History Main / SomethingAboutARose

* In Creator/George R R Martin's ''Literature/A Song Of Ice And Fire'', Loras Tyrell's house sigil is a rose. He hands out roses to his fangirls every tourney.

** Rosemon is the final form of Lalamon's digivolution line in ''Anime/DigimonSavers''. One of her attacks involves a whip made of thorns.

* ''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 not]]). Ironically, pink roses also mean friendship...or tender, blossoming love.

* ''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 not]]. Ironically, pink roses also mean friendship...or tender, blossoming love.

* ''Franchise/PrettyCure''

* Marquis Alexis Doucet from ''LightNovel/RecordOfGrancrestWar'' has a flower motif. He wears two blue roses on his cloak. But he takes it [[Up to Eleven ExaggeratedTrope]] 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]].

* Marquis Alexis Doucet from ''LightNovel/RecordOfGrancrestWar'' has a flower motif. He wears two blue roses on his cloak. But he takes it [[Up to Eleven ExaggeratedTrope]] 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 [[here https://moesucks.com/2018/02/24/record-of-grancrest-war-ep-8-love-and-war/]].

* Marquis Alexis Doucet from ''LightNovel/RecordOfGrancrestWar'' has a flower motif. He wears two blue roses on his cloak. But he takes it [[Up to Eleven ExaggeratedTrope]] when he spends a night arranging stones in a garden to form a [[giant rose https://moesucks.files.wordpress.com/2018/02/grancrest-senki-0803.jpg]] 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.

* 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 due to AuthorExistenceFailure. In the portrait introducing Benedict, he "leaned upon a lance about which was entwined a rope of flowers".

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* Chie in ''Anime/MaiOtome'' 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.

* ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'': [[TheFightingNarcissist Beauty-obsessed]] [[MachoCamp Charlotte's]] release is called "Reina des Roses" ("Queen of the Roses"). We see why when he unleashes his ultimate attack: 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.

* Gertrude Stein: ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_rose_is_a_rose_is_a_rose A rose is a rose is a rose]]'' ...

* Gomez from the first ''Film/TheAddamsFamily'' movie. H,e's the kind of person who'd enjoy a pierced lip the bad way.

* [[MoeAnthropomorphism France]], from ''WebComic/AxisPowersHetalia''. In the anime, as soon as he is introduced roses start to [[HammerSpace pop out from behind him]].

* Hideaki Asaba from ''Manga/KareKano'', who considers himself God's gift to women.

* ''[[VideoGame/{{Maribato}} Maribato!]]'' has Yumi Fukuzawa, Sachiko Ogasawara, Youko Mizuno and Touko Matsudaira (Yes, the ''Chinensis'' family from ''LightNovel/MariaSamaGaMiteru''), 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.]]

** [[http://www.rhjunior.com/NT/00866.html He's not the only one.]]
* In ''Webcomic/{{Sinfest}}''
** [[http://www.sinfest.net/archive_page.php?comicID=1772 when you think you're a heartbreaker.]]
** [[http://www.sinfest.net/archive_page.php?comicID=2045 Or are preparing for a date.]]
** [[http://www.sinfest.net/archive_page.php?comicID=3142 Or aspire for]] MrFanservice.

* ''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 [[FlowerInHerHair 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.

* Rose Quartz[[spoiler:/Pink Diamond]], 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.

Compare and Contrast TheTragicRose.

* 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.