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[[Pegasus]] has appeared in several [[film]]s, including the [[Animation|animated films]] ''[[Fantasia (1940 film)|Fantasia]]'', ''[[Hercules (1997 film)|Hercules]]'', and ''[[Barbie and the Magic of Pegasus]]'' along with the [[stop motion]] film, ''[[Clash of the Titans (1981 film)|Clash of the Titans]]'', ''[[Clash of the Titans (2010 film)|Clash of the Titans]]'' the remake version and, as a name only, in ''[[Johnny English]]'' and its sequel ''[[Johnny English Reborn]]''.
[[Pegasus]] has appeared in several [[film]]s, including the [[Animation|animated films]] ''[[Fantasia (1940 film)|Fantasia]]'', ''[[Hercules (1997 film)|Hercules]]'', and ''[[Barbie and the Magic of Pegasus]]'' along with the [[stop motion]] film, ''[[Clash of the Titans (1981 film)|Clash of the Titans]]'', ''[[Clash of the Titans (2010 film)|Clash of the Titans]]'' the remake version and, as a name only, in ''[[Johnny English]]'' and its sequel ''[[Johnny English Reborn]]''.


In [[The Walt Disney Company|Disney's]] ''Fantasia'' Pegasi are featured during the visualized "[[Symphony No. 6 (Beethoven)|Pastoral Symphony]]" segment, along with other mythical creatures including [[unicorn]]s and [[centaur]]s and in ''Hercules'' he is the winged horse [[sidekick]] and friend to [[Hercules]], the main character. In ''Clash of the Titans'', Pegasus is captured by Perseus before Perseus visits and kills Medusa the Gorgon. This version, changes the method of Pegasus' birth - although no further details are given, save a comment from Zeus that Pegasus is the sole surviving winged horse from a herd of the creatures, the rest killed by [[Thetis]]' [[dinosaurian]] son, Calibos. In ''Barbie and the Magic of Pegasus'', Pegasus is the winged horse who helps Princess Annika.. In the film ''Johnny English'', starring [[Rowan Atkinson]], Pegasus, played by [[Tim Pigott-Smith]], is the codename of the head of MI7; in the sequel, ''Johnny English Reborn'', the head of the organisation is now a woman, played by [[Gillian Anderson]], who also uses the codename Pegasus (possibly in a nod to the James Bond film series, in which M was traditionally played by a man but was then played by [[Judi Dench]]). A pegasus can be seen on the [[TriStar Pictures|TriStar]] logo.
In [[The Walt Disney Company|Disney's]] ''Fantasia'' Pegasi are featured during the visualized "[[Symphony No. 6 (Beethoven)|Pastoral Symphony]]" segment, along with other mythical creatures including [[unicorn]]s and [[centaur]]s and in ''Hercules'' he is the winged horse [[sidekick]] and friend to [[Hercules]], the main character. In ''Clash of the Titans'', Pegasus is captured by Perseus before Perseus visits and kills Medusa the Gorgon. This version, changes the method of Pegasus' birth - although no further details are given, save a comment from Zeus that Pegasus is the sole surviving winged horse from a herd of the creatures, the rest killed by [[Thetis]]' son, Calibos. In ''Barbie and the Magic of Pegasus'', Pegasus is the winged horse who helps Princess Annika.. In the film ''Johnny English'', starring [[Rowan Atkinson]], Pegasus, played by [[Tim Pigott-Smith]], is the codename of the head of MI7; in the sequel, ''Johnny English Reborn'', the head of the organisation is now a woman, played by [[Gillian Anderson]], who also uses the codename Pegasus (possibly in a nod to the James Bond film series, in which M was traditionally played by a man but was then played by [[Judi Dench]]). A pegasus can be seen on the [[TriStar Pictures|TriStar]] logo.


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Bellerophon on Pegasus spears the Chimera, on an Attic red-figure epinetron 425–420 BC

The winged, divine horse Pegasus has been a prominent figure in modern popular culture.

Art

Bellerophon riding Pegasus (1914)
  • Pegasus, an 1888 sculpture that depicts the creature being tamed by Bellerophon, is the most famous work of French sculptor Émile Louis Picault, of which only 800 were made.[1]
  • There are also various origami models of Pegasus.

Corporate and commercial uses

Films

A Pegasus is used in the 1932 Oswald the Lucky Rabbit cartoon The Winged Horse.

Pegasus has appeared in several films, including the animated films Fantasia, Hercules, and Barbie and the Magic of Pegasus along with the stop motion film, Clash of the Titans, Clash of the Titans the remake version and, as a name only, in Johnny English and its sequel Johnny English Reborn.

In Disney's Fantasia Pegasi are featured during the visualized "Pastoral Symphony" segment, along with other mythical creatures including unicorns and centaurs and in Hercules he is the winged horse sidekick and friend to Hercules, the main character. In Clash of the Titans, Pegasus is captured by Perseus before Perseus visits and kills Medusa the Gorgon. This version, changes the method of Pegasus' birth - although no further details are given, save a comment from Zeus that Pegasus is the sole surviving winged horse from a herd of the creatures, the rest killed by Thetis' son, Calibos. In Barbie and the Magic of Pegasus, Pegasus is the winged horse who helps Princess Annika.. In the film Johnny English, starring Rowan Atkinson, Pegasus, played by Tim Pigott-Smith, is the codename of the head of MI7; in the sequel, Johnny English Reborn, the head of the organisation is now a woman, played by Gillian Anderson, who also uses the codename Pegasus (possibly in a nod to the James Bond film series, in which M was traditionally played by a man but was then played by Judi Dench). A pegasus can be seen on the TriStar logo.

