History Main / MagicCarpet

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** There's a flying carpet in story "The City of Brass", in which it's just another way for King Solomon to get around.

* Creator/JKRowling's companion book to ''Literature/HarryPotter'', ''Literature/QuidditchThroughTheAges'', claims that magic carpets are more popular than broomsticks among wizards in the Middle East and South Asia. Also, it mentions that it's illegal to import flying carpets into the United Kingdom. Officially it's because the Ministry of Magic classifies carpets as "muggle artifacts" (which are illegal to place charms upon), but a somewhat popular fan theory has it that broomstick manufacturers retaining expensive lobbyists and dispensing the odd backhander have something to do with it. Prior to that, in ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheGobletOfFire'', Barty Crouch mentioned that his grandfather owned a flying carpet that seated twelve back when it was legal.

* ''Literature/OzmaOfOz'' has an unusual variant. This magic carpet protects users from dangers below. It unrolls itself on the front end and rolls itself up on the back end forever, allowing Ozma and her party to cross the Shifting Sands that separate the Land of Ev from the Land of Oz. It also can function as a bridge, allowing Ozma and company to cross a gully that is too wide to leap.

* In Creator/TerryPratchett's ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' the FlyingCarpet is a moderately common object in Klatch.
** In ''Literature/{{Sourcery}}'', the Seriph has one, which apparently doesn't work, until Rincewind commands it to go down. Nijel thinks he's used his wizarding knowledge to deduce the carpet is geased to do the opposite of what it's intended, but actually he just noticed it was upside-down. (Rincewind is, of course, not ''happy'' about flying a carpet, due to his long-established fear of [[NotTheFallThatKillsYou grounds]].)
** In ''Literature/{{Jingo}}'', Vetinari steals one, via a BavarianFireDrill (and [[ItMakesSenseInContext getting a donkey down from a minaret]]). It's not a very good flying carpet, all the good ones having been locked up for the war effort. Colon is almost as frightened as Rincewind about riding it.
** The ''Complete Discworld Atlas'' says the origins of flying carpets are lost in the mists of time, but points to a phenomenon seen in a remote region of Klatch where evolution has created mountain sheep and goats which got around all that tricky falling-off-cliffs thing by learning how to avert a messy splat. Accelerated breeding by canny shepherds has created a lucrative market in a rare and ''very special'' wool used to weave carpets. Apparently the sheepdogs are also very specialised, and watching the sheep trials in that part of the world is most spectacular. [[Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus Sheep that learnt how to fly. Hmm]].
* One also appears in Prachett's non-Discworld novel ''Literature/{{Strata}}''.
* Family-sized flying carpets are advertised as an alternative to cars in the ''Literature/IncarnationsOfImmortality'' series.

* ''VideoGame/KingdomRush Vengeance'': The Hammerhold campaign has an enemy called Magic Carpet, a turban-wearing guru flying on one. They act as a BombardierMook, flying above troops while tossing exploding magic potions that deal SplashDamage.

* ''VideoGame/KingdomRush Vengeance'' has an enemy called Magic Carpet, a turban-wearing guru flying on one. They act as a BombardierMook, flying above troops while tossing exploding magic potions that deal SplashDamage.

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** There's a card named [[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=2043 Flying Carpet.]] Early versions of it were destroyed if the creature targeted with its ability died; this part was removed in later versions, though the card is still generally considered fairly weak.

* ''WesternAnimation/BugsBunny's 3rd Movie: 1001 Rabbit Tales''. At one point Bugs tries to escape from a palace on a FlyingCarpet.

** Sonic uses one in the Night Palace of ''[[VideoGame/SonicStorybookSeries Sonic and the Secret Rings]]''.

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* WesternAnimation/BugsBunny cartoons:

* In ''The WesternAnimation/SuperMarioBrosSuperShow'', used frequently as a vehicle in the Mushroom World. One peculiar example featured a biplane with magic carpets for wings.

* Often appeared in ''The Arabian Knights'' segments on ''WesternAnimation/TheBananaSplits'' show.

* ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'': Phineas and Ferb create one in "Magic Carpet Ride", there's even a song about it as a reference to ''WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}}''.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheHuckleberryHoundShow'': A ''WesternAnimation/PixieDixieAndMrJinks'' cartoon has Mr. Jinks obtaining a magic carpet that operates under the command "Chabunagunga."
* ''WesternAnimation/DastardlyAndMuttleyInTheirFlyingMachines'': A Dastardly & Muttley Wing Dings blackout has the pair encountering a caliph on a flying carpet that could not be controlled. When Dick asks what's wrong, the caliph says, "I just washed my carpet and I can't do a thing with it!"
* A year earlier, a genie gives Dastardly a flying carpet on ''WesternAnimation/WackyRaces'' which he uses to race to the finish line. He fails after colliding with a cactus, the result of not paying attention because he was breaking the fourth wall.
* One episode of ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDragonJakeLong'' had a plot that took the characters through a BazaarOfTheBizarre where on vendor is selling magic flying welcome mats.
* WesternAnimation/HeckleAndJeckle escape from King Tut's Tomb (also the cartoon's title) on a flying carpet, only to have it and their feathers eaten by termites.
* ''WesternAnimation/OscarAndFriends'': In the episode "The Magic Carpet", Oscar wishes for Doris to turn the carpet he's on into a magic flying carpet. That's what it becomes.
* ''WesternAnimation/DiGataDefenders'': Kara's "Mantle of Yin" spell summons a green flying carpet.

* In the second ''Animation/PleasantGoatAndBigBigWolf'' movie, the sphinxes guarding the pyramid containing the totem Weslie and Wolffy are looking for give the two a flying carpet so that they can get back to the amusement park that was built where Goat Village is.

* ''ComicBook/{{Asterix}} [[Recap/AsterixAndTheMagicCarpet and the Magic Carpet]]'' features an Indian fakir with a FlyingCarpet.

* ''[[ComicBook/{{Asterix}} Asterix and the Magic Carpet]]'' features an Indian fakir with a FlyingCarpet.

* ''ComicBook/TheSandman'': A chapter set in the legendary Baghdad of the 1001 Nights features a flying carpet. It's pretty shabby despite belonging to the king and being locked in the deepest, most difficult to reach part of the castle.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheHuckleberryHoundShow'': A ''Pixie & Dixie'' cartoon has Mr. Jinks obtaining a magic carpet that operates under the command "Chabunagunga."

** Pidgits in ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros2'' (and ''VideoGame/DokiDokiPanic'') sit on magic carpets, which Mario can steal to traverse [[BottomlessPit bottomless pits]] and reach high areas.
** In the "Rainbow Ride" stage of ''VideoGame/SuperMario64''.

** Some Shy Guys ride magic carpets in the ''VideoGame/MarioKart7'' track [[ArabianNightsDays Shy Guy Bazaar]].

* ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros Melee'', Both the Pidgit's and Rainbow Ride's magic carpets from ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros2'' and ''VideoGame/SuperMario64'' appeared in 2 stages.