History Main / OurBansheesAreLouder

*** Didn't she steal it and revive it herself? She also has taught a few of her banshee 'sisters' to take back their bodies, they are now Dark Rangers.

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-->-- ''AncientDomainsOfMystery'', being killed by the wail of the Banshee

* ''{{Warcraft}}'' banshees are Undead units who attack with their high-pitched screeches. They function as spellcasters, making enemies miss, rendering units invulnerable to magic, or possessing enemies. (They are the disembodied spirits of Elves defiled by the undead Scourge.)

* The original Celtic breed show up in ''{{Scion}} Companion'', under their original name, ''bean sidhe'' ("sidhe" is pronounced "shee"). Since White Wolf did the research, they're fixitated on death but aren't particularly big on screaming.

* Disney's ''Darby O'Gill and the Little People'' had a banshee that appeared and wailed to warn that someone was about to die. It also summoned the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_Coach Cóiste-bodhar]] (Death Coach) to take away her soul to the afterlife. It's generally considered a standard-bearer of NightmareFuel.

* SoulScreamers has Kaylee who carries on the banshee wail whenever someone is near-death.

* Misdreavus and its evolution Mismagius from ''Pokemon.''

*** X-Men writer Roy Thomas actually meant for Banshee to be a woman, but StanLee decided that a male character would be better. When Siryn was created, Thomas' reaction was "that was what Banshee was supposed to look like all along!" So, with Siryn's taking on the name, the Banshee he'd created has finally arrived. And it only took 30 years.

* In ''HarryPotter'', a boggart turns into one when it's Seamus' turn.

* ''{{Discworld}}'' gives us two different varieties of Banshee. There's the civilized type, which typically wails when someone is about to die (the one we meet has a speech impediment, so he just slips a note under their door). Then there's the feral variety, which ''also'' wails when someone's about to die, but in this case it's generally because he's the one doing the killing. The two we've seen (one of each) are both male.

* In one of the early [[ForgottenRealms Dark Elf]] books -- I want to say ''The Halfling's Gem'', but it could be ''Streams of Silver'' --, Drizzt do'Urden and Wulfgar have to fight a classic D&D-style banshee. [[spoiler:Both sides survive.]] This is a plot point because her lair holds the enchanted mask that lets Drizzt pass as a plain old elf to avoid the obvious problems of being recognized as a dark elf on the surface and that eventually [[spoiler:falls into the hands of Artemis Entreri]].

* Banshee show up in ''DungeonsAndDragons''. There's even a spell called ''Wail of the Banshee'' which is basically a "save or die" spell.

* ''{{Warcraft}}'' banshees are Undead units who attack with their high-pitched screeches. They function as spellcasters, making enemies miss, render units invulnerable to magic, or possess enemies.
** And they are the disembodied spirits of Elves.

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* In ''{{Warhammer 40000}}'' banshees are an eldar unit of female McNinja, armed with high frequency emitters that allow them to stun their prey with screams.

* A banshee was one of the main characters in the cartoon ''Roswell Conspiracies''. She was also a Lv 10 MarySue, and embodied at least half the list of characteristics on that page.

In modern fiction, along with the above-mentioned sonic attack, they are usually depicted as a type of undead or ghost, in contrast to their original origins as a type of TheFairFolk. A clue can be found in their name; ''bean sídhe'' can be translated as "fairy woman".

* In one episode of ''TheRealGhostbusters'', the group had to stop an Irish rock star who actually was a banshee and was scheming to use her powers to destroy the entire United States.

* Misery from ''RubyGloom'' [[{{Fanon}}is often suspected of being a banshee]], along with her [[OneGenderRace all-female family]], though it's not official.

* Misery from ''RubyGloom'' is often suspected of being a banshee, along with her [[OneGenderRace all-female family]], though it's not official.

*** The original idea was actually for Banshee to be a woman, but StanLee decided that a male character would be better. When Siryn was created, Roy Thomas' (the creator of Banshee) reaction was "that was what Banshee was supposed to look like all along!" So, with Siryn's taking on the name, the Banshee he'd created has finally arrived. And it only took 30 years.

*** The original idea was actually for Banshee to be a woman, but StanLee decided that a male character would be better, and none of them knew Banshees were exclusively female. When Siryn was created, Banshee's creator's reaction was "that was what Banshee was supposed to look like all along!" So, with Siryn's taking on the name, the Banshee he'd created has finally arrived. And it only took 30 years.

* The "Frozen Lady" of MysteryCaseFiles: Dire Grove is also identified as a banshee. She doesn't have a scream attack, but when you can freeze a good chunk of England solid while still mystically bound, do you need one?
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* Misery from RubyGloom is often suspected of being a banshee, along with her [[OneGenderRace all-female family]], though it's not official.

In modern fiction, along with the above-mentioned sonic attack, they are usually depicted as a type of undead or ghost, in contrast to their original origins as a type of TheFairFolk. A clue can be found in their name; "''bean sídhe''" can be translated as "fairy woman".

In modern fiction, along with the above-mentioned sonic attack, they are usually depicted as a type of undead or ghost, in contrast to their original origins as a type of TheFairFolk.

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