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** The ''[[Anime/FutariWaPrettyCureSplashStar Splash Star]]'' duo, Saki and Mai, are much more OutOfFocus than the six Cures from ''Anime/YesPrettyCure5'', and only have their brief arcs culminating in their transformations towards the very end of the show's runtime. Then it's time for the FinalBattle, and they're only seen again at the very end with a scene of [[spoiler:Saki choosing to study abroad]]. A story about Saki and Mai, alongside Kaoru and Michiru, could have served as its own short spin-off, as they also take time away from the arcs of the other six Cures.
** Saki's fiancé and Mai's boyfriend. While the Precure 5 has established love interests (save for Rin), Saki's crush on Kazuya never went anywhere and Mai had none of the sort, thus them having love interests caught fans by surprise. Furthermore, both men are portrayed as TheGhost, existing to serve as off-screen plot devices and sources of problems for our girls.
** [[spoiler:[[Anime/FutariWaPrettyCure Nagisa and Honoka]] are used purely as [[EleventhHourRanger 11th-Hour Rangers]] for the FinalBattle and only make brief appearances as adults in episode 11, with any hope of other onscreen interactions with them after said FinalBattle is done being crushed since the focus quickly changes to Nozomi falling into her coma.]]
** Saki's fiancé and Mai's boyfriend. While the Precure 5 has established love interests (save for Rin), Saki's crush on Kazuya never went anywhere and Mai had none of the sort, thus them having love interests caught fans by surprise. Furthermore, both men are portrayed as TheGhost, existing to serve as off-screen plot devices and sources of problems for our girls.
** [[spoiler:[[Anime/FutariWaPrettyCure Nagisa and Honoka]] are used purely as [[EleventhHourRanger 11th-Hour Rangers]] for the FinalBattle and only make brief appearances as adults in episode 11, with any hope of other onscreen interactions with them after said FinalBattle is done being crushed since the focus quickly changes to Nozomi falling into her coma.]]
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** The ''[[Anime/FutariWaPrettyCureSplashStar Splash Star]]'' duo, Saki and Mai, are much more OutOfFocus than the six Cures from ''Anime/YesPrettyCure5'', and only have their brief arcs culminating in their transformations towards the very end of the show's runtime. Then it's time for the FinalBattle, and they're only seen again at the very end with a scene of [[spoiler:Saki choosing to study abroad]]. A story about Saki and Mai could have served as its own short spin-off, as they also take time away from the arcs of the other six Cures.
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** The ''[[Anime/FutariWaPrettyCureSplashStar Splash Star]]'' duo, Saki and Mai, are much more OutOfFocus than the six Cures from ''Anime/YesPrettyCure5'', and only have their brief arcs culminating in their transformations towards the very end of the show's runtime. Then it's time for the FinalBattle, and they're only seen again at the very end with a scene of [[spoiler:Saki choosing to study abroad]]. A story about Saki and Mai Mai, alongside Kaoru and Michiru, could have served as its own short spin-off, as they also take time away from the arcs of the other six Cures.
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* Saki's fiancé and Mai's boyfriend. While the Precure 5 has established love interests (save for Rin), Saki's crush on Kazuya never went anywhere and Mai had none of the sort, thus them having love interests caught fans by surprise. Furthermore, both men are portrayed as TheGhost, existing to serve as off-screen plot devices and sources of problems for our girls.
* [[Anime/FutariWaPrettyCure Nagisa and Honoka]] are used purely as [[EleventhHourRanger 11th-Hour Rangers]] for the FinalBattle and only make brief appearances as adults in episode 11, with any hope of other onscreen interactions with them after said FinalBattle is done being crushed since the focus quickly changes to Nozomi falling into her coma.
* [[Anime/FutariWaPrettyCure Nagisa and Honoka]] are used purely as [[EleventhHourRanger 11th-Hour Rangers]] for the FinalBattle and only make brief appearances as adults in episode 11, with any hope of other onscreen interactions with them after said FinalBattle is done being crushed since the focus quickly changes to Nozomi falling into her coma.
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** Saki's fiancé and Mai's boyfriend. While the Precure 5 has established love interests (save for Rin), Saki's crush on Kazuya never went anywhere and Mai had none of the sort, thus them having love interests caught fans by surprise. Furthermore, both men are portrayed as TheGhost, existing to serve as off-screen plot devices and sources of problems for our girls.
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* Saki's fiancé and Mai's boyfriend. While the Precure 5 has established love interests (save for poor Rin), Saki’s crush on Kazuya never went anywhere and Mai had none of the sort, thus them having love interests caught fans by surprise. Furthermore, both men are portrayed as TheGhost, existing to serve as off-screen plot devices and sources of problems for our girls.
