| 1 | [[quoteright:320: [[Manga/YuYuHakusho https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/yuyuhakusho_1314.jpg]]]] |
| 2 | [[caption-width-right:320:''"Do you see my red rose? [[PrepareToDie It marks your imminent death!]]"'' [[note]]As good ol' [[Franchise/StarFox Panther Caroso]] says.[[/note]]]] |
| 3 | |
| 4 | ->''And I envy the rose\ |
| 5 | That you held in your teeth, love\ |
| 6 | With the thorns underneath, love\ |
| 7 | Sticking into your gums'' |
| 8 | -->-- "The Masochism Tango", ''Music/AnEveningWastedWithTomLehrer'' |
| 9 | |
| 10 | What accessory could you possibly add to up your sex appeal 20 notches, show your sensitive side, and [[RuleOfCool look really cool]]? A rose, of course! It's a flower, so it's beautiful and romantic like you, but it has thorns, and you're no wuss. Hold it between your teeth, if you want to up your sex appeal a few more notches. Perfect! |
| 11 | And in some cases, [[ImprobableWeaponUser it can be weaponized]] into a [[VineTentacles whip]], a dart, and/or [[PetalPower petal storm]]! |
| 12 | |
| 13 | Generally, this is used to indicate a character is a PrettyBoy, [[AgentPeacock a girly and badass man]] or a [[TheCasanova Casanova]]. Princely types like an actual PrinceCharming or a PrincelyYoungMan are also often given rose motifs. That said, there ''are'' a few female examples out there, like TheVamp, the GirlyBruiser, and the {{Bifauxnen}}, which intentionally invokes {{Bishonen}} imagery. |
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| 15 | Sometimes, the color, number, and position of the roses can be used for {{Foreshadowing}}. This usually happens in reference to the Victorian custom of "the language of flowers," in which different flowers were given different meanings, allowing a bouquet to transmit a sort of informal coded message. |
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| 17 | Speaking of Victorian, the common depictions of roses we see today are [[NewerThanTheyThink a relatively recent phenomenon]]. Commonly used depictions use a type of cultivar known as the [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hybrid_tea_rose hybrid tea]], which was first bred in the late Victorian era. Earlier depictions such as in medieval illuminated manuscripts and in the emblems of [[UsefulNotes/WarsOfTheRoses the Houses of Lancaster and York]] used non-spiral, five-petaled roses; some of which then are often colored pink (which is the oldest and most common color that's cultivated) or in cooler hues of red, by which other languages such as German, Russian and all major Romance languages use "rose" as a stand-in for {{pink|Tropes}}. |
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| 19 | In Japan, gay and bisexual men are referred to as ''barazoku'' ("rose tribe"), so roses in Japanese media can also mean an [[QueerFlowers entirely different kind of coded message]]. |
| 20 | |
| 21 | Related to FlowersOfFemininity. Compare and Contrast TheTragicRose. |
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| 24 | !!Male Examples |
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| 26 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 27 | |
| 28 | [[folder:Anime & Manga]] |
| 29 | * In ''Manga/BlackButler'', Sebastian has a rose motif from time to time, usually with a black rose to symbolise his demonic side. This is most notable in the second and third anime openings, but also in the second anime series when he and Claude make their pact. |
| 30 | * Creed from ''Manga/BlackCat'' often carries a rose, and this is taken to ridiculous extremes in the anime version, where his bath is full of roses. Also, he encloses a rose in the letter he sends to the hero. The hero is Not Amused. |
| 31 | * ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'': [[TheFightingNarcissist Beauty-obsessed]] [[MachoCamp Charlotte's]] release is called "Reina des Roses" ("Queen of the Roses"). His ultimate attack is a black thorn bush inside which a single white rose blooms, killing the opponent trapped inside. The attack is designed to symbolise his aesthetic of beauty equalling strength. |
| 32 | * Muraki Kazutaka in ''Manga/DescendantsOfDarkness'' has a thing for roses, at one point stating the symbolism of the roses he attempts to give to the main character as "eternal love", which just reinforces the point made throughout the manga that he's not someone one should mess around with. |
| 33 | * ''Manga/FairyTail'': [[OurDemonsAreDifferent Mard Geer]] uses these in his Thorn Curse. However, his take on the trope, as the name might imply, focuses more on the sharp part of the flower: He makes use of [[DarkIsEvil black]] thorny vines to torture his own subordinates and [[ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice impale]] his opponents, one of the victims of which was a PhysicalGod. He even refers to his guild's base Cube as his "garden". Did we mention he's also a {{Bishonen}} [[spoiler:...[[OneWingedAngel most of the time]]]]? |
| 34 | * Guiche from ''Literature/TheFamiliarOfZero'' uses one instead of a wand, to complement his casanova appearance. |
| 35 | * In one episode of ''Anime/FullMetalPanicFumoffu'', an elderly man thinks that Tsubaki and Sousuke are going to rape him. In his [[{{Squick}} creepy envisioning of what he thinks is about to happen]], roses are used as censors. Ick. |
| 36 | * Karl Lichter von Randoll of ''Anime/FutureGPXCyberFormula'' has a tendency to throw roses, especially in one episode of the TV series, where he throws a white one at Asuka. His racing suit even has a ''red rose logo'' on the back. |
| 37 | * The handsome MagnificentBastard Andrea Cavalcanti in ''Anime/{{Gankutsuou}}'' gives a bouquet of roses to Eugenie when he first meets her and continues to give them to her later on. |
| 38 | * Leonardo Medici Bundle in ''Anime/GoShogun'' almost always carries a rose in the series and uses the rose as a metaphor in the movie sequel. |
| 39 | * [[MoeAnthropomorphism France]], from ''Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers''. In the anime, as soon as he is introduced roses start to [[HammerSpace pop out from behind him]]. |
| 40 | * Hideaki Asaba from ''Manga/HisAndHerCircumstances'', who considers himself God's gift to women. |
| 41 | * In ''Anime/JewelpetKiraDeco'', Coal holds and throws a black rose during his spell-casting animation. |
| 42 | * Theo from ''Anime/KaleidoStar'' uses lots of roses in his stage act, which he throws at the audience and then slices with his whip. |
| 43 | * Yoshimori of ''Manga/{{Kekkaishi}}'' has the ability to create facsimiles of himself, which he usually uses to take care of boring duties while he has a nap. For special occasions, he makes an ultra-hunky version of himself with Fabio hair and a rose in the teeth. |
| 44 | * Daisuke Ono during his brief stint as Minoru Shiraishi's replacement on ''Manga/LuckyStar''. |
