Line #30 Anime/PapillonRose


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3	''Lingerie Soldier Papillon Rose'' is an {{ecchi}} parody of the MagicalGirl genre, particularly of ''Anime/SailorMoon'' whose plot it borrows from heavily. ''Papillon Rose'' started out as a web original, getting a brief OVA in 2003 and a 6-episode broadcast sequel called ''Papillon Rose: New Season'' in 2006.
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6	!!This series provides examples of:
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8	%%* ActionGirl: Rose in ''New Season''.
9	%%* AloofAlly: Papillon V, Adonis, and Lupinus.
10	%%* ApocalypseMaiden: Cosmos
11	* BackFromTheDead: The R season, despite the soldiers dying in the ONA finale. Happens to Adonis and Lupinus in Papillon Rose R. Also the finale of the G movie.
12	** Averted for Hikaru/ Dandy Lion, who is replaced by Razy Minowa.
13	** Subverted in the G movie for Hikaru, who is somehow restored to life after Razy's death.
14	%%* ButchLesbian: Futanari/ Papillon Adonis.
15	* BrainwashedAndCrazy: Sister Abeille/Dhalia in the ONA. Margarette, Lily, and Dahlia, in the G movie. Dahlia in the New Season.
16	* ByThePowerOfGreyskull: "Rose Orgasm Power Erection!" which was changed to "Rose Papillon Power Erection!" in "New Season."
17	* {{Catchphrase}}: "Tonight I will drink...you...up..."(in a seductive voice). Used everywhere in promotional images and videos including variants like "DVD sale on Spring 2003, it will drink...you...up..."
18	* CallingYourAttacks: "Rose Pinkish Dynamic!" Among many others.
19	* CompensatedDating: According to her character profile, Tsubomi is addicted to it.
20	* TheCasanova: Anne is a love-em-and-leave-em kind of girl.
21	** Hikaru/ Dandy Lion sleeps with all the girls to awaken their Papillon powers.
22	%%* CoolBigSis: Mio /Papillon Violet has this personality, at first.
23	%%* CovertPervert: Shizuku.
24	%%* CrashIntoHello: How Tsubomi and Hikaru meet.
25	* {{Ecchi}}: It's not quite {{hentai}} because there's no explicit depiction of sex.
26	* {{Expy}}: Oh boy, where do we even begin:
27	** The main cast is consisted of {{color coded\|Characters}} expies of the Franchise/SailorMoon cast. WordOfGod confirmed that the character designs were based on the art of ''VideoGame/SakuraWars'', so both the main cast and some of the villains are expies from that series' cast as well. The three main heroines are also expies of the ''Manga/WeddingPeach'' main trio, with [[VideoGame/SakuraWars a villain joining them]] [[Manga/WeddingPeach later]].
28	** The web original's [[QuirkyMinibossSquad villain troops]] are expies of villains in Sailor Moon, ''Anime/CutieHoney'' and ''VideoGame/SakuraWars'', with the many minor villains being expies of Franchise/KamenRider per Word of God.
29	** The R season's Villains are expies of popular video game protagonists of the time, namely VisualNovel/TokimekiMemorial, ''Anime/DiGiCharat'', Franchise/StreetFighter and ''VideoGame/SakuraWars''.
30	** The Rebuild series adds another layer to the main protagonists, making [[TalkingAnimal Rama]] an expy of [[Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica Kyubey]] and Papillon Violet an expy of [[Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica Homura]].
31	* DragQueen: The leader of Papillon Rose R's Gel Dynasty, Chlamydia, was a drag queen.
32	* FrillyUpgrade: Rose gets one when she upgrades to Papillon Flora. In keeping with the [[{{Fanservice}} spirit of the series]], it has her wearing even ''less'' clothing than before. It also [[PowerMakesYourHairGrow makes her hair grow]].
33	* FunnyForeigner: Played with. Anne apparently is one, though her one and only attempt to speak english was [[EpicFail broken]] [[Series/KamenRider Ondulish]].
34	** Played straight with Rubi/ Papillon Cosmos. Her speech is written in katakana and [[DoubleEntendre can be read in many ways]]. The other characters mock her for her bad pronunciation.
35	* GenreShift: The new season, though having shades of the sensual elements of the web original and OVA, is less ecchi, focusing more on Japanese lore and the otaku culture.
36	* GRatedDrug: Played with during the R season. Razy Minowa is said to be dealing "anthers" per the censorship theme in the R artbook.
37	* GayBarReveal: In Papillon Rose R, the trio visits Futanari's bar, only to discover it is of the lesbian variation.
38	* GirlishPigtails: Tsubomi, since she's a parody of [[Anime/SailorMoon Usagi]]. Also Petite Rose.
39	* HeelFaceTurn: Dahlia started out as a minion of the villains, before being revealed as a Papillon Fighter.
40	* HighClassGloves: A standard part of the Papillons' wardrobe.
41	* HotterAndSexier: To ''Anime/SailorMoon''. Explicitly stated to be "A Sai* on for adults!" early on.
42	* IKnowYouAreInThereSomewhereFight: Rose tries this with Dahlia, to break the villains' mind control over her. [[spoiler: It works, but not before Dahlia stabs Rose through the torso.]]
43	* ImprobableWeaponUser: In the OVA, Rose's main weapon is a vibrator.
44	* InTheNameOfTheMoon: "Clad in immoral lingerie, I am the crimson butterfly of the night! Tonight I will drink...you...up..."
45	* InterspeciesRomance: The OVA has a scene where Rama, a cat, gives oral sex to Hikaru, a human. ''Ouch.''
46	* IntimateHealing: Dahlia heals Rose by lending her some of her power. For [[{{Fanservice}} some reason]], this requires Dahlia to take her top off.