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* Saki's fiancé and Mai's boyfriend. While the Precure 5 has established love interests (save for poor Rin), Saki’s crush on Kazuya never went anywhere and Mai had none of the sort, thus them having love interests caught fans by surprise. Furthermore, both men are portrayed as TheGhost, existing to serve as off-screen plot devices and sources of problems for our girls.
* [[Anime/FutariWaPrettyCure Nagisa and Honoka]] are used purely as [[EleventhHourRanger 11th-Hour Rangers]] for the FinalBattle and only make brief appearances as adults in episode 11, with any hope of other onscreen interactions with them after said FinalBattle is done being crushed since the focus quickly changes to Nozomi falling into her coma.
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* Or rather, ''characters''. The international Cures are, for the most part, just there to advertise the fact that there are Cures all over the globe, with little else to make them noticeable. This is slightly justified by the fact that the Happiness Charge Cures are the main characters of the story, but when there are international Cures who show up for one scene and are never mentioned again, one has to wonder about the purpose of showing them in the first place. Maria Hikawa/Cure Tender also fell in this trope because she only appeared for a few episodes after freeing from being BrainwashedAndCrazy and she got totally removed after the season ended. Because of this, she didn't appear in the NonSerialMovie and the CrisisCrossover ''Anime/PrettyCureAllStars'' movie series.
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* Or rather, ''characters''. The international Cures in general are, for the most part, just there to advertise the fact that there are Cures all over the globe, with little else to make them noticeable. This is slightly justified by the fact that the Happiness Charge Cures are the main characters of the story, but when there are international Cures who show up for one scene and are never mentioned again, one has to wonder about the purpose of showing them in the first place. Maria Hikawa/Cure Tender also fell in this trope because she only appeared for a few episodes after freeing from being BrainwashedAndCrazy and she got totally removed after the season ended. Because of this, she didn't appear in the NonSerialMovie and the CrisisCrossover ''Anime/PrettyCureAllStars'' movie series.
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* Some feel that Hana Nono falls into this as well, as her StepfordSmiler, MasterOfNone, and past bullying experiences [[spoiler:as well as her BadFuture incarnation's death fueling the main motivation of the BigBad]] could have resulted in her being one of the most complex lead Cures in the franchise's history. Unfortunately, ''Hugtto'' rarely ever touches upon these issues outside of a handful of episodes, [[spoiler:and she never learns the fate of her future self either]], thus dooming her to falling into [[VanillaProtagonist the same ditzy-pink Cure role as others did before her]].
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* Some feel that TheProtagonist Hana Nono falls into this as well, as her StepfordSmiler, MasterOfNone, and past bullying experiences [[spoiler:as well as her BadFuture incarnation's death fueling the main motivation of the BigBad]] could have resulted in her being one of the most complex lead Cures in the franchise's history. Unfortunately, ''Hugtto'' rarely ever touches upon these issues outside of a handful of episodes, [[spoiler:and she never learns the fate of her future self either]], thus dooming her to falling into [[VanillaProtagonist the same ditzy-pink Cure role as others did before her]].
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* ''All Stars F'' for most of the movie, chops 78 characters down to just over a dozen, with a set of teams headed up by the four Anime/HirogaruSkyPrettyCure members, with the advertising focused on those teams, only featuring the other 60-odd in the big battle scenes, with WordOfGod saying that they physically ''can't'' do anything like they did with ''All Stars Memories'' since the CastHerd is '''''too big'''''.
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* ''All Stars F'' for most of the movie, chops 78 characters down to just over a dozen, with a set of teams headed up by the four Anime/HirogaruSkyPrettyCure members, with the advertising focused on those teams, only featuring the other 60-odd in the big battle scenes, with WordOfGod saying that they physically ''can't'' do anything like they did with ''All Stars Memories'' since the CastHerd is '''''too big'''''.big'''''.
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* Some feel that Hana Nono falls into this as well, as her StepfordSmiler, MasterOfNone, and past bullying experiences [[spoiler:as well as her BadFuture incarnation's death fueling the main motivation of the BigBad]] could have resulted in her being one of the most complex lead Cures in the franchise's history. Unfortunately, ''Hugtto'' rarely ever touches upon these issues outside of a handful of episodes, [[spoiler:and she never learns the fate of her future self either]], thus dooming her to falling into the same ditzy-pink Cure role as others did before her.
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* Some feel that Hana Nono falls into this as well, as her StepfordSmiler, MasterOfNone, and past bullying experiences [[spoiler:as well as her BadFuture incarnation's death fueling the main motivation of the BigBad]] could have resulted in her being one of the most complex lead Cures in the franchise's history. Unfortunately, ''Hugtto'' rarely ever touches upon these issues outside of a handful of episodes, [[spoiler:and she never learns the fate of her future self either]], thus dooming her to falling into [[VanillaProtagonist the same ditzy-pink Cure role as others did before her.her]].