| 45 | * Gackto from ''Manga/MermaidMelodyPichiPichiPitch'' usually has a rose, a glass of wine, or both in hand. |
| 46 | * George de Sand from ''Anime/MobileFighterGGundam''. The rose symbolism also carries over to his HumongousMecha, called the Rose Gundam, which fires ''rose-shaped laser cannons.'' And he once used roses as shuriken while fighting on foot. |
| 47 | * Treize Khushrenada of ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamWing'' has his tub filled with rose petals, decorates his office with roses, smells roses during his monologues... |
| 48 | * Both of the above owe something to flamboyant Neo Zeon AcePilot Mashymre Cello from ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamZZ''. |
| 49 | * ''Anime/MonColleKnights'': Count Collection tends to carry roses, which he personally grows in his castle garden. At one point he also holds one between his teeth in a typical evil charming pose, or at least to the best of his efforts, since he and the rose just got charred. |
| 50 | * Cavendish in ''Manga/OnePiece'' often introduces himself with a rose in his mouth, fitting for his {{Bishonen}} look. Sometimes, he proceeds to eat the rose. |
| 51 | * Flat the mouse, in ''Anime/OnegaiMyMelody'', when he dispenses [[ShipperOnDeck "sic-her-boy!" advices]] to Kakeru. He also mysteriously grows a mustache. |
| 52 | * Tamaki in ''Manga/OuranHighSchoolHostClub'' often carries a rose around, though he's mostly a parody of this character type. Ouran relies heavily on this trope. In fact, all the characters have a symbolic rose colour attached to them. Tamaki's is white, Haruhi's is red, Kaoru orange, Hikaru blue, Honey pink, Kyoya's purple and Mori dark blue. |
| 53 | * George from ''Manga/ParadiseKiss'' gives Yukari one when he first meets her. He must be particularly fond of them since the PimpedOutDress he has Yukari model for the high school fashion show has a good number of them on it. |
| 54 | * ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'': |
| 55 | ** James/Kojiro, who seems to have no use for it other than emphasizing his good looks, and sometimes would display it during the Team Rocket motto, though otherwise not much else. It was present at the very beginning of the series and started to pop up more frequently towards the latter half of the Diamond and Pearl arc, and was brought back for real in a relatively recent episode. Turns out it's not a real rose, but a key capable of opening any door. ''That'' sure would have come in handy before... |
| 56 | ** Drew/Shū also does this, going as far as using a rose-themed Pokémon for crying out loud... He's also always giving roses to [[ShipTease his "rival" May/Haruka]]. |
| 57 | * Parodied with [[OneSceneWonder Femio]] in ''Anime/PrincessTutu''. He even has a servant to scatter rose petals in his wake. |
| 58 | * Tatewaki Kuno from ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'' often proffers roses (usually a single one, held in his mouth) to Akane during his rare, serious moments. |
| 59 | * Marquis Alexis Doucet from ''Literature/RecordOfGrancrestWar'' has a flower motif. He wears two blue roses on his cloak. But he takes it [[ExaggeratedTrope further]] when he spends a night arranging stones in a garden to form a giant rose that could be seen from Marrine's window. He then does this again by arranging his army into the same rose shape in a later episode. You can see his first one [[https://moesucks.com/2018/02/24/record-of-grancrest-war-ep-8-love-and-war/ here]]. |
| 60 | * ''Anime/RevolutionaryGirlUtena'' has such pervasive rose imagery that every major character's theme flower is a rose, and they are differentiated from one another by the color of their roses. The male character that fits the trope best is Touga, a [[TheCasanova Casanova-type]] who is associated with red roses. He is one of very few people who manage to defeat the heroine in a duel. |
| 61 | * Kenshin of ''Manga/RurouniKenshin'' subverts this in an artbook piece, which has the usual setup for him having a rose in his mouth, but it's actually a maple branch with a leaf. It makes sense in character, plus it's [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotSymbolic symbolic]]. [[WebVideo/YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries He's from Canada you know.]] |
| 62 | * In ''Anime/SailorMoon'', Tuxedo Mask uses roses as projectile weapons. |
| 63 | * [[GorgeousGeorge Pisces Aphrodite]] from ''Manga/SaintSeiya''. Aphrodite's main power remains on his ability to manipulate his Cosmo energy in order to create different kinds of roses that he can freely brandish. If you thought this one belonged under the female examples, [[ViewerGenderConfusion no one will blame you]]. |
| 64 | * Zero, The Winged Knight from ''Anime/SDGundamForce'' loves them. They're called the "Princess Rose" of Lacora. This quote says it all really. |
| 65 | -->'''Baku:''' There he goes again, making flowers appear out of thin air! |
| 66 | * Kenshin from ''VideoGame/SengokuBasara'' is often surrounded by dozens of rose petals, though it's probably just from [[BodyguardCrush Kasuga]]'s point of view. Used to great effect in the anime during his fight with Nohime. |
| 67 | * In ''Manga/UndertakerRiddle'', Riddle is seen with a bouquet of roses a lot. Doubles as a using of TheTragicRose since he garnishes mourning ceremonies with them as well. |
| 68 | * ''Anime/YuGiOh'': FillerVillain Siegfried Schröder has a indigo-colored rose, showing off how fabulous he is, fitting his AgentPeacock image. |
| 69 | * ''Anime/YuGiOh5Ds'': Aki Izayoi uses a Rose deck, which primarily uses rose-themed monsters (although not exclusively, as long as they're plant-themed), which her ace monster being Black Rose Dragon, a black dragon with red rose petals as body parts that can summon thorn whips and destroys the entire field with a storm of rose petals upon summoning. Years later, Konami has printed more Rose cards and Rose Dragon cards to support Aki's archetype. |
| 70 | * Kurama in ''Manga/YuYuHakusho'' (pictured above; written by Creator/YoshihiroTogashi), who had the [[GreenThumb ability to control plants and use them as weapons]]. His weapon is a whip created from a single rose. The fact that he was better looking than many of the women in the show also helped up his sex appeal. |
| 71 | [[/folder]] |
| 72 | |
| 73 | [[folder:Comic Books]] |
| 74 | * ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'': Several would-be crime bosses have taken the identity of the Rose, a masked underworld figure who is so named both because he wears a rose in his lapel and because he keeps a garden of roses and other flowering plants in his penthouse greenhouse. The most well-known Rose is Richard Fisk, the son of the Kingpin, who assumes the identity in a (failed) [[TheStarscream attempt to usurp the latter's power]]. |
