History Main / HolyHalo

** You also collect halos as in-game currency. These halos are the usual gold rings ([[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog seem familiar?]]) rather than the elaborate ones worn by the angels.

** In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIII'', all three Gardens have halos which hover above them and turn into anti-gravity engines when activated. Only Balamb and Galbadia Gardens actually get to activate theirs, as Trabia Garden is obliterated before its staff figured out how to activate it.
* Oddly subverted by ''Website/GaiaOnline''. The Angelic Halo plays the trope straight, but there's also an ''evil'' halo, and several that are simply there to look pretty.

* In ''VideoGame/Gauntlet64,'' they are a powerup that lets you steal life energy from the Death enemies. If you beat the game, you will wear it at all times.
* ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'':
** In ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime'', after Link has defeated [[FireIceDuo Twinrova]], [[AnIcePerson Kotake]] and [[PlayingWithFire Koume]] still want to do battle, only to realize they are dead when the halos appear. The halos are [[PlayedForLaughs played for]] [[RuleOfFunny comedic purposes]] as both are [[WickedWitch unapologetically evil]]. Cue the twins [[ReallySevenHundredYearsOld arguing over how old they are]] before departing into the afterlife, though not before [[WeWillMeetAgain threatening to come back to haunt Link]].

* ''Series/InterviewWithTheVampire2022'': At the beginning of "[[Recap/InterviewWithTheVampire2022S1E2AfterThePhantomsOfYourFormerSelf ...After the Phantoms of Your Former Self]]", [[https://cdna.artstation.com/p/assets/images/images/053/371/472/large/pixoloid-studios-interview-prop-tintoretto-painting-pixoloid.jpg the painting]] by Marius de Romanus which hangs in the dining room of Louis' Dubai penthouse apartment depicts Christ with rays of light around his head.

* ''Series/GoodOmens2019'': In season 2 [[OurAngelsAreDifferent angel Aziraphale]] uses his halo in self-defence to neutralise dozens of demons attacking him. The effect is so strong it is considered [[ThisMeansWar an act of war]].

* In ''WebAnimation/MadnessCombat'', a golden halo is part of [[AGodAmI Jebus]]' signature look. Subverted when his first appearance establishes him as a superpowered AxCrazy maniac. [[spoiler:The halo turns out to be an AmplifierArtifact, which causes no end of trouble when the BigBad claims it for himself. For him, it turns [[RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver blood-red]].]]

A SubTrope of PowerGlows and SisterTrope to HolyBacklight and BattleAura. See also BackgroundHalo, when this is an InvokedTrope. Contrast HornedHumanoid. JustForFun/NotToBeConfusedWith the video game series ''Franchise/{{Halo}}'', although [[RuleOfSymbolism the parallels are intentional]].

* A halo of monarch butterflies is the symbol of kingship in ''Series/{{Kings}}''. [[MagnificentBastard Silas Benjamin]] has a RunningGag of a heavily-embellished story of when he was crowned with the butterflies, but what kick-starts the plot is when a [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything heroic kid named David who rescued the Crown Prince from the enemy is crowned by the butterflies]].
* ''Series/TheTwilightZone1959'': In the episode "[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS1E32APassageForTrumpet A Passage for Trumpet]]", John Anderson pauses in the dark hallway to identify himself to Jack Klugman as "Gabe" (short for Gabriel, of course). The sole light in the hallway is directly over his head, forming a perfect halo. Clever effect!

* Queen Albia, Her Undying Majesty of ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'' has little constant about her appearance outside of her hovering halo of glowing stars, and even this is slightly altered when she reveals a bit of just how dangerously sparky she could be with her very magic like abilities and power.
* In ''[[https://tapas.io/series/GhostBlade Ghostblade]]'', members of the Feathered Race (aka Angels) have large halos of metal.

* ''WebOriginal/CodexInversus'': Holy cows, sacred cattle descended from the kine of Heaven, have horns that, during adolescence, grow together to form a smooth, halo-like shape.

* ''Series/GoodOmens2019'':
** In season 2 [[OurAngelsAreDifferent angel Aziraphale]] uses his halo in self-defence to neutralise dozens of demons attacking him. The effect is so strong it is considered [[ThisMeansWar an act of war]].

