History Main / WingedHumanoid

* Superhero Divangelic from ''Comicbook/{{Empowered}}'' is a pair of ConjoinedTwins - her left half, Charity, is an angel, but her right half, Vanity, is a devil. They share a pair of wings (traditional style, that is feathery / bat-like, respectively).

* CrossGen's ''{{Sojourn}}'' had a race of winged humanoids, who were depicted as black people with red wings, dressed in a vaguely Ancient Egyptian theme.

* The extinct natives of Resurgam in Creator/AlastairReynolds' ''LiteratureRevelationSpace'' were originally descended from birds, but a group of them did re-engineer themselves for flight and were found to have structural changes like a larger sternum for the wing muscles to anchor to.

* The unnamed girl from ''OnYourMark'' by HayaoMiyazaki.

* Chise from ''{{Saikano}}'' has metallic wings that sprout from her back, causing her [[PainfulTransformation large amounts of pain]], whenever she becomes the "ultimate weapon".
* Mew Mint from ''TokyoMewMew'' has [[PettingZooPeople lorikeet DNA]], and therefore sprouts lorikeet-sized wings from her back. Despite their tiny size, she can fly with them.

* Fumika and Chiaki from ''{{Shigofumi}}'' use their talking staffs to sprout wings and fly. They have a limited time in which this function can be used though, after which they return to normal.

** The markings on his wings are probably a ShoutOut / ContinuityNod to ''NausicaaOfTheValleyOfTheWind'', as they are the same as those on Nausicaa's sleeves.
* The Crusniks in ''TrinityBlood'' have wings when the nanomachines in their bodies are at eighty and one hundred percent, although we don't get to see them use them until the last episode of the anime. In an inversion of the traditional color coding of wings, good guy Abel has [[DarkIsNotEvil black wings]] while his psycho twin Cain has [[LightIsNotGood white ones.]]

Biologically improbable due to human bone and muscle structure (though at the same time, usually easy to ''rationalize'' due to the at-a-glance nature of our shoulders), and if they're intended for ''actual'' flight, you may have to [[ArtMajorPhysics write off several laws of physics]] as well. Therefore, such characters are often assumed to be [[SufficientlyAdvancedAliens not entirely of this world]]. This ties into the classic depictions of [[OurAngelsAreDifferent winged angels]] as well.

* Zilpha Keatley Snyder's ''Black And Blue Magic'' is about an {{Adorkable}} pre-teen (named Harry, yet) whose mother runs a boarding house. A traveling salesman from what was not, in 1966, a [[HarryPotter Diagon Alley wizarding supply company]] (except it totally is), gives him as a parting gift a mysterious bottle. When he uses the ointment in it and recites the first of two incantations, he grows a pair of fluffy white wings. The second rhyme gets rid of the wings (total secrecy is one condition of his receiving this gift). Interestingly enough, even though AWizardDidIt, some attention is paid to the energy requirements necessary with the protagonist having to [[BigEater eat substantial amounts of food]] to fuel himself, and losing most of his clumsiness in favor of a "real athlete's build". There's also some mention of him feeling like he either has "new muscles, or muscles moving in some new way" across his back and chest when he first spreads his wings out.

Subtrope of MonstrousHumanoid. Compare PeacockGirl, {{Pegasus}}. May become a BrokenAngel if their wings are [[ClippedWingAngel clipped.]]

* [[Series/{{Supernatural}} Castiel]] shows Dean his wings when they first meet, although most of the time angels opt for teleportation, with wing-y sound effects. They are invisible, but somehow manage to cast shadows, sometimes seen when they're banished and when they die.

* Zilpha Keatley Snyder's ''Black And Blue Magic'' is about an {{Adorkable}} pre-teen whose mother runs a boarding house. A traveling salesman from what was not, in 1966, a Diagon Alley wizarding supply company (except it totally is), gives him as a parting gift a mysterious bottle. When he uses the ointment in it and recites the first of two incantations, he grows a pair of fluffy white wings. The second rhyme gets rid of the wings (total secrecy is one condition of his receiving this gift). Interestingly enough, even though AWizardDidIt, some attention is paid to the energy requirements necessary with the protagonist having to [[BigEater eat substantial amounts of food]] to fuel himself, and losing most of his clumsiness in favor of a "real athlete's build".