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*''Anime/YesPrettyCure5GoGoTheMovieHappyBirthdayInTheLandOfSweets'' has quite a couple as well:
** The villains as a whole lack backstories and two of them are BrainwashedAndCrazy against their consent for the film's duration.
** Nuts gets it the worst. He is DemotedToExtra in every sense of the words and even his SuperEmpowering ability he gained isn't relevant [[PlotHole as Milky Rose is able to preform her Milky Rose: Metal Blizzard attack without his assistance.]]
** Milky Rose herself amounts to little more than a a OneSceneWonder, in contrast to her prominence in the anime TV series.
** The villains as a whole lack backstories and two of them are BrainwashedAndCrazy against their consent for the film's duration.
** Nuts gets it the worst. He is DemotedToExtra in every sense of the words and even his SuperEmpowering ability he gained isn't relevant [[PlotHole as Milky Rose is able to preform her Milky Rose: Metal Blizzard attack without his assistance.]]
** Milky Rose herself amounts to little more than a a OneSceneWonder, in contrast to her prominence in the anime TV series.
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* Godatz is considered to have a lot of wasted potential as a villain. The only real backstory for him is [[spoiler:the fact he (Fennel) was [[DrivenByEnvy envious his master Ginger didn't choose him as a successor]], driving him into stealing the Recipe-bon and framing Cinnamon for it]]. With the season building up Godatz as a [[CatsAreMean feline-themed villain]] with his lair and hologram being plastered with cat-like elements, his initial form has none of that, instead looking like a generic dark knight (his OneWingedAngel form however has catlike elements). There's also no explanation on how he formed the Bunduru Gang, encountered his subordinates (Secretoru and Narcistoru) and corrupted [[spoiler:Amane]] into Gentlu.
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* Godatz is considered to have a lot of wasted potential as a villain. The only real backstory for him is [[spoiler:the fact he (Fennel) was [[DrivenByEnvy envious his master Ginger didn't choose him as a successor]], driving him into stealing the Recipe-bon and framing Cinnamon for it]]. With the season building up Godatz as a [[CatsAreMean feline-themed villain]] with his lair and hologram being plastered with cat-like elements, his initial form has none of that, instead looking like a generic dark knight (his OneWingedAngel form however has catlike elements). There's also no explanation on how he formed the Bunduru Gang, encountered his subordinates (Secretoru and Narcistoru) and corrupted [[spoiler:Amane]] into Gentlu.Gentlu.
!!''Anime/PrettyCureAllStars''
* Ayumi Sakagami/Cure Echo is seen as ''the'' poster child for the most underutilized Cure in the franchise's history, due to being restricted to an EleventhHourRanger in ''New Stage 1'' and ''3'', doing something minor to help the other Cures out, before quickly being DemotedToExtra. What doesn't help is Toei's insistence to keep her out of other potential crossover events (like the defunct ''Connect Puzzlun'' game for mobile devices) and {{Milestone Celebration}}s, lacking any new merchandise since her first appearance (with her only major one of note being an action figure from S.H. [=FiguArts=]) and being barred to appear even as a cameo in future ''Stars'' films (the most infamous being ''All-Star Memories'', which claims to have every Cure returning save for Echo). Many fear that Toei would only continue this trend for the announced ''All-Stars F'' (which announced its own CanonForeigner with Cure Supreme), but with the recent announcements of ''Maho Girls 2'' and ''Power of Hope'', fans are holding out for the day they announce a limited series to give Ayumi ADayInTheLimelight.
* The ''Miracle Leap'' movie shafted anyone who wasn't named Nodoka hard, as the movie focused a lot on the GroundhogDayLoop portion, repeating the same day several times. Due to this, there aren't any real unique interactions with the [=HUGtto!=] or Star Twinkle cast, with their same events and interactions being repeated. Even Chiyu and Hinata are overshadowed as well.
* ''All Stars F'' for most of the movie, chops 78 characters down to just over a dozen, with a set of teams headed up by the four Anime/HirogaruSkyPrettyCure members, with the advertising focused on those teams, only featuring the other 60-odd in the big battle scenes, with WordOfGod saying that they physically ''can't'' do anything like they did with ''All Stars Memories'' since the CastHerd is '''''too big'''''.
!!''Anime/PrettyCureAllStars''
* Ayumi Sakagami/Cure Echo is seen as ''the'' poster child for the most underutilized Cure in the franchise's history, due to being restricted to an EleventhHourRanger in ''New Stage 1'' and ''3'', doing something minor to help the other Cures out, before quickly being DemotedToExtra. What doesn't help is Toei's insistence to keep her out of other potential crossover events (like the defunct ''Connect Puzzlun'' game for mobile devices) and {{Milestone Celebration}}s, lacking any new merchandise since her first appearance (with her only major one of note being an action figure from S.H. [=FiguArts=]) and being barred to appear even as a cameo in future ''Stars'' films (the most infamous being ''All-Star Memories'', which claims to have every Cure returning save for Echo). Many fear that Toei would only continue this trend for the announced ''All-Stars F'' (which announced its own CanonForeigner with Cure Supreme), but with the recent announcements of ''Maho Girls 2'' and ''Power of Hope'', fans are holding out for the day they announce a limited series to give Ayumi ADayInTheLimelight.
