Also see the related indexes Dragon Works, Elf Works, Genie Works, Goblin Works, Leprechaun Fiction, Mermaid Media, and Unicorn Works. Not to be confused with Fairy Tale, which, despite the name, does not always feature fairies.
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Multimedia Franchises and Derivative Works
- Cinderella: A Fairy Godmother is one of the major characters across most versions of the story.
- Coraline: It's implied that the Big Bad is one of the Fair Folk.
- Disney Fairies
- The Dresden Files: Faeries are a major political force.
- The Fairly OddParents!
Anime & Manga
- The Ancient Magus' Bride: Many of the characters are fairies, as the series focuses on European folklore (though mainly English, Scottish and Irish legends about fairies).
- Andersen Monogatari: The series is hosted by two pixies, Candy and Sukko.
- Bottle Fairy
- Fairy Cube
- Fairy Gone
- Fairy Idol Kanon
- Fairy Navigator Runa
- Fairy Ranmaru
- Floral Magician Mary Bell
- A Journey Through Fairyland
- The Legend of Snow White
- A Little Snow Fairy Sugar
- Mirumo de Pon!
- Persia, the Magic Fairy
- The Story of Cinderella: Paulette, the Fairy Godmother, subtly watches the eponymous character and tries to influence events to fix Cinderella's life without her noticing.
- Touhou Sangetsusei: The Three Fairies of Light are the main characters.
- Tweeny Witches
Art
Asian Animation
Comic Books
- Beautiful Darkness
- The Books of Magic
- The Dresden Files: Faeries are a major political force.
- The Secrets Of Willow Myst
Fairy Tales
- "Cinderella": The Fairy Godmother is a main character.
- "Heart of Ice (Andrew Lang)"
- "Nine Bags Of Gold": The main character is helped by house sprites.
- "Reygoch": Co-protagonist Curlylocks is a young fairy princess.
- "Sleeping Beauty"
- "Tam Lin"
- "The Three Flowers": One of the main characters is a wood sprite.
- "Whuppity Stoorie": The titular evil fairy tries to trick one poor woman into giving her her baby.
Fan Works
Films — Animation
- Barbie Fairytopia
- Barbie Fairytopia: Mermaidia
- Barbie Fairytopia: Magic of the Rainbow
- Barbie: Mariposa: The eponymous Mariposa is a butterfly fairy.
- Barbie: Mariposa and the Fairy Princess
- Barbie: A Fashion Fairytale
- Barbie of Swan Lake: The Big Good is a Fairy Queen who tries to help main protagonist Odette break the curse that turns her into a swan (notably, she's able to alter the curse so that Odette can become human by night).
- Cinderella: A Fairy Godmother is one of the major characters.
- Cinderella II: Dreams Come True: A Direct to Video sequel to the above, the Fairy Godmother returns as an important character.
- Cinderella III: A Twist in Time: The Fairy Godmother has her magic wand stolen by Lady Tremaine.
- Disney Fairies:
- Tinker Bell (2008)
- Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure (2009)
- Tinker Bell and the Great Fairy Rescue (2010)
- Pixie Hollow Games (2011)
- Tinker Bell and the Secret of the Wings (2012)
- Tinker Bell and the Pirate Fairy (2014)
- Tinker Bell and the Legend of the NeverBeast (2015)
- Faeries (1999)
- FernGully: The Last Rainforest: Crysta, one of the two main characters, and many of her family and friends are fairies.
- FernGully 2: The Magical Rescue: A DTV sequel to the above, Crysta and the other fairies return as major characters.
- Irish Folklore Trilogy:
- The Secret of Kells: One of the main characters, Aisling, is a fairy (specifically one of the Tuatha Dé Danann).
- Song of the Sea: The main characters are half-selkie and the supporting characters are fairies as well.
- Mavka: The Forest Song: The protagonist is a Ukrainian folklore Nature Spirit comparable to a human-sized fairy.
- Peter Pan: One of the main characters is a female fairy named Tinker Bell. Also, the eponymous protagonist can fly in part due to pixie dust.
- Return To Never Land: A Direct to Video sequel to the above, the fairy Tinker Bell returns as a major character.
- Rise of the Guardians: As in the book it's based on, one of the main characters is the Tooth Fairy.
