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* In ''Anime/ElCazadorDeLaBruja'' L.A. buys all flowers off a young hispanic girl, selling them.

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* In ''Anime/ElCazadorDeLaBruja'' ''Anime/ElCazadorDeLaBruja'', L.A. buys all flowers off a young hispanic girl, selling them.



* ''VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters 94'': In Tatsuya Shinjyouji's manga, the aforementioned Terry Bogard has quite a bit of ShipTease with an Italian flower girl [[http://www.tuku.cc/comic/8362/3/?9 named Marucco]], who also has ties to an OrphanageOfLove. [[spoiler: Unlike Lily and Sulia from the VideoGame/FatalFury animes, Marucco doesn't kick it -- though in the second volume she and her friends ''are'' targetted by some Mafiosi, but Terry helps them.]]

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* ''VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters 94'': ''VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters94'': In Tatsuya Shinjyouji's manga, the aforementioned Terry Bogard has quite a bit of ShipTease with an Italian flower girl [[http://www.tuku.cc/comic/8362/3/?9 named Marucco]], who also has ties to an OrphanageOfLove. [[spoiler: Unlike Lily and Sulia from the VideoGame/FatalFury animes, Marucco doesn't kick it -- though in the second volume she and her friends ''are'' targetted by some Mafiosi, but Terry helps them.]]
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* A character literally named Lil' Flower Girl in the ''Precious Miseries'' doll and art series is a dark example of this trope, wearing a black and pink dress decorated in spiderwebs and skulls. Her description on the tag of the doll reads as follows:

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* A character literally named Lil' Flower Girl in the ''Precious Miseries'' doll and art series is a dark rather {{Goth}} example of this trope, wearing a black and pink dress decorated in spiderwebs and skulls. Her description on the tag of the doll reads as follows:
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*''Anime/LaSeineNoHoshi'': Simone worked at flower shop owned by her parents before they were brutally murdered by the bourgeoisie.
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[[JustForFun/IThoughtItMeant Not to be confused with]] ''literal'' anthropomorphic flower girls such as Sunny Funny in ''VideoGame/ParappaTheRapper'', or Cheza in ''Anime/WolfsRain'' (she's a hybrid of human and flower DNA). FlowerMotifs are not enough to make an example of this trope; at the very least, there need to be corporeal flowers present.

Definitely not to be confused with the "flower girls" of Victorian England who were in fact [[TheOldestProfession prostitutes]] (although many were actual flower sellers, the greater part were only using the flowers as a front). Hopefully.

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[[JustForFun/IThoughtItMeant Not to be confused with]] with ''literal'' [[PlantPerson anthropomorphic flower girls such as Sunny Funny in ''VideoGame/ParappaTheRapper'', or Cheza in ''Anime/WolfsRain'' (she's a hybrid of human and flower DNA).girls]]. FlowerMotifs are not enough to make an example of this trope; at the very least, there need to be corporeal flowers present.

Definitely not to be confused with the "flower girls" of Victorian England who were in fact [[TheOldestProfession prostitutes]] (although sex workers]]. That said, many were actual flower sellers, the greater part were only using the flowers but as a front). Hopefully.
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* ''Film/ALittlePrincess1995'': After buying a bun with money she got as a handout, Sara sees an impoverished girl trying to sell yellow roses to passersby next to her mother and little sister. Sara gives the bun to the girl's little sister, who was eyeing it, and the girl gives her a rose for free as thanks.
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* OlderThanFeudalism: Myth/GreekMythology features the young goddess of spring, rejuvenation, and youth named Kore (Maiden). One day she was collecting flowers, and then she: either was kidnapped by Hades and forcibly taken to the Underworld, or met up with him and asked him to take her along so she'd get free of her well-intentioned but overbearing mother Demeter, or they agreed to elope. She spends half of the year as Persephone, Hades's consort and Queen of Underworld. {{Alternative character interpretation}}s abound.

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* OlderThanFeudalism: Myth/GreekMythology features the young goddess of spring, rejuvenation, and youth named Kore (Maiden). One day she was collecting flowers, and then she: either she was kidnapped by Hades and forcibly taken to the Underworld, or met up with him and asked him to take her along so she'd get free of her well-intentioned but overbearing mother Demeter, or they agreed to elope. She underworld. After eating six pomegranate seeds, she spends half of the year as Persephone, Hades's consort and Queen queen of Underworld. {{Alternative character interpretation}}s abound.the dead, which is when winter occurs.
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* Subverted in ''The Milkweed Triptych''. Gretel likes to gather wildflowers, but it's only a sociopathic façade. [[spoiler:In the final novel, [[KickTheSonOfABitch she's exiled on a windswept island where no flowers can grow]].]]

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* Subverted in ''The Milkweed Triptych''. Gretel likes to gather wildflowers, but it's only a sociopathic façade. [[spoiler:In the final novel, [[KickTheSonOfABitch [[PayEvilUntoEvil she's exiled on a windswept island where no flowers can grow]].]]
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* Music/TheBeatles' "Penny Lane": "Behind the shelter in the middle of a roundabout, a pretty nurse is selling poppies from a tray." (Selling flowers is an odd side job for a nurse, implying she's probably selling Remembrance Day poppies to raise money for a charity.)

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* Music/TheBeatles' "Penny Lane": "Behind the shelter in the middle of a roundabout, a pretty nurse is selling poppies from a tray." (Selling flowers is an odd side job for a nurse, implying she's probably selling [[UsefulNotes/ThePoppy Remembrance Day poppies poppies]] to raise money for a charity.)
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* In ''Anime/ElCazadorDeLaBruja'' L.A. buys all flowers off a young hispanic girl, selling them.
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* ''LightNovel/KagerouDaze'': Mary Kozakura. It's PlayedForLaughs when it's mentioned that she makes artificial flowers... but the income they generate is so small that it's barely noticeable. [[spoiler:She also happened to die a [[TeensAreMonsters very sad death]] on August 15th about a century ago but is [[BackFromTheDead still alive because]] (a) the creator of the eternal Heat Haze world is her grandmother Azami (and had the powers necessary to resurrect her) and (b) she's 1/4 medusa, meaning her aging process is immensely slow (she appears about 14, despite being ten times that age)]].

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* ''LightNovel/KagerouDaze'': ''Literature/KagerouDaze'': Mary Kozakura. It's PlayedForLaughs when it's mentioned that she makes artificial flowers... but the income they generate is so small that it's barely noticeable. [[spoiler:She also happened to die a [[TeensAreMonsters very sad death]] on August 15th about a century ago but is [[BackFromTheDead still alive because]] (a) the creator of the eternal Heat Haze world is her grandmother Azami (and had the powers necessary to resurrect her) and (b) she's 1/4 medusa, meaning her aging process is immensely slow (she appears about 14, despite being ten times that age)]].

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* The film ''Film/{{Alegria}}'', inspired by the Cirque du Soleil production of the same name, has a whole troupe of unwanted, unloved kids under the thumb of an abusive taskmaster who forces them to sell flowers on the streets, as well as tend to them in the warehouse they're imprisoned in. [[spoiler:They are inspired to revolt at the end.]] Sadly, there's TruthInTelevision here: the director got the idea for this when he was approached by such a kid.
* Thel Russel from ''Film/DeadMan'', a sweet and abused young woman who makes paper flowers and gets murdered at the beginning of the film.