* The ''Miracle Leap'' movie shafted anyone who wasn't named Nodoka hard, as the movie focused a lot on the GroundhogDayLoop portion, repeating the same day several times. Due to this, there aren't any real unique interactions with the [=HUGtto!=] or Star Twinkle cast, with their same events and interactions being repeated. Even Chiyu and Hinata are overshadowed as well.
* ''All Stars F'' for most of the movie, chops 78 characters down to just over a dozen, with a set of teams headed up by the four Anime/HirogaruSkyPrettyCure members, with the advertising focused on those teams, only featuring the other 60-odd in the big battle scenes, with WordOfGod saying that they physically ''can't'' do anything like they did with ''All Stars Memories'' since the CastHerd is '''''too big'''''.
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* While everyone not named Mana Aida can easily be classified as this in ''Anime/DokiDokiPrecure'', Alice Yotsuba/Cure Rosetta gets this the ''worse'' out of all of them. Very early on, [[RefusalOfTheCall she rejects the offer of being a Cure]] simply because she had a very nasty temper as a child and was afraid of accidentally releasing her rage while on the field. However, aside from one episode where a RichBitch tried to exploit this to win a contest, this trait is never brought up ever again, and instead, Alice is regulated to whipping out the Rosetta Reflection and nothing else. Hell, even her MidSeasonUpgrade reflects this. While everyone else gets a badass new [[FinishingMove finisher]], Cure Rosetta is stuck with [[WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway a dinky little party balloon]] containing whatever was needed to save the day that was only used '''''twice'''''.[[note]]It's worse in the English dub, where the Rosetta Balloon is only used '''''once''''' due to Saban cutting out the Blood Ring saga entirely.[[/note]]
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* While everyone not named Mana Aida Aida, Regina, and Cure Ace can easily be classified as this in ''Anime/DokiDokiPrecure'', Alice Yotsuba/Cure Rosetta gets this the ''worse'' out of all of them. Very early on, [[RefusalOfTheCall she rejects the offer of being a Cure]] simply because she had a very nasty temper as a child and was afraid of accidentally releasing her rage while on the field. However, aside from one episode where a RichBitch tried to exploit this to win a contest, this trait is never brought up ever again, and instead, Alice is regulated to whipping out the Rosetta Reflection and nothing else. Hell, even her MidSeasonUpgrade reflects this. While everyone else gets a badass new [[FinishingMove finisher]], Cure Rosetta is stuck with [[WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway a dinky little party balloon]] containing whatever was needed to save the day that was only used '''''twice'''''.[[note]]It's worse in the English dub, where the Rosetta Balloon is only used '''''once''''' due to Saban cutting out the Blood Ring saga entirely.[[/note]]
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!!''Anime/YesPrettyCure5'' (both the first season and ''[=GoGo=]''!)
* Despite her prevalence and importance in several episodes during the first season, Masuko Mika is weirdly absent for the majority of Go Go!. Given her persistence in finding more about the Precures, it is strange that she isn't more involved with the main plot, especially since she got attacked by the villains more than one time and didn't have her memories altered or anything of the sort. She is just absent from the story altogether, save for a few cameos.
* In the first season, Urara is the only Cure to not have a series wide character arc. The other girls have various episodes of CharacterDevelopment that culminate in each of them discovering what careers they want to pursue once they become adults, while on the contrary Urara starts with herself knee deep in stardom and ends at almost the exact same spot. ''[=GoGo!=]'' tries to remedy this a little by pairing her with Syrup for a BroodingBoyGentleGirl dynamic, but this still doesn't fix her lack of CharacterDevelopment between each season.
!!''Anime/SmilePrecure''
* Miyuki's grandmother, a woman who proves that she has [[Anime/HeartcatchPrettyCure Kaoruko-levels]] of awesomeness by standing up to a Bad End effect and not having her energy drained and doing so ''flanked by an army of forest animals''. Nothing is mentioned of her ever again.
* Wolfrun/Ulric, Akaoni/Brute, and Majorina/Brooha inexplicably vanish after [[spoiler: they're revealed to be Märchenland fairies]] and are only seen again in a page of the Pretty Cure's book.
