History Anime / PrettyCure

* StrictlyFormula: Not just individual episodes, but the series themselves, something that became particularly jarring from [[FreshPrettyCure 2009]] to [[SuitePrettyCure 2011]], which always had a cheat code item appear at a late point to give the girls a new attack or set of cosutmes.

For individual series examples, go to their pages. Every single installment of this franchise provides examples of:

* HairDecorations: In fact, the only Cure in the franchise to have completely unadorned hair in Pretty Cure form is [[FutariWaPrettyCure Cure Black]] (though she does wear a cute little heart bead when she plays lacrosse).

* MagicSkirt: Most of the time; the Cures without these skirts are wearing [[ModestyShorts Magic Bike Shorts]] underneath.

* ModestyShorts: Pretty much everyone except for FreshPrettyCure wears these.

* PinkMeansFeminine

* RedHeadedHeroine: Also one per continuity: [[FutariWaPrettyCure Nagisa/Cure Black]], [[FutariWaPrettyCureSplashStar Saki/Cure Bloom]] [[spoiler:and Michiru]], [[YesPrecure5 Rin/Cure Rouge]], [[FreshPrettyCure Inori/Cure Pine]], [[HeartcatchPrettyCure Tsubomi/Cure Blossom]], and [[SuitePrettyCure Hibiki/Cure Melody]]. Of course, the level of redness depends on the viewer.

'''SuitePrettyCure''', the latest Pretty Cure series, brings the WonderTwinPowers back again with TomboyAndGirlyGirl Hibiki Houjou and Kanade Minamino as Cure Melody and Cure Rhythm (respectively). The two fight against the villains of Minor Land, who seek to sing the Melody of Sorrow and plunge the world into despair. Helping them out is [[SixthRanger Third Ranger]] Cure Beat, a mysterious [[MaskPower masked]] AloofAlly called Cure Muse, and a ridiculous LensmanArmsRace of {{Mid Season Upgrade}}s.

'''Anime/SmilePrettyCure''' has been recently announced for Spring of 2012. It will feature another team of five and has a fairy tale theme.

* LesYay: [[HoYay/PrettyCure Has its own page.]]

* ActionGirl: All of them, save for [[StatusBuff support fighter]] Hikari/Shiny Luminous. You wouldn't expect a magical girl franchise to be so full of movement and fighting.

* ActionGirl: All of them. You wouldn't expect a magical girl franchise to be so full of movement and fighting.

* CashCowFranchise: From 2004 to 2010 (at the time of writing), the series has earned ToeiAnimation excesses of 10 billion yen annually, with the only [[DemotedToExtra exception]] [[FutariWaPrettyCureSplashStar being 2006]].

* EveryGirlIsCuterWithHairDecs: In fact, the only Cure in the franchise to have completely unadorned hair in Pretty Cure form is [[FutariWaPrettyCure Cure Black]] (though she does wear a cute little heart bead when she plays lacrosse).

'''SmilePrettyCure''' has been recently announced for Spring of 2012. It will feature another team of five and appears to have a fairy tale/happiness theme.

'''SmilePrettyCure''' has been recently announced for 2012. It will feature another team of five and appears to have a fairy tale/happiness theme.

'''SmilePrettyCure''' has been recently announced for 2012. It will feature another team of five and appears to have a fairy tale/emotion theme.

'''SmilePrettyCure''' has been recently announced for 2012. If the leaked pictures are any indication, it will feature five Cures and a gemstone/angel thematic.

'''SmilePrecure''' has been announced for 2012.

* GratuitousEnglish: Every [[IAmHeroHearMeRoar Cure name]], every [[ByThePowerofGreySkull transformation phrase]] and every [[FinishingMove finishing move]].

'''[[Anime/SuitePrettyCure Suite Pretty Cure ♪]]''', the latest Pretty Cure series, brings the WonderTwinPowers back again with TomboyAndGirlyGirl Hibiki Houjou and Kanade Minamino as Cure Melody and Cure Rhythm (respectively). The two fight against the villains of Minor Land, who seek to sing the Melody of Sorrow and plunge the world into despair. Helping them out is [[SixthRanger Third Ranger]] Cure Beat, a mysterious [[MaskPower masked]] AloofAlly called Cure Muse, and a ridiculous LensmanArmsRace of {{Mid Season Upgrade}}s.

'''SuitePrettyCure''', the latest Pretty Cure series, brings the WonderTwinPowers back again with TomboyAndGirlyGirl Hibiki Houjou and Kanade Minamino as Cure Melody and Cure Rhythm (respectively). The two fight against the villains of Minor Land, who seek to sing the Melody of Sorrow and plunge the world into despair. Helping them out is [[SixthRanger Third Ranger]] Cure Beat, a mysterious [[MaskPower masked]] AloofAlly called Cure Muse, and a ridiculous LensmanArmsRace of {{Mid Season Upgrade}}s.