* The film ''Film/{{Alegria}}'', inspired by the Cirque du Soleil production of the same name, has a whole troupe of unwanted, unloved kids under the thumb of an abusive taskmaster who forces them to sell flowers on the streets, as well as tend to them in the warehouse they're imprisoned in. [[spoiler:They are inspired to revolt at the end.]] Sadly, there's TruthInTelevision here: the director got the idea for this when he was approached by such a kid.
* Thel Russel from ''Film/DeadMan'', a sweet and abused young woman who makes paper flowers and gets murdered at the beginning of the film.
* Subverted for laughs in Terry Gilliam's ''Film/{{Yellowbeard}}''.

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* The film ''Film/{{Alegria}}'', inspired by the Cirque du Soleil production of the same name, has a whole troupe of unwanted, unloved kids under the thumb of an abusive taskmaster who forces them to sell flowers on the streets, as well as tend to them in the warehouse they're imprisoned in. [[spoiler:They are inspired to revolt at the end.]] Sadly, there's TruthInTelevision here: the director got the idea for this when he was approached by such a kid.
* Thel Russel from ''Film/DeadMan'', a sweet and abused young woman who makes paper flowers and gets murdered at the beginning of the film.
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%%* Subverted for laughs in Terry Gilliam's ''Film/{{Yellowbeard}}''.



%%* Mocked pretty thoroughly in Creator/EdwardGorey's ''The Hapless Child''.
* ''LightNovel/KagerouDaze'': Mary Kozakura. It's PlayedForLaughs when it's mentioned that she makes artificial flowers... but the income they generate is so small that it's barely noticeable. [[spoiler:She also happened to die a [[TeensAreMonsters very sad death]] on August 15th about a century ago but is [[BackFromTheDead still alive because]] (a) the creator of the eternal Heat Haze world is her grandmother Azami (and had the powers necessary to resurrect her) and (b) she's 1/4 medusa, meaning her aging process is immensely slow (she appears about 14, despite being ten times that age)]].
* Subverted in ''The Milkweed Triptych''. Gretel likes to gather wildflowers, but it's only a sociopathic façade. [[spoiler:In the final novel, [[KickTheSonOfABitch she's exiled on a windswept island where no flowers can grow]].]]



* Mocked pretty thoroughly in Creator/EdwardGorey's ''The Hapless Child''.
* ''LightNovel/KagerouDaze'': Mary Kozakura. It's PlayedForLaughs when it's mentioned that she makes artificial flowers... but the income they generate is so small that it's barely noticeable. [[spoiler:She also happened to die a [[TeensAreMonsters very sad death]] on August 15th about a century ago but is [[BackFromTheDead still alive because]] (a) the creator of the eternal Heat Haze world is her grandmother Azami (and had the powers necessary to resurrect her) and (b) she's 1/4 medusa, meaning her aging process is immensely slow (she appears about 14, despite being ten times that age)]].
* Subverted in ''The Milkweed Triptych''. Gretel likes to gather wildflowers, but it's only a sociopathic façade. [[spoiler:In the final novel, [[KickTheSonOfABitch she's exiled on a windswept island where no flowers can grow]].]]



* In Jean Anouilh's play ''Colombe'', the titular character is exactly this when she meets her future husband while delivering flowers to his diva of a mother. The audience learns this however in a flashback after having witnessed Colombe become an opportunistic and adulterous actress during the course of the play.



* Averted by ''Theatre/{{Pygmalion}}''. Eliza Doolittle may be a flower girl, but she's far from innocent.
-->I'm a good girl, I am!

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* Averted by ''Theatre/{{Pygmalion}}''. Eliza Doolittle may be a flower girl, but In ''Theatre/LaBoheme'', Mimí sews artificial flowers, and although she's far from innocent.
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not entirely innocent (she lives with her lover Rodolfo out of wedlock, and then has a good girl, I am!brief affair with a viscount for his money before going back to Rodolfo), her sweetness, gentleness and IncurableCoughOfDeath definitely evoke this trope.



* In Jean Anouilh's play ''Colombe'', the titular character is exactly this when she meets her future husband while delivering flowers to his diva of a mother. The audience learns this however in a flashback after having witnessed Colombe become an opportunistic and adulterous actress during the course of the play.
* In ''Theatre/LaBoheme'', Mimí sews artificial flowers, and although she's not entirely innocent (she lives with her lover Rodolfo out of wedlock, and then has a brief affair with a viscount for his money before going back to Rodolfo), her sweetness, gentleness and IncurableCoughOfDeath definitely evoke this trope.



* Catherine-Marie Cygne from ''VideoGame/AviaryAttorney'' is a sweet, soft-spoken flower seller who might be hiding something. Also a swan.
* ''Franchise/TheElderScrolls'':
** Subverted by Dibella, the [[OurGodsAreDifferent Aedric Divine]] Goddess of Beauty, in the series' mythology. Dibella is associated with elements of innocence, including always being depicted holding a delicate white flower. However, she is also associated with the carnal aspects of sex, and worshiping her takes the primary form of sexual acts. Additionally, her followers are known to mock the disfigured and use their sexual charms for means of manipulation.
** In ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim Skyrim]]'', Sofie from the ''Hearthfire'' DLC is in Windhelm selling flowers since her mother died and her Stormcloak father disappeared in the war. The player can help her out by buying her flowers, or adopt her if they have a house.



* Kairi as a child in ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsBirthBySleep'', she is shown to have some affection for flowers, as she appears with flowers in her hand and is picking more during the final credits. But she won't hesitate to give them away in gratitude, like giving them to Aqua as thanks for saving her from the Unversed. Also, her Keyblade, Destiny's Embrace, has a floral design.
* Ameena Leffeld from ''VideoGame/StarOceanTillTheEndOfTime'' fits this trope perfectly. For special bonus points, she also looks a great deal like Aerith.

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* Kairi as a child in ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsBirthBySleep'', she is shown to have some affection for ''Franchise/FireEmblem'':
** ''VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening'':
*** Sumia. Instead of selling
flowers, as she appears with flowers uses them for fortune-telling, and in some of her endings, she becomes well-known as a bringer of good luck.
*** [[spoiler: Her daughter]] Cynthia is also a big fan of flower fortunes, and
in her hand supports with [[spoiler: any of her possible fathers (either Chrom, a male Avatar, Frederick, Gaius or Henry)]] she wants to use flower petals to craft him an awesome battle entry.
** In ''VideoGame/FireEmblemFates'', the Birthright path has the Avatar and their group meeting one in Nohr. [[spoiler: She is actually Elise, the youngest Nohrian princess, who has run away from home after the Avatar's defection to Hoshido
and is picking more during living with her nanny instead. And later in the final credits. But she won't hesitate to give them away in gratitude, like giving them to Aqua as thanks for saving her from the Unversed. Also, her Keyblade, Destiny's Embrace, has path, [[TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth she]] ''does'' get a floral design.
* Ameena Leffeld from ''VideoGame/StarOceanTillTheEndOfTime'' fits this trope perfectly. For special bonus points, she also looks a great deal like Aerith.
dramatic and sad death scene.]]