!!''Anime/DokiDokiPrecure''
* While everyone not named Mana Aida can easily be classified as this in ''Anime/DokiDokiPrecure'', Alice Yotsuba/Cure Rosetta gets this the ''worse'' out of all of them. Very early on, [[RefusalOfTheCall she rejects the offer of being a Cure]] simply because she had a very nasty temper as a child and was afraid of accidentally releasing her rage while on the field. However, aside from one episode where a RichBitch tried to exploit this to win a contest, this trait is never brought up ever again, and instead, Alice is regulated to whipping out the Rosetta Reflection and nothing else. Hell, even her MidSeasonUpgrade reflects this. While everyone else gets a badass new [[FinishingMove finisher]], Cure Rosetta is stuck with [[WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway a dinky little party balloon]] containing whatever was needed to save the day that was only used '''''twice'''''.[[note]]It's worse in the English dub, where the Rosetta Balloon is only used '''''once''''' due to Saban cutting out the Blood Ring saga entirely.[[/note]]
** To further rub salt in the wound, one of the arcs in the season gave everyone on the team a DayInTheLimelight episode in which everyone grows stronger after overcoming their personal issues... well, Rikka, Makoto and Mana does. Alice was put on the backburner ''in her own episode'' [[SpotlightStealingSquad while her butler and one of the villains overtook the majority of plot]].
* Lust and Goma, two deceased members of Jikochuu crew. Absolutely nothing tells what were they like, or even what did they look like.
!!''Anime/HappinessChargePrettyCure''
* Or rather, ''characters''. The international Cures are, for the most part, just there to advertise the fact that there are Cures all over the globe, with little else to make them noticeable. This is slightly justified by the fact that the Happiness Charge Cures are the main characters of the story, but when there are international Cures who show up for one scene and are never mentioned again, one has to wonder about the purpose of showing them in the first place. Maria Hikawa/Cure Tender also fell in this trope because she only appeared for a few episodes after freeing from being BrainwashedAndCrazy and she got totally removed after the season ended. Because of this, she didn't appear in the NonSerialMovie and the CrisisCrossover ''Anime/PrettyCureAllStars'' movie series.
* Yuuko has little in the ways of a character arc compared to the other lead Cures besides her sparse moments with Phantom. As a result she comes off as a FlatCharacter compared to the other girls due to having not much of a personality outside her love for food and talent as a SupremeChef.
!!''Anime/GoPrincessPrettyCure''
* A few people feel that, by the time [[FlatCharacter Stop and Freeze]] come by, they take away the screentime that could be used to develop the other Dys Dark generals. Likewise, [[spoiler:[[WhatHappenedToTheMouse the two suddenly disappearing in the final episode with no real send-off or even a last mention can also be seen as an issue.]]]]
* While she is given more screentime and focus than is usually give to Anime/PrettyCure [[MuggleBestFriend Muggle Best Friends]], some fans cannot help but feel that Nanase Yui was sorely underutilized. An argument can be made that the story would be a lot more interesting and unique had Yui been a SupportingProtagonist, with [[TheHero The Heroine]] Haruka’s story told from Yui’s POV à la Literature/SherlockHolmes’s Dr. John H. Watson or Series/KamenRiderHibiki’s Asumu. What makes this sting even more is that Yui’s dream is to become a children book writer. Not only does she succeed, she even adapts this series events into a book. It’s hard to believe that the writers missed such a great opportunity.
!!''Anime/HugttoPrettyCure''
* Mother Heart, the golden spirit seen in the intro as well as when the Cures perform the Tomorrow With Everyone attack, never gets any mention to at all, remaining a GreaterScopeParagon at best, [[spoiler:and the only time she took direct action was so she could give both Emiru and Ruru the ability to transform by duplicating the [=PreHeart=] into two]].
* Some feel that Hana Nono falls into this as well, as her StepfordSmiler, MasterOfNone, and past bullying experiences [[spoiler:as well as her BadFuture incarnation's death fueling the main motivation of the BigBad]] could have resulted in her being one of the most complex lead Cures in the franchise's history. Unfortunately, ''Hugtto'' rarely ever touches upon these issues outside of a handful of episodes, [[spoiler:and she never learns the fate of her future self either]], thus dooming her to falling into the same ditzy-pink Cure role as others did before her.
* Hugtan is an adorable baby that gets plenty of focus and development and is beloved by many. [[spoiler:Her true form Hagumi/Cure Tomorrow, is a walking enigma, as outside of very brief flashback scenes towards the end, we still know nothing about her other than she's the last living Pretty Cure of her timeline and Hana's future daughter. The fact that she never tries to revert out of her Hugtan form throughout the entire series despite retaining some of her cognitive senses also adds to her mystery.]]
* There are people who believe Emiru to be this. While she did get some development on a personal level, her relationship with the other Pretty Cure, outside Ruru, is considered not well-explored by some and at times she feels more like a SatelliteCharacter to Ruru herself, as a lot of times she gets attention, it mostly ends up with a further exploration of her and Ruru's friendship. Considering that [[spoiler:she becomes a Pretty Cure]], this makes it even worse.