- Shrek 2: The Fairy Godmother is the main villain.
- Sleeping Beauty: The main villain (Maleficent) and three of the primary characters (Flora, Fauna, and Merryweather) are fairies.
- Strange Magic: The heroine is a Fairy Princess who resides in an entire kingdom of fairies.
- Thumbelina: Prince Cornelius is the son of the king of the Court of Fairies and a major character.
Films — Live-Action
- Cinderella (1947): A Fairy Godmother is an important character.
- Cinderella (2015): As in the original animated film above, Cinderella has a Fairy Godmother.
- Don't Be Afraid of the Dark prominently features fairies as the main antagonists.
- Fairytale A True Story
- Hellboy II: The Golden Army has Fae as important characters, namely Princess Nuala and main antagonist Prince Nuada.
- The Hallow: An Irish horror movie where its fairies are virulent parasitic fungi.
- Maleficent: A live-action Perspective Flip of the above-mentioned Sleeping Beauty, Maleficent and the three good fairies return as important characters.
- Mothra: The eponymous character is often accompanied by tiny twin female fairies.
- Pan's Labyrinth: A dark, modern-day fairy tale with fairies as major players.
- The Secret of Roan Inish
- A Simple Wish: Featuring a bunch of Fairy Godmothers, and even a Fairy Godfather.
- Toothless focuses on a dentist who becomes the Tooth Fairy.
Literature
- 13 Treasures: Main character Tanya can see and hear fairies and other magical creatures.
- Amagi Brilliant Park
- Artemis Fowl: A Teen Genius Magnificent Bastard criminal mastermind vs. fairies with laser guns.
- The Bloody Chamber: Specifically "The Erl-King", in which the titular character is strongly implied to be some kind of fae; he has a romance with the protagonist that turns sour when she discovers his Dark Secret.
- Bones of Faerie
- Book of Brownies - three brownies on a quest to save a fairy princess
- Cop Craft: The first arc focuses on finding a kidnapped fairy, and fairy dust is also an illegal Fantastic Drug.
- A Court of Thorns and Roses: Young Adult fantasy romance series about a girl who falls in love with a fae and becomes caught up in a war with a Sorcerous Overlord.
- Crescent City: The main character is half-fae.
- Dark World: The Faerie Games
- Discworld:
- Lords and Ladies: The fourteenth Discworld novel, this story revolves around The Fair Folk invading the kingdom of Lancre when the barrier between their worlds wears thin.
- Hogfather: Most of the creatures believed into existence in this book are fairies, defined on the Disc as supernatural beings tasked with bringing something or taking it away. In particular, the origin of the Tooth Fairy is explored.
- The Wee Free Men: The main character has to rescue her brother from The Fair Folk. She's aided by the titular Wee Free Men, a race of "pictsies" who were kicked out of Faerie for being too disruptive.
- The Shepherd's Crown: The Fair Folk from The Wee Free Men return.
- The Dragon Egg Princess
- The Dresden Files: Faeries are a major political force, and more than one plot of the novels is due to the actions of faeries when it's not the vampires or human mages.
- Summer Knight: The fourth book in The Dresden Files series, Summer Knight heavily features and focuses on fae.
- Proven Guilty: The eighth book, it is also fae-dominant.
- Small Favor: The tenth book has Harry “hired” by the Winter fae and opposed by Summer.
- Cold Days: The fourteenth book, there's almost more fae characters in the story than humans.
- Durarara!!: One of the central characters, Celty Sturluson, is a dullahan.
- Earl and Fairy
- Ella Enchanted: Being a retelling of Cinderella, a Fairy Godmother is a big part of the plot (since she actually causes a lot of problems). Mandy, Ella's family housekeeper, is a fairy as well.
- The Erl-King
- The Faerie Path
- The Faerie Queene
- Faerie Wars
- Faeries of Dreamdark
- The Fairy Chronicles
- Fairy Oak
- The Fairy Rebel
- The Fey and the Fallen
- Flower Fairies
- The Guardians of Childhood: One of the main characters is the Tooth Fairy.
- The Gypsies in the Wood: A novella in the Diogenes Club series by Kim Newman, The Fair Folk are the main antagonists.
