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| 6 | ! Pretty Cures |
| 7 | [[folder:Manatsu Natsuumi '''(Cure Summer)''']] |
| 8 | !! Manatsu Natsuumi (Cure Summer) |
| 9 | !!! '''Voiced by:''' Creator/FairouzAi (JP) [[labelnote: Foreign [=VAs=]]] Lin Peiling (TW Mandarin, main series, ''Anime/HirogaruSkyPrettyCure'' episode 5 & 29, ''[[Anime/PrettyCureAllStars Pretty Cure All Stars F]]''), Li Peijia (TW Mandarin, ''Anime/HealinGoodPrettyCure'' episode 45) [[/labelnote]] |
| 10 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/cure_summer_profile.png]] |
| 11 | [[caption-width-right:300:[[labelnote:Click here to see her as a civilian]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/manatsu_natsuumi.png]][[/labelnote]] |
| 12 | ->''[[TransformationNameAnnouncement "Joyful Everlasting Summer! Cure Summer!"]]'' |
| 13 | An extremely energetic first-year student in Aozora Middle School. She moved from Minamino Island to Aozora City to live with her mother and goes about with her mantra to do the most important thing immediately. After encountering Laura and trying to save the mermaid from the Witch of Procrastination's forces, she becomes Cure Summer to fight said enemies. |
| 14 | ---- |
| 15 | * BeautyBrainsAndBrawn: She, Sango and Laura are the beauty to Asuka's brawn and Minori's brains. |
| 16 | * BlitheSpirit: Manatsu's attitude of speaking her mind and being heavily motivated helps her teammates to overcome some of their own personal hurdles holding them back. She helps Sango realize that it's okay to have your own opinion about things and praising Minori helps her overcome her fear of criticism. |
| 17 | * BookDumb: Manatsu manages to fail '''all''' of her tests at the end of Episode 10. Averted in Episode 11 where she retakes her tests and passes them. |
| 18 | * BreakingOldTrends: She's the first non-pink main Cure since [[Anime/FutariWaPrettyCure Cure Black]]. |
| 19 | * CharacterCatchphrase: Whenever she finds something exciting, she describes it as being filled with "Tropica-shine!" |
| 20 | * CharacterTic: She tends to flail her arms and/or breathe heavily through her nose when excited. |
| 21 | * ConvenientlySeated: Manatsu is conveniently seated in the corner next to the window, with Sango sitting in front of her. |
| 22 | * CountryMouse: She moved from a rural island to a bustling city, and she's absolutely thrilled by it. She spends most of her free time sightseeing around the city, staring in awe at things most other people would be unfazed by. |
| 23 | * TheCuckoolanderWasRight: '''Big Time''' in Episode 43. What does she want to do when she escapes from the whale and heads to the Witch's Mansion? Ask the Witch herself to give the motivation back. When Flamingo admits that it's a reckless idea, La Mer (who was recently told the history of Cure Oasis) actually says that the idea is the best one, considering that they could help her remember who she is. |
| 24 | * ADayInTheLimelight: While a lot of episodes give her and Laura a lot of focus, Episode 34 in particular gives her more direct focus as she struggles with what she wants to do when she grows up. |
| 25 | * GenkiGirl: Out of all the excitable leader Cures, Manatsu is practically ''the'' most excitable, proudly carrying the tradition on her shoulders. She's very hyperactive, loud, and enthusiastic about just about everything. |
| 26 | * TheHeart: She's the reason the Tropical Club and the Pretty Cure team exist. And in Episode 20, she's the only one who doesn't get involved in the girls' arguing when her Limited Edition Melon Bread goes missing and instead tries to stop the fighting. |
| 27 | * HeroicBSOD: |
| 28 | ** Gets hit with one in episode 10 after her motivation gets sapped by a Zenzen Yaraneeda, causing her to become completely apathetic. It takes the other Cures [[ShutUpHannibal asserting their own]] {{Determinator}} natures to Chongire for Manatsu to [[ShesBack snap out of it.]] |
| 29 | ** She gets hit with another one in Episode 35 after she impulsively botches Laura's SignatureMove Mermaid Aqua technique, resulting in the motivation unsuccessfully coming back. After being called out on it, she feels like an idiot and when a Chou Zettai Yaraneeda strikes later in the episode, she loses all of her will to fight. Thankfully the girls help her snap out of it and successfully defeat the threat. |
