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7	->''I'm not a little girl!''
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9	From Creator/StudioGainax, based on their ''VideoGame/PrincessMaker'' video game series, comes this sweet and hilarious {{shoujo}} story: A retired knight named Gunbard finds a baby girl in an abandoned battlefield and adopts her. As time passes, it becomes apparent that Yucie can't physically grow past the age of 10, the reason being a mystery.
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11	One day, a light from the royal castle calls upon her. Sneaking in the highest tower, Yucie finds the thing that spoke: The Eternal Tiara, an artifact so powerful it can grant any wish. The Queen arrives and warns Yucie that the Tiara can only be used by someone the jewel chooses, and that using it now could kill her.
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13	Yucie enrolls in a 'princess school' regimented by Queen Ercell in order to make herself worthy of the Tiara so she can wish her curse away. Soon more characters appear. More girls with the same curse as her... and without as many qualms about getting the prize as her.
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15	!!Tropes within:
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17	%%* AerithAndBob: Yucie, Cocoloo, Elmina, Glenda, and Beth.
18	%%* AlphaBitch: Glenda, at first.
19	* AllAnimalsAreDogs: Episode 5 has Yucie working on a farm and eventually be given the job of feeding a birdlike creature that serves as one of the farm's work animals. Cue it taking a liking to her instantly and giving her a few big licks in the face.
20	* ArtShift: Some episodes are much more cartoony and choppy than others.
21	%%* ArtifactOfDoom: [[spoiler: The Eternal Tiara.]]
22	%%* LittleMissBadass: Glenda's magic is awesome, Elmina is physically stronger than average and can fly, Cocoloo can walk through solid objects, and Beth has her ninja tricks.
23	* BalloonBelly: Yucie in episode 1, establishing how Gunbard loves cooking for Yucie to show his love.
24	* BattleButler: He doesn't battle, but Cube aids Yucie in any way he is able, calling into a certain service to provide items needed for the situation. Later, more fight-savvy battle butlers appear.
25	%%* BeachEpisode: With a surprise at the end.
26	%%* BecauseDestinySaysSo: The Eternal Tiara's dark secret.
27	%%* BigBrotherInstinct: Arc, towards Yucie.
28	%%* BrokenAce: Elmina is an example of this due to her deep fear of failure.
29	%%* BumblingDad:
30	%%** Gunbard, but he can be serious when needed.
31	%%** Also Glenda's dad, much to her embarrassment.
32	* CatchPhrase:
33	** Cocoloo: I guess I don't have much presence.
34	** Principal/Queen Ercell: Didn't I tell you?
35	** Glenda: ...Princess of the Demon World with [[GratuitousEnglish elegant]] beauty and [[GratuitousEnglish fantastic]] magical powers.
36	** Yucie: I'm an adult./I'm not a brat.
37	* CatsAreMean: In one episode, Glenda, princess of the Demon Realm, has to fight Cait Sith, an evil cat attacking her realm and turning everyone there into cats. Then again, if this Cait Sith is the same one as the one in the ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' series, it's actually a Japanese interpretation of a Celtic mythological character.
38	%%* CatGirl: Yucie wears a cat suit for a festival. Also, the episode where Yucie is turned into a literal cat.
39	%%* CessationOfExistence: Seen in the last episodes with [[spoiler: Yucie's friends]], as a result of [[spoiler: the Eternal Tiara's power]].
40	%%* CharacterDevelopment: Present for all the girls as they grow closer, but especially Glenda and Beth.
41	%%* CharacterFocus: Some episodes give the spotlight to one of the girls.
42	%%* CleavageWindow: Glenda
43	* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: The Crystal Flowers correspond to the five worlds, the five gems of the Tiara, and the attributes needed to possess them. Orange stands for the Human World and kindness, red is for the Demon World and friendship, pink is for Heaven and strength, green is for the Fairy World and trust, and blue is for the Spirit World and honesty. [[spoiler: Yellow is for the Magic World and love]].
