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Flowers are one of the most popular motifs in literature, film and television alike. Whether given as a gift or mentioned as a character's favorite plant, they're probably worth taking note of; they may well be saying something about the story's theme or someone's personality. In the West, the popularity of flowers as motifs is probably rooted (no pun intended) in floriography — a Victorian practice where particular types of flowers meant different things. A woman rejecting a suitor might send him yellow roses (which mean "friendship"); a man leaving for overseas might give his girlfriend forget-me-nots (which mean pretty much what you think they do). Most people remember that red roses mean "I love you," but floriography itself has been largely forgotten. It occasionally turns up in literature, but since it takes a long time to explain the meanings of flowers, requiring someone to be Mr. Exposition if the flower is obscure in a particular country, it's largely omitted from television and film... Additionally, gardening as a hobby has mostly declined in modern times: many see the garden not as a place for flowers, but as an additional "room", more likely to feature a swimming pool or a swing set than a flower bed. As a result, flower symbolism is used more generally, with "flowers" as a whole rather than specific species. The system of hanakotoba is the Japanese system of flower symbolism — and it makes the occasional appearance in anime, especially in the form of Cherry Blossoms, white lilies, and sunflowers. More generally, shoujo manga and anime (and related genres) will have the background break out in unexplained flowers to emphasize a character's beauty, goodness, or emotional state. Flowers usually serve the theme of romance and relationships; a bouquet is one of the standard romantic gifts, after all. However, often this changes when the symbolism is related specifically to a character. While animals are usually around to enforce the themes of kindness/cruelty, flowers represent care/neglect. A character who lets their dog starve is cruel, while a character whose garden is full of dead plants is probably just disinterested, forgetful, or careless. A character's garden will also give the audience an impression of their personality, usually in conjunction with the state of their house or personal appearance. A garden that is extremely well kept, but with few or no flowers in it, suggests an orderly but clinical personality; a garden overgrown with weeds might suggest a cynic who doesn't see the beauty in life anymore, while a disorganized but thriving garden full of flowers probably belongs to a cheerful and badly-organized owner. Not directly related to Name That Unfolds Like Lotus Blossom, but especially flowery names may be both. See also: Cherry Blossoms: Cherry blossoms and fragile, transient freshness and beauty. Cherry Blossom Girl: A female character with strong cherry blossom motifs. Floral Theme Naming: Characters named after flowers in a way that may or may not be meaningful. Hanahaki Disease: People in unrequited love grow flowers in their throat. Mystical Lotus: Lotuses symbolize purity, transcendence and mysticalness. Queer Flowers: Floral symbolism revealing or otherwise symbolizing LGBT sexual orientations. Red Spider Lilies of Mourning: Red spider lilies symbolizing death. Something about a Rose: Roses and romanticism/sexuality. Sunny Sunflower Disposition: Sunflowers representing happiness and cheer. The Tragic Rose: Roses and tragedy. |
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In Puella Magi Madoka Magica, Madoka wields a bow with a deep red rose on it. In the language of flowers, the deep red rose and its thorns have been used to symbolize both the blood of Christ and the intensity of romantic love, while the rose's five petals are thought to illustrate the five crucifixion wounds of Christ. This image connects the other girls to flowers as well: White daisies for Homura. The daisy brings a message of innocence and purity, saying, "You have as many virtues as this plant has petals," or, "I will consider your request." In Victorian times, young, heartbroken women who wished to be loved began a custom using the daisy. A young maiden would pluck a daisy's petals, one by one, and sing, "He loves me, he loves me not," as she pulled each petal. The last petal plucked would be the future of her relationship. This custom is still in use today. Yellow lilies for Mami. They can say: 'Your friendship means so much to me' or symbolize passion In Ancient Greece, Iris, the Goddess of the rainbow, acted as the messenger between heaven and earth. Today, the flower named for her is considered a symbol of communication and messages. In the language of flowers, the three leaves of Iris represents faith, hope, and wisdom. Or, rather, mean something else. Craspedia for Kyouko, which represents good health. Commonly known as just billy balls or billy buttons, they are cheerful, bright yellow flowers. The round pompom flowers are fairly inexpensive and a great accent flower when paired. Her transformation in Rebellion features Epiphyllum, the Orchid Cactus. A lone blossom, fragile yet beautiful, despite one finds this flower of humble origin, harsh environment, and prickly exterior. Borage for Sayaka. It represents courage, bluntness, abruptness, and rudeness. An old adage, "I, borage, always bring courage." Since men who are civil and respectful when sober often become blunt and rude in manner when under the influence of warming cordials, this warming property may have led to borage being used as the emblem of bluntness and rudeness. It is indeed deemed a suitable representative of these characteristics on account of its rough and shaggy appearance the whole plant hanging loosely and being covered with rough hairs. |
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In Plantasia, a trainee fairy named Holly tends a recluse's neglected garden in response to a flippantly-made wish. As the garden is gradually restored, so is his spirit. | |
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In Flowering Heart, every girl has their own flower. Ari's is an azalea (greetings of love), Min's is a dandelion (happiness/gratitude), Suha's is a forget-me-not (true love/fidelity), and Syuel's is a snow beauty (nobility). | |
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Google spoof "Zooglu" (ep. 1 in the anime) has a flower around its lettered logo. | |
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In The Story of Saiunkoku, the symbolic gift of a flower from the Emperor (usually as a motif on a weapon or piece of jewelry, although Ryuuki sends actual fresh irises to Shuuei and Kouyuu since he's in a hurry, and later replaces them with more appropriate equivalents) is both a gesture of trust and an indication of what the Emperor respects from that particular subject's service; accepting such a gift is, in return, a gesture of loyalty to the Emperor who presented it. | |
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Camellias: The story's name relates to floral language. Upon first meeting as children, Blake gives Weiss camellias (which symbolize longing and faithfulness) as an apology gift after upsetting her. Weiss asks Blake if she understands their meaning. When Blake is unable to answer, Weiss gets mad and throws her out of her room. When they meet eight years later, Weiss gives Blake a bouquet of various flowers after accepting her as her future wife. By then, Blake fully knows the meaning of each one. | |
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Tokyo Ghoul makes subtle and not-so-subtle use of floral motifs throughout the series, primarily in artwork or backgrounds. In the final episode of the anime, flowers are used extensively in Kaneki's hallucinations. The field is initially all white Carnations (Innocence) — flowers his mother filled their house with prior to her death. Rize's appearance prompts the flowers to transform into Spider Lilies, a motif that continues through the episode as Kaneki comes to grips with his past and accepts his nature as a Ghoul. As he awakens, the carnations transform into Spider Lilies as though a spreading pool of blood. In his final appearance in the original series, Kaneki has a dream of walking through a field of Red Spider Lilies In his vision, he is accompanied by younger versions of himself while coming to grips with himself and resolving to "sleep for a while". Daffodils feature prominently in the final chapters, as Kaneki faces Arima. A single Daffodil, as seen on the cover featuring Arima, means misfortune. On the other hand, Kaneki is repeatedly shown in fields of daffodils, which symbolize Respect, Rebirth, and New Beginnings. The flower is associated with the New Year. Hinami is associated with Sunflowers, which symbolize Adoration. She wears them on her clothing, as well as her hair decorations. Tsukiyama brings a bouquet of Rudobekia (Black-Eyed Susans) when visiting Kaneki's group to bring them information, and places one in Hinami's hair while talking to her. They symbolize Encouragement and Motivation. They are also noted as an attractant for Butterflies, which Hinami is associated with. The other flower Kaneki is frequently drawn with is Osmanthus Fragrans, the Sweet Olive. It has associations not only with reunion and faithfulness, but knowledge and peace. |
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In The Addams Family, Morticia sometimes prepares bouquets of roses minus the flowers, leaving only a display of thorny stems. (Not botanical but worth mentioning: Morticia has a sister named Ophelia. This is probably a Meaningful Name; see theatre, below.) | |
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Flower motifs are used extensively in Maiden Rose Wisteria: Wisteria and the counterpart of laburnum are figured central to the characters' meetings, starting with their first, and wisteria seem to have ceremonial significance for Taki. Cherry Blossoms: These also appear from time to time, with no consistent meaning though, each depending on the situation (spring, transience, etc.). |
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Bleach: Each of the Gotei 13 divisions has a flower insignia assigned to them which can also be seen on the vice-captain badges. The flower will symbolise aspects of the division's character and even the captains will have personality traits that tie into the divisional flower and symbolism. Squad 1: The chrysanthemum, which represents Truth/Righteousness. This division is the role-model division and sets the standard for the rest of the Gotei 13. Squad 2: The pasque, which symbolises 'Seek Nothing'. This is the division that polices Soul Society and acts as an advance scout unit for enemy territory. The truth of a situation is much more important to them than obfuscating matters with idealism. Squad 3: The marigold, which symbolises despair. This division's philosophy is that War Is Hell. Squad 4: The gentian, symbolising 'Those Who Grieve are Loved'. This division is trained to fight but most of its duties revolve around medical support. Squad 5: The Lily-of-the-Valley, this symbolises Pure Love, Sacrifice and Danger. Subverted since this is the division Aizen captained and Hinamori loved him unconditionally, placing her in the most danger of anyone by being his Number Two. Squad 6: The camellia, which symbolises 'Pure Reason' and is the division of law-abiding Captain Kuchiki. Squad 7: The iris, which symbolises courage, and which is led by a captain that teaches the philosophy of facing your enemies head-on if you have the strength to withstand direct assault. Squad 8: The strelitzia, which symbolises 'Everything is Obtained'. Led by the Brilliant, but Lazy Captain Kyouraku who tends to wait for trouble to come to him rather than seeking it out. Squad 9: The White Poppy, which symbolises 'oblivion'. This division takes a Martial Pacifist approach to fighting. Squad 10: The narcissus, which symbolises occultism/egoism. Squad 11: The yarrow, which symbolises combat. This division is the strongest direct combat division of the entire Gotei 13 and tends to take the front line in battle. It also has a reputation for producing the strongest fighters. Two of its members left to become vice-captains elsewhere (the 6th and 7th divisions) and the 11th division's current third and fifth seats (there is no fourth seat) are themselves vice-captain class. Squad 12: The thistle = Vengeance, Austerity, Independence. This division is a loose cannon. The scientific division and their captain plays by his own rules. Squad 13: The snowdrop, which symbolises Hope. This division is known for being led by the gentlest, most peaceful captain. Individual zanpakutou can also have flower themes that tie into their owner's personality and abilities in some way. This applies to both shinigami and arrancar. Byakuya's is cherry blossom themed, symbolism associated with aristocracy, samurai, and the transience of life (Byakuya is an aristocrat, military captain and widower). Hitsugaya's zanpakutou can produce Glory-of-the-Snow (Scilla forbesii) in keeping with his ice/snow powers and theme. Yumichika's produces lilies, which are symbols of rejuvenation, death and beauty. Rose's zanpakutou is themed on the Golden Sal tree which is said to be able to detect witches in legend. Rose himself hates having his zanpakutou's kidou abilities associated with magic in any form, but his shikai abilities are both music and flower-themed. Luppi is ivy-themed, and his resurrection creates 8 vine tentacles that he can attack with. Charlotte Cuuhlhorne's zanpakutou is rose-themed. As a Magical Girl parody, a Villainous Crossdresser, Camp Gay, and Macho Camp all rolled into one, the rose theme of his clothing, zanpakutou, and resurrection abilities act as a huge Shout-Out to the Barazoku magazine which began the association of the rose with homosexuality. |
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In The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Zelda is associated with an in-game flower called the "Silent Princess", a rare and beautiful flower that only grows out in the wild despite attempts to domesticate it, much like Zelda's powers are not able to flourish in her restricted life. | |
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In Runaways, Klara's plant-control powers are strongest with red roses. In floriography, red roses are associated with either romantic love or Christianity, and the two main things Klara is known for are her very close friendship with Molly and her strict religious upbringing. | |
