History Anime / PrettyCure

** Out of the main Cures, [[Anime/FutariWaPrettyCure Nagisa and Hikari]], [[Anime/FutariWaPrettyCureSplashStar Saki]], [[Anime/YesPrettyCure5 Rin]], [[Anime/FreshPrettyCure Miki]], [[Anime/HeartcatchPrettyCure Tsubomi and Yuri (her case is very odd)]], [[Anime/SuitePrettyCure Kanade]], [[Anime/SmilePrettyCure Akane and Nao]], [[Anime/GoPrincessPrettyCure Haruka]], [[Anime/KiraKiraPrecureALaMode Akira]], [[Anime/HugttoPrettyCure Hana]], and [[Anime/StarTwinklePrettyCure Elena]] all have younger siblings.
** [[Anime/HeartcatchPrettyCure Cure Moonlight]], [[Anime/DokiDokiPrecure Cure Ace]], and [[Anime/KiraKiraPrecureALaMode Cure Macaron and Chocolat]] and [[Anime/TropicalRougePrettyCure Cure Flamingo]] count for their teammates in spirit rather than actually being related.

* '''''[[Anime/KibouNoChikaraOtonaPrettyCure23 Kibou no Chikara ~Otona Pretty Cure '23~]]''''' a spinoff of ''Anime/YesPrettyCure5'', ''Yes! Pretty Cure 5 [=GoGo=]!'', and ''Anime/FutariWaPrettyCureSplashStar'' with both teams as adults.

* '''''Kibou no Chikara ~Otona Pretty Cure '23~''''' a spinoff of ''Anime/YesPrettyCure5'', ''Yes! Pretty Cure 5 [=GoGo=]!'', and ''Anime/FutariWaPrettyCureSplashStar'' with both teams as adults.

* WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue: Starting with ''Go! Princess'', the last or next-to-last episode of each season features a timeskip with older versions of the Pretty Cure team. The only series that make an exception to this formula (for now) are ''Healin' Good'' and ''Tropical-Rouge''.

** Yellow: [[Anime/FutariWaPrettyCure Shiny Luminous]] [note]]She's classed as yellow even though her outfit is predominantly pink.[[/note]], [[Anime/YesPrettyCure5 Cure Lemonade]], [[Anime/FreshPrettyCure Cure Pine]], [[Anime/HeartcatchPrettyCure Cure Sunshine]], [[Anime/SuitePrettyCure Cure Muse]], [[Anime/SmilePrettyCure Cure Peace]], [[Anime/DokiDokiPrettyCure Cure Rosetta]], [[Anime/HappinessChargePrettyCure Cure Honey]], [[Anime/GoPrincessPrettyCure Cure Twinkle]], [[Anime/KiraKiraPrecureALaMode Cure Custard]], [[Anime/HugttoPrettyCure Cure Etoile]], [[Anime/StarTwinklePrettyCure Cure Soleil]], [[Anime/HealinGoodPrettyCure Cure Sparkle]], [[Anime/TropicalRougePrettyCure Cure Papaya]], [[Anime/DeliciousPartyPrettyCure Cure Yum-Yum]]

** Yellow: [[Anime/FutariWaPrettyCure Shiny Luminous]], [[Anime/YesPrettyCure5 Cure Lemonade]], [[Anime/FreshPrettyCure Cure Pine]], [[Anime/HeartcatchPrettyCure Cure Sunshine]], [[Anime/SuitePrettyCure Cure Muse]], [[Anime/SmilePrettyCure Cure Peace]], [[Anime/DokiDokiPrettyCure Cure Rosetta]], [[Anime/HappinessChargePrettyCure Cure Honey]], [[Anime/GoPrincessPrettyCure Cure Twinkle]], [[Anime/KiraKiraPrecureALaMode Cure Custard]], [[Anime/HugttoPrettyCure Cure Etoile]], [[Anime/StarTwinklePrettyCure Cure Soleil]], [[Anime/HealinGoodPrettyCure Cure Sparkle]], [[Anime/TropicalRougePrettyCure Cure Papaya]], [[Anime/DeliciousPartyPrettyCure Cure Yum-Yum]]

* '''''Kibou no Chikara ~Otona Pretty Cure '23~''''' a spinoff of ''Anime/YesPrettyCure5'' and ''Yes! Pretty Cure 5 [=GoGo=]!'' with the team as adults.

