History YMMV / MagicalPrincessMinkyMomo

** In the Arabic fandom, it's common for Arabic musicians to upload guitar renditions of the theme song, ever since the original singer did the same on his YouTube channel.

** It is also beloved in France as many kids grew up with it, under the name ''Gigi''. The French fandom were who prevented this series from becoming lost media by archiving the episodes.

* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7sM1CSSWIY Arabs Love Minky Momo!]]

* FountainOfExpies: The King and Queen of Fenarinarsa. Many other anime, including the second ''Minky Momo'' series, the ''Literature/{{Slayers}} Movie'', and ''Anime/DeliciousPartyPrettyCure'', have a fantasy RulingCouple of a short, older, mustachioed king and a tall, thin queen that look just different enough from their inspiration to avoid copyright infringement.
* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7sM1CSSWIY Arabs Love Minky Momo!]] It was AdoredByTheNetwork frequently during the 2020s.

* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7sM1CSSWIY Arabs Love Minky Momo!]] The anime has cemented itself in Arabic pop culture of The80s, and it was AdoredByTheNetwork Creator/SpaceToon that reran it frequently during the 2020s.

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: The Arabic theme song of the series. Tariq Tourgane, who sang and composed it, even uploaded a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITRpsVypZg0 guitar rendition]] of it on his YouTube channel.

* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7sM1CSSWIY Arabs Love Minky Momo!]] The anime has cemented itself in Arabic pop culture of The80s.

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: In the Middle East, the Arabic theme song of the series is very popular. It has been remixed by [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=epmVro5t39s singers]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYhdS57sLjs musicians]] for ages.

* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7sM1CSSWIY Arabs Love Minky Momo]]!

* HarsherInHindsight: The whole fact that the second season ended with a grim bittersweet ending. In 2010, Creator/TakeshiShudo [[DiedDuringProduction passed away]] while still working on the ''third'' Momo, which got as far as a title, meaning any hope of a happy ending... will '''''[[OrphanedSeries never]]''''' happen.

** [[spoiler:Momo getting run over by a truck]] has been referenced in many other anime. Relatedly, there's all the isekai-flavored jokes about [[spoiler:said vehicular accident just being another (or perhaps the very first) instance of [[RecurringFanonCharacter Truck-kun]] doing its job]] (see HilariousInHindsight above).
** Japan has "The Curse of Minky Momo", referring to a series of natural disasters that befell Japan during or after a ''Minky Momo'' finale aired. The original finale was punctuated by a seismic earthquake, while the sequel series' finale was followed up by the Great Hanshin Earthquake of 1995. Some even joked that the shock of the first finale was so great that Momo herself took revenge on reality. Even more painful, Takeshi Shudo was working on a third series... and ended up dying, with it remaining perpetually unreleased.

* SignatureScene: The most remembered scene, due to its infamy, is [[spoiler:Momo being run over by a truck]].

* HarsherInHindsight: The whole fact that the second season ended with a grim bittersweet ending. In 2010, Takeshi Shudo passed away while still working on the ''third'' Momo, which got as far as a title, meaning any hope of a happy ending... will '''''never''''' happen.

** Japan has "The Curse of Minky Momo", referring to a series of natural disasters that befell Japan during or after a ''Minky Momo'' finale aired. The original finale was punctuated by a seismic earthquake, while the sequel series' finale was followed up by the Great Hanshin Earthquake of 1995. Some even joked that the shock of the first finale was so great that Momo herself took revenge on reality. Even more painful, Takeshi Shudo was working on a third series... and ended up dying with it remaining perpetually unreleased.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJhnmkM9VKg Kenny Lauderdale's retrospective on the series]] (which covers the aforementioned [[BadLuckCharm "Curse of Minky Momo"]]) had a more minor example arise from a joke late in the video wherein a fake UrbanLegend is described: Should someone say "Minky Momo" in a mirror three times at 3am, they'll get transported to a BadFuture where Harmony Gold [[TakeThat still owns the rights to]] ''Manga/DragonBall'' and--more importantly--Momo has grown up to become [[Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam Haman]] [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamZZ Karn]]. Cue people doing {{Double Take}}s upon realizing '''it's not a joke'''; the classic MagicalGirl and the notable UC Franchise/{{Gundam}} villainess really ''are'' lookalikes. The Japanese fandom seems to have picked up on this uncanny resemblance much earlier, such as [[Website/{{Pixiv}} pixiv Encyclopedia]]'s entry for the series listing Haman as a related tag while noting both series were represented in ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsXOmega'' (as ''Minky Momo'' was featured as part of a time-limited event due to the [[HumongousMecha Minkinasa]] in Episode 31)... [[MemeAcknowledgment where the two meet and compare appearances]].