* Kira from ''VideoGame/ProfessorLaytonVsPhoenixWrightAceAttorney'' poses as one of these but is actually [[spoiler:a witch]].
* Florina from ''VideoGame/{{Wild ARMs 3}}''. She can "feel" the pain of the planet, grows flowers, and, after a sidequest, will grow the usually hard-to-find healing berries for you. In a break from the convention, she doesn't die at the end of the story.
* Nozomi Harasaki of ''VideoGame/{{Shenmue}}'' is a sweet, kind, and tender girl who is very fond of the protagonist Ryo, and her day job is helping out at her mother's flower shop.
* Mariel from ''[[VideoGame/WildArms1 Wild ARMs]]''; Florina is pretty much an {{Expy}} of her. In the remake, Mariel can join your party, but she can't really attack enemies, only use healing abilities based on the ubiquitous berries.
* Luty from ''VideoGame/{{Xenosaga}}'' is a little girl who became mute from the trauma of her home planet Ariadne disappearing some time before the story begins. A sidequest involves finding and growing a flower from Ariadne, which cheers her up enough to gradually get her to speak again. When encountered again in Episode II, she begins to work as a nurse and is involved in another sidequest, where she wants to grow a garden of Ariadne Flowers to help make everybody in Second Miltia happy.
* ''VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue'' has Erika, who is a gym leader. She doesn't seem to be DelicateAndSickly, but is a reserved [[TheOjou ojou-type]] woman.



** Played with Nina from ''VideoGame/HarvestMoonS1'' and her granddaughter Popuri from ''VideoGame/{{Harvest Moon 64}}''. They adore plants and work at flower shops but are loud and spunky. Popuri's mother Lillia fit closer to the archetype in ''VideoGame/HarvestMoonBackToNature''. She's Popuri's DelicateAndSickly mother whose husband left on a journey to heal her.

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** Played with Nina from ''VideoGame/HarvestMoonS1'' ''VideoGame/HarvestMoon1'' and her granddaughter Popuri from ''VideoGame/{{Harvest Moon 64}}''. They adore plants and work at flower shops but are loud and spunky. Popuri's mother Lillia fit closer to the archetype in ''VideoGame/HarvestMoonBackToNature''. She's Popuri's DelicateAndSickly mother whose husband left on a journey to heal her.



* Kairi as a child in ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsBirthBySleep'', she is shown to have some affection for flowers, as she appears with flowers in her hand and is picking more during the final credits. But she won't hesitate to give them away in gratitude, like giving them to Aqua as thanks for saving her from the Unversed. Also, her Keyblade, Destiny's Embrace, has a floral design.



* ''Franchise/TheElderScrolls'':
** Subverted by Dibella, the [[OurGodsAreDifferent Aedric Divine]] Goddess of Beauty, in the series' mythology. Dibella is associated with elements of innocence, including always being depicted holding a delicate white flower. However, she is also associated with the carnal aspects of sex, and worshiping her takes the primary form of sexual acts. Additionally, her followers are known to mock the disfigured and use their sexual charms for means of manipulation.
** In ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim Skyrim]]'', Sofie from the ''Hearthfire'' DLC is in Windhelm selling flowers since her mother died and her Stormcloak father disappeared in the war. The player can help her out by buying her flowers, or adopt her if they have a house.
* Sumia from ''VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening''. Instead of selling flowers, she uses them for fortune-telling, and in some of her endings, she becomes well-known as a bringer of good luck.
** [[spoiler: Her daughter]] Cynthia is also a big fan of flower fortunes, and in her supports with [[spoiler: any of her possible fathers (either Chrom, a male Avatar, Frederick, Gaius or Henry)]] she wants to use flower petals to craft him an awesome battle entry.
* In ''VideoGame/FireEmblemFates'', the Birthright path has the Avatar and their group meeting one in Nohr. [[spoiler: She is actually Elise, the youngest Nohrian princess, who has run away from home after the Avatar's defection to Hoshido and is living with her nanny instead. And later in the path, [[TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth she]] ''does'' get a dramatic and sad death scene.]]
* Catherine-Marie Cygne from ''VideoGame/AviaryAttorney'' is a sweet, soft-spoken flower seller who might be hiding something. Also a swan.
* Entirely subverted by Yuuka Kazami of ''Franchise/TouhouProject''. She's a flower youkai, [[WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway a power that's just as useless as it sounds...]] but is one of the oldest youkai in Gensokyo, and thus extremely powerful (Marisa copied the [[WaveMotionGun Master Spark]] from her), and generally uninclined to be merciful to humans. Fandom takes this even further, calling her the Ultimate Sadistic Creature and having her wreak unholy vengeance on anyone trespassing on her sunflower garden.
* Camellia in ''VideoGame/Vampyr2018'' is a florist at Whitechapel and a [[CuteMute lovely young woman who happens to be mute]], with even [[GrumpyOldMan Darius Patrescu]] considering her an angel. She can [[VideoGameCrueltyPotential potentially die a tragic death]] if the main protagonist [[KickTheDog feeds on her]], and her dying thoughts are heart-breaking to hear.



* ''VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue'' has Erika, who is a gym leader. She doesn't seem to be DelicateAndSickly, but is a reserved [[TheOjou ojou-type]] woman.
* Kira from ''VideoGame/ProfessorLaytonVsPhoenixWrightAceAttorney'' poses as one of these but is actually [[spoiler:a witch]].
* Nozomi Harasaki of ''VideoGame/{{Shenmue}}'' is a sweet, kind, and tender girl who is very fond of the protagonist Ryo, and her day job is helping out at her mother's flower shop.
* Ameena Leffeld from ''VideoGame/StarOceanTillTheEndOfTime'' fits this trope perfectly. For special bonus points, she also looks a great deal like Aerith.
* Entirely subverted by Yuuka Kazami of ''Franchise/TouhouProject''. She's a flower youkai, [[WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway a power that's just as useless as it sounds...]] but is one of the oldest youkai in Gensokyo, and thus extremely powerful (Marisa copied the [[WaveMotionGun Master Spark]] from her), and generally uninclined to be merciful to humans. Fandom takes this even further, calling her the Ultimate Sadistic Creature and having her wreak unholy vengeance on anyone trespassing on her sunflower garden.
* Camellia in ''VideoGame/Vampyr2018'' is a florist at Whitechapel and a [[CuteMute lovely young woman who happens to be mute]], with even [[GrumpyOldMan Darius Patrescu]] considering her an angel. She can [[VideoGameCrueltyPotential potentially die a tragic death]] if the main protagonist [[KickTheDog feeds on her]], and her dying thoughts are heart-breaking to hear.
* Florina from ''VideoGame/WildArms3''. She can "feel" the pain of the planet, grows flowers, and, after a sidequest, will grow the usually hard-to-find healing berries for you. In a break from the convention, she doesn't die at the end of the story.
* Luty from ''VideoGame/{{Xenosaga}}'' is a little girl who became mute from the trauma of her home planet Ariadne disappearing some time before the story begins. A sidequest involves finding and growing a flower from Ariadne, which cheers her up enough to gradually get her to speak again. When encountered again in Episode II, she begins to work as a nurse and is involved in another sidequest, where she wants to grow a garden of Ariadne Flowers to help make everybody in Second Miltia happy.



* ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'': Dr. Zoidberg's girlfriend, Marianne, from the show's penultimate episode [[Recap/FuturamaS7E25StenchAndStenchability "Stench and Stenchability"]].



* ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'': Dr. Zoidberg's girlfriend, Marianne, from the show's penultimate episode [[Recap/FuturamaS7E25StenchAndStenchability "Stench and Stenchability"]].
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* ''VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue'' has Erika, who is a gym leader. She doesn't seem to be DelicateAndSickly (though her constant drowsiness makes [[DiagnosedByTheAudience some fans think she's narcoleptic]]) but is a reserved [[TheOjou ojou-type]] woman.

