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2[[caption-width-right:350:And [[LongRunners so begins the age]] of {{Magical Girl}}s punching the heck out of the MonsterOfTheWeek. [[note]]Clockwise from middle left: [[IdiotHero Cure Black/Nagisa Misumi]], [[SupportPartyMember Shiny Luminous]]/[[NonActionGuy Hikari Kujou]], [[CreepyChild Pollun]], [[TrueBlueFemininity Cure White/Honoka Yukishiro]], [[NiceGirl Mipple]] and [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Mepple]].[[/note]]]]
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5->'''Cure Black and Cure White:''' We are Pretty Cure!
6->'''Cure White/Honoka Yukishiro:''' Servants of the Dark Power…
7->'''Cure Black/Nagisa Misumi:''' Return to the darkness from which you came!
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9''Futari wa Pretty Cure'' ("The Two of Us Are Pretty Cure"), shortened to just ''Pretty Cure'' and nicknamed ''[=PreCure=]'', is an AnimeFirst MagicalGirl show done with a modern, self-aware approach to an old genre, as well as the first series in what would become the ''Anime/PrettyCure'' franchise.
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11Nagisa Misumi and Honoka Yukishiro are two eighth-grade girls who normally would have never become anything more than passing acquaintances. Nagisa is an [[{{Tomboy}} energetic jock]] and ace of the lacrosse team, [[EvenTheGirlsWantHer loved by all the girls]] but secretly wishing for a male admirer straight from a romance novel. Honoka is the star pupil and class president, incredibly popular with all the guys but not too fussed about acting upon it.
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13That was until the day Nagisa made a wish on a shooting star and [[CrashIntoHello (violently) came into contact]] with Mepple, a fairy on the run from the sinister agents of the Dusk Zone. Fleeing from the Dusk Zone's monsters, Nagisa runs into Honoka, who happens to have Mepple's partner (and lover) Mipple. To defend themselves, Nagisa and Honoka use the fairies' power to transform together into Cure Black and Cure White: the Emissaries Of Light, Pretty Cure.
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15After an initial awkward phase with involuntary [[InTheNameOfTheMoon catchphrases]] and their new SuperStrength, Nagisa and Honoka learn about the [[MineralMacGuffin seven Prism Stones]] that protect the Garden of Light, Mepple and Mipple's homeworld. Dusk Zone has already captured five of the Prism Stones, and seek to consume both the Garden of Light and Earth once they have all seven. Mepple and Mipple have the remaining two, but [[GottaCatchEmAll need all seven]] to repair the damage done to the Garden of Light. Thus, the stage is set for the conflict between Pretty Cure and Dusk Zone.
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17''Anime/PrettyCure'' was aimed at both [[{{Shoujo}} young girls]] and [[{{Seinen}} young male adults]], and the amount of PostModernism awareness of the MagicalGirl genre and {{Parental Bonus}}es shows it. Nagisa in particular is flabbergasted by the silly clichés of the genre, reciting [[InTheNameOfTheMoon a prolonged post-transformation catchphrase]] and then [[DoubleTake blurting out]], "Wait, what am I ''saying''?!"
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19''Pretty Cure'' bucks the formula in other ways. The girls are [[ActionGirl very physical when fighting]]: leaping, punching and kicking their foes and reserving magical attacks for the [[FinishingMove final blow]]. Both girls possess [[LightningBruiser super-strength and agility]], making them far more formidable in hand-to-hand combat than the usual magical girl. It's worth noting at this point that the director of ''Pretty Cure'' was Daisuke Nishio, whose resume also includes ''Anime/DragonBallZ''.
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21All their magical abilities [[WonderTwinPowers come from teamwork]]: they have no solo attacks and cannot even transform into their Pretty Cure forms unless they do so in unison. The show focuses heavily on the [[ThePowerOfFriendship developing friendship]] between Nagisa and Honoka, even throwing in some blatant [[HomoeroticSubtext yuri subtext]] for the older audience. From an animation standpoint, the show seemed to have an aversion to StockFootage: if Nagisa and Honoka were in different clothes when they transformed, a new transformation sequence would be animated. All of this makes for one of the more unique MagicalGirl shows to come along in a long time.
