Pretty Butterflies: Difference between revisions
Replaced redirects
(Replaced redirects) |
|||
| (6 intermediate revisions by 5 users not shown) | |||
Line 1:
{{trope}}
[[File:
Some people view most insect types as [[Big Creepy-Crawlies]] that are scary at best, or [[Bug War|dangerous]] [[Worm That Walks|and]] [[Everything's Worse with Bees|scary]] at worst.
Butterflies, however, have always gained positive interest from humanity, given their beautiful colors, their graceful flying, and the fact they look like they would rather drink nectar from flowers than star in the next B horror film. They became symbols of [[Blow You Away|the wind]], [[Butterfly of Death and Rebirth|reincarnation]], [[Butterfly of Transformation|transformation]], the soul, and magic throughout the ages. As a result, butterflies have appeared numerous times in many media.
{{examples}}
▲== Anime & Manga ==
* The first episode of ''[[Kimba the White Lion]]'' has the titular character lost at sea, so he followed a swarm of migrating butterflies to get to land.
* [[Butterfly of Death and Rebirth|Golden Butterflies]] show up a lot in ''[[Umineko no Naku Koro ni]]''. Seeing them usually means you're very big trouble.
Line 15 ⟶ 14:
==
* [[Neil Gaiman]]'s character [[The Sandman|Delirium]] is fond of creating or turning herself into butterflies.
== Fan Works ==
* An Easter Egg on one of the ''[[Potter Puppet Pals]]'' has Ron frolicking with butterflies while singing "Follow the butterflies, follow the butterflies...."▼
** Taken from a sarcastic comment Ron made in ''[[
* In Megami 33's ''[[Sailor Moon Abridged]]'', the ridiculousness of having the characters attacked by butterflies in one episode is underscored by the "sound effect" of people saying "flutter, flutter, flutter...." very peacefully.▼
Line 27 ⟶ 32:
* In ''[[Land of Oz|The Patchwork Girl of Oz]]'', a boy named Ojo had to get the left wing of a butterfly for use in a potion, but the Tin Woodman wouldn't let him harm the butterfly.
* The ''[[Doctor Who]]'' books have a room in the TARDIS that is simply filled with butterflies.
* ''[[Discworld]]'' has the Quantum Weather Butterfly which looks spectacular flying en masse, but the ensuing super-storm caused by the flapping of the wings less so.
** The novel ''Interesting Times'' also has a character named Pretty Butterfly; as per standard [[Terry Pratchett|Pratchett]] subversions she is downright manipulative and [[Tsundere|violent]]. This may be the result of growing up with a name like 'Pretty Butterfly'.
* Subverted in ''[[Zones of Thought|A Fire Upon the Deep]]'' by [[Vernor Vinge]], where there is an alien race who resemble beautiful
* Not ''strictly'' butterflies, but [[China Mieville]]'s [[Perdido Street Station]] has a race of giant mind-eating (psychophagic?) moths. They're [[Nightmare Fuel|not strictly pretty]] either.
* The contagious serial-killer curse from ''[[Garrett P.I.|Red Iron Nights]]'' causes its host to belch clouds of green carnivorous butterflies.
Line 54 ⟶ 59:
* Yuyuko of the ''[[Touhou]]'' series employs butterfly [[Danmaku]] in your final showdown with her in ''Perfect Cherry Blossom.''
* ''[[Let's Go Jungle]]''. After fending off swarms of [[Giant Spiders]] (including a [[Attack of the 50-Foot Whatever|gigantic one]]), as well as other carnivorous creepy crawlies, and a [[Man-Eating Plant]], your [[Final Boss]] is a [[Killer Rabbit|giant butterfly]]. Who then proceeds to smack you around with swarms of butterflies, cut you with its wings and blow you off the helicopter you're on...