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* ''VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue'' has Erika, who is a gym leader. She doesn't seem to be DelicateAndSickly (though her constant drowsiness makes [[DiagnosedByTheAudience some fans think she's narcoleptic]]) DelicateAndSickly, but is a reserved [[TheOjou ojou-type]] woman.
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A sweet, [[ShrinkingViolet shy, reserved]], perhaps {{ill|Girl}}, girl whose profession is making artificial flowers or growing real ones. Probably an orphan, or at least poor, and liable to [[TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth die a]] [[TearJerker tear-jerking]] [[DeathByNewberyMedal death]].

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A sweet, [[ShrinkingViolet shy, reserved]], perhaps {{ill|Girl}}, [[DelicateAndSickly ill]], girl whose profession is making artificial flowers or growing real ones. Probably an orphan, or at least poor, and liable to [[TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth die a]] [[TearJerker tear-jerking]] [[DeathByNewberyMedal death]].



* ''{{Webcomic/Kubera}}'': Shakuntala fits this trope to a T: Gentle personality, [[ActualPacifist dissuades conflicts]], has a [[IllGirl weak constitution]], almost always seen sitting in a field full of flowers, gifts hand-made flower wreaths.

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* ''{{Webcomic/Kubera}}'': Shakuntala fits this trope to a T: Gentle personality, [[ActualPacifist dissuades conflicts]], has a [[IllGirl [[DelicateAndSickly weak constitution]], almost always seen sitting in a field full of flowers, gifts hand-made flower wreaths.



* Pictured above: Polka from ''VideoGame/EternalSonata'', an IllGirl who sells Floral Powder and, after befriending Chopin, joins the cast as their SquishyWizard.

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* Pictured above: Polka from ''VideoGame/EternalSonata'', an IllGirl a DelicateAndSickly girl who sells Floral Powder and, after befriending Chopin, joins the cast as their SquishyWizard.



* ''VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue'' has Erika, who is a gym leader. She doesn't seem to be an IllGirl (though her constant drowsiness makes some fans think she's narcoleptic) but is a reserved [[TheOjou ojou-type]] woman.

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* ''VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue'' has Erika, who is a gym leader. She doesn't seem to be an IllGirl DelicateAndSickly (though her constant drowsiness makes [[DiagnosedByTheAudience some fans think she's narcoleptic) narcoleptic]]) but is a reserved [[TheOjou ojou-type]] woman.



** Played with Nina from ''VideoGame/HarvestMoonS1'' and her granddaughter Popuri from ''VideoGame/{{Harvest Moon 64}}''. They adore plants and work at flower shops but are loud and spunky. Popuri's mother Lillia fit closer to the archetype in ''VideoGame/HarvestMoonBackToNature''. She's Popuri's IllGirl mother whose husband left on a journey to heal her.

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** Played with Nina from ''VideoGame/HarvestMoonS1'' and her granddaughter Popuri from ''VideoGame/{{Harvest Moon 64}}''. They adore plants and work at flower shops but are loud and spunky. Popuri's mother Lillia fit closer to the archetype in ''VideoGame/HarvestMoonBackToNature''. She's Popuri's IllGirl DelicateAndSickly mother whose husband left on a journey to heal her.
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* Mocked pretty thoroughly in Edward Gorey's ''The Hapless Child''.

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* Mocked pretty thoroughly in Edward Gorey's Creator/EdwardGorey's ''The Hapless Child''.
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A sweet, [[ShrinkingViolet shy, reserved]], perhaps {{ill|Girl}}, girl whose profession is making artificial flowers or growing real ones. Liable to [[TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth die a]] [[TearJerker tear-jerking]] [[DeathByNewberyMedal death]].

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A sweet, [[ShrinkingViolet shy, reserved]], perhaps {{ill|Girl}}, girl whose profession is making artificial flowers or growing real ones. Liable Probably an orphan, or at least poor, and liable to [[TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth die a]] [[TearJerker tear-jerking]] [[DeathByNewberyMedal death]].
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* Subverted in ''The Milkweed Triptych''. Gretel likes to gather wildflowers, but it's only a sociopathic façade. [[spoiler:In the final novel, [[KickTheSonOfABitch she's exiled on a windswept island where no flowers can grow]].]]
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Do not confuse with InnocentFanserviceGirl.

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* In the ''Franchise/{{Tamagotchi}}'' series, Flowertchi (known outside of Japan as Violetchi) is a soft-hearted girl who loves flowers and has a very wide knowledge of them. She loves to garden at Tamagotchi School and at her own home and has two little flowers on the top of her head to make the point clear.



* In the ''VideoGame/{{Tamagotchi}}'' series, Flowertchi (known outside of Japan as Violetchi) is a soft-hearted girl who loves flowers and has a very wide knowledge of them. She loves to garden at Tamagotchi School and at her own home and has two little flowers on the top of her head to make the point clear.
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* ''Manga/CaseClosed'': In a filler episode, we meet a young woman named Midori Nozaki, the sister of a famous ''ikebana'' arrangement expert. After [[spoiler: her rival Rika Ookano and her sponsor Shiraki steal her secret to make flowers bloom eternally and get her blacklisted from the ''ikebana'' circles]], the eldest Nozaki [[spoiler: kills herself with poison]], and Midori [[spoiler: starts carrying her revenge [[TheMole by working with the culprits and gaining their trust]] so she can kill them when they lower their guard]]. [[spoiler: She manages to kill Shiraki by drugging and then strangling him, but Conan stops her when she's about to exact the revenge on Rika ''and'' [[ThanatosGambit kill herself]] [[FatalMethodActing on stage]] at the same time, using the same techniques that the deceased Nozaki-san used in her suicide.]]



* ''Manga/DetectiveConan'': In a filler episode, we meet a young woman named Midori Nozaki, the sister of a famous ''ikebana'' arrangement expert. After [[spoiler: her rival Rika Ookano and her sponsor Shiraki steal her secret to make flowers bloom eternally and get her blacklisted from the ''ikebana'' circles]], the eldest Nozaki [[spoiler: kills herself with poison]], and Midori [[spoiler: starts carrying her revenge [[TheMole by working with the culprits and gaining their trust]] so she can kill them when they lower their guard]]. [[spoiler: She manages to kill Shiraki by drugging and then strangling him, but Conan stops her when she's about to exact the revenge on Rika ''and'' [[ThanatosGambit kill herself]] [[FatalMethodActing on stage]] at the same time, using the same techniques that the deceased Nozaki-san used in her suicide.]]
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* ''Manga/EmmaAVictorianRomance'' is littered with these. There are literally [[http://emmaavictorianromance.wikia.com/wiki/Flower_girls 3 distinct flower girls in episode 11]]



* ''Manga/VictorianRomanceEmma'' is littered with these. There are literally [[http://emmaavictorianromance.wikia.com/wiki/Flower_girls 3 distinct flower girls in episode 11]]

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* Aerith from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'' is first introduced with a basket of flowers and appears to follow the trope, but it's {{subverted|Trope}} as she turns out to be neither shy nor reserved: she is in fact flirty, witty and spirited, [[ActionGirl and rather hands on]] for a WhiteMagicianGirl too. [[spoiler: She does fulfill the "tear-jerker death" part, though.]]

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* Aerith from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'' is first introduced with a basket of flowers and appears to follow the trope, but it's {{subverted|Trope}} as she turns out to be neither shy nor reserved: she is in fact flirty, witty and spirited, [[ActionGirl and rather hands on]] for a WhiteMagicianGirl too. [[spoiler: She does fulfill the "tear-jerker death" part, part at the hands of [[BigBad Sephiroth]], though.]]
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* Aerith from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'' is first introduced with a basket of flowers and appears to follow the trope, but it's {{subverted|Trope}} as she turns out to be neither shy nor reserved: she is in fact flirty, witty and spirited, [[ActionGirl and rather hands on]] for a WhiteMagicianGirl too.