44	%%* TheComicallySerious: Elmina
45	%%* CornerOfWoe: The ghost girl Cocoloo always feels ignored by her other, noisier classmates.
46	%%* CuteMonsterGirl: Glenda
47	%%* CuteGhostGirl: Cocoloo
48	%%* CuteWitch
49	%%* DarkMagicalGirl: Glenda
50	* DarkIsNotEvil: Glenda's father the Demon King is a BumblingDad, much to her ire.
51	* ADayInTheLimelight: The girls' butlers go on a mini-adventure to cure one of them.
52	%%* DeadpanSnarker: Elmina, eventually.
53	%%* DefrostingIceQueen: Beth. Elmina too, to some extent.
54	%%* DoAnythingRobot: Elmina's robot butler Barizan.
55	%%* DoesNotLikeMen: Glenda, after a certain episode. More like she doesn't like [[spoiler: frogs]] and [[spoiler: people who use magic to change their appearance]].
56	%%* EmotionlessGirl: Elmina. She does [[spoiler: cry when she reads the letter from Rockwell's daughter.]]
57	* EvolvingCredits: Initially only Yucie appears in the ending sequence, later all five main girls appear together.
58	* {{Expy}}: Yucie, Ercell, and [[spoiler: Maga Selent]] are based on the princesses of Princess Maker 3, 2, and 1, respectively.
59	%%* EyesAlwaysShut: Gunbard.
60	%%* FangsAreEvil: Glenda sometimes has one.
61	%%* FantasticVoyagePlot: Cube, Chawoo, and Gaga shrink down to enter Balizan to cure him.
62	%%* FestivalEpisode: The girls go to the Harvest Festival.%%And?
63	%%* FetchQuest: The Eternal Tiara's five [[spoiler:later six]] pieces. Also the Crystal Flowers.
64	%%* FirstKiss: Yucie gets hers from [[spoiler:Arc]].
65	* FluffyCloudHeaven: The Realm of Heaven combines this aesthetic with {{Bizarrchitecture}}, being a bunch of escherian structures floating in the sky.
66	%%* ForeheadOfDoom: Yucie. This becomes a RunningGag.
67	%%* GainaxEnding: Inverted, thought the series ''is'' made by Gainax.
68	%%* TheGhost: Cocoloo's dad. Also literally.
69	%%* GottaCatchThemAll: The Crystal Flowers. [[spoiler: The open the way for the final test.]]
70	* TheGreatestStoryNeverTold: Gunbard never told Yucie that [[spoiler:''he'' put together the Eternal Tiara]].
71	* HiddenHeartOfGold: In one episode taking place in the Demon World, Glenda carefully looks around to make sure nobody is watching before warmly comforting a crying cat demon.
72	%%* HyperspaceMallet: Cube's (Yucie's "butler") hyperspace.
73	* IndirectKiss: Played with: Arc kisses Yucie when he just met her... on the forehead.
74	* InvisibleToNormals: Cocoloo's butler is a ghost, and the cast can't see him until he wants them to, midway through the series. Also the other ghosts as well. [[spoiler: Although after obtaining the Crystal Flower from that world, they become visible. And apparently look no different from humans.]]
75	* {{Irony}}: Queen Ercell knows a lot of things that she neglects to tell the girls. But it's something ''she'' doesn't know that ends up impacting them all in the final episodes; the revelation that [[spoiler: by guiding them to the Tiara, she was sending the girls to either destroy the world or four of the candidates]] puts the Queen in a state of shock and despair.
76	%%* JumpedAtTheCall
77	%%* KnightInShiningArmor: Arc acted as such for Yucie once.
78	%%* LargeHam: Glenda
79	* LightIsNotGood: Elmina's dad, the King of Heaven, tends to be a {{Jerkass}}.
80	%%* LonersAreFreaks: Beth only seems like this.
81	%%* LovableAlphaBitch: What Glenda turns out to be.
82	%%* LoveAtFirstSight: Glenda for Amphi. Lampshaded.
83	%%* LuminescentBlush: Occurs multiple times.