- Angel Down, Sussex: Another story in the Diogenes Club series, Alien Fair Folk are featured prominently.
- Haugtussa
- How To Ditch Your Fairy
- Humanity Has Declined takes place in a future where the human population has shrunk and the world has been taken over by fairies.
- I Was a Teenage Fairy
- The Invisible Library: Irene and the other Librarians of the Library work to keep balance between the forces of order and chaos, embodied by the eternal conflict between dragons and Fae. Fae represent the forces of chaos and are noted for their tendency towards invoking the Theory of Narrative Causality and adopting personas based on archetypal characters.
- The Masked City: The second book in The Invisible Library series, wherein a warmongering Fae kidnaps a dragon prince and Irene must infiltrate a Fae-controlled city to rescue him.
- The Mortal Word: The fifth book in The Invisible Library series, wherein a murder disrupts a peace treaty between the dragon monarchs and powerful representatives of the Fae.
- The Secret Chapter: The sixth book in The Invisible Library series, wherein a Fae modeled after the criminal mastermind archetype dispatches Irene and a mixed team of Fae and dragons to steal a valuable painting.
- The Dark Archive: The seventh book in The Invisible Library series, wherein Irene is given a Fae apprentice and tasked with making her the first Fae capable of entering the Library.
- The Iron King: The main character's best friend and late father are among The Fair Folk.
- Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell: One major character is a Fairy and many others either work with Fairy or become trapped in Fairy Land set against the back drop of the The Napoleonic Wars.
- The Little Grey Men Series: The "little grey men" are gnomes, and the story follows the last four gnomes in England and the natural world in which they live.
- Modern Faerie Tales
- The Darkest Part of the Forest: A standalone story set in the Modern Faerie Tales universe.
- The Folk of the Air: A YA trilogy set in the Modern Faerie Tales universe, a fairy kills the two main characters' parents.
- The Stolen Heir Duology
- Land of Oz: Oz is referred to as a fairyland, and is ruled by the fairy Princess Ozma, and long ago was enchanted by the fairy Queen Lurline. Fairies in the series are human-sized and wingless, but very beautiful and possess magical abilities.
- Little Witch Academia: The Nonsensical Witch and the Country of the Fairies
- October Daye: Main character Toby Daye is a changeling, daughter of a faerie creature of the Summerlands and a human.
- Once
- Peter Pan: One of the major characters is a fairy named Tinker Bell.
- Small Persons with Wings (they hate to be called fairies)
- The Spiderwick Chronicles: Three kids stumble upon a Great Big Book of Everything containing knowledge about the hidden world of faeries and have to keep it out of the hands of the Big Bad.
- Sugar Apple Fairy Tale: Humans learn to control fairies by ripping a wing off and selling them off in slave markets. Ann Halford, the protagonist of the series, is forced to buy a warrior fairy named Shalle Fen Shalle who holds resentment for humans.
- There's Magic Between Us
- Under the Pendulum Sun: During the Victorian era, Catherine Helstone travels into the heart of the newly discovered lands of The Fair Folk in search of her brother Laon, a missionary who disappeared while trying to convert the fae to Christianity.
- Violet Wings: Main character Zaria and the main villain are fairies.
- "Work Ethic"
- War for the Oaks
Live-Action TV
- Baal Veer: The title character gains his powers from fairies who come from Pari Lok, the fairy world, and he fights against an evil fairy named Bhayankar Pari.
- Carnival Row: Some of the major characters are faeries, including one of the main protagonists, Vignette. The other main protagonist, Philo, is revealed to be half-faerie.
- Cursed (2020): The plot revolves around the Fey fighting back against persecution from the Catholic Church (loosely based on the Arthurian Legend).
- The Fairly OddParents: Fairly Odder
- Fate: The Winx Saga: A Darker and Edgier Live-Action Adaptation of the below-mentioned Winx Club.
- Mulawin: Fairies are integral supporting characters, even bringing The Hero Back Fromthe Dead.
- Encantadia: The More Popular Spin Off is set mostly in a fairy kingdom.
- Mulawin vs. Ravena: Distant Sequel of the above.
- The Mystic Knights of Tir Na Nóg
- The Other Kingdom: The main character is a fairy princess from the magical kingdom of Athenia, who wants to meet up with "others" in the human world.