| 30 | * HumanHummingbird: Going with GenkiGirl above, Manatsu's CharacterTic seems to be flailing her arms when she gets excited. As a RunningGag, she often does this while holding the Mermaid Pot--with Laura inside, to her dismay. |
| 31 | * InconsistentSpelling: : Most would assume her surname would be spelled Natsumi, but officially, it's Natsuumi. |
| 32 | * KiddieKid: In Episode 14, she gets way too excited about playing with the preschoolers, with one of them having to reprehend her for trying to take a ball of mud she made inside. |
| 33 | * TheLeader: The lead Cure and head of Tropical Club. |
| 34 | * MeaningfulName: Her family name is made up the kanji for "summer" and "sea", which are both very prominent motifs in the series. |
| 35 | * NewTransferStudent: She moved from Minaminojima to Aozora City. |
| 36 | * NiceGirl: She's incredibly friendly and easy to get along with, and is always willing to help others without expecting anything in return. |
| 37 | * NoIndoorVoice: Most of her dialogue is shouted at the top of her lungs rather than spoken normally. Her first time talking into a microphone in episode 13 nearly blows out the eardrums of everybody in the school. |
| 38 | * OnlyOneFindsItFun: While her new friends gush over animals like penguins in episode 3, Manatsu constantly loudly proclaims her love for the unconventionally "cute" ones, like the "armored" giant isopod, which they quickly shut down as "cute." However, her finding what isn't conventional "cute" is shown in a positive light. |
| 39 | * PinkHeroine: Played with. For the first time since [[Anime/FutariWaPrettyCure Cure Black]], her color scheme isn't predominantly pink. Instead, she's actually rainbow-themed. Her outfit is mostly white, but there's still some pink in there, along with blue and yellow. |
| 40 | * RainbowMotif: Officially, she is a rainbow-themed cure, the second after [[Anime/KiraKiraPrecureALaMode Cure Parfait]]. |
| 41 | * RepetitiveName: Her first and last name both contain the word "natsu", which is Japanese for "summer". |
| 42 | * StockShonenHero: Confirmed by WordOfGod as her design basis. |
| 43 | * SuperGullible: Out of all the cures, she is the one who gets tricked the easiest as shown in episode 19 when Elda easily fools her with her Talking Doll Act when they're inside the haunted mansion. Even Laura being the fish out of water doesn't fall for her act. |
| 44 | * TerribleArtist: Episode 11 features her trying to draw what her gang's sand art would be like. The end result looks like it was drawn by a toddler, leaving the others shocked by it. |
| 45 | * TrademarkFavoriteFood: Melon Bread is the food she enjoys the most. |
| 46 | * VictimOfTheWeek: She herself ends up getting her motivation sapped by a Zenzen Yaraneeda. Laura's able to suck the motivation out, but the Yaraneeda ends up knocking the jar out to a river. |
| 47 | * WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: She's terrified of ghosts and cowers when she believes one is present. |
| 48 | [[/folder]] |
| 49 | |
| 50 | [[folder:Sango Suzumura '''(Cure Coral)''']] |
| 51 | !! Sango Suzumura (Cure Coral) |
| 52 | !!! '''Voiced by:''' Creator/YumiriHanamori (JP) [[labelnote: Foreign [=VAs=]]] Li Peijia (TW Mandarin) [[/labelnote]] |
| 53 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/cure_coral_profile.png]] |
| 54 | [[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote:Click here to see her as a civilian]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/sango_suzumura.png]][[/labelnote]] |
| 55 | ->''"Glittering Jewels! Cure Coral!"'' |
| 56 | A kind-hearted first-year student and one of Manatsu's classmates in her headroom with an affinity for cute things. Her family runs a beauty parlor, making her the most knowledgeable about cosmetics. After advice from Laura and Manatsu to believe in her own choices, she becomes Cure Coral to save the two from the Witch's forces. |
| 57 | ---- |
| 58 | * AlliterativeName: '''S'''ango '''S'''uzumura. |
| 59 | * AudienceSurrogate: Has been confirmed by the director that she intended to be one. Her personality compared to the other girls is toned down, and she's more normal compared to them. |
| 60 | * BadassInDistress: Ends up captured by the Zenzen Yaraneeda in Episode 15 when trying to protect a child it tried to attack. She ends up being unable to fight at all until Cure Papaya turns things around. |
