History Characters / HappinessChargePrettyCure

* TookALevelInBadass: The entire series is showcasing Hime's evolution from pathetic to awesome. Take her first appearance in episode 1 where Cure Fortune has to bail her out and take her appearance in episode 23 where ''she's'' the one pulling the BigDamnHeroes moment.

** Ako's inspiration as Cure was done after seeing her father being brainwashed by Noise, where she becomes the Masked Cure Muse to hide her true identity, believing she is forced to save everyone on her own. Hime becomes Cure Princess after the Phantom Empire attacked thanks to her screw-up, and her first reaction is to run away and gets defeated by a first Saiark.

** Despite their wildly differing natures, both of them went through a CharacterDevelopment that later shed their old personalities, thanks to their interactions with their fellow Cures.

* CainAndAbel: With Maria BrainwashedAndCrazy...

* ContrastingSequelMainCharacter: To Yuri Tsukikage/Cure Moonlight from ''Anime/HeartCatchPrettyCure'' and her immediate predecessor Makoto Kenzaki/Cure Sword from ''Anime/DokiDokiPrecure''. All three of them are the purple-haired, solitary and [[AloofAlly aloof members]] of their Cure team, are initially unwilling to help the Cures and had a personal baggage of their own.
** Albeit they have troubled pasts in common and refused to help the Cures initially, they are all vastly different to one another. Yuri is a BrokenBird who suffered from losing her fairy partner Cologne, leading to her being unable to transform as Moonlight, who not only realised that she lost her father Hideaki, aka Sabaaku, she realised that he was the fake BigBad and lost him ''twice''. Makoto is the former songstress of Trump Kingdom, who once served as the last of the previous generation of Pretty Cures, before the attack of the Jikochuu in the kingdom forced her and her fairy partner Dabi to escape, hoping she can find Marie-Ange again and reconnect through her voice by becoming an idol with DB (Dabi in disguise) as her manager, which in return made her a refugee on Earth. Meanwhile, Iona is a Pretty Cure who has an extreme grudge with Hime Shirayuki/Cure Princess due to freeing the Phantom Empire within the Axia box and lost her sister, Maria Hikawa/Cure Tender, after she was captured by Phantom and initially had bitterness towards teamwork.
** In terms of combat, they are wildly different to one another. Yuri heavily emphasises on close-quarters combat and barriers and Makoto uses range projectiles as her main form of attack. In contrast to the duo, Iona uses magical attacks and can transform into three forms just like the other [=HappinessCharge=] Cures.
** In terms of Yuri, both have a mentoring figure to them that served as the pivot to them being a Pretty Cure. Yuri has Kaoruko Hanasaki, the former Cure Flower, who spent the entirety of ''[=HeartCatch=]'s'' run being her mentor when she is a Cure. On the contrary, Iona's mentor, her sister Maria, was remotely [[ChekhovMIA absent]] for most of the show after she was captured by Phantom and brainwashed by Queen Mirage into becoming her servant.
** In terms of Makoto, both lost someone important to them and also had a double life. With Makoto, she had the pressures of her [[TripleShifter triple life]] as not only being an idol, but also working as the heroic Cure Sword and being a student all at once. Iona, on the other hand, rather than being pressured by her duties, instead puts pressure to herself on both to her school activities and as Cure Fortune. While Makoto permanently loses Marie-Ange after sacrificing herself to split her soul into two halves — Aguri (good half) and Regina (evil half) before becoming their own good selves, as well as Ai being the physical body of her after splitting her psyche — and [[KilledOffForReal it cannot be reversed at all]], Iona lost her sister Maria, aka Cure Tender, after she was defeated and captured by Phantom and was still alive before she was freed from her brainwashing by the Cures.

