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{{quote|''And I [[Cargo Envy|envy the rose]]''<br />

''That you held in your teeth, love,''<br />

=== Male Examples ===

 

* Hideaki Asaba from ''[[Kare Kano]]'', who considers himself God's gift to women.

* Zero, The Winged Knight from ''[[SD Gundam Force]]'' loves them. They're called the "Princess Rose" of Lacora. This quote says it all really.

{{quote| '''Baku:''' There he goes again, making flowers appear out of thin air!}}

* Dante in ''[[Devil May Cry]] 4'', when using the Lucifer weapon, becomes some sort of demonic flamenco dancer, and he triggers the explosion of the Lucifer's shards by tossing a rose (that the game insists is significant only in its insignificance). [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pWvKx1x1pk Video].

* Kenshin from ''[[Sengoku Basara]]'' is often seen surrounded by dozens of blooming roses or petals, though it's probably just from [[Bodyguard Crush|Kasuga]]'s point of view. Used to great effect in the anime during his fight with Nouhime.

* The ''[[Kingdom Hearts]]: Chain of Memories'' manga has Marluxia do this, naturally enough, since his power is over plants.

* [[Gorgeous George|Pisces Aphrodite]] from ''[[Saint Seiya]]''. If you thought this one belonged under the female examples, [[Viewer Gender Confusion|no one will blame you]].

* Brutally played with in a Valentine's Day episode of ''[[The Simpsons]]'': Homer ends up getting stuck under a plane that flies through a rose plantation, winding up absolutely covered in roses. The plane then flies over the Simpson house and Homer gets stuck on the clothesline, and winds up spinning around and depositing the roses at Marge's feet. Homer then lands in front of Marge on one knee with a rose held in his mouth. Marge finds the whole thing romantic; Homer thinks he has a collapsed lung.

* In [http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=195 this] ''[[VG Cats]]'' strip, [[Metal Gear Solid|Raiden]] is shown with a rose between his teeth.

* Mid-boss from ''[[Disgaea]]'', especially in the anime version, appears to have the ability to pull roses out of thin air. One point in the anime he throws a rose in a blatant reference to Tuxedo Kamen, and the animation, sound effects and general feel of the scene reinforce it.

** However, he has ''nothing'' on Master Big Star, who may as well have a bouquet surgically grafted to his hand for all roses he throws around.

* In ''Mario Party 8'', when Waluigi wins a minigame, he pulls a rose out of [[Hammerspace]] and poses with it.

* Femio in ''[[Princess Tutu]]'' even has a servant to scatter rose petals on his wake. The trope is used as a parody, though.

* Dudley from ''[[Street Fighter]] III'' tosses a rose as a taunt (and this can be used as an effective distraction in actual gameplay). In his ''3rd Strike'' ending, it's revealed that his family rose garden is absolutely ''huge''.

* ''Cold Feet'' (or maybe something else) involved a rose and James Nesbitt's naked backside.

* Muraki Kazutaka in ''[[Yami no Matsuei]]'' has a thing for roses, at one point stating the symbolism of the roses he attempts to give to the main character as "eternal love", which just reinforces the point made throughout the manga that he's not someone one should mess around with.

* Tatewaki Kuno from ''[[Ranma One Half|Ranma 1/2]]'' often proffers roses (usually a single one, held in his mouth) to Akane during his rare, serious moments.

* Kenshin of ''[[Rurouni Kenshin]]'' subverts this in an artbook piece, which has the usual setup for him having a rose in his mouth, but it's actually a maple branch with a leaf. It makes sense in character, plus it's [[What Do You Mean Its Not Symbolic|symbolic]].

* Daisuke Ono during his brief stint as Minoru Shiraishi's replacement on ''[[Lucky Star|Lucky Channel]]''.

* Sebastian from ''[[Black Butler]]'' this motif from time to time, usually with a black rose to symbolise his demonic side. This is most notable in the second and third openings, but also in the second series, when he and Claude make their pact

* The film ''[[Azumi]]'' features a long-haired, white-clad, psychotic biseinen who first appears holding a red rose, for no other apparent reason than to look cool.