* ''[[
* ''[[Dark Souls]]'' features a boss called Moonlight Butterfly. It is a nice departure from all the brutally dangerous looking bosses you have been fighting! During the fight, the typically epic music of the boss fights is replaced with calm, soothing music. It is a dangerous creature if one is careless, and doesn't carry a shield with good magic defense, as it uses magic attacks such as lasers, magical spears, Homing Soul Arrows, and explosive bursts.
* Dahlia Hawthorne in ''[[Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney|Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney]] Trials and Tribulations'' is accompanied by butterflies to emphasize her sweet, delicate demeanor. They ''spontaneously combust'' the moment she reveals her [[Bitch in Sheep's Clothing|true colors]].
Line 62 ⟶ 67:
* Inverted with Mistress Butterfly from ''[[Collar 6]]'', who sticks butterfly symbolism all over the place but is actually a [[Manipulative Bitch]] [[Bitch in Sheep's Clothing|In Sheep's Clothing]].
* [[Roza]] [http://www.junglestudio.com/roza/?date=2007-05-16 conjured them.]
* In ''[[Sinfest]]'', butterflies are usually symbols of transformation, but [
** [
* In ''[[Tales of the Questor]]'', the [[Cool Sword]] Wildcard produced an array of
Line 70 ⟶ 75:
* Swallowtail from the ''[[Global Guardians PBEM Universe]]'' is a [[Badass|powerful and effective]] [[Powered Armor]]-wearing superhero whose suit is yellow and black and has rather glorious-looking gold-foil butterfly wings (they act as stabilizers when she flies).
* [[SCP Foundation]]-[http://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-408 408], a sentient [[Hive Mind]] flock of butterflies whose wings can change colors as both an effective illusion and way of communicating.
▲* An Easter Egg on one of the ''[[Potter Puppet Pals]]'' has Ron frolicking with butterflies while singing "Follow the butterflies, follow the butterflies...."
▲** Taken from a sarcastic comment Ron made in ''[[Harry Potter/Harry Potter and The Chamber of Secrets|Harry Potter]]'', after finding out that he and Harry would have to "follow the spiders", assumedly making him wish for a less scary and more harmless insect to follow.
▲* In Megami 33's [[Sailor Moon Abridged]], the ridiculousness of having the characters attacked by butterflies in one episode is underscored by the "sound effect" of people saying "flutter, flutter, flutter...." very peacefully.
== Western Animation ==
* ''[[SpongeBob SquarePants]]'' has Wormy, Sandy's pet caterpillar who transforms into a butterfly. But since there are no butterflies underwater, [[Subverted Trope|everyone thinks it's a hideous monster]].
* In a discussion of reincarnation, [[The Simpsons (animation)|Bart Simpson]] said he wanted to come back as a butterfly, "because no one suspects the [[Butterfly of Doom]]!"
* [[The Venture Brothers|The Monarch]].
* Taken advantage of in ''[[Anastasia]]''
* " [[Horton Hears a Who!|In my world]], [[Tastes Like Diabetes|Everyone's a pony]], and [[Cloudcuckoolander|they all eat]] [[Everything's Better with Rainbows|rainbows]], [[Memetic Mutation|and poop butterflies]]".
* ''[[Jimmy Two-Shoes]]'': Heloise creates butterflies...[[Stuff Blowing Up|that explode on contact]].
Line 85 ⟶ 86:
** "THE MUSHROOM, OF COURSE!!!"
* Fluttershy out of ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'' has these as her 'cutie mark'; she's also saved by a lot of them when she ends up falling as a filly. She's one of the kindest characters in the series as well.
* Chuckie of ''[[Rugrats]]'' and Loopy in ''[[
== Real Life ==
* [http://www.magicoflife.org/ The Butterfly House] in Aberystwyth, Wales.
* Down here in California is where the Monarchs migrate on their way down to Mexico. Some places are literally covered with them.
{{reflist}}
[[Category:Invertebrate Index]]
[[Category:Pretty Butterflies]]▼
[[Category:Everything's Better with Indexes]]
| |||