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* Aerith from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'' is first introduced with a basket of flowers and appears to follow the trope, but it's {{subverted|Trope}} as she turns out to be neither shy nor reserved: she is in fact flirty, witty and spirited, [[ActionGirl and rather hands on]] for a WhiteMagicianGirl too. [[spoiler: She does fulfill the "tear-jerker death" part, though.]]

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* Ophelia from ''Theatre/{{Hamlet}}''. Depending on one's interpretation of the scene, the flowers Ophelia hands out may only exist in her mind. And they're not so innocent, considering each of her flowers represents a thinly veiled criticism of the people she hands them to.

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* Ophelia from ''Theatre/{{Hamlet}}''. Depending ''Theatre/{{Hamlet}}'' becomes this archetype in her madness, as she carries flowers everywhere, hands them out to the people around her, and eventually [[spoiler: falls out of a tree while hanging garlands from its branches and drowns in the brook below]]. It's not played entirely straught, though: depending on one's interpretation of the scene, the flowers Ophelia hands out may only exist in her mind. And mind, and they're not so innocent, considering each of her flowers represents a thinly veiled criticism of the people she hands them to.


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* In ''Theatre/LaBoheme'', Mimí sews artificial flowers, and although she's not entirely innocent (she lives with her lover Rodolfo out of wedlock, and then has a brief affair with a viscount for his money before going back to Rodolfo), her sweetness, gentleness and IncurableCoughOfDeath definitely evoke this trope.
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* ''Anime/{{Texhnolyze}}'': Ran plays the trope straight in some ways, but also subverts it in others: while she's [[StoicWoobie very quiet and reserved, and goes through a lot of crap]], she's not really all that innocent, and is more morally ambiguous than many examples.

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* ''Anime/{{Texhnolyze}}'': Ran plays the trope straight in some ways, but also subverts it in others: while she's [[StoicWoobie very quiet and reserved, and goes through a lot of crap]], she's not really all that innocent, innocent and is more morally ambiguous than many examples.



* ''Film/TheFlowerGirl'', a TearJerker film from (yes!) UsefulNotes/NorthKorea. The sweet, angelic flower-selling heroine spends a lot of time crying, since her father is dead, her mother is dying, her sister is blind, her brother is in jail, and they're dirt poor to boot.

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* ''Film/TheFlowerGirl'', a TearJerker film from (yes!) UsefulNotes/NorthKorea. The sweet, angelic flower-selling heroine spends a lot of time crying, crying since her father is dead, her mother is dying, her sister is blind, her brother is in jail, and they're dirt poor to boot.



* Little Nell in ''Literature/TheOldCuriosityShop'', by Creator/CharlesDickens. Oh, so very much! Little Nell's a PuritySue who was far TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth. ''The Old Curiousity Shop'' has some of Dicken's best PurpleProse.

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* Little Nell in ''Literature/TheOldCuriosityShop'', by Creator/CharlesDickens. Oh, so very much! Little Nell's a PuritySue who was far TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth. ''The Old Curiousity Curiosity Shop'' has some of Dicken's best PurpleProse.



* ''LightNovel/KagerouDaze'': Mary Kozakura. It's PlayedForLaughs when it's mentioned that she makes artificial flowers... but the income they generate is so small that it's barely noticeable. [[spoiler:She also happened to die a [[TeensAreMonsters very sad death]] on August 15th about a century ago, but is [[BackFromTheDead still alive because]] (a) the creator of the eternal Heat Haze world is her grandmother Azami (and had the powers necessary to resurrect her) and (b) she's 1/4 medusa, meaning her aging process is immensely slow (she appears about 14, despite being ten times that age)]].

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* ''LightNovel/KagerouDaze'': Mary Kozakura. It's PlayedForLaughs when it's mentioned that she makes artificial flowers... but the income they generate is so small that it's barely noticeable. [[spoiler:She also happened to die a [[TeensAreMonsters very sad death]] on August 15th about a century ago, ago but is [[BackFromTheDead still alive because]] (a) the creator of the eternal Heat Haze world is her grandmother Azami (and had the powers necessary to resurrect her) and (b) she's 1/4 medusa, meaning her aging process is immensely slow (she appears about 14, despite being ten times that age)]].



** An InvokedTrope in "Nemesis". Chakotay is shot down on a planet where [[BeautyEqualsGoodness handsome guerillas]] are fighting monstrous aliens who commit atrocities ForTheEvulz. He's taken to a village where a young girl greets Chakotay by placing a garland of flowers around his neck, and later decides to fight alongside the guerillas after seeing her and the other villagers dragged off to be executed. Turns out the whole scenario is designed to brainwash Chakotay and other conscripts into hating the enemy. Chakotay is taken back to the village at the end of the episode only to find it as good as new, and is shocked when the [[NotQuiteDead exact same girl]] greets him [[WelcomeToCorneria in the exact same manner]].

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** An InvokedTrope in "Nemesis". Chakotay is shot down on a planet where [[BeautyEqualsGoodness handsome guerillas]] are fighting monstrous aliens who commit atrocities ForTheEvulz. He's taken to a village where a young girl greets Chakotay by placing a garland of flowers around his neck, and later decides to fight alongside the guerillas after seeing her and the other villagers dragged off to be executed. Turns out the whole scenario is designed to brainwash Chakotay and other conscripts into hating the enemy. Chakotay is taken back to the village at the end of the episode only to find it as good as new, new and is shocked when the [[NotQuiteDead exact same girl]] greets him [[WelcomeToCorneria in the exact same manner]].



* Myth/JapaneseMythology has Konohanasakuya-hime, the blossom-princess and goddess of Mount Fuji. She fell in love with Ninigi no Mikoto, the grandson of Amaterasu, who liked her as well and persisted in marrying Konohana when her dad, Oho-Yama, wanted Ninigo to marry her older sister Iwa-naga. However, Ninigi soon suspected her of infidelity since Konohana became pregnant in just one night; enraged at Ninigi's accusation, Konohana trapped herself in a doorless hut and set it on fire, vowing that the child would not be hurt if it were truly the offspring of the Ninigi. Not only she gave birth to ''triplets'' (Hoderi, Hosuseri and Hoor), but neither of them was hurt so her innocence was proved and she was absolved.

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* Myth/JapaneseMythology has Konohanasakuya-hime, the blossom-princess and goddess of Mount Fuji. She fell in love with Ninigi no Mikoto, the grandson of Amaterasu, who liked her as well and persisted in marrying Konohana when her dad, Oho-Yama, wanted Ninigo to marry her older sister Iwa-naga. However, Ninigi soon suspected her of infidelity since Konohana became pregnant in just one night; enraged at Ninigi's accusation, Konohana trapped herself in a doorless hut and set it on fire, vowing that the child would not be hurt if it were truly the offspring of the Ninigi. Not only she gave birth to ''triplets'' (Hoderi, Hosuseri Hosuseri, and Hoor), but neither of them was hurt so her innocence was proved and she was absolved.



* A character literally named Lil' Flower Girl in the ''Precious Miseries'' doll and art series is dark example of this trope, wearing a black and pink dress decorated in spiderwebs and skulls. Her description on the tag of the doll reads as follows:

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* A character literally named Lil' Flower Girl in the ''Precious Miseries'' doll and art series is a dark example of this trope, wearing a black and pink dress decorated in spiderwebs and skulls. Her description on the tag of the doll reads as follows:



* Nozomi Harasaki of ''VideoGame/{{Shenmue}}'' is a sweet, kind and tender girl who is very fond of the protagonist Ryo, and her day job is helping out at her mother's flower shop.

