History Trivia / PrettyCure

** From ''Anime/DokiDokiPrettyCure'' to ''Anime/MahoutsukaiPrettyCure'', ''VideoGame/{{Aikatsu}}'' was seen as a major rival for the ''Pretty Cure'' franchise, as both were MerchandiseDriven shows made by Bandai aimed at young girls. ''Aikatsu!'' won during this time period in merchandise sales, but ''Pretty Cure'' won ratings-wise, as while ''Aikatsu!'' appeared in the top 10 anime shows during its' boom in popularity, unlike what happened with ''Tamagotchi!'', the show's ratings never seemed to beat those of ''Pretty Cure''.

** ''Anime/FutariWaPrettyCure'' had rivals in ''Series/PrettyGuardianSailorMoon'' and ''Anime/MermaidMelodyPichiPichiPitch'', two other magical girl series. However, with ''Pretty Cure'' being the newer show, it would soon beat both shows in ratings.

** ''Anime/FutariWaPrettyCure'' had ''Anime/MermaidMelodyPichiPichiPitch'', which was also a magical girl series. However, with ''Pretty Cure'' being the newer show, it would soon beat ''Mermaid Melody'' in ratings.

** From ''Anime/DokiDokiPrettyCure'' to ''Anime/MahoutsukaiPrettyCure'', ''VideoGame/{{Aikatsu}}'' was seen as a major rival for the ''Pretty Cure'' franchise, as both were MerchandiseDriven shows made by Bandai aimed at young girls. ''Aikatsu!'' won during this time period in merchandise sales, but ''Pretty Cure'' won ratings-wise, as while ''Aikatsu!'' appeared in the top 10 anime shows during its' boom in popularity, but unlike ''Tamagotchi!'', they never seemed to beat those of ''Pretty Cure''.

** ''Anime/FutariWaPrettyCureSplashStar'' had competition from the arcade game ''Oshare Majo Love and Berry'', as well as the ''VideoGame/{{Tamagotchi}}'' franchise. Both of these competitors won over ''Splash Star'' since ''Love and Berry'' was considered the popular new trend by many Japanese children in ''Pretty Cure'''s target demographic, while Tamagotchi had the advantage of [[MilestoneCelebration celebrating it's tenth anniversary]] and launching the new online site ''e-Tamago'' in 2006, which was capable of linking to the toys. Later on, ''Anime/HeartCatchPrettyCure'' and ''Anime/SuitePrettyCure'' would face competition from [[Anime/{{Tamagotchi}} the anime adaptation]] of the toyline, which got similar ratings to those shows. However, in that case, ''Pretty Cure'' won as it just so happened to sell more toys and had beaten ''Tamagotchi!'' in ratings most of the time.

** From ''Anime/DokiDokiPrettyCure'' to ''Anime/MahoutsukaiPrettyCure'', ''VideoGame/{{Aikatsu}}'' was seen as a major rival for the ''Pretty Cure'' franchise, as both were MerchandiseDriven shows made by Bandai aimed at young girls. ''Aikatsu!'' won during this time period due to having larger sales, but ''Pretty Cure'' won ratings-wise, as like ''Tamagotchi!'' above, ''Aikatsu!'' only beat ''Pretty Cure'' in the ratings on a few occasions.

** ''Anime/FutariWaPrettyCureSplashStar'' had competition from the arcade game ''Oshare Majo Love and Berry'', as well as the ''VideoGame/{{Tamagotchi}}'' franchise. Both of these competitors won over ''Splash Star'' since ''Love and Berry'' was considered the popular new trend by many Japanese children in ''Pretty Cure'''s target demographic, while Tamagotchi had the advantage of [[MilestoneCelebration celeberating it's tenth anniversary]] and launching the new online site ''e-Tamago'' in 2006, which was capable of linking to the toys. Later on, ''Anime/HeartCatchPrettyCure'' and ''Anime/SuitePrettyCure'' would face competition from [[Anime/{{Tamagotchi}} the anime adaptation]] of the toyline, which got similar ratings to those shows. However, in that case, ''Pretty Cure'' won as it just so happened to sell more toys and had beaten ''Tamagotchi!'' in ratings most of the time.

