Line #101 Main/PrettyButterflies


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4	->''Ai yi yi, I'm your little butterfly\
5	Green black and blue, paint the colors in the sky''
6	-->-- '''[[Music/SmileDK Smile.dk]]''', ''Butterfly''
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8	Some people view most insect types as BigCreepyCrawlies that are scary at best, or [[BugWar dangerous]] [[WormThatWalks and]] [[BeeAfraid scary]] at worst.
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10	Butterflies, however, have always gained positive interest from humanity, given their beautiful colors, their graceful flying, and the fact they look like they would rather drink nectar from flowers than star in the next horror BMovie. They became symbols of [[BlowYouAway the wind]], [[ButterflyOfDeathAndRebirth reincarnation]], [[ButterflyOfTransformation transformation]], the soul, and magic throughout the ages. As a result, butterflies have appeared numerous times in many media.
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12	That said, don't let your guard down around their petite and attractive forms. Butterflies in fiction have an occasional history of being paired with some darker trait like poison; this has made them popular with various [[TheVamp Vamps]] and [[HoneyTrap Honey Traps]], as well as any villain that chooses the butterfly motif to represent subtle allure and deceptive deadliness. This is also TruthInTelevision: butterflies and moths have been seen to drink blood from corpses or even still-living animals in order to get proteins and other nutrients not present in flower nectar.
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14	Compare AmicableAnts and VirtuousBees, two other types of insects which are typically portrayed as more hard-working than butterflies, but still just as benevolent. Contrast MacabreMothMotif (although if someone is invoking this trope to hide how deadly the butterfly is, the difference between the two is only skin deep) and MothMenace, in which butterflies (as well as moths) act as active threats.
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16	!!Examples:
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20	[[folder:Anime & Manga]]
21	* ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'':
22	** Black Hell Butterflies are benevolent creatures that serve as messengers for the Soul Reapers and guide them to the Human world, saving Soul Reapers the trouble of traveling through the Dangai, a dark, hellish tunnel that originated as a PenalColony and traps anyone who steps foot in it for eternity if no safety precautions are made beforehand.
23	** Averted with [[MadScientist Szayelaporro Granz]] though. His normal, human-like form is actually rather handsome but when he goes OneWingedAngel butterflies will no longer be beautiful to you. They will be hideous, blood-like monstrosities with very pleasing voices and the ability to use you as their next cocoon.
24	* In the ''Manga/DearBrother'' manga, the beautiful and moody Mariko is compared to a butterfly by Nanako at some point.
25	* ''Manga/KaijuGirlCaramelise'': Manatsu Tomosato is a SpoiledSweet boy magnet who harbors a MadLove for the {{Kaiju}} Harugon. Whenever she tries to catch the monster's attention, she goes out in a colorful butterfly/moth costume with {{Heart Symbol}}s on its wings. Given Harugon is a {{Notzilla}}, Manatsu's outfit is obviously a reference to Mothra.
26	* In the opening of ''Anime/HelloSandybell'', a big violet butterfly rests on Sandybell's head for a while.
27	* Mikage from ''Manga/KamisamaKiss'' is a Shinto God that specializes in matchmaking and is heavily associated with butterflies. He even has a tendency to shapeshift into a butterfly.
28	* The first episode of ''Manga/KimbaTheWhiteLion'' has the titular character lost at sea, so he followed a swarm of migrating butterflies to get to land.
29	* In ''Franchise/SailorMoon'', Usagi as Super Sailor Moon has butterfly-related motifs.
30	* ''VisualNovel/UminekoWhenTheyCry'': [[ButterflyOfDeathAndRebirth Golden Butterflies]] show up a lot, and seeing them usually means you're very big trouble.
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33	[[folder:Comics]]
34	* ComicBook/{{Psylocke}}'s telepathic powers are often represented as butterfly motifs, and she's a LadyOfWar who fights with graceful movements. She was also delicate prior to switching bodies with Kwannon.
35	* ''ComicBook/TheSandman1989'''s [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} Delirium]] is fond of creating or turning herself into butterflies, reflecting both her status as the 'youngest' Endless and her... ''[[MadGod fractured]]'' mindset.