| 75 | * ''ComicBook/VForVendetta'': V grows roses in his underground lair, plucking one for each of his victims. Valerie, in her letter, recalls how she loves roses. V also manipulates [[MeaningfulName Rose Almond]] into killing dictator Adam Susan. |
| 76 | [[/folder]] |
| 77 | |
| 78 | [[folder:Films -- Animated]] |
| 79 | * In ''WesternAnimation/Shrek2'', Prince Charming not only holds the rose with his teeth but twirling it with his tongue, in the middle of a semi-wild dance with Fiona. |
| 80 | [[/folder]] |
| 81 | |
| 82 | [[folder:Films -- Live Action]] |
| 83 | * Gomez from the first ''Film/TheAddamsFamily'' movie. He's the kind of person who'd enjoy a pierced lip the bad way. |
| 84 | * In ''Film/TheAdventuresOfBaronMunchausen'', the title character has a habit of handing roses to every woman he meets. |
| 85 | * ''Film/{{Azumi}}'' features a long-haired, white-clad, psychotic biseinen who first appears holding a red rose, for no other apparent reason than to look cool. |
| 86 | [[/folder]] |
| 87 | |
| 88 | [[folder:Literature]] |
| 89 | * ''Literature/AgeOfSteam'': In ''Cold Copper'', Captain Hink had given Rose a wallpaper rose, folded paper and perfumed. She had kissed him -- more than once -- because of it. |
| 90 | * In ''Literature/TheChroniclesOfAmber'', the first protagonist, Corwin, has as his emblem a silver rose. A brief mention is made of the fact that his cloak-clasp is a silver rose, but it's not mentioned again until the second protagonist, his son Merlin, finds a real, fresh-cut silver rose on Corwin's bedside table (even though Corwin was missing, presumed dead at the time[[note]]It does get established that more than one version of Corwin was around at the time, as well as the how and some of the why[[/note]]). Nothing is made of it because the series ends abruptly when the author DiedDuringProduction. In the portrait introducing Benedict, he "leaned upon a lance about which was entwined a rope of flowers". |
| 91 | * ''Literature/GauntsGhosts'': In ''Necropolis'', when the noble houses of Vervunhive place Ibram Gaunt in charge of the defense of their city, they give him a symbolic rose from House Chass's gardens. House Chass practices the art of cybernetic gardening, though, each plant a carefully designed metallic object, so this is a ''steel rose''. It [[spoiler:saves his life when he's shot with a bolt gun point-blank (because it exploded ''next'' to him rather than ''inside'' him]] in what [[MaybeMagicMaybeMundane might, or might not, have been]] DivineIntervention. |
| 92 | * ''Literature/TheHungerGames'': President Snow is anything ''but'' a PrettyBoy, but he has a greenhouse filled with roses, leaves behind roses as a warning to his enemies, and has done something to himself so that he permanently smells of roses--as well as of blood. [[spoiler:The blood smell's actually natural: he tried to poison both himself and a rival, and since he didn't take the antidote quickly enough, he's got permanent mouth ulcers. The rose smell is intended to cover it up.]] |
| 93 | * ''Literature/{{Quiller}}'': The eponymous protagonist has arranged for whatever money he has left to be spent on roses for his girlfriend Moira. In one novel, however, he's being taken out to be shot and has time to ponder just how annoying it would be to receive a roomful of roses from a dead lover. He escapes his predicament and has the will changed to a single sublime rose. |
| 94 | * ''Literature/RoseOfRapture'': A major motif of the book, culminating in Isabella being given dozens of roses by admiring courtiers. She sends all the roses away, except for the one given to her by her husband. |
| 95 | * ''Literature/{{Sapphire}}'': Boris's 'Blood Rose' attack. Which involves killing the victim ''by teleporting it into his/her heart''. |
| 96 | * In ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'', Loras Tyrell's house sigil is a rose. He hands out roses to his fangirls every tourney. |
| 97 | [[/folder]] |
| 98 | |
| 99 | [[folder:Live-Action TV]] |
| 100 | * ''Series/GameOfThrones'': |
| 101 | ** The rose which Ser Loras Tyrell carries in "[[Recap/GameOfThronesS1E5TheWolfAndTheLion The Wolf and the Lion]]" hints that he is an AgentPeacock -- beautiful, but dangerous. Considering that the Mountain had killed an opponent in the previous episode, viewers who haven't read the books might assume that the rather delicate-looking Knight of Flowers is destined to become Ser Gregor Clegane's next victim. With a little {{Combat Pragmatis|t}}m, however, Loras takes down the fearsome brute on his first jousting attempt. |
| 102 | ** Mercenary Daario Naharis does this to show Queen Daenerys that he's not just another thug who's good with a sword. |
| 103 | --->'''Daario:''' ''[flourishes flower]'' A Dusk Rose.\ |
| 104 | '''Daenerys:''' ...Would you like to ''walk'' at the back of the train instead of riding?\ |
| 105 | '''Daario:''' And this one's called Lady's Lace.\ |
| 106 | '''Daenerys:''' Would you like to walk ''without shoes?'' |
| 107 | * Soukichi Banba (Big One) from ''Series/JAKQDengekitai'' had the rose as his symbol. He could use them as throwing weapons, and always sniffed one before transforming. |
| 108 | * Kamen Rider Caucasus, the BigBad Dark Rider from ''[[Series/KamenRiderKabuto Kamen Rider Kabuto: God Speed Love]]'', has his signature Black Rose, which somehow makes him look extremely menacing and refined at the same time. He also frequently uses them as a silent PreAssKickingOneLiner, holding one up before [[CurbStompBattle pummeling his opponent into oblivion]]. |
| 109 | * Humorously used when [[Series/TheColbertReport Stephen Colbert]] had to get his photo taken for an Army ID when he trains to prepare for going to Iraq. He isn't allowed to smile, so on the second try, he whips out a rose. |
| 110 | * ''Series/MurderSheWrote'': In "[[Recap/MurderSheWroteS8E11DanseDiabolique Danse Diabolique]]", the dancer playing Death presents a rose and a skull to the ballerina who then [[FatalMethodActing dies on stage]]. Jessica initially suspects that the ballerina was killed by a poisoned thorn on the rose. |
| 111 | * Invoked on the season 9 finale of ''Series/RuPaulsDragRace'' when Sasha Velour came on-stage carrying a rose to lip-sync to "So Emotional". She tore it to shreds during the song's spoken-word intro then at key moments within the song released small showers of rose petals by removing each of her gloves, culminating in a climactic ''cascade'' of petals from under her wig. |
| 112 | * ''Series/SchittsCreek'': The show tells the story of the formerly wealthy Rose family forced to move to the unfortunately named Schitt's Creek. The name symbolizes their former elegant and presumably well-scented existence, as well as the romantic nature of all four members of the Rose family. Later, son David opens up a store called Rose Apothecary with his boyfriend, and the many roses associated with the story take on a QueerFlowers context. |