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23The show proved so popular that a direct {{sequel|Series}}, ''Futari wa Pretty Cure Max Heart'', followed immediately afterwards. Following the finale of ''Futari wa'', the Queen of Light is forced to shatter her own essence and scatter the pieces to Earth. Nagisa and Honoka are recruited once more by the Garden of Light, given [[FrillyUpgrade upgraded powers]] and tasked with [[GottaCatchEmAll finding the twelve "Heartiels"]] that make up the Queen's heart. Aiding them is a MysteriousWaif called Hikari who transforms into [[SixthRanger Third Ranger]] Shiny Luminous, and avoids [[SoLastSeason the usual problem with new members]] by acting as more of a SupportPartyMember to Black and White. Opposing them are the remnants of the Dusk Zone, who are seeking a way to revive the Dark King.
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25In 2006, after the ending of ''Max Heart'', the series received a new installment in the form of ''Anime/FutariWaPrettyCureSplashStar'', which starred [[{{Expy}} expies]] of Nagisa and Honoka named Saki and Mai, who became Cures in their own right.
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27Creator/FourKidsEntertainment originally had the US license (in the same package deal rumored to also give them ''Manga/OnePiece'' and ''[[Anime/OjamajoDoremi Magical DoReMi]]''), but they dropped the license before they did anything with it for unknown reasons (possibly due to the failures of ''[=DoReMi=]'' and ''[[Manga/TokyoMewMew Mew Mew Power]]''). Creator/{{YTV}} then signed a deal with Toei to air the show in Canada in 2009 where the English dub (produced by Toei/YTV and [[Creator/TheOceanGroup Ocean Studios]]) debuted. Additionally, it has aired in this form in Australia and New Zealand on Cartoon Network; and in the UK on [=PopGirl=]. And if you live in America, you can legally watch the subtitled version from Toei [[http://www.crunchyroll.com/pretty-cure right here,]] right now.
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29[[spoiler:The original duo would later make their return in ''Anime/HugttoPrettyCure'' as [[GuestStarPartyMember guest characters]] to celebrate the franchise's [[MilestoneCelebration 15th anniversary]] as well as to promote the the ''All-Stars Memories'' {{Crossover}} movie.]]
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31Compare to ''Anime/MyHime'' and its successor, ''Anime/MyOtome''.
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33!!''Futari wa Pretty Cure'' provides examples of:
34* ActionGirl: Cure Black and Cure White regularly kick monster butt on a weekly basis.
35* AdaptedOut: The manga leaves out many parts of the anime, focussing only in the most important parts. For example, Gekidrago's arc is outright skipped, only stating that he was defeated.
36* AllYourColorsCombined: A mixed example. The [[YinYangBomb Marble]] [[ShockAndAwe Screw]] plays it straight as can be. But some of the later attacks (namely Rainbow Storm and Rainbow Healing) somehow make rainbows out of adding black and white.
37* AlternateContinuity: The ''Anime/PrettyCure'' universe started with this series, but aside from the ''[[Anime/PrettyCureAllStars All Stars]]'' movies they take place in different continuities.
38* AlternateRealityGame: Garden of Dreams, which even spawned a comic (''Somewhat Cure'').
39* AlternativeForeignThemeSong: The English opening is different from the Japanese version, although the dub does use some of the original songs.
40* AmbiguousSituation: The Italian dub of episode 28 of Max Heart has a couple. Whenever a reason for both happened off-screen or it was just a blunder is not known.
41** When Lulun appears, both Nagisa and Honoka are shown to know who she is despite the fact that she never appeared once before. In the original version, in fact, both girls have no idea who Lulun was.
42** Another comes from Honoka, who call Circulus by name despite the fact that no enemy introduced themselves to the Cures and the only one who they actually know the name of (with an actual explanation for it at that point) is Baldez. In the original, Honoka never call Circulus by name.