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.hack: Do you know what honeysuckles symbolize? Devoted affection. Cue Yowkow/Alkaid turning as red as the PS2 graphics allow. | |
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Esperanza Rising: Roses are representative of Esperanza's father Sixto and their family ranch, El Rancho de la Rosas. After the ranch burns down and they flee to America, Miguel and Alfonso save some of the roots and plant them behind the new house as a way to keep his memory alive. | |
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Miss Marple: A short story relies on this. A letter from an unknown person called Georgine was sent to an ex-The Mole who'd taken out a German secret society that would inform the society's mole in his household to kill him. This was done by spelling out "DEATH" with the names of varieties of dahlia. At the end, Miss Marple comments that Georgine is German for Dahlia, which in the language of flowers stands for deceit and treachery (the killer was the agent's niece). | |
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The workshop of the Hunter's Dream is surrounded by white flowers and gravestones. While Bloodborne doesn't specify as to what sort of flowers they are, the remastered version of the fanfic notes that these flowers are white asphodels. White asphodels are associated with mourning and death. Fitting for a melancholy yet tranquil place like the Dream, filled with memorials of hunters who have participated the Night of the Hunt. Its master has also caused and experienced death more times than he can count. | |
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In Go! Princess Pretty Cure, this is Cure Flora's theme as all of her attacks are flower-based due to the fact that she is Princess of Flowers. Her civilian name, Haruka Haruno, also has the same motif as well because the "Haru" on both of her first and last names means spring in Japanese. | |
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Detention has daffodils, which represent prosperity and good fortune, but can also mean vanity and death. Like Ray's betrayal of the forbidden book club, which was motivated by selfish desire and ended up causing the deaths of most of the game's characters, with Ray herself committing suicide out of guilt when she realized what she'd done. | |
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The Legend of Royal Blue and La Sylphide: Gabriel Agreste lives at the Hôtel Camélia during his teen years. As the name suggests, the building and residents are associated with camellia flowers. It's a nod to the signature flower of Gabriel's namesake, Coco Chanel. There is a camellia bush in the courtyard, Frau Tannenbaum calls the local stray cat "Darjeeling," and paper camellias are worn at Monsieur Lévêque's memorial. | |
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Miraculous Ladybug | hasFeature |
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Nobilis: in the setting of the game, flowers are something like the programming language Heaven used to write the universe. Using flowers — according to their floriographical meaning — in ritualistic ways allow the characters (both the Nobles and the Excrucians) to mess directly with the fundamental forces of reality. Furthermore, Nobles incorporate flowers related to their Domain in their heraldry to signify which concept their personify. Awareness of the language of flowers is crucial to being a Noble (and a player of the game). | |
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Cellar Secrets: Marigolds, which usually represents grief and despair over lost love, likewise, it's also associated with cruel treatment towards a loved one. Besides initially wanting to name Ryuuko "Marigold", it was also mentioned that a photo of Soichiro and Ragyou had them dancing in a field of wildflowers, among them were marigolds, thus the significance of her name being that the flower reminding him of one of the happier moments of their lives before their marriage collapsed. | |
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In A3 every character is associated with a different flower based on their personalities. Flowers are a big theme in the game, as locations are named after them (Hanasaki High, Ouka (bulb), St. Flora, and even 'Mankai' means 'Full bloom' (満開)). Sakuya — Sakura/Cherry blossom note New beginnings, friendship and death/transcience of life Masumi — Violet note Faithfulness, modesty, honesty Tsuzuru — Dandelion note Overcoming hardship Citron — Jasmine note Riches, unconditional and eternal love Itaru — Gerbera/African Daisy note Beauty unknown to posessor, "you have as many virtues as this flower has petals", Loves Me Not Chikage — Lily of the Valley note Sweetness, humility, returning happiness, trust Tenma — Sunflower note Pride, valor, romance, zodiac flower of Leo Muku — Chinese Bellflower note Unchanging love, honesty, obedience Yuki — Lily note Lesbian love, chastity, purity Misumi — Dahlia note Wildcard, good taste, elegance Kazunari — Hibiscus note Gentle, rare and delicate beauty Kumon — Morning Glory note Thoughtful, reflective, love in vain, zodiac flower of Virgo Banri — Cosmos note Peace, tranquility, orderly and beautiful Juza — Red Spider Lily note Death, eternal seperation, never to meet again Omi — Carnation note Deep romantic love and passion (red carnations), zodiac flower of Capricorn Taichi — Pansy note Thoughts, union, reflection Sakyo — Chrysanthemum note Mystery, hope in dark times, zodiac flower of Scorpio Azami — Thistle note Nobility, warning Tsumugi — Narcissus note Faith, forgiveness, zodiac flower of Sagittarius Tasuku — Orchid note Exotic beauty, zodiac flower of Aquarius Azuma — Camellia note Perishing with grace, waiting Hisoka — Anemone note Sorrow, sadness, also called wind flower Homare — Rose note Romance, zodiac flower of Libra Guy — Ranuncle note "You are rich in charm" |
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Ib uses roses as Life Meters and they begin wilting when you take damage. Each main character has a different rose color: Ib's rose is red which represents courage and passion, Garry's rose is blue which represents mystery, and Mary's rose is yellow which represents friendship and jealousy. | |
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Star Trek: Picard: The Coppelian synths embrace a floral theme. Dahj was named after a yellow-and-pink orchid (Orchidaceae Dahj oncidium), she and her sister Soji have memories of their father breeding orchids, Beautiful Flower is the male Ambassador who encountered the USS ibn Majid, and the ship-disabling vessels which look exactly like giant flowers are called Orchids. The staff weapons◊ held by Codex and Rune vaguely resemble long floral stems, and the tips are styled like petals that haven't bloomed yet. | |
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Star Trek: Picard | hasFeature |
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One strain of epiphyllum was genetically engineered to absorb Collapse Radiation, but it failed as the flowers release the particles back out when they bloom. A large field of epiphyllum outside Tallinn becomes the stage for the final fight in the Shattered Connexion event. By the time of Girls' Frontline 2: Exilium, patches of wild epiphyllum can be found across contaminated zones, being one of the few plants that can thrive in such environment. | |
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In Alice 19th, one of the antagonistic masters has a Rose motif on her mask and flowers, in general, are used as an analogy for her about youth and how it disappears as she got older. | |
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Alice 19th (Manga) | hasFeature |
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Diablo IV: Wherever Lilith appears, clusters of her own blood fall from the sky in the shape of rose petals. The rose symbolizes her maternal love for humanity, for they are the descendants of her children the Nephalem, and she would save those loyal to her as their Dark Messiah. | |
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Letter from an Unknown Woman: Stefan gets one white rose for his date Lisa. It stands as a symbol for her pure, unadulterated love. Unfortunately, once she finds Stefan again, she brings him a bundle of white roses to try and make him remember her, but he doesn't. | |
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Double Agent Vader: Vader always orders the flower arrangements for Palpatine's Empire Day celebrations. Palpatine never learned Naboo flower language. Vader did, and there is enough of Anakin's sense of humor to use said arrangements to convey what he really thinks of the Emperor in a way that Palpatine wouldn't understand. Pooja Naberrie, who does, always has a good laugh at the decorations. | |
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V for Vendetta: The vigilante known as “V� leaves scarlet carsons (a type of rose) as his calling card. It’s later revealed that he first learned about them as a prisoner; a woman in an adjoining cell scrawled the story of her life on toilet paper and slipped the pieces through to whoever was next door, in the hopes that someone would know about her. When V is finally killed by the authorities, his friend Evey Hammond places his body in a train and covers it with the flowers, before sending the train to blow up the Houses of Parliament. | |
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Walking in Circles: Evelyn is often associated with flowers, either as a small, unassuming but poisonous flower, or dried flowers that strung together, to be swayed by the winds helplessly, or little flowers that bloom strongly on rock walls despite their circumstance. | |
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Used in Mad Men as a nod to women's lives. Whether if it's about romance, the traditional roles of wife and mother, marriage, sadness, or in the case of Stan and Peggy, a blossoming relationship. | |
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Mad Men | hasFeature |
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The Night Unfurls: The workshop of the Hunter's Dream is surrounded by white flowers and gravestones. While Bloodborne doesn't specify as to what sort of flowers they are, the remastered version of the fanfic notes that these flowers are white asphodels. White asphodels are associated with mourning and death. Fitting for a melancholy yet tranquil place like the Dream, filled with memorials of hunters who have participated the Night of the Hunt. Its master has also caused and experienced death more times than he can count. The lily is associated with purity, chastity, and, less commonly, rebirth. The character of the same name starts out as a nun of the Church, suffers a Rape as Drama, becomes Kyril's third apprentice, serves as Combat Medic during the war, and Takes A Level In Bad Ass. Quite the journey. According to the remastered version, the Iris Knights, led by Alicia Arcturus, are the finest light cavalry forces of Feoh, where every member is expected to follow the ideal of the Knight in Shining Armor. Common meanings of the iris are royalty, faith, wisdom, hope, and valour. |
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Ophelia gives the court of Denmark a botany lesson in Hamlet IV.v. Her tragic image of a mad young lady distributing flowers made her extremely popular among the Victorians, who were nuts about floriography. Some scholars, though, say that you should strip away the symbolism and look at what the flowers are used for: most of them are herbal abortifacients. | |
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RWBY: Ruby Rose is a passionate, idealistic girl who dresses largely in red. She also sheds red rose petals when she uses her Super-Speed Semblance. Red roses symbolize innocent love; while Ruby has no interest in romance, she is an All-Loving Hero who just wants to make the world a better place and is innocent enough to believe she can. Weiss Schnee wields the weapon Myrtenaster (the German name for myrtle). Fittingly, the myrtle flower is often white. In the official art for volume 4, Weiss has a white lily, a symbol for servitude and devotion. Weiss is locked in servitude to her own family, mostly because she is devoted to trying to redeem the family name. Blake Belladonna shares a name with the Belladonna, a very poisonous flower also known as the nightshade. In the official art for volume 4, Blake has a black lily, a symbol for death and deception. Quite a lot of people get hurt because she can't bring herself to tell them the truth about her past. Yang normally has minimal flower motifs, but in the official art for volume 4 she has a yellow chrysanthemum, a symbol of sorrow and neglected love. Yang spends the entire volume depressed and feeling abandoned by all her friends, especially Blake. Ruby's mother Summer is associated with white roses and dresses largely in white. White roses represent purity, innocence, and reverence. Not only is Summer described as perfect by everyone who knew her, but she apparently shared Ruby's innocent outlook, and Ruby is strongly implied to be following in her footsteps out of reverence. |
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In Kanon (Chiho Saito), gratuitous roses are included during at least one violin performance by the heroine. | |
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Rule of Rose. Three guesses what flower makes the motif. Though perhaps surprisingly, the motif is used quite sparingly, and it's quite a shock when it turns up in the big twist of the final chapter. | |
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The characters of Dame Daffodil have their personalities derived from certain flowers, like Charo and the daffodil. Plus, Dame Daffodil. | |
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Harry Potter: Many characters are named after flowers, which is usually indicative of their personality and/or role in the narrative. Harry's deceased mother, Lily Evans, is named after a flower which symbolizes death and mourning. They are also associated with Easter, and Lily herself is something of a Messianic Archetype, as she gives her life for Harry despite having the choice to not die. The Peggy Sue fanfic Oh God, Not Again! notes that Snape's first question of Harry, concerning asphodel and wormwood, could be decoded as "I deeply regret Lily's death". An ever-increasing number of imitators have followed its lead. Lily's sister, and Harry's aunt, Petunia is named after a popular garden flower, which actually falls into the same family as deadly nightshade. They represent resentment and anger, as well as (somewhat ironically given her attitude to her sister and nephew) demonic powers. The Hogwarts school nurse, Poppy Pomfrey. Red poppies are a popular sign of remembrance in Great Britain and the Commonwealth countries, usually sold by the Royal British Legion around early November in the run-up to Remembrance Day, to support veterans/current soldiers and their families, with white poppies (for peace) being a sometimes controversial alternative. To say that they are Serious Business would not even begin to cover it. More pertinently, they're also the source for the opioid family of painkillers, including codeine, morphine, and derivatives thereof. "Pomfrey" is an old-fashioned name for Pontefract cakes, a liquorice pastille made in Pontefract, Yorkshire — liquorice (which is a plant used to flavor the eponymous candy, so it also counts as this trope) was once thought to be medicinal. Padma Patil, Ron Weasley's date to the Yule Ball in Goblet of Fire, is named after the Sanskrit word for lotus flower. |