36	* ''ComicBook/WonderWomanRebirth'': Aphrodite has a habit of being accompanied by dainty pale yellow butterflies.
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39	[[folder:Films -- Animated]]
40	* ''WesternAnimation/AliceInWonderland'' featured Bread-and-butterflies. And later on, we see the Caterpillar turn into a um, guess. "THE MUSHROOM, OF COURSE!!!"
41	* Taken advantage of in ''WesternAnimation/{{Anastasia}}'' -- When Anya is on the ship to France, Rasputin's demonic minions masquerade as butterflies to draw her into a sleepwalking, SickeninglySweet dream that will end when she leaps to her doom in the ocean.
42	* ''WesternAnimation/ABugsLife'': Gypsy Moth is technically a moth, but she is colorful like a butterfly (although in real life there are indeed numerous colorful moth species). At the end of the film, Heimlich (an overweight caterpillar who speaks in a German accent) actually emerges out of his cocoon as an overweight butterfly with teeny-tiny wings. Because his wings are too small for him to get off the ground, Manny (Gypsy's husband, who is a praying mantis) and Francis (a disgruntled male ladybug who has being referred as a female) had to help him up as the circus bugs fly away.
43	* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Encanto}}'', butterflies are a recurring theme as a symbol of hope and rebirth. Near the end of the movie, after [[spoiler:Alma and Mirabel finally reconcile]], a swarm of butterflies fly over the river, in a scene commonly regarded as one of the best in the film.
44	* ''WesternAnimation/HortonHearsAWho2008'': "In my world, everyone's a pony, and [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} they all eat]] [[EverythingsBetterWithRainbows rainbows]], and poop butterflies".
45	* Stacy, one of Mei's schoolmates in ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed'', wears a row of butterfly clips in her hair, fitting her {{moe}} appearance and [[CutenessProximity love of all things cute]].
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48	[[folder:Films -- Live-Action]]
49	* ''Film/BeforeIWake'': Cody's pleasant dreams involve these. [[spoiler:It's because of his dead mother's love of insects.]]
50	* ''Franchise/{{Godzilla}}'':
51	** ''Film/{{Mothra}}'': The title character is a giant moth goddess and is also [[GentleGiant one of the more peaceful (And one of the few purely good) Kaiju out there]].
52	** Then there's her [[EvilTwin more violent counterpart]], Battra, from ''Film/GodzillaAndMothraTheBattleForEarth''. He's just trying to protect the environment, but [[WellIntentionedExtremist thinks destroying all of humanity is the best way of doing so.]]
53	* ''Film/{{Mama}}'': The titular character is associated with [[MacabreMothMotif dark, gloomy moths]] and when she jumps into the cliff at the end, she transforms into a thousand moths. But there is one lone morpho butterfly among them, symbolizing [[spoiler:[[ChildrenAreInnocent Lily]], who willingly decides to go with her beloved mama.]]
54	* In ''Film/OnceUponAWarrior'', the presence of a blue butterfly is the sign of powers being manifested by Moksha, a 9-year-old MysticalWaif, who can summon swarms of butterflies to do her bidding, and early in the film, heals a butterfly whose wing is broken. Notably in the finale, she uses her powers again to summon a butterfly tornado to give Yodha the hero a lift to the lair of the evil Snake Cult.
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57	[[folder:Literature]]
58	%%* ''Literature/{{Animorphs}}'' had The Departure, where Cassie got a butterfly morph.
59	%% ** One of the TV series eps used butterfly morphs as well.
60	* According to ''Literature/TheBFG'', whose hearing is sensitive enough to hear animals talking, the only thing caterpillars talk about is who is going to be the prettiest butterfly.
61	* ''Literature/TheButterflyBallAndTheGrasshoppersFeast'' by Alan Aldridge and William Plomer. Aldridge's artwork frequently returns to the idea that a mildly anthropomorphic butterfly with folded wings looks a lot like a Victorian lady in a PimpedOutDress.
62	* Chester Anderson's [[UsefulNotes/HugoAward Hugo]]-nominated novel, ''Literature/TheButterflyKid'' opens with Chester meeting a stoned kid on the streets of New York's Greenwich Village, who is sitting there, making butterflies appear from his hand.
