History Characters / Rosebuds

* CoolBigSis: She is much more gentle, protective and less acerbic toward [[MoralityPet Maricela]], even willing to let her tag along in her exercise routines and participate in her sister's tea parties with zero complaint. That said, she isn't afraid to be strict toward her if she does something wrong.

* CoolBigSis: She is much more gentle, protective and less acerbic toward [[MoralityPet Maricela]], even willing to let her tag along in her exercise routines and participate in her tea parties with zero complaint. That said, she isn't afraid to be strict toward her if she does something wrong.

* CharlesAtlasSuperpower: During the carnival arc, she's seen lifting a 200-pound mallet like it's a toy hammer, and then swinging it hard enough to cause an earthquake ''on the other side of the planet''.

** An arc in mid-2023 shows Maria's attention problems in more detail, concluding with her being diagnosed with ADD.

* OncePerEpisode: The text on Plush Maria's shirt changes (almost) every time she appears, both in ''Rosebuds'' and in her own comics. Even fanart usually follows suit.

* InnocentProdigy: Despite being highly intelligent and mature for her age, Maricela is still a child; she's afraid of the dark, often asks her elder sisters if she could sleep with them because of her fear, still believes in holiday characters like the Easter Bunny and loves holding tea parties.

* NotSoAboveItAll: Despite being highly intelligent and mature for her age, Maricela often has her moments that show she's still a child. She is afraid of the dark, often asks her elder sisters if she could sleep with them because of her fear, still believes in holiday characters like the Easter Bunny and loves holding tea parties. She can also be unknowingly condescending toward her sisters sometimes.
** Downplayed in one arc, where she goes along with Maria's plan to prank Rosa, but doesn't hesitate to tell her how silly the whole idea is.

* BoobsOfSteel: Rosa is the strongest sister and is also the bustiest. It makes sense given she is the oldest of the three sisters, though this also extends to the comic as a whole given she outsizes every other female character seen. She also has ''literal'' abs of steel if [[https://www.gocomics.com/rosebuds/2021/04/21 this strip]] is anything to go by.

* GagBoobs: Rosa's boob size has been used as a joke in a few comics, such as her bra being used as a slingshot in a snowball fight: the resulting snowballs are ''gigantic''.

* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: As stated above, Maricela has nyctophobia (a fear of the dark) and always sleeps with her stuffed rabbit to help alleviate her fear. Failing that, she often comes to her older sisters to sleep with them.

* SecurityBlanket: Her stuffed rabbit, Senor Bun, who she sleeps with every night to alleviate her fear of the dark and sometimes carries him around wherever she goes.

-->'''Maria:''' Can you believe it, Maricella? Me? Lacking focus?? I have a very strong attention span- Oh hey! Check out this book I got on haunted bathrooms!

-->'''Rosa:''' Maricela respects my stuff, cleans up after herself, and knows how to ask for permission. Unlike a certain someone I know.
-->'''Maria:''' What are you talking about? What does this "certain someone" have to do with '''me''' not being able to sit in your recliner?
-->'''Rosa:''' More than you'll acknowledge.
* OverlyLongName: As revealed in one strip, her full name is Maria Jose Alma Juliana Augustina Isabella Bianca Nicole Gonzalez. It's unknown whether her sisters have similarly long names.

--->'''Maricela''': Do you believe '''everything''' you're told? You're so gullible!
--->'''Maria''': I'm not gullible, I'm open-minded.

* TheBabyOfTheBunch: At eight years old, she's definitely the youngest of the three sisters (i.e. Rosa is 25, Maria 16)

* MatureYoungerSibling: {{Zigzagged}}. On one hand, she often needs to be looked after by her eldest sister, Rosa. On the other hand, she proves herself to be much more mature and responsible than her other big sister, Maria. She is also the [[ChildProdigy smartest of the three sisters]], which Rosa acknowledges and likes about her, but there are moments when Maricela may [[InnocentlyInsensitive accidentally rub that fact in]].

* NeverBareheaded: Always seen wearing a bunny hat.

* NiceHat: Always seen wearing a bunny hat.

* HilariouslyAbusiveChildhood: While there have been hints of considerably less humorous instances of ParentalNeglect, Rosa's parents somehow forgetting that they left her at a carnival for ''three weeks'' (during which time she was paraded around by said carnival like a freak show exhibit) definitely fits this trope.

** In another strip, after she [[NoIndoorVoice enthusiastically]] follows ''Polterpals'' magazine's advice on how to contact ghosts, Maricela calls her out on this trope rather more explicitly:

* HilariouslyAbusiveChildhood: Downplayed, as this was (as far as we know) an isolated incident, but her parents somehow forgetting that they left her at a carnival for ''three weeks'' (during which time she was paraded around by said carnival like a freak show exhibit) definitely fits the bill.

* ScaryShinyGlasses: Rosa's glasses will shine and hide her eyes when she is especially angry, surprised, or embarrassed.

* OffscreenTeleportation: At one point during the vacation arc, Maricela drops Plush Maria into a hole in the sand, intending to bury her. She turns round, picks up a bucket of sand, turns back, and Plush Maria is somehow sitting ''next to'' the hole...

* AerithAndBob: Maricela is a rather unusual name compared to Rosa and Maria.