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Princess Tutu has a few examples. First of all, there's a rose in a vase in the dorm room he and Fakir share. It starts off as a bud, then slowly begins to bloom as Mytho gets more and more pieces of his heart returned to him. However, when his heart shard of love is poisoned with evil Raven's blood by Kraehe, the rose begins to wilt. Also, Princess Tutu's powers are connected to pink flowers and vines which is later to be revealed because Mytho's powers involve flowers, and her powers come from one of his heart shards. The flamboyant Femio also gives out roses, probably as a symbol of his over-the-top, false chivalry and "love". | |
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Anpanman has the Flower Kingdom, an entire kingdom of mostly women and girls each with a specific flower that they are patterned after and they tend to. The queen is a rose, and a few other motifs include thistles, moth orchids, and lilies of the valley. | |
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Sleepless is chock full of poppies. Protagonist Lady Pyppenia is nicknamed "Poppy," and the flower appears frequently thanks to its associations with sleep and dreams. | |
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Kushiel's Legacy: Each of the houses/themes of the Night Court are inspired by flowers. Additionally, Phedre's marque, a full-length back tattoo, is of a briar rose, symbolizing her relationship with pain. | |
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Discworld: Parodied in the book Nanny Ogg's Cookbook, where after discussing how a man was once sued for having an obscene garden, Nanny Ogg gives a list of "pretty flowers and their meanings". The list itself is not present, however, because Nanny Ogg being who she is, the publisher inserts a note declaring they've yanked the list for being overly suggestive. (Though considering ALL flowers are plant reproductive organs, Nanny may have had a point...) | |
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Discworld | hasFeature |
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Daisy Brown: Flowers, and plants in general, come up often. Daisy herself is named after a flower, and her avatar is of a rose. Her mother was also named Rose. Several of Daisy's videos show she has an interest in gardening. Alan gains root-like growths as the series goes on. Daisy points out Lithop is named after a plant, and Lithop tells her that she is a mixture of human and plant DNA. |
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Heart Catch Pretty Cure has flower motifs for all of the main characters: Tsubomi (flower bud), Erika (the Erica flower), Istuki (flowering tree), and Yuri (Lily). Doubles as Floral Theme Naming. | |
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In Final Fantasy VII, Aerith's association with flowers in general (lilies in particular) represents her connection to the earth, her pure heart, and her ability to bring life even to dead lands where nothing should grow. | |
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The Primal Tsukuyomi in Final Fantasy XIV is heavily associated with the red spider lily, an autumn flower symbolically linked to death, lost memories, and abandonment. Half of her kimono flares like the petals of the lily and her Signature Move "Nightblossom" is shaped like a spider lily, all of it related to the suffering Yotsuyu endured in her life, including her brief period of amnesia, that lead her to become a Primal. | |
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Inuyasha: Kikyou is named after the Chinese bellflower. Word of God states the association was a deliberate choice made when she realised that the Chinese bellflower symbolised a love that could never be forgotten — in the manga, even death can't erase the love Inuyasha and Kikyou have for each other. The anime's first ending uses red spider lilies liberally through the credits while focusing on Kagome and Kikyo. The red spider lily symbolizes death, along with reincarnation and resurrection themes, particularly when the latter breaks the stem (killing it) and that Kagome's soul is Kikyou's reincarnated soul. |
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Infinity Train: Blossoming Trail: The lotus flower is a symbol of Chloe Cerise and her growth. Lotus flowers are all about rebirth, enlightenment and self-renewal, which reflect how Chloe is becoming a brand new her throughout her adventures in the Infinity Train. She names the group of her, Atticus and Lexi as the Red Lotus Trio because of how Atticus first called her "Chloe of the Vermillion" (as Vermillion is a shade of autumn red) and one fond memory she had in Vermillion City is seeing the lotus flowers at the park. During their stay in The Crayon Car, they take a boat across a pond full of lotus flowers and leaves floating on the surface. | |
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The first chapter of the Tokyo Mew Mew manga introduces most of the characters with specific flower backgrounds that give clues to their personalities. | |
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Flower Motifs / int_50059fa | type |
Flower Motifs | |
Flower Motifs / int_50059fa | comment |
In Patience, though Bunthorne confesses in his soliloquy that a "languid love for lilies does not blight me," he is careful to keep his public image, like Oscar Wilde's, associated with the flower. | |
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Patience (Theatre) | hasFeature |
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Flower Motifs / int_50555681 | type |
Flower Motifs | |
Flower Motifs / int_50555681 | comment |
Katanagatari: Shichika's design has flowers all of the place. His hair resembles a maple leaf and his gloves, hamaka, and sandals have the same leaf motif. Not to mention all his Kyoutouryuu techniques are named after flowers. His sister Nanami has a theme of pink carnations, wearing one of her hair and Princess Hitei covers her room and outfit with pink roses. |
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Flower Motifs / int_518b056d | type |
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The Da Vinci Code: Depictions/mentions of roses repeatedly show up as symbolic synonyms for the Holy Grail, most notably inlaid on the wooden box that holds the Priory Keystone. | |
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The Da Vinci Code | hasFeature |
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Flower Motifs / int_51b3091a | type |
Flower Motifs | |
Flower Motifs / int_51b3091a | comment |
Knight Hunters dabbles with flower motifs and hanakotoba; the four Hitman with a Heart protagonists work as florists as a cover job and are each associated with a particular flower, and they also use hanakotoba as a code language, allowing for an Out-of-Character Alert plot twist in the Verbrechen ~ Strafe OVA. Aya's real name, Ran, means "orchid," an association played upon in both the "Ranjatai" short story and the Dramatic Precious Radio Drama, and both Kritiker's Aoba Center team and La Mort use Floral Theme Naming. | |
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Knight Hunters | hasFeature |
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Flower Motifs | |
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Madgie, what did you do?: The symbolism of flowers is usually there, often in the form of lilies, which are mostly associated with innocence and death (like most portrayals). In the 56th story, we get lycoris flowers, which are often associated with death (said flowers being planted in and around graveyards), at the same time, they are also associated with not seeing someone again or lost memories. Similarly, in an unrelated story, Broken Gate, we also have lycoris flowers, the which are related to Nezumi and her rather bleak situation considering that she dies in the end, the which being foreshadowed by it being mentioned that she had them growing around her home, her minion bringing her siblings a lycoris flower and their grief, and, not too long before her demise, she gathers up a large group of them and replants them around the titular gate. |
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Madgie, what did you do? | hasFeature |
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Flower Motifs / int_56392a58 | type |
Flower Motifs | |
Flower Motifs / int_56392a58 | comment |
In the short film "Frozen Fever", there are sunflowers on Anna's outfit and her birthday cake. | |
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Frozen Fever | hasFeature |
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Flower Motifs / int_573cc59a | type |
Flower Motifs | |
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A Cruel God Reigns: Flowers and other foliage are used for a variety of purposes; When Jeremy dreams of his mother Sandra, she is usually in a field of flowers until Jeremy finds out she knew he was being beaten and raped by his stepfather. When Jeremy is being sexually abused, the scenes in which it happens often switch to Jeremy being ensnared in vines and trees, as well as the thorns and flowers growing out of him (usually his head). Later on in the series, Ian compares Jeremy's mental state to being trapped and lost in a forest, unable to reach wide fields and flower gardens. | |
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A Cruel God Reigns (Manga) | hasFeature |
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Flower Motifs / int_5921531c | type |
Flower Motifs | |
Flower Motifs / int_5921531c | comment |
Persona 5: Leviathan, demon of Envy, has a yellow rose in her hat and yellow roses tattooed along her back. Fittingly, in Hanakotoba (a Japanese form of the language of the flowers), yellow roses mean jealousy. | |
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Persona 5 (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Flower Motifs / int_5921531c | |
Flower Motifs / int_59351ffb | type |
Flower Motifs | |
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The manga Stepping on Roses (Hadashi de Bara wo Fume) has a good deal of flower imagery. The protagonist's relationship with the male lead can be compared directly to a rose... while he is beautiful, Sumi can get hurt whenever she gets too close. | |
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Stepping on Roses (Manga) | hasFeature |
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Flower Motifs / int_5b3356f8 | type |
Flower Motifs | |
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Turning Red: In the Cantonese dub, Mei's given name is transcribed as 美蓮 (Méihlìhn, or Mei-lin), meaning "beautiful lotus". In traditional Chinese literature, the lotus flower symbolizes purity and incorruptibility, as it is clean even though it grows in the mud, which may hint towards her mother's perfectionistic expectations towards her. | |
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Turning Red | hasFeature |
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Flower Motifs / int_631805af | type |
Flower Motifs | |
Flower Motifs / int_631805af | comment |
In Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots, Naomi grows blue roses, a color created by genetic engineering. Symbolizing both the genetically engineered Solid Snake and Naomi's role in creating FOXDIE, Vamp, and artificially extending her own life. | |
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Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (Video Game) | hasFeature |
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Flower Motifs / int_63f4c241 | type |
Flower Motifs | |
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Angel Child, Dragon Child: Hoa-phuong is a flower that blooms in Vietnam and is used as a symbol of Ut’s connection to her home country. Her precious matchbox, which has her mother's photo inside, is decorated with one of those flowers. | |
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Flower Motifs / int_64235ff | type |
Flower Motifs | |
Flower Motifs / int_64235ff | comment |
La Seine No Hoshi: Marie Antoinette loves roses. All of the gowns she wears to the Masquerade Balls have roses in some way or the other, and her ringlets post-timeskip also resemble them. | |
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La Seine No Hoshi | hasFeature |
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Flower Motifs / int_6505f7f3 | type |
Flower Motifs | |
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Molly of Denali: Willow is associated with willow trees. It's for this reason that Molly carves a willow tree on her new story knife. | |
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Molly of Denali | hasFeature |
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In Fire Emblem Fates, each of the warring realms has a flower symbol. The Medieval Europe-inspired Kingdom of Nohr has purple roses, the Medieval Japan-inspired Kingdom of Hoshido has Cherry Blossoms and the secret Kingdom of Valla has water lilies. | |
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Fire Emblem Fates (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Flower Motifs / int_67ce5a04 | |
Flower Motifs / int_680901e6 | type |
Flower Motifs | |
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Burning Bridges, Building Confidence: Marinette's favorite flower is established as the apple blossom. One thing these can symbolize is good fortune or the promise of better times ahead. Fitting for a story about her recovering from having Lila turn her classmates against her, building stronger friendships, and coming out all the stronger for it. In the side-story Creation's Curiosity, Tikki examines some of the projects her chosen has been working on. Among them is a list of flowers that all symbolize warnings, rebuke, or outright insults, and she realizes that Marinette intends to use the arrangement to subtly chastise her classmates. |