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* Nozomi Harasaki of ''VideoGame/{{Shenmue}}'' is a sweet, kind kind, and tender girl who is very fond of the protagonist Ryo, and her day job is helping out at her mother's flower shop.



* Luty from ''VideoGame/{{Xenosaga}}'' is a little girl who became mute from the trauma of her home planet Ariadne disappearing some time before the story begins. A sidequest involves finding and growing a flower from Ariadne, which cheers her up enough to gradually get her to speak again. When encountered again in Episode II, she begins to work as a nurse, and is involved in another sidequest, where she wants to grow a garden of Ariadne Flowers to help make everybody in Second Miltia happy.

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* Luty from ''VideoGame/{{Xenosaga}}'' is a little girl who became mute from the trauma of her home planet Ariadne disappearing some time before the story begins. A sidequest involves finding and growing a flower from Ariadne, which cheers her up enough to gradually get her to speak again. When encountered again in Episode II, she begins to work as a nurse, nurse and is involved in another sidequest, where she wants to grow a garden of Ariadne Flowers to help make everybody in Second Miltia happy.



* One of these in ''VideoGame/LufiaIIRiseOfTheSinistrals''. She suffers exhaustion because she's obsessed with gathering the FlowerFromTheMountaintop, and the party have to go get it for her so she can finally rest. She also delivers a GreenAesop to the owner of a polluting factory in the same town.

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* One of these is in ''VideoGame/LufiaIIRiseOfTheSinistrals''. She suffers exhaustion because she's obsessed with gathering the FlowerFromTheMountaintop, and the party have to go get it for her so she can finally rest. She also delivers a GreenAesop to the owner of a polluting factory in the same town.



** Subverted by Dibella, the [[OurGodsAreDifferent Aedric Divine]] Goddess of Beauty, in the series' mythology. Dibella is associated with elements of innocence, including always being depicted holding a delicate white flower. However, she is also associated with the carnal aspects of sex and worshiping her takes the primary form of sexual acts. Additionally, her followers are known to mock the disfigured and use their sexual charms for means of manipulation.

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** Subverted by Dibella, the [[OurGodsAreDifferent Aedric Divine]] Goddess of Beauty, in the series' mythology. Dibella is associated with elements of innocence, including always being depicted holding a delicate white flower. However, she is also associated with the carnal aspects of sex sex, and worshiping her takes the primary form of sexual acts. Additionally, her followers are known to mock the disfigured and use their sexual charms for means of manipulation.



* Sumia from ''VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening''. Instead of selling flowers she uses them for fortune telling, and in some of her endings she becomes well-known as a bringer of good luck.

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* Sumia from ''VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening''. Instead of selling flowers flowers, she uses them for fortune telling, fortune-telling, and in some of her endings endings, she becomes well-known as a bringer of good luck.



* In the ''VideoGame/{{Tamagotchi}}'' series, Flowertchi (known outside of Japan as Violetchi) is a soft-hearted girl who loves flowers and has a very wide knowledge on them. She loves to garden at Tamagotchi School and at her own home, and has two little flowers on the top of her head to make the point clear.

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* In the ''VideoGame/{{Tamagotchi}}'' series, Flowertchi (known outside of Japan as Violetchi) is a soft-hearted girl who loves flowers and has a very wide knowledge on of them. She loves to garden at Tamagotchi School and at her own home, home and has two little flowers on the top of her head to make the point clear.



* There is the so called [[https://www.scam-detector.com/article/flower-girl-in-china flower-girl scam]], where seemingly cute and innocent little girls who are controlled by unscrupulous gangs will grab the clothes of passer-byes and won't let go until their victims buy overpriced (fake or real) flowers and sometimes they'll even try to pickpocket them. They typically appear in touristy areas of China and mostly target couples or single women. Here's a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHfatIDoVSM video]] on this issue.

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* There is the so called so-called [[https://www.scam-detector.com/article/flower-girl-in-china flower-girl scam]], where seemingly cute and innocent little girls who are controlled by unscrupulous gangs will grab the clothes of passer-byes and won't let go until their victims buy overpriced (fake or real) flowers and sometimes they'll even try to pickpocket them. They typically appear in touristy areas of China and mostly target couples or single women. Here's a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHfatIDoVSM video]] on this issue.

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FlowersOfFemininity. Compare with CaringGardener.



* ''Manga/BlackButler: Book of Circus'': The [[CircusOfFear Noah's Arc Circus]] performers find a girl like this, which made for a very [[http://www.funimation.com/shows/black-butler/videos/promotional/it-s-showtime spectacular sequence]] in the anime. As for the dying part? Well, it ''is'' Black Butler, so...
* ''Manga/DescendantsOfDarkness'': Eileen. Horrifyingly enough, she was [[spoiler:kidnapped and murdered by Muraki so her heart would be given to Tsubaki Kakyouin, Eileen's closest friend]], years before the story even started. When Tsubaki found out ''[[spoiler:from Muraki himself]]'', she felt so horribly guilty that with some more push from him, she [[spoiler:developed a SplitPersonality named after Eileen, which started killing people in revenge.]]
* ''Manga/DetectiveConan'': In a filler episode, we meet a young woman named Midori Nozaki, the sister of a famous ''ikebana'' arrangement expert. After [[spoiler: her rival Rika Ookano and her sponsor Shiraki steal her secret to make flowers bloom eternally and get her blacklisted from the ''ikebana'' circles]], the eldest Nozaki [[spoiler: kills herself with poison]], and Midori [[spoiler: starts carrying her revenge [[TheMole by working with the culprits and gaining their trust]] so she can kill them when they lower their guard]]. [[spoiler: She manages to kill Shiraki by drugging and then strangling him, but Conan stops her when she's about to exact the revenge on Rika ''and'' [[ThanatosGambit kill herself]] [[FatalMethodActing on stage]] at the same time, using the same techniques that the deceased Nozaki-san used in her suicide.]]
* ''Anime/DigimonAdventure'': Sora Takenouchi also subverts this, though she does eventually get into her mom's business by the time ''02'' rolls around. Coincidentally, she and Ino are both voiced by Colleen O'Shaughnessey.
* ''VideoGame/FatalFury'': Horribly subverted in the first OVA. A cute and shy girl named Lily has a basket of flowers, and she approaches a man named Jeff Bogard to ask him if he can buy some of her stuff - so far, so good. But the kinda cute scene turns into tragedy when Jeff is attacked by several men in black, knifed as he tries to shield Lily... [[spoiler:and then murdered by the mooks' leader Geese Howard. It turns out that Geese ''forced'' Lily to act as a DecoyDamsel so he could have a chance to kill Jeff.]] Flash forward to 10 years later, and when Jeff's son Terry comes back home to face his past and have {{Revenge}}, he meets [[SheIsAllGrownup the adult Lily]] as a beautiful FemmeFatale who [[BrokenBird has never forgotten her terrible stunt as a flower girl]]...
* ''Anime/HeartcatchPrettyCure'': Tsubomi Hanasaki a.k.a Cure Blossom loves flowers, lives in a flower shop with her family, and aspires to be a botanist. She is also [[ShrinkingViolet so shy]] that flowers and plants were her only friends until she met her Pretty Cure partner [[TheFashionista Erika]]. Her knowledge about flowers is so deep that she's able to point out the meaning of every flower residing in the hearts of former victims of the Desertrians.
* ''Manga/HonooNoAlpenRose'': Martha, though she's more outspoken than the standard. [[spoiler: She's the one who offers Lundi some alpine roses and sings the Alpine Rose song, which tips Jeudi and Lundi off in Jeudi's MysteriousPast.]]
* ''VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters 94'': In Tatsuya Shinjyouji's manga, the aforementioned Terry Bogard has quite a bit of ShipTease with an Italian flower girl [[http://www.tuku.cc/comic/8362/3/?9 named Marucco]], who also has ties to an OrphanageOfLove. [[spoiler: Unlike Lily and Sulia from the VideoGame/FatalFury animes, Marucco doesn't kick it -- though in the second volume she and her friends ''are'' targetted by some Mafiosi, but Terry helps them.]]
* ''{{Webcomic/Kubera}}'': Shakuntala fits this trope to a T: Gentle personality, [[ActualPacifist dissuades conflicts]], has a [[IllGirl weak constitution]], almost always seen sitting in a field full of flowers, gifts hand-made flower wreaths.