!!''Anime/HealinGoodPrettyCure''
* Shindoine and Guaiwaru were Terabyogens just like Daruizen, but only Daruizen had an origin story on how he formed, with being [[spoiler:the parasite that ruined Nodoka's life and made her sick]]. The closest thing we got to Shindoine was that when she was summoned by King Byo-gen, [[LoveAtFirstSight she admired him immediately]] shortly after being upset that she was summoned. Guaiwaru didn't even have an origin revealed to begin with. Some fans were a bit disappointed that they didn't really get too in-depth on them regarding their hosts.
* Batetemoda is introduced as a SixthRanger DragonWithAnAgenda for the Byogens who clearly has his own plans which may interfere with that of the rest of the Byogens. Unfortunately we never get to see what exactly these plans are as he's swiftly KilledOffForReal by Cure Earth in her debut episode.
* Nebusoku and Kedary are two generals born from the villains' use of the Mega Parts who last a grand total of one episode each. They both have unique designs and personalities but may as well be no different from the rest of the [[MonsterOfTheWeek Megabyogens]] due to how swiftly they're defeated. Kedary's case is particularly egregious due to him being born as a result of [[spoiler: Dairuizen forcibly injecting a Mega Part into Nodoka's body and as a result looking like a younger version of him, so seeing him go down so fast is disappointing.]]
* Asumi, to some extent. While she does get some episodes to herself after she joins the team, she feels OutOfFocus in the second half of the show while the rest of the girls get several episodes each devoted to CharacterDevelopment. Compared to them, Asumi just feels like a background character without much personality aside from her devotion to Latte. [[WhatCouldHaveBeen It also doesn't help that some of the intended episodes]] [[TroubledProduction cut due to COVID]] would have focused on her.
* The cast of ''[[Anime/YesPrettyCure5 Yes! Pretty Cure 5 [=GoGo!=]]]'' return for TheMovie! Except they only show up for the first fight of the movie before getting captured by the BigBad and are out of commission until the final battle. The ''[=GoGo!=]'' Cures don't even show up in their civilian clothes until one of the very last scenes of the movie and neither do they show up at all during the end credits or the DancePartyEnding with the [[Anime/TropicalRougePrettyCure Tropical-Rouge]] Cures.
!!''Anime/TropicalRougePrettyCure''
* To sum it up, anyone not named Laura are basically treated as afterthoughts by the show, and while Asuka and Manatsu do get some focus episodes, some feel it's not enough to make them stand out, and many agree that Sango and Minori were done dirty as they feel the most one-note out of the entire team.
!!''Anime/DeliciousPartyPrettyCure''
* Spiritoru. A SixthRanger for the villains introduced in episode 25, he plays an active role until episode 27, a mere ''two episodes'' after his debut where he gets DemotedToExtra until the ''final arc'' of the show. The same can be said about the [[MiniMook Mini Spiritorus]] he creates, which show up in the EvolvingCredits and seem to be another obstacle for the Cures to overcome, only for them to also do nearly nothing until the show's endgame.
** Secretoru. She had a relatively weak backstory which was only partially revealed, to the point where many people considered her apex was interacting with Fuwa Hatsuko (which doubled as a ShipTease) after her final defeat.
* Godatz is considered to have a lot of wasted potential as a villain. The only real backstory for him is [[spoiler:the fact he (Fennel) was [[DrivenByEnvy envious his master Ginger didn't choose him as a successor]], driving him into stealing the Recipe-bon and framing Cinnamon for it]]. With the season building up Godatz as a [[CatsAreMean feline-themed villain]] with his lair and hologram being plastered with cat-like elements, his initial form has none of that, instead looking like a generic dark knight (his OneWingedAngel form however has catlike elements). There's also no explanation on how he formed the Bunduru Gang, encountered his subordinates (Secretoru and Narcistoru) and corrupted [[spoiler:Amane]] into Gentlu.
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!!''Anime/YesPrettyCure5'' (both the first season and ''[=GoGo=]''!)
* Despite her prevalence and importance in several episodes during the first season, Masuko Mika is weirdly absent for the majority of Go Go!. Given her persistence in finding more about the Precures, it is strange that she isn't more involved with the main plot, especially since she got attacked by the villains more than one time and didn't have her memories altered or anything of the sort. She is just absent from the story altogether, save for a few cameos.
* In the first season, Urara is the only Cure to not have a series wide character arc. The other girls have various episodes of CharacterDevelopment that culminate in each of them discovering what careers they want to pursue once they become adults, while on the contrary Urara starts with herself knee deep in stardom and ends at almost the exact same spot. ''[=GoGo!=]'' tries to remedy this a little by pairing her with Syrup for a BroodingBoyGentleGirl dynamic, but this still doesn't fix her lack of CharacterDevelopment between each season.