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Burning Bridges, Building Confidence / Fan Fic | hasFeature |
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Flower Motifs / int_6cd911cd | type |
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In Omega Labyrinth Life, much of the plot revolves around Belles Fleurs Academy's famous Grand Garden, and reviving it after mysterious, dark powers cause it to suddenly wilt and die. Many major characters are also spiritual representations of flowers, especially Flora, the Holy Blossom; gardening plays a key role in upgrading your characters for the dungeon-crawling sections; and every character has a flower associated with them, best seen in the Skill Blooms where it shows up on their bodies. | |
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Omega Labyrinth Life (Video Game) | hasFeature |
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Flower Motifs / int_6d490022 | type |
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Lapis Re:LiGHTs: IV KLORE all have at least one red rose as part of their stage outfits, symbolizing the flower's frequent role in both fairy tales and horror, fitting for an idol group composed entirely of Demihuman members. It could also symbolize that no matter how pretty/cute they are, they are very much dangerous. Aside from their name, Kono Hana wa Otome ("These Flowers are Maidens"), they have Japanese cherry blossoms on their stage outfits to symbolize their home country, Yamato (a Fantasy Counter Part Culture to Japan). Nadeshiko and Tsubaki also wear a different flower that represents their personalities while Kaede uses maple tree leaves. Chloe of the now-defunct group Ray wears blue roses, which symbolize the impossible and alluding to Ray's reputation as one of the most powerful, popular, and legendary idol group that Flora Girls' Academy has produced. Tiara of LiGHTS is a Caring Gardener but is especially fond of carnivorous and outright dangerous plants. If one of them hisses at hers and demands her blood, she coos over it like it's a pet bunny, and she's proud of her ability to listen to a mandrake's ear-piercing, paralyzing shrieks without any trouble. (She refers to it as their "singing".) |
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Battle Realms: This manifests as an actual faction in the game. The Lotus Clan is the most magically specialized faction in the game. Its units are all afflicted with some sort of corruption until they transform into a Warlock, at which point they violently expunge this corruption away. This symbolizes the flower's tendency to bloom in the mud, and how it seems so clean despite living in such a filthy place. | |
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Casshern Sins uses flowers throughout as a metaphor for the beauty and fragility of life. | |
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Wedding Peach gives the Love Angels' flowers meanings, but other than Momokonote = Peach = "Long-life, generosity, and bridal hope" (jp) they don't match well with either European or Japanese languages: Angel Lily / Yuri note = spider lily = "sweet" (jp) & "purity" (en) "In the language of flowers the name of the pure lily is special. It means 'It will bloom and grant love'" Angel Daisy / Hinagiku note = daisy = "faith" (jp) & "Innocence, loyal love, purity, faith, cheer, simplicity" (en) "The daisy is the emblem of the innocent heart. It will blow away the evil wind!" Angel Salvia / Scarlet note salvia / red sage = "domestic virtue" (en) "In the language of flowers, Salvia means burning heart. Warrior of Heaven, Angel Salvia, is here!" |
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Rose: President Snow's favorite and which he typically wears in his lapel. In Katniss' eyes, the typical symbolic meanings of love and beauty become completely inverted, due to the flowers' association with and frequent use by her enemy as a weapon against her. In the prequel novel The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, it's revealed that Snow's grandmother grew roses on the roof of their apartment building, and that his mother perfumed herself with rose-scented powder, so clearly roses run in the family. | |
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The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes | hasFeature |
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Purple Hyacinth: Obviously purple hyacinths, as Kieran always leaves some behind after his kills. They mean regret, "I'm sorry". | |
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Flower Motifs / int_701f0ece | type |
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In Berserk, the morning after having sex with Charlotte, Griffith leaves the princess the pendant she gave him before a major battle earlier and a piece of Lily of the Valley which represents returning happiness. | |
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Flower Motifs / int_70e38997 | type |
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All over the place in Flower Knight Girl, in which a majority of its characters (called "Flower Knights") are based on a wide variety of flowers/plants, complete with a listed Language of Flowers for each of them on their profilenote Close to Moe Anthropomorphism, but not quite due to the characters not being directly assigned a plant at birth. While impossible to list them all on this page, for just one example: Salvia, a Hot-Blooded girl who values family above all else (which also includes friends and comrades), reflecting her Floriography of "Family Love" and "Burning Desire". | |
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Avatar: The Last Airbender: The Fortuneteller: Less of a motif and more of a plot point. The panda lily is a symbol of love, and Aang climbs a volcano to pick one for Katara. It's only when he gets to the summit that he realizes the volcano is much more active than initially thought, which echoes through the rest of the episode. The Order of the White Lotus is a fraternal organization that transcends the divisions of the Four Nations. It takes it's name and symbol from a tile in the board game Pai Sho, which members use to identify each other and which appears on their banners and uniforms. |
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In Grim Fandango, the whole idea of flowers is subverted. The plot takes place in the Land of the Dead and one of the only ways to make someone Deader than Dead is by using a special chemical that makes flowers grow on their bones. The game also features a character who manufactures these weapons, and likens himself to a florist rather than a weapons manufacturer, believing plants to be a symbol of life rather than death. It seems that those who were florists in life are the only ones who can produce "sproutella" in the Land of the Dead. In fact, it's commented by at least one of the characters that it must be very psychologically painful to be a florist in the Land of the Dead, where the rather innocent and beautiful hobby that you had devoted yourself to in life becomes a horrifying weapon of beyond-murder. Many end up with their minds breaking from this knowledge. |
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Don Juan DeMarco: This Motif is used several times. When psychiatrist Dr. Mickler is talking the title character out of a suicide attempt, he introduces himself as "Don Octavio de Florez." Coming to work after a night of romancing his wife Marilyn, Dr. Mickler cheerfully plucks tulips from the front of the mental institution and hands them out to the staff. When Mickler first proposes they go to "the Island of Eros", rather than their planned trip to the (antique) Pyramids, Marilyn is reluctant to take such a step: "I like it here, I like my garden." But the Island proves to have a far greater abundance of blooms: "It was like the Garden (of Eden) before the fall." A probable clue to the symbolism is this VO reverie near the movie's beginning: | |
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In Barbie in the 12 Dancing Princesses, each of the twelve sisters is associated with a specific flower, and said flowers can be seen on their gowns and are printed on the front of their individual copies of their mother's storybook. Ashlyn: Geranium Blair: Larkspur Courtney: Forget-me-not Delia: Sunflower Edeline: Honeysuckle Fallon: Camellia Genevieve: Pink rose Hadley: Narcissus Isla: Lily of the valley Janessa: Jonquil Kathleen: Daisy Lacey: White lily |
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Steven Universe: Rose Quartz is associated with, fittingly, pink roses. Her symbol is a stylized rose, which is present on her shield (and in a whole bunch of her things), which also has a rose-thorn pattern. Roses symbolize love, which fit the deep feelings she had for her friends, her lover, and her son. Additionally, pink roses usually symbolize admiration, which her friends have nothing but for her. Since Steven inherited her powers, he, too, is very often associated with roses. In the episode "Steven's Dream", Pink Diamond's palanquin/grave is overgrown with Roses of Sharon/Mugungwah. This is the national flower of (South) Korea (the episode is explicitly said to take place in Korea, but which one, or if there even is a difference in the show's universe is never mentioned). |
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Steven Universe | hasFeature |
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Curse of the Golden Flower: Crysanthemums are a constantly recurring motif, up to the point that they're used as the badge for a rebellion army. | |
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Bayonetta: The titular character is tied to rose motifs. The rose shows up when she receives heavy blows from enemies, and its petals fall all over the screen when she dies. Her mother's name was also Rosa. Jeanne has similar visual effects but her flower is the lily. | |
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Warhammer Fantasy Battle: Morr is strongly associated with black roses, which are typically grown in the graveyards and sacred sites of his priesthood. | |
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In Frozen, the crocus flower, a symbol of Spring, is the emblem of Arendelle. In trailers, Olaf pauses to sniff a crocus in the snow. | |
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Yeul from Final Fantasy XIII-2. She is often seen with a daisy; a pretty flower that blooms and fades quickly. | |
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Final Fantasy XIII-2 (Video Game) | hasFeature |
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Princess Daisy from the Super Mario Bros. franchise. Her dresses and jewelry are adorned with floral trim, and in the sports games where she's a playable character, her shots often leave behind a trail of flowers. | |
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Gambit and Rogue of the X-Men sometimes make use of flower symbolism. When they are reunited after Gambit's sojourn in Antarctica Gambit presents Rogue with a white rose, claiming it represents "new beginnings." Rogue is contemptuous though, pointing out that "white lilies mean death. Does that go for roses too?" In actual fact, Gambit is probably correct — white roses traditionally mean innocence/purity. And then there's the fact that Gambit's ex-wife is called "Belladonna"... |
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Many Child Ballads, but especially "Scarborough Fair", due to its modern popularity. The refrain in "Scarborough Fair" (a.k.a. "The Elfin Knight") seems to represent a love spell: Parsley: Provokes lust. Associated with witchcraft and fertility. Sage: Wisdom, longevity. Rosemary: Fidelity, memories. Thyme: Used in folk herbalism to discern the identity of your true love; also a popular component in The Lady's Favour. |
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Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V: Yuzu Hiiragi represents the flower aspect of the Kachou Fuugetsu theme, thus her deck has a flower motif. It's not as obvious as with the decks of her three counterparts, since the musical aspect of Yuzu's Gens�/Melodious Deck overshadows the flower motif instead of the other way around, but her Gens� no Hanakasei/Melodious Choir monsters, reflect Yuzu's flower motif the most. Yuri has a carnivorous plant motif, representing his dangerous hunger for preys and power, thus he uses a Predator Plants Deck. As twisted as he is, he describes his plants as flowers, which isn't exactly incorrect. The theme is also present in Starve Venom Fusion Dragon, which is sort of a hybrid between a dragon and carnivorous plants. His evolution, Greedy Venom Fusion Dragon, still follows the carnivorous plant theme, but his more colorful body and beautiful wings make him appear more like a beautiful flower. After Zarc is detracted from Yuri's and Yuya's souls, Yuri loses his evilness and Starve Venom has also become benevolent. As Starve Venom fuses with Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon to become Odd-Eyes Venom Dragon, Starve Venom gets a fully purified form, gaining a beautiful violet and white body and trades his carnivorous plant theme for a Cherry Blossom theme, representing Yuri's and Starve Venom's Heel–Face Turn. Odd-Eyes Venom Dragon is so beautiful that even the Fusion-hating Asuka Tenjouin is astonished by his beauty alone, and once Odd-Eyes Venom uses his Monster Effect, his wings generate a pair of large energy wings, giving him the appearance of a beautiful "blooming flower". |
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In Brave10, Ishikawa Goemon has camellias as his motif. He was discovered hiding among the camellias by Kojuro and has loved them ever since. They are a flower that falls "purely", dropping all at once rather than petal by petal and were loved by the common folk but hated by the samurai for it. It's both a metaphor for his swift fall for Kojuro and his dying young and beautiful as he falls from the rooftop after battling Saizo. | |
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Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me: Played with. The significance of the FBI "blue rose cases" is never explained. The popular interpretation among fans is that it refers to cases involving the supernatural, though. Blue roses are sometimes used as a symbol of "the impossible/the unobtainable" (because they don't exist naturally and are the result of dyeing or genetic tinkering). | |
