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* ''[[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. |
* ''[[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. |
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** 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'. |
** 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'. |
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* Subverted in ''[[Zones of Thought|A Fire Upon the Deep]]'' by [[Vernor Vinge]], where there is an alien race who resemble beautiful |
* Subverted in ''[[Zones of Thought|A Fire Upon the Deep]]'' by [[Vernor Vinge]], where there is an alien race who resemble beautiful butterflies—and they're a bunch of genocidal fascists. |
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* 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. |
* 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. |
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* The contagious serial-killer curse from ''[[Garrett P.I.|Red Iron Nights]]'' causes its host to belch clouds of green carnivorous butterflies. |
* The contagious serial-killer curse from ''[[Garrett P.I.|Red Iron Nights]]'' causes its host to belch clouds of green carnivorous butterflies. |
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* In ''[[Sinfest]]'', butterflies are usually symbols of transformation, but [http://www.sinfest.net/archive_page.php?comicID=2196 sometimes they are just pretty.] |
* In ''[[Sinfest]]'', butterflies are usually symbols of transformation, but [http://www.sinfest.net/archive_page.php?comicID=2196 sometimes they are just pretty.] |
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** [http://www.sinfest.net/archive_page.php?comicID=2392 As when Squigley sees them under the influence.] |
** [http://www.sinfest.net/archive_page.php?comicID=2392 As when Squigley sees them under the influence.] |
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* In ''[[Tales of the Questor]]'', the [[Cool Sword]] Wildcard produced an array of |
* 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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* 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]]!" |
* 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]]!" |
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* [[The Venture Brothers|The Monarch]]. |
* [[The Venture Brothers|The Monarch]]. |
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* Taken advantage of in ''[[Anastasia]]'' |
* Taken advantage of in ''[[Anastasia]]''—When Anya is on the ship to France, Rasputin's demonic minions masquerade as butterflies to draw her into a sleepwalking, [[Tastes Like Diabetes]] dream that will end when she leaps to her doom in the ocean. |
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* " [[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]]". |
* " [[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]]". |
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* ''[[Jimmy Two-Shoes]]'': Heloise creates butterflies...[[Stuff Blowing Up|that explode on contact]]. |
* ''[[Jimmy Two-Shoes]]'': Heloise creates butterflies...[[Stuff Blowing Up|that explode on contact]]. |