| 113 | * In one episode of ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'', Castiel [[note]]an angel who's been temporarily made human[[/note]] believes he's going on a date, so he picks a rose for the girl. It turns out she was actually asking him to babysit. But, when a rogue angel comes for the baby, Cas uses the rose's thorns to draw blood so he can [[CouldntFindAPen paint an angel-banishing spell on the wall.]] |
| 114 | [[/folder]] |
| 115 | |
| 116 | [[folder:Religion]] |
| 117 | * In Eastern Orthodox art, Archangel Barachiel, one of the eight named [[CelestialParagonsAndArchangels Archangels]], is traditionally depicted holding roses (usually [[GoldAndWhiteAreDivine white]] ones) that symbolize the heavenly rewards for virtuous people. |
| 118 | [[/folder]] |
| 119 | |
| 120 | [[folder:Video Games]] |
| 121 | * Endrance, from the ''VideoGame/DotHackGU'' games, has roses on his hat. And is usually accompanied by rose petals during cut scenes. And his Avatar is ''sixty percent giant rose''. |
| 122 | * Dante in ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry4'', when using the Lucifer weapon, becomes some sort of demonic flamenco dancer, and he triggers the explosion of the Lucifer's shards by tossing a rose (that the game insists is significant only in its insignificance). [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PK6UaPnRYcc&feature=youtu.be&t=0m48s Video]]. |
| 123 | * Mid-boss from ''VideoGame/DisgaeaHourOfDarkness'', especially in the anime version, appears to have the ability to pull roses out of thin air. One point in the anime he throws a rose in a blatant reference to Tuxedo Kamen, and the animation, sound effects, and general feel of the scene reinforce it. |
| 124 | ** However, he has ''nothing'' on Master Big Star, who may as well have a bouquet surgically grafted to his hand for all roses he throws around. |
| 125 | * In ''VideoGame/DissidiaFinalFantasy'', [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyII Firion]] carries with him a "wild rose" which symbolizes the Wild Rose Rebellion from his game and his dream. Later on, it turns out that the rose was [[spoiler:created by [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyIV Golbez]] to inspire him]]. Funnily enough, the rose changes hands quite a bit. Halfway through [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII Cloud]] and [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyI Warrior Of Light]]'s stories, [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII Sephiroth]] steals it, Cloud takes it back, and it eventually gets back to Firion. |
| 126 | ** In the prequel, ''Dissidia 012'', Firion and [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII Lightning]] share the connection they both feel with roses (as Odin's summon crystal, which is possessed by Lightning in her game, is shaped like a rose), which causes sexual tension between them. |
| 127 | ** In the original as well, Cloud shows the rose to [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI Terra]], who is, at the time, heavily unsure of herself, and explains Firion's dream to her. This causes a powerful inspiration to ignite within Terra, who basically replies, "hey, that sounds awesome, let's not just fill the world with roses, but with lots of other flowers as well!" This helps give her the courage to beat the crap out of [[MonsterClown Kefka]] and save [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyIII Onion Knight]]. |
| 128 | * Possibly referenced by Alistair in ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins'' in a romance with a female Warden: |
| 129 | -->'''Alistair:''' Here, look at this. Do you know what this is?\ |
| 130 | '''Warden:''' Your new weapon of choice?\ |
| 131 | '''Alistair:''' ''[jocular]'' Yes, that's right! Watch as I thrash our enemies with the mighty power of floral arrangements! Feel my thorns, darkspawn! I will overpower you with my rosy scent! ''[sniffs, sighs]'' ...Or, you know, it could just be a rose... |
| 132 | * ''VideoGame/DualBlades'' and ''Slashers: The Power Battle'': The Christian knight [[BlueBlood Duke]] Andre can use as a projectile, in a manner very similar to Street Fighter's Dudley and Vega described above, a rose. The in-story reason for him using rose in battle was in rebuke to an opponent who mockingly compared his religious belief like those of a fragile flower. [[ReligiousBruiser Andre]] decides to remind his opponents that roses have thorns and thus should not mock his faith. |
| 133 | * ''Franchise/TheElderScrolls'' |
| 134 | ** Throughout the series, a rose is the symbol of Sanguine, the [[OurGodsAreDifferent Daedric Prince]] of [[FunPersonified Debauchery]] and [[TheHedonist Hedonism]]. His most famous artifact is Sanguine's Rose, which can take on many forms, including that of an actual rose, a wooden stave carved like a rose, or a [[BreadEggsBreadedEggs staff-sized rose]]. |
| 135 | ** In ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIIDaggerfall Daggerfall]]'', a red rose is the symbol of Ebonarm, a [[WarGod god of war]] worshiped in the Iliac Bay region. Red roses are said to bloom on the graves of fallen soldiers on the battlefields he visits. |
| 136 | ** While it isn't focused on much, the Daedric Prince Azura is strongly associated with roses. She holds one in her ''Daggerfall'' sprite, one of her titles is the "Mother of the Rose," ''Azurah's Crossing'' has a khajiit walking a path of roses to reach her, and it is said that in her realm of Moonshadow she either sits on a throne of roses, or resides within a palace of roses, depending on the source. ''The Five Points of the Star'', a book which outlines the five major aspects of Azura worship, states that the rose is one such point, describing it as "Her color and Her flower." |
| 137 | * ''VideoGame/FatalFury'': |
| 138 | ** Spanish warrior Laurence Blood starts battles off by tossing a rose to his opponent, then shredding it with multiple sword swipes. This later evolved into an actual attack. |
| 139 | ** Fellow matador [[Franchise/StreetFighter Vega]] would later steal this intro for himself but made it even cooler by not moving at all as the rose was diced into smithereens. |
| 140 | * Jean Pierre in ''VideoGame/FightersHistory'' held a rose in his mouth and tossed it aside during his pre-match fight pose. |
| 141 | * ''VideoGame/FireEmblemThreeHouses'' features nobleman Lorenz Hellman Gloucester as one of the students. He's fond of wearing one pinned to his overcoat, likely to look more sophisticated. Post timeskip, he has one embossed on his armor in the same spot. Unsurprisingly, one of his favorite gifts is roses. In ''VideoGame/FireEmblemWarriorsThreeHopes'', he incorporates [[PetalPower rose petals]] as flair into his attacks, especially with his unique ability "Rondo of Roses", summoning a tornado of rose petals to suck enemies in. |
