''WesternAnimation/WinxClub'' got a bunch of pixie companions in season 2, and they were popular to the point that they got their own SpinOff a few years later.