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Beatrix from Final Fantasy IX is associated with roses throughout the game (even her leitmotif is called "Rose of May"), probably in association with her status as a Lady of War. | |
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In Final Fantasy VI, Cyan is something of a floral hobbyist, as demonstrated by the dozens of handcrafted silk flower arrangements in his room in the World of Ruin. Makes sense, given that ikebana (the traditional Japanese art of flower arrangement) was popularly promulgated among samurai. | |
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Used in the Better Bones AU to represent the various competing political ideologies. Thistleclaw uses his namesake the thistle to demonstrate his philosophy of extreme violence and xenophobia, as shown by how attacking a thistle bush only leaves you wounded and the bush fine. Bluestar, the progenitor of the more compassionate "fire alone" ideology, and her True Companions use forget-me-nots as a symbol of their friendship which inspired their political beliefs. Traditionalists who believe in the Clans never helping each other but not upsetting the balance between them and destroying each other use the metaphor of a honeysuckle bush used in canon in The Last Hope to represent how the Clans' fighting makes them stronger but they all come from the same roots. | |
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Cardcaptor Sakura had a field day with this. Looking at the characters' flower names, their favorite flowers, and the flowers that show up around them give big clues to their characters. For example, Sonomi's favorite flower is nadeshiko; she adored Sakura's mother, whose name was Nadeshiko. Cardcaptor Sakura's creator, the manga group CLAMP, is also largely associated with falling cherry blossoms (sakura), so much that it's a Signature Style. |
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Frozen: In Frozen, the crocus flower, a symbol of Spring, is the emblem of Arendelle. In trailers, Olaf pauses to sniff a crocus in the snow. In the short film "Frozen Fever", there are sunflowers on Anna's outfit and her birthday cake. |
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Sad Cypress: There's a prominent motif of roses. Elinor likes red roses and Roddy likes white ones, which eventually makes her realize they aren't meant to be because their characters are too different. And the thornless red roses in Elinor's aunt's garden end up being a crucial clue: Poirot realizes one of the suspects is lying about having pricked her hand on a thorn and has in fact injected herself with apomorphine to throw up the poisoned tea. | |
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October Daye: In the novel Rosemary and Rue, Luna had given Connor a basket filled with love-lies-bleeding and love-in-idleness; since he's her son-in-law, he's sure it's a message. She is begging him to love her daughter. Who is insane due to both traumatic imprisonment in childhood and contradictory biology. | |
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Danganronpa 3: Kodaka has tweeted that the flower in the ending song for Side:Future is a gerbera. He specifically mentions that gerberas symbolize hope in the language of flowers and encourages the audience to keep that in mind, which goes along with the franchise's theme of holding onto hope even in dark times. A flashback in Side:Future Episode 3 shows Kamukura staring at a vase of flowers he left on a desk. One of the flowers is a white daisy, which symbolizes "loyal love", and the other is a marigold, which symbolizes "despair". Appropriate, considering he was mourning Nanami, who has been dead for several years now. |
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In Lackadaisy, the protagonists work at the Lackadaisy speakeasy (using the Little Daisy café as a front); their rivals are the Marigold gang (fronted by Hotel Maribel), who wear marigolds in their lapels. Daisy and marigold motifs often show up in standalone artwork of the two gangs. | |
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Padma Patil, Ron Weasley's date to the Yule Ball in Goblet of Fire, is named after the Sanskrit word for lotus flower. | |
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Fairest (Afterandalasia): While the Queen is recovering, Snow White delivers to her lavender, marigolds, and aspen leaves. Snow White's prince thinks that she's being nice and forgiving until he looks up the floral meanings behind them. All three are ominous: mistrust, cruelty, and lamentation. | |
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The eponymous Dahlia Academy in Boarding School Juliet is an Elaborate University High for children of the elite, so it's naturally named after a flower that symbolizes dignity and elegance. | |
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hinayukki's works commonly use flower imageries to symbolize the Mono no Aware themes depicted in the songs. "Floriography" uses the forget-me-nots to commemorate the singer's dead lover, and symbolizes the lingering memories of their time spent together, even after the body has withered. "Hana no Namida" directly compares life to a flower—beautiful, yet transient. |
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Only Flowers Fall: Lillie gives her mother cyclamen (used for goodbyes) at the hospital. The meaning is lost upon the nurses, who just think that Lillie's being a doting daughter. Lillie had thought of giving Lusamine orange lilies (a sign of hatred) but decided they were too obviously aggressive looking. | |
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Many British murder mysteries make reference to flowers — Belladonna (deadly nightshade) is a favorite as a poison. Rosemary & Thyme takes this to the next level though. Not only are the protagonists named after herbs, but the contents of their garden often provide a clue to the murder...or at least serve as inspiration for the aesop at the end. | |
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Promotional posters for Sex Education's third season posed the characters alongside botanical illustrations of flowering plants with appropriate meanings. For example, sex therapist Jean gets cowslip (women, birth), stubborn and independent Maeve gets blessed thistle (bravery, strength), sweet and friendly Aimee gets geranium (friendship, protection), motivated and booksmart Viv gets amaryllis (success, passion) and so on. | |
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In Revolutionary Girl Utena, the characters couldn't go anywhere without coming across a rose. The rings that signified the duelists sported a rose crest, Ohtori's gate had a huge rose design on top of it, each duelist had a rose of their signature color as a target when they fought, and a group of antagonists were called the Black Rose duelists, to name but a few. In the movie, they up the ante, and the famous "dance in the rose garden" shows an Ohtori drowning in roses. Just to drive the point home, the Meaningful Names backed up the imagery: "Utena" and "Anthy" mean "calyx" and "flower," respectively. The color of the duelists' signature rose generally links back to their hair color (with the exception of Utena's white rose). There may or may not be further symbolism behind the color choice: Red rose (Touga)= passion/lust; Orange rose (Juri) = desire (as in desire for Shiori to reciprocate her feelings), Yellow rose (Nanami)= jealousy which she exhibits towards anyone who would take Touga away from her; White rose (Utena) = innocence/purity. Saionji's green rose is more difficult; since it doesn't exist in reality, there's no meaning assigned to it...but green is traditionally the color of envy. Strangely, although "true" blue and black roses don't exist (except for the Halfeti rose, which is initially crimson, but turns black over time), they do have popular meanings: Black rose (black rose duelists) = death, blue rose (Miki) = impossible dreams/magic...which makes more sense in the manga, where Miki's dream is to remain "pure forever," which Anthy flatly states is an impossible dream, an illusion. Believe it or not, green roses mean "I am from Mars" in floriography. This is probably not the meaning intended here. They do exist, as a mutant form that has extra sepals instead of petals. |
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In Ouran High School Host Club, every member of the host club has a different colored rose that represents them. They show up in both the Anime Theme Song and Ending Theme, as well as several other scenes. (This is particularly significant with Tamaki and Haruhi.) | |
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Little Women: While Laurie and Amy are taking a walk through a rose garden, Laurie gets pricked by a red rose he tried to pick while thinking of Jo, whom he last saw when she turned down his marriage proposal. Amy then gives him a thorn-free white rose. Laurie instantly thinks of the color symbolism — red roses are for romance, white roses are for funerals, and he wonders if this is either a sign about his changing feelings for the two sisters or an omen of death. He chides himself for being so superstitious and laughs it off, but since eventually he and Amy fall in love and Beth dies, it doesn't sound so funny. | |
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A Song of Ice and Fire: The winter rose is a symbol of doomed and forbidden love for the Starks. House Tyrell has a golden rose as their sigil, symbolizing the beauty and bounty of their fertile lands, as well as the thorns they can brandish when threatened. |
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One Piece: All the women of Amazon Lily have a flower name, including the island itself. From Boa Hancock, whose name comes from the Symphoricarpos Chenaultii Hancock and sweet, everyday girl Marguerite. Admiral Akainu had a pink rose on his suit and a flower tattoo on his chest. It serves as an ironic contrast with his General Ripper attitude. |
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In Mother 3, Lucas associates sunflowers to his mother, causing the flowers to appear many times in the game. This even goes as far for Lucas to meet the ghost of his mother in a field of sunflowers. | |
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Don Flamenco of Punch-Out!!, being a Spanish stereotype that walks like a man, carries a rose to the ring. In his Title Defense rematch, however, he chooses to Paint It Black and switches it out for a black rose. A black rose means "revenge". The game even lampshades it, as he asks you (in Spanish) between rounds, "Do you know what a black rose means?" | |
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Infinity Train: Knight of the Orange Lily: Lillie gifts Gladion a bouquet of orange gladiolus lilies. Ash assumes the orange resembles the Alolan sunsets; he later learns from Lillie that they mean hatred as she's angry of Gladion basically keeping critical information about the Nihilego incident from her for years. | |
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Reverse: 1999 has Druvis III, an arcanist who specializes in her Green Thumb magic by preserving plants, making them grow, and casting other spells through them. She has a particular fondness for Rowan trees, known in Celtic mythology as the "tree of life," and also carries a bouquet of mistletoe with her, which can mean "vitality" and alludes to her magic. | |
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With a title like ''Only the Flower Knows', this trope naturally applies. Arikawa's birth flower is apparently the rose-gold pussy willow, which characterizes him as honest, open, and free. Misaki's is the sweet pea, which represents a delicate/sensitive beauty. Both are accurate character descriptions, needless to say. Then there is imagery of/references to other flowers throughout the manga since both characters deal with flowers in their agricultural work, and Misaki's treasured flower necklace. | |
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Purple Hibiscus: The titular is an experimental strain of the (normally red) plant, which stands for change, hope, and freedom; everything the main characters are struggling for. | |
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Roses are, of course, everywhere in ''Goodbye, My Rose Garden, and many rose-centric metaphors and similes pop up, usually in a melancholy context. Alice compares herself to a rose infected with black spot, Hanako muses on how Alice's distant smile was like a rose shrinking from her touch, and Edward uses a metaphor about roses casting darker shadows when bathed in brighter light to sow doubt in Alice's heart about Hanako. In particular, Alice's rose garden is both a place where she can escape from the world and a reminder of how she must constantly hide her true self deep within her. Her saying "goodbye" to her rose garden at the end of the series symbolizes her deciding to live as her true self, no matter the difficulty. Incidentally, the Douglas family manor is named Rosebarrow House, and Hanako's name translates to something like "flower child." | |
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In The Glass Menagerie, the phrase "blue roses" becomes an important motif. Jim calls Laura "blue roses" because he mispronounces pleurosis, the name of her illness. A blue rose is a pretty and fascinating idea that can't exist in reality. So is Laura. Also, Amanda spends a good monologue raving about the summer when she went mad for jonquils, symbolizing the high days of her youth, which she's constantly trying to relive. Jonquil is a name found in the American Southeast for the narcissus. |
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Hetalia: Axis Powers: One of the few things that reveal Psychopathic Manchild Russia's (almost nonexistent) softer side is his love of sunflowers, which according to him make him feel happy and relaxed enough to "dream of living in a warm place surrounded by them". Also, Russia's subordinate Latvia shows his Yandere potential by attacking his best friend, Sealand, with a Lily of the Valley. It's never mentioned again. Lithuania has rye fields as one of his motifs. In fact, in the scene right before Russia tells him of his love for sunflowers, he was dreaming of a rye field where he and his friends used to play as children. France is always represented with red roses in canon. Even to cover his privates. Sometimes, fanart gives roses to England as well (roses are England's national flowers) Hungary and Taiwan use flower-shaped hair jewels as headgear. Hungary's pink flower symbolizes Lake Balaton aka the Hungarian sea; Taiwan's is a plum flower, which is the national flower of her lands. Their gender flipped versions also have them: male!Hungary wears a flower in his hair, while male!Taiwan puts on a plum-shaped pin on his jacket. Japan's human first name, Kiku, literally means "chrysanthemum", a flower that has great significance and a connection with the Emperor in Japan. Naturally, a lot of fanart depicts him with chrysanthemums. Cherry Blossoms are also popular in them, especially since one anime episode actually introduced Japan in a flurry of them. In the infamous Another Color arts, female!Japan wears a red spider lily on her hair. Netherlands and Turkey are sometimes associated with tulips; Netherlands gives Japan a bouquet of them in one webcomic strip, and Turkey is depicted with them in his newest official profile. In the movie, Homura is commonly associated with red spider lilies. |
