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* 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 butterflies—and they're a bunch of genocidal fascists.
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* 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...
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* ''[[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]].
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== 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]]''—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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** "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.
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