* [[Moe Anthropomorphism|France]], from ''[[Axis Powers Hetalia]]''. In the anime, as soon as he is introduced roses start to [[Hammerspace|pop out from behind him]].

* Endrance, from the ''[[.hack|.hack//GU]]'' games, has roses on his hat. And is usually accompanied by rose petals during cut scenes. And his Avatar is ''sixty percent giant rose''.

* Soukichi Banba (Big One) from the ''[[Super Sentai]]'' series ''[[JAKQ Dengekitai]]'' had the rose as his symbol. He could use them as throwing weapons, and always sniffed one before transforming.

* Don Flamenco in ''[[Punch Out]] Wii'' sniffs a rose before the fight starts. In the NES version, he can be seen holding a rose with his teeth when he makes his entrance. In the Title Defense rematch, he carries around a black rose to show that he [[Took a Level In Badass]].

* In one episode of ''[[Full Metal Panic]] Fumoffu'', an elderly man thinks that Tsubaki and Sousuke are going to rape him. In his [[Squick|creepy envisioning of what he thinks is about to happen]], roses are used as censors. Ick.

* Sir Richard Rose, the [[Final Boss]] of classic SNES game ''[[Sunset Riders]]''.

** In the prequel, ''Dissidia 012'', Firion and [[Final Fantasy XIII|Lightning]] share the connection they both feel with roses (as Odin's summon crystal, which is possessed by Lightning in her game, is shaped like a rose), which causes sexual tension between them.

* In The ''[[Book of Amber]]'', the first protagonist, Corwin, has as his emblem a silver rose. A brief mention is made of the fact that his cloak-clasp is a silver rose, but it's not mentioned again until the second protagonist, his son Merlin, finds a real, fresh-cut silver rose on Corwin's bedside table (even though Corwin was missing, presumed dead at the time<ref>It does get established that more than one version of Corwin was around at the time, as well as the how and some of the why</ref>). Nothing is made of it because the series ends abruptly due to [[Author Existence Failure]].

** In the portrait introducing Benedict, he "leaned upon a lance about which was entwined a rope of flowers".

* In ''[[Shrek]] 2'' Prince Charming takes this [[Up to Eleven]] by not only holding the rose with his teeth, but twirling it with his tongue, in the middle of a semi-wild dance with Fiona.

* Possibly referenced by [[Dragon Age|Alistair]] in a romance with a female Warden:

'''Warden:''' Your new weapon of choice?<br />

'''Alistair:''' (jocular) Yes, that's right! Watch as I thrash our enemies with the mighty power of floral arrangements! Feel my thorns, darkspawn! I will overpower you with my rosy scent! (Sniff, sigh)...or, you know, it could just be a rose... }}

* The handsome [[Magnificent Bastard]] Andrea Cavalcanti in ''[[Gankutsuou]]'' gives a bouquet of roses to Eugenie when he first meets her and continues to give them to her later on.

* [[Yoshiki Hayashi]] in the 1994 anime version of the PV for the [[X Japan]] song "Rusty Nail". His anime avatar's weapon against hide's one-eyed monster was... a rose.

* ''[[Mon Colle Knights]]'''s Count Collection tends to carry roses, which he personally grows in his castle garden. At one point he also holds one between his teeth in a typical evil charming pose, or at least to the best of his efforts, since he and the rose just got charred.

* Yoshimori of ''[[Kekkaishi]]'' has the ability to create facsimiles of himself, which he usually uses to take care of boring duties while he has a nap. For special occasions, he makes an ultra-hunky version of himself with Fabio hair and a rose in the teeth.

* Kamen Rider Caucasus, the [[Big Bad]] Dark Rider from ''[[Kamen Rider Kabuto|Kamen Rider Kabuto: God Speed Love]]'', has his signature Black Rose, which somehow makes him look extremely menicing and refined at the same time. He also frequantly uses them as a silent [[Pre-Ass-Kicking One-Liner]], holding one up before [[Curb Stomp Battle|pummeling his opponent into oblivion]].