43* AndroclesLion: In episode 6 of the first season, a bear cub rescued by Nagisa stands between the girls and its demon-possessed mother long enough for them to figure out a plan.
44* ArmorPiercingQuestion: [[spoiler: Kiriya]] to Honoka, after she gets angry at him for having rejected a girl. Honoka can only apologize after realazing he's right.
45-->[[spoiler: '''Kiriya''']]: Weren't you the one who said to think about other people's feelings!? So, do you understand my feelings?! What are my feelings!?
46* BalanceBetweenGoodAndEvil: As always, this trope is used to, basically, ensure that no matter what the heroines do, the evil (namely, the Evil King) is guaranteed to return to wreak more havoc.
47* BarehandedBladeBlock: Honoka at one point appears to do this to a Zakenna's gigantic sword... but there was also a tree holding it in place.
48* BecauseDestinySaysSo: Honoka and Nagisa are fated to become {{Magical Girl}}s, according to their mascots.
49* BigBad: The Dark King is the ruler of the Dusk Zone, and all the villains do their evil deeds for him.
50* BigEater: Nagisa can scarf down lots of food in little time, sometimes taking Honoka's when she doesn't want it.
51* BigFancyHouse: Honoka's home is a traditional Japanese dwelling with a garden and walled yard, but is also located in the middle of a city; upon just seeing the gate Nagisa realizes that she's way out of her economic stratum.
52* BigGuyLittleGuy: The Butler Zakenna have this dynamic. The big one is an idiot who often makes more of a mess than what he cleans while the little one tries to keep him and Hikaru under control.
53* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:At the end of the first season, the Dark King is defeated, but Mepple, Mipple, and Porun fall into an eternal sleep in order to stay with the girls, to their dismay. It gets reversed at the beginning of ''Max Heart''.]]
54* BrandX: Honoka has applied "PRE-Q BAN" brand adhesive bandages to at least two different people's minor wounds.
55* CallingYourAttacks: Black and White always call out their special attacks in the StockFootage before using them. Shiny Luminous follows in their footsteps with her attacks. From the fact it is shown by the Pretty Cure series that their InTheNameOfTheMoon speeches are very clearly involuntary, it is implied that same applies to them calling out their special finisher moves.
56* TheCameo: [[Music/HelloProject Saki Shimizu from Berryz Kobo and Mari Yaguchi]] make a brief cameo in the second movie, but this might have been because Berryz Kobo did the film's ending theme and Yaguchi's song appears as a b-side on the single.
57* CaughtUpInARobbery: On Honoka's birthday in episode 10, she and her family are at a jewelry store that gets attacked by robbers. Honoka foils the robbery by lecturing the robbers into repenting and they end up turning themselves in when the police arrive.
58* CharacterCatchphrase: Nagisa is fond of shouting "I can't believe this!" (''Arienai!'') It's even in the theme song. You can even make a DrinkingGame out of it too.
59* ChekhovsGun: In episode 8, it is revealed that one of the things that Nagisa wrote in her Precure diary is about her smelly socks. This would become vital on episode 20 as when Nagisa was confronted with two Honoka's in the train, the real Honoka was able to state said fact, something that the other Honoka (Poisony is disguise) had no idea about it since the diary can only be read by Nagisa and/or Honoka.
60* ClarkKenting: Subverted for the most part. Nagisa and Honoka have minimal physical changes, and the bad guys regularly attack them in civilian form. They don't fight in the open either, so they don't have to worry about being seen by civilians. Still, they aren't recognized the few times they are seen in Cure form, so it still applies to them occasionally.
61* ConvergingStreamWeapon: The "Pretty Cure Marble Screw" attack has Black's Black Thunder and White's White Thunder converging into a spiral-like stream mixing both as they rocket towards the target of the episode.
62* CoverIdentityAnomaly: When disguising as Honoka in episode 20, Poisony mixes up Mepple and Mipple's name, something which tipped off Nagisa into believing that this Honoka isn't the real one.