| 142 | * In ''VideoGame/FridayNightFunkin'', [[BitchInSheepsClothing Senpai]]'s second song, which plays when he [[VillainousBreakdown loses his cool]], is called "Roses". In keeping with the spirit of this trope, "Roses" [[TurnsRed makes Senpai into a much tougher opponent]] than before. [[spoiler: Every rose has its thorns, and his third song "Thorns" is sung by an [[GhastlyGhost evil spirit]] that [[PainfulTransformation bursts out of his body]].]] |
| 143 | * In the first ''VideoGame/GalaxyAngel'' videogame, Camus O. Laphroaig, the leader of the Hellhounds, is shown in his full-body sprite holding a rose to play up his image as a romantic charmer. Also, in the manga, he somehow arranges to leave roses in Milfeulle's bed, which freaks her out to no end. |
| 144 | * In ''VideoGame/GranblueFantasy'', this is Rosetta's motif as it's in her name, skill, and charge attack names, and she has several roses in her dress and hair. It becomes even more blatant when she transforms into Rose Queen. |
| 145 | * The ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsChainOfMemories'' manga has Marluxia do this, naturally enough, since his power is over plants. He still does it in the manga of ''358/2 Days''. After he finishes telling Roxas about the Keyblade and destroying Heartless, there are roses all over the place. Even on Roxas. |
| 146 | * In ''VideoGame/MarioParty8'', when [[CasanovaWannabe Waluigi]] wins a minigame, he pulls a rose out of {{Hammerspace}} and poses with it, holding the tip of his hat. This returns in ''VideoGame/MarioGolf World Tour'' as his [[http://i.imgur.com/YqCjigZ.png birdie pose]]. Complete with BishieSparkles. Waluigi will also pose with a rose in ''VideoGame/MarioStrikers: Battle League''. |
| 147 | * In ''VideoGame/MegaManX5'', Axel the Red, actually being ''shaped'' like a rose, takes this trope to somewhat excessive extremes. His Japanese name, transliterated as “Spike Rosered,” makes it even more implicit. |
| 148 | * Creator/AchievementHunter's former cast member Creator/RayNarvaezJr had a rose as his motif [[LetsPlay/AchievementHunterMinecraftSeries when the gang played]] ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}''. Rather fitting for someone whose favorite character of all-time is Tuxedo Mask. |
| 149 | * Jun Kurosu from ''VideoGame/{{Persona 2}}'' fights with fortune predictions and flowers, including the aforementioned roses. |
| 150 | * Max Galactica in ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneyJusticeForAll'' used roses as one of his magician symbols. And Jean Armstrong in ''Trials and Tribulations'' had roses appear in his hand. |
| 151 | * Don Flamenco in ''VideoGame/PunchOut Wii'' sniffs a rose before the fight starts. In the NES version, he can be seen holding a rose with his teeth when he makes his entrance. In the Title Defense rematch, he carries around a black rose to show that he TookALevelInBadass. |
| 152 | * [[{{Bishonen}} Rio]] from ''VideoGame/SambaDeAmigo'' often carries a red rose. |
| 153 | * ''VideoGame/ShovelKnight'': The flamboyant Propeller Knight dramatically drops a rose when he is defeated. |
| 154 | * In ''[[VideoGame/SoulSeries Soulcalibur IV]]'', Raphael's joke weapon is a rose. |
| 155 | * ''Franchise/StarFox'': Whoever looks upon Panther Caroso's rose shall meet their death! |
| 156 | * Dudley from ''VideoGame/StreetFighterIII'' tosses a rose as a taunt (and this can be used as an effective distraction in actual gameplay). In his ''3rd Strike'' ending, it's revealed that his family rose garden is absolutely ''huge''. |
| 157 | ** The [[McNinja Spanish ninja]] {{bishonen}} Vega also likes to use this motif. He takes it further in ''VideoGame/StreetFighterV'', where his V-Trigger has him throw a rose, stem first, at his opponent, serving as a ''multi-hit'' combo opener. |
| 158 | * Sir Richard Rose, the FinalBoss of classic SNES game ''VideoGame/SunsetRiders''. |
| 159 | * ''VideoGame/TalesSeries'': |
| 160 | ** In ''VideoGame/TalesOfGraces'', Richard's level 1 [[LimitBreak Blast Calibur]] is called Vertex Rose. |
| 161 | ** In ''VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia'' if Zelos is in his formal wear costume there is a chance that in battle his weapon will be a bouquet of roses. |
| 162 | ** Dist the Rose from ''VideoGame/TalesOfTheAbyss'' does not magically pull said flower out in the game, but he does have a rose motif in his visual design and personality. |
| 163 | * In ''Franchise/{{Tekken}}'', Lee Chaolan can be customized to hold a rose between his teeth, fitting with his TheCharmer persona. Roses also appear in several of his animations for ''VideoGame/Tekken7: Fated Retribution''/''Tekken 7'' console. His [[DesperationAttack Rage Art]] ends with him throwing a rose at the opponent's face, which does insignificant damage... then he turns around, delivers a PreMortemOneLiner, and the opponent suddenly takes a ton of damage. |
| 164 | * Olivert Reise Arnor / "Wandering bard Olivier Lenheim" from the ''VideoGame/TrailsSeries''. He is a {{Bishonen}} who believes that love is the ultimate example of beauty. His character portraits often depict him holding a rose and also often accompanied by rose petals. His Akashic Star [[LimitBreak S-Craft]] ends with him being showered in rose petals and asking "Did you enjoy the show?" |
| 165 | * Quite fitting for his character, LoveableRogue Hawkeye from ''VideoGame/TrialsOfMana'' has an attack called "Dance of Roses" as his level 3 tech in his Wanderer class. He tosses a rose on top of an enemy, then rains down a series of slashes on the rose, dicing the enemy and sending rose petals flying everywhere. |
| 166 | * Wonder-Blue's transformation in ''VideoGame/TheWonderful101'' features him throwing a rose into the air, transforming and then catching it... [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments only for him to drop it and fail to pick it back up right at the end]]. |
| 167 | [[/folder]] |
| 168 | |
| 169 | [[folder:Webcomics]] |
| 170 | * In ''Webcomic/NipAndTuck'', [[http://www.rhjunior.com/NT/00105.html the bull's response to learning he's going out to stud is a rose between the teeth.]] |
| 171 | * In [[http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=195 this]] ''Webcomic/VGCats'' strip, [[VideoGame/MetalGear Raiden]] is shown with a rose between his teeth. |
| 172 | * In ''Webcomic/WoodenRose'', Aidan Thorne can conjure up roses from bare ground. |
| 173 | [[/folder]] |
| 174 | |
| 175 | [[folder:Western Animation]] |