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The episode titles of Blue Drop are scientific names of flowers, which appear at a key moment in the episode, as a visual gloss alluding to the episode's main theme. | |
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Final Fantasy: In Final Fantasy VI, Cyan is something of a floral hobbyist, as demonstrated by the dozens of handcrafted silk flower arrangements in his room in the World of Ruin. Makes sense, given that ikebana (the traditional Japanese art of flower arrangement) was popularly promulgated among samurai. In Final Fantasy VII, Aerith's association with flowers in general (lilies in particular) represents her connection to the earth, her pure heart, and her ability to bring life even to dead lands where nothing should grow. Beatrix from Final Fantasy IX is associated with roses throughout the game (even her leitmotif is called "Rose of May"), probably in association with her status as a Lady of War. In Final Fantasy X, Yuna, as well as being the Okinawan word for 'night' (contrasting Tidus' 'sun'), is also the Japanese name for the sea hibiscus, and hibiscus patterns are seen on her skirt, obi, and necklace. Her unique dressphere in X-2, Floral Fallal, also references this. Yeul from Final Fantasy XIII-2. She is often seen with a daisy; a pretty flower that blooms and fades quickly. The Primal Tsukuyomi in Final Fantasy XIV is heavily associated with the red spider lily, an autumn flower symbolically linked to death, lost memories, and abandonment. Half of her kimono flares like the petals of the lily and her Signature Move "Nightblossom" is shaped like a spider lily, all of it related to the suffering Yotsuyu endured in her life, including her brief period of amnesia, that lead her to become a Primal. |
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Magic: The Gathering: Cards with "lotus" in their names produce mana of any color, going back to the overpowered "black lotus" from the first edition. | |
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Psychonauts: Coach Oleander is named after the Nerium oleander, an ornamental shrub. Oleanders look nice but are poisonous when ingested, much how like the coach acts like he likes the Psychonauts but plans to turn on them and conquer the world. | |
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Muted: The LeRoux family, as they specialize in plant magic. Most have flower printed clothes, use magic to grow flowers, have flowery familiars, and nature-related names like Jazmin or Rowena. | |
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Bridgerton: The titular family is always associated with purple wisterias. The season 1 promotional materials have the cast framed in purple wisterias. And those flowers are also decorating the outside of their home in London. | |
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Girls' Frontline makes a very liberal use of Queen of the Night flowers (genus epiphyllum). These flowers bloom only at night and wilt at dawn, symbolizing the transience of life and lingering flashes of beauty. They are most commonly associated with the cult Paradeus. The leader of Paradeus, William, is said to like the flower very much. Paradeus exists as a means for William to resurrect his sister Lunasia, whose untimely death still lingers heavily in his mind. One strain of epiphyllum was genetically engineered to absorb Collapse Radiation, but it failed as the flowers release the particles back out when they bloom. A large field of epiphyllum outside Tallinn becomes the stage for the final fight in the Shattered Connexion event. By the time of Girls' Frontline 2: Exilium, patches of wild epiphyllum can be found across contaminated zones, being one of the few plants that can thrive in such environment. Isomers, also introduced in Shattered Connexion, are heavily associated with the flowers. They are rejected Nytos, young girls who were forcibly augmented and had their brains rewritten, sent to rot in Talinn because they didn't meet Paradeus expectations. Many instead choose to congregate near blooming epiphyllum to be "cleansed of their failed bodies, ascend to Heaven and find peace". In other words, mass suicide through lethal amounts of radiation. Third-generation and retrofitted second-generation Tactical Dolls in Girls' Frontline 2: Exilium are able to use Remolding Pattern, channeling the incredible energy potential of Collapse Radiation for a temporary boost in combat power. This is done using a small capsule containing an epiphyllum flower, which glows when the Doll taps into it. |
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The White Orchid: White orchids traditionally symbolize innocence and purity. It's ironic here, as the woman called The White Orchid is anything but innocent and pure. | |
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Yuri Kuma Arashi is drenched in lilies, as befitting a setting where nearly everyone is a closeted lesbian. | |
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Chrysanthemum: Used negatively until the end. Chrysanthemum is indeed named after a flower but she does not like her name because her classmates make fun of her for it ("I'm named after my grandmother! You're named after a flower!"). As it turns out, the music teacher, who her class deeply admires, is also named after a flower; this is what gets them to stop. | |
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Passing Days: Some Servants call the protagonist Vy "little flower" as a reference to her lotus-shaped Command Seals and how they see her as a blooming flower in the face of adversity. | |
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Imagine Me & You: One of the main characters is a florist who spends quite a bit of time explaining the symbolism of various flowers: most notably her Love Interest's favorite — the lily, which she translates as "I dare you to love me." Relating the history of the botanical name of the Bird of Paradise (Strelitzia), which was named after Queen Charlotte (of Mecklenburg-Strelitz), who had a very close, long, and loving relationship with her husband, George III, indicates how much she prizes lasting relationships and fidelity, which was the reason for her misgivings about coming between Rachel and Hector, which is why she eventually decides to leave London. |
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Game of Thrones: The sigil of House Tyrell is a golden rose on a green field. Everyone in the family wears clothing with a floral pattern, and this extends even to armour and accessories (like belts and brooches). | |
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The Exiles: In Ruins of Ambrai, the rebels send secret messages to each other using flowers. | |
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Ava from Ava's Demon is associated with poppies as seen on her character profile. She is also shown surrounded by them in her mind/dream after her killing spree at Titan's Headquartes. Odin is also associated with a flower, albeit a fictional one called florem mortem, which he is frequently seen smoking in a pipe. | |
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Infinity Train: Blossomverse: This is a recurring motif: Infinity Train: Blossoming Trail: The lotus flower is a symbol of Chloe Cerise and her growth. Lotus flowers are all about rebirth, enlightenment and self-renewal, which reflect how Chloe is becoming a brand new her throughout her adventures in the Infinity Train. She names the group of her, Atticus and Lexi as the Red Lotus Trio because of how Atticus first called her "Chloe of the Vermillion" (as Vermillion is a shade of autumn red) and one fond memory she had in Vermillion City is seeing the lotus flowers at the park. During their stay in The Crayon Car, they take a boat across a pond full of lotus flowers and leaves floating on the surface. Tokio is represented with zinnias. His last name (Chisou) is based on the Japanese name for the Zinnia (Hyakuchisou) and when he was on the Infinity Train, he was tattooed with a zinnia compass. Zinnias represent remembrance and lasting friendships, relating to his friendship with Goh and how he failed to be there for him due to a fever. Goh Fujihachi is represented with wisterias. His last name in the story being Fujihachi ("Fuji" being the Japanese word for wisteria) and one meaning of wisterias are patience. The author's note sarcastically brings up how he's been ever so patient in his quest to find Mew to the point of disregarding everything else. Atticus is symbolized with red tulips. Red tulips are symbolized with love which represents Atticus bonding not only with Chloe and Lexi but also how he misses his dear friend Tulip Olsen. Hop is represented with Hyacinths. His last name is "Hyacin", and hyacinths symbolize power, pride and competition, which relates to Hop wanting to be a powerful Trainer like his brother Leon. Infinity Train: Knight of the Orange Lily: Lillie gifts Gladion a bouquet of orange gladiolus lilies. Ash assumes the orange resembles the Alolan sunsets; he later learns from Lillie that they mean hatred as she's angry of Gladion basically keeping critical information about the Nihilego incident from her for years. |
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Episode 13 of Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid is centered around one. First it's discussed when Saikawa gives Kanna a Shepherd's Pursenote Capsella bursa-pastoris after finding out that it means "I offer you my all". After Tohru is abducted by her father, the camera shows the flower many times. It is finally echoed by Tohru after the Final Battle, where she tells Kobayashi she can have her all. | |
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In Koan of the Day, the sunflower represents innocence and unadulterated love. | |
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Paranormal Prison: It's stated in the movie that a collection of four roses is associated with Mary Beth Flake. | |
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Maria no Danzai: Lily of the Valley is shown as an image on Kiritaka's diary and a shot has the flower covering Maria's face in her office. In the Japanese language of flowers (Hanakotoba), it symbolizes "purity", but outside of it, they are very poisonous, which fits Maria's façade as a school nurse and her true nature. In contrast, it is used in funerals to signify pain due to death. A notable other symbolism is the flower's alternative name: Mary's tears. This comes from the history of Virgin Mary who mourns her crucified son, like how Maria mourns her son. | |
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Shadowrun: A Victoriana-obsessed decker from the first anthology named his cat Tansy, then set her beside his deck each time he began a hacking mission because the wild tansy is a declaration of war in floriography. | |
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Mother Mother's song "Oleander" is about a Destructive Romance. This fits the floral meaning of the titular flower ("caution"). | |
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In Final Fantasy X, Yuna, as well as being the Okinawan word for 'night' (contrasting Tidus' 'sun'), is also the Japanese name for the sea hibiscus, and hibiscus patterns are seen on her skirt, obi, and necklace. Her unique dressphere in X-2, Floral Fallal, also references this. | |
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In Harvest Moon: Light of Hope, the local florists, Carol and her son Dean, often talk about the meanings behind flowers. In one event, Doc asks the player to deliver Carol a cosmos flower for him. In return, Carol sends him a white rose to reject him. | |
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The Doctor Who story "Planet of the Spiders" features a lot of flowers — Tommy is introduced showing off a 'pretty flower' and reads books about children watering the flowers, the Doctor's machine for reading minds is called an IRIS, virtually every set features them, Sarah wears daisies on her lapel during the final regeneration. The story "The Time Monster" features the Doctor recounting a childhood experience in which a hermit behind his house consoles him by wordlessly urging him to view a daisy on the barren ground, a parallel to the Zen Buddhist allegory of the flower sermon, recounted below. The Doctor calls it “the daisiest daisy I had ever seenâ€�. |