Creator/SabanBrands attempted to do what they did for both ''Franchise/{{Digimon}}'' and the ''Franchise/PowerRangers'' (Super Sentai) and licensed the franchise for the west in late 2015, first dubbing ''Smile'' and rebranding it as ''Glitter Force'', with the show being released on Netflix as a "Netflix Original" (except in selected territories) in 2016. They would later dub ''[=DokiDoki=]!'' the next year and release it as ''Glitter Force Doki-Doki!''. However, Saban Brands eventually sold their assets to Creator/{{Hasbro}} and shut down, with the franchise's international rights returning to Toei Animation, who has no interest in continuing the ''Glitter Force'' brand. Website/{{Crunchyroll}} now hosts officially subbed versions of ''Futari wa'', ''Kira Kira'', ''Healin' Good'', ''Tropical-Rouge!'', ''Delicious Party'', and ''Hirogaru Sky!'' as part of their lineup, thus bringing the franchise Stateside proper, simulcasting the series starting with ''Healin' Good''.

The IP's PunBasedTitle has no in-universe significance but is simply very similar to the name for instant photo booths (purikura/print-clubs). This joke is only really referenced in the original season's opening credits, and one of the mascots therein [[AccidentalMisnaming being unable to pronounce the team name correctly]].

* '''''Dancing Star Pretty Cure:''''' a live-action stage show centering around the first [[SpearCounterpart all-male]] team of Cures.

* '''''Dancing Star Pretty Cure:''' a live-action stage show centering around the first [[SpearCounterpart all-male]] team of Cures.

* BareMidriffsAreFeminine: Happened several times, with the following Cures that bared their midriffs: [[Anime/FutariWaPrettyCure Cure Black]] (covered in ''Max Heart''), [[Anime/YesPrettyCure5 Cure Dream]] (covered in ''[=GO!GO!=]''), [[Anime/FreshPrettyCure Cure Berry]], [[Anime/HeartcatchPrettyCure Cure Sunshine]], [[Anime/SuitePrettyCure Cure Melody]], [[Anime/GoPrincessPrettyCure Cure Mermaid]], [[Anime/MahoGirlsPrecure Cure Miracle and Cure Magical]] (while using the sapphire power up), [[Anime/HugttoPrettyCure Cure Yell]], [[Anime/TropicalRougePrettyCure Cure Summer, Cure Flamingo, Cure La Mer]] and [[Anime/HirogaruSkyPrettyCure Cure Butterfly]].

* ''[[Anime/MahoGirlsPrecure Maho Girls Pretty Cure]]'' (2016-2017)
* ''[[Anime/KiraKiraPrecureALaMode Kirakira☆Pretty Cure a la Mode]]'' (2017-2018)

Creator/SabanBrands attempted to do what they did for both ''Franchise/{{Digimon}}'' and the ''Franchise/PowerRangers'' (Super Sentai) and licensed the franchise for the west in late 2015, first dubbing ''Smile'' and rebranding it as ''Glitter Force'', with the show being released on Netflix as a "Netflix Original" (except in selected territories) in 2016. They would later dub ''[=DokiDoki=]!'' the next year and release it as ''Glitter Force Doki-Doki!''. However, Saban Brands eventually sold their assets to Creator/{{Hasbro}} and shut down, with the franchise's international rights returning to Toei Animation, who has no interest in continuing the ''Glitter Force'' brand. Website/{{Crunchyroll}} now hosts officially subbed versions of ''Futari wa'', ''Kira Kira'', ''Healin' Good'', ''Tropical-Rouge!'', and ''Delicious Party'' as part of their lineup, thus bringing the franchise Stateside proper, simulcasting the series starting with ''Healin' Good''.