** Albeit they have troubled pasts in common and refused to help the Cures initially, they are all vastly different to one another. Yuri is a BrokenBird who suffered from losing her fairy partner Cologne, leading to her being unable to transform as Moonlight, who not only realised that she lost her father Hideaki, aka Sabaaku, she realised that he was the fake BigBad and lost him ''twice''. Makoto is the former songstress of Trump Kingdom, who once served as the last of the previous generation of Pretty Cures, before the attack of the Jikochuu in the kingdom forced her and her fairy partner Dabi to escape, hoping she can find Marie-Ange again and reconnect through her voice by becoming an idol with DB (Dabi in disguise) as her manager, which in return made her a refugee on Earth. Meanwhile, Iona is a Pretty Cure who has an extreme grudge with Hime Shirayuki/Cure Princess due to freeing the evils within the Axia box and lost her sister, Maria Hikawa/Cure Tender, after she was captured by Phantom.

** In terms of Yuri, both have a mentoring figure to them that served as the pivot to them being a Pretty Cure. Yuri has Kaoruko Hanasaki, the former Cure Blossom, who spent the entirety of ''[=HeartCatch=]'s'' run being her mentor when she is a Cure. On the contrary, Iona's mentor, her sister Maria, was remotely [[ChekhovMIA absent]] for most of the show after she was captured by Phantom and brainwashed by Queen Mirage into becoming her servant.

* ContrastingSequelMainCharacter: To Yuri Tsukikage/Cure Moonlight from ''Anime/HeartCatchPrettyCure''. Both of them are the purple-haired, solitary and [[AloofAlly aloof members]] of their Cure team, are initially unwilling to help the Cures and had a personal baggage of their own. Yuri is a BrokenBird who suffered from losing her fairy partner Cologne, leading to her being unable to transform as Moonlight who refused to help the new Cures. Iona is a solitary Cure who has an extreme grudge with Hime Shirayuki/Cure Princess due to freeing the evils within the Axia box and lost her sister, Cure Tender, after she was captured by Phantom. Yuri is a second-year high school student and a veteran Pretty Cure who is a BadassNormal, while Iona is a second-year middle school student and is a much more fresh-faced Pretty Cure than Yuri though that also doesn't stop her to be a BadassNormal just like her.

* ContrastingSequelMainCharacter: To Yuri Tsukikage/Cure Moonlight from ''Anime/HeartCatchPrettyCure''. Both of them are the purple-haired, solitary and [[AloofAlly aloof members]] of their Cure team, are initially unwilling to help the Cures and had a personal baggage of their own. Yuri is a BrokenBird who suffered from losing her fairy partner Cologne, leading to her being unable to transform as Moonlight who refused to help the new Cures. Iona is a solitary Cure who has an extreme grudge with Hime Shirayuki/Cure Princess due to freeing the evils within the Axia box and lost her sister, Cure Tender, after she was captured by Phantom. Yuri is a second-year high school student and a veteran Pretty Cure, while Iona is a second-year middle school student and is a much more fresh-faced Pretty Cure than Yuri. As Cures, Yuri is a BadassBookworm BarrierWarrior who aligns closely on the defensive, while Iona is a badass martial artist who can beat up two Saiarks by herself.

** In terms of Dune, they have an extreme hatred for humanity which is rooted in their troubled past, who both wanted to wipe them out. Dune [[FreudianExcuse suffered at the hands of his abusive father]], the [[PredecessorVillain previous Desert King]], and became an unwanted child before killing him after making a DealWithTheDevil to become the new Desert King. Red is the [[CainAndAbel Cain]] to his younger brother Blue, where he becomes a CynicismCatalyst whose anger stemmed from his failed creation, his planet Red, and became driven with envy towards his younger brother who saw his world being alive and well. Dune is an ageless, CuteIsEvil young child throughout his appearance before his transformation. Red is a cynical-looking God who goes under his persona, Deep Mirror, which is a literal mirror with a red-coloured PsychoticSmirk. Dune mostly uses magical powers as one of his attacks against the Cures, while Red fights using [[GoodOldFisticuffs his bare fists in a hand-to-hand combat]] against them despite being a literal God.
** With Noise, both him and Red have a brainwashed minion who served as the fake BigBad (Red to Mirage and Noise to Mephisto) and have an unrelenting vicious hatred for one particular thing. In Noise's case, he loathes music due to him being the embodiment of sadness and wants to turn all of Major Land and even other worlds to stone to cause sound to cease from existing at all. Red loathes the planet Blue, his namesake brother and everything associated with it after life on his own planet, Red, was rendered destroyed and driven to extinction, while planet Blue was thriving, driving him to his hatred, before planning to wipe it out of existence. Both brainwash their minions through ThePowerOfHate, but while Noise brainwashes them by using their jealousy and envy, Red brainwashes anyone who is associated to Blue.