* [[The Hunger Games|President Snow]] is anything ''but'' [[Bishonen]], but he has a greenhouse filled with roses, leaves behind roses as a warning to his enemies, and has done something to himself so that he permanently smells of roses--as well as of blood. {{spoiler|The blood smell's actually natural: he tried to poison both himself and a rival, and since he didn't take the antidote quickly enough, he's got permanent mouth ulcers. The rose smell is intended to cover it up.}}

* In ''[[Wooden Rose]]'', Aidan Thorne can conjure up roses from bare ground.

* In ''[[Nip and Tuck]]'', [http://www.rhjunior.com/NT/00105.html the bull's response to learning he's going out to stud is a rose between the teeth.]

* In ''[[Sinfest]]'' [http://www.sinfest.net/archive_page.php?comicID=1772 when you think you're a heartbreaker.]

** [http://www.sinfest.net/archive_page.php?comicID=2045 Or are preparing for a date.]

* In ''[[Tekken]]'', Lee Chaolan can be customized to hold a rose between his teeth, fitting with his [[The Charmer]] persona.

* ''[[Bleach]]'': [[The Fighting Narcissist|Beauty-obsessed]] [[Macho Camp|Charlotte's]] release is called "Reina des Roses" ("Queen of the Roses"). We see why when he unleashes his ultimate attack: a black thorn bush inside which a single white rose blooms, killing the opponent trapped inside. The attack is designed to symbolise his aesthetic of beauty equalling strength.

* Charlotte from the ''[[Samurai Shodown]]'' games, borrowed from the ''Rose of Versailles'' series. Quite fond of roses, even catching them after winning when someone drops one from above for it. She tends to stab people a lot in the games.

* Crusadermon of ''[[Digimon Frontier]]'', as a prop and as a distraction (Her [[Calling Your Attacks|Scarlet Tempest]] technique creates a storm of petals from one flower to obscure the enemy's view of her exit.) Of course, [[She's a Man In Japan]].

* The song "Masochism Tango" mentions that the singer, a man,

{{quote| "Env[ies] the rose<br />

With the thorns underneath, love<br />

Digging into your gums" }}

* Shinku in ''[[Rozen Maiden]]'', and pretty much everyone else in the show who is one of the titular dolls will have some sort of rose symbolism associated with them. Kirakishou is listed as the example on the anime's main page.

* In ''[[Soul Calibur]] II'', One of Ivy's whip weapons is shaped like a rose. It is apparently favored by Ivy cosplayers.

* {{spoiler|[[Bifauxnen|Rei]] [[Magnificent Bastard|Ijuin]]}} in ''[[Tokimeki Memorial]]''.

* Why did it take so long for... well, [[Rose of Versailles|Lady Oscar de Jarjeyes]] to be added? She may be the [[Trope Codifier]] for the female version of this trope.

* There was a ''[[Full House]]'' episode where Becky was trying to distract a house guest of Jesse's. Unable to locate a rose to put in her teeth, she used a tulip.

* Lady Rachel Alucard of the ''[[Blaz Blue]]'' is surrounded by rose motifs. Her stage is a rose garden, her [[Leitmotif]] is named "Queen of Rose", her battle aura is a rose in chains. And yes, she is often seen with them in cutscenes.

* In ''[[Rule of Rose]]'' a red rose is a mark of the Rose Princess and by extension the Aristocrat Club. While the Princess doesn't initially seem like a character fitting to the trope, there is some development later in the game that does give her shades of it.

* Alyssa of ''[[Gungnir]]'' wields a giant lance with a rose motif. Since she's a shy noblewoman rather than [[The Vamp]], the roses are [[Princesses Prefer Pink|pink]].

* Parodied in an episode of ''[[Full House]]''. Becky, trying to convince some guy she was coming on to him, tried to execute the rose-in-the-teeth bit. However, no rose was available. She used a tulip instead.

* Most versions of the [[Beauty and The Beast]] story involve the character of Beauty requesting that her father bring home a rose for her, which leads directly to her becoming acquainted with the Beast.