| 61 | * BarelyChangedDubName: Her first name is renamed as "Sansan" (transcribed as 珊珊) in the Taiwanese Mandarin dub, most likley to avoid confusion about why the cures still call her by her cure name as citizens as "Sango" means coral in Japanese. |
| 62 | * BarrierWarrior: Creates "X"-shaped barriers that can deflect enemy attacks. |
| 63 | * BeautyBrainsAndBrawn: She, Laura, and Manatsu are the beauty to Asuka's brawn and Minori's brains. |
| 64 | * ChronicHeroSyndrome: Without even thinking about it, Sango helps everyone she comes across in her first focus episode. |
| 65 | * DrawAggro: Instinctively gets in the way of a teammate about to be hurt with her BarrierWarrior shield. |
| 66 | * DubNameChange: In the Korean dub, her name is changed to "Nam Su-jeong". |
| 67 | * ExtremeDoormat: Her main character flaw is her lack of confidence in her own interests and tendency to go with what others tell her. She explains to Manatsu that, in elementary school, she picked a purple flower for a class project where everyone else picked a pink one, and immediately felt singled out for going against the grain, though no one minded her choice. Since she normally finds herself unable to say "no", it's fitting that her primary ability as Cure Coral is literally ''[[BarrierWarrior denying]]'' attacks. |
| 68 | * FashionableAsymmetry: As Cure Coral, she has two small hearts on her left cheek and a big heart on her right cheek. |
| 69 | * TheFashionista: Her family runs a beauty parlor, so she is knowledgeable about make-up and cosmetics. |
| 70 | * FriendToAllChildren: She's very good with children, and is even thrilled for the Tropical Club's trip to the preschool in Episode 14. |
| 71 | * GirlishPigtails: She ties her hair into low pigtails and is knowledgeable about fashion and make-up. |
| 72 | * GracefulLadiesLikePurple: She is the nicest and the most feminine girl within the group and is also a Purple Cure. |
| 73 | * IdiotHair: She has a short curved ahoge on the right corner of her head. |
| 74 | * TheHeart: She's arguably the friendliest of the four and represents the Heart Of Kindness as Cure Coral. |
| 75 | * MeaningfulName: Sango means "coral" when written in kanji. |
| 76 | * NiceGirl: She's the nicest and friendliest girl in the group. In Episode 3 alone, she gives her ice cream to a sad little girl and returns a dropped wallet to its owner. She also stresses that she's badmouthing Laura when a bunch of her friends, oblivious to mermaids, start speculating they look like dugongs, about a few minutes after she's met her. |
| 77 | * PurpleIsPowerful: Downplayed. While she is a Purple Cure, she isn't as strong as the other Purple Cures in the franchise, usually focusing more on defense and hardly performing much combat (other than her solo finisher). |
| 78 | * SignatureHeadgear: She dons a distinct sailor's hat in her Cure form. |
| 79 | * WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: She panics when a bug flies into the recording studio in episode 13 and then faints when it lands on her face. |
| 80 | [[/folder]] |
| 81 | |
| 82 | [[folder:Minori Ichinose '''(Cure Papaya)''']] |
| 83 | !! Minori Ichinose (Cure Papaya) |
| 84 | !!! '''Voiced by:''' Creator/YuiIshikawa (JP) [[labelnote: Foreign [=VAs=]]] Fu Qihui (TW Mandarin) [[/labelnote]] |
| 85 | [[quoteright:330:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/cure_papaya_profile.png]] |
| 86 | [[caption-width-right:330:[[labelnote:Click here to see her as a civilian]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/minori_ichinose.png]][[/labelnote]] |
| 87 | ->''"Sparkling Fruits! Cure Papaya!"'' |
| 88 | A smart second-year honors student with the best grades in her class. She likes reading and possesses strong self-esteem but struggles to show any emotion. After receiving encouragement from Laura and Manatsu, she resolves to believe in herself and becomes Cure Papaya to save Summer and Coral. |
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| 90 | * AnimalMotifs: As Cure Papaya, she seems to have a monkey motif: her extruded ponytail resembles a monkey's tail, and she becomes a lot more energetic and active compared to her usual self. This could also be a nod to her fruit theme and how monkeys eat fruit. |
| 91 | * AwesomeByAnalysis: Thanks to being an avid reader, she's able to use her imagination to figure out the actions of others as demonstrated in episode 7 when she was the only one to realize what [[TheUnintelligible Kururun]] was trying to tell the Cures. |