| 176 | * Used in an episode of ''WesternAnimation/ElenaOfAvalor'' when Gabe is [[DemonicPossession possessed by the spirit of a vain, aggressive general]], thanks to a [[ArtifactOfDoom cursed sword]]. With the general in charge, he plucks a rose, places it between his teeth, before tossing it with precision to land behind Elena's ear. The princess is not impressed and tosses it back to him, where it lands on the ground. |
| 177 | * ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'': Cat Noir is used to hand red roses to his OneTrueLove, Ladybug, since the days of the PV trailer, released before the series even started. As this color means passion, Ladybug, being in love with Adrien ([[DramaticIrony the secret identity]] of [[LovesMyAlterEgo Cat Noir]]), tends to refuse them with embarrassment (crossing with TheTragicRose territory for her partner, as a petal fall from his rose [[RuleOfSymbolism like a tear]] in ''Frozer''). Cat Noir later switch to yellow roses, as it means friendship. But when he handed Ladybug a red rose as Adrien in ''Desperada'', she accepted it gleefully. In ''Weredad'' and as Cat Noir, he brought a pink rose to Marinette (aka Ladybug) with the attention to reject her earlier "avances" (she lied, [[LovesMyAlterEgo or so she thought]]). Ironically, pink roses also mean friendship...or tender, blossoming love. |
| 178 | * ''WesternAnimation/OKKOLetsBeHeroes'': [[AgentPeacock Raymond]] has a thing for roses. |
| 179 | ** Radicles does once in the rose background from the short "Rad Cries". |
| 180 | * Played with in a ValentinesDayEpisode of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': Homer ends up getting stuck under a plane that flies through a rose plantation, winding up absolutely covered in roses. The plane then flies over the Simpson house and Homer gets stuck on the clothesline and winds up spinning around and depositing the roses at Marge's feet. Homer then lands in front of Marge on one knee with a rose held in his mouth. Marge finds the whole thing romantic; Homer thinks he has a collapsed lung. |
| 181 | [[/folder]] |
| 182 | |
| 183 | [[folder:Other]] |
| 184 | * ''Cold Feet'' (or maybe something else) involved a rose and James Nesbitt's naked backside. |
| 185 | * Sakazaki Yuuya of ''VisualNovel/HatofulBoyfriend'' is often portrayed with a violet rose. |
| 186 | * [[Music/YoshikiHayashi Yoshiki]] in the 1994 anime version of the PV for the Music/XJapan song "Rusty Nail". His anime avatar's weapon against [[Music/HidetoMatsumoto hide]]'s [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything one-eyed monster was... a rose.]] |
| 187 | ** Music/XJapan generally has a lot of rose themes... |
| 188 | [[/folder]] |
| 189 | |
| 190 | !!Female Examples |
| 191 | |
| 192 | [[folder:Anime & Manga]] |
| 193 | * From ''Manga/AhMyGoddess'', we have Peorth. Her angel is even named Gorgeous Rose. |
| 194 | * Charlotte Roselei from ''Manga/BlackClover''. Not only is her squad's sigil a rose, but her Briar Magic turns her sword into a rose bush of thorns. Even her armor is decorated with golden rose designs. |
| 195 | * Crusadermon of ''Anime/DigimonFrontier'', as a prop and as a distraction (Her [[CallingYourAttacks Scarlet Tempest]] technique creates a storm of petals from one flower to obscure the enemy's view of her exit.) ShesAManInJapan. |
| 196 | ** Rosemon is the final form of Lalamon's digivolution line in ''Anime/DigimonDataSquad''. One of her attacks involves a whip made of thorns. |
| 197 | ** Rosemon is also the final form of Palmon's digivolution line in ''Anime/DigimonAdventureTri''. |
| 198 | * Chie in ''Anime/MyOtome'' carries a blue rose around with her, which given her [[{{Bifauxnen}} quasi-boyish appearance]] and the fuckton of [[HoYay Les Yay]] that she gives off in her first appearance, is likely playing off this trope. |
| 199 | * Instead of James/Kojiro, mentioned above, Jessie/Musashi of ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'' has, on at least one occasion, held a rose during an introduction. |
| 200 | * ''Anime/PrettyCure'': |
| 201 | ** Milky Rose (blue rose) and the Pretty Cure 5 (red rose) from ''Anime/YesPrettyCure5'' |
| 202 | ** Cure Ace (red rose) from ''Anime/DokiDokiPrecure''. |
| 203 | * Downplayed in ''Manga/PuellaMagiOrikoMagica'': Kirika gets excited about the rose garden at Oriko's home and starts identifying them by sight, only to stop when Oriko says the roses [[BrokenPedestal belonged to her father]]. Kirika is [[LoveFreak very much a romantic]]... and [[{{Yandere}} certainly has]] [[AxCrazy some thorns]] [[GirlWithPsychoWeapon of her own]]. |
| 204 | * Kodachi Kuno in ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'', who's mostly an {{Ojou}} with sprinklings of TheVamp, carries around a ''black'' rose, no less. |
| 205 | ** She also summons up a veritable storm of black rose petals whenever she makes her [[IncomingHam dramatic entrance]] (and [[VillainExitStageLeft dramatic exit]]), covering the ground, the walls, the furniture, and the innocent bystanders, who complain about having to clean up after her. |
| 206 | ** Black rose bouquets as hidden bombs for sleeping powder and paralysis powder (and actual gunpowder, in one manga story) are also a favorite tactic. |
| 207 | * In ''Anime/SailorMoonCrystal'', apart from being Usagi's favored FlowerMotif, ArtNouveau roses in multiple hues appear during her heroic moments as Sailor Moon. A spray of red roses caps off her TransformationSequence, and while she issues her InTheNameOfTheMoon speech, various shades of them frame her hand, pattern the floor and ornament the [[WeirdMoon crescent moon]] of her backdrop. |
| 208 | * The Devilstar assassins of ''Anime/ScienceNinjaTeamGatchaman'' use rose-bombs at times. The Devilstar that killed Joe Asakura's parents tried to kill him with one. |
| 209 | * Shinku in ''Manga/RozenMaiden'', and everyone else in the show who is one of the titular dolls will have some sort of rose symbolism associated with them. Kirakishou is listed as the example on the anime's main page. |
| 210 | * ''Anime/YuGiOh5Ds'': Aki Izayoi was once known as the "Black Rose Witch". She uses mostly Plant-type monsters, several of which are rose-based, and her ace monster is the Black Rose Dragon, which is made almost entirely of rose petals and thorn stems. |
| 211 | ** Also, there was the one-shot character Aika Hanazoe from ''Anime/YuGiOhZexal'', who used Xyz Monsters that [[ItMakesSenseInContext combined roses with armored spaceships.]] |
| 212 | [[/folder]] |
| 213 | |
| 214 | [[folder:Comic Books]] |
| 215 | * Poison Ivy in ''ComicBook/{{Batman}}'' tends to do this at least once in every incarnation. |
| 216 | [[/folder]] |
| 217 | |
| 218 | [[folder:Comic Strips]] |
| 219 | * In ''ComicStrip/PhoebeAndHerUnicorn'', [[http://www.gocomics.com/phoebe-and-her-unicorn/2016/04/28 Marigold poses with a rose in her mouth.]] |
| 220 | [[/folder]] |
| 221 | |
