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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]] [[
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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== Anime & Manga ==
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== Film ==
* [[Godzilla|Mothra]] is a giant butterfly goddess and is also [[Gentle Giant|one of the more peaceful (And one of the few purely good) Kaiju out there]].
** Then there's her [[Evil Twin|more violent counterpart]] Battra. He's just trying to protect the environment, but [[Well
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* ''[[Odin Sphere]]'' has Phozon Butterflies which your character can absorb to power themselves up.
* Yuyuko of the ''[[Touhou (Video Game)|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
* ''[[Earthbound (Video Game)|Earthbound]]'' features magic butterflies that will restore your HP and PP along with some soothing music.
* ''[[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.
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* [[The Venture Brothers (Animation)|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.
* " [[Horton Hears a Who|In my world]], [[Tastes Like Diabetes|Everyone's a pony]], and [[Cloudcuckoolander|they all eat]] [[
* ''[[Jimmy Two Shoes]]'': Heloise creates butterflies...[[Stuff Blowing Up|that explode on contact]].
* ''[[Alice in Wonderland (Disney)|Alice in Wonderland]]'' featured Bread-and-butterflies. And later on, we see the Caterpillar turn into a um, guess.
** "THE MUSHROOM, OF COURSE!!!"
* Gypsy Moth from ''[[A
** At the end of the film, Heimlich (an overweight caterpillar who speaks in a German accent) actually emerges out of his cocoon as an overweight butterfly with teeny-tiny wings. Because his wings are too small for him to get off the ground, Manny (Gypsy's husband, who is a praying mantis) and Francis (a disgruntled male ladybug who has being referred as a female) had to help him up as the circus bugs fly away.
* 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.
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