63	* ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' has the Quantum Weather Butterfly which looks spectacular flying en masse, but the ensuing super-storm caused by the flapping of the wings less so.
64	** The novel ''Literature/InterestingTimes'' also has a character named Pretty Butterfly; as per standard [[Creator/TerryPratchett Pratchett]] subversions she is downright manipulative and [[{{Tsundere}} violent]]. This may be the result of growing up with a name like 'Pretty Butterfly'.
65	** The Quantum Weather Butterfly is also extremely poisonous, as Vetinari (in a flashback to a lecture at the Assassins' Guild school) points out in ''Literature/FeetOfClay''
66	* The ''Series/DoctorWho'' books have a room in the TARDIS that is simply filled with butterflies.
67	* Subverted in ''Literature/AFireUponTheDeep'' by Creator/VernorVinge, where there is an alien race who resemble beautiful butterflies -- and they're a bunch of genocidal fascists.
68	* The dainty beauty of a butterfly ''Literature/TheGreatDivorce'' is explicitly greater than every lust, greed, vengeance, and arrogance contained in Hell rolled up together. The vast difference between the two is to the point that the butterfly could eat Hell and the pretty thing wouldn't even taste it.
69	* Sena Kashiwazaki from ''Literature/{{Haganai}}'' wears a butterfly hairclip as her SignatureHeadgear, fitting with how she's considered one of the most beautiful girls at school.
70	* In Creator/JRRTolkien's ''Literature/TheHobbit'', when Bilbo climbs a tree in Mirkwood, the treetop has lovely butterflies.
71	* Subverted in ''Literature/TheHungerGames''. The mutts (genetically engineered animals used as weapons against the tributes) in the Fiftieth Games included swarms of golden butterflies whose stings resulted in "agony if not death".
72	* In Creator/JulieKagawa's ''Literature/TheIronDaughter'', Puck tells Meghan that if necessary, she can have a dress of diamond and butterflies
73	* In Jennifer Crusie's ''Maybe This Time'', Alice's nightmares are all the more horrific because they include horrible butterflies -- which she loves, awake.
74	* In ''[[Literature/LandOfOz The Patchwork Girl of Oz]]'', a boy named Ojo had to get the left wing of a butterfly for use in a potion, but the Tin Woodman wouldn't let him harm the butterfly.
75	* In ''Literature/RainbowMagic'', [[Literature/RainbowMagicSaffronTheYellowFairy Saffron]] has a cutesy butterfly motif. She has butterfly prints on her clothing, and her fairy dust is made up of tiny butterfly symbols. They also tie into her friendship with bugs.
76	* In Creator/RuthFrancesLong's ''Literature/TheTreacheryOfBeautifulThings'', Jenny's first thought of the Foletti is that they are as beautiful as butterflies.
77	%%* ''Literature/TheVeryQuietCricket'': The luna moth probably counts as this.
78	* The island of Naath, in George R.R. Martin's ''World of Ice and Fire'', is also called the Isle of Butterflies, and its inhabitants revere butterflies as messengers from their god, the Lord of Harmony. [[spoiler: The butterflies also spread a deadly disease that the inhabitants are immune to, helping keep foreign invaders at bay.]]
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81	[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
82	* The butterfly is the symbol of Gilboa in ''Series/{{Kings}}''. Monarch Butterflies also herald a new king.
83	* Averted on ''Series/ModernFamily'', as Manny is afraid of butterflies.
84	* On ''Series/{{NCIS}}'', Ari Haswari briefly mentions being afraid of them.
85	* ''Series/StarTrekPicard'':
86	** At the Qowat Milat monastery, there are always butterflies fluttering in the air, and their presence accentuates the pleasantly serene and sylvan charm of the nuns' ArborealAbode.
87	** The late Thaddeus Troi-Riker adored butterflies because they inspired him to create a {{Conlang}} for them called Pahlplah which consists solely of wing beats.
88	** Altan Soong in his own words "really missed butterflies," so he designed synthetic versions so that he can admire their beauty as they fly around Coppelius Station. Jurati and Picard marvel at the prettiness of a synth butterfly.
