Outside Merlin's House in Traverse Town in Kingdom Hearts, the likeness of an owl can be found on the broken archway in front of the house as well as in the form of several small statues surrounding the building.

Outside Merlin's House in Hollow Bastion/Radiant Garden in every subsequent game, this owl's presence is reduced to two emblems hanging over Merlin's front door both inside and outside the house.

These owls are a reference to Merlin's pet owl Archimedes, a character from Disney's 1963 film adaptation of the T.H. White novel "The Sword in the Stone", who does not appear in the Kingdom Hearts series.