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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
Well, some are a ''tad'' more original when they personalize their offensive repertoire. They use...''flower petals!'' That's right, this character attacks enemies by spontaneously creating a swarm of lovely flower petals.
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>
Not to be confused with [[Hippie Teacher|Flower]] [[Granola Girl|Power]].
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▲== [[Anime]] And [[Manga]] ==
* 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.
** Additionally, Cercere from the Amazoness quartet specializes in plant-summoning and once blew hypnotic petals at Chibiusa's friend, Momoko. Tuxedo Mask gets an honorable mention, because his multiple-rose attacks involve whole flowers, not just the petals.
* Byakuya's Shikai in ''[[Bleach]]'' function by shattering his blade into thousands of microscopic blades. When the light reflects on a blade, it creates the illusion that there's a floating [[Cherry Blossom]] petal.
** His bankai summons a few dozen giant blades which promptly shatter into ''millions'' of these blades.
* White Crow of the Three-Color Gang at the beginning of ''[[Samurai Deeper Kyo]]'', whose [[Limit Break]] relies on trapping the opponent in an illusion-generating storm of cherry blossoms.
* Several of the attacks of the Shinmeiryuu school of swordfighting from ''[[Love Hina]]'' and ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]'' incorporate cherry blossoms in their name and special effect. Presumably, the sword does all the work. Just to drive the point home, the name of the ''Negima'' swordswoman is Sakurazaki, [[Cherry Blossom Girl|written with the kanji for "cherry blossom"]].
* One episode of ''[[Uta Kata]]'' had Ichika transform into someone with this power.
* One of Mocchi's attacks in ''[[Monster Rancher (
* In ''[[Mokke]]'', Mizuki gets attacked by spirits using [[Cherry Blossoms]].
* Kodachi Kuno in ''[[Ranma
* Felli Loss in ''[[Chrome Shelled Regios]]'' has this [[Justified Trope|justified]] as her weapon actually are "flakes" (shaped like pink petals) of metal that she controls as a psychokinetic.
* Piscis Aphrodite from ''[[Saint Seiya]]'' was ''infamous'' for this.
* Kurama from ''[[Yu Yu Hakusho]]'' has his Fuuka Enbujin attack, which is basically [[Pokémon|Razor Leaf]] with [[Suck My Rose|rose petals]]. The dub had two different translations for it, one of which was "Petals and Thorns".
* The "Flower" card from ''[[Cardcaptor Sakura]]''. While it is not malevolent, the sheer mass of uncontrolled petals created quite a mess at that school festival.
* Lillymon, Sunflowmon, and Rosemon from ''[[Digimon]]'' have attacks that fit this.
** And even Crusadermon, who is not flower-themed. Turns out, the rose that's typically a prop (see James from [[Pokémon]]) can be used to create a storm of petals to blind/distract the enemy. (It actually seems to hurt them ''just'' once.)
* Shinku of ''[[Rozen Maiden]]''.
* Kagero does this in ''[[Ninja Scroll]]'' in order to stave off a swarm of wasps. The petals are stated to have a calming effect.
* ''[[Puni Puni Poemi]]'' parodies this trope with Nanase Aasu, who can summon a whirlwind of flower petals...[[What Kind of Lame Power Is Heart, Anyway?|to absolutely no effect]].
* Guiche of ''[[
* The kunoichi Karenbana from the 3rd ''[[Naruto]]'' film uses a jutsu that makes her body seem to dissolve into pink petals, which hide her position and prevent her enemy from seeing her attacks.
** And in a Part 1 filler arc, we are called to ''"witness the Flower Ninja Art of the Land of Vegetables"'': the heads [[
* The twins, Houzuki and Bonbori in ''[[Otome Youkai Zakuro]]''. They can put their souls into flower petals and use them as attack, defense, and tracking devices. However, they can only use them while singing.
* In ''[[
* In the ''[[Ah!
* Lady Kayura of ''Yoroiden Samurai Troopers ([[Ronin Warriors]])''.
== [[Comic Books]] ==▼
* Subverted in ''[[Batman and
== [[Live
* [[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.
* ''[[Kamen Rider 555]]:'' the Rose Orphenoch fires blasts of petals from his [[Android Kikaider|Hakaider]]-like brain-window-thing.