89	** A virtual butterfly appears in [[spoiler:Data's]] simulated house, and it's a [[ButterflyOfDeathAndRebirth symbol of mortality]].
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92	[[folder:Newspaper Comics]]
93	* In ''ComicStrip/PricklyCity'', Carmen and Winslow are admiring a pretty butterfly when Kevin interrupts to demand they stop lallygagging.
94	* In ''ComicStrip/RoseIsRose'', many times. Distracting Jimbo and Rose from a discussion of taxes, causing Pasquale to compare the pretty colors to his guardian angel's wings, driving Peekabo crazy trying to catch it. . . .
95	* In ''ComicStrip/{{Mutts}}'', Mooch follows one. Then he gets a close-up look at its face. . . .
96	* ComicStrip/{{Frazz}} features a viceroy. (Frazz gets to explain why it looks like a monarch.)
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99	[[folder:Pinball]]
100	* Zaccaria's ''Pinball/{{Farfalla}}'' is all about a flower garden full of butterflies.
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103	[[folder:Professional Wrestling]]
104	* Princesa Sugehit has a butterfly motif and a cape which when spread out [[CapeWings looks like a pair of their wings]]. However, she's spent most of her career as a [[{{heel}} nasty ruda]] out to rid lucha libre of Canadians. One of her more famous [[{{face}} tecnica]] runs was, [[FlowerMotif appropriately]], against La Amapola.
105	* Ayako Hamada's most famous sets of ring gear have butterfly designs on her torso, or a cross.
106	* Wrestling/{{AAA}} luchador Butterfly. He's a SpearCounterpart to Sugehit and an exotico, so "pretty" goes without saying.[[/folder]]
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108	[[folder:Tabletop Games]]
109	* In the ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' adventure ''TabletopGame/TheWildBeyondTheWitchlight'', guests to the Witchlight Carnival get fake butterfly wings when they get into the carnival that they have to either wear or carry at all times, which mark them as paid guests with valid tickets. Also, whichever PlayerCharacter gets crowned as the Witchlight Monarch gets three uses of magic butterfly wings that give them a flying speed for one hour. It helps that butterflies symbolize things like transformation, which will factor in when the adventurers have to go into the Feywild on a JourneyOfReclamation and transform themselves into something greater.
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112	[[folder:Theatre]]
113	* The first act of ''The Insect Play'' by Josef and [[Creator/KarelCapek Karel Čapek]] is a satirical look at the love lives of vain butterflies.
114	* The ImpliedLoveInterest of ''Theatre/{{Luzia}}'' is called the Running Woman; [[AllThereInTheManual according to the website]], she represents "speed" and is part of the general nature metaphor of the show. She wears a dress that looks like a monarch butterfly, and the beginning briefly gives her matching wings.
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117	[[folder:Theme Parks]]
118	* ''Ride/WondrousJourneys'' connects 100 years of Creator/{{Disney}} animation through "the flight of the butterflies," to quote its theme song.
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121	[[folder:Toys]]
122	* Toys/LilButters are cute anthropomorphic butterflies with unique patterns on their wings.
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125	[[folder:Video Games]]
126	* ''VideoGame/AlterEgo2018'': Glowing blue butterflies are a defining {{motif}} of the game, representing Es's and the player's wandering, beautiful, and ever-evolving souls. They are especially striking due to the DeliberatelyMonochrome aesthetic.
127	* ''VideoGame/PlanetZoo'': The South America pack has colored lights shaped like butterflies that players can use for decoration. Later, the Grasslands DLC introduced five species of butterfly for walkthrough exhibits. They will occasionally land on guests, to their visible delight.
128	* The ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' series:
129	** It has several butterfly-like {{Mons}}.
130	*** ''VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue'''s Butterfree, a cute and friendly butterfly-like creature.
131	*** ''VideoGame/PokemonRubyAndSapphire'': Subverted with Beautifly: despite its lovely appearance, it's an aggressive predator that feeds by ''sucking out the prey's bodily fluids.''
