History Main / FairyGodmother

** Ditto the Rogers and Hammerstein ''Film/{{Cinderella}}'' movie musical.

* The Fairy Godmother from ''Disney/{{Cinderella}}'' will help you activate summons spells in ''VideoGame/KingdomHearts''. In the prequel, ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsBirthBySleep'', she plays a small but fairly critical role in Aqua's character arc early in the game.

This is also a highly DiscreditedTrope these days, usually associated with the most archaic parts of {{Fairy Tale}}s, even though this trope is NewerThanTheyThink; most Cinderella variants have her aided by her [[OurGhostsAreDifferent dead mother]], or (in such variants as Literature/{{Catskin}} and Literature/CapORushes) by nothing but her own wits and some advice.

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* Miz Bijou of ''ComicBook/BodieTroll''
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A fairy tasked with helping out the protagonist of a tale, whether it's granting wishes, or other things, often with the aid of a MagicWand. Why this is so is almost never said, although some stories will have an organization of them. And yes, in early fairy tales, they are actually meant to be their ward's actual godmother.

This is also a highly DiscreditedTrope these days, usually associated with the most archaic parts of {{Fairy Tale}}s, even though this trope is [[NewerThanTheyThink a lot more recent than most of those stories]], and in fact very rare in fairy tales collected by folklorists; most Cinderella variants have her aided by her [[OurGhostsAreDifferent dead mother]], or (in such variants as Literature/{{Catskin}} and Literature/CapORushes) by nothing but her own wits and some advice.

Some stories might make this a DeusExMachina. An occasional subversion is to make the FairyGodmother evil, or cause problems from being not very bright.

* The [[Fanfic/{{Cinderjuice}} Contractually Obligated Chaos]] series features the Fairy God''father'', a Creator/MarlonBrando {{expy}} who is not really a fairy, but a LawfulNeutral ghost with a lot of unusual powers even for the setting. Fortunately for the heroes, he becomes rather fond of them and finds [[LoopholeAbuse ways to circumvent his own rules about favoritism]].

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Shrek 2}}'' has a fairy godmother for Fiona, but she's actually the BigBad and the mother of [[PrinceCharmless Prince Charming]] and is almost a throwback to [[TheFairFolk older, more malevolent fairies.]].
* Of all the Disney princesses, only Disney/{{Cinderella}} has a fairy godmother.

* The Fairy Godmother from ''Disney/{{Cinderella}}'' will help you activate summons spells in ''VideoGame/KingdomHearts''. In the prequel, ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsBirthBySleep'', she plays a small but fairly critical role in Aqua's character arc early on.

* In the setting of ''Webcomic/{{Peritale}}'' and ''Life of Melody'', being a Fairy Godparent is one of the fairy realm's most prestigious jobs, tasked with fulfilling fairytales in the human world. The protagonists of these tales usually have no actual say in the matter, which can lead to... complications:

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** ''Peritale'''s main plot centers around an eager young [[MuggleBornOfMages magic-less]] fairy named Periwinkle and her quest to become a godmother. Her first case brings her to a reclusive witch named Vallery, who's destined to fall in love with the Prince and live HappilyEverAfter... but also is already satisfied with her lot in life, and has no particular interest in the whole "fall in love" thing. Over the course of Peri's journey, she learns a great deal about humans [[TheFairFolk and fairies]] alike.

** In ''Life of Melody'', the fairy godfather Razzmatazz is aware of most humans' "uncooperative" nature, and comes up with an idea to circumvent it: [[ChangelingFantasy adopt his protagonist as an infant and raise her himself]] until she's old enough to complete her tale. He finds the child alongside a beastman named Bon, and the two of them agree to raise her together. The three of them briefly appear in ''Peritale'', by which point [[spoiler:Razz has left the fairy realm for good, and he and Bon have settled down to raise their daughter in the human world]].

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Compare MagicalNanny, FairyCompanion, GodWasMyCopilot, MrsClaus, GuardianAngel.

Contrast WickedStepmother, WickedWitch.

* The Fairy Godmother from ''Disney/{{Cinderella}}'' will help you activate summons spells in ''VideoGame/KingdomHearts''., in the prequel, ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsBirthBySleep'', she plays a small but fairly critical role in Aqua's character arc early on.