* Subverted during the Creator/BobOksner run on ''{{Supergirl}}'' in the mid-1970s. Linda encountered a young man who had assisted a MadScientist on a faraway island (before . The professor had an idea on how to create winged humans and experimented on the locals by [[ArtisticLicenseBiology injecting them with DNA]] [[WhatCouldPossiblyGoWrong and other essentials from birds]]. Instead, he ended up with half-bird, half-human people who were very annoyed with what had been done to them.

** Lilica as well.

* The extinct natives of Resurgam in AlastairReynolds' ''Revelation Space'' were originally descended from birds, but a group of them did re-engineer themselves for flight and were found to have structural changes like a larger sternum for the wing muscles to anchor to.

* Togetic from ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}''.

Biologically improbable due to human bone and muscle structure, and if they're intended for ''actual'' flight, you may have to [[ArtMajorPhysics write off several laws of physics]] as well. Therefore, such characters are often assumed to be [[SufficientlyAdvancedAliens not entirely of this world]]. This ties into the classic depictions of [[OurAngelsAreDifferent winged angels]] as well.

* In ''Anime/EurekaSeven'', [[spoiler: Eureka eventually grows large wings due to her inhuman physique]]. They're more reminiscent of a butterfly than a bird, and they don't seem to be able to give her the ability to fly. They were also the result of a rather painful transformation.

* In Samantha Henderson's ''Heaven's Bones'', a mad doctor in the 1860s uses radical surgery and clockwork to turn kidnapped women ''into'' {{Winged Humanoid}}s, obsessively convinced that he's "making angels". Believe it or not, this one's justified, as he's being manipulated by a gypsy escapee from [[spoiler:{{Ravenloft}}, and the Dark Powers are supernaturally ensuring his "creations" will survive and function, so he'll be pulled into the Land of Mists and drag this wayward Vistani back with him.]]

*** Also in ''Breath of Fire 3'', using the genes to turn Ryu into his Warrior Dragon or Myrmidon forms cause him to become a gargoyle-like WingedHumanoid. And then there are the Guardians, who look like winged gargoyles all the time.

* In ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'', Nanase's Guardian Angel spell gives her a WingedHumanoid form with wings that last for the duration of the spell before disappearing with the rest of the form when the spell ends so its not likely she can morph away the wings separately.

* ''WesternAnimation/StarTrekTheAnimatedSeries'' featured an race called the Skorr in a few episodes who, unlike most [[WingedHumanoid winged humanoids]], were far more bird like than normal. Oh, and their feathers were yellow.
* In ''[[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2003 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]'' (2003), Avians are a race of [[WingedHumanoid winged humanoids]] genetically engineered by [[{{Atlantis}} Y'Lyntians]] as slaves. Now freed, they live in an undetectable city in the sky. One of these, Raptarr, is a recurring character in the series, and a member of the current Justice Force.

* ''VideoGame/{{Summoner}}'' has the Sudani, who in the mythical past lost their wings. They are the ancestors of all humans. Thus, almost every character in the games is a WingedHumanoid by descent.

Writers who want to put winged people in their story should consider [[http://booksofafeather.dreamwidth.org/9279.html these guidelines]].

Compare PeacockGirl, {{Pegasus}}. May become a BrokenAngel if their wings are [[ClippedWingAngel clipped.]]

* The ''CouncilWars'' series has incredibly advanced genetic engineering that allows for two types of winged-humans. The first type look like normal humans with wings and can't fly without an outside power source. The second type can fly on their own but this is a much more significantly modification so they look less human.

* In the epilogue of ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'', [[spoiler: Homura is seen sprouting a pair of giant wings out her back before she fights a bunch of Grief Demons.]]

* The [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polish_hussars#winged_hussars Polish Winged Husaria]]. And the best thing, they could let them "vanish" whenever they discarded their uniform!