'''Anime/SuitePrettyCure''', the latest Pretty Cure series, brings the WonderTwinPowers back again with TomboyAndGirlyGirl Hibiki Houjou and Kanade Minamino as Cure Melody and Cure Rhythm (respectively). The two fight against the villains of Minor Land, who seek to sing the Melody of Sorrow and plunge the world into despair. Helping them out is [[SixthRanger Third Ranger]] Cure Beat, a mysterious [[MaskPower masked]] AloofAlly called Cure Muse, and a ridiculous LensmanArmsRace of {{Mid Season Upgrade}}s.

'''SuitePrettyCure''', the latest Pretty Cure series, brings the WonderTwinPowers back again with TomboyAndGirlyGirl Hibiki Houjou and Kanade Minamino as Cure Melody and Cure Rhythm (respectively). The two fight against the villains of Minor Land, who seek to sing the Melody of Sorrow and plunge the world into despair. Helping them out is [[SixthRanger Third Ranger]] Cure Beat, a mysterious [[MaskPower masked]] AloofAlly called Cure Muse, and a ridiculous LensmanArmsRace of {{Mid Season Upgrade}}s.

'''HeartcatchPrettyCure''' focuses on flower-loving introvert Tsubomi Hanasaki and fashion-loving GenkiGirl Erika Kurumi, who transform into Cure Blossom and Cure Marine (respectively) to fight the evil Desertrians and their quest to steal the "Heart Flowers" of innocent people and turn the world into a desert. Highlights include character designs by ''OjamajoDoremi'' illustrator Yoshihiko Umakoshi, and a heart-wrenching series-long subplot about a [[BrokenBird fallen Pretty Cure]] called Cure Moonlight.

The sixth series, '''FreshPrettyCure''', switches to the adventures of Love Momozono (Cure Peach) and her two friends (Cure Berry and Cure Pine) as they fight against the sinister agents of Labyrinth over a mysterious MacGuffin called Infinity. There's plenty of [[DancingTheme dancing]], {{Mid Season Upgrade}}s that arrive [[SoLastSeason way too early]] and a pretty epic [[CharacterDevelopment character arc]] that results in the birth of the [[SixthRanger fourth Pretty Cure]], Cure Passion.

'''[[YesPrettyCure5 Yes! Pretty Cure 5]]''' caused an uproar by throwing out many of the traditional ''PrettyCure'' tropes in favour of a far more derivative MagicalGirl show with a {{Sailor Moon}}-esque team of five equals. IdiotHero Nozomi Yumehara (Cure Dream) and her four team-mates have to [[GottaCatchThemAll catch fifty-five fairy critters]] with their [[MerchandiseDriven extremely cool and affordable watches]] before the evil Nightmare Corporation does. ''Yes!'' did start one new trend for the franchise: [[TitleDrop including the phrase "Pretty Cure"]] in every [[CallingYourAttacks attack name]] and [[ByThePowerOfGrayskull transformation phrase]].

The first series was '''FutariWaPrettyCure''' (''"The Two of Us Are Pretty Cure"''), a show where a RedOniBlueOni duo of Japanese schoolgirls- Nagisa Misumi and Honoka Yukishiro- are forced to work together to fight the invading inhabitants of the Dusk Zone, retrieve [[MineralMacGuffin all seven Prism Stones]] and free the Queen of Light. As Cure Black and Cure White respectively, they set the standard for many of the show's recurring tropes. The show is also notable for its {{Seinen}} elements, including an abundance of [[GoodOldFisticuffs action-packed physical combat]] (directed by the guy who did ''DragonballZ''!) and blatant [[RomanticTwoGirlFriendship yuri]] subtext between Nagisa and Honoka.

'''[[FutariWaPrettyCureSplashStar Futari Wa Pretty Cure Splash*Star]]''' is the first to be set in an AlternateContinuity. At first the show was an awkward {{Expy}} of the original series, with [[{{Expy}} not-Nagisa]] Saki Hyuuga (Cure Bloom) and [[{{Expy}} non-Honoka]] Mai Mishou (Cure Egret) fighting to free the seven World Fountains from the control of the evil Dark Fall. In addition, MoralGuardians had forced many of the {{Seinen}} elements unique to ''Pretty Cure'' to be downsized, resulting in battles that focused less on hard-hitting fisticuffs and more on [[KiAttacks non-contact magical attacks]]. However, once past that initial awkward phase the series [[GrowingTheBeard grew into its own identity]], adding two {{Dark Magical Girl}}s as rivals and establishing Saki and Mai as their own characters.

'''FutariWaPrettyCureSplashStar''' is the first to be set in an AlternateContinuity. At first the show was an awkward {{Expy}} of the original series, with [[{{Expy}} not-Nagisa]] Saki Hyuuga (Cure Bloom) and [[{{Expy}} non-Honoka]] Mai Mishou (Cure Egret) fighting to free the seven World Fountains from the control of the evil Dark Fall. In addition, MoralGuardians had forced many of the {{Seinen}} elements unique to ''Pretty Cure'' to be downsized, resulting in battles that focused less on hard-hitting fisticuffs and more on [[KiAttacks non-contact magical attacks]]. However, once past that initial awkward phase the series [[GrowingTheBeard grew into its own identity]], adding two {{Dark Magical Girl}}s as rivals and establishing Saki and Mai as their own characters.