* ValuesDissonance: Probably at least part of the reason why [[NoExportForYou this never got released in America]], although the TV series was dubbed into English in the United States and was aired in Australia. While most of the series is totally fine for children, American networks would likely take some issue with [[spoiler:the child heroine being suddenly ''hit by a truck and killed'' halfway in. And then the ''[[BlackComedy jokes]]'' that are made about it later in the series]]. It's also not exactly the sort of thing you can easily {{Bowdlerize}} out, being a major plot element that the rest of the series builds on.
** Strangely the show did reach Latin America with the names of the Harmony Gold dub, showing it was possible to dub it. But even they didnt dub the infamous death episode.

** Japan has "The Curse of Minky Momo", referring to a series of natural disasters that befell Japan during or after a ''Minky Momo'' finale aired. The original finale was punctuated by a seismic earthquake, while the sequel series' finale was followed up by the Great Hanshin Earthquake of 1995. Some even joked that the shock of the first finale was so great that Momo herself took revenge on reality.

* ValuesDissonance: Probably at least part of the reason why [[NoExportForYou this never got released in America]], although the TV series was dubbed into English in the United States and was aired in Australia. While most of the series is totally fine for children, American networks would likely take some issue with [[spoiler:the child heroine being suddenly ''hit by a truck and killed'' halfway in. And then the ''[[BlackComedy jokes]]'' that are made about it later in the series]]. It's also not exactly the sort of thing you can easily {{Bowdlerize}} out, being a major plot element that the rest of the series builds on.

* BigLippedAlligatorMoment:
** The infamous [[spoiler:[[LookBothWays truck scene]]]].
** In one episode of the second series, the Fenarinarsa Momo asks the other Momo about her pets. Then, a musical number where the pets sing about their personalities plays, and after this, the episode resumes.

* FountainOfExpies: The King and Queen of Fenarinarsa. Many other anime, including the second ''Minky Momo'' series, ''LightNovel/TheSlayers Movie'', and ''Anime/DeliciousPartyPrettyCure'', have a fantasy RulingCouple of a short, older, mustachioed king and a tall, thin queen that look just different enough from their inspiration to avoid copyright infringement.

** The infamous [[spoiler:truck scene]].

* FountainOfExpies: The King and Queen of Fenarinarsa. Many other anime, including the second Minky Momo series, ''LightNovel/TheSlayers Movie'', and ''Anime/DeliciousPartyPrettyCure'' have a fantasy king and queen of a short, older, mustachioed king and tall, thin queen that look just different enough to avoid copyright infringement.

** [[spoiler:Momo getting run over by a truck]] has been referenced in many other anime. Relatedly, there's all the isekai-flavored jokes about [[spoiler:said vehicular accident just being another (or perhaps the very first) instance of Truck-kun doing its job]] (see HilariousInHindsight above).

* ItWasHisSled: Everyone who has heard of Minky Momo sees to know the twist of her being killed.

* RetroactiveRecognition: Series planner Creator/TakeshiShudo and director Kunihiko Yuyama later went on to have the same roles in the ''Anime/{{Pokemon|TheSeries}}'' anime. In fact, several elements in scripts Shudo wrote for ''Pokémon'' were {{recycled|Script}} from ''Minky Momo'': "The Ghost of Maiden's Peak" noticeably contains many of the same elements as ''The Bridge Over Dreams'', and ''Anime/PokemonTheFirstMovie'' has a similar ending to ''La Ronde in my dream''.

* MoralEventHorizon: In "Lord of the Jungle", if trapping and killing Africa's native animals - including their young - wasn't enough, then the three [[EvilPoacher evil poachers]] most certainly crossed it when they kidnapped Momo's friend - a boy who takes care of the animals - intending on shooting him to death for foiling their plans.

* {{Padding}}: One example in "Lord of the Jungle"; at one point, Momo - in her JunglePrincess form at the time - seizes one of the poachers' rifles and bends it out of shape - in a longer sequence than expected.
* RetroactiveRecognition: Series planner Creator/TakeshiShudo and director Kunihiko Yuyama later went on to have the same roles in the ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'' anime. In fact, several elements in scripts Shudo wrote for ''Pokémon'' were {{recycled|Script}} from ''Minky Momo'': "The Ghost of Maiden's Peak" noticeably contains many of the same elements as ''The Bridge Over Dreams'', and ''Anime/PokemonTheFirstMovie'' has a similar ending to ''La Ronde in my dream''.

* MoralEventHorizon: In "Lord of the Jungle", if trapping and killing Africa's native animals - including their young - wasn't enough, then the three [[EvilPoacher evil poachers]] sure did cross it when they kidnapped Momo's friend - a boy who takes care of the animals - intending on shooting him to death for foiling their plans.