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Aunt Dimity: Many and recurring throughout the series, partially justified by the setting and ties to England generally and the Cotswolds specifically. Many of the residents of Finch are devoted amateur gardeners, and gardening and flowers are frequent plot points. A partial list: Dimity's favourite flowers are white lilacs, which according to some sources stand for youthful innocence and memories. Some of them grow at her cottage, and bouquets of them (sans cards) appear at weddings, funerals, and other special occasions both before and after her death. The twins' first nanny Francesca is welcomed by the scent of white lilacs in the cottage. The cottage is also covered in ivy (particularly outside the study where Lori keeps the glue journal), which is variously described in the sources as referring to friendship, matrimonial bonds, and dependence. Early in Aunt Dimity and the Duke, Emma Porter is an American amateur gardener who is taking a tour of English gardens after a decade-plus relationship ends. She meets the Pym sisters at a garden maze and has a lengthy conversation with them on the subject, not realizing that it was a job interview of sorts. She takes their card and their suggestion to visit the gardens at Penford Hall and is soon tasked with restoring a walled garden on the estate. She also finds her personal life sorted out as well. Lori's favourite flowers are blue irises. She is astonished to find a vase of them on a coffee table in the Willises' Boston parlour (in a cold and slushy early April) the day after she first met the attorneys. Irises are associated with the Greek messenger goddess of the same name, and blue irises specifically stand for faith and hope. The unkempt vicarage garden is a problem in Aunt Dimity Digs In, not to mention cover for a burglar. Emma Harris takes the place in hand, with an ebullient eight-year-old Rainey Dawson to assist her. The cleanup provides a clue to one of the minor mysteries of the book. Later on in the same book, Rainey has an arrangement of orange lilies to surround her stuffed tiger for a local contest until she causes a mishap that knocks over the vase. Not only do the orange flowers go well with the tiger, the flowers can mean passion. The weeping willows around the village war memorial (symbolizing mourning) are replaced with holly (meaning foresight and/or domestic happiness). Miranda Morrow has a garden chaotically filled with unusual plants that other gardeners might term weeds (including references to marijuana, though nothing is proven). Miranda is an independent-minded sort (the village's only known practising Wiccan) who prepares medicinal poultices, teas, and infusions. The Pym sisters are associated with lavender (meaning variously serenity, grace, calmness, devotion, or distrust); the scent of lavender water permeates their cottage. When we finally meet Bree Pym in Aunt Dimity Down Under, she's wearing a greenstone pendant in the shape of a koru (an opening fern frond), and when she finally rises from her seat to leave the park with Lori, she "unfolded like an opening fern frond". Bree also has several flower tattoos: Willis Sr. eventually retires and moves to an old estate near Finch. He cultivates orchids in his greenhouse, just as he had in the hothouse of his Boston home. Orchids are symbolic of refined beauty, and Willis sr. is nothing if not refined. A botanical artist of great renown features in Aunt Dimity and the Village Witch. A subplot turns on a particular painting of hers (a spring crocus symbolizing youthful gladness) and the language of flowers, and the exposition of its meaning fills in some of Willis Sr.'s Backstory. |
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Lydia gets a corsage from Beetlejuice. It includes deadly nightshade (which fits her love of dark and spooky things) and calla lilies (which symbolize "magnificence" and "beauty," have a long association with funerals and death, and more recently are sometimes used in wedding bouquets). | |
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Child of the Storm: In the sequel, Harry gives Carol a Viscaria (slightly squashed after some time in his pocket) as part of his asking her to the Yule Ball, since, as he found on a little consultation with those older and wiser than him (and as he explains in a hurried and dorky gabble) that a Viscaria means "will you dance with me?" The answer is yes. Later, Hermione gets stuck inside Harry's mind for safekeeping (as her body is being possessed by an Eldritch Abomination) and notes that each 'door' to a significant part of his mind has an indicator of some form or another. In the case of his psychic connection to Carol, who he's been quietly not-so-platonically devoted to for a long time (and they're now an Official Couple), the door is littered with flower motifs: the aforementioned Viscaria, intertwined with flowering ivy (fidelity, affection, friendship, eternity) in an arch, adorned with three roses — red (true romantic love), yellow (caring, platonic love), and blue (mystery and impossibility in the West, perfectly fulfilled love in the East). Since Hermione does a lot of unnecessary background reading, she knows exactly what they mean and is fondly amused. A reviewer suggested that alternatively, the roses can represent the three women Harry is connected to: Carol is the red rose (true love and respect), Jean is the yellow rose (caring platonic love), and Maddie is the blue (mysterious and unique). Word of God has it that that was a complete accident, but remarkably fitting. It's also worth noting that ivy is tied to the myth of Tristan and Isolde, growing from their graves and intertwining no matter how often they were separated. It also symbolises marriage, and arches — particularly those decorated with flowers — are symbolically closely associated with marriage. Foreshadowing? Knowing the author, you can't rule it out... |
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The King Nobody Wanted: House Tyrell's rose sigil comes in for discussion across the Narrow Sea where the Dothraki khals are commenting on Westerosi sigils. They conclude that, while flowers are pretty and seemingly harmless, they can grow back from grievous damage and conceal thorns amidst their leaves, and that men who use them as their symbols must be men to be wary of. This is supported later in the story when Garth Tyrell tells another character how he deliberately cultivates a reputation as a harmless oaf to disguise his political acumen and talent with poisons. | |
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Conan the Barbarian: The black lotus and the gray lotus are often used in dark magic. | |
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In Dear Brother and The Rose of Versailles, there's plenty of roses motifs. To start, when Marie-Antoinette arrives in France, several roses appear◊ around her bejeweled ermine dress. | |
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The Brown Bunny: All of the women that Vincent Gallo's character meets in the film have the names of flowers. | |
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Circle of Magic: Justified, as one of the main characters is a plant mage. He even named himself after a flower. Briar Moss is a prickly character who hides his affection for his "sisters" behind barbed words. His knowledge of plants is useful when flowers hint at more than his magic though: when talking to the Empress of Namorn, she explains that her favorite plants include orchids — to which Briar admits he thinks of them as "parasites." The empress's liking for a plant that lives by killing others is a big clue to her character. | |
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Ice Fantasy: Lotuses pop up again and again. The Hidden Lotus is the main MacGuffin in the first season. In the second season the Blood Red Lotus is even more powerful. And Lian Ji's name means Lotus. | |
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Ace Attorney has the twin sisters Iris and Dahlia Hawthorne, whose English naming was partially a coincidence note Iris' name directly being translated from the Japanese Ayame, coincidentally fitting with her sister Dahlia whose name wasn't but fit their respective flower's meanings. The iris is symbolic of good tidings and hope, and while the dahlia is symbolic of elegance, red dahlias in specific signify dishonesty and betrayal instead, with the added bonus that cactus dahlias have the French nickname of 'Etoiles du Diable' i.e 'Stars of the Devil'. The symbol of Allebahst in Ace Attorney Investigations is the flower, a symbol of the country's natural beauty. And a flower is also on the hilt of the knife used to murder Manny Coachen. Alba smuggles it into the Theatrum Neutralis by hiding it in a bouquet of flowers. |
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The Hitman series and its protagonist, 47, have a stylized lily as their symbol. | |
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Pokémon Crossing: The three main characters are represented by flowers: Holly: Hollyhocks, fitting her ambitious personality. She names herself after the flower when she comes out as a girl. Kidd: Pansies, which symbolizes love for another. Kidd's the most romantic one of the group, and he gifts the other two flowers when asking them out. Tank: Camellias, which represent love and passion. He's the local Hoennian of the group (camellias are known as the Japanese rose), his mother's name is Camilla, and he's passionate about drawing art and training Grass-type Pokemon. |
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Mix Beer With Liquorand You Will Get Sicker: Corbin decides to give flower language a go, thinking that his love interest Lauchlan will appreciate such a gesture. Upon purchasing a floriography dictionary he is dismayed to learn that almost every flower he had planted in his garden means something nasty; Lavender for distrust, white cherry for deception, marigolds for cruelty, vulgarity, grief, and hatred amongst other unpleasant things, which is all sadly appropriate given his actions. The chapter titles themselves are named with victorian flower language, though the meanings are unclear due to the vague wording (convulvulus is named for instance, but not the colour or species, on which many disparate meanings depend). The description of the garden overall, and the discussions they have, also namedrop numerous Queer Flowers such as lavender, wild roses, and pansies, though as it's a victorian period setting, none have obtained their queer subtext quite yet. |
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American Beauty is, in fact, a variety of rose. | |
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The Hunger Games: Flowers are seen everywhere in Suzanne Collins' trilogy, both as actual plants and symbolic indicators. While in most instances the symbolism is played straight, meanings are occasionally inverted to create a more dramatic dissonance between the plant and its associated character: Buttercup: Primrose Everdeen named her cat after this flower due to the muddy yellow color of his coat. While buttercups are typically small and delicate, this cat is anything but; over the course of the series he proves himself unexpectedly tough and tends to communicate purely by hissing to anyone whom he distrusts. Dandelion: Although the association starts off as largely coincidental, Katniss Everdeen strongly connects these flowers with Peeta Mellark. They crop up numerous times in reference to her fellow tribute, and by the end she views both the flower and Peeta himself as symbols of hope and healing after all the trauma she's been through. This makes sense; as hardy weeds, dandelions can bloom even in harsh environments. Hawthorn: Gale's family bears the surname Hawthorne (possibly an allusion to the author), which is associated with May (Katniss's birth month), fertility, and matches Gale's thorny personality. Katniss: The heroine's name is taken from a plant with arrowhead-shaped leaves (alluding to her archery skills) and edible tubers. As a child, Katniss learned how to forage for food in the woods, including digging up these plants as a potato substitute. Posey: The namesake of Gale Hawthorne's younger sister, though the word can refer to both a specific type of flower or a bunch/bouquet of assorted flowers. Primrose: The namesake of Katniss' younger sister, who's described as fresh-faced and lovely as the flower itself. She's also the inciting incident for the whole series, as Katniss volunteers for the Games to protect her sister from being (in all likelihood) killed. Rose: President Snow's favorite and which he typically wears in his lapel. In Katniss' eyes, the typical symbolic meanings of love and beauty become completely inverted, due to the flowers' association with and frequent use by her enemy as a weapon against her. In the prequel novel The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, it's revealed that Snow's grandmother grew roses on the roof of their apartment building, and that his mother perfumed herself with rose-scented powder, so clearly roses run in the family. Rue: Katniss' ally in the arena of the 74th Hunger Games shares a name with a flower that grows near her home in District 12. Described as nearly identical to Primrose in height and stature, both girls are named after flowers, and Katniss comes to truly care for Rue, remembering her long after the 74th Hunger Games. |
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Blue Bayou: The lily. Parker gets a Fleur-de-lis tattoo, a symbol of Louisiana, and notes that lilies were her deceased mother's favorite flower. It is also (incorrectly) conflated with the water lily, an especially common flower in Parker's native Vietnam, and she notes it as a symbol of resilience. | |
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Edelweiss, the national flower of Switzerland, has some symbolism in the tail end of Crash Landing on You, as Switzerland is where Jeong-hyuk and Se-ri first met. In the finale, Jeong-hyuk leaves Se-ri edelweiss seeds and tells her they'll meet again where edelweiss blooms. | |
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In Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, an author's description of Nezuko's thoughts on Zenitsu, Gotouge Koyoharu has stated that Nezuko, in her childlike mind, innocently sees Zenitsu as a funny-looking dandelion flower; Zenitsu's supernatural blond hair, and the way it stylized, does pass said impression. | |
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Fruits Basket: In the 2019 anime's fourth ending, the twelve Zodiacs, Tohru, Kyo, and Akito are all given flower or plant imagery to represent some aspect of their character. Tohru Honda: Sunflowers, which does well to represent her positive demeanor (at least on the surface), and how she symbolizes hope and happiness for the Sohma family. Yuki Sohma: A white rose, symbolizing purity and silence. Kyo Sohma: Bamboo; the way the bamboo stalks frame him look almost like prison bars, symbolizing how Kyo is trapped by his own issues as well as his fate of being locked away after he graduates due to his status as the Cat. Shigure Sohma: The autumn maple leaf, symbolizing elegance, beauty, and grace...which he tries to have. Akito Sohma: Red camellias (benitsubaki), which are a symbol of love in the language of flowers. This is also the kind of flower Shigure gave her when she was little and he confessed his love. Kagura Sohma: Willow, which represents learning and growth, as shown how she goes through Character Development when Kyo turns her down for good. Momiji Sohma: Red and yellow chrysanthemums. The yellow symbolizes optimism and joy, but also neglected love. The red represents deep feelings of love. Hatori Sohma: Wisteria, symbolizing love and sensitivity. The fact there are many of them represents expanding consciousness. Hatsuharu Sohma: Pine trees, symbolizing a hopeful future. The rose in his hand also represents love (in his case, for Rin). Ayame Sohma: Irises, which have the ability to purify evil (which he tries to do for Yuki), and protecting oneself. It also alludes to his name, which is Japanese for "iris". Kisa Sohma: The Japanese plum blossom, symbolizing the end of a cold winter and the beginning of a warm spring. Hiro Sohma: Bush clovers, symbolizing melancholy and Unrequited Love. Ritsu Sohma: Rice, representing an offering in a time of celebration. Isuzu “Rin� Sohma: Peonies, symbolizing great rewards by taking great risks. They are also used as tattoos to represent a devil-may-care attitude. Kureno Sohma: Cherry blossoms, symbolizing the fleeting nature of life. |
