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* Another Creator/HansChristianAndersen character, the "Literature/TheLittleMatchGirl", fits the trope as well, except for what she sells.

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* The flower girl in ''Film/Dracula1931'' is a RedShirt who becomes Count Dracula's first victim when arriving in London.
* In ''Film/CityLights'' by Creator/CharlieChaplin, TheTramp falls in love with a blind girl who is eking out a meager existence selling flowers on the street.
* ''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.
* 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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* ''Anime/{{Macross 7}}'' has a shy, [[TheVoiceless apparently mute]] girl who [[OnceAnEpisode continually attempts]], without success, to give Basara a bouquet of flowers. One starts to wonder if he's ignoring her on purpose. She eventually succeeds in the final episode. She tosses her flowers in shock and Basara manages to catch them, on the fly no less.

* A traveling show in ''Anime/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.

* The flower girl in ''{{Film/Dracula 1931}}'' is a RedShirt who becomes Count Dracula's first victim when arriving in London.

* ''Film/TheFlowerGirl'', a {{Tearjerker}} film from ([[NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer 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.

* ''Series/StarTrekVoyager''

* Shelyn, ''TabletopGame/{{Pathfinder}}'''s goddess of love and beauty, is strongly associated with flowers, particularly chrysanthemums. Her priests (and the goddess herself, in many depictions) often wear flowers in their hair, and many temples of Shelyn cultivate beautiful flower gardens. She governs the romantic aspects of love (carnal lust is the domain of a different goddess entirely) and is a {{Friend To All Living Things}}, even hoping to one day redeem her corrupted brother, whose current incarnation is basically an {{expy}} of Pinhead from ''Film/{{Hellraiser}}''.

* Entirely subverted by Yuuka Kazami of ''{{VideoGame/Touhou}}''. 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.

* Gender-flipped with Basil from ''VideoGame/{{Omori}}''. He is quite [[ShrinkingViolet shy and soft-spoken]], is fairly knowledgeable about flower language, occasionally wears flowers in his hair, [[spoiler:and potentially ends up tragically [[DrivenToSuicide gutting himself with a pair of garden shears.]]

* The 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.

[[JustForFun/IThoughtItMeant Not to be confused with]] ''literal'' 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.

* Kairi as a child in ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartBirthBySleep'', 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.

* Audrey in ''Theatre/LittleShopOfHorrors''. Choked by the weedy CrapsackWorld she lives in (and undoubtedly by her [[DepravedDentist sadistic]] [[DomesticAbuse boyfriend]]), all she wants is to be with her {{Adorkable}} coworker, Seymour, "[[IWantSong Somewhere That's Green]]"...

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* Hanami in ''{{Literature/Tasakeru}}'' is a {{Deconstruction}} of this trope.
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* ''Manga/VictorianRomanceEmma'' is littered with these. There are literally [[http://emmaavictorianromance.wikia.com/wiki/Flower_girl 3 distinct flower girls in episode 11]]
* ''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)]].

* The WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes ''Deduce You Say'' has Daffy Duck playing Sherlock Holmes, who after one humiliating setback after another, and his 'bumbling' assistant (Porky) capturing the big dangerous goon criminal, lays into a sweet old granny-type for selling flowers without a license. Needless to say, she's the big dangerous goon's mother...

** Kes is portrayed as kind-hearted, gentle, [[BoldExplorer eager to experience the wonders of the universe]], and live only nine years on average. She builds a hydroponics garden in Voyager's cargo bay in which she grows flowers. In episodes like "Cold Fire", "Warlord" and "Fury" where Kes shows her DarkSide, she'll be shown tending to those flowers to set a deliberate contrast.

A sweet, [[ShrinkingViolet shy, reserved]], perhaps [[IllGirl ill]], girl whose profession is making artificial flowers or growing real ones. Liable to [[TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth die a]] [[TearJerker tear-jerking]] [[DeathByNewberyMedal death]].

* The original "Literature/TheLittleMermaid", the tragic one, grew underwater flowers and plants in her spare time. [[Disney/TheLittleMermaid The Disney movie]] has a scene with Ariel sitting on a rock, playing LovesMeNot with an underwater plant, possibly as a MythologyGag.

* Shelyn, ''TabletopGame/{{Pathfinder}}'''s goddess of love and beauty, is strongly associated with flowers, particularly chrysanthemums. Her priests (and the goddess herself, in many depictions) often wear flowers in their hair, and many temples of Shelyn cultivate beautiful flower gardens.

** Kes is portrayed as kind-hearted, gentle, and [[BoldExplorer eager to experience the wonders of the universe]]. She builds a hydroponics garden in Voyager's cargo bay in which she grows flowers. In episodes like "Cold Fire", "Warlord" and "Fury" where Kes shows her DarkSide, she'll be shown tending to those flowers to set a deliberate contrast.

* Music/TheBeatles' "Penny Lane": "Behind the shelter in the middle of a roundabout, a pretty nurse is selling poppies from a tray."

* Music/TheBeatles' "Penny Lane": "Behind the shelter in the middle of a roundabout, a pretty nurse is selling poppies from a tray."

** An InvokedTrope in "Nemesis". Chakotay is shot down on a planet where [[HeroicArchetype handsome guerillas]] are fighting [[BeautyEqualsGoodness 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]].

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

Do not confuse with InnocentFanserviceGirl. Compare and contrast FragileFlower.

* 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.

* Audrey in ''Theatre/LittleShopOfHorrors''. Choked by the weedy CrapsackWorld she lives in (and undoubtedly by her [[DepravedDentist sadistic]] [[DomesticAbuser boyfriend]]), all she wants is to be with her {{Adorkable}} coworker, Seymour, "[[IWantSong Somewhere That's Green]]"...

** An InvokedTrope in "Nemesis". Chakotay is shot down on a planet where [[HeroicArchetype handsome guerillas]] are fighting [[BeautyEqualsGoodness monstrous aliens]] who commit atrocities ForTheEvulz. He's taken to a village where a young girl greets Chakotay by placing a ring 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]].

** An InvokedTrope in "Nemesis". Chakotay is shot down on a planet where gallant guerilla fighters are battling aliens who commit atrocities ForTheEvulz. He's taken to a village where a young girl greets him by placing a ring of flowers around his neck, and later decides to join the guerillas after seeing her and the other villages dragged off to be executed. Turns out the whole scenario is designed to brainwash Chakotay and other conscripted soldiers into hating the enemy. Chakotay is taken back to the village at the end of the episode only to have the [[NotQuiteDead exact same girl greet him in the exact same manner.