47	** Torakage also heals Rose by doing something [[SexyDiscretionShot sexy and offscreen]] to her. [[spoiler: Unfortunately, this uses up all his power and [[OutWithABang kills him.]]]]
48	* HeteronormativeCrusader: The main Papillon Trio, upon realizing Adonis and Lupinus are lesbians. Funnily enough, this happens minutes before they die and it is implied that the trio completely ignored all the blatant hints of them being a couple throughout the season.
49	* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: In the OVA, after Tsubomi tries to transform with Cutie Honey's phrase, Rama asks her how can she even do that without the Air Element Fixation device. After telling her to stop joking around, Tsubomi agrees, noting they could get in trouble for copyright infringement. [[BreakingTheFourthWall Rama sighs while looking at the camera disappointed]].
50	* LaserGuidedAmnesia: At the beginning of "New Season," the girls have been made to forget their identities as Papillons.
51	%%* LipstickLesbian: Mitsuzuki/ Papillon Lupinus.
52	%%* MagicalGirlWarrior: A parody.
53	* MeaningfulName:
54	** "Tsubomi" means "flower bud."
55	** Also, Petite Rose's main attack is "Pinkish Paipan!" "Paipan" means a person who lacks pubic hair, either because of shaving or youth.
56	** "Futanari", Papillon Adonis's civilian name, means "Hermaphroditism" and "androgyny".
57	* {{Meido}}: In "New Season," the girls work at a MaidCafe in Akihabara.
58	* MentorMascot: Rama, the perverted talking cat. Instead of having a crescent moon on her forehead, she has a butterfly, and in the OVA, she has a condom on her tail.
59	* MonsterOfTheWeek: Of the typical MagicalGirl variety where a mundane object is transformed into a monster.
60	* MysteriousProtector: Dandy Lion in the ONA/OVA, and Torakage in "New Season." Dandy Lion is a specific parody of [[Anime/SailorMoon Tuxedo Mask]], except instead of throwing roses, he throws semen.
61	%%* MysteriousWaif: Rubi/Cosmos
62	* NakedFirstImpression: When Hikaru and Tsubomi first meet, she crashes into him, falls over, and consequently flashes her panties at him.
63	* NonindicativeName: "New Season" is the first and only season of the TV series.
64	* {{Otaku}}: The girls spend most of their time fighting in Akihabara, so they have a bevy of fanboys who follow them around, observe and comment on the fight scenes, and sometimes help the girls out.
65	* PsychoLesbian: Sister Beene from the OVA. Adonis and Lupinus have shades of this as well.
66	* ShoutOut: The OVA has several shout-outs to the original ''Anime/CuteyHoney'': the title card is done in the same style, Sister Beene's name is a reference to Sister Jill, and when Tsubomi first transforms, she yells "Honey Flash!" as her clothes shred off, but Rama tells her to knock it off and transform properly.
67	** Several plot elements of the ONA are shout-outs to Sakura Taisen 3, mainly the main protagonist living a double life by day and night. One of the sound bites available early on also refers to the Papillon Soldiers as the Shinjuku Kabuki division, with Tsubomi singing the Sakura Taisen theme song.
68	** In-universe example: Starting from the R season, Shizuku's character profiles mention her love for an S&M erotica author, [[NoCelebritiesWereHarmed Dan Onihachi]]. Her attacks in the New Season consist of shibari techniques and are always named "Sacred Onihachi-styled ___ shibari". In a meta sense, a person named Dan Onihachi is credited in the ONA for screenwriting. Doubles as MythologyGag.
69	* SixthRanger: Dahlia in the New Season; Adonis, Lupinus, and Petite Rose in Season R of the ONA.
70	* {{Stripperiffic}}: It's right there in the show's title — they fight in lingerie.
71	* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Papillon Rose's vibrator doesn't work against Gel Dynasty's troops in Papillon Rose R. Why? Because their reproductive organs are male. Averted when she gets a power upgrade and receives an anally driven attack.
72	%%* TakingTheBullet: Dahlia for Rose, in the backstory of "New Season."
73	* TamerAndChaster: The series lampshades this in "New Season" by the once perverted cat Rama, saying the titular heroine needs a new weapon and attack move.
74	* TheDiseaseThatShallNotBeNamed: A plot point in the R season: a lethal STD virus is killing future Tsubomi/Flora and her daughter Kotsubomi time travels to the past to kill her unknown father, whom Tsubomi contracted said virus from. It is implied to be HIV/AIDS.
75	* ThemeNaming: Each girl is named after a flower.
76	** The ONA's four main villains are all named "Sister Bee", but in four different languages (german, russian, ancient greek and french). Their leader is named "Queen Bee", but in Latin.
77	** The G movie's chapters are all titled starting with the word Mysterious.
78	* ThinkOfTheCensors: In the first episode of "New Season," Papillon Rose is about to do her "Pinky Vibrator" attack from the more hentai-themed OVA, but Rama stops her before she can say the full name, claiming that the censors won't allow them to do that anymore.
79	** The author of the R animation archives hilariously tries to get past the censors in some of the character profiles, as they are meant to be for a TV anime series.(ex. censoring the word "lesbian" in Papillon Adonis's character profile only to immediately change his mind and un-censors it, while wondering out loud if it will bring him trouble).
80	%%* TokenMiniMoe: Petite Rose.
81	* {{Transvestite}}: The villain organization in the R season consists of transvestites and pre-op/HRT transgender women.
82	* TransformationSequence: Averted with Dandy Lion. His character profile mentions he is just a cosplayer, so he doesn't need one.

Context Anime / PapillonRose