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* In ''[[Sailor Moon]]'''s third season, a butterfly motif is heavily featured in the titular heroine's [[Transformation Sequence]] in "Crisis Make Up!" were she transition from Sailor Moon into Super Sailor Moon. This not just touches on this but also on the [[Butterfly of Death and Rebirth]], which is used elsewhere, as in {{Spoiler|using the Sailor Soldiers' power themselves instead of using the usual Holy Grail [[Transformation Trinket]], which was in the hands of the foes.}}

 

* In ''[[52]]'', the [[Famous Last Words]] of [[The Question|Vic Sage]] invokes butterfly symbolism. This was addressed to Renee and also foreshadows her transforming into the new Question.

 

* In ''[[The Silence of the Lambs]]'', Jame Gumb keeps butterflies and moths. Since they symbolizes his desire to change {{spoiler|into a woman}}.

* The ''[[Kung Fu Hustle]]'' hero gets wrapped in bandages similar to a cocoon, after he discards it, his Chi finally got unblocked and his destiny awaiting. While this was happening, the audience was treated briefly to a butterfly emerging from its cocoon imargy to drive the point home.

== Literature ==

* In ''[[Freckles]]'', by [[Gene Stratton Porter]], Freckles observes in wonder of how a Luna moth came out of the cocoon and feels frustrated at his lack of knowledge of the creature, though he knows it's not a butterfly. This made him to ponder, until it dawns on him that he could find his answers about things.

* The ''[[Animorphs (Literature)|Animorphs]]'' book ''The Departure'' heavily shows the theme of a caterpillar, which will later become a butterfly. It's when Cassie encounters a surprisingly sympathetic [[Puppeteer Parasite|yeerk]], one willing to give up her host body {{spoiler|if only Cassie is willing to spend the rest of her life as a Yeerk...Or as a caterpillar, which was the closest thing at hand.}} This and Cassie's realization that the world isn't as [[Black and White Morality|black and white]] as she thought, signifies change.{{spoiler|This also brings another fact that natural metamorphosis can somehow undo the [[Mode Lock]] of remaining more than two Earth hours, this is something Cassie willingly does to free herself of her host.}}

* In ''[[The Girl Who Chased The Moon]]'', by [[Sarah Addison Allen]], when Emily's wallpaper changes for the first time, it changes to butterflies, which appeared to be trapped and want to escape. She had just learned things about the town that makes it hard for her to stay. Neither her nor the butterflies manages to flee.

* ''[[Miraculous Ladybug]]'' has a literal example: [[Big Bad|Hawk Moth]] utilizes this to feed off of people's negative emotions in order to turn them into [[Monster of the Week|Akuma]].

 

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