History Manga / RoseOfVersailles

* PrincessClassic: ''Deconstructed'' through Marie.

''Berusaiyu no Bara'' [[hottip:*:No, no, ''no'', not [[{{BaraGenre}} THAT one!]] or ''The Rose of Versailles'' is a historical fantasy of the pre-French Revolution period. Its central character is Oscar François de Jarjayes, a Parisian noblewoman who has been [[RaisedAsTheOppositeGender raised as a boy]] to provide her father with a "son" and heir. Oscar is made head of the Royal Guards of Versailles, and her first assignment is to protect and chaperon the new Crown Princess MarieAntoinette.

Not to be confused with the Japanese PowerMetal band Music/{{Versailles}}.

''Berusaiyu no Bara'' [[hottip:*:No, no, ''no'', not [[{{Bara}} THAT one]]!]] or ''The Rose of Versailles'' is a historical fantasy of the pre-French Revolution period. Its central character is Oscar François de Jarjayes, a Parisian noblewoman who has been [[RaisedAsTheOppositeGender raised as a boy]] to provide her father with a "son" and heir. Oscar is made head of the Royal Guards of Versailles, and her first assignment is to protect and chaperon the new Crown Princess MarieAntoinette.

''Berusaiyu no Bara'' [[hottip:*:No, no, ''no'', not [[{{Bara}} THAT one]].]] or ''The Rose of Versailles'' is a historical fantasy of the pre-French Revolution period. Its central character is Oscar François de Jarjayes, a Parisian noblewoman who has been [[RaisedAsTheOppositeGender raised as a boy]] to provide her father with a "son" and heir. Oscar is made head of the Royal Guards of Versailles, and her first assignment is to protect and chaperon the new Crown Princess MarieAntoinette.

''Berusaiyu no Bara'' [[hottip:*:No, no, ''no'', not ''that'' [[{{Bara}} Bara]].]] or ''The Rose of Versailles'' is a historical fantasy of the pre-French Revolution period. Its central character is Oscar François de Jarjayes, a Parisian noblewoman who has been [[RaisedAsTheOppositeGender raised as a boy]] to provide her father with a "son" and heir. Oscar is made head of the Royal Guards of Versailles, and her first assignment is to protect and chaperon the new Crown Princess MarieAntoinette.

''Berusaiyu no Bara'' [[hottip:*:No, no, ''no'', not ''that'' {{Bara}}.]] or ''The Rose of Versailles'' is a historical fantasy of the pre-French Revolution period. Its central character is Oscar François de Jarjayes, a Parisian noblewoman who has been [[RaisedAsTheOppositeGender raised as a boy]] to provide her father with a "son" and heir. Oscar is made head of the Royal Guards of Versailles, and her first assignment is to protect and chaperon the new Crown Princess MarieAntoinette.

''Berusaiyu no Bara'' or ''The Rose of Versailles'' is a historical fantasy of the pre-French Revolution period. Its central character is Oscar François de Jarjayes, a Parisian noblewoman who has been [[RaisedAsTheOppositeGender raised as a boy]] to provide her father with a "son" and heir. Oscar is made head of the Royal Guards of Versailles, and her first assignment is to protect and chaperon the new Crown Princess MarieAntoinette.

* PrettyInMink: Marie wears a few other furs in addition to her ermine capes. In the manga, Oscar even has a fur she wears once, and Rosalie has a couple.

* ParentalAbandonment: André is an orphan raised by his grandmother, who works as the Jarjayes caretaker. MarieAntoinette is distanced from her mother MariaTheresa, who marries her off to young Louis as a pawn in her European politics; Louis Auguste himself is being raised by his grandfather the King and his aunts. Rosalie was abandoned as a baby by her 14-year-old mother and raised by a peasant along with another girl, Jeanne; said peasant, Nicole, dies at the beginning of the story [[spoiler: when run over by the carriage of Madame de Polignac... Rosalie's true mother]]. Bernard's mother dies when he is 5. Robespierre's mother dies when he is young. Subverted by Oscar being outlived by ''both'' her parents. Averted by Alain's mother being alive until he is in his mid 20s.

* VictoriousChildhoodFriend: André, [[spoiler: though it's a very small victory seeing as he dies the day after he and Oscar become a couple]].

* DeathBySex: [[spoiler: Oscar and André have sex almost at the end of the series, apparently losing their virginities to each other as well. ''Both'' die in the GrandFinale. In a mild subversion, though, André is the first one to bite the dust.]]
** Trope is completely averted in the manga, where [[spoiler:Oscar and André consummate a month before they die in battle, as opposed to a ''day''.]]