132	*** ''VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite'' introduced Volcarona, an extremely powerful one that is based on Mothra. According to the [[MonsterCompendium PokéDex]], their fire once served as a replacement for the sun when volcanic ash blocked out the sky.
133	*** ''VideoGame/PokemonXAndY'' introduced Vivillion, a butterfly whose gimmick is a different wing pattern for every climate zone- the pattern a player gets depends on what location their 3DS is set to. It is indeed quite pretty.
134	** ''VideoGame/PokemonScarletAndViolet'''s Tulip is a glamorous lady with a flower and butterfly motif. Butterfly wing-like decorations are on her shoes and dress.
135	* ''VideoGame/DrunkOnNectar'' has playable butterflies, as befits its title.
136	* ''VideoGame/{{Persona 1}}'' has the TrueFinalBoss [[spoiler:Pandora]], whose final form is a giant, bipedal butterfly.
137	** The series as a whole loves its butterfly motif; Philemon, a major character in the first three games (counting both halves of [[VideoGame/{{Persona 2}} the second game]]), has ButterflyOfDeathAndRebirth as his major gimmick, and is never seen without a butterfly mask. The save points in [[VideoGame/{{Persona 4}} the fourth game]] even ''are'' butterflies (which according to WordOfGod are Philemon's current manifestation).
138	* ''VideoGame/SlimeRancher2'' introduces Flutter Slimes, which have monarch butterfly-like wings and antennae. Its Slimepedia entry describes it as "a shining example of natural beauty in an already beautiful world", and says that they're worth the effort it takes to keep them because they can produce a sparkling aura that reduces nearby slimes' agitation.
139	* ''VideoGame/OdinSphere'' has Phozon Butterflies which your character can absorb to power themselves up.
140	* Yuyuko of the ''Franchise/TouhouProject'' series employs butterfly {{danmaku}} in your final showdown with her in ''Perfect Cherry Blossom.''
141	* ''VideoGame/LetsGoJungle''. After fending off swarms of GiantSpiders (including a [[AttackOfThe50FootWhatever gigantic one]]), as well as other carnivorous creepy crawlies, and a ManEatingPlant, your FinalBoss is a [[KillerRabbit giant butterfly]]. Who then proceeds to smack you around with swarms of butterflies, cut you with its wings and blow you off the helicopter you're on...
142	* ''VideoGame/{{EarthBound\|1994}}'' features magic butterflies that will restore your HP and PP along with some soothing music.
143	* [[http://blog.naver.com/creature11/70104046728 Bubbles,]] a butterfly-like air elemental Crew from the defunct Korean online game ''T-Crew''.
144	* ''VideoGame/DarkSouls'' features a boss called Moonlight Butterfly. It is a nice departure from all the brutally dangerous looking bosses you have been fighting! During the fight, the typically epic music of the boss fights is replaced with calm, soothing music. It is a dangerous creature if one is careless, and doesn't carry a shield with good magic defense, as it uses magic attacks such as lasers, magical spears, Homing Soul Arrows, and explosive bursts.
145	* Dahlia Hawthorne in ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneyTrialsAndTribulations'' is accompanied by butterflies to emphasize her sweet, delicate demeanor. [[spoiler:They ''spontaneously combust'' the moment she reveals her [[BitchInSheepsClothing true colors]].]]
146	* ''Franchise/FireEmblem'' has two examples:
147	** The mysterious swordsman "Marth" in ''VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening'' wears a mask shaped like a butterfly. [[spoiler: In an allusion to the bit below about girls having dresses/decorations/jewelry/etc. with buttefly motifs... it turns out "Marth" is a gorgeous {{Bifauxnen}} under said mask: her name is Lucina, and there's [[http://fireemblem.wikia.com/wiki/File:LucinaArtMaskless.png at least one piece of official art]] that also gives her butterfly motifs.]]
148	** The Female Avatar from ''VideoGame/FireEmblemFates'' can be given hair decorations when the player customizes her appearance, one of them being a huge butterfly-shaped pin.
