History Main / FairyCompanion

* As mentioned above, Spryte from ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfZelda'' TV series.

*** Ribbon reappears in VideoGame/KirbyStarAllies as an assist character for Adeleine, [[TheBusCameBack who also hasn't been seen since that game.]]

* Tikki and Plagg from ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug''; they serve as the heroes' TransformationTrinkets by performing a FusionDance with them. There are other kwamis that play the same role for the other Miraculous users, meaning even the main villain gets his own Fairy Companions.

* ''VideoGame/DragonRage'': Adara and other Sprites.

* Silk from the ''[[VideoGame/FantasticNightDreamsCotton Cotton]]'' ShootEmUp series.

* The various elemental Djinni in ''VideoGame/GoldenSun'' and its sequel.

* ''VideoGame/KingsQuestV'' has Cedric the talking owl, who otherwise fits this trope perfectly.

* Kururu from ''VideoGame/RhapsodyAMusicalAdventure''.

* ''VideoGame/Splatoon2'' features an example in a FictionalVideoGame. During the Knights vs. Wizards Splatfest, Pearl and Marina make reference to a new RolePlayingGame that features the in-universe mascot Fresh Fish as a fairy that guides the player.

* Mieu in ''VideoGame/TalesOfTheAbyss''.

* Fawn in ''Webcomic/{{Bardsworth}}''.
* Kiwi in ''Webcomic/TheDreamlandChronicles''.

* Flint from ''Webcomic/MyRoommateIsAnElf''

-->''"Hey! Listen!"''

* Tikki and Plagg from ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug''; they serve as the heroes' TransformationTrinkets by performing a FusionDance with them.

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* Every team has at least one fairy in the [[Franchise/PrettyCure Precure]] franchise. In some years each Cure has their own fairy, and in a few series they become the Cures' {{Transformation Trinket}}s. In still other parts of seasons, they might even become Cures themselves!

*** The American series done by Valiant (''Comicbook/TheLegendOfZelda'') amd based on the first two games, gave him a fairy companion named Miff.

--> '''Naggi:''' Hey! Listen! I'm Naggi The Patronising Firefly, and I'm here to help-
--> '''Nerd:''' Oh fuck no...Go away!!
--> '''Naggi:''' Press the "A" button to jump! Hold it down to jump higher!
--> '''Nerd:''' Jump button to jump? You're a fucking genius! Now leave me alone!

--> '''Nerd:''' (after shooting her) You want to hold my hand through a video game?? I'm the fuckin' Nerd! Bitch!

*** 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, and Miyamoto also stated that [[WordOfGod Navi is also in love with Link.]] He gets around.

** Fi fills this role in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaSkywardSword'', she travels in the Master Sword, but materializes into a human size fairy to talk.

* 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.

* ''Webcomic/SlightlyDamned'' has a moth-like fairy named Duster who serves as a one of these to [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Heathcliff Sinclair]], however he is somewhat unconventional as fairy companions go as he speaks in [[YouNoTakeCandle broken english]] and is a lech who hits on any girl fairy he meets ([[CasanovaWannabe to little success]]). He also provides Cliff a [[WonderTwinPowers magic boost]] that allows him to to perform the [[PlayingWithFire Siara Special]].

* Lily of ''VideoGame/KiniroNoCorda''.

* [[Characters.DragonRage Adara]] and other Sprites from the game [[VideoGame.DragonRage Dragon Rage]].

* ''VideoGame/{{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.

* The main character of ''VideoGame/RecettearAnItemShopsTale'' is helped out by Tear, a fairy LoanShark sent to collect on her father's debts.

* ''VideoGame/{{Drakengard}}'': Leonard has one, but 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 (in which he gave up his sight) with the fairy in the first place [[spoiler:given that he has major guilt issues over having lost a battalion of ChildSoldiers because he was off screwing one of them]]. You're likely to cheer when [[spoiler:Leonard pulls a HeroicSacrifice and gets eaten by a giant baby]], because the fairy's struggling to escape his fist.

* ''VideoGame/BravelyDefault'' has Airy, the titularly "Flying Fairy." Just take off the "F" and you get her name! [[spoiler:Take off the other F and you get [[TheFairFolk her true nature]].]]
** The sequel, ''VideoGame/BravelySecond'', has Anne. She's an inversion in that she's the ''bad guy's'' companion, not yours. [[spoiler:She's also just as big of a ManipulativeBitch as her younger sister, described above.]]

* ''VideoGame/IttleDew'': Ittle's sidekick, Tippsie, is a fairy ''fox'' (basically just a fox with fairy wings).

* The ''Jade Regent'' Campaign from Podcast/{{RPGMP3}} features a character called Spivey, a [[http://www.pathfinderwiki.com/wiki/Lyrakien Lyrakien]] Cleric of [[http://www.pathfinderwiki.com/wiki/Desna Desna]]. Spivey used to live in a cemetery, until the [[PlayerCharacter PCs]] came by. She then joined their caravan and followed them on their quest, quickly earning the nickname "[[FairyCompanion Death Pixie]]", since most of her skills were focused on graveyard maintenance, at that point. She's always flitting around, [[SmallAnnoyingCreature dispensing invaluable moral advice]] and trying to get the [[PlayerCharacter PCs]] to [[GroupHug be nicer to each other]].

** Season 5 introduces the [[SelkiesAndWereseals|Selkies]], who are similar to the Pixies in that they are more active in helping the Winx. Initially guarding the portals to each world in the oceans of Andros, they bond to the Winx and become their guides and companions in the waters and the Infinite Ocean.

* ''VideoGame/DustAnElysianTail'' gives us Fidget, an [[RidiculouslyCuteCritter adorable 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 [[BlowYouAway Dus Storm]].

* Friday from ''VideoGame/{{Landstalker}}'', who kicks off the plot when she sets hero Nigel on the hunt for King Nole's treasure. Oddly, she's more of an imp than a fairy, with batlike wings and a forked tail.

* Friday from ''VideoGame/{{Landstalker}}''.

** Season 5 introduces the Selkies, who are similar to the Pixies in that they are more active in helping the Winx. Initially guarding the portals to each world in the oceans of Andros, they bond to the Winx and become their guides and companions in the waters and the Infinite Ocean.

* [[Webcomic/AxisPowersHetalia England and Norway]] both have these, in addition to a plethora of ''other'' magical creatures.
* The ''{{Manga/Berserk}}'' manga has two fairy companions (referred to as Elves in the series) -- Puck, who accompanied Guts during his two-year run as the Black Swordsman but tends to hang around with Isidro now, and Ivalera, who is Schierke's supervisor and tends to dish out magical exposition when Schierke is busy.

* Every team has at least one fairy in the [[Franchise/PrettyCure Precure]] franchise. In some years each Cure has their own fairy, and in a few series they become the Cures' {{TransformationTrinket}}s. In still other parts of seasons, they might even become Cures themselves!