* EyeScream: [[spoiler: André loses his left eye in very messy circumstances. When he died, he had also lost half the sight of his remaining one.]]

* CostumePorn

* TheBeautifulPeople: At least when it comes to Versailles, but that was actually the point in the RealLife version

The manga is notable for being highly influential for the {{Shojo}} category. Elements of it can be seen in shows like ''RevolutionaryGirlUtena'' and ''LeChevalierDEon''. In 2009 a live action series called ''HakenNoOscar'' aired in Japan, which constantly references ''Rose of Versailles''.

The manga is notable for being highly influential for the {{Shojo}} genre. Elements of it can be seen in shows like ''RevolutionaryGirlUtena'' and ''LeChevalierDEon''. In 2009 a live action series called ''HakenNoOscar'' aired in Japan, which constantly references ''Rose of Versailles''.

* ShojoGenre

** Which is TruthInTelevision, oddly. Robespierre was MoeMoe in RealLife.

''Berusaiyu no Bara'' or ''The Rose of Versailles'' is a historical fantasy of the pre-French Revolution period. Its central character is Oscar de Jarjayes, a Parisian noblewoman who has been [[RaisedAsTheOppositeGender raised as a boy]] to provide her father with a "son" and heir. Oscar is made head of the Royal Guards of Versailles, and her first assignment is to protect and chaperon the new Crown Princess MarieAntoinette.

** Actually, subverted. [[spoiler: They don't die ''because'' they have sex: the two spend the series unsure where their friendship/relationship should go. Health problems and the threat of revolution cause them to finally confess their feelings in case they die, but by the time their romance is in full swing, civil war breaks out, and they die as they knew they were likely to. Trope is completely averted in the manga, where Oscar and André consummate a month before they die in battle, as opposed to a ''day''.]]

* EverythingsBetterWithSparkles: Bishie Sparkle being just one of many types this shows uses.

* {{Bishonen}}: Even Maximilien Robespierre is drawn as a VERY handsome guy in his first apparitions.

** Beauty- Hans Axel Von Fersen
** Brains- Bernard Chatelet
** Brawn- Alain de Soissons

* ArrangedMarriage: Madame de Polignac tries to engage her kids * twice* to rich noble people, failing spectacularly and dramatically both times. At some point, Oscar's father attempts to engage her to Count Girodelle, but it also fails. Also, the main reason why Antoinette is the Queen of France is because of her arranged marriage to King Louis, staged by her mother.

* LesYay: When Marie meets Oscar, she mistakes him for a man, and states she prefers Oscar over her betrothed. Rosalie is also flat-out in love with Oscar for a good portion of the series and apparently retains some feelings for her into the DistantFinale [[spoiler: after having married Bernard]]. Charlotte also seems to have feelings towards Oscar.
** Oscar also [[http://www.mangafox.com/manga/rose_of_versailles/v04/c021/5.html appears to return Rosalie's feelings]], to an extent.

* GemEncrusted: The ermine on one of Marie's dresses.

* PimpedOutCape: Marie had the most, and her most pimped out was the one in the manga with the bejeweled ermine dress, because the cape was also similarly trimmed. But in the anime, it was just trimmed with thick, white fur (still enough to count as this trope of course).
* PimpedOutDress: Plenty, given the setting, but given Marie's position, she gets the grandest dresses, even before she shows up in France (the dress trimmed with jewelry-tipped ermine).

* PrettyInMink: Marie wears a few other furs in addition to her ermine capes.

* DroppedABridgetOnHer: Marie, when she meets Oscar. Repeated with Rosalie.
** The Duke of Orleans tries to do this to the king and the prince in a {{Filler}} storyline in the show. They get a CuteShotaroBoy to dress up like Marie and impersonate her, so that he marries the prince instead, thus creating a huge scandal.

* SugarAndIcePersonality: Oscar starts out as beeing seen as this.

* [[{{ptitle1488yglo}} Please Spare Him, My Liege!]]: Marie successfully saving André from execution.

* {{Bifauxnen}}: Oscar, of course, though she stays slightly more on the female side thanks to the shape of her face and eyes
* BigEater: Oscar says André is one of these

* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler: Charlotte, Dianne (Alain's sister), Jeanne]]

* SchoolgirlLesbians: Rosalie, possibly Charlotte

* {{Tsundere}}: Version of the Type A Tsundere. Oscar is known for her stoicism and fierce LadyOfWar attributes, but she also has a severe crush on Fersen and later falls deeply in love with her childhood friend Andre

Not to be confused with the Japanese PowerMetal band {{Versailles}}.