** Siren is a MusicalAssassin who fights by herself against the Cures with the Negatones. Queen Mirage is an OrcusOnHerThrone who heavily relies on her army of Saiarks and even the Cures she corrupted to do her dirty work.

** Both were the BrainwashedAndCrazy minions to the BigBad who took advantage of their jealousy, as well as {{Fallen Hero}}es for that matter. Siren became Mephisto's minion (who was also controlled by the real BigBad Noise) and her second-in-command after she grew jealous over Hummy who was chosen to sing the Melody of Happiness; leading to Mephisto using her insecurities and jealousy through the Noise of Evil. Queen Mirage, on the other hand, was a [[{{Miko}} shrine maiden]] in Pikarigaoka and a former Pretty Cure, 300 years ago, where she suffered from [[AllLoveIsUnrequited unrequited feelings from Blue]], leading to the real BigBad Red using her jealousy to brainwash her into serving as the Phantom Kingdom's PuppetQueen.

** In terms of Dune, they have an extreme hatred for humanity which is rooted in their troubled past, who both wanted to wipe them out. Dune [[FreudianExcuse suffered at the hands of his abusive father]], the [[PredecessorVillain previous Desert King]], and became an unwanted child before killing him after making a DealWithTheDevil to become the new Desert King. Red is the [[CainAndAbel Cain]] to his younger brother Blue, where he becomes a CynicismCatalyst whose anger stemmed from his failed creation, his planet Red, and became driven with envy towards his younger brother who saw his world being alive and well. Dune is of an ageless, CuteIsEvil young child throughout his appearance before his transformation. Red is a cynical-looking God who goes under his persona, Deep Mirror, which is a literal mirror with a red-coloured PsychoticSmirk. Dune mostly uses magical powers as one of his attacks against the Cures, while Red fights using [[GoodOldFisticuffs his bare fists in a hand-to-hand combat]] against them despite being a literal God.

* ContrastingSequelAntagonist: To Dune of ''Anime/HeartCatchPrecure'' and Noise of ''Anime/SuitePrettyCure''. All three of them are villains who brainwashed at least a minion to serve under them and are mostly hidden until their reveal in the last few episodes.

** In terms of Dune, they have an extreme hatred for humanity which is rooted in their troubled past, who both wanted to wipe them out. Dune [[FreudianExcuse suffered at the hands of his abusive father]], the [[PredecessorVillain previous Desert King]], and became an unwanted child before killing him after making a DealWithTheDevil to become the new Desert King. is the [[CainAndAbel Cain]] to his younger brother Blue, where he becomes a CynicismCatalyst whose anger stemmed from his failed creation, his planet Red, and became driven with envy towards his younger brother who saw his world being alive and well. Dune is of an ageless, CuteIsEvil young child throughout his appearance before his transformation. Red is a cynical-looking God who goes under his persona, Deep Mirror, which is a literal mirror with a red-coloured PsychoticSmirk. Dune mostly uses magical powers as one of his attacks against the Cures, while Red fights using [[GoodOldFisticuffs his bare fists in a hand-to-hand combat]] against them despite being a literal God.