* Downplayed in ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse''. [[spoiler:Luz's [[PhysicalGod Titan form]] in the GrandFinale includes a single glowing light orb floating over her head reminiscent of the ones that she can summon with her glyphs. This serves as a halo to solidify her role as a Messianic Archetype, showing how she both metaphorically and literally brings light to the Boiling Isles and cleanses it of Belos's corruption.]]

* ''Literature/{{Others}}: In Main/Hell, a murky realm of timeless remorse, two visiting angels, seemingly as a spiritual shield, shine brilliant auras - which, for the benefit of whom they're visiting, they dim slightly.

* The angels in ''LightNovel/BludgeoningAngelDokurochan'' have halos that are only atoms wide and thus, very sharp. Like, "slice off all your fingers upon grabbing," sharp. Additionally, removing the halo causes... [[ToiletHumour stomach issues]].

* From ''LightNovel/ACertainMagicalIndex'', [[spoiler: Most of the angel-type characters(like Hyoka, Gabriel and Aiwass) and espers that have reached Angel-level (like Accelerator and Kakine).]]

* ''LightNovel/HighSchoolDXD'': Angels naturally have these, with high-ranked ones having more than one.

* In ''Series/DoctorWho'', angel robots were the waiters on the ''[[UsefulNotes/RMSTitanic Titanic]]'' [-IN SPACE!-]. When the bad guy reprogrammed them for killing, they plucked off their halos (to use as [[ImprobableWeaponUser instruments of death]]) which left behind the mounts -- which now looked [[FallenAngel like horns]].

* ''Series/{{The Twilight Zone|1959}}'': In the episode "A Passage for Trumpet", John Anderson pauses in the dark hallway to identify himself to Jack Klugman as "Gabe" (short for Gabriel, of course). The sole light in the hallway is directly over his head, forming a perfect halo. Clever effect!

* Every painting of [[UsefulNotes/{{Jesus}} Christ]] in the Art/SistineChapel shows a circle of light behind his head, with the brightest of them all being the full-body halo of ''The Last Judgement''.

* Played with by Keith Thompson in his artwork such as [[https://www.keiththompsonart.com/pages/wight.html Apollonian Wight]], [[https://www.keiththompsonart.com/pages/collect.html The Collect]], and [[https://www.keiththompsonart.com/pages/damned04.html Damned]] [[UsefulNotes/RasputinTheMadMonk 04]].

** In ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime'', after Link has defeated [[FireIceDuo Twinrova]], [[AnIcePerson Kotake]] and [[PlayingWithFire Koume]] still want to do battle, only to realize they are dead when the halos appear. The halos are [[PlayedForLaughs played for]] [[RuleOfFunny comedic purposes]] as both are [[WickedWitch unapologetically evil]]. Cue the twins arguing over how old they are before departing into the afterlife, though not before [[WeWillMeetAgain threatening to come back to haunt Link]].

** [[spoiler: [[BonusBoss Father Rodin]]]] will sport a halo when fighting [[spoiler:him]]. Interestingly (and [[OhCrap intimidatingly]]), [[spoiler: his]] halo is the same one that [[spoiler: [[{{God}} Jubileus]]]] wears.

** In ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime'', after Link has defeated [[FireIceDuo Twinrova]], [[AnIcePerson Kotake]] and [[PlayingWithFire Koume]] still want to do battle, only to realize they are dead when the halos appear. The halos are [[PlayedForLaughs played for]] [[RuleOfFunny comedic purposes]] as both are [[WickedWitch unapologetically evil]]. Cue the twins arguing over how old they are before departing to the afterlife, though not before [[WeWillMeetAgain threatening to come back to haunt Link]].

** In ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime'', after Link has defeated [[FireIceDuo Twinrova]], [[AnIcePerson Kotake]] and [[PlayingWithFire Koume]] still want to do battle, only to realize they are dead when the halos appear. The halos are [[PlayedForLaughs played for]] [[RuleOfFunny comedic purposes]] as both are [[WickedWitch unapologetically evil]]. Cue the twins arguing over how old they are before departing to the afterlife, though not before [[WeWillMeetAgain threatening to come back and haunt Link]].