Television

  • In the anime and manga series One Piece, during the Skypiea arc, Pierre, a bird of Gan Fall could transform into a horse and a horse bird hybrid due to eating a devil fruit, which give the users of devil fruits enormous power but also a prime weakness to water and an element that opposes their fruit's element like a lightning fruit could be weak against a rubber fruit as rubber is an insulator of lightning.
  • Pegasus has been featured in Stargate Atlantis as a galaxy.
  • Both versions of Battlestar Galactica included the Battlestar Pegasus, which survived the fall of the Twelve Colonies of Kobol.
  • It was a starship, the USS Pegasus, in an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation.
  • In the Japanese anime Digimon Adventure 02, Patamon can digivolve into Pegasusmon using the Digi-Egg of Hope.
  • In the anime Beyblade: Metal Fusion, the hero Ginga Hagane uses the powerful bit-beast Pegasus.
  • In the anime series Gundam, one of the main spaceships, White Base, is a Pegasus-class battle ship.
  • In Sailor Moon SuperS, the spirit of Helios, the keeper of the Golden Crystal, disguises himself as a pegasus. Drawing on the metaphor of inspiration, he flees to live in a particular character's 'dream mirror', a literal reflection of a character's dreams and goals.
  • In the anime Yu-Gi-Oh!, the main antagonist of the first season (and creator of the card game Duel Monsters) is a man named Maximillion Pegasus.
  • In Dengeki Sentai Changeman, Yuma Ozora's motiff is a pegasus.
  • Pegasus frequently appears in the 1960s cartoon The Mighty Hercules, as the winged steed of the titular character.
  • In Fate/Stay Night, Pegasus is the Mythical Beast that is used by the Servant Rider when she uses one of her Noble Phantasms, Bellerophon. As a further reference to the original myth where it was born from the blood of the decapitated Medusa, Rider (who's true identity was Medusa) first summoned the Pegasus by stabbing herself through the neck.
  • The Hasbro owned toy line My Little Pony includes Ponies that are based on Pegasus. In the first animated special Rescue at Midnight Castle the pony Firefly is a pegasus pony. In the animated TV series My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic, pegasus ponies are one of three distinct species of ponies featured (unicorns and earth-ponies being the other two). Two of the main characters Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy are pegasus ponies, and in the last episode of season 3, Twilight Sparkle also gains pegasus wings.
  • The Pegasus is a recurring motif in the manga and anime Saint Seiya. In this series, the main character, Seiya, becomes the Pegasus Saint. Also, the show's theme song is titled "Pegasus Fantasy" by the Japanese group Make-Up.
  • The titular character and protagonist of the 2000 Kamen Rider Series, Kamen Rider Kuuga can use a green-colored form known as "Pegasus Form".

Theatre

  • In the Broadway production of Xanadu, protagonist Kira rides on Pegasus to Mount Olympus during the number "Suspended in Time."

Written works

Video games

  • In the video game God of War II, the protagonist Kratos is bidden by Gaia (mother of earth), the mother of the Titans, to find the Sisters of Fate in order to change his past. She gives Kratos the aid of a Fire Pegasus to traverse the distance to the Island of Creation, where the Fates' temple is located.
  • Pegasus is the Poseidon captured victim in Heracles: Battle With The Gods on the Nintendo DS. Pegasus is freed and reunited with Heracles after Poseidon's defeat.
  • In multiple games in the Fire Emblem series, pegasi are mounted by knights and called Pegasus knights, or Falcon Knights in their upgraded form. In Awakening, the class Dark Flier, which certain characters ride on a black Pegasus, is introduced.
  • In the computer game Age of Mythology, Pegasus appears in game as a flying scout unit.
  • Pegasus appears in the final scene of the 2600 game, No Escape.
  • Heroes of Might and Magic 3 features Pegasi as recruitable troops from the Rampart town.
  • In the video game Kingdom Hearts II, the protagonist, Sora, duels the Hydra from the back of Pegasus.
  • In Quest for Glory V: Dragon Fire the Hero has to obtain some Pegasus Feathers for the main quest.
  • In the video game Mega Man Star Force, one of the three versions, as well as the featured "Satellite Admin" that the player fights, and obtains the power of, in the game, is named, and resembles a, Pegasus.
  • The time machine in the Journeyman Project series is called the Pegasus Temporal Catapult, or simply the Pegasus Device.

The mythical creature has influenced much music and is eponymous to many band names, records and songs: The Japanese jazz fusion band, Casiopea created an offshoot band under the name. The New Zealand indie rock band The Phoenix Foundation named their 2005 album after the creature. Italian electronic music musician Mauro Picotto also named an album named after it in 2000.

A few of the eponymous songs and bands:

Sport

  • "Wild Pegasus" was the ring named used by professional wrestler Chris Benoit during his time wrestling in Japan. Benoit won the Super J Cup whilst competing under this name.
  • Fusaichi Pegasus, a racehorse won the 2000 Kentucky Derby.

References