* Freya from ''Anime/PrincessTutu'' is a beautiful, kind girl that can hear the "voices of the flowers". [[spoiler:When Mytho briefly casts a spell on her to convince her that she is better than everyone and should give her heart to him, dark, raven-shaped flowers cover her flower bed and cut off the voices of her beloved plants. Tutu is able to break the spell when she points out to Freya how the voices are missing.]]
* ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' subverts this, since Ino Yamanaka works in her family's flower shop and has great knowledge of flower language... but she's a strongwilled, somewhat vain {{Tsundere}}.
* ''Anime/DigimonAdventure'': Sora Takenouchi also subverts this, though she does eventually get into her mom's business by the time ''02'' rolls around. Coincidentially, she and Ino are both voiced by Colleen O'Shaughnessey.
* Tsubomi Hanasaki a.k.a Cure Blossom, from ''Anime/HeartcatchPrettyCure'', loves flowers, lives in a flower shop with her family, and aspires to be a botanist. She is also [[ShrinkingViolet so shy]] that flowers and plants were her only friends until she met her Pretty Cure partner [[TheFashionista Erika]]. Her knowledge about flower is so deep that she's able to point out the meaning of every flower residing in the hearts of former victims of the Desertrians.
* Michelle Ratockie from ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam'' sells pastries, but otherwise she fits in perfectly.
* The [[CircusOfFear Noah's Arc Circus]] performers find a girl like this in ''Manga/BlackButler: Book of Circus'', which made for a very [[http://www.funimation.com/shows/black-butler/videos/promotional/it-s-showtime spectacular sequence]] in the anime. As for the dying part? Well, it ''is'' Black Butler, so...
* In a filler episode of ''Manga/DetectiveConan'' we meet a young woman named Midori Nozaki, the sister of a famous ''ikebana'' arrangement expert. After [[spoiler: her rival Rika Ookano and her sponsor Shiraki steal her secret to make flowers bloom eternally and get her blacklisted from the ''ikebana'' circles]], the eldest Nozaki [[spoiler: kills herself with poison]], and Midori [[spoiler: starts carrying her revenge [[TheMole by working with the culprits and gaining their trust]] so she can kill them when they lower their guard]]. [[spoiler: She manages to kill Shiraki by drugging and then strangling him, but Conan stops her when she's about to exact the revenge on Rika ''and'' [[ThanatosGambit kill herself]] [[FatalMethodActing on stage]] at the same time, using the same techniques that the deceased Nozaki-san used in her suicide.]]
* Oz meets one in ''Manga/PandoraHearts''. [[spoiler:Her horrible death was the demonstration of what happens when an illegal contractor's seal is completed.]]
* Midori in Creator/SuehiroMaruo's manga ''Manga/MrArashisAmazingFreakShow'', who makes paper flowers and sell them on the street. Might not be exactly innocent as it is strongly implied she gives special "favors" to a male customer. Anyway she leads a deplorably sad life, while the story goes on to BreakTheCutie and YankTheDogsChain in a most sadistic manner.
* Horribly subverted in the first ''VideoGame/FatalFury'' OVA. A cute and shy girl named Lily has a basket of flowers, and she approaches a man named Jeff Bogard to ask him if he can to buy some of her stuff - so far, so good. But the kinda cute scene turns into tragedy when Jeff is attacked by several men in black, knifed as he tries to shield Lily... [[spoiler:and then murdered by the mooks's leader Geese Howard. It turns out that Geese ''forced'' Lily to act as a DecoyDamsel so he could have a chance to kill Jeff.]] Flash forward to 10 years later, and when Jeff's son Terry comes back home to face his past and have {{Revenge}}, he meets [[SheIsAllGrownup the adult Lily]] as a beautiful FemmeFatale who [[BrokenBird has never forgotten her terrible stunt as a flower girl]]...
* In Tatsuya Shinjyouji's ''VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters 94'' manga, the aforementioned Terry Bogard has quite a bit of ShipTease with an Italian flower girl [[http://www.tuku.cc/comic/8362/3/?9 named Marucco]], who also has ties to an OrphanageOfLove. [[spoiler: Unlike Lily and Sulia from the VideoGame/FatalFury animes, Marucco doesn't kick it -- though in the second volume she and her friends ''are'' targetted by some mafiosi, but Terry helps them.]]
* Shakuntala in ''{{Webcomic/Kubera}}'' fits this trope to a T: Gentle personality, [[ActualPacifist dissuades conflicts]], has a [[IllGirl weak constitution]], almost always seen sitting in a field full of flowers, gifts hand-made flower wreaths.
* Parodied by Cordelia Glauca in ''Anime/TanteiOperaMilkyHolmes''. She's extremely beautiful (compared to the other members of the titular [[GreatDetective detective group]]), ''would like to believe'' that she's [[PuritySue the embodiment of purity]], and has flower motif-- her hair is adored by flowers ''from nowhere''. Oh, and she's also very insane (PlayedForLaughs), even by the series' standard; that's saying ''something''.
* Ran from ''Anime/{{Texhnolyze}}'' plays the trope straight in some ways, but also subverts it in others: while she's [[StoicWoobie very quiet and reserved, and goes through a lot of crap]], she's not really all that innocent, and is more morally ambiguous than many examples.
* Eileen from ''Manga/DescendantsOfDarkness''. [[spoiler:Horrifyingly enough, she was kidnapped and murdered by Muraki so her heart would be given to Tsubaki Kakyouin, Eileen's closest friend, years before the story even started. When Tsubaki found out ''from Muraki himself'', she felt so horribly guilty that with some more push from him, she developed a SplitPersonality named after Eileen, which started killing people in revenge.]]
* Martha from ''Manga/HonooNoAlpenRose'', though she's more outspoken than the standard. [[spoiler: She's the one who offers Lundi some alpine roses and sings the Alpine Rose song, which tips Jeudi and Lundi off in Jeudi's MysteriousPast.]]
* A traveling show in ''Literature/TheTwelveKingdoms'' includes a small girl who makes little rabbit heads on sticks and sells them. She's the first characters in that world to break through the protagonist's growing cloud of despair.