* ''[[
* The ''[[Dungeons
▲== [[Tabletop RPG]] ==
▲* The ''[[Dungeons and 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.
** Back in first-edition AD&D, 17th-level monks (the highest that class could go) were called "Grand Masters of Flowers". Which didn't ''sound'' very badass, but they were.
* 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]] ==
* Flora is a [[Summon Magic|summon]] in ''[[
** Justified, since Flora is the Goddess of Flowers in Roman mythology.
* ''[[Chain of Memories]]'' has Marluxia, who wields a massive pink scythe which has flower petal attacks. The [[
** In ''[[
* [[Green Thumb|Grass-Type]] [[Pokémon]] gives us a few attacks like this.
** Razor Leaf in ''[[Pokémon]]'', which also shows up in ''[[Super Smash Bros.]].''
** Petal Dance.
** The absurdly powerful Leaf Storm.
** Magical Leaf fits the trope even better than Razor Leaf, since it's actually more like a storm of rainbow petals attacking the opponent.
* Peach's Final Smash in ''[[Super Smash Bros Brawl]]'' features plenty of peach blossoms.
* A decent number of enemies in ''[[
* The ''[[
** Also, ''[[
** In ''[[
** In ''[[
** In ''[[
* In ''[[Legend of Dragoon]]'', Lavitz and Albert both have protective spells that envelop the party in a storm of flowers or cherry blossoms.
* In ''[[
* Plant Man from ''[[Mega Man (
** Considering that you can throw that Leaf Shield at enemies - yeah, it counts.
* The Great Fairies in ''[[The Legend of Zelda:
* In ''[[
** [[Green Thumb|Yuuka]] [[Heart Is an Awesome Power|Kazami]] uses various flowers and petals as her bullets. She's also one of the more powerful characters in the series.
* In ''[[
* ''[[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}}.
* When Team Rose of ''[[Sonic Heroes
* 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.]]
* Both ''[[Secret of Mana]]'' and its sequel ''[[Seiken Densetsu 3]]'' feature "Sleep Flower" spells that [[Exactly What It Says
** ''[[Suikoden]]'' also does this with one of it's Wind-element spells, "Wind of Sleep".
* ''[[Digital Devil Saga]]'' has a physical attack skill called [[Cherry Blossoms|"Sakura Rage"]] which creates this effect. It can also cause the [[Charm Person|"Charm"]] status effect.
* Raven from Tales of Vesperia has a spell called Arrivederci, which is a whirlwhind of flower petals.
* Keiji Maeda from ''[[Sengoku Basara]]'' who, unlike other characters associated with the [[Blow You Away|wind-element]], invokes these during some of his special attacks.
* [[World's Most Beautiful Woman|Diao Chan]] in ''[[Dynasty Warriors]]'' 7 invokes this power in most of her special attacks.
* In ''[[
* The Team Rose group attack in ''[[Sonic Heroes]]''.
== [[Web Original]] ==▼
* [http://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-143 SCP-143] is a forest of incredibly strong trees. ''The [[
* In ''[[
* 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"]].▼
== [[Western Animation]] ==
* ''[[Winx Club
▲== Web Original ==
▲* [http://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-143 SCP-143] is a forest of incredibly strong trees. ''The [[SCP Foundation (Wiki)|SCP Foundation]]'' lost three staff members when they were out collecting petals and the wind picked up.
▲* In ''[[Asperchu (Webcomic)|Asperchu]]'', Wes-Li's very own version of the [[Kamehame Hadoken|Curse-Yame-Ha]] looks to invoke [http://hsienko.com/asperchu/index.php?title=Issue_5E/Page_28 petal power].
▲* 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"]].
▲== [[Comic Books]] ==
▲* Subverted in ''[[Batman and The Outsiders]] Annual Vol 1''. Geo-Force was pitted against Mayflower, a girl who controlled plants. After a lengthy fight with her, Geo-Force notices that Mayflower was almost a spitting image of his sister. Mayflower then commands a dandelion to grow and disperse its seeds in a cloud, covering the hero's face in a layer of thick fluff that suffocates him enough to knock him out.
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