63* CrossCastRole: Done twice by Nagisa and once by Honoka, each for a school play.
64* {{Crossdresser}}: Nagisa dresses as a boy in at least two episodes.
65* CrossPoppingVeins: Nagisa sometimes gets these when she's angry, which isn't a rare occurrence.
66* CueTheRain: In episode 21, the weather shifted from sunny weather to heavy rain when Kiriya revealed to Honoka that he's part of the Dusk Zone.
67* CulturalTranslation: Notably with [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takoyaki takoyaki]] becoming doughnuts...covered in "cheese" and herbs.
68* DancingTheme: The ending theme.
69* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: The Dark King [[spoiler:loses ''three'' times to the girls]].
70* DiegeticSoundtrackUsage: For some reason the Verone Choir Club chooses the ending song to sing in a choir competition in episode 45.
71* DownToTheLastPlay: Each season has about 3-4 Lacrosse matches, ''all'' of which are won by Nagisa at the last second. Except one match, which was won by Shiho at the last second.
72* DoWrongRight: Episode 11 has an instance where Nagisa's dad catches her using a grappling move on her brother. Instead of scolding her for tormenting her AnnoyingYoungerSibling, he corrects her technique and goes on his way.
73* TheDragon: Ilkbo is the Dark King's second-in-command in the first arc.
74* DramaticHighPerching: The villains tend to take a high perch when they make their entrance and summon a Zakenna.
75* DubPronunciationChange: The Italian dub has Nagisa's name pronounced as "Na-gee-sa" instead of "Nag-he-sa".
76* EarlyBirdCameo: [[Anime/FutariWaPrettyCureSplashStar Kenta Hoshino]] makes a brief cameo during one episode of ''Max Heart''.
77* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: The earlier episodes have the two demonstrating abilities like producing a barrier and the Rainbow Therapy that they never use again in the later episodes.
78* EarnYourHappyEnding: [[spoiler:Despite initially having no chance against Baldez and Hikari temporarily sacrificing her existence to use the Queen's full power, ''Max Heart'' ends with the world being restored to normal, Mepple and Mipple choosing to stay, and Hikari being resurrected, much to Nagisa and Honoka's happiness.]]
79* TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt: The Dusk Zone plans to annihilate Earth, and the heroes frequently get a glimpse of the ruins of what their world would be like if the Dusk Zone won.
80* EnergeticAndSoftSpokenDuo: The main duo, Nagisa and Honoka, fit the bill. Nagisa is an energetic jock, while Honoka is a more thoughtful and introspective scientist.
81* EveryCarIsAPinto: When she was pissed in episode 42, Cure Black's BattleAura was the bolt in the differential necessary to destroy an entire subway car, making this one Every ''Subway'' Car Is A Pinto.
82* EvilCounterpart: In one episode, two of the heroines' classmates- who loved ''Anime/PrettyCure'' so much that they were cosplaying as them and putting on amateur stage shows for little kids- were {{Brainwashed}} to become evil counterparts. However, far from being equals their {{Brainwashed}} state made them sluggish and gave them no other superpowers save for SuperStrength. The main obstacle came from [[MadeofPlasticine Black and White trying not to accidentally cripple them]].
83* EvolvingCredits: The ending changes partway through to showcase the new QuirkyMinibossSquad and Pollun.
84* EvolvingMusic: The opening theme of ''[=MaX=] Heart'' is a remix of the original theme.
85* {{Expy}}: Their AlternateContinuity successors are expies of them, and they themselves are expies of the Literature/DirtyPair.
86* FaceDoodling: In episode 16, this is how Cure Black solves the problem of telling a brainwashed classmate apart from the Zakennas that have taken on said classmate's appearance.
87* FightingYourFriend: The second movie has this happening between Cure Black and Cure White. It only took some {{Brainwashed And Crazy}} magic to make it happen.
88* {{Foil}}:
89** TomboyAndGirlyGirl: [[TomboyWithAGirlyStreak Nagisa]] and [[TrueBlueFemininity Honoka]], especially on the surface.