149	* The titular protagonist of ''VideoGame/{{Bayonetta}}'' signed her pact with a demon known as Madama Butterfly; both the Madama and Bayonetta herself thus have a significant swallowtail butterfly motif. These include butterfly wings (constantly on Madama Butterfly and [[TheShadowKnows Bayonetta's shadow]], briefly for Bayonetta when she does a DoubleJump) and butterfly jewelery.
150	* There is a minigame in ''Videogame/{{Bejeweled}} 3'' called "Butterflies" where you have to match gems to liberate the butterflies and prevent the butterflies from getting to the top of the screen, where an evil spider awaits...
151	* Butterflies in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime'' and ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaMajorasMask'' appear in some areas and pleasantly flutter about. Poking them with a Deku stick reveals them to be fairies in disguise, and often they're hovering around the entrance to an underground grotto that's hidden by bushes or needs to be opened with something like a bomb.
152	* ''VideoGame/Bioshock2'': The Rapture Family's main symbol is the Blue Morpho Butterfly, which represents the believer's rebirth into the group or "''Imago''" as they call it.
153	* A little known MatchThreeGame called ''[[http://old.absolutist.com/butterflight/ Butterflight]]'' allows you to collect butterflies while soothing ambient music plays in the background. Even though the premise is that the player is a Lord (regardless of gender) of the Butterflies who needs to regain their wings by collecting their winged friends, it's quite obvious through gameplay that ''Butterflight'' is a ploy to just stare at the butterflies and kill time.
154	* In ''VideoGame/StreetFighterV'', a certain female character's profile states that she loves butterflies. [[spoiler: The character is [[VideoGame/StreetFighterIII Kolin]] aka Gill's SexySecretary, who probably likes them because she saw [[ButterflyOfDeathAndRebirth a butterfly coming out from its coccoon]] right as Gill saved her from a DeathByDespair [[SnowMeansDeath in the snow]] and took her into Main/TheIlluminati.]]
155	* Mesmers in ''VideoGame/GuildWars2'' have a butterfly motif to some of their spells' particles, most apparent in their shatter skills that detonate their illusions into swarms of butterflies. Mesmers are also stated to use magic in its purest form and [[ButterflyOfTransformation warp reality]], and all important [=NPCs=] of the Mesmer class are pretty women.
156	* Butterflies are some of the most common collectible bugs in the ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossing'' games, and pretty much everyone in the game likes them... [[WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes Except Blathers, that is, who's just as scared of them as he is any other bug.]]
157	* In ''VideoGame/{{Kolibri}}'', arthropods seem to have been particularly susceptible to the corrupting influence of the [[AlienInvasion dark crystal]], but butterflies are a noted exception to this general rule.
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160	[[folder:Webcomics]]
161	* Inverted with Mistress Butterfly from ''Webcomic/{{Collar 6}}'', who sticks butterfly symbolism all over the place but is actually a ManipulativeBitch [[BitchInSheepsClothing In Sheep's Clothing]].
162	* In ''Webcomic/TalesOfTheQuestor'', the CoolSword Wildcard produced an array of them -- causing Quentyn's foes to laugh -- for the crucial seconds before the rooster crows, meaning they can no longer attack him.
163	* In ''Webcomic/AvasDemon'', [[http://www.avasdemon.com/pages.php?page=0122 the crash landing at night is in a scene with glowing butterflies.]]
164	* In ''Webcomic/{{Gaia}}'', the [[http://www.sandraandwoo.com/gaia/2013/04/02/the-tower-in-the-sky-001/ opening page for the third chapter]], The Tower in the Sky, does an establishing shot by having a butterfly fly through it.
165	* ''Webcomic/TheInexplicableAdventuresOfBob'' has the Nemesites, an alien race of semi-humanoid butterflies. Hibachi the dragon (who is in love with the Nemesite princess, Voluptua) describes her with, "You fly on wings like unto the stained glass of a cathedral."
166	* ''Webcomic/WildeLife'' has a villainous example with Zulime, a WickedWitch who creates magical glowing moths to search people out for her.
167	* ''Webcomic/JungleJuice'' has a few Insect Humans who have traits of butterflies, but the most prominent happens to be Nanami, who was fused with a Gossamer-Winged Butterfly that allows her to mind control Insect Humans with an Ant Complex.
