History Main / OurFairiesAreDifferent

* ''PanelDePon'': Ruby is the stereotypical winged fairy. The other non-villanous playable characters, and the final boss, are fairies as well, but they look more like [[LongEars long-eared]] humans.

* In ''{{Mother 3}}'', the "fairies", called Magypsies, look like men in dresses. Apparently, they transcend mortal genders as well as mortal lifespans.

* The Fairies in TheSookieStackhouseMysteries look like beautiful humans except for thier pointed ears. Claudine chooses to cover hers with her hair, while her brother Claude had them surgically altered. They are allergic to lemons and iron and Vampires are very attracted to thier blood.

* Done with almost religious ferver in the TheWonderfulWizardOfOz and its sequels. L. Frank Baum wanted to distance his "American fairy tale" from the old fairy tales of Europe, so he went out of his way to make them different. For instance, none of Baumn's fairies fly, with only a couple possible exceptions. Fairies in Baum's universe are on a god-like level, immortals ruling over various aspects of nature (an entire pantheon is given in ''Tik-Tok of Oz'').

** GreekMythology has [[MsFanservice Nymphs]], Naiads and Dryads (water and tree sprits respectively), fawns, satyrs, centaurs and other semi-divine races of creatures, usually a OneGenderRace. (satyrs reproduced by [[RapeAsComedy raping nymphs]])
*** It's more often depicted as consensual if wild orgies between the two - rememeber the origins of the term "nymphomania"? Still, the satyrs do often have lustful intentions towards human women regardless of their level of consent.

** ''DungeonsAndDragons'' pixies are noted for being one of the few truly playable high ECL (basicly you get racial abilities instead of a higher character level) races, thanks to their strong racial ability scores, invisiblity, spell-like abilities and flight.

* Most fairies in ''AMidsummerNightsDream'' are of TheFairFolk mold, but Titania's attendants are generally more common potrayed as child-sized winged creatures.

* In ''{{Mother 3}}'', the "fairies", called Magypsies, look like men in dresses. Apparantly, they transcend mortal genders as well as mortal lifespans.

* One boss in the MegaManZero series is called Sol Titanion. It is a fire-specialzed robot who is inspired by the fairy queen Titania.

* The fairies from the ''SpyroTheDragon'' games.

{{Sub Trope}}s include: TheFairFolk (the original version), FairyCompanion (a fairy hanging around giving help), {{Leprechaun}} (most common Irish fairy in fiction), FairySexy.

* Done with almost religious ferver in the {{TheWonderfulWizardOfOz The Oz Books}}. L. Frank Baum wanted to distance his "American fairy tale" from the old fairy tales of Europe, so he went out of his way to make them different. For instance, none of Baumn's fairies fly, with only a couple possible exceptions. Fairies in Baum's universe are on a god-like level, immortals ruling over various aspects of nature (an entire pantheon is given in ''Tik-Tok of Oz'').

* Faeries are a playable race in later ''{{Wizardry}}'' games. Their small size restricts them from most weapons and armor, but they make excellent mages, priests, and {funnily enough) ninjas.

* Faeries are a playable race in later ''{{Wizardry}}'' games. Their small size restricts them from most armor, but they make excellent mages, priests, and {funnily enough) ninjas.

* Willow from {{A Knid of Magic}}

Faries today are thought of as little or human sized WingedHumanoid with butterfly wings, that fly around [[EverythingsBetterWithSparkles in a sea of sparkles]], and have magical powers (including granting wishes). This is not the original concept; genuine folkloric fairies are nasty, dangerous, powerful, and never winged.

** Of course, being called by the name is a BerserkButton for some, who prefer to be called Sidhe, or whatever their individual species is named.

* "Fairy" or "The People" in ''ArtemisFowl'' is a catch-all term for all non-human sapients, which includes Centaurs and Demons, and Unicorns before their extinction, as well as more obviously fey creatures like Elves, Pixies, Sprites, Gnomes, Gremlins, Goblins and Dwarves. Only Sprites have natural wings, other species use mechanical ones, and they're a metre tall on average (though one character is said to be 'barely half a metre' tall, and they could find clothes to fit a 13-year-old human, so there's obviously a high standard deviation). In most People, magic gives healing ability, invisibility, hypnotism, and the ability to speak any language; only a few, called 'warlocks', can use it for anything more complicated, like playing with the flow of time.

* ''{{Durarara}}!!'' focuses heavily on a [[CelticMythology Dullahan]] who rides a motorbike instead of a horse around modern day Japan.
** It's heavily implied that her horse took on the illusion of the motorbike when Celty took on the change to her own look. The motorbike still acts like a horse, neighing at intervals instead of the expected sounds of a motorbike.
*** Since it's shown how Celty found the bike from a trash heap while still riding her horse, it seems that the horse's spirit now inhabits the bike.

* Strictly speaking the Nac Mac Feegle from ''{{Discworld}}'',being small humanoid beings from Fairyland, probably count as fairies. They prefer "Pictsies". Several other weird beings that are probably fairies appear in ''Discworld/TheWeeFreeMen'', mostly based on Richard Dadd's painting "The Fairy Feller's Master Stroke".