90** LightFeminineAndDarkFeminine: Zigzagged by [[DarkIsNotEvil Nagi]][[PinkMeansFeminine sa]] and [[LightIsGood Hono]][[AloofDarkHairedGirl ka]], particularly when Nagisa isn't actively competing or having to deal with an AnnoyingYoungerSibling.
91* FrillsOfJustice:
92** [[http://img31.imageshack.us/img31/6462/render19.gif Cure Black]] her short top caused quite a stir amoung MoralGuardians as a result [[http://img23.imageshack.us/img23/879/maxheartmovie1cureblack.jpg it is covered up in Season 2]]. She is the only one in the entire 8 seasons to not get hair decs.
93*** In the first movie her outfit gets a golden color, and her earrings and other small hearts on her clothes become diamonds.
94*** In the second movie [[http://img687.imageshack.us/img687/8136/6e97171829d760full.jpg Her outfit]] takes on a Feather Motif. In ''Pretty Cure All Stars DX 2'' her Cure Rainbow Black form resembles this but without the FeatherMotif.
95** [[http://img11.imageshack.us/img11/2838/8545853.jpg Cure White]] She only gets a minor FrillyUpgrade for season 2 same golden upgrade for movie 1 and [[http://img593.imageshack.us/img593/7333/a38b9a732fbbd0full.jpg movie 2 upgrade]] Cure Rainbow White in ''Pretty Cure All Stars DX 2'' uses the same outfit but with [[PowerGivesYouWings Wings]]
96** [[http://img839.imageshack.us/img839/6039/8545934.jpg Shiny Luminous]][[http://img695.imageshack.us/img695/6646/310cea1a0fb580full.jpg]] Her outfits follow the same upgrade line as Cure White.
97* FrillyUpgrade: Just look at their outfits in the first season, then their outfits at ''Max Heart''.
98* FunWithSubtitles: In episode 21, Nagisa warns Mipple and Mepple for their carelessness with showing their real forms. Problem is, she's holding a bag of chips on her mouth, so Mipple can't understand her as her speech was too grumbled (Mepple was able to understand it just fine though). Arienai Fansub's release of the episode [[https://i.imgur.com/fLsBfRt.jpg deliberately]] [[https://i.imgur.com/7hAOBTF.jpg grumbled]] Nagisa's lines to mimic the effect of speaking while having something in your mouth.
99%%* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Please check the trope page to make sure your example fits the current definition.
100* GoldenSuperMode: The Golden Power from the first movie comes with gold clothes and diamond jewelry.
101* GoodOldFisticuffs: Well, before they start raining hell on their opponents.
102* GottaCatchThemAll: Used differently than in most series as ''Pretty Cure'' makes no real effort to collect the Heartiels [[spoiler: near the end of the series it's revealed they never intended to revive The Queen and are in fact offended by the idea that they would be willing to sacrifice anyone]].
103* GratuitousEnglish: The Cure's names, transformation phrases, and attacks are all in English.
104* HeelFaceTurn: Done twice, first by [[spoiler:Kiriya]] and later, in part, by [[spoiler:King Haaku, whose ''life'' makes the turn and splits from him]].
105* HeterosexualLifePartners: Nagisa and Honoka.
106* HumanShield: Pissard does this in episode 5 with the petrified museum goers. Forcing the Cures to hold back or risk causing LiterallyShatteredLives.
107* IdiotBall: A large portion of the conflict in the third act of the first movie is because of a few characters being oddly stupid in the second act. Despite knowing that the most likely time for the witch to attack the Kingdom of Hope and steal the Diamond Line, the ceremony, is mere minutes away and they should logically be on high alert:
108** Several of the Warriors of Hope conclude that the presence of Pretty Cure scared the witch off and she won't be coming, as if the ceremony had already happened or something. They promptly attempt to slack off.
