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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.
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▲== 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.
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* [[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.▼
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* 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 them—causing Quentyn's foes to laugh—for the crucial seconds before the rooster crows, meaning they can no longer attack him.
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* 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 ==
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