History Main / WillOTheWisp

See GhostLights for the Japanese equivalent and FauxFlame when it's a supernatural illusion of fire conjured up by someone. See also TreacherousSpiritChase.

** A Pokémon that learns this move is Duskull, which has a light floating in its skull. In German, it's called ''Zwirrlicht'', which is a wordplay on ''Zwielicht'' (Twilight) and ''Irrlicht'' (Will O the wisp)

** ''VideoGame/WarcraftIII'': Wisps are {{Nature Spirit}}s that act as the WorkerUnit for the [[OurElvesAreBetter Night Elves]]. Their duties include mining gold from entangled mines, harvesting lumber without killing trees, creating buildings or being consumed to make [[WhenTreesAttack Ancients]]. They also have the Detonate ability that [[ActionBomb blows the wisp up]] to [[ManaDrain drain mana]], damage [[SummonMagic summoned]] units and dispel [[StatusBuff buffs]]. \\

* ''VideoGame/{{Pokemon}}'': [[http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Will-O-Wisp_%28move%29 Will-O-Wisp]] exists as a status move that inflicts the Burn status on the target Pokemon if it hits. It is commonly learned by Ghost-type and Fire-type Pokemon.

* The [[http://classic.battle.net/diablo2exp/monsters/act3-willowisp.shtml Willowisp]] monsters from ''VideoGame/DiabloII'' are ethereal {{undead}} that are transparent until they use their lightning attack.

* ''Literature/HarryPotter'' has a creature called the Hinkypunk that floats around bogs and marshes and glows. While InUniverse, it's not really a Will O The Wisp, but possibly the 'real' explanation for the muggle phenomenon.

** One of the Pokémon that learn this move is Duskull, which has a light floating in it's skull. In German, it's called ''Zwirrlicht'', which is a wordplay on ''Zwielicht'' (Twilight) and ''Irrlicht'' (Will O the wisp).

* In ''VideoGame/MortalKombatX'', Ermac (who is a being made of [[[MergerOfSouls thousands of souls shoved into one body]]) has green lights similar to these orbiting him in his [[SoulPower Master Of Souls]] [[StanceSystem variation.]] He can use them as projectiles to temporarily paralyze the opponent.

Will-o'-the-Wisps tend to appear in desolate locations with a macabre history, appearing as vengeful apparitions or a lost soul wondering aimlessly. Wisps in video games function as a weak enemy found in graveyards or [[SwampsAreEvil swamp]] locations.

* Will-'o-Wisps spawn in ''VideoGame/RecettearAnItemShopsTale'' when you spend [[StalkedByTheBell too much time on a dungeon floor.]] The first time you see one, Tear recommends outright that you drop whatever you're doing and make tracks for the level exit. Most of the time, Wisps are not worth fighting due to lack of reward except they are the only enemies to drop Salamander Scales which are needed to make high level items.

Will-o'-the-Wisps tend to appear in desolate locations with a macabre history, appearing as vengeful apparitions or a lost soul wondering aimlessly. Wisps in video games function as a weak enemy found in graveyard or [[SwampsAreEvil swamp]] locations.

A spectral light is spotted upon the misty moors one night and by chance there are travelers who are lost, the Will-o'-the-Wisp's light is an alluring sight, but a savvy traveler knows that the light of the Wisp may only lead them further astray. The light itself is supposed to resemble a flickering flame. The explanation for the lights is that the areas where the flames were often seen were bogs, and the flames were the result of methane combustion in the air.

* A track on Music/MilesDavis' ''Music/KindOfBlue'' has this title.

What the Will-o-the-Wisp is depends on the mythology, sometimes it can be a ghost when it's played straight,other times it can be fairy or demon, it goes by many different names and most of the time a Wisp is malicious, but on rare occasions they can be helpful.

Will-o'-the-Wisps tend to appear in desolate locations with a macabre history, appearing as vengeful apparitions or a lost soul wondering aimlessly. Wisps in video games function as a weak enemy found in graveyard locations.

See GhostLights for the Japanese equivalent and FauxFlame when it's a supernatural illusion of fire conjured up by someone. See also TreacherousSpiritChase

* ''VideoGames/{{Pokemon}}'': [[http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Will-O-Wisp_%28move%29 Will-O-Wisp]] exists as a status move that inflicts the Burn status on the target Pokemon if it hits. It is commonly learned by Ghost-type and Fire-type Pokemon.

** In ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim'' and ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsOnline'', there are glowing hostile creatures called Wisps, which are found near feminine, ghostlike beings called Wispmothers. Unlike the Will-o-the-Wisps in ''Oblivion'', these can be hurt by any kind of weapon. Killing a Wispmother disperses the Wisps surrounding her.

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* In the "[[Recap/AvatarTheLastAirbenderTheSiegeOfTheNorthPart2 The Siege of The North Part 2]]" episode of ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' after being transported to the spirit world, Aang runs through a swampy region chasing a mysterious small light sphere. When he climbed up a tree and grabbed it, it made the tree branch dissolve.
* ''WesternAnimation/WilloTheWisp'' was also the title of a British cartoon; the stories of various creatures in an enchanted forest whose adventures were narrated by Willow the Wisp, a ghostly creature voiced by and [[InkSuitActor caricature of]] Creator/KennethWilliams.

Will-o'-the-Wisps tend to appear in desolate locations with a macabre history, appearing as vengeful apparitions or a lost soul wondering aimlessly. Wisps in video games function as a weak enemy found graveyard locations.

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** ''VideoGame/WarcraftIII'': Wisps are {{Nature Spirit}}s that act as the WorkerUnit for the [[OurElvesAreBetter Night Elves]]. Their duties include mining gold from entangled mines, harvesting lumber without killing trees, creating buildings or being consumed to make [[WhenTreesAttack Ancients]]. They also have the Detonate ability that [[ActionBomb blows the wisp up]] to [[ManaDrain drain mana]], damage [[SummonMagic summoned]] units and dispel [[StatusBuff buffs]]. \\

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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Brave}}'' has the [[FauxFlame Wisps]], which appears glowing blue lights and apparently have the power to lead people to their fate and encourage them to change it. They are based on Scottish lore of will o' the wisps that lead people to treasure or doom. At the end of the movie, it's shown that they are actual ghosts.

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