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I don't know where this belongs, but it's not here, as Hawk does not fly without his spaceship.


* The ''Literature/{{Dinotopia}}'' series features ''Dimorphodons'' as the pterosaurian equivalent of an InstantMessengerPigeon, thus implying long-distance flying ability; later studies would uncover that ''Dimorphodon'' would likely have been about as good at flying as a chicken--that is to say, not very, due to its body being heavy and its wings being short. It still ''could'' fly, but likely only for short distances and in emergencies. This is justified due to [[ScienceMarchesOn science marching on]], as all this wasn't known at the time the books were originally published.

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* The ''Literature/{{Dinotopia}}'' series features ''Dimorphodons'' as the pterosaurian equivalent of an InstantMessengerPigeon, thus implying long-distance flying ability; [[ScienceMarchesOn later studies studies]] would uncover that ''Dimorphodon'' would likely have been about as good at flying as a chicken--that is to say, not very, due to its body being heavy and its wings being short. It still ''could'' fly, but likely only for short distances and in emergencies. This is justified due to [[ScienceMarchesOn science marching on]], as all this wasn't known at the time the books were originally published.



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* In the second season of ''Series/BuckRogersInTheTwentyFifthCentury'', Buck and the crew meet the character Hawk, a humanoid-evolved bird who was a skilled pilot. At one point, Hawk remarks that other humanoids hunted birds, so much so that the ability to fly was bred out of his kind.

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Not an example. They are using flying machines.


* ''WesternAnimation/{{Madagascar}}'': The opening scene has Marty running through a savannah. However, when the chorus of penguins take off and fly in formation, it's a clue to the viewer it's just a dream sequence. For the rest of the franchise, it's played straight for the {{Breakout Character}}s Skipper, Kowalski, Rico and Private... [[CrazyIsCool though not for lack of trying on their part]], as they've, um, [[CaptainCrash "piloted" planes and helicopters]], built a flying circus, shot themselves from cannons, skydived... basically they've flown using every possible means ''other'' than their own wings.

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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Madagascar}}'': The opening scene has Marty running through a savannah. However, when the chorus of penguins take off and fly in formation, it's a clue to the viewer it's just a dream sequence. For the rest of the franchise, it's played straight for the {{Breakout Character}}s Skipper, Kowalski, Rico and Private... [[CrazyIsCool though not for lack of trying on their part]], as they've, um, [[CaptainCrash "piloted" planes and helicopters]], built a flying circus, shot themselves from cannons, skydived... basically they've flown using every possible means ''other'' than their own wings.
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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Madagascar}}'': The opening scene has Marty running through a savannah. However, when the chorus of penguins take off and fly in formation, it's a clue to the viewer it's just a dream sequence.

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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Madagascar}}'': The opening scene has Marty running through a savannah. However, when the chorus of penguins take off and fly in formation, it's a clue to the viewer it's just a dream sequence. For the rest of the franchise, it's played straight for the {{Breakout Character}}s Skipper, Kowalski, Rico and Private... [[CrazyIsCool though not for lack of trying on their part]], as they've, um, [[CaptainCrash "piloted" planes and helicopters]], built a flying circus, shot themselves from cannons, skydived... basically they've flown using every possible means ''other'' than their own wings.
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-->'''Volcano:''' Hey, dodos can't fly!\\
'''Dodo:''' [[OhCrap Uh-oh!]] [[PuffOfLogic (drops like a rock)]]

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-->'''Volcano:''' [[ReminderOfImpossibility Hey, dodos can't fly!\\
fly!]]\\
'''Dodo:''' [[OhCrap Uh-oh!]] [[PuffOfLogic (drops like a rock)]]rock)
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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJzdN8jco4U This Play-Doh commercial]] starts off with a dodo in flight, leading to this exchange:
-->'''Volcano:''' Hey, dodos can't fly!\\
'''Dodo:''' [[OhCrap Uh-oh!]] [[PuffOfLogic (drops like a rock)]]
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* ''VideoGame/BreadAndFred'': Charlie is a flying penguin that can carry both player characters the 500 meters of mountain. There are no living species of penguin capable of flying even if all penguins retain the killed sternum required for it.
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* ''WesternAnimation/LoonaticsUnleashed'': Rev Runner is a roadrunner with the ability to fly. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] as he gained this power from a meteorite.

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* ''WesternAnimation/LoonaticsUnleashed'': Rev Runner is a roadrunner with the ability to fly. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] as he gained this power from a meteorite. It should be noted that real roadrunners, contrary to popular belief, are fully capable of flying.
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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Migration}}'': Gwen is fully capable of flight despite being a duckling. [[spoiler:Later in the film, the domestic ducks are shown fully capable of flying on a long distance trip to Jamaica, despite domesticated ducks mostly having their flight ability cut down to a few feet off the ground.]]
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* ''{{WebAnimation/Kiwi}}'' is about a, well, kiwi's dream of flying. It achieves this, sort of, by [[spoiler:nailing trees to a huge cliff to give itself the impression of]] flying above the treetops, [[spoiler:though unfortunately it's a TragicDream.]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:[[ComicallyMissingThePoint Maybe they took flying lessons?]]]]

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