History Animation / GuardianFairyMichel

Kim White is a pilot, and the daughter of a famous scientist, Dr. White. She's constantly at arms with the Black Hammer Gang, a group of thieves with {{Giant Robot}}s who'll go after anything so long as it vaguely resembles treasure. She goes after them one night after they steal a precious gem, and, in the ensuing air battle, the two sides end up lost in a gigantic cloud formation known as the Devil's Coast. Strange, glowing lights pull Kim deep into the heart of the storm, and with a terrified tremble, she fears it may be over...

...But she wakes up in a place with a clear sky, unhurt, beneath an enormous tree. A mysterious young boy greets her, and explains that she's landed on the mystical Sitel Island, home of the Tree of Life that keeps the balance of nature in check. Kim befriends the boy, and learns that his name is Michel. He's friend to the fairies of nature that live on the island. And Kim would be having a lovely time getting to know them, if she hadn't accidentally led the Black Hammer Gang to the island with her. They love anything pretty, and the Tree of Life certainly counts. With their robots, they kidnap all of the fairies, causing the tree to wither--and, in the process, transform all of the fairies into monsters!

The tree is destroyed, but there is hope. The tree will regrow from its seed if all of the fairies can be rescued. The spirit of the tree gives Kim and Michel a special task: Rescue all of the fairies. Michel is the Guardian Fairy, and can use his fairy friends' powers once they've been rescued. Kim is given the Arrow of Light, which can revert monsters to their fairy forms. Together, they must save the fairies, stop the Black Hammer Gang, and restore the balance of nature!

* AllThatGlitters: Frequently serves as the {{Aesop}} to many episodes. The Black Hammers go hunting "treasures," as they assume all treasures are wealth-based. However, the "treasures" either end up being something they can't really spend ([[spoiler: like seeds that can grow in any soil]]), or non-material things such as the love of family or the beauty of a city.

* BittersweetEnding: The Black Hammers lost all the fairies they captured and the Tree of Life is saved...[[spoiler: but Michel dies in order to rejuvenate the tree. He will revive in the future. Also, Kim leaves the island.]]

* EnemyMine: [[spoiler: Episode 14, with both Salome and Michel kidnapped.]]

* MoodWhiplash: The trailer has pretty shots of the Tree of Life and talks about nature and a boy who protects it...then ''giant sci-fi robots''. And then back to the tree.

* XMeetsY: ''The Little Prince'' meets ''Pokemon''.

* AcePilot: Kim.

* AudienceSurrogate: Kim.

* DarkActionGirl: Lady Salome.

* GoldfishPoopGang: The Black Hammer Gang.

* GrumpyBear: Biam. ''"There's a black sheep in every family."''
* HeelFaceTurn[=/=]MistreatmentInducedBetrayal: [[spoiler: Biam]] in the finale.

* LeanAndMean: Boogy.

* MissionControl: Biam for the Black Hammers.
* MonsterOfTheWeek

* TwinkleInTheSky: Happens frequently to the Black Hammer Gang.
* VictimOfTheWeek

* FiveBadBand:
** BigBad: Lady Salome
** TheDragon: Boogy
** TheBrute: Woogy
** TheEvilGenius: Meggi
** TheDarkChick: Biam

* BatmanGambit: Salome often employs these; in episode 8 she attacks with a Wind Fairy--and steals Rena the Flower Fairy while they're busy, knowing that she can turn into a rare flower to gian treasure.

* ActionGirl: Kim White: Sharpshooter, killer pilot, friend to fairies everywhere.

* SpringIsLate: ...Because no one showed up to tell the winter fairy winter was over.

* BigBadassWolf: [[spoiler: Queen's true form.]]
* BittersweetEnding: The Black Hammers lost all the fairies they captured and the Tree of Life is saved...[[spoiler: but Michel dies in order to rejuvenate the tree]]. He will [[spoiler: be reborn later, though]]. Also, Kim leaves the island.

''Guardian Fairy Michel'' (or just ''{{Michel}}'' in English) is a 2006 [[KoreanAnimation Korean animated series]] for children. It was released in English by the former Creator/ADVFilms.

* BrainwashedAndCrazy: The fairies, once mosnterized.

* BrainwashedAndCrazy

* DressingAsTheEnemy

* KarmaHoudini: Salome stole Kim's father's inventions and the resulting explosion is implied to have ''killed'' him, but at the end of the series she still has Dr. White's floating castle and robots.

* PokemonSpeak: The only thing Poyo can say: "Old lady!"

''Guardian Fairy Michel'' (or just ''{{Michel}}'' in English) is a 2006 [[KoreanAnimation Korean animated series]] for children. It was released in English by the former ADVFilms.

* {{Namedar}}: The little girl who found the Winter fairy just happened to give her her real name: Queen.

* ShoutOut: Michel's character is based on ''Literature/TheLittlePrince'' by Creator/AntoineDeSaintExupery, and the rose fairy is based on the prince's rose companion. Kim being a pilot is a reference to the narrator of the book being a pilot.

* BittersweetEnding: The Black Hammers lost all the fairies they captured and the Tree of Life is saved...[[spoiler: but Michel dies in order to rejuvenate the tree]]. He will [[spoiler: be reborn later, though]].

* ShoutOut: Michel's character is based on ''Literature/TheLittlePrince'' by Creator/AntoineDeSaintExupery, and the rose fairy is based on the prince's rose companion.

* ShoutOut: Michel's character is based on TheLittlePrince by AntoineDeSaintExupery, and the rose fairy is based on the prince's rose companion.

* KarmaHoudini: Salome stole Kim's father's inventions and the resulting explosion is implied to have ''killed'' him, but at the end of the series she still has the floating castle and robots.