84	%%* MacGuffin: the Crystal Flowers.
85	* MagicalGirlQueenlinessTest: The trials for becoming the Platinum Princess. Much of them involve taking on part time jobs that cultivate virtues like kindness and perseverance.
86	%%* MagicSkirt: Even more amazing if you consider their ''shape''.
87	* MasterSwordsman: Elmina the Heaven's princess is very skilled with bladed weapons. Yucie also suddenly appears to be very good at sword-fighting, though one earlier episode showed her and Glenda practicing.
88	* MissingMom: Glenda's mom abandoned her father because of his goofiness. Also none of the other princess canditates mothers have been seen either.
89	* ModestRoyalty: The students at the princess academy. Apparently it's a requirement.
90	* MrExposition: Inverted in Queen Ercell. She thinks many things are of common knowledge, therefore she doesn't elaborate on them.
91	-->'''Queen Ercell:''' [[RunningGag "What? Didn't I tell you?"]]
92	* NakedFirstImpression: Inverted: Arc was the one naked, Yucie realizes it… then blushes and recoils in embarrassment.
93	%%* {{Ninja}}: Beth fights much like one.
94	%%* NinjaButterfly: Beth's stewardess, ironically.
95	* NoblewomansLaugh: In the 2nd episode, Yucie [[DiscussedTrope points out]] that she doesn't have an "oh-ho-ho" laugh or greet people with "[[Literature/MariaWatchesOverUs gokigenyou]]," which makes her out-of-place at the Princess Academy.
96	%%* NonActionGuy: Cube, again.
97	* NotGrowingUpSucks: The Platinum Princess candidates are stuck looking ten years old physically. Yucie and Glenda are the most annoyed at this and their primary goal is to use their wish to become adults.
98	* NunsAreMikos: "Nun" is a part-time job, and the nun who trains Yucie even acts slightly flirtatious toward Arc.
99	* TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou: The first thing Glenda did when meeting Elmina was challenging her.
100	* OlderThanTheyLook: The main cast is 17 but look 10.
101	* OurAngelsAreDifferent: They got robots as butlers, and they are usually perfectionists: Succeed or Fail. [[Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack There is no 'try']] for them.
102	%%* OurDemonsAreDifferent: Their king is a bumbling buffoon and isn't even close to menacing.%%And what are the demons like?
103	%%* OurDragonsAreDifferent
104	%%* OurFairiesAreDifferent
105	%%* OurMonstersAreDifferent
106	* OurSpiritsAreDifferent: They are not the souls of dead humans, but an entirely separate race that ''look'' like regular humans - except for Chawoo, whose default form seems to be of the BedsheetGhost variety.
107	* ParentalAbandonment: Not as much abandonment as 'if you are not [[strike:the best]] perfect, you aren't worthy of being called MY daughter' for Elmina.
108	* PetTheDog: Beth doesn't seem to be an overly sympathetic character—until you find out how she [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/beth_belbel_big.jpg lets her fairy assistant spend the night.]]
109	* PimpedOutDress: With all the queens, princesses, and noble ladies, these of course show up a lot.
110	%%* ThePowerOfFriendship
111	* PrincessesPreferPink: Yucie's princess fantasies involve her in a pink dress (including a pink FairytaleWeddingDress). [[spoiler:She actually wears one when she is crowned the Platinum Princess.]]
112	* RagsToRoyalty: Yucie. [[spoiler: She's actually the princess of the human world.]]
113	* TheRival: what was said about Glenda and Elmina, and [[UnknownRival to a lesser degree]], Glenda and Yucie have a rival-like relationship.
114	%%* RoyalSchool: The Princess Academy
115	%%* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: Ercell is the principal of the academy.
116	* RunningGag: Arc calling Yucie "forehead", Cocoloo [[FridgeBrilliance not having much of a presence]], Glenda's catch phrase, as well as others.
117	%%* ScaryShinyGlasses: Elmina's library uniform evokes this once.
118	%%* SealedEvilInACan: Diabolos.