| 222 | [[folder:Fan Fiction]] |
| 223 | * ''Fanfic/ArcPhantoms'': Yuzu's Phantom Thief attire has roses painted on her mask and numerous roses on her dress. |
| 224 | * In ''Fanfic/BetweenMyBrotherAndMeMorsOmnibus'', we have the lovely maiden Shirobara -- her name can translate into "White Rose", she wears a dress that evokes the image of a white rose, and she uses a Rose deck. In the prequel series ''Mors Tua'', she was once a flower girl who handed the legendary cursed puppets three yellow roses as a sign of them returning to bring joy to her village later. WordOfGod is that Shirobara's appearance was heavily inspired by the Garden Rose Maiden monster. |
| 225 | * A rose is the special weapon for the Chibi, the Grass Guardian, in ''Fanfic/GuardiansOfPokemon''. This is a subversion of the usual character type, however, as she's the TokenMiniMoe of the group. ([[OlderAlterEgo Then again]]... [[PrecociousCrush maybe this]] ''[[FilleFatale isn't]]'' [[MsFanservice a subversion after all]]). |
| 226 | [[/folder]] |
| 227 | |
| 228 | [[folder:Films -- Live Action]] |
| 229 | * PlayedForLaughs in ''Film/Aquaman2018''. While in Sicily, Mera is presented with a bouquet of roses by a florist. After observing some locals eating apples, she does as the Romans do...and proceeds to eat them. She then gestures at Arthur to eat it as well. He fakes a satisfied face first before frowning, looking as if he wants to throw up. As the scene shows them starting to lighten up around each other, the romantic subtext is still there. |
| 230 | [[/folder]] |
| 231 | |
| 232 | [[folder:Literature]] |
| 233 | * Most versions of the "Literature/BeautyAndTheBeast" story involve the character of Beauty requesting that her father bring home a rose for her, which leads directly to her becoming acquainted with the Beast. |
| 234 | * In ''Literature/RainbowMagic'', Ella the Rose Fairy is a ShipperOnDeck who spends her free time playing matchmaker with the animal in Fairyland. |
| 235 | [[/folder]] |
| 236 | |
| 237 | [[folder:Live-Action TV]] |
| 238 | * {{Parodied|Trope}} in an episode of ''Series/FullHouse''. Becky, trying to convince some guy she was coming on to him, tried to execute the rose-in-the-teeth bit. However, no rose was available. She used a tulip instead. |
| 239 | * ''Series/GameOfThrones'': Michele Clapton designed [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmsDi4P-1YQ Margaery Tyrell's wedding gown with the character's personality in mind]], and there are visible thorns which run along the costume. |
| 240 | -->''"I wanted it to be a sort of traditional dress in a funny way, but then roses can be so pretty, and I didn't want them to be pretty, I wanted them to be slightly dangerous because I think she [Margaery] is."'' |
| 241 | [[/folder]] |
| 242 | |
| 243 | [[folder:Music]] |
| 244 | * The song "The Masochism Tango" from ''Music/AnEveningWastedWithTomLehrer'' mentions that the singer, a man, |
| 245 | -->"Env[ies] the rose\ |
| 246 | That you held in your teeth, love\ |
| 247 | With the thorns underneath, love\ |
| 248 | Digging into your gums" |
| 249 | [[/folder]] |
| 250 | |
| 251 | [[folder:Professional Wrestling]] |
| 252 | * Wrestling/BlackRose has done photoshoots with a black rose in her teeth. |
| 253 | * Wrestling/{{GLOW}} wrestler Spanish Red [[CheapHeat handed out roses to people in the crowd]] after her HeelFaceTurn. |
| 254 | [[/folder]] |
| 255 | |
| 256 | [[folder:Video Games]] |
| 257 | * In ''VideoGame/AdvancedVariableGeo'', red roses are Reimi's trademark. |
| 258 | * ''Franchise/BlazBlue'': |
| 259 | ** Lady Rachel Alucard is surrounded by rose motifs. Her stage is a rose garden, her {{leitmotif}} is named "Queen of Rose", her emblem has a rose in the center, her battle aura is a rose in chains. And yes, she is often seen with them in cutscenes. |
| 260 | ** Rachel and Ruby in ''VideoGame/BlazblueCrossTagBattle'', where you can place them in the same team, and they will comment about the rose motif. |
| 261 | --->'''Ruby:''' Aww yeah, here comes Team Rose!\ |
| 262 | '''Rachel:''' [[NotSoAboveItAll Make light of a rose and you may be pricked]]. |
| 263 | * The predominant motif in ''VideoGame/BloodstainedRitualOfTheNight''. Miriam's crystal skin takes the appearance of blooming roses, and rose petals and roses are featured heavily in various concept art. The logo even contains a rose, and blue roses appear as the replacement for [[Franchise/{{Castlevania}} Hearts]] to restore Miriam's MP. |
| 264 | * Princess Briar Rose, in the first ''VideoGame/DarkParables'' PC game, lives in a castle with a recurring rose theme. |
| 265 | * The playable Saber from ''VideoGame/FateExtra'', [[spoiler: a [[HistoricalGenderFlip gender-flipped Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus]]]] uses the rose theme pretty commonly, often appearing as part of her special attacks. |
| 266 | * Beatrix from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIX'' is surrounded by rose imagery and her {{leitmotif}} is called "Rose of May". This probably symbolises her status as a LadyOfWar: Beautiful, but with sharp thorns. |
| 267 | * Alyssa of ''VideoGame/{{Gungnir}}'' wields a giant lance with a rose motif. Since she's a shy noblewoman rather than TheVamp, the roses are {{p|rincessesPreferPink}}ink. |
| 268 | * Shirin in ''VideoGame/{{Harukanaru Toki no Naka de}}'' (including using roses as weapons). The flower is also referenced in her ImageSong, "Hyouen no Bara no Fukou". |
| 269 | * ''VideoGame/{{Maribato}}'' has Yumi Fukuzawa, Sachiko Ogasawara, Youko Mizuno and Touko Matsudaira (yes, the ''Chinensis'' family from ''Literature/MariaWatchesOverUs''), who use roses as projectiles. Special mention to Youko, who not only is able to throw up to three roses and the same time and unleash a rain of roses raining from above, but also fights with a rose whip; Curious enough, in Touko's case, the rose throwing is her only attack not related to [[ThisIsADrIll drills.]] |
| 270 | * Rachel from ''VideoGame/NinjaGaiden'' ''Sigma II'' has a spell called "Magic of Raging Aphrodite" which creates thorny, blood-red roses to eviscerate the enemy. |
| 271 | * Charlotte from the ''VideoGame/SamuraiShodown'' games, borrowed from the ''Rose of Versailles'' series. Quite fond of roses, even catching them after winning when someone drops one from above for it. She tends to stab people a lot in the games. |
| 272 | * [[ADogNamedDog Rose]] from ''Franchise/PlantsVsZombies'' is a pretty (for a plant, anyway) [[PlantPerson humanoid rose]] who is also a sorceress, given the flower's magical motifs in fairy tales. |
| 273 | * In ''VideoGame/RuleOfRose'', a red rose is a mark of the Rose Princess and by extension the Aristocrat Club. While the Princess doesn't initially seem like a character fitting to the trope, there is some development later in the game that does give her shades of it. |
