History Main / FeatherFlechettes

* The [[OminousOwl Peepsta Hoo]] dream eater in ''VideoGame/KingdomHearts3D'' uses these (Referred to as "feather shuriken" ingame). They're weak, but homing, make you stagger for a lengthy amount of time, are frequently launched in volleys, and can inflict StandardStatusEffects if the user performed an EnemyScan beforehand. Predictably, this makes the owls GoddamnedBats.

* In ''VideoGame/DonkeyKong64,'' although Tiny Kong does not have wings, she uses a crossbow that has feathers as its AbormalAmmo.

** Birds of Ares from Apollonius Rhodius's ''Argonautica'' (And its film adaptation ''Film/JasonAndTheArgonauts'') are the UrExample, dating back to [[OlderThanFeudalism the 3rd century BCE]].

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* Myth/GreekMythology

** Likewise the Stymphalian Birds from the Twelve Labors of Herakles. These man-eating birds terrorized the region not only by raining death with their razor feathers, but by tearing prey apart with their bronze beaks and talons. Herakles wore the [[NemeanSkinning Nemean Lion's pelt]] as armor to defend himself, and felled them with arrows dipped in [[InWorkingOrder the Hydra's venom]].

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* Toristan, the masked (and [[spoiler:chicken-faced]] [[HalfHumanHybrids birdman]] from ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf TheMovie 2: Nihao My Concubine'', wears a feather-lined coat that he employs precisely for this purpose.

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* Also used by Archangel from ''ComicBook/XMen''. Justified, like the ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'' example, by being metal projectiles. When he regains real wings instead of biomechanical ones, he loses this ability.

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* Myth/GreekMythology
** Birds of Ares from Apollonius Rhodius's ''Argonautica'' (And its film adaptation ''Film/JasonAndTheArgonauts'') are the UrExample, dating back to [[OlderThanFeudalism the 3rd century BCE]].
** Likewise the Stymphalian Birds from the Twelve Labors of Herakles. These man-eating birds terrorized the region not only by raining death with their razor feathers, but by tearing prey apart with their bronze beaks and talons. Herakles wore the [[NemeanSkinning Nemean Lion's pelt]] as armor to defend himself, and felled them with arrows dipped in [[InWorkingOrder the Hydra's venom]].
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* Haury the wind demon in Webcomic/SlightlyDamned has a magical variation [[http://www.sdamned.com/comic/681 of this]] where he charges the feathers on his wings with wind energy and fires them off, said energy probably [[AWizardDidIt explains]] how they are fast and sharp enough to do any damage.

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* Swoop of the Literature/WhateleyUniverse has a bird spirit, which lets her fly and fling ectoplasm 'feathers' at opponents. The flung weapons are like stone until they dissipate.
* Samael of ''Literature/TheDescendants'' is a psychopath with Magitek wings that let him launch these with a flick of his wing.
* In ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'', the Nevermore uses this. To get an idea of how large this bird is, its feathers are taller that the average human.

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* [[Comicbook/TheFalcon The Falcon]] can do this with his [[HardLight hard light]] feathers in his ''WesternAnimation/TheSuperheroSquadShow'', ''WesternAnimation/TheAvengersEarthsMightiestHeroes'', and ''WesternAnimation/AvengersAssemble'' versions, though the comics version can't.

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* Also used by Archangel from ''ComicBook/XMen''. Justified, like the Manga/{{Bleach}} example, by being metal projectiles. When he regains real wings instead of biomechanical ones, he loses this ability.

** ''VideoGame/PokemonSunAndMoon'' shows that the [[GreenThumb grass-type starter]] Rowlet and its evolution Dartrix can do this, and that their feathers are made out of sharp leaves.

* In ''VideoGame/MegaManBattleNetwork6CybeastGregarAndCybeastFalzar, Mega Man's Falzar Beast forms turn his Mega Buster into a rapid-fire feather shooter. The being he draws this power from likewise uses a rain of feathers as one of its more dangerous attacks in the final battle.

** In the sixth game of the ''VideoGame/MegaManBattleNetwork'' series, Mega Man's Falzar Beast forms turn his Mega Buster into a rapid-fire feather shooter. The being he draws this power from likewise uses a rain of feathers as one of its more dangerous attacks in the final battle.

* Variation: the stormwings in the ''Literature/ImmortalsQuartet'' are covered with razor-edged metallic feathers, but they don't attack by throwing or shooting them. They do swipe at things with their wings, which is pretty likely to end in septic infection for the swipe-ee.

* Lord Shen from ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda2'' makes regular use of throwing knives shaped like his feathers.

* From the ''{{VideoGame/Bayonetta}}'' series, the titular character can learn a magical technique called Umbran Spear, which can be used when she [[{{Animorphism}} transforms into a]] [[CleverCrows Crow]] to [[OrbitingParticleShield surround herself in spinning feathers]] which can then be fired off like projectiles. [[SecretCharacter Jeanne]] can do the same thing when she turns into an owl, and in the [[{{VideoGame/Bayonetta2}} sequel]], Rosa can use it while in her falcon form.

* ''VideoGame/{{Cuphead}}'': During phase 2 of the fight with Wally Warbles, he attacks by flailing around angrily for several seconds at a time, generating [[BulletHell a dense cloud of feathery bullets]] you have to dodge.

* Skowl, one of he bosses from ''DonkeyKongCountryTropicalFreeze'', uses these during several attacks.

* Swoop of the WhateleyUniverse has a bird spirit, which lets her fly and fling ectoplasm 'feathers' at opponents. The flung weapons are like stone until they dissipate.

* ''Manga/{{Berserk}}'': In the ''Chapter of the Birth Ceremony'' when Guts is fighting Mozgus' torturers who were transformed into pseudo-angels, the one called Bird sends a blizzard of sharp-tipped quills from his wings flying into Guts' face. They don't penetrate the skin very much, but their real purpose is to momentarily distract and blind Guts so that Bird can seize him with his catch pole.

** Pre-release information of VideoGame/PokemonSunAndMoon shows that the [[GreenThumb grass-type starter]] Rowlet and its evolution Dartrix can do this, and that their feathers are made out of sharp leaves.