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* In ''Literature/ModernFaerieTales'', Pixies are a group of immortal fae who have a pair of glass-stained wings on their backs. They are known to have abnormal and different then normal-looking skin colors such as green. TheProtagonist of two of the books in the trilogy, Kaye Fierch is a pixie herself who ended up in the human realm as a baby after she was swapped with a human child by her faerie parents.
* In ''Literature/OctoberDaye'', pixies are human-looking fae with wings who are about four inches tall and were created by Maeve in an attempt to have something to keep her happy. She created them by using drops of her own blood and infusing it into tiny stones which upon coming into contact with the blood, became the eggs of the first Pixies. Pixies have gone on since then to have their own society and customs away from the rest of the human-sized fae.
* ''Literature/ThePrincessSeries'': Pixies are depicted as a type of fae which is small and has gossamer wings which give of colored sparks as they beat in a hummingbird-like manner. These wings also have the ability to change color depending on the emotion of the pixie at the time and are magical with the ability to carry twenty times their own weight. They also wear clothes made of flowers and have hair that is in exotic colors such as green.
* ''Literature/TheSpiderwickChronicles'': Pixies, also called piskies, are one of the various types of humanoid fairies present in the setting, being diminutive winged humanoids with clothing made out of leaves and seed pods. They range in size from two feet high to the size of a child, separating them from the much smaller brownies, sprites, and stray sods and the taller elves. They're highly mischievous beings, and enjoy playing mean-spirited tricks on humans (such as knotting their hair, or pinching skin black and blue) and making off with small objects. Due to their attraction to humans, they typically live in green areas close to human settlements, such as farmlands, parks, and suburban gardens.

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* In ''Literature/ModernFaerieTales'', Pixies are a group of immortal fae who have a pair of glass-stained stained-glass wings on their backs. They are known to have abnormal and different then than normal-looking skin colors such as green. TheProtagonist of two of the books in the trilogy, Kaye Fierch Fierch, is a pixie herself herself, who ended up in the human realm as a baby after she was swapped with a human child by her faerie parents.
* In ''Literature/OctoberDaye'', pixies are human-looking fae with wings who are about four inches tall and were created by Maeve in an attempt to have something to keep her happy. She created them by using drops of her own blood and infusing it into tiny stones which upon coming into contact with the blood, became the eggs of the first Pixies. Pixies have gone on since then to have their own society and customs away apart from the rest of the human-sized fae.
* ''Literature/ThePrincessSeries'': Pixies are depicted as a type of fae which is that are small and has have gossamer wings which give of off colored sparks as they beat in a hummingbird-like manner. These wings also have the ability to change color depending on the emotion of the pixie at the time time, and are magical with the ability to carry twenty times their own weight. They also wear clothes made of flowers and have hair that is in of exotic colors such as green.
* ''Literature/TheSpiderwickChronicles'': Pixies, also called piskies, are one of the various types of humanoid fairies present in the setting, being diminutive diminutive, winged humanoids with clothing made out of leaves and seed pods. They range in size from two feet high to the size of a child, separating them from the much smaller brownies, sprites, and stray sods and the taller elves. They're highly mischievous beings, and enjoy playing mean-spirited tricks on humans (such as knotting their hair, or pinching skin black and blue) and making off with small objects. Due to their attraction to humans, they typically live in green areas close to human settlements, such as farmlands, parks, and suburban gardens.



* ''Literature/WhateleyUniverse'': The narration refers to anything elvish, tiny, and winged, as pixies, such Absinthe's hobgoblins, and Generator's psychokinetically controlled dolls:

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* ''Literature/WhateleyUniverse'': The narration refers to anything elvish, tiny, and winged, as pixies, such as Absinthe's hobgoblins, and Generator's psychokinetically controlled dolls:



* ''Literature/TheWishingChair'', by Creator/EnidBlyton, has Chinky. He's a traditional pixie in appearance, for the most looking like a smaller elf. He's the size of a small child, dresses in green with a pointy hat. However he lacks the more malicious aspects of pixies, being firmly on the side of good, albeit a bit cheeky at times.

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* ''Literature/TheWishingChair'', by Creator/EnidBlyton, has Chinky. He's a traditional pixie in appearance, for the most part looking like a smaller elf. He's the size of a small child, and dresses in green with a pointy hat. However However, he lacks the more malicious aspects of pixies, being firmly on the side of good, albeit a bit cheeky at times.

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* The {{Creator/Zagtoon}} series ''WesternAnimation/PixieGirl'' focuses on Pixie, an inch-tall WingedHumanoid who lives in a hole in a tree in Central Park. She transforms into a human-sized MagicalGirl on order to fight witches.



* The {{Creator/Zagtoon}} series ''WesternAnimation/PixieGirl'' focuses on Pixie, an inch-tall WingedHumanoid who lives in a hole in a tree in Central Park. She transforms into a human-sized MagicalGirl on order to fight witches.
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* Upcoming {{Creator/Zagtoon}} series, ''Pixie Girl'' will focus on Pixie, an inch-tall WingedHumanoid who lives in a hole in a tree in Central Park. She transforms into a human-sized MagicalGirl on order to fight witches.

