History Series / BalalaTheFairies

If you want to see China's version of the MagicalGirl genre, then you have ''Balala the Fairies'' (Simplified Chinese. 巴啦啦小魔仙). Being a Live-action show, which is common in China and not so for the genre, it‘s much like their form of ''Anime/PrettyCure''.

Outside of the human world, there is a magical world where human fairies are capable of using magic, ruled by the powerful Fairy Queen. However, there's also the presence of dark magic, which is forbidden from study or use. Luna, a fairy imprisoned for such research, escapes from her cell and steals a PowerCrystal unguarded from the queen's throne room. Despite predicting such an incident would happen, the queen tries the fairy guardian of the stone Xiao Lan (Shirley/Sally in English) who was absent from her duties at the time. As punishment, she is sealed within a magical box and sent to the human world, not able to return until the stone is returned and Luna captured.

The magical box falls into the hands of two sisters, the underachiever Mei Qi/Maggie and the TeenGenius Mei Xue/Michelle, after it scares the owner of the shop where it was found. Xiao Lan emerges from the box and tells them of her mission, disguised as a babysitter so she can train the girls to become magic users themselves. But they encounter Lili, a jealous classmate who rivals the sisters and becomes the pupil of the BigBad in her campaign to cause havoc.

Currently has five seasons with four of them animated. The first animated series featuring a fourth main character, Xiao Qian. The live-action show consists of 52 episodes.

A series of films were also released, starting their release in January 2013.

!! Tropes include:

* BanOnMagic: Most specifically the dark kind in the fantasy world.
* BigBad: Luna and Evil Goddess Gunala in the first season.
%%* CallingYourAttacks
* ChefOfIron: As long as Xiao Lan uses her magic, she can cook up some very good recipes.
* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: After Lili was reformed the Fairy Queen has set her up as a new member of the fairies, but she isn't seen or heard from again in the other series.
* ColonyDrop: An attempt in the film.
* TheDragon: Lili in the first season.
* {{Expy}}: Xiao Lan's LoveInterest Prince Youle has parallels to [[Anime/SailorMoon Tuxedo Mask]], fit with a CoolMask and taking the bullet every now and then to her dismay.
%%* EvilFormerFriend: Luna to Xiao Lan.
* TheHighQueen: The Fairy Queen.
* JumpedAtTheCall: The sisters are frightened by the box and Xiao Lan's entrance, but are later more than eager to become her pupils.
* LethalChef: It's implied that without magic, Xiao Lan doesn't cook well. It has become a running gag in the live-action series whenever she has something in her mind. The girls' mother is also said to be a bad cook.
* MagicalGirlWarrior: A rare Chinese version.
* MagicalLand: Where the fairies come from.
* TheMasquerade: Xiao Lan disguises herself as a babysitter for the sisters.
* PestController: One of her abilities from researching dark magic, Luna used swarms of insects to break the seals protecting the PowerCrystal.
* SealedGoodInACan: Subverted. The fairy queen uses a music box to seal up Xiao Lan, but she's able to get out by her own will.
* SixthRanger: We had Xiao Qian who joined the team for the second season only and in the later seasons we had Princess Beibei who became a permanent member of the cast.
* TransformationTrinket: The butterfly-like stones.

* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: After Lili was reformed the Fairy Queen has set her up as a new member of the fairies, but she isn't seen or heard from again in the 2015 series. Yet again it has been a long time and the creators probably never bothered to recast her.

* SixthRanger: We had Xiao Qian who joined the team for the first season only and in the later seasons we had Princess Beibei who became a permanent member of the cast.

Outside of the human world, there is a magical world where human fairies are capable of using magic, ruled by the powerful Fairy Queen. However, there's also the presence of dark magic, which is forbidden from study or use. Luna, a fairy imprisoned for such research, escapes from her cell and steals a PowerCrystal unguarded from the queen's throne room. Despite predicting such an incident would happen, the queen tries the fairy guardian of the stone Shirley, who was absent from her duties at the time. As punishment, she is sealed within a magical box and sent to the human world, not able to return until the stone is returned and Luna captured.

The magical box falls into the hands of two sisters, the underachiever Meiqi/Maggie and the TeenGenius Meixue/Michelle, after it scares the owner of the shop where it was found. Shirley emerges from the box and tells them of her mission, disguised as a babysitter so she can train the girls to become magic users themselves. But they encounter Lili, a jealous classmate who rivals the sisters and becomes the pupil of the BigBad in her campaign to cause havoc.

* ChefOfIron: As long as Shirley uses her magic, she can cook up some very good recipes.

* {{Expy}}: Shirley's LoveInterest Prince Youle has parallels to [[Anime/SailorMoon Tuxedo Mask]], fit with a CoolMask and taking the bullet every now and then to her dismay.
%%* EvilFormerFriend: Luna to Shirley.

* JumpedAtTheCall: The sisters are frightened by the box and Shirley's entrance, but are later more than eager to become her pupils.
* LethalChef: It's implied that without magic, Shirley doesn't cook well. It has become a running gag in the live-action series whenever Shirley has something in her mind. The girls' mother is also said to be a bad cook.

* TheMasquerade: Shirley disguises herself as a babysitter for the sisters.

* SealedGoodInACan: Subverted. The fairy queen uses a music box to seal up Shirley, but she's able to get out by her own will.

* TransformationTrinket: The butterfly-like stones the sisters use.

The magical box falls into the hands of two sisters, the underachiever Maggie and the TeenGenius Michelle, after it scares the owner of the shop where it was found. Shirley emerges from the box and tells them of her mission, disguised as a babysitter so she can train the girls to become magic users themselves. But they encounter Lili, a jealous classmate who rivals the sisters and becomes the pupil of the BigBad in her campaign to cause havoc.

* LethalChef: It's implied that without magic, Shirley doesn't cook well. It has become a running gag in the live action series whenever Shirley has something in her mind. The girls' mother is also said to be a bad cook.

* SealedGoodInACan: Subverted. The fairy queen uses the music box seals up Shirley, but she's able to get out by her own will.

* SixthRanger: We had XiaoQian who joined the team for the first season only and in the later seasons we had Princess Beibei who became a permanent member of the cast.

Currently has three seasons with one of them animated. An animated version featuring a fourth main character, Xiao Qian. The live-action show consists of 52 episodes.

* Expy: Shirley's LoveInterest Prince Youle has parallels to [[Anime/SailorMoon Tuxedo Mask]], fit with a CoolMask and taking the bullet every now and then to her dismay.

* CallingYourAttacks

* EvilFormerFriend: Luna to Shirley.

* SequelGap: The original series was made in 2008 and the sequel in 2015.

* LethalChef: It's implied that without magic, Shirley doesn't cook well. It has become a running gag in the live action series whenever Shirley has something in her mind.
The girls' mother is also said to be a bad cook.

* LethalChef: It's implied that without magic, Shirley doesn't cook well. It has become a running gag in the live action whenever Shirley has something in her mind.

* LethalChef: It's implied that without magic, Shirley doesn't cook well.