!!''Anime/SmilePrecure''
* Miyuki's grandmother, a woman who proves that she has [[Anime/HeartcatchPrettyCure Kaoruko-levels]] of awesomeness by standing up to a Bad End effect and not having her energy drained and doing so ''flanked by an army of forest animals''. Nothing is mentioned of her ever again.
* Wolfrun/Ulric, Akaoni/Brute, and Majorina/Brooha inexplicably vanish after [[spoiler: they're revealed to be Märchenland fairies]] and are only seen again in a page of the Pretty Cure's book.
!!''Anime/DokiDokiPrecure''
* While everyone not named Mana Aida can easily be classified as this in ''Anime/DokiDokiPrecure'', Alice Yotsuba/Cure Rosetta gets this the ''worse'' out of all of them. Very early on, [[RefusalOfTheCall she rejects the offer of being a Cure]] simply because she had a very nasty temper as a child and was afraid of accidentally releasing her rage while on the field. However, aside from one episode where a RichBitch tried to exploit this to win a contest, this trait is never brought up ever again, and instead, Alice is regulated to whipping out the Rosetta Reflection and nothing else. Hell, even her MidSeasonUpgrade reflects this. While everyone else gets a badass new [[FinishingMove finisher]], Cure Rosetta is stuck with [[WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway a dinky little party balloon]] containing whatever was needed to save the day that was only used '''''twice'''''.[[note]]It's worse in the English dub, where the Rosetta Balloon is only used '''''once''''' due to Saban cutting out the Blood Ring saga entirely.[[/note]]
** To further rub salt in the wound, one of the arcs in the season gave everyone on the team a DayInTheLimelight episode in which everyone grows stronger after overcoming their personal issues... well, Rikka, Makoto and Mana does. Alice was put on the backburner ''in her own episode'' [[SpotlightStealingSquad while her butler and one of the villains overtook the majority of plot]].
* Lust and Goma, two deceased members of Jikochuu crew. Absolutely nothing tells what were they like, or even what did they look like.
!!''Anime/HappinessChargePrettyCure''
* Or rather, ''characters''. The international Cures are, for the most part, just there to advertise the fact that there are Cures all over the globe, with little else to make them noticeable. This is slightly justified by the fact that the Happiness Charge Cures are the main characters of the story, but when there are international Cures who show up for one scene and are never mentioned again, one has to wonder about the purpose of showing them in the first place. Maria Hikawa/Cure Tender also fell in this trope because she only appeared for a few episodes after freeing from being BrainwashedAndCrazy and she got totally removed after the season ended. Because of this, she didn't appear in the NonSerialMovie and the CrisisCrossover ''Anime/PrettyCureAllStars'' movie series.
* Yuuko has little in the ways of a character arc compared to the other lead Cures besides her sparse moments with Phantom. As a result she comes off as a FlatCharacter compared to the other girls due to having not much of a personality outside her love for food and talent as a SupremeChef.
!!''Anime/GoPrincessPrettyCure''
* A few people feel that, by the time [[FlatCharacter Stop and Freeze]] come by, they take away the screentime that could be used to develop the other Dys Dark generals. Likewise, [[spoiler:[[WhatHappenedToTheMouse the two suddenly disappearing in the final episode with no real send-off or even a last mention can also be seen as an issue.]]]]
* While she is given more screentime and focus than is usually give to Anime/PrettyCure [[MuggleBestFriend Muggle Best Friends]], some fans cannot help but feel that Nanase Yui was sorely underutilized. An argument can be made that the story would be a lot more interesting and unique had Yui been a SupportingProtagonist, with [[TheHero The Heroine]] Haruka’s story told from Yui’s POV à la Literature/SherlockHolmes’s Dr. John H. Watson or Series/KamenRiderHibiki’s Asumu. What makes this sting even more is that Yui’s dream is to become a children book writer. Not only does she succeed, she even adapts this series events into a book. It’s hard to believe that the writers missed such a great opportunity.
!!''Anime/HugttoPrettyCure''
* Mother Heart, the golden spirit seen in the intro as well as when the Cures perform the Tomorrow With Everyone attack, never gets any mention to at all, remaining a GreaterScopeParagon at best, [[spoiler:and the only time she took direct action was so she could give both Emiru and Ruru the ability to transform by duplicating the [=PreHeart=] into two]].
* Some feel that Hana Nono falls into this as well, as her StepfordSmiler, MasterOfNone, and past bullying experiences [[spoiler:as well as her BadFuture incarnation's death fueling the main motivation of the BigBad]] could have resulted in her being one of the most complex lead Cures in the franchise's history. Unfortunately, ''Hugtto'' rarely ever touches upon these issues outside of a handful of episodes, [[spoiler:and she never learns the fate of her future self either]], thus dooming her to falling into the same ditzy-pink Cure role as others did before her.
