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The Rose is an animated fantasy supernatural streaming television series created by Garrett Fredrickson for Netflix. The series focuses on Stanley Devinport, a third year high school student who discovers a mysterious rose while walking home one day. The rose connects him with a ghostly man named Ripley, and Stanley becomes destined to fight a series of mysterious evil spirits that have begun to show up in town.

Initially conceived in 2013. The project was announced in 2015 as a co-production between LIVE Entertainment, Lerche, Myriad Pictures, Miramax Television and Netflix. It was the third television series that Garrett Fredrickson had created after The Forbidden Man and The Story of Quincy. It stars an ensemble cast including Adam Wylie, Eric Bogosian, Scott Menville, Ashley Boettcher, Bryce Papenbrook, Tom Kane, David Lodge, John DiMaggio and Kevin Michael Richardson.

The first season of the show debuted on Netflix on October 13, 2017 and was renewed for a second season in November of that year. The second season premiered on October 19, 2018. A third season was greenlit by Netflix and released on November 8, 2019. A fourth season was greenlit the same day and was planned for release in October 2020, however, it was delayed to March 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Season four will be the first season to be co-distributed by Paramount Television Studios following ViacomCBS's purchase of a 49% stake in Miramax.

Premise
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Main Characters

 * Stanley Devinport (voiced by Adam Wylie) - The main protagonist of the series. After discovering the mysterious rose, he becomes what Ripley calls "The Chosen One", a person destined to fight mysterious evil spirits that show up in town. Though being fearless and good-hearted, he is not well respected by most students at his school, with some exceptions, and at first very insecure and naive about his quest, but eventually he starts to become more comfortable in his position as a chosen one.
 * Ripley (voiced by Eric Bogosian) - An older looking ghostly man who becomes Stanley's mentor once he discovers the rose. He acts like a well mannered gentleman, yet can get easily troubled when he senses one of the spirits around. Unless he transfers his spirit into the rose, Stanley is the only one who is able to hear him talking, as he is invisible to everyone else.
 * Walter Berkshire (voiced by Scott Menville) - Stanley's best friend and the first person he shares the secret of the rose with. He acts quite loyal to Stanley yet often questions him about his role as a chosen one.
 * Jenna Paisley (voiced by Ashley Boettcher) - Stanley's female friend from school, who initially often got annoyed at him for how much time he spends committing to his own duties rather than spending time with his friends, however, she becomes more forgiving of this when she learns of his mission. It is implied she may have feelings for Stanley, which is picked up by some other students aside from Prince, but she denies these assumptions.
 * Prince I. Belvidere (voiced by Bryce Papenbrook) - Introduced in episode five, Prince was initially referred to by Stanley and the others as just "The Kid" due to his small lithe stature and mysterious and solitary attitude, though he was shown to be good friends with Jenna. The following episode, Prince introduces himself to Stanley as he gives him his jacket to wear in the snowy weather, and it is revealed that despite his shy nature, he is actually a very intellegent and caring person. His knowledge on mythical spirits made him decide to overcome his shyness and try and help Stanley with his mission to protect humanity from the mysterious spirits.
 * Ben Sebastian (voiced by Tom Kane) - Another student that is good friends with Stanley. He is more of a geek compared to the other characters and doesn't show a strong belief that the spirits summoning on earth are truly spirits but rather as some sort of scientific phenomenon.

Antagonists

 * Occultan (voiced by David Lodge) - The overarching main antagonist of the series. He is an evil, sinister, and power-hungry demon-like ghost who uses other spirits to try and kill off humanity so he can take control of the earth.
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 * Burke and Darrell (voiced by Rob Rackstraw and Kirk Thornton) - A pair of bullies who try to antagonize Stanley as they consider him both a nerd and a daydreamer as well as Prince for his stature.
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Minor Characters

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Production
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Audience viewership
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Critical response
The review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes reported that 77% of critics gave the first season of the show a positive review based on 30 reviews, with an average rating of 6.75/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "While it's potential may not be fully realized, The Rose offers striking visuals and strong thought-provoking characters that are often come to be expected from a Garrett Fredrickson production." Metacritic, which assigns a rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, reported that there were "generally favorable reviews" for the first season, with an weighted average score of 68 based on 5 reviews.

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Home media releases
The first season of the show was released on DVD by Lionsgate Home Entertainment (the home video rightsholder for the Miramax catalog) on November 13, 2018 and the second season of the show followed on December 10, 2019. Paramount Home Entertainment rereleased the first two seasons of the show and released the third season on DVD on September 22, 2020.