History Main / FriendToBugs

*** More recently, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2Ltv9fjVe4 "Best Pet Win"]] ladybugs, crickets, and wasps were among the many spcies of pet Fluttershy recommended for Rainbow Dash; who actually considered adopting the wasp.

** In the toys, many ponies are accompanied by animal friends, some of whom are bugs.
* Nadine in ''HeyArnold'' is a big fan of bugs. This leads to conflict in the episode "[[FeudEpisode Best Friends]]" when she and her [[TheFasionista fashion-conscious]] [[TomboyAndGirlyGirl best friend]] [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Rhonda]] can't agree on a topic for a school project. (They eventually go with [[TakeAThirdOption insect-themed fashion]].)

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* ''MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' has Fluttershy referring to a parasprite as [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dI99doQiClE "the cutest thing ever."]] The rest of the main characters seem to also find parasprites endearing as well, to a lesser extent, though to be fair, parasprites are drawn in a cutesy style that makes them look quite unlike real bugs.

* The title character of ''NausicaaOfTheValleyOfTheWind'' is a friend to the giant forest insects that everyone else dreads.

** She rewards you for the first bug by giving you the Adult's Wallet, which allows you to carry up to 500 rupees. For every bug after that, she bestows you with 50 rupees as, "compensation for your efforts" and 100 for each matched pair.

[[caption-width-right:324:Rarity just adores her cute Parasprite helpers.[[hottip:*:Although this is before they start [[ExplosiveBreeder reproducing like rabbits.]] [[VomitIndiscretionShot By vomiting.]] [[EyeScream In her eye.]]]]]]

* Nadine in ''HeyArnold'' is a big fan of bugs. This leads to conflict in the episode "[[FarewellMyFriend Best Friends]]" when she and her [[TheFasionista fashion-conscious]] [[TomboyAndGirlyGirl best friend]] [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Rhonda]] can't agree on a topic for a school project. (They eventually go with [[TakeAThirdOption insect-themed fashion]].)

* TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess has 10 year old [[ElegantGothicLolita Agitha]], the self appointed princess of the "Bug Kingdom". If the player chooses, Link can embark on a sidequest to find [[FetchQuest the 24 golden bugs for Agitha's ball]]. She squees over each one you bring to her and rewards you accordingly.

* HarvestMoon: Some characters love being shown bugs that you can pick up from the forest.
* Welkin Gunther, the protagonist of the first ValkyriaChronicles title, is an Animal Sociology student with the discovery of several insect species to his name.

* MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic has Fluttershy referring to a parasprite as [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dI99doQiClE "the cutest thing ever."]] The rest of the main characters seem to also find parasprites endearing as well, to a lesser extent, though to be fair, parasprites are drawn in a cutesy style that makes them look quite unlike real bugs.

[[caption-width-right:324:Rarity just adores her cute Parasprite helpers.[[hottip:*:Although this is before they start [[ExplosiveBreeder reproducing like rabbits]]. [[VomitIndiscretionShot By vomiting]]. [[EyeScream In her eye.]]]]]]

* Nadine in ''HeyArnold'' is a big fan of bugs. This leads to conflict in the episode "[[FarewellMyFriend Best Friends]]" when she and her [[TomboyAndGirlyGirl fashion-conscious best friend]] Rhonda can't agree on a topic for a school project. (They eventually go with [[TakeAThirdOption insect-themed fashion]].)

* Feudal Japanese Imperial bureaucrat [[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fujiwara_no_Munesuke.jpg Fujiwara Munesuke]] was noted as having been very interested in insects. Indeed, he may have been the real life inspiration for ''The Lady who Loved Insects'' example mentioned earlier.

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[[caption-width-right:343:[[UglyCute Aww, whosa precious cockroach]]?]]

* MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic has Fluttershy referring to a parasprite as [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dI99doQiClE "the cutest thing ever."]] The rest of the main characters seem to also find parasprites endearing, though to be fair parasprites are drawn in a cutesy style that makes them look quite unlike real bugs.

* MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic has Fluttershy referring to a parasprite as [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dI99doQiClE "the cutest thing ever."]] The rest of the main characters seem to also find parasprites endearing, though to be fair they are drawn in a cutesy style that makes them look quite unlike real bugs.

* MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic has Fluttershy referring to a parasprite as [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dI99doQiClE "the cutest thing ever."]] Twilight Sparkle and Celestia also seem to find parasprites endearing as well.
** Fluttershy has also shown a fondness for bees and, of course, butterflies.

Not to be confused with BeetleMania, as this speficially implies that he or she finds bugs endearing instead of merely finding them interesting.

* Lampshaded in OuranHighSchoolHostClub, when Haruhi tosses away a centipede that was freaking everyone out. Tamaki asks her if she's some kind of "kind-hearted bug loving girl."

* The Naruto example is a family of ninja's who have bugs living in their bodies and use them as weapons, its a partnership where the bugs have a secure home in exchange for letting the ninja's control them.

* In ''{{WORKING}}'', Souta loves everything small, including bugs. He compares a bug getting squashed to murdering Popura. She's unsure if she should feel praised or insulted by that.