* ''The Godmother'' by Elizabeth Anne Scarborough. Dame Felicity Fortune ([[AlliterativeList "Fair Fates Facilitated, Questers Accommodated, Virtue Vindicated."]]) is a human recruited by TheFairFolk to act as an agent for them among humans, and is summoned by a social worker in Seattle who wishes for "a fairy godmother for the city". Unfortunately, since magic is uncommon in the world, she has to deal with the occasional ObstructiveBureaucrat to get things done. Sequels include ''The Godmother's Apprentice'', and ''The Godmother's Web''.

* ''The Godmother'' by Elizabeth Anne Scarborough. Dame Felicity Fortune ([[AddedAlliterativeAppeal "Fair Fates Facilitated, Questers Accommodated, Virtue Vindicated."]]) is a human recruited by TheFairFolk to act as an agent for them among humans, and is summoned by a social worker in Seattle who wishes for "a fairy godmother for the city". Unfortunately, since magic is uncommon in the world, she has to deal with the occasional ObstructiveBureaucrat to get things done. Sequels include ''The Godmother's Apprentice'', and ''The Godmother's Web''.

* Madame d'Aulnoy uses this trope in "The Blue Bird" and "The White Doe", where the fairy godmothers help rivals of the protagonists. Several fairy godmothers, including an evil one, appear in "Princess Mayblossom".

Compare MagicalNanny, FairyCompanion, GodWasMyCopilot, MrsClaus, GuardianAngel. Contrast WickedStepmother.

* The Fairy Godmother from ''Disney/{{Cinderella}}'' will help you activate summons spells in ''VideoGame/KingdomHearts''.

* In Creator/MercedesLackey's ''Literature/TalesOfTheFiveHundredKingdoms'' series, "fairy godmother" is a trade taken up by women who can't fill the roles that "the Tradition" tries to shoehorn them into and end up with great magical power as a result. The job of being a fairy godmother involves being GenreSavvy enough to use the Tradition against itself to minimize the harm done to everyone involved; they were originally actual fairies, but eventually the role got handed down to human women and the "fairy" part was only retained as a title.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Shrek 2}}'' has a fairy godmother for Fiona, but she's actually the BigBad and the mother of [[PrinceCharmless Prince Charming]].

* In ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles,'' Harry has one of these, literally, and TheFairFolk are a lot scarier than in the Disneyverse. The kick is that Cinderella's fairy godmother would have been with the more Disney-esque Summer Court, while the Leanansidhe, Harry's godmother, comes from the [[EvilCounterpart Winter Court]]. While scary, dangerous, and insane by most reasonable standards, Lea truly does want to protect Harry and wants the best for him...[[BlueAndOrangeMorality in her own way]]. Due to a MagicallyBindingContract, he belongs to her, and she sometimes tries to collect. What happens if she wins? [[spoiler: You know those hunting dogs that herald her arrival? ''They weren't dogs originally.'']] However, lately, she's proven to be very good (if ''scary'') to have as an ally.
** Interestingly, during ''Changes'' she plays with the classic Cinderella storyline by dressing Harry for [[StormingTheCastle a very different kind of party]]. Being of the winter court, her gifts vanish at noon instead of midnight.

* ''WesternAnimation/TwiceUponATime'' has a DeadpanSnarker version.

* In ''Film/ASimpleWish'', Martin Short plays Murray, the world's first and only fairy godfather, whose first assignment is to grant a little girl's wish that her father could get the lead role in a Broadway musical...while simultaneously fighting an evil fairy-godmother-turned-WickedWitch's plot.

* Episode "Janine, You've Changed" of ''WesternAnimation/TheRealGhostbusters" shows Janine under the influence of an evil demon passing as her fairy godmother. This as a way to explain Janine's radical changes in look and behavior throughout the series (which were due to ExecutiveMeddling).

* Inverted in Creator/TeresaEdgerton's ''Goblin Moon'', in which the Duchess (a three-quarter fairy UnevenHybrid) was ''supposed'' to become Elsie's godmother, but arrived so late to the christening ceremony that a substitute was chosen. Outraged at this perceived insult, she plotted revenge for years by ''pretending'' to consider Elsie her "goddaughter" nevertheless, but scheming in secret to marry her off ... to an evil troll ''disguised'' as a PrinceCharming, who'd drink the girl's blood.