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Ugly Americans: A borderline example. The hero is named Mark Lilly (a symbol of both innocence and death). He is an innocent who endangers his life daily by dealing with strange, often bloodthirsty creatures. He actually did die in the second episode, but obviously, he got better. | |
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Yu-Gi-Oh! 5Ds: Aki Izayoi uses a Rose Deck. She is mainly associated with the black rose and red rose. The black rose represents the dark side of her, as she's seen as a witch for the majority of her life. After making up with her family, the red rose becomes more prominent, representing her love for her family and her love for her friends. Her Black Rose Dragon represents both colors, being a black dragon with red rose petals as body parts, but it still attacks with black rose petals and black vines. | |
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The cover art of Amnesia: The Dark Descent depicts a single rose in a puddle on the basement floor. In-game, roses appear to symbolise memories; rose petals appear in the air whenever Daniel remembers something, and background details in the game imply that rose oil is one of the main ingredients of the potion that gave him amnesia in the first place. | |
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Appears in Lois & Clark: Clark gives Lois yellow roses, telling her "yellow is for friendship" (This after a villain had been using more romantic gifts as Trojanhorses for his crimes, and to make her miserable). Also, a running gag involves Lois' inability to keep the plant on her desk alive; and during Season 1, we saw Lex Luthor meticulously trimming a bonsai tree. | |
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In Fire Emblem: Three Houses, you can give students gifts in order to raise support points with them and giving them flowers is a quick way to do so since flowers are easy to obtain. Certain characters have favourite flowers that tie into a personal motif of theirs: Bernadetta states in a conversation with Byleth that she loves carnivorous plants, so her favourite is Pitcher Plants. Dorothea's flowers are roses, symbolic of beauty and love, which fits with Dorothea's goals to use her looks to find a potential spouse nicely. Petra's flower is the Sunflower, which represents loyalty and pride, tying into her loyalty to her homeland of Brigid. Hilda's favourite flower is Anemone, which can mean expectation and fragility, which is very fitting as Hilda tries to make herself seem weak so people won't expect anything of her. Constance likes Lily of the Valley, meaning "return to happiness", which is appropriate to her goal of restoring her fallen house. Lysithea's favourite flower has a very dark irony to it, as lilies are traditionally associated with death. |
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Hanayamata has loads of this, as befitting the title: The main characters each have a flower associated with them, though this was made much more obvious by the anime's promotional material. Naru's is a cherry blossom, Hana's is a bluestar, Yaya's is a red rose, Tami's is a lily, and Machi's is a sunflower. Official artistic stylization of the title "Hanayamata" has a flower in place of final stroke of "Ta" kana. Google spoof "Zooglu" (ep. 1 in the anime) has a flower around its lettered logo. Hana's recruitment posters for Yosakoi Club are adorned with simplistic flowers here and there. The school surroundings are lush with various flowers at their fullest bloom and sakura blooms at the shrine. After being coerced by Naru's cuteness to join the Yosakoi Club ("In name only!"), Yaya writes her name on the club application like an autograph, with a flower scribble at the end of final stroke. |
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Honoo no Alpen Rose, as the title says. The Alpine Rose is both the flower and a song that is among the lead female's few memories of her past. The first page of the manga nicely explains the symbolism. | |
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Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Tara finds a sprig under her pillow and smiles at what seems to be a romantic gesture from her fellow witch and lover Willow. But she later looks up the plant and finds it's called Lethe's Bramble, used in spells of forgetting and mind control. In Greek mythology, Lethe is the river of forgetfulness in Hades, and a bramble is known for its tangled, prickly stems. | |
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Fatal Frame: Maiden of Black Water: Shiragiku has a flower motif associated with her. Her journals have cherry blossoms on them and her black kimono is adorned with higanbana flowers. | |
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Beauty and the Beast: Almost all versions and retellings focus on roses, which are not only the flowers Beauty asks her father for that trigger his fateful meeting with the Beast but also a famous symbol of love. Two retellings that add extra layers of symbolism and meaning to this flower motif are Beastly, which emphasizes that white roses mean true love and has the Beast plant a flower called "Little Linda" in his greenhouse in honor of the Beauty's arrival, and Rose Daughter, which goes all-out on the rose motif by decorating every single thing in the Beast's castle with it and having Beauty's major motivation at the castle be reviving the Beast's near-dead rose garden. | |
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While it's not uncommon for the Pretty Cure series to have someone to take up a flower motif (for instance, Yes! Pretty Cure 5 GoGo! made use of roses to replace the butterfly motif of the original), HeartCatch Pretty Cure! took this motif and ran the entire nine yards. Main heroine Tsubomi Hanasaki's name literally translates to "blooming flower bud", her Cure name is Cure Blossom and she and her teammates must protect a certain person's Heart Flower, which is represented by various flower types, which Tsubomi expertly points out their meaning through the Language of Flowers. Heart Catch Pretty Cure has flower motifs for all of the main characters: Tsubomi (flower bud), Erika (the Erica flower), Istuki (flowering tree), and Yuri (Lily). Doubles as Floral Theme Naming. In Go! Princess Pretty Cure, this is Cure Flora's theme as all of her attacks are flower-based due to the fact that she is Princess of Flowers. Her civilian name, Haruka Haruno, also has the same motif as well because the "Haru" on both of her first and last names means spring in Japanese. |
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Total Drama Legacy: Violet is associated with, and named after, violets. Not only are violets associated with lesbians and romance between women, which fits with how Violet is the only Total Drama Legacy contestant to have two mothers, but the violet is also the state flower of New Jersey, where Violet is from. Emilia seems to be associated with roses, given that she has a rose in her hair and her racing helmet is decorated with roses and hearts in "Shut Up and Drive". This fits her well — not only because roses are associated with love, but also because of the phrase "every rose has its thorns", which fits her Silk Hiding Steel nature. |
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Coco: There are Aztec marigold petals covering the floor in Ernesto's tomb. They also form the bridge between the world of the living and the dead, and a petal is used to embody the blessing that can return a living person from the Land of the Dead. Truth in Television, since marigolds (known in Mexico as Cempazúchitl) are a symbol of Dia de Muertos in Mexican culture. Traditionally, a trail of marigold petals leading from the entrance of the house to the altar is used to guide the spirits of the deceased. | |
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In Dr. STONE, Gen is heavily associated with nightshade, which means "liar" in flower language. He proclaims it's his favorite plant. | |
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In Narcissu, the eponymous Narcissus (or daffodil) flower and its underlying myth serve as a tragic metaphor for the heroine, a terminally ill young woman. | |
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SHUFFLE! Nearly every character, including the men, are named after flowers. | |
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Guinevere from Merlin is closely associated with flowers, to the point where cast members make gags that Gwen is usually seen "arranging flowers". She takes bouquets to people, she wears them in her hair, and on one occasion, Arthur brings her a red rose. Perhaps mixed with color motives. She wears white flowers (for innocence) inside her hair when she decides to take care of it, and becomes an innocent victim later on the same episode. The flowers she carries to Morgana are purple, perhaps also symbolizing Morgana's royal origins (coincidentally, she ends up wearing purple much more often after discovering that she is a princess). |
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Kingdom Hearts: Kairi's Keyblade, Destiny's Embrace, uses one, and she's seen picking flowers as a child in Birth by Sleep — in fact, the flowers she gives Aqua unlock the Destiny's Embrace Keyblade for Aqua to use. This carries over to Kairi's abilities in III, where all three of her abilities as a party member are floral-themed. When Sora goes to look for pieces of her heart in Re:Mind, it's found as five petal-shaped pieces. Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories takes place in Castle Oblivion, a huge marble castle with a prominent flower motif in its decor. This has a double meaning, as one of the underlying themes of the series is love and devotion, but control over flowers also happens to be the power of the lord of the Castle and resident Big Bad, Marluxia. The Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories manga has Marluxia do this with roses, 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. |
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8 Women: The opening credits present the eight actresses with a certain flower that symbolized their characters. | |
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Although Psychedelica Of The Black Butterfly is mainly filled with Butterfly of Death and Rebirth symbolism, it also has this and each character has it as a pattern on their clothing. Karasuba is represented by (stylized) golden chrysanthemums, which mean slighted love and are a symbol of the Japanese empire itself. Yamato has irises, which mean good tidings and loyalty. Kagiha has two plants as his motif. The first one is that of white liles, symbolizing innocence and purity. These are also present at his 'orbituary' and at the end are laid upon the lake when the main characters mourn him. His second motif is that of the Four-Leaf Clover, which the game states means 'Promise', as he promised to marry the main character in a clover patch. Hikage's motif is red spider liles, which mean death, abandonement and lost memory. They are also heavily linked to the afterlife, guiding souls towards their final destiny. This is the most obvious Foreshadowing that he's the secret Big Bad, along with him being otherworldly in contrast to the others who are all human. |
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Heart of Steel: A relatively subtle one occurs when Alistair takes Julia to lunch in one of his greenhouses, they discover that A.I. Arthur has decorated their eating area with yellow tulips, for reasons that he declined to explain to Alistair. Yellow tulips indicate "hopelessly in love", accurately reflecting Alistair's infatuation with Julia. Later, their dinner is decorated with red roses, indicating that his crush has turned into real love. | |
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YuYu Hakusho: Kurama generally uses plants as his weapons, but he's mostly associated with roses and his Rose Whip. The rose may represent his love for his human mother and his overall beautiful appearance, and the anime gave him red hair to empathize his rose motif. | |
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The Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories manga has Marluxia do this with roses, naturally enough, since his power is over plants. | |
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OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes: It's all about roses. Raymond have rose motif. Radicles have rose background in "Rad Cries". |
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Kate & Leopold: The Duke of Albany teaches Kate's brother how to send a message to the woman he's interested in using Victorian florigraphy. | |
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Cinderjuice: Lydia gets a corsage from Beetlejuice. It includes deadly nightshade (which fits her love of dark and spooky things) and calla lilies (which symbolize "magnificence" and "beauty," have a long association with funerals and death, and more recently are sometimes used in wedding bouquets). In the sequel, The Bug Princess, part of Lydia's project involves photographing meaningful plants based on the language of flowers. These include a forsythia ("anticipation"), a larch ("audacity"), a black poplar ("courage"), a juniper ("protection"), and a green locust tree ("affection beyond the grave"), all of which are meaningful in regards to her and Beetlejuice's relationship. Especially since BJ is about to propose. |
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Dark Parables: Flowers, most notably roses and ivy, are a recurring theme in most installments of the parables. | |
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Also, Russia's subordinate Latvia shows his Yandere potential by attacking his best friend, Sealand, with a Lily of the Valley. It's never mentioned again. | |
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Concept art of the characters in Unlimited Saga depict them standing next to reliefs of various species of flowers, which ostensibly is some form of clue to their basic personality. | |
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