History Main / SunnySunflowerDisposition

* [[GenkiGirl Yotsuba]] appears on the cover of the first volume of ''[[{{Yotsubato}} Yotsuba&!]]'' holding a bunch of sunflowers plucked out of the ground. She later buys sunflowers ([[CrowningMomentOfFunny and a whole lot more]]) from Jumbo's flower shop and, as the ''tsukitsukiboushi'' fairy pulls up another [[ItMakesSenseInContext to use as a magic wand]].

* An early arc of ''GetBackers'' revolved about the retrieval of a 13th painting of Van Gogh's Sunflowers series that emerged recently and got stolen by {{Kaitou}} Clayman. Turned out Clayman stole the painting because [[spoiler: the Get Backers' clients actually wanted to burn the painting in order to get the insurance money, as the painting was suspected of being a fake, due to the pigments being too recent.]] After the Get Backers [[spoiler: and Clayman expose the crooks and]] save the painting, it's revealed that the painting [[spoiler: was indeed done by Van Gogh, but via Clayman's mother, who was [[WillingChanneler a medium who channelled Van Gogh's spirit]], so that he could fulfill his wish of completing his painting series, something he regretted never have been able to do because of his suicide]]. It should be noted that the painting gives a powerful and heartwarming impression to all the main characters that see it, with Ginji even saying the following: "I don't know anything about art, but... How to say... When looking at it, I can't take my eyes off it..."

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* The Greek story of Clytie is a depiction of the adoration and constancy symbolism of the sunflower : Clytie loved Helios, the God of Sun, but he did not return her feelings, despite being fully aware of them. She adored him only, so she spent the rest of her life [[IWillWaitForYou waiting for him to descend to her]]. He never came, and she eventually turned into a sunflower, turning her face to him at all times.
** That would be impossible, as the sunflower is an American species, and Greece most certainly is not in the Americas. Clytie transformed into a Heliotrope, which tracks the sun with it's leaves rather than composite flower.
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** Heck, her very name means "sunflower" in Japanese (literally "towards the sun").

* In ''[[TheAdventuresOfTintin The Adventures of Tintin]]'', the original French name of Professor Calculus is "Professeur Tournesol", ''tournesol'' being the French name for sunflower. The pun was not lost, as a Fruit D'Or, a famous French producer of sunflower-based products, most notably sunflower oil, [[http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xw5g3_1979-fruit-dor-professeur-tournesol made an ad]] showing Calculus promoting the beneficial effects of said oil for an equilibrated alimentation, [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotAwesome so much that it makes him]] ''[[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotAwesome fly]]''.

* ''[[{{Ptitlei015gc004kw4}} Pokémon]]'' has Sunflora, based off a sunflower. In the main games, it can become a LethalJokeCharacter when under Sunny Day or Trick Room conditions ; and in the Mystern Dungeon games, it's portrayed as a perky and cheerful fellow.

* {{xxxHolic}}: Himawari looks like a GenkiGirl at first, but dig deeper and one discovers that [[spoiler: she's actually a StepfordSmiler]].

*** Interestingly enough, sunflowers are said to be the national flower and one of the chief crops of ''[[{{CoolSisSis}} Ukraine]].'' Make of that what you will.

* The cover of the 1st volume of ''[[YotsubaTo Yotsuba&!]]'' shows the title character, holding in her arms a freshly uprooted bouquet of sunflowers. [[GenkiGirl Guess what's her personnality]] ?

* [[GenkiGirl Yotsuba]] appears on the cover of the first volume of ''[[{{Yotsubato}} Yotsuba&!]]'' holding a bunch of sunflowers plucked out of the ground. She later buys sunflowers ([[CrowningMomentOfFunny and a whole lot more]]) from Jumbo's flower shop and, as the ''tsukitsukiboushi'' fairy pulls up another [[ItMakesSenseInContext to use as a magic wand]].

A flower native from Central America, the sunflower holds a powerful cultural image. Being a beautiful and colorful flower that [[CaptainObvious needs lots of sunlight to be at its brightest]], it symbolizes energy and happiness. An endless field of sunflowers is quite a breathtaking view to hold, and gives [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming a heartwarming feeling]].

In official sources, the sunflower has a meaning of adoration and constancy, since the sunflower always turns towards the sun throughout the day ; in common knowlegde and fiction, people associated with sunflowers are more often than not seen as cheerful, energetic, and happy-go-lucky persons, that brightens everybody and everything else around them.

* The cover of the 1st volume of ''[[YotsubaTo Yotsuba&!]]'' shows the title character, holding in her arms a freshly unrooted bouquet of sunflowers. [[GenkiGirl Guess what's her personnality]] ?

* An early arc of ''GetBackers'' revolved about the retrieval of a 13th painting of Van Gogh's Sunflowers series that emerged recently and got stolen by {{Kaitou}} Clayman. Turned out Clayman stole the painting because [[spoiler: the Get Backers' clients actually wanted to burn the painting in order to get the insurance money, as the painting was suspected of being a fake, due to the pigments being too recent.]] After the Get Backers [[spoiler: and Clayman expose the crooks and]] save the painting, it's revealed that the painting [[spoiler: was indeed done by Van Gogh, but via Clayman's mother, who was [[WillingChanneler a medium who channelled Van Gogh's spirit]], so that he could fulfill his wish of completing his painting series, something he regretted never have been able to do because of his suicide]]. It should be noted that the painting gives a powerful and heartwarming impression to all the main characters that see it, with Ginji even saying the following : "I don't know anything about art, but... How to say... When looking at it, I can't take my eyes off it..."

* {{Shrek}} plans to give Fiona a sunflower because it's pretty like her, although he doesn't much care for them himself.

* Pictured above : Hikari Hinomoto, the heroine of ''[[TokimekiMemorial Tokimeki Memorial 2]]'' and VictoriousChildhoodFriend (or at least [[EasierThanEasy extremely likely to become one]]) of the main protagonist, is the game's resident GenkiGirl, and her symbolic flower is the sunflower. She's regulary shown holding sunflowers in arts. She also fits the adoration symbolism, as she can be quite the ClingyJealousGirl if the protagonist sets his eyes on other girls, most notably their CoolBigSis Kasumi, and is more prone to "bomb" him out of jealousy and yearning than other girls.
** Ironically, the same game has a cruel aversion to the trope : the [[BadEnding Bad Ending]]'s theme song is named "Himawari", which means "sunflower" in Japanese ; the song is a reflection of the protagonist having failed to score the girl he loves, saying that "he's a sunflower, and she's his sun", but will now only meet her in his dreams.

* Subverted with [[AxCrazy Yuuka Kazami]] from {{Touhou}}, at least in fanon.

* xxxHolic: Himawari looks like a GenkiGirl at first, but dig deeper and one discovers that [[spoiler: she's actually a StepfordSmiler]].

* Sunflower is the motif of two ''PrettyCure'' heroines, Cure Bloom in ''PrettyCureSplashStar'' and Cure Sunshine in ''HeartcatchPrettyCure''.

* Sunflower is the motif of two ''PrettyCure'' heroines, Cure Bloom and Cure Sunshine.

* Cure Sunshine in ''HeartcatchPrettyCure''.

In a work of fiction that represent characters with a symbolic flower, the sunflower will very likely be attributed to the GenkiGirl.

[[caption-width:270:So much better, they make you a VictoriousChildhoodFriend !]]

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