History Anime / KiraKiraPrecureALaMode

** a third one happens in the ending theme for the All Stars Memories movie, Cure Chocolat is standing right next to Cure Etoile, Get it?, because Cure Chocolat's theme song is actually called Chocolat Etoile.

* LighterAndSofter: [[Anime/GoPrincessPrettyCure Compared to the]] [[Anime/MahoGirlsPrecure previous two Precures]], this season starts more like this, forgoing the high-stakes EpicFantasy feel and focusing more on SliceOfLife with cooking desserts and fairy thieves who steal their kirakiraru for the first 11 episodes until the first real villain shows up in Episode 12. However, this doesn't stop the series from having

%%* WrongGenreSavvy: Ichika in Episode 2 assumes that, as the legendary patisserie Pretty Cure, she can make sweets appear out of thin air before Pekorin explains that she still has to make the sweets herself. Creating things with magic was the theme of the [[Anime/MahoGirlsPrettyCure previous season]].

* ActorAllusion: Akira's voice actress, Nanako Mori, was an ''otokoyaku'' ("male role") actress in {{Takarazuka}} musicals from 2005 to 2008. Along with Akira/Cure Chocolat looking [[{{Bifauxnen}} very boyish]], the staircase Cure Chocolat stands on at the end of her TransformationSequence is a reference to the ''ookaidan'' ("grand staircase") that has been a trademark of Takarazuka theatre since 1927.

* GagSub: [[https://www4.9anime.is/watch/kirakiraprecure-a-la-mode-movie-paritto-omoide-no-mille-feuille.38qr/k1np54 One fansub]] for TheMovie can get pretty ridiculous at times, though not quite to the extent of the ''[[Anime/PrettyCureAllStars Dream Stars!]]'' "Bad sub", though there is overlap between the two groups that worked on them. Some of the translations are {{Dub Name Change}}s and {{Woolseyism}}s as if it were the script for a hypothetical English dub of the movie (e.g. using Glitter Force instead of Pretty Cure, renaming Ichika Usami to Anthea Bunny, and translating the "Whip, Step, Jump, & Shine!" line in the opening theme song as "Whip, skip, jump, shine, and we'll all be fine!"). Other liberties taken are definitely not stuff one would see in an actual adaptation, like changing the CatchPhrase of John-Bedros (Jean-Pierre) from "Trés bien! (x4)" to "To urinate! To defecate! To chlorinate! To suffocate!"[[note]]A ShoutOut to a ToiletHumour joke in the 2007 Singaporean movie ''Just Follow Law''[[/note]] and making a "deez nuts" pun.

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!''Kirakira☆[=PreCure=] A La Mode'' contains examples of:

* ByThePowerOfGrayskull: "Cure A La Mode Decoration!"

* GratuitousFrench: The "A La Mode" in the title and [[ByThePowerOfGrayskull transformation phrase]]; it literally means "in fashion", but in other countries (particularly the US), it means "served with ice cream", which is fitting for a series focused on sweets. Three of the Cures' names (Macaron, Chocolat and Parfait) are also French words. And we're not gonna get into Ciel Kirahoshi: Not only does she hail from Paris and her name mean "sky" in French, but she constantly greets everyone in French. "Bonjour!"

* MidSeasonUpgrade: Episode 11 introduces the Candy Rod which the Cures can perform a group finisher, “Three 2 Wonderful A La Mode”.

** Episode 40, the new Animal Sweet, [[spoiler:Sweets Castle]] is introduced which gives the Cures [[spoiler:[[SuperMode A La Mode Styles]]]]. It also gives an upgraded version of FinishingMove, Precure [[spoiler:Fantastic Animale]].

* ShoutOut: The entire series seems to pay homage to ''Manga/TokyoMewMew''.[[note]]The ending theme for the Anime is called ''Koi Wa A La Mode'', as well![[/note]] However, based on an early look at weaponry, the series also looks like a tribute to ''Anime/OjamajoDoremi''. The sweet shop idea might also be inspired by ''Doremi'''s third season, ''Motto''.

''Kirakira☆[=PreCure=] A La Mode'' is the fourteenth entry and twelfth separate continuity in the ''Franchise/PrettyCure'' franchise. It began airing on February 5, 2017.

* FiveBadBand: Noir and his four generals serve as the antagonists of this series, with the twist of not all of them being active at once. Julio is introduced first and is the EvilGenius. He's the first villain to discover kirakiraru within people and manipulates the Cures and the Kirakiraru Thieves as part of his experiments in order to create more kirakiraru and deliver it to Noir. Bibury is the DarkChick, [[ManipulativeBastard she enjoys toying and trolling with the Cures]], treats her ally Julio (and took his idea of stealing kirakiraru during her run as an ArcVillain) and even minor characters with disdain and disrespect, and is purely motivated by her love for Noir. Grave is TheBrute, physically the biggest and powerful of the four generals, but not too bright as uses straight forward tactics with his personal mook squad. Elysio is TheDragon, Noir's personal emissionary and is above the other three generals in status.