** From ''Anime/DokiDokiPrettyCure'' to ''Anime/MahoutsukaiPrettyCure'', ''VideoGame/{{Aikatsu!}}'' was seen as a major rival for the ''Pretty Cure'' franchise, as both were MerchandiseDriven shows made by Bandai aimed at young girls. ''Aikatsu!'' won during this time period due to having larger sales, but ''Pretty Cure'' won ratings-wise, as like ''Tamagotchi!'' above, ''Aikatsu!'' only beat ''Pretty Cure'' in the ratings on a few occasions.

** In 2017, Takara Tomy created their own MagicalGirl series, ''Franchise/GirlsXHeroine'', that aired on the same exact day as ''Pretty Cure'' at the exact same time the show would usually end. So far, every installment in this franchise has beaten ''Pretty Cure'' in merchandise sales, with the exception of ''Series/MagicXWarriorMajiMajoPures'', which actually had worse toy sales than those of that year's ''Pretty Cure'' series, ''Anime/HugttoPrettyCure''. However, ''Pretty Cure'' still has better ratings than ''Girls x Heroine'' does.

** ''Anime/FutariWaPrettyCureSplashStar'' had competition from the arcade game ''Oshare Majo Love and Berry'', as well as the ''VideoGame/{{Tamagotchi}}'' franchise. Both of these competitors won over ''Splash Star'' since ''Love and Berry'' was considered the popular new trend by many Japanese children in ''Pretty Cure'''s target demographic, while Tamagotchi had the advantage of [[MilestoneCelebration celeberating it's tenth anniversary]] and launching the new online site ''e-Tamago'' in 2006, which was capable of linking to the toys. Later on, ''Anime/HeartCatchPrettyCure'' and ''Anime/SuitePrettyCure'' would face competition from [[Anime/{{Tamagotchi the anime adaptation]] of the toyline, which got similar ratings to those shows. However, in that case, ''Pretty Cure'' won as it just so happened to sell more toys and had beaten ''Tamagotchi!'' in ratings most of the time.
** ''Anime/YesPrettyCure5GoGo'' had competition from, of all things, the 2007 adaptation of ''Anime/GeGeGeNoKitaro'', as well as from ''Manga/KirarinRevolution'' and ''Manga/ShugoChara''. All three shows beat ''Yes! Pretty Cure 5 [=GoGo=]!'' in television ratings, but the toys for that incarnation still sold pretty well.

** From ''Anime/DokiDokiPrettyCure'' to ''Anime/MahoutsukaiPrettyCure'', ''VideoGame/{{Aikatsu!}}'' was seen as a major rival for the ''Pretty Cure'' franchise.

** ''Go Go'' turned the "second season" into a foreign concept to the franchise, faring worse than its immediate predecessor.

* The series have generally been theorized to be [[AlternateContinuity alternate continuities]]; the BatFamilyCrossover says otherwise, but the movies tend to really mess up the canon.

** Footage also exits on YouTube of pitches for ''Splash Star'' and ''Yes! 5'' being dubbed.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: After the success of the first season and ''Max Heart'' in Spain, it was planned to turn the franchise into a commercial juggernaut like ''Franchise/{{Digimon}}'' or ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'', importing all the seasons (except ''Splash Star'') onwards. Then something happened and the plan broke up just before buying ''Yes! 5''.

* FanNickname: "Sheep skirt", for the petticoats worn by Cure Lemonade (first costume) and the ''Fresh'', ''Suite'', and ''Princess'' Cures, coined by a Website/LiveJournal entry reviewing the Cure costumes up to the first half of ''Suite''.

** ''[=HaCha=]'' led to a total revamp of the franchise with ''[=GoPri=]'', suffering the same fate as ''[=DokiDoki=]''--a second half slump and general fan opinion turning against it (''[=DokiDoki=]'' for its StrangerBehindTheMask moment with Cure Ace, and ''[=HaCha=]'' for its RomanticPlotTumor). To add insult to injury, that was the exact same fate ''[=HaCha=]'' was meant to avoid. [[CreatorKiller It also caused a shakeup in the PC managerial department]] before ''[=GoPri=]'' made it to its own halfway point.

& YouSoundFamiliar: Given that such a CashCowFranchise as ''Pretty Cure'' ought to have a '''huge''' amount of characters as a whole, [[YouLookFamiliar/PrettyCure the examples have their own page.]]