* Hugtan is an adorable baby that gets plenty of focus and development and is beloved by many. [[spoiler:Her true form Hagumi/Cure Tomorrow, is a walking enigma, as outside of very brief flashback scenes towards the end, we still know nothing about her other than she's the last living Pretty Cure of her timeline and Hana's future daughter. The fact that she never tries to revert out of her Hugtan form throughout the entire series despite retaining some of her cognitive senses also adds to her mystery.]]
* There are people who believe Emiru to be this. While she did get some development on a personal level, her relationship with the other Pretty Cure, outside Ruru, is considered not well-explored by some and at times she feels more like a SatelliteCharacter to Ruru herself, as a lot of times she gets attention, it mostly ends up with a further exploration of her and Ruru's friendship. Considering that [[spoiler:she becomes a Pretty Cure]], this makes it even worse.
!!''Anime/HealinGoodPrettyCure''
* Shindoine and Guaiwaru were Terabyogens just like Daruizen, but only Daruizen had an origin story on how he formed, with being [[spoiler:the parasite that ruined Nodoka's life and made her sick]]. The closest thing we got to Shindoine was that when she was summoned by King Byo-gen, [[LoveAtFirstSight she admired him immediately]] shortly after being upset that she was summoned. Guaiwaru didn't even have an origin revealed to begin with. Some fans were a bit disappointed that they didn't really get too in-depth on them regarding their hosts.
* Batetemoda is introduced as a SixthRanger DragonWithAnAgenda for the Byogens who clearly has his own plans which may interfere with that of the rest of the Byogens. Unfortunately we never get to see what exactly these plans are as he's swiftly KilledOffForReal by Cure Earth in her debut episode.
* Nebusoku and Kedary are two generals born from the villains' use of the Mega Parts who last a grand total of one episode each. They both have unique designs and personalities but may as well be no different from the rest of the [[MonsterOfTheWeek Megabyogens]] due to how swiftly they're defeated. Kedary's case is particularly egregious due to him being born as a result of [[spoiler: Dairuizen forcibly injecting a Mega Part into Nodoka's body and as a result looking like a younger version of him, so seeing him go down so fast is disappointing.]]
* Asumi, to some extent. While she does get some episodes to herself after she joins the team, she feels OutOfFocus in the second half of the show while the rest of the girls get several episodes each devoted to CharacterDevelopment. Compared to them, Asumi just feels like a background character without much personality aside from her devotion to Latte. [[WhatCouldHaveBeen It also doesn't help that some of the intended episodes]] [[TroubledProduction cut due to COVID]] would have focused on her.
* The cast of ''[[Anime/YesPrettyCure5 Yes! Pretty Cure 5 [=GoGo!=]]]'' return for TheMovie! Except they only show up for the first fight of the movie before getting captured by the BigBad and are out of commission until the final battle. The ''[=GoGo!=]'' Cures don't even show up in their civilian clothes until one of the very last scenes of the movie and neither do they show up at all during the end credits or the DancePartyEnding with the [[Anime/TropicalRougePrettyCure Tropical-Rouge]] Cures.
!!''Anime/TropicalRougePrettyCure''
* To sum it up, anyone not named Laura are basically treated as afterthoughts by the show, and while Asuka and Manatsu do get some focus episodes, some feel it's not enough to make them stand out, and many agree that Sango and Minori were done dirty as they feel the most one-note out of the entire team.
!!''Anime/DeliciousPartyPrettyCure''
* Spiritoru. A SixthRanger for the villains introduced in episode 25, he plays an active role until episode 27, a mere ''two episodes'' after his debut where he gets DemotedToExtra until the ''final arc'' of the show. The same can be said about the [[MiniMook Mini Spiritorus]] he creates, which show up in the EvolvingCredits and seem to be another obstacle for the Cures to overcome, only for them to also do nearly nothing until the show's endgame.
** Secretoru. She had a relatively weak backstory which was only partially revealed, to the point where many people considered her apex was interacting with Fuwa Hatsuko (which doubled as a ShipTease) after her final defeat.
* Godatz is considered to have a lot of wasted potential as a villain. The only real backstory for him is [[spoiler:the fact he (Fennel) was [[DrivenByEnvy envious his master Ginger didn't choose him as a successor]], driving him into stealing the Recipe-bon and framing Cinnamon for it]]. With the season building up Godatz as a [[CatsAreMean feline-themed villain]] with his lair and hologram being plastered with cat-like elements, his initial form has none of that, instead looking like a generic dark knight (his OneWingedAngel form however has catlike elements). There's also no explanation on how he formed the Bunduru Gang, encountered his subordinates (Secretoru and Narcistoru) and corrupted [[spoiler:Amane]] into Gentlu.