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170	[[folder:Web Original]]
171	* Website/{{SCP\|Foundation}}-[[http://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-408 408]], a sentient HiveMind flock of butterflies whose wings can change colors as both an effective illusion and way of communicating.
172	* An Easter Egg on one of the ''WebVideo/PotterPuppetPals'' has Ron frolicking with butterflies while singing "Follow the butterflies, follow the butterflies...."
173	** Taken from a sarcastic comment Ron made in ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheChamberOfSecrets'', after finding out that he and Harry would have to "follow the spiders", assumedly making him wish for a less scary and more harmless insect to follow.
174	* In Megami 33's WebVideo/SailorMoonAbridged, the ridiculousness of having the characters attacked by butterflies in one episode is underscored by the "sound effect" of people saying "flutter, flutter, flutter...." very peacefully.
175	* In ''Literature/{{Worm}}'', Skitter, whose superpower allows her to control insects of all kinds, invokes this trope when she sends a single butterfly to [[spoiler:contact her father one last time before she runs]].
176	** Then, in the chapter ''[[http://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/05/25/drone-23-1/ Drone 23.1]]'', a PR guy [[spoiler: in charge of the Wards and Crusaders]] requests that she use nothing but butterflies and similarly 'pretty' insects. Taylor is not amused, though she still does manage to get some use out of them.
177	--->'''Clockblocker''': you kicked their asses with butterflies.\
178	'''Taylor''': Not really. All I did was-\
179	'''Clockblocker''': No, no, no. If anyone asks, you kicked their asses with butterflies.
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182	[[folder:Western Animation]]
183	* ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'' subverts this with Wormy, Sandy's pet caterpillar who transforms into a butterfly. But since there are no butterflies underwater, [[SubvertedTrope everyone thinks it's a horrifying monster]]--the [[MediumShiftGag live-action]] GrossupCloseup ([[MisplacedWildlife of a horsefly]]) gives some idea why.
184	* In a discussion of reincarnation, [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Bart Simpson]] said he wanted to come back as a butterfly, "[[BeneathSuspicion because no one suspects the butterfly]]!"
185	* ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBros'': The [[StealthPun Monarch]].
186	* In the ''WesternAnimation/TootAndPuddle'' episode ''Bye Bye Butterfly'', Toot visits a park where the Monarch butterflies migrate to. It's easily one of the more spectacular scenes in the show.
187	* ''WesternAnimation/JimmyTwoShoes'': Heloise creates butterflies...[[StuffBlowingUp that explode on contact]].
188	* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'': Fluttershy has these as her 'cutie mark'; she's also saved by a swarm of them when she is knocked off a cloud and left in freefall. She's one of the kindest characters in the series as well.
189	* In ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyG3,'' Star Catcher, de-facto leader of the pegasi with the ability to grant wishes, has a flock of multicolored butterflies that she commands.
190	* Chuckie of ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'' and Loopy in ''WesternAnimation/KaBlam'''s "Life With Loopy" both tried to become beautiful by turning into butterflies.
191	* ''WesternAnimation/XavierRiddleAndTheSecretMuseum'': Brad utterly adores butterflies for this exact reason. In "I Am Marie Curie", as he tells Marie about how much he loves butterflies, he imagines a swarm of butterflies flying around him.
192	* In the ''WesternAnimation/PAWPatrol'' episode "Pups Save the Butterflies", the Patrol brings a swarm of beautiful-but-invasive butterflies back to their natural habitat.
193	* ''WesternAnimation/MollyOfDenali'': In "It Came From Beyond," Molly has butterflies to go with her already pretty garden.
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196	[[folder:Real Life]]
197	* [[http://www.magicoflife.org/ The Butterfly House]] in Aberystwyth, Wales.
198	* Down here in California is where the Monarchs migrate on their way down to Mexico. Some places are literally covered with them.
199	* What percentage of little girls have at least one dress/pendant/decoration of some form with a butterfly on it? The only reasons the answer is not 100% will probably be due to abject poverty or too cold an environment for natural populations.
200	* Butterfly gardens are often a major seasonal attraction at zoos and nature parks.
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