109** Nagisa, offended by Square, decides to not only run out of the room, but ''across the entire castle'', ensuring she is nowhere near Honoka. She even acknowledges that this leaves the Diamond Line much more vulnerable and renders the entire purpose of their being in the Kingdom of Hope pointless... but decides that it would be too awkward to head back immediately.
110** Honoka, Hikari, Mepple, Mipple and Porun also make no effort to bring Nagisa back after she runs off. None of them think to inform anyone else of the fact that they have to be together to transform, either.
111** So, of course, the witch attacks at exactly the time they all thought she would, steals the Diamond Line with little resistance and injures the queen. Way to go, everyone.
112* IgnoredEnemy: In episode 8. Nagisa and Honoka are bickering while casually dodging Gekidrago's attacks, and when he demands they stop ignoring him, they shout "Be quiet! We're having a very important conversation here!" and [[ATwinkleInTheSky blast him into orbit]].
113* ImmediateSequel: ''[=MaX=] Heart'' picks up where the original left off.
114* InTheNameOfTheMoon: Every time Nagisa and Honoka transform they say the same declarations automatically. [[LampshadeHanging The first time they do this, Nagisa responds by asking what the heck she is saying.]]
115-->'''Cure Black''': Say ''what''!?
116* IntertwinedFingers: The girls hold hands like this whenever they perform the Marble Screw.
117* InvisibleToNormals: Subverted most of the time. Whenever Mipple, Mepple or Pollun decide to pop out because they want to have fun along with Nagisa and Honoka, the girls have to cover up and pretend that they made whatever noise the mascots made.
118* LampshadeHanging: So much of it going around due to Nagisa that it deserved having it as its own trope.
119* LonelyRichKid: Honoka is very wealthy, but also [[DownplayedTrope somewhat]] isolated from her peers due to not being very social, although she ''does'' have friends in the Science Club, particularly Yuriko. When she befriends Nagisa, she also gets absorbed into her circle of friends.
120* LoveLetter:
121** Nagisa and her female admirers.
122** Nagisa decides to deliver one to her own crush, but eventually doesn't go through with it.
123* LovelyAngels: Look at this picture, now look at [[Literature/DirtyPair this one]]. Note, jock and brain, note hair colors.
124* MagicalGirlWarrior: A lot more action-based than the typical MagicalGirl show.
125* MagicRealism: Hints of it; for instance, the art gallery episode
126* {{Malaproper}}: Nagisa, especially in the next episode previews where Honoka has to constantly correct her.
127%%* MetaGuy
128* MidSeasonUpgrade: The Pretty Cure Rainbow Bracelets.
129* MiniDressOfPower: Cure White wears a short dress and is capable of bashing Zakenna or Dark Zone generals.
130* ModestyShorts: Nagisa wears them both in her lacrosse uniform and as Cure Black.
131* MonsterOfTheAesop: Any Zakenna featured in an episode is related to the lesson learnt there.
132* MonsterOfTheWeek: The Zakennas serve as the first of many monsters summoned by the Dark Zone's generals.
133* MotorMouth: Shiho, who punctuates her verbal barrages with a stutter-like triple repeat of the occasional word.
134%%* MultipleDemographicAppeal
135* NeverSayDie: "Returning to the darkness"; Mipple and Mepple assure Honoka that they haven't ''really'' killed their enemies, but later on, the villains treat it as punishment and Kiriya once mentions it in a context that sounds like committing honourable suicide. This becomes a plot point later on when [[spoiler:Kiriya manages to communicate with the girls through a rift in the darkness.]]
136* NonHumanSidekick: Mipple and Mepple are the two cute critters from the Garden of Light who accompany Nagisa and Honoka in stopping the Dusk Zone.
137* OddCouple: Honoka is a tidy, feminine [[BadassBookworm intellectual]] from a rich family; Nagisa is a rough-and-tumble middle-class [[TomboyWithAGirlyStreak tomboy]] who [[BookDumb isn't good at school]].
138* {{Ojou}}: Honoka is a lady whose wealth allows her to live in basically a small Japanese mansion and she's also treated like a princess as one who is very knowledgable.
