History Main / SomethingAboutARose

* 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[[hottip:*: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]]). 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".

* Soukichi Banba (Big One) from the ''SuperSentai'' series ''JAKQDengekitai'' had the rose as his symbol. He could use them as throwing weapons, and always sniffed one before transforming.

* ''Manga/HunterXHunter'', also written by YoshihiroTogashi , has the Miniature Rose, a bomb which is similar and even ''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 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 Minituare Rose has taken the live of several billions people and about 80% of nations possess this bomb, of course it's official forbidden.

* ''RevolutionaryGirlUtena'' has several characters who carry around roses regularly (it being a primary symbol of the series), though it's mostly Touga who fits the general character type associated with it. Let us not forget Akio who at one point actually [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotSymbolic bites a petal off a rose]]. At least there is no question of where all those roses come from, as they grow everywhere on the campus, along with some special types grown in the Rose Garden.

* Gomez from the first ''[[Series/TheAddamsFamily Addams Family]]'' movie. Of course, he's the kind of person who'd enjoy a pierced lip the bad way.

* Crusadermon of ''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.) Of course, ShesAManInJapan.

* Shinku in ''RozenMaiden'', and pretty much 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.

* Poison Ivy in ''{{Batman}}'' tends to do this at least once in every incarnation.

* Tatewaki Kuno from ''[[RanmaOneHalf Ranma 1/2]]'' often proffers roses (usually a single one, held in his mouth) to Akane during his rare, serious moments.

* Kodachi Kuno in ''[[RanmaOneHalf Ranma 1/2]]'', who's mostly TheOjou with sprinklings of TheVamp, carries around a ''black'' rose, no less.

* Zero, The Winged Knight from ''{{SDGundamForce}}'' loves them. They're called the "Princess Rose" of Lacora. This quote says it all really.

* Femio in ''Anime/PrincessTutu'' even has a servant to scatter rose petals on his wake. The trope is used as a parody, though.

* Brutally played with in a Valentine's Day episode of ''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.

* The most famous [[UsefulNotes/CollegiateAmericanFootball college football bowl game]] is called the Rose Bowl, 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.

* Femio in ''PrincessTutu'' even has a servant to scatter rose petals on his wake. The trope is used as a parody, though.

** [[spoiler:Netero sacrifices himself by activating the Minituare Rose in his body and he finally kills [[BigBad Meryuem]], [[TheEvilGenius Shaiapouf]] and [[TheBrute Menthuthuyoupi]] with its poison, three of the four most powerful chimera ants]].

* Kurama in ''Manga/YuYuHakusho'', who had the [[GreenThumb ability to control plants and use them as weapons]]. His WeaponOfChoice is a [[WhipItGood 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.

* Princess Briar Rose, in the first DarkParables PC game, lives in a castle with a recurring rose theme.

* In DanAbnett's [[GauntsGhosts 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.

* ''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.

* Lady Rachel Alucard of the ''{{BlazBlue}}'' is surrounded by rose motifs. Her stage is a rose garden, her {{leitmotif}} is named "Queen of Rose", her battle aura is a rose in chains. And yes, she is often seen with them in cutscenes.

* Possibly referenced by [[DragonAge Alistair]] in a romance with a female Warden:

** In the prequel, ''Dissidia 012'', Firion and [[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.

* Dancers in ''FinalFantasyThe4HeroesOfLight'' hold a rose in their mouths instead of wearing a crown like other classes.

* John Boyle O'Reilly's "[[http://www.bartleby.com/101/831.html A White Rose]]"

* {{Yoshiki| Hayashi}} in the 1994 anime version of the PV for the XJapan song "Rusty Nail". His anime avatar's weapon against hide's one-eyed monster was... a rose.

* Tamaki in ''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, Kauru orange, Hikaru blue, Honey pink, Kyoya's purple and Mori dark blue.

* Tuxedo Kamen/Mask in ''Manga/SailorMoon'', who used them as projectile weapons. ''[[SailorMoonAbridged RO]][[SayingSoundEffectsOutLoud SE]]!''

* In [[http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=195 this]] ''VGCats'' strip, [[MetalGearSolid Raiden]] is shown with a rose between his teeth.