History Main / FlyingOnACloud

* In the ''Anime/{{Doraemon}}'' episode "My Own Golden Cloud", Doraemon catches a cloud creature for Noby to ride so that he can avoid being late for school. As usual, Noby is still late for school because he didn't have time to practice riding the cloud.

* ''Disney/OlafsFrozenAdventure''. During the song "When We're Together", Elsa conjures a small cloud to lift Olaf so that he can place a star at the top of her ice Christmas tree. Whether she can do this to herself remains unclear.

* ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZelda'': In ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker The Wind Waker]]'', the froglike wind gods Cyclos and Zephos fly around on clouds.

[[caption-width-right:300:Brought to you by a... [[ItMakesSenseInContext flying... monkey...]]]]

* ''Manga/DragonBall'' (loosely based on ''Literature/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 anime also has a black "evil" cloud which can seemingly be ridden by anyone, as it was used by ProfessionalKiller Tao Pai Pai.

* ''Manga/DragonBall'' (loosely based on ''Literature/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 anime also has a black "evil" cloud which can seemingly be ridden by anyone, as it was used by ProfessionalKiller Tao Pai Pai.
** Goku's Flying Nimbus was parodied in ''Manga/BoboboboBobobo'' during the gang's fight with Over; turns out a sentient cloud isn't a good way to break a fall as Bobobo, Don Patch, and Jelly Jiggler fall right through him [[AmusingInjuries straight into the bear traps]].
* Coal in ''Anime/JewelpetKiraDeco'' flies on a black cloud, generated by his magic, with its sides shaped like wings.

* A variant appears in ''Disney/OlafsFrozenAdventure''. During the song "When We're Together", Elsa conjures a small cloud to lift Olaf so that he can place a star at the top of her ice Christmas tree. Whether she can do this to herself remains unclear.

* A variant of this appears in ''Animation/MeCvimadMoval'', where the snowman attaches balloons to a cloud and then flies on it with his friend, a human girl.

* Sun Wukong from ''Literature/JourneyToTheWest'' is the TropeMaker, though his ability was actually NotQuiteFlight.

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

* The original ''Oriental Adventures'' from ''Advanced TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' has the spell "Cloud Trapeze", which allow a wu jen and some passengers to fly on a magical cloud. Although short-lived, it's also very quick, probably the fastest aerial method of travel in the game. Renamed "Cloud Chariot" in edition 3.5.

* Michael Chen from the Creator/{{Taito}} shmup ''Cloud Master''.
* Lakitu from the ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'' games flies around on a smiley-faced cloud. In ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros3'', the cloud also exists as an item (originally called "Jugem's Cloud" due to InconsistentDub) that can be used to skip levels. In ''VideoGame/SuperMarioWorld'', Mario can hijack the cloud and fly it himself.
* The Master from ''VideoGame/JackieChansActionKungFu'' flies around standing on a cloud, on which he gives Jackie a ride to the {{Bonus Stage}}s. Jackie gets a cloud of his own for the final battle in the sky.
* The protagonist of the arcade version of ''VideoGame/KickleCubicle'' does this. In the NES version, he's carried by balloons instead.
* ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'': Tornadus, Thundurus, and Landorus are a trio of flying-type legendary Pokémon that all have clouds as their lower bodies, at least in their Incarnate Formes.
* Grohk the Lightning Orc from ''VideoGame/{{Paladins}}'' summons a cloud during his ultimate ability that allows him to fly.

* Star Butterfly in ''WesternAnimation/StarVsTheForcesOfEvil'' often summons a cloud with her wand to fly on when she needs to get around.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'' episode "Steven the Sword Fighter", Amethyst spends most of the episode lounging on her own personal cloud, until she eats it for fun and inflates herself. [[ShoutOut The cloud resembles]] The Flying Nimbus from ''Manga/DragonBall'', which served as an influence in the creation of the show.

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* Star Butterfly, in the ''WesternAnimation/StarVsTheForcesOfEvil'' episode "Goblin Dogs", summon Cloudy to fly during the chase scene.

* In the WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse episode "Steven the Sword Fighter", Amethyst spends most of the episode lounging on her own personal cloud, until she eats it for fun and inflates herself. [[ShoutOut The cloud resembles]] The Flying Nimbus from Manga/DragonBall.

Compare SkySurfing. See also FluffyCloudHeaven and SolidClouds.

* A variant of this appears in ''Animation/GogonaDaTovlisGunda'', where Snowball the snow boy attaches balloons to a cloud and then flies on it with his friend, a human girl.

* Lakitu from the ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'' games flies around on a smiley-faced cloud. In ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros3'', the cloud also exists as an item (called "Jugem's Cloud" due to InconsistentDub) that can be used to skip levels. In ''VideoGame/SuperMarioWorld'', Mario can hijack the cloud and fly it himself.

* ''Manga/DragonBall'' (loosely based on ''Literature/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.

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'', ancient airbenders were able to somehow fly about in clouds. Wan later learns this technique, and uses it to fly around when fighting against Vaatu.

* ''ComicBook/AvengersTheInitiative'' introduces Cloud 9, a mutant(?) girl who flies/surfs on a cloud-like substance she can control.

Compare SkySurfing. See also FluffyCloudHeaven.

** Goku's Flying Nimbus was parodied in Manga/BoboboboBobobo during the gang's fight with Over; turns out a sentient cloud isn't a good way to break a fall as Bobobo, Don Patch, and Jelly Jiggler fall right through him [[AmusingInjuries straight into the bear traps]].

[[quoteright:350:[[Literature/JourneyToTheWest http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/monkey_king_2190.jpg]]]]
[[caption-width-right:350:Brought to you by a... [[ItMakesSenseInContext flying... monkey...]]]]

* The original ''Oriental Adventures'' from ''Advanced TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' has the spell "Cloud Trapeze", which allow a wu jen and some passengers to fly on a magical cloud. Although short-lived, it's also very quick, probably the fastest aerial method of travel in the game.