139* PillarOfLight: Their [[MagicalGirlWarrior Magical Girl]] [[TransformationSequence transformation]] happens inside a rainbow one; as shown in the first episode, it [[FridgeLogic prevents their enemies from interrupting them]].
140* PlotTailoredToTheParty: Whenever Nagisa and Honoka goes on a trip, they are conveniently together by coincidence and/or by intention.
141* PostEpisodeTrailer: The first time in the franchise where the next episode will be teased.
142* ThePowerOfFriendship: Very important in the series, as the Cures' attacks are powered by their friendship.Even when they're arguing/yelling at each other, they can still manage to dodge all the enemy's attacks -- in perfect sync -- and pull together long enough to defeat it.
143* ProfessionalButtKisser: The vice-principal, whose EstablishingCharacterMoment is to change opinions immediately based on what the principal says. Even the principal calls him out on saying whatever he thinks the principal wants to hear.
144* PummelDuel: [[spoiler: Baldez vs.]] Cure Black and Cure White throw rapid punches at each other at the same time at their last fight.
145%%* PuppyDogEyes ZCE until we can think of one example.
146* QuirkyMinibossSquad: There is one in the first half of Pretty Cure, but in the second half [[spoiler: they are replaced by a TerribleTrio]].
147* RecycledSoundtrack: The opening theme is kinda recycled from [[https://www.dailymotion.com/video/xicwa3 Hatena no Boomerang]], the opening to the anime version of Creator/OsamuTezuka's ''Manga/TheThreeEyedOne'', both songs were composed by Yasuo Kosugi
148* RedOniBlueOni: Nagisa (who is very open with how she feels) and Honoka (who is most of the time calm yet happy) respectively.
149%%* RepeatCut
150* ResetButton: Not explicit, but there are a few cases, when all damage from immensely destructive battles disappears, and normals don't remember anything afterwards.
151%%* RopeBridge
152* SchoolPlay: With added LesYay, as the leads portray ''Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet''.
153* ShipTease: Possibly with the aforementioned SchoolPlay episode. There also is some between [[SmittenTeenageGirl Nagisa]] and her crush [[NiceGuy Fujipi]].
154* {{Shorttank}}: Nagisa wears a black tank-top sometimes and often has on a pair of minishorts.
155* ShoutOut: ''Franchise/SailorMoon'' and other MagicalGirl references, both straight and satirical.
156* SignificantDoubleCasting: Creator/KenichiOno plays Jaaku King and Baldez. [[spoiler:The GrandFinale reveals that Baldez is the heir of Jaaku King's power. Baldez ''is'' Jaaku King.]]
157* SixthRanger: Hikari's a ''Third'' Ranger.
158* SliceOfLife: When they're not fighting villains, this is basically what most of the episodes consist of.
159* SlowMotionPassBy: Nagisa and Honoka in the intro.
160* SnotBubble: Mepple does this, sometimes with added drool.
161* SoLastSeason: [[ZigZaggingTrope Zig-zagged.]] Once the Seeds of Evil show up, Pretty Cure seem to be helpless against them without the Pretty Cure Rainbow Bracelets. However, the regular old Marble Screw still works just fine against Zakenna, and eventually they can win against the Seeds without the bracelets as well.
162** For that matter, the Marble Screw was already pretty much useless against Ilkubo several episodes before the Bracelets were introduced, forcing Pretty Cure to rely on luck and tactics to survive against him.
163** Then when ''[=MaX=] Heart'' comes along, they use an upgraded version of Marble Screw, but that too is eventually outclassed by Extreme Luminario . . . and then Marble Screw is upgraded ''again''.
164* SpotlightStealingSquad: Nagisa. In the first season her screentime is roughly equal to that of Honoka's, but in ''[=MaX=] Heart'', she gets more episodes than Hikari and Honoka combined. The first NonSerialMovie has Nagisa doing cool things while Honoka and Hikari are barely more than {{Living Prop}}s. Averted in the second movie, however. [[Anime/FutariWaPrettyCureSplashStar Saki]] and [[Anime/SuitePrettyCure Hibiki]] are both [[{{Expy}} expies]] of her and both do this too.