** In terms of Dune, they have an extreme hatred for humanity which is rooted in their troubled past, who both wanted to wipe them out. Dune [[FreudianExcuse suffered at the hands of his abusive father]], the [[PredecessorVillain previous Desert King]], and became an unwanted child before killing him after making a DealWithTheDevil to become the new Desert King. is the [[CainAndAbel Cain]] to his younger brother Blue, where he becomes a CynicismCatalyst whose anger stemmed from his failed creation, his planet Red, and became driven with envy towards his younger brother who saw his world being alive and well. Dune is of an ageless, CuteIsEvil young child throughout his appearance before his transformation. Red is cynical-looking God who goes under his persona, Deep Mirror, which is a literal mirror with a red-coloured PsychoticSmirk. Dune mostly uses magical powers as one of his attacks against the Cures, while Red fights using [[GoodOldFisticuffs his bare fists in a hand-to-hand combat]] against them despite being a literal God.
** With Noise, both him and Red have a brainwashed minion who served as the fake BigBad (Red to Mirage and Noise to Mephisto) and have an unrelenting vicious hatred for one particular thing. In Noise's case, he loathes music due to him being the embodiment of sadness and wants to turn all of Major Land and even other worlds to stone to cause sound to cease from existing at all. Red loathes the planet Blue, his namesake brother and everything associated with it after life on his own planet, Red, was rendered destroyed and driven to extinction, while planet Blue was thriving, driving him to utter jealousy and hatred, before planning to wipe it out of existence.

** In terms of Dune, they have an extreme hatred for humanity which is rooted in their troubled past, who both wanted to wipe them out. Dune [[FreudianExcuse suffered at the hands of his abusive father]], the [[PredecessorVillain previous Desert King]], and became an unwanted child before killing him after making a DealWithTheDevil to become the new Desert King. is the [[CainAndAbel Cain]] to his younger brother Blue, where he becomes a CynicismCatalyst whose anger stemmed from his failed creation, his planet Red, and became DrivenWithEnvy towards his younger brother who saw his world being alive and well. Dune is of an ageless, CuteIsEvil young child throughout his appearance before his transformation. Red is cynical-looking God who goes under his persona, Deep Mirror, which is a literal mirror with a red-coloured PsychoticSmirk. Dune mostly uses magical powers as one of his attacks against the Cures, while Red fights using [[GoodOldFisticuffs his bare fists in a hand-to-hand combat]] against them despite being a literal God.

%%* ContrastingSequelAntagonist: To Dune of ''Anime/HeartCatchPrecure'' and Noise of ''Anime/SuitePrettyCure'' who are the ones
%%* In terms of Dune, both are {{Omnicidal Maniac}}s who wanted to destroy the universe for their own nefarious purposes and brainwash.

** While Siren is a MusicalAssassin who fights by herself against the Cures with the Negatones, Queen Mirage is an OrcusOnHerThrone who heavily relies on her army of Saiarks and even the Cures she corrupted to do her dirty work.

* ActionGirl: Probably has some of the most awesome attacks in the entire franchise. EyeBeams? Check. Rocket Punch? Check. A sword? Check.

* PinkHeroine: She's the leading Precure heroine and it's staple in the franchise, her theme color is pink.

* ActionFashionista: Though she's not quite there yet.

* CoolCrown: She gets one after she transforms.

* GirlishPigtails: Her default hairstyle as Cure Princess. Also sports braided twintails in her Macadamia Hula Dance form. She would also don pigtails during sports activities
* GratuitousEnglish: Often slips into this.

* LargeHam: When she gets excited about something.

* RoyalBrat: Between her generally spoiled attitude and her tenuous grasp of reality, she comes off as this. At the same time...

* {{Ballet}}: Her form "Super Happiness Lovely" from the movie fits this trope.

* {{Expy}}: Of Mazinger Z, of all things. Virtually all of her Cure form's attacks are taken from the iconic giant robot (including EyeBeams, a RocketPunch, and a chest laser fired from her ribbon), although she does also have its big brother Great Mazinger's sword.

* GenkiGirl: As per tradition.
* GirlishPigtails: In her Lollipop Hip Hop form.

