Golden Flowers

Golden Flowers are a type of flower that is a recurring symbol in Undertale.
== Description ==
Golden Flowers have corollas with five to six yellow petals. They grow on individual stems and appear to grow in patches as well. Golden Flowers originated from the Surface, and can easily adapt to new environments, such as the Garbage Dump. Their sticky seeds helped them to be brought to and spread throughout the Underground. They can be used to make tea.
== Main Story ==
Golden Flowers can be seen throughout the game, mainly in the Ruins, the Garbage Dump, and New Home. They are first seen when the protagonist falls on them at the beginning of the game. Toriel tends to the flowerbed at the beginning of the Ruins during her routinely visits and, if spared, she can be found doing so after her battle.
In Waterfall, another patch of Golden Flowers cushions the protagonist's fall after Undyne destroys the bridge above the Garbage Dump. While they are unconscious, they receive a memory of Asriel finding and speaking to the first human.
A prominent Golden Flower is Flowey. In the True Lab, Alphys experimented by injecting determination into many vessels, Golden Flowers being one of them. Alphys considered the vessels to be a failure. After the monsters that were injected with determination woke up, Alphys sent the Golden Flower vessel back to Asgore, who most likely replanted it in his garden. Once the monsters began to melt together, Alphys rushed to find the vessel only to find that it had disappeared. The vessel, which was filled with determination, absorbed Asriel's essence from his dust in the flowerbed and became sentient. This is implied to be Flowey, as Flowey mentions how he woke up as a flower in the same garden where that flower grew.
In a Neutral Route, monsters narrate the story of the first human and Asriel that occurred before the start of Undertale. A trio of Vegetoids state that the first human's last wish was to see the flowers from their village; these flowers are implied to have been Golden Flowers. A trio of Woshuas describe Asriel carrying the first human to a bed of Golden Flowers.
During the epilogue of the True Pacifist Route, Asriel can be found at the flowerbed where the protagonist fell. Upon first interaction, he gives a similar response as Toriel.
== Gallery ==
 Golden Flowers screenshot Garbage Dump.png | At the Garbage Dump
 True Lab location Golden Flowers.png | Table of Golden Flowers found in the True Lab
 New Home location Throne Room.png | Golden Flowers in the Throne Room
Flowers can also be seen in Asgore's Home (foyer, drawing in children bedroom, Asgore's bedroom, dining room) and Toriel's Home (places 4 and 5)
== Trivia ==
* While Golden Flowers visually resemble buttercups, they differ. In contrast to Golden Flowers:
** Buttercup flowers are already present in the Underground before the first human appeared, whereas Golden Flowers began blooming after Asriel returned from the Surface.
** Buttercup flowers are poisonous, which Asriel and the first human learn of after mistakenly adding buttercup flowers for a Butterscotch Pie.
* The flavor text for the Ruins's bed of Golden Flowers becomes available after encountering Flowey.
* Golden Flower tea is Asgore's favorite kind of tea.
** The bookshelf in the living room of Asgore's Home has a book on how to make tea, further implying that Asgore uses Golden Flowers to make tea.
* If the protagonist has befriended Papyrus or Undyne and uses their Cell Phone while in the Garbage Dump area with the Golden Flowers, they have different comments:
** Papyrus wonders if any of them talk, and for the protagonist to greet them for him. If called again, he states that the flowers are "OUR BEST FRIENDS!!"
** Undyne informs that the flowers had grown there one day, and believes that "they have a mind of their own." If called again, she disregards the idea.
* The drawing of a Golden Flower in both Asgore and Toriel's homes are similar. However, the flavor text is only available at Asgore's Home. Genocide Route's flavor text implies the first human drew them.
** The Undertale Kickstarter information headers have the paper being blank in Toriel's Home.
== See Also ==
* Flowey
* Echo Flowers
== References ==
de:Goldene Blumen
es:Golden Flowers
fr:‎Fleurs Dorées
ja:Golden Flower
pl:Złote Kwiaty
pt-br:Flores Douradas
ru:Золотые цветы
zh:金色花朵
Category:Ruins
Category:Waterfall
Category:New Home