** a third one happens in the ending them for the All Stars Memories movie, Cure Chocolat is standing right next to Cure Etoile, Get it?, because Cure Chocolat's theme song is actually called Chocolat Etoile.

** [[Anime/HugttoPrettyCure Cure Yell]] has a similar cameo in the last episode of this season, where she helps the Cures and fairies [[Spoiler: fight Chourou's berserk body]] after initially visiting the Kirakira Patisserie in her civilian identity along with Hugtan.

* DistantFinale: [[spoiler:The last episode's final segment flashes forward a few years, [[WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue showing the heroines as adults]]. Ichika travels the world spreading happiness around with her sweets, Pikario and Ciel share a bakery, Pekorin still helps out around the Kirakira Patisserie, Aoi becomes an accomplished musician, Himari is a food scientist, Akira goes into medical training, and Yukari does a little wandering of her own alone.]]
* DullEyesOfUnhappiness: A significant instance where every character sans Pekorin and Chourou gets hit with this as a result of [[spoiler: Erisio using the power of Noir and Lumiere to rob the world of their emotions.]]

** [[Anime/HugttoPrettyCure Cure Yell]] does the same in the last episode of this season, along with Hugtan.

* FiveBadBand: Noir and his four generals serve as the antagonists of this series, with the twist of not all of them being active at once. Julio is introduced first and is the EvilGenius. He's the first villain to discover kirakiraru within people and manipulates the Cures and the Kirakiraru Thieves as part of his experiments in order to create more kirakiraru and deliver it to Noir. Bibury is the DarkChick, [[ManipulativeBastard she enjoys toying and trolling with the Cures]], treats her ally Julio (and took his idea of stealing kirakiraru during her run as an ArcVillain) and even minor characters with disdain and disrespect, and is purely motivated by her love for Noir. Grave is TheBrute, physically the biggest and powerful of the four generals, but not too bright as uses straight forward tactics with his personal mook squad. Erisio is TheDragon, Noir's personal emissionary and is above the other three generals in status.

* HideYourLesbians: The relationship between Yukari and Akira is about as subtle as a brick to the face.

* LighterAndSofter: [[Anime/GoPrincessPrettyCure Compared to the]] [[Anime/MahoGirlsPrecure previous two Precures]], this season starts more like this, forgoing the high-stakes EpicFantasy feel and focusing more on SliceOfLife with cooking desserts and fairy thieves who steal their kirakiraru for the first 11 episodes until the first real villain shows up in Episode 12.

** Akira Kenjou: Akira means "daybreak" and "bright", Kenjou has no obvious reference to a dog, but when combined with her first name, 'Akira-ken' may be a pun on 'Akita-ken', the Japanese breed of the Akita dog.

** Episode 32 introduces Kirakirau Creamers for all six Cures who can perform another group finisher, “Precure Animal Go Round” which requires the Crystal Animals.

** [[Anime/HeartcatchPrettyCure Once again,]] the main Precure falls in love with a {{Bifauxnen}} Precure thinking they're a boy at first. Bonus points for Akira meaning "Daybreak", in reference to Cure Sunshine.

* UnwittingPawn: The Kirakirau Thieves and Bibury were all victims to Julio and Noir's manipulations.

* GagSub: [[https://www4.9anime.is/watch/kirakiraprecure-a-la-mode-movie-paritto-omoide-no-mille-feuille.38qr/k1np54 One fansub]] for TheMovie can get pretty ridiculous at times, though not quite to the extent of the ''[[Anime/PrettyCureAllStars Dream Stars!]]'' "Bad sub". Some of the translations are {{Dub Name Change}}s and {{Woolseyism}}s as if it were the script for a hypothetical English dub of the movie (e.g. using Glitter Force instead of Pretty Cure, renaming Ichika Usami to Anthea Bunny, and translating the "Whip, Step, Jump, & Shine!" line in the opening theme song as "Whip, skip, jump, shine, and we'll all be fine!"). Other liberties taken are definitely not stuff one would see in an actual adaptation, like changing the CatchPhrase of John-Bedros (Jean-Pierre) from "Trés bien! (x4)" to "To urinate! To defecate! To chlorinate! To suffocate!"[[note]]A ShoutOut to a ToiletHumour joke in the 2007 Singaporean movie ''Just Follow Law''[[/note]] and making a "deez nuts" pun.