165* StockFootage: There's the usual stock footage (transformation, attacks), and some surprise ones, like Nagisa's lacrosse goal.
166* SuperCellReception: Played with. The protective forms that Mipple and Mepple have to take on during their stay on earth resemble girly cellphones, resulting in everyone assuming that Nagisa and Honoka already had cells and didn't need new ones. However, Mipple and Mepple only look like cellphones, and can't be used to communicate.
167%%* TheSweatDrop
168* TeamSpirit: Many of the episodes put Nagisa and Honoka's teamwork to the test as Pretty Cures.
169* TeenGenius: Honoka, a second-year (later third) is regarded as the "Queen of Knowledge" in school.
170* ThisIsUnforgivable: Honoka says something to that effect ''every single week''. If ''Nagisa'' is driven to say this, however, whoever drove her to say it is going to pay ''dearly''.
171* TitleDrop: Borderline example, and the dub every instance of Pretty Cure being uttered counts since the title is shortened to simply "Pretty Cure". The girls' InTheNameOfTheMoon speech finishes with the exclamation of "Together We are Pretty Cure!", making this a OnceAnEpisode occurrence.
172* TogetherWeAreX:"Futari" means "We", so "Futari wa Pretty Cure" can roughly mean "Together we are Pretty Cure", which was even a lyric of the English opening. This also extends to the follow-up, ''Anime/FutariWaPrettyCureSplashStar''.
173* TomboyishName: "Nagisa" is a girl's name but our hot-blooded Nagisa (aka Cure Black) is tomboyish.
174* TooDumbToLive: After about the tenth time weird things start happening around them and they don't ''immediately'' transform, but instead decide to investigate in their normal unpowered state, you start to wonder what is wrong with them. You have superpowers, girls. If everyone around suddenly gets turned to stone, you should probably USE THEM! Even ''Mepple'' starts calling them out on it by midpoint. They don't listen.
175** By the time of [[spoiler:Anime/HugttoPrettyCure]] they are finally more sensitive to the disturbances and more willing to use their powers after 15 years. They transformed and Shiny Luminous put up a shield just in time to dodge the [[spoiler:time-stopping attack from Dr. Traum]] so they can teleport in to save the day, when all other teams are frozen in time.
176* TransformationSequence: Nagisa and Honoka's transformation (the first in the franchise) takes about a minute to complete.
177* VerbalTic: Employed by the mascots.
178** Mepple constantly says "~mepo" at the end of his sentences.
179** Mipple uses "~mipo".
180** Pollun's tic is "~popo".
181** Lullun ends her lines with "~lulu".
182* VillainsOutShopping: In one episode, Nagisa and Honoka, while discussing the high likelihood of running into villains on a coincidental group family vacation, inexplicably find Poisony having a nap in a wardrobe. She manages to evade them before they can confirm that she was there for real.
183%%* VisibleSigh
184* WaveMotionGun: Their signature attack, "Pretty Cure Marble Screw" (or [[DubNameChange "Pretty Cure Marble Twister"]]), greatly resembles one.
185* WeaselMascot: Mepple.
186* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: The Zakenna butlers live through both seasons and are never shown being killed, yet their fate at the end of ''Max Heart'' is left unaddressed. They are last seen at the mansion.
187* WhatMeasureIsANonHuman: See NeverSayDie, above.
188* WrestlerInAllOfUs: Mostly, used by Nagisa to punish her AnnoyingYoungerSibling.
189* WritersCannotDoMath: Subverted. The infamous "[[http://www.lurkmore.com/w/images/6/66/1189463749040.jpg You should be able to solve this]]" screencap (the equation resolves to 0=26) is taken from seconds before Honoka points out that the equation can't be solved--it's the in-universe math teacher who made a mistake, not the writers.
190* YearInsideHourOutside: Though they left a day apart in their world, over a century passed between Mipple's arrival on Earth and Mepple's.

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