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* Upcoming The {{Creator/Zagtoon}} series, ''Pixie Girl'' will focus series ''WesternAnimation/PixieGirl'' focuses on Pixie, an inch-tall WingedHumanoid who lives in a hole in a tree in Central Park. She transforms into a human-sized MagicalGirl on order to fight witches.
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* ''TabletopGame/FabulaUltima'': Acorn Pixies are a type of Elemental which resemble fairies that wear acorn caps as hats. They are curious and playful creatures stated to "gather in places where life force flows untainted", though they can be negatively influenced by the corruption of said lifeforce. In combat they use magic to [[GreenThumb entangle their enemies in rampant plant growth]] and wield sharp needles as weapons.
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* "Literature/WorkEthic": Pixies are a type of HouseFey that can be bribed with food into taking care of one's home, Kristine bribing them with cookies and fast-food to do her house-chores for her. Though later it's revealed that they [[MasterOfIllusion use magic to disguise the problems as home repair]].
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** The Forest Pixies found in the Green Vein.

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** The Forest Pixies found in the Green Vein.Vein are confirmed to be fairies by Emil when talking about Raw Mana.
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* ''VideoGame/AVeryLongRopeToTheTopOfTheSky'': Pixies are a certain type of UndergroundMonkey of some fairy/pixie type of enemy:
** The Forest Pixies found in the Green Vein.
** The "Nymph's Robe" item is described as being "spun by pixies".
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* In ''Literature/HarryPotter'', pixies have AdaptationalNonSapience (as do a few other StandardFantasyRaces, including [[OurFairiesAreDifferent fairies]]). They are humanoid and can communicate with each other, but are small, electric blue and have wings. They're far stronger than their size would indicate (a few can lift up a human) and they love mischief.

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* In ''Literature/HarryPotter'', pixies have AdaptationalNonSapience (as do a few other StandardFantasyRaces, including [[OurFairiesAreDifferent fairies]]). They are humanoid and can communicate with each other, but are small, electric blue and (and in the movies have wings. wings). They're far stronger than their size would indicate (a few can lift up a human) and they love mischief.mischief with all of the limited intelligence that they possess.
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* ''Fanfic/IWokeUpAsADungeonNowWhat'': Pixies are a class of dungeon minion, which resemble winged insectoid humanoids about six inches tall, though they glow brightly enough that from a distance they look like [[SparkFairy balls of light with wings]]. They come in a number of varieties with various magical abilities, and are generally pranksters and mischief-makers. Wild pixies reproduce by using their magic to grow pixie groves, which in turn grow new pixies like fruit. Taylor's first contract was a pixie, and as such they were one of the earliest minion categories she acquired and she makes heavy use of their abilities.
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* In ''{{Webcomic/Rhapsodies}}'', pixies have pointed ears, flies' wings, and speak with broad West Country accents. They can change their size, frequently fluctuating between five inches and five feet. They seem to have trouble functioning in the real world without the help of glamour.
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* Upcoming {{Creator/Zagtoon}} series, will focus on Pixie, an inch-tall WingedHumanoid who lives in a hole in a tree in Central Park. She transforms into a human-sized MagicalGirl on order to fight witches.

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* Upcoming {{Creator/Zagtoon}} series, ''Pixie Girl'' will focus on Pixie, an inch-tall WingedHumanoid who lives in a hole in a tree in Central Park. She transforms into a human-sized MagicalGirl on order to fight witches.
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* Upcoming Creator/Zagtoon series, will focus on Pixie, an inch-tall WingedHumanoid who lives in a hole in a tree in Central Park. She transforms into a human-sized MagicalGirl on order to fight witches.

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* Upcoming Creator/Zagtoon {{Creator/Zagtoon}} series, will focus on Pixie, an inch-tall WingedHumanoid who lives in a hole in a tree in Central Park. She transforms into a human-sized MagicalGirl on order to fight witches.
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* Upcoming Creator/Zagtoon series, will focus on Pixie, an inch-tall WingedHumanoid who lives in a hole in a tree in Central Park. She transforms into a human-sized MagicalGirl on order to fight witches.

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* ''VideoGame/IceAndFireMinecraft'': Pixies are small, flying female humanoids that spawn in villages of Mushroom Houses within dark forests and will try to steal items from the player. They can be caught in jars, tamed by feeding them cake and healed with sugar. Tamed pixies will give gameplay boosts to allied players. They produce pixie dust which, if eaten, makes the player float and levitate and can be used to make a magic wand that will give the same status to enemies.
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* In ''Literature/ArtemisFowl'', pixies are only about two feet tall, even smaller than the other fairy races, but other than that and the PointyEars look the most humanlike. They're implied to [[PlanetOfHats all be]] {{Evil Genius}}es, with Opal Koboi, the BigBad of half of the books, being a serious contender for WorldsSmartestWoman.
** ''The Fowl Twins'' SequelSeries says that pixies from Atlantis have aquamarine skin and elf crossbreeds called ''pixels'' exist that combine the pixies' shorter height with the elves' smaller heads.

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* In ''Literature/ArtemisFowl'', pixies ''Literature/ArtemisFowl'': Pixies are only about two feet tall, even smaller than the other fairy races, but other than that and the PointyEars look the most humanlike. They're implied to [[PlanetOfHats all be]] {{Evil Genius}}es, with Opal Koboi, the BigBad of half of the books, being a serious contender for WorldsSmartestWoman. \n** ''The Fowl Twins'' SequelSeries says that pixies from Atlantis have aquamarine skin and elf crossbreeds called ''pixels'' exist that combine the pixies' shorter height with the elves' smaller heads.

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