Manhwa
Music
- "Òran an Ròin"
Tabletop Games
- Changeling: The Dreaming
- Changeling: The Lost: RPG where crazy abuse-survivor fairies go crazier.
- The Dresden Files: Faeries are a major political force.
- The Small Folk: The titular Small Folk are modern-day descendants of The Fair Folk.
Theatre
- Cinderella (Rodgers and Hammerstein): The Fairy Godmother from the original tale returns as a major character.
- A Midsummer Night's Dream: A comedy by William Shakespeare about a Love Dodecahedron that gets out of control thanks to the meddling of fairies with a Love Potion.
Video Games
- Atelier Lina The Alchemist Of Strahl: Lina being Mis-blamed by fairies for burning their home / tree, and having to help them, is the basics of the plot of the game.
- Bayonetta Origins: Cereza and the Lost Demon features Fairies as the main enemy faction.
- The original Bravely Default games have Airy and Anne as prominent entities in the two games. Both of them are capital-E evil and The Dragon to the Greater-Scope Villain of those particular games.
- Chantelise: Chante, one of the two main characters, is cursed by a witch and turned into a fairy.
- Déraciné: You play as the Kind Faerie.
- Dragalia Lost: Notte is the Fairy Companion to the main cast who provides items every day and provides moral support for raid bosses.
- Eat Me
- The Eternal Senia series, has "Little Fairy," a Fairy Companion, as a major character.
- Eternal Senia: "Little Fairy" first appears.
- Eternal Senia: Hydrangea After The Rain: "Little Fairy" returns as an important character. There are also tiny fairies and roughly human-sized fairy queens.
- Faery: Legends of Avalon
- Fairy Bloom series:
- Fairy Fencer F
- Glimmer In Mirror
- Hoa
- Home Safety Hotline: An Analog Horror video game where you handle pest control involving The Fair Folk and other supernatural hazards.
- The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time: Navi, a literal Fairy Companion, is gifted to Link by the Great Deku Tree (the guardian of the forest).
- Little Flower Fairy
- Neopets: The Darkest Faerie
- Odin Sphere: Several characters are fairies, including two of the playable characters.
- Panel de Pon
- A Primer on the Capture and Identification of the Little Folk Of Myth And Legend
- Princess Maker 3
- Recettear: An Item Shop's Tale: Tear, one of the major characters, is a fairy.
- The Sims 3: Supernatural
- Touhou Project generally always features fairies as Mooks, but a few games have them (specifically, the ice fairy Cirno, who is playable in all four games listed below) in starring roles:
- Touhou Kaeidzuka ~ Phantasmagoria of Flower View
- Touhou Hisoutensoku ~ Choudokyuu Ginyoru no Nazo o Oe
- Yousei Daisensou ~ Touhou Sangetsusei: A spinoff game starring Cirno and the three fairies of light from Touhou Sangetsusei.
- Touhou Tenkuushou ~ Hidden Star in Four Seasons
- ZanZarah: The Hidden Portal: The game revolves around catching, collecting, and training Fairy Companions.
Visual Novels
- Reigning Passions: Lyris' route — Fae are central to the second half.
Webcomics
- Bardsworth: One of the main characters is a fairy.
- Dan and Mab's Furry Adventures: Fae are one of the major races, with exceptional shapeshifting powers, strong magic, a bizarre moral code, and an even more bizarre realm.
- Disenchanted
- Fairy Dust
- Hana Yousei to Tabibito
- Shallowskin: The two main characters are a Brownie and a Selkie, different types of fae.
- Suitor Armor
Websites
- Neopets: The faeries are pretty central to the game.
Western Animation
- Butterbean's Cafe: The five main characters and main villain are fairies.
- The Fairly OddParents!: A 10-year-old has fairy godparents that grant his crazy wishes. Many of the other major or supporting characters are also fairies.
- Star Fairies: An animated special and accompanying toy line about a fairy who grants wishes to children.
- Winx Club: The show centers on the titular Winx Club, a group of fairy warriors attending the Alfea College for Fairies.
- Pop Pixie: A Spin-Off of the above, pixies are the main characters.
- World of Winx: Another short-lived Spin-Off of Winx Club.