* GagSub: [[https://www4.9anime.is/watch/kirakiraprecure-a-la-mode-movie-paritto-omoide-no-mille-feuille.38qr/k1np54 One fansub]] for TheMovie can get pretty ridiculous at times, though not quite to the extent of the ''[[Anime/PrettyCureAllStars Dream Stars!]]'' "Bad sub". Some of the translations are {{Dub Name Change}}s and {{Woolseyism}}s as if it were the script for a hypothetical English dub of the movie (e.g. using Glitter Force instead of Pretty Cure, renaming Ichika Usami to Anthea Bunny, and translating the "Whip, Step, Jump, & Shine!" line in the opening theme song as "Whip, skip, jump, shine, and we'll all be fine!"). Other liberties taken are definitely not stuff one would see in an actual adaptation, like changing the CatchPhrase of John-Bedros (Jean-Pierre) from "Trés bien! (x4)" to "To urinate! To defecate! To chlorinate! To suffocate!" and making a "deez nuts" pun.

* FrenchJerk: Madame Solaine, Ciel's former manager from Paris, is a JerkWithAHeartOfGold example. She feels that Ciel's talents are being wasted in a small Japanese town, and constantly talks about how much better Paris is than Ichigozaka. She also looks down on the Kirakira Patisserie for being low-class. However, in a possible reference to WesternAnimation/{{Ratatouille}}, she changes her mind after Ciel's "hamster pumpkin pudding" impresses her to the point of giving her a childhood flashback.

* GagSub: [[https://www4.9anime.is/watch/kirakiraprecure-a-la-mode-movie-paritto-omoide-no-mille-feuille.38qr/k1np54 One fansub]] for TheMovie can get pretty ridiculous at times, though not quite to the extent of the ''[[Anime/PrettyCureAllStars Dream Stars!]]'' "Bad sub". Some of the translations are {{Dub Name Change}}s and {{Woolseyism}}s as if it were the script for a hypothetical English dub of the movie (e.g. using Glitter Force instead of Pretty Cure, renaming Ichika Usami to Anthea Bunny, and translating the "Whip, Step, Jump, & Shine!" line in the opening theme song as "Whip, skip, jump, shine, and we'll all be fine). Other liberties taken are definitely not stuff one would see in an actual adaptation, like changing the CatchPhrase of John-Bedros (Jean-Pierre) from "Trés bien! (x4)" to "To urinate! To defecate! To chlorinate! To suffocate!" and making a "deez nuts" pun.

* GagSub: [[https://www4.9anime.is/watch/kirakiraprecure-a-la-mode-movie-paritto-omoide-no-mille-feuille.38qr/k1np54 One fansub]] for TheMovie can get pretty ridiculous at times, though not quite to the extent of the ''Dream Stars!'' "Bad sub".
* GildedCage: Aoi's house life. She lives in a huge mansion and has numerous staff to cater to her whims, but it is made clear she isn't comfortable. She has to act in a style contrary to her {{Tomboy}} nature and has to dress like a princess more often than not. In fact, when the other Cures made it to her mansion and rang the doorbell, the first thing she did was scream "HELP ME!" and open the gates.

** Cure Parfait, based off a pegasus, has the [[PowerOfFlight ability to fly]].

* DistantFinale: [[spoiler:The last episode's final segment flashes forward a few years, [[WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue showing the heroines as adults]]. Ichika travels the world spreading happiness around with her sweets, Pikario and Ciel share a bakery, Pekorin still helps out around the Kirakira Patisserie, Aoi becomes an accomplished musician, Himawari is a food scientist, Akira goes into medical training, and Yukari does a little wandering of her own alone.]]

** The Kira Kira team is featured in a collaboration with ''Music/{{Vocaloid}}''! This is because Yukari's [[Creator/SakiFujita voice actress]] is also the voice of Hatsune Miku.

* GratuitousFrench: The "A La Mode" in the title and [[ByThePowerOfGrayskull transformation phrase]]; it literally means "in fashion", but in other countries (particularly the US), it means "served with ice cream", which is fitting for a series focused on sweets. Three of the Cures' names (Macaron, Chocolat and Parfait) are also French words.

* AndKnowingIsHalfTheBattle: The first six episodes end with a cooking segment where viewers are taught how to make the dessert shown in that day's episode. For example, [[https://youtu.be/_--1vQWA3kk here's the one for the strawberry shortcake from the first episode.]] Accordingly, the recipes are published on [[http://www.toei-anim.co.jp/tv/precure/recipe/ the show's official website.]]

* TheCameo: Just like last year, [[spoiler:Hana Nono/Cure Yell and Hug-tan of ''Anime/HugttoPrettyCure'' drop in in the last episode.]]

** Rather than the ''Anime/PrettyCureAllStars'' movie this year, these girls' movie debut is in ''Pretty Cure Dream Stars!'', which crosses over with only the teams from the two immediate [[Anime/GoPrincessPrettyCure prior]] [[Anime/MahoGirlsPrecure seasons]].

* DistantFinale: [[spoiler:The last episode flashes forward a few years, showing the heroines as adults. It also does its traditional SpinoffSendoff here, with the heroine of ''Hugtto'' buying cakes from Kirakira Patisserie during this time.]]