119	* SenselessSacrifice: In the last episode it's revealed that [[spoiler: Maga Selent is the lost princess of the Magic World who RefusedTheCall. When she finally became the Platinum Princess, her friends disappeared ''pointlessly'' as the destruction was too much to stop]].
120	* {{Sentai}}: The girls act out this trope near the end. If one looks carefully, there is a color scheme of yellow, blue, red, pink, and green, just like some ''Franchise/SuperSentai'' (and ''Franchise/PowerRangers'') series.
121	* SequelHook: The ending has all the lead girls inexplicably attend the Princess Academy once more, even though they all graduated already. Yucie also seems to be no different [[spoiler: as a Platinum Princess.]] But it's especially clear that a sequel was planned when all the girls shout "see you again" in the last shot. This was in 2003 and there still is no sequel in sight.
122	* ShapeShifter: Cocoloo's butler Chawoo can do it and pose as her.%%Also Belbel can transform into
123	%%* {{Shorttank}}: Beth.
124	%%* ShowgirlSkirt: Glenda in a fantasy sequence.
125	* SpoilerOpening: All five main princesses-to-be show up there.
126	%%* SqueakyEyes: Yucie especially.
127	%%* {{Stripperiffic}}: Glenda's outfit in her homeworld. Beth's tight tank top and short shorts have some of this as well.
128	%%* SugarAndIcePersonality: Elmina
129	* TickleTorture: Happens to Cube in episode 2 by Gaga on Glenda's order.
130	* ToBeAMaster: The premise of the show is a competition to find the girl who will become the next Platinum Princess.
131	%%* TomboyPrincess: Glenda and Beth.
132	* TransformationSequence: Glenda does a magical-girl powering up sequence in some episodes. The other girls have a simple one for when they use their gems to change outfits.
133	%%* TheWorldTree: Appears in the Fairy World.
134	* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Beth and her "servant" Belbel.
135	* TrueCompanions: In the end, the girls care more for each other than for some stupid magic trinket.
136	* VerbalTic:
137	** Beth's assistant Belbel uses the classic "desu" sentence end-er. In the English dub it's "yes".
138	** The gate to the Princess Academy ends its sentences with the English word 'gate'.
139	** Cats in the Demon World talk but frequently end sentences with the word 'nya' (meow), while the dog like kobolds use 'woof'.
140	* VitriolicBestBuds: Glenda is this with both Yucie and Elmina; With Yucie it's because Glenda is an AlphaBitch who brags about herself, and with Elmina because angels and demons naturally clash.
141	* WeedingOutImperfections: In one episode, a man estranged from his daughter shows how he trims his rose bush, removing any blossoms that aren't satisfactory to make stronger, better blossoms grow. This is connected to his overly-strict parenting style that ultimately led to his daughter leaving, convinced she would never see a smile on his face or hear any pride from him.
142	%%* WellDoneSonGuy: Elmina wants to be this.
143	%%* WingedHumanoid: Elmina. She is Heaven's princess, thus looks like an angel.
144	* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: [[spoiler: Maga Selent]], shown to be cold and villainous, is revealed in the last episode to be [[spoiler: the lost princess of the Magic World who RefusedTheCall and watched her world suffer—when she finally became the Platinum Princess, her friends disappeared ''pointlessly'' as the destruction was too much to stop.]]
145	* YouHaveWaitedLongEnough: A key part of the backstory involves this trope. [[spoiler:Gunbard and Queen Ercell loved each other, but could not be wed because Gunbard was her knight and a commoner. He set out to piece together the Eternal Tiara and wish for the ability to marry Ercell; knowing the journey was long and dangerous, she agreed to wait for him. While he was gone Ercell remained faithful and refused any arranged marriages--until her father nearly died. With the queen and her people questioning why she would be so cold as to refuse her father's wishes to marry, Ercell was forced to go through with it. Gunbard finally gathered all the pieces and came home to Ercell and her husband.]]
146	* YourCostumeNeedsWork: Not only do the girls have fans, said fans think the girls' pendants are well-made replicas.

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