** ''[=HaCha=]'' led to a total revamp of the franchise with ''[=GoPri=]'', suffering the same fate as ''[=DokiDoki=]''--a second half slump and general fan opinion turning against it (''[=DokiDoki=]'' for its StrangerBehindTheMask moment with Cure Ace, and ''[=HaCha=]'' for its RomanticPlotTumor). To add insult to injury, that was the exact same fate ''[=HaCha=]'' was meant to avert. [[CreatorKiller It also caused a shakeup in the PC managerial department]] before ''[=GoPri=]'' made it to its own halfway point.

* NoExportForYou: Partially {{Averted|Trope}}. The English dub of Futari wa Pretty Cure only aired in Canada and the UK. On December 15, 2015, Creator/SabanBrands released ''Anime/SmilePrettyCure'' as ''Glitter Force'' on Netflix, airing in all countries save for those in Asia, with ''Anime/DokiDokiPrecure'' following in August as ''Glitter Force Doki Doki''.

** The Anime/FreshPrettyCure to their respective Pickruns. There is also one scene from Episode 11, where Child Love talks to Teen Love - averted, the elder doesn't say anything.
** The Anime/HeartcatchPrettyCure to their respective EnemyWithin.
** The [[Anime/HeartcatchPrettyCure Snac]][[{{Mooks}} kies]] to each other.

** The Anime/SmilePrettyCure to their respective PsychoRangers.
** The individual [[Anime/DokiDokiPrecure Jikochuus]] to each other.
** {{Averted|Trope}} with the Anime/YesPrettyCure5 as their [[EnemyWithin evil counterparts]] are [[Creator/ReikoKiuchi voiced]] by [[Creator/MikiNagasawa different]] [[Creator/YukoMinaguchi seiyuu]], [[Creator/RieKugimiya two]] of [[Creator/ChinamiNishimura whom]] went on to voice Cures in [[Anime/SmilePrettyCure later]] [[Anime/DokiDokiPrettyCure seasons]]

* CashCowFranchise: The series has earned Creator/ToeiAnimation excesses of 10 billion yen annually, with the only [[DemotedToExtra exception]] [[Anime/FutariWaPrettyCureSplashStar being 2006]], [[ContestedSequel and]] [[Anime/HappinessChargePrettyCure 2014]].

* PortmanteauSeriesNickname: Since ''[=HeartCatch=]'', the name "Pretty Cure" was officially presented in it's often shortened form, "[=PreCure=]."

** When Bandai found out that ''Disney/{{Frozen}}'' and ''WesternAnimation/SofiaTheFirst'' were selling more merchandise than Pretty Cure was in 2014, they made a princess-themed Pretty Cure series, ''Anime/GoPrincessPrettyCure'', to try to win back fans.[[note]]Ironically, Bandai did release some Frozen merch in Japan.[[/note]]

** To attract fans of Bandai's own ''Aikatsu!'' franchise, ''Anime/HappinessChargePrettyCure'' not only used cards that contained clothing inside as the collectible item, but included two songs the Cures sing to purify their enemies[[note]] "Shiawase Gohan Ai No Uta" and "Innocent Purification"[[/note]].
** When [=BanDai=] found out that ''Disney/{{Frozen}}'' and ''WesternAnimation/SofiaTheFirst'' were selling more merchandise than Pretty Cure was in 2014, they made a princess-themed Pretty Cure series, ''Anime/GoPrincessPrettyCure'', to try to win back fans.

* NoExportForYou: Partially {{Averted|Trope}}. The English dub of Futari wa Pretty Cure only aired in Canada and the UK. On December 15, 2015, Creator/SabanBrands will release ''Anime/SmilePrettyCure'' as ''Glitter Force'' on Netflix, airing in all countries save for those in Asia.

* FanNickname: "Sheep skirt", for the petticoats worn by Cure Lemonade (first costume) and the ''Fresh'', ''Suite'', and ''Princess'' Cures, coined by a LiveJournal entry reviewing the Cure costumes up to the first half of ''Suite''.

** When BanDai found out that ''Disney/{{Frozen}}'' and ''WesternAnimation/SofiaTheFirst'' were selling more merchandise than Pretty Cure was in 2014, they made a princess-themed Pretty Cure series, ''Anime/GoPrincessPrettyCure'', to try to win back fans.