* SpiritualSuccessor: The franchise on the whole appears to be this to the MagicalGirl entries of ''Franchise/ToeiFushigiComedySeries'', ''Franchise/SailorMoon'', and most apparently ''Anime/OjamajoDoremi'' (''Heartcatch'' has the same character designer as ''Ojamajo''). It may also be one to ''Manga/DragonBall'', especially the first few seasons.

** ''[[Anime/KiboNoChikaraOtonaPrettyCure23 Power of Hope ~Adult Pretty Cure 23~]]'' (2023)

** ''"Maho Girls Pretty Cure 2"'' (2024)

** ''"Maho Girls Pretty Cure 2"'' (2023)

* BareYourMidriff: Happened several times, with the following Cures that bared their midriffs: [[Anime/FutariWaPrettyCure Cure Black]] (covered in ''Max Heart''), [[Anime/YesPrettyCure5 Cure Dream]] (covered in ''[=GO!GO!=]''), [[Anime/FreshPrettyCure Cure Berry]], [[Anime/HeartcatchPrettyCure Cure Sunshine]], [[Anime/SuitePrettyCure Cure Melody]], [[Anime/GoPrincessPrettyCure Cure Mermaid]], [[Anime/MahoGirlsPrecure Cure Miracle and Cure Magical]] (while using the sapphire power up), [[Anime/HugttoPrettyCure Cure Yell]], [[Anime/TropicalRougePrettyCure Cure Summer, Cure Flamingo, Cure La Mer]] and [[Anime/HirogaruSkyPrettyCure Cure Butterfly]].

* BatonPass: Starting with Happiness Charge, it became a tradition to see the next season's lead cure in the final episode of the current one.

The franchise is also known as ''[[PortmanteauSeriesNickname PreCure]]''. While this is technically a more accurate transliteration of the title logo (which reads "purikyua") and appears in [=URLs=] and such, said logo (as well as much of the truly astonishing amount of [[MerchandiseDriven merchandise]]) also explicitly spells out the title as "PRETTY CURE"… at least until ''Anime/HeartcatchPrettyCure'' and subsequent series, which say "PRECURE" instead. The pronunciations ''purikyua'' and ''puritii kyua'' are used interchangeably both in theme songs ([[Anime/YesPrettyCure5 "1, 2, 3, 4, Purikyua 5! Puritii, kyu, kyu, kyu, kyua…"]]) and in-universe (including one odd instance of a character hearing the name for the first time as ''purikyua'' and immediately questioning "Puritiikyua?"). There are two ways to deal with this: one is to directly translate, taking "Precure" as a commonly used short form and "Pretty Cure" as their less-used full title, and the other, used by both fansubs and the first season's official subs, is to use "Pretty Cure" for both. Website/TVTropes does the latter [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial for reasons completely unrelated to "Pretty Cure" making a good]] WikiWord.

* TheBigGuy: [[Anime/YesPrettyCure5 Cure Mint]], [[Anime/FreshPrettyCure Cure Berry]] (who was TheLancer before Cure Passion joined), [[Anime/HeartcatchPrettyCure Cure Sunshine]], [[Anime/SuitePrettyCure Cure Beat]] (also TheSmartGuy), [[Anime/SmilePrettyCure Cure March]], [[Anime/DokiDokiPrecure Cure Ace]], [[Anime/HappinessChargePrettyCure Cure Fortune]] (also TheSmartGuy), [[Anime/KiraKiraPrecureALaMode Cure Gelato]], [[Anime/HugttoPrettyCure Cure Etoile]] (she is the Pretty Cure of Strength, after all) and [[Anime/StarTwinklePrettyCure Cure Soleil]].