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Some people view most insect types as [[Big Creepy
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.▼
▲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]], transformation, the soul, and magic throughout the ages. As a result, butterflies have appeared numerous times in many media.
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* The first episode of ''[[
▲== Anime & Manga ==
* [[Butterfly of Death and Rebirth|Golden Butterflies]] show up a lot in ''[[Umineko no Naku Koro
▲* The first episode of ''[[Kimba the White Lion (Manga)|Kimba the White Lion]]'' has the titular character lost at sea, so he followed a swarm of migrating butterflies to get to land.
* Though they don't get a lot of screen time, one must not forget the black Hell Butterflies that escort the Soul Reapers in ''[[
▲* [[Butterfly of Death and Rebirth|Golden Butterflies]] show up a lot in ''[[Umineko no Naku Koro Ni (Visual Novel)|Umineko no Naku Koro Ni]]''. Seeing them usually means you're very big trouble.
▲* Though they don't get a lot of screen time, one must not forget the black Hell Butterflies that escort the Soul Reapers in ''[[Bleach (Manga)|Bleach]]''
** Averted oh so hard with Szayel Aporro Granz though. His normal, human-like form is actually rather handsome but when he goes One Winged Angel butterflies will no longer be beautiful to you. They will be hideous, blood-like monstrosities with very pleasing voices and the ability to use you as their next cocoon.
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* [[Neil Gaiman]]'s character [[The Sandman
== Fan Works ==
* An Easter Egg on one of the ''[[
** Taken from a sarcastic comment Ron made in ''[[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (
* 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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== Literature ==
* In ''[[Land of Oz
* The ''[[
* ''[[
** 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 ''[[
* 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
* ''[[
** one of the TV series eps used butterfly morphs as well.
* In [[Nathaniel Hawthorne]]'s short story ''Dr. Heidegger's Experiment'', four aged people are revitalized by water from the [[Fountain of Youth]], as is a dying butterfly drenched in the liquid. The butterfly's sudden relapse signals that this happy reprieve - and, by implication, life itself- is only temporary. Butterfly = Brevity of Existence is the probable symbolism.
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== Live Action TV ==
* Averted on ''[[Modern Family]]'', as Manny is afraid of butterflies.
* On ''[[
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* The ''[[Pokémon]]'' series includes several butterfly-like [[Mons]], including Butterfree, Venomoth, and Beautifly.
** Although subverted with Beautifly: it's an aggressive predator that feeds by ''[[Nightmare Fuel|sucking out the prey's bodily fluids.]]''
* The first ''[[Persona (
** The series as a whole loves its butterfly motif; Philemon, a major character in the first three games (counting both halves of the second game), has [[Butterfly of Death and Rebirth]] as his his major gimmick, and is never seen without a butterfly mask. The save points in the fourth game even ''are'' butterflies (which according to [[Word of God]] are Philemon's current manifestation).
* ''[[Odin Sphere]]'' has Phozon Butterflies which your character can absorb to power themselves up.
* Yuyuko of the ''[[
* ''[[Let's Go Jungle]]''. After fending off swarms of [[Giant Spiders]] (including a [[Attack of the 50
* ''[[
* ''[[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
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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
== Web Original ==
* 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).
* [[
▲* An Easter Egg on one of the ''[[Potter Puppet Pals (Fanfic)|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 (Franchise)/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 ==
* ''[[
* In a discussion of reincarnation, [[The Simpsons (
* [[The Venture Brothers
* 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
* ''[[Jimmy Two
* ''[[Alice in Wonderland (Disney film)|Alice in Wonderland]]'' featured Bread-and-butterflies. And later on, we see the Caterpillar turn into a um, guess.
** "THE MUSHROOM, OF COURSE!!!"
* Fluttershy out of ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
* Chuckie of ''[[
▲* Fluttershy out of ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (Animation)|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 (Animation)|Rugrats]]'' and Loopy in ''[[Ka Blam]]'''s "Life With Loopy" both tried to become beautiful by turning into butterflies.
== 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.
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