%%** MagicMusic: ''Lollipop Hip Hop''.

* PinkHeroine: She's the leading Precure heroine and it's staple in the franchise, her theme is pink.

* {{Ballet}}: What did you expect from an alternate form called "Sherbet Ballet"?

* FingerGun: Does this during her InTheNameOfTheMoon speech.
** ChekhovsGun: In which she uses said blast to blow away a Saiark in episode 23.

* MsImagination: Hime often lets her creative mind overshadow actual logic and reality, which hinders her a lot and causes funny drama. However, it also gives her new ideas and strategies for fighting the Saiarks.

* ComicallySerious: Best shown in episode 24, where she genuinely tried to hone her skills with her Fortune Tambourine...by running around with an ordinary tambourine.

* {{Deuteragonist}}: To Hime's hero.

* NotSoAboveItAll: It's subtle, but in episode 24 she's just a bit too interested in practicing [[SuperSentaiStance dramatic superhero poses]]. And her training camp ends up looking more like a game of pretend.
** She also gets embarrassed whenever someone's love life is mentioned.

* PhysicalGod[=/=]NatureSpirit: The Japanese word ''kami'' can refer to either.

** [[spoiler: Episode 25 reveals that he's not as celibate as he seems, though...]]

* {{Expy}}: She is basically the adult version of [[Anime/YesPrettyCure5 Mika Masuko]].

* RoyalBrat[=/=]EvilIsPetty: She generally comes off like this. She gives big nihilistic speech, but her daily behavior is that of a spoiled kid.

** YouDontLookLikeYou: The silhouette has a diferent design in episode #29. [[spoiler: As it turns out, Red has two outfits, so it could just be a costume change.]]

* {{Ballet}}: She's a classically trained dancer. [[spoiler:However, in the real world, whatever aspirations she may have had were crushed when she lost the use of her legs.]]

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Hime's secret is that [[spoiler:she was the one to open the Axia Box, thus freeing the Phantom Kingdom from their imprisonment]].

* BerserkButton: In episode 26 [[spoiler: beating up [[LoveInterests Seiji]]]]. An angry Hime is scarily competent!

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* MayDecemberRomance: His feelings towards Megumi.

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Late in the series, Queen Mirage brainwashes Cure Tender to be her servant. However, she is purified by Happiness Charge Precure and returns to normal.

* BrainwashedAndCrazy: In episodes 37-38.

* ChekhovMIA: For Iona.

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* BigBad: As queen of the Phantom Empire, she is the one calling the shots on her forces causing havoc on Earth. [[spoiler: Except that she's not.]]
** DiscOneFinalBoss: [[spoiler: Due to Red being the ''true'' villain.]]

* ElegantGothicLolita: Her costume.

* FallenHero: Or rather "Fallen Pretty Cure", due to being corrupted by Deep Mirror and turns into the evil Queen Mirage after Blue left her after her mission as a Cure is done.

* MagicalGirl: She used to be a Precure known as Cure Mirage. [[spoiler: However, she becomes this once again during the final battle against Red.]]

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* {{Greed}}: The only thing she thinks of is herself.

* NoblewomansLaugh[=/=]EvilLaugh: How she laughs.

** ParasolOfPain: It can also shoot chocolate syrup at her enemies. No, really.
* PinkMeansFeminine: Her dress is light pink.

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* ShoutOut: Their shades and scarfs make them look like a Franchise/KamenRider

* EmotionEater[=/=]HopeCrusher: He is empowered by despair.

* YouAreWhoYouEat: [[spoiler: An interesting variation, as he absorbs Cure Lovely's shadow to transform into [[EvilKnockoff an evil sadistic version of her.]]]]

* DegradedBoss: They look like smaller, mass produced versions of the Saiarks

* MeaningfulName: Their names roughly translate to "kinda bad" due to them being small versions of the Saikars.

* {{Bishonen}}: A effiminate and good looking man.

* PeekABangs: His right eye is covered by his hair.