Petal Power: Difference between revisions

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When a character has super powers (especially the [[Power Glows|glowy variety]]), artists will want to personalize them. After all, seeing twenty lime green [[Battle Aura]]s would make viewers think they're watching a rave, not a [[Martial Arts and Crafts]] [[Cooking Duel]]. And so it goes that most [[Ki Attacks]], [[Deflector Shield]]s, [[Glowing Eyes of Doom]], and sundry visual effects are [[Color Coded for Your Convenience|Color Coded]] to the character.

 

 

The petals can be from any flower, but commonly, it's [[Something About a Rose|rose petals]], peach blossoms, or [[Cherry Blossoms]] (these are a big favorite in Anime). Leaves aren't out of the question either, using vine whips is a different trope though. The attack itself may or may not actually be ''made'' of petals; it could just be a fancy visual aid that disintegrates post attack.<ref>which makes you wonder at all the spare energy and work that must have gone into making a generic energy attack look like the picture to the right.</ref> That said, most instances of this trope come with [[Calling Your Attacks|flower based names]] and they actually do evoke [[Green Thumb|power over plants]] in some form.

 

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* Pictured above: Zoisite from ''[[Sailor Moon]].'' His ([[She's a Man In Japan|her in the US dub]]) dark energy attacks take the appearance of cherry-blossom petals.

** In the manga, some of Jupiter's attacks also involved petals.

* Lady Kayura of ''Yoroiden Samurai Troopers ([[Ronin Warriors]])''.

 

 

* [[The Chick|Saya]] in ''[[Seijuu Sentai Gingaman]]''.

* [[Monster of the Week|Viscount Cherry Blossom]] in ''[[Gosei Sentai Dairanger]]'', who became "Terror Blossom" when he appeared in the second season of Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers.

* ''[[Torchwood]]'' has a race of evil fairies that kill you by [[Nightmare Fuel|shoving flower petals]] [[Orifice Invasion|down your throat.]]

 

* The ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]'' Third Edition sourcebook Book Of Exalted Deeds includes at least one spell that manifests a rain of magical flower petals.

** To be more specific, the lower-level spell creates a rain of red roses whose smell makes evil creatures [[Standard Status Effect|violently sick]]. The more powerful one creates a rain of black tulips that [[Made of Explodium|explode on contact]] with evil creatures.

* The odic, a powerful tree-possessing evil spirit from the Basic/Expert/etc version of D&D, can send its drifting leaves to attack victims.

* In ''[[Exalted]]'', the Wood-aspected Terrestrial [[Battle Aura|anima]] can produce this effect. There are also several Wood-aspected combat Charms that can do this.

 

== [[Video Games]] ==

* ''[[Dead or Alive]]'''s Kasumi has a [[Cherry Blossom]] motif, which she can use to ''teleport''; her half-sister Ayame does the same with iris petals (appropriate to her name). [[Ninja Gaiden|Ryu]] and Hayate (Kasumi's brother) does it with leaves.

* In ''[[Flower]]'', it's pretty much the main thing, allowing you to open flowers and bring color back to the landscape. It is also useful for {{spoiler|destroying some of the man-made structures or making them useful}}.

* In ''[[Castlevania: Circle of the Moon]]'', several of the [[Green Thumb|Mandragora]] based spells involve attacking with flower petals.

* [[Samurai Shodown|Yoshitora's]] special moves all produce flower graphics when they connect. [[Calling Your Attacks|He also yells the flower names.]]

* The Team Rose group attack in ''[[Sonic Heroes]]''.

 

* [http://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-143 SCP-143] is a forest of incredibly strong trees. ''The [[SCP Foundation]]'' lost three staff members when they were out collecting petals and the wind picked up.

* Showers of rose petals seem to surround Ruby Rose of ''[[RWBY]]'' whenever she does something that employs her [[Personality Powers|"semblance"]] or [[Mana Meter|"Aura"]].

 

 

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