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* GratuitousEnglish: Pinkerton and Sharpless both exclaim "America Forever!" after Pinkerton's first aria. Also, Butterfly's name should rightly either be Cio-Cio San (Japanese) or Farfalla (Italian), but everyone calls her by the English translation of her name.

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* GratuitousEnglish: Pinkerton and Sharpless both exclaim "America Forever!" after Pinkerton's first aria. Also, Butterfly's name should rightly either be Cio-Cio San (Japanese) or Farfalla (Italian), but everyone calls the American characters call her by the English translation of her name.



* {{Seppuku}}: Butterfly's father committed seppeku. The knife he uses is one of Butterfly's heirlooms. She ultimately uses it commit ''jigai'' once [[SpurnedIntoSuicide it becomes clear to her]] that Pinkerton will never be with her and that she will never see her child again.

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* {{Seppuku}}: Butterfly's father committed seppeku.seppuku. The knife he uses is one of Butterfly's heirlooms. She ultimately uses it commit ''jigai'' once [[SpurnedIntoSuicide it becomes clear to her]] that Pinkerton will never be with her and that she will never see her child again.



** Butterfly in Act II - she hides all her pain behind a brave face, and acts bold and confident in front of strangers. In Act III, this mask completely falls away.
** Averted in Act I - even though she was just rejected by her family, Butterfly's happiness with Pinkerton is no performance. Yeah, she loves him ''[[ThePowerOfLove that much.]]''

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** Butterfly in Act II - she hides all her pain behind a brave face, and acts bold and confident in front of strangers. In Act III, this mask completely falls away.
** Averted in Act I - even though she was just rejected by her family, Butterfly's happiness with Pinkerton is no performance. Yeah, she loves him ''[[ThePowerOfLove that much.]]''



* YouNoTakeCandle: Played straight in the novel - see AsianSpeekeeEngrish, above. But where Long used the Japanese characters' broken English to make them seem inferior, Puccini completely averts the trope by having everyone speak perfect Italian.

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* YouNoTakeCandle: Played straight in the novel - see AsianSpeekeeEngrish, above. But where Long used the Japanese characters' broken English to make them seem inferior, Puccini completely averts the trope by having everyone speak perfect Italian.

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* OnlySaneMan: Suzuki and Sharpless, who are both constantly trying to get their respective friends to see sense and are ''never'' listened to.

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Suzuki and Sharpless, who are both constantly trying to get their respective friends to see sense and are ''never'' listened to.to.
** In addition, Sharpless is the only one creeped out by the fact Pinkerton is marrying a fifteen-year-old. He outright says it's "an age for playing".

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* ConvertingForLove:
** An especially drastic example, since a) Butterfly's family disowns her over it, and b) Pinkerton never asked her to, and totally doesn't care that she did.
** The play's ending might turn this into a SubvertedTrope. From a Christian viewpoint, by committing suicide Butterfly damns herself. Her action makes the most sense if she abandons the faith in her darkest hour.

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* ConvertingForLove:
** An especially
ConvertingForLove: A drastic example, since a) Butterfly's example. Butterfly converts to Christianity in secret, and of her own volition (Pinkerton is surprised when she tells him). When the truth comes out, her entire family disowns her over it, and b) Pinkerton never asked her to, and totally doesn't care that she did.
** The play's ending might turn this into a SubvertedTrope. From a Christian viewpoint, by committing suicide Butterfly damns herself. Her action makes the most sense if she abandons the faith in her darkest hour.
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* DownerEnding: Pinkerton never returns to Butterfly, but only returns to Japan to clean up loose ends before returning to live in America with his wife. Cast out from her family, rejected by the man that she loves, facing a future of dire poverty, without her son and without honor, Butterfly commits suicide. As she dies, she gets to hear Pinkerton's voice one last time - that's as happy as it gets. The original short story the Opera is based on was actually a BittersweetEnding, as seen above.

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* DownerEnding: Pinkerton never returns to Butterfly, but only returns to Japan to clean up loose ends before returning to live in America with his wife. Cast out from her family, rejected by the man that she loves, facing a future of dire poverty, without her son and without honor, Butterfly commits suicide. As she dies, she gets to hear Pinkerton's voice one last time - that's as happy as it gets. The original short story the Opera is based on was actually a BittersweetEnding, as seen above.



* {{Seppuku}}: Butterfly's father's knife is used for this, and is ultimately used by Butterfly to commit ''jigai'' once [[SpurnedIntoSuicide it becomes clear to her]] that Pinkerton will never be with her and that she will never see her child again.

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* {{Seppuku}}: Butterfly's father's father committed seppeku. The knife he uses is used for this, and is one of Butterfly's heirlooms. She ultimately used by Butterfly to uses it commit ''jigai'' once [[SpurnedIntoSuicide it becomes clear to her]] that Pinkerton will never be with her and that she will never see her child again.



* YouNoTakeCandle: Played straight in the novel - see AsianSpeekeeEngrish, above. But where Long used the Japanese character's broken English to make them seem inferior, Puccini completely averts the trope by having everyone speak perfect Italian. Furthermore, in terms of pure ''music,'' Butterfly is far and away the most eloquent and soulful of the cast.

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* YouNoTakeCandle: Played straight in the novel - see AsianSpeekeeEngrish, above. But where Long used the Japanese character's characters' broken English to make them seem inferior, Puccini completely averts the trope by having everyone speak perfect Italian. Furthermore, in terms of pure ''music,'' Butterfly is far and away the most eloquent and soulful of the cast. Italian.

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