History Main / FlyingOnACloud

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* ''[[ComicBook/AvengersTheInitiative Avengers: Initiative]]'' introduced Cloud 9, a mutant(?) girl who flies/surfs on a cloud-like substance she can control.

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* Ninjor from ''MightyMorphinPowerRangers'' can do this.

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* [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Tornadus, Thundurus, and Landorus]] are a trio of flying typed legendary Pokémon that all have clouds as their lower bodies, at least in their Incarnate Formes.

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* ''WesternAnimation/AKindOfMagic'': Willow and Ferocia's grandfather is a wizard who gets around by flying around on a cloud.
* Pegasi can do this in ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic''. A spell exists for non-pegasi to do it too; it gets a lot of use in FanFiction.
** Mimic from the [[MyLittlePonyAndFriends original cartoon]] had a magic horseshoe that let the user generate clouds to carry themselves and others, and move said clouds at great speed.
* An episode of [[QuickDrawMcGraw Snooper and Blabber]] had the detectives tracking down a villain using a cloud as a means of transportation. The villain's name was Nimble Nimbus.

* Coal in ''Franchise/{{Jewelpet}} Kira Deco'' flies on a black cloud with its sides shaped like wings.

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* Lakitu from the ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'' games flies around on a cloud. In ''VideoGame/SuperMarioWorld'', Mario can hijack the cloud and fly it himself.
** Some of the platforms in the games are made of cloud, too; this was even in the first game's Coin Heaven areas.

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* ''Manga/DragonBall'' (loosely based on ''JourneyToTheWest'', below) has The Flying Nimbus/''Kintoun'', a fast, yellow, possibly sentient cloud that Goku got from Roshi who in turn got it from Korin. It only allows people who are [[OnlyThePureOfHeart pure of heart]] to ride it; anyone else just falls through it like, well, a cloud.

* The title character of ''{{Monkey}}'', an adaptation of ''JourneyToTheWest'', above.

The ability of someone to fly around by standing or sitting on a cloud. Usually justified by the cloud being [[AWizardDidIt magic]] and largely implamented due to RuleOfCool.

* [[Franchise/{{Pokémon}} Tornadus, Thundurus, and Landorus]] are a trio of flying typed legendary Pokémon that all have clouds as their lower bodies, at least in their Incarnate Formes.

* Pegasi can do this in ''MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic''. A spell exists for non-pegasi to do it too; it gets a lot of use in FanFiction.

* ''[[ComicBook/TheAvengers Avengers: Initiative]]'' introduced Cloud 9, a mutant(?) girl who flies/surfs on a cloud-like substance she can control.

* Sun Wukong from ''Literature/JourneyToTheWest'' is the TropeMaker.

* The protagonist of the arcade version of ''Kickle Cubicle'' does this. In the NES version, he's carried by balloons instead.

* ''Manga/DragonBall'' (loosely based on ''JourneyToTheWest'', below) has Son Goku's Flying Nimbus, a cloud which OnlyThePureOfHeart may ride.

The ability of someone to fly around by standing or sitting on a cloud. Largely justified by the RuleOfCool.

* Michael Chen from the {{Taito}} shmup ''Cloud Master''.

* ''Manga/DragonBall'' has Son Goku's Flying Nimbus, a cloud which OnlyThePureOfHeart may ride.

* ''[[ComicBook/TheAvengers Avengers: Initiative]]'' introduced Cloud 9, a mutant(?) girl who flies/surfs on a cloud like substance she can control.

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