| 274 | * In ''VideoGame/{{Smite}}'', [[Myth/ClassicalMythology Persephone]], the Greek goddess of spring, can summon small, bipedal rose creatures to attack her enemies. |
| 275 | * In ''[[VideoGame/SoulSeries Soulcalibur II]]'' and ''V'', One of Ivy's whip weapons is shaped like a rose. It is apparently favored by Ivy cosplayers. |
| 276 | * Satori and Koishi Komeiji from ''Franchise/TouhouProject'' are subtly associated with roses; they wear rose-patterned skirts, tend to be drawn with roses in official art and even have few rose-themed spellcards. |
| 277 | [[/folder]] |
| 278 | |
| 279 | [[folder:Web Original]] |
| 280 | * ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'' has the [[FloralThemeNaming aptly named]] Ruby Rose, who leaves behind a trail of rose petals when using her SuperSpeed. |
| 281 | [[/folder]] |
| 282 | |
| 283 | [[folder:Western Animation]] |
| 284 | * Rose Quartz, mother of ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'', uses pink roses as her motif, from her rebellion flag to her sword and scabbard, to her shield, to how her bubble is formed resembling a blooming rose, and to anything from her arsenal. |
| 285 | [[/folder]] |
| 286 | |
| 287 | |
| 288 | !!Other Examples |
| 289 | |
| 290 | [[folder:Anime & Manga]] |
| 291 | * ''Manga/AirGear'' has the Thorn reglalia, a sort of weaponized barb-wire attached to rollerblades, it is used by a female character that is both extremely beautiful and a dangerously skillful skater. |
| 292 | * ''Manga/HunterXHunter'', also written by Creator/YoshihiroTogashi, has the Miniature Rose, a bomb which is similar and ''deadlier'' than the atom bomb. Its name is given by its rose-shaped smoke cloud. The bomb is a low-budget ''weapon of mass destruction'' and is so small that it can even be implanted in ''humans''. The bomb has not only a large, wide range and destructive power, the bomb scatters a vast quantity of an unparalleled poison at the instant it explodes. Those who survive the initial explosion will suffer direct internal damages caused by rapid uptake of the poison. The poison catalyzes the production and emission of new poison until the victims finally succumb to death. And the poison is ''infectious''. The Miniature Rose has taken the lives of several billion people and about 80% of nations possess this bomb, it's officially forbidden. |
| 293 | ** [[spoiler:[[BigGood Netero]] sacrifices himself by activating the Miniature Rose in his body and he finally kills [[BigBad Meryuem]], [[EvilGenius Shaiapouf]] and [[TheBrute Menthuthuyoupi]] with its poison, three of the four most powerful chimera ants]]. |
| 294 | [[/folder]] |
| 295 | |
| 296 | [[folder:Comic Books]] |
| 297 | * ''ComicBook/{{Runaways}}'': [[PunnyName Klara Prast]] can talk to plants and [[GreenThumb control them]]. She likes roses in particular, mainly because they're the only plants that talk back. |
| 298 | [[/folder]] |
| 299 | |
| 300 | [[folder:Literature]] |
| 301 | * In ''Literature/TheJezinkas'', one Jezinka tries this approach on Johnny. |
| 302 | * Gertrude Stein: ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rose_is_a_rose_is_a_rose_is_a_rose Rose is a rose is a rose is a rose]]'' ... |
| 303 | * John Boyle O'Reilly's "[[http://www.bartleby.com/101/831.html A White Rose]]." |
| 304 | [[/folder]] |
| 305 | |
| 306 | [[folder:Theatre]] |
| 307 | * ''Theatre/TheRoseTattoo'' is practically suffocating in rose symbolism. The original owner of the rose tattoo is named Rosario delle Rose. His wife, who compares his skin to a yellow rose petal, likes to wear a rose in her hair and imagines the tattoo appeared on her breast when she conceived, which is perhaps why her daughter is named Rosa. The symbolism doesn't stop there. |
| 308 | [[/folder]] |
| 309 | |
| 310 | [[folder:Video Games]] |
| 311 | * ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossing'' allows roses to be equipped as face items. Unlike other flowers, which are worn on the head, they are carried in the mouth. |
| 312 | * Dancers in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyThe4HeroesOfLight'' hold a rose in their mouths instead of wearing a crown like other classes. |
| 313 | * In ''VideoGame/GenshinImpact'', roses in Mondstadt's flower language represent secrecy as well as an ability to keep them. [[NinjaMaid Noelle]] wears them on her outfit as a reminder that she can be trusted to keep the Knights of Favonius' personal secrets. Noelle becomes flustered when she learns that roses represent love and passion in the [[PlayerCharacter Traveler]]’s hometown. |
| 314 | * ''VideoGame/{{Ib}}'' has roses as a FlowerMotif, with each of the three main characters having a differently-colored rose which is tied to their life. If the rose loses all of its petals, then the owner dies. |
| 315 | * In ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'', there is Roselia and its evolved form, Roserade, which are Grass/Poison Pokemon that resemble small rose fairies. (Despite its feminine appearance, it can be either male or female.) |
| 316 | * ''VideoGame/TwistedWonderland'': The Heartslaybul dorm is heavily associated with roses, as a result of its inspiration [[WesternAnimation/AliceInWonderland (the Queen of Hearts)]] also being associated with them. Every member has a white rose dripping with red paint on their dorm uniform, the dorm head is Riddle ''Rose''hearts, and [[spoiler:when Riddle [[OneWingedAngel overblots]], his outfit has white and black roses around his waist.]] |
| 317 | [[/folder]] |
| 318 | |
| 319 | [[folder:Web Original]] |
| 320 | * ''Website/GaiaOnline'' has a series of rose items that a "[[AuthorAvatar character]]" can hold in their mouth. |
| 321 | [[/folder]] |
| 322 | |
| 323 | [[folder:Other]] |
| 324 | * The most famous [[UsefulNotes/CollegiateAmericanFootball college football bowl game]] is called the "Rose Bowl" or the "Tournament of Roses", played in the stadium of the same name. Teams that clinch a spot in this game tend to bring out roses in celebration, sometimes holding them in their hand or in their mouths and some teams have modified their uniforms to include a rose in their logo to commemorate appearing in the game. |
| 325 | * The Kentucky Derby, perhaps the most famous [[UsefulNotes/HorseRacing horse race]] in the world, is known as the "Run for the Roses" because the winner is draped with a blanket of roses in the winner's circle. |
| 326 | * There's really more than something about a rose. In a wider, taxonomixal scale, ''Rosaceae'', or the rose family, is very prominent in the world of fruit. The rose has fruit-bearing cousins that include apples, pears, quinces, apricots, peaches, cherries, plums, strawberries, raspberries, loquats, and almonds. |
| 327 | [[/folder]] |
| 328 |
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