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* ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam'': Michelle Ratockie sells pastries, not flowers, but otherwise she fits in perfectly.
* ''Manga/MrArashisAmazingFreakShow'' by Creator/SuehiroMaruo: Midori, who makes paper flowers and sells them on the street. Might not be exactly innocent as it is strongly implied she gives special "favors" to a male customer. Anyway, she leads a deplorably sad life, while the story goes on to BreakTheCutie and YankTheDogsChain in a most sadistic manner.
* ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' subverts this, since Ino Yamanaka works in her family's flower shop and has great knowledge of flower language... but she's a strong-willed, somewhat vain {{Tsundere}}.
* ''Manga/PandoraHearts'': Oz meets one of these. [[spoiler:Her horrible death was the demonstration of what happens when an illegal contractor's seal is completed.]]
* ''Anime/PrincessTutu'':
Freya from ''Anime/PrincessTutu'' is a beautiful, kind girl that can hear the "voices of the flowers". [[spoiler:When Mytho briefly casts a spell on her to convince her that she is better than everyone and should give her heart to him, dark, raven-shaped flowers cover her flower bed and cut off the voices of her beloved plants. Tutu is able to break the spell when she points out to Freya how the voices are missing.]]
* ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' subverts this, since Ino Yamanaka ''Anime/SaintSeiyaSoulOfGold'': A flower girl named Elena works hard in her family's flower shop to raise her siblings and has great knowledge of flower language... but she's manages to strike a strongwilled, somewhat vain {{Tsundere}}.
* ''Anime/DigimonAdventure'': Sora Takenouchi also subverts this, though she does eventually get into her mom's business by the time ''02'' rolls around. Coincidentially, she and Ino are both voiced by Colleen O'Shaughnessey.
* Tsubomi Hanasaki a.k.a Cure Blossom, from ''Anime/HeartcatchPrettyCure'', loves flowers, lives in a flower shop
sort-of bond with her family, and aspires to be a botanist. She is also [[ShrinkingViolet so shy]] that flowers and plants were her only friends until she met her Pretty Cure partner [[TheFashionista Erika]]. Her knowledge about flower is so deep that she's able to point out the meaning of every flower residing in the hearts of former victims of the Desertrians.
* Michelle Ratockie from ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam'' sells pastries, but otherwise she fits in perfectly.
* The [[CircusOfFear Noah's Arc Circus]] performers find a girl like this in ''Manga/BlackButler: Book of Circus'', which made for a very [[http://www.funimation.com/shows/black-butler/videos/promotional/it-s-showtime spectacular sequence]] in the anime. As for the dying part? Well, it ''is'' Black Butler, so...
* In a filler episode of ''Manga/DetectiveConan'' we meet a young woman named Midori Nozaki, the sister of a famous ''ikebana'' arrangement expert. After
once very, ''very'' evil man: [[spoiler: her rival Rika Ookano and her sponsor Shiraki steal her secret to make flowers bloom eternally and get her blacklisted from the ''ikebana'' circles]], the eldest Nozaki Cancer Deathmask.]] [[spoiler: kills herself with poison]], and Midori [[spoiler: starts carrying Sadly, it's not enough to avert her revenge [[TheMole by working with the culprits and gaining their trust]] so she can kill them when they lower their guard]]. [[spoiler: She manages to kill Shiraki by drugging and then strangling him, but Conan stops her when she's about to exact the revenge on Rika ''and'' [[ThanatosGambit kill herself]] [[FatalMethodActing on stage]] at the same time, using the same techniques that the deceased Nozaki-san used in her suicide.death, [[MyGreatestFailure which Deathmask doesn't take kindly]].]]
* Oz meets one in ''Manga/PandoraHearts''. [[spoiler:Her horrible death was the demonstration of what happens when an illegal contractor's seal is completed.]]
* Midori in Creator/SuehiroMaruo's manga ''Manga/MrArashisAmazingFreakShow'', who makes paper flowers and sell them on the street. Might not be exactly innocent as it is strongly implied she gives special "favors" to a male customer. Anyway she leads a deplorably sad life, while the story goes on to BreakTheCutie and YankTheDogsChain in a most sadistic manner.
* Horribly subverted in the first ''VideoGame/FatalFury'' OVA. A cute and shy girl named Lily has a basket of flowers, and she approaches a man named Jeff Bogard to ask him if he can to buy some of her stuff - so far, so good. But the kinda cute scene turns into tragedy when Jeff is attacked by several men in black, knifed as he tries to shield Lily... [[spoiler:and then murdered by the mooks's leader Geese Howard. It turns out that Geese ''forced'' Lily to act as a DecoyDamsel so he could have a chance to kill Jeff.]] Flash forward to 10 years later, and when Jeff's son Terry comes back home to face his past and have {{Revenge}}, he meets [[SheIsAllGrownup the adult Lily]] as a beautiful FemmeFatale who [[BrokenBird has never forgotten her terrible stunt as a flower girl]]...
* In Tatsuya Shinjyouji's ''VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters 94'' manga, the aforementioned Terry Bogard has quite a bit of ShipTease with an Italian flower girl [[http://www.tuku.cc/comic/8362/3/?9 named Marucco]], who also has ties to an OrphanageOfLove. [[spoiler: Unlike Lily and Sulia from the VideoGame/FatalFury animes, Marucco doesn't kick it -- though in the second volume she and her friends ''are'' targetted by some mafiosi, but Terry helps them.]]
* Shakuntala in ''{{Webcomic/Kubera}}'' fits this trope to a T: Gentle personality, [[ActualPacifist dissuades conflicts]], has a [[IllGirl weak constitution]], almost always seen sitting in a field full of flowers, gifts hand-made flower wreaths.
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''Anime/TanteiOperaMilkyHolmes'': Parodied by Cordelia Glauca in ''Anime/TanteiOperaMilkyHolmes''.Glauca. She's extremely beautiful (compared to the other members of the titular [[GreatDetective detective group]]), ''would like to believe'' that she's [[PuritySue the embodiment of purity]], and has flower motif-- her hair is adored by flowers ''from nowhere''. Oh, and she's also very insane (PlayedForLaughs), even by the series' standard; that's saying ''something''.
* ''Anime/{{Texhnolyze}}'': Ran from ''Anime/{{Texhnolyze}}'' plays the trope straight in some ways, but also subverts it in others: while she's [[StoicWoobie very quiet and reserved, and goes through a lot of crap]], she's not really all that innocent, and is more morally ambiguous than many examples.
* Eileen from ''Manga/DescendantsOfDarkness''. [[spoiler:Horrifyingly enough, she was kidnapped and murdered by Muraki so her heart would be given to Tsubaki Kakyouin, Eileen's closest friend, years before the story even started. When Tsubaki found out ''from Muraki himself'', she felt so horribly guilty that with some more push from him, she developed a SplitPersonality named after Eileen, which started killing people in revenge.]]
* Martha from ''Manga/HonooNoAlpenRose'', though she's more outspoken than the standard. [[spoiler: She's the one who offers Lundi some alpine roses and sings the Alpine Rose song, which tips Jeudi and Lundi off in Jeudi's MysteriousPast.]]
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''Literature/TheTwelveKingdoms'': A traveling show in ''Literature/TheTwelveKingdoms'' includes a small girl who makes little rabbit heads on sticks and sells them. She's the first characters character in that world to break through the protagonist's growing cloud of despair.



* In the ''Anime/SaintSeiyaSoulOfGold'' series, a flower girl named Elena works hard in her shop to raise her siblings and manages to strike a sort-of bond with a once very, ''very'' evil man: [[spoiler: Cancer Deathmask.]] [[spoiler: Sadly, it's not enough to avert her death, [[MyGreatestFailure which Deathmask doesn't take kindly]].]]

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