| 92 | * BadassBookworm: Always enjoys reading during her spare time but is also a very agile and skilled fighter as Cure Papaya. |
| 93 | * BeautyBrainsAndBrawn: She's the brains to Asuka's brawn and Sango, Manatsu, and Laura's beauty. |
| 94 | * BookSmart: She's one of the smartest students in her class, and in Episode 10, it's shown she's able to get excellent grades without even studying. |
| 95 | * CombatStilettos: Averted. She wears proper shoes in place of high heels as Cure Papaya. |
| 96 | * CordonBleughChef: Her bento meatballs in episode 8 are the result of her throwing jute mallow, Natto beans, tuna eyeballs, and eggshells into a blender, turning the mixture into mush. Unlike other examples, she got this from a cookbook, which solely focusses on nutritious meals at the cost of taste. |
| 97 | * DarkAndTroubledPast: Before she joined the Tropical Club, she was a member of the school's literacy club where she wrote her first novel that got highly praised by her classmates. Alas, it got shut off by the club president who commented on how plain and boring her book was, causing her to leave the club and stop writing. |
| 98 | * DubNameChange: Her Cure name becomes "Cure Fruit" in the Taiwanese Mandarin dub. |
| 99 | * EyeBeams: Her kiwi-shaped earrings can emit lasers when placed in front of her eyes. |
| 100 | * TheGlassesComeOff: Unlike other Cures with glasses who have theirs disappear once they start their transformation sequence, she still has her on but you can see her take them off before transforming. |
| 101 | * GogglesDoNothing: Zigzagged. As shown when she transforms, she doesn't particularly need her glasses to see when she transforms into Cure Papaya. However, episode 20 shows that different types of glasses seem to change her personality and she is most energetic when not wearing any. |
| 102 | * HiddenDepths: She's got a real interest in mermaids after reading ''Literature/TheLittleMermaid'' in kindergarten. |
| 103 | * NotSoStoic: Although she usually isn't very emotional and maintains a calm demeanor, she lets this fall away at certain moments — such as when she screamed in surprise upon learning that Laura is a real mermaid and when she gets excited when talking about her interests. |
| 104 | * OpaqueLenses: It doesn't happen often, but when Minori is feeling disheartened, expect her lenses to suddenly become opaque. |
| 105 | * PurelyAestheticGlasses: This is seemingly implied to be the case as her glasses could be there to make her look smarter. However, her personality seems to change in episode 20 when she wears star-shaped glasses as Detective Minori and she wears her glasses as Laura when the two of them swap bodies with Laura having no trouble seeing without them. |
| 106 | * ShorterMeansSmarter: Is the shortest member of the group and the smartest of the bunch. |
| 107 | * TheSmartGirl: The smartest girl in the group. |
| 108 | * SmartPeopleWearGlasses: She wears a pair of round eyeglasses in her civilian form, and she is also an honors student with the best grades in her class. In fact, in Episode 10, she mentions that she doesn't even need to study for tests as it's easy for her to memorize a lot. |
| 109 | * TheStoic: Minori is much less emotive compared to her teammates and even previous Cures, maintaining the same calm demeanor and soft speaking voice regardless of the situation. However, she lets this fall away at certain moments — such as when she freaks out when she realizes mermaids are real or when she smiles genuinely, and she is a lot more animated as Cure Papaya or when talking about her interests — but even then, her stoic subtlety stands out against the over-the-top expressions of Manatsu, Sango, Asuka, and Laura. |
| 110 | * TookALevelInCheerfulness: At the end of episode 28, she talks about how much fun she's had since she became a Pretty Cure and joined the Tropical Club and even sounds a lot livelier when sharing this with the others. |
| 111 | * TrademarkFavoriteFood: Episode 15 reveals she loves croquettes. |
| 112 | * WhenSheSmiles: A few episodes show Minori having a genuine smile compared to her usual stoic self which can be touching to see. This was especially the case in episode 28 when she shares with the others how much the Tropical Club has changed her and has made her a much happier person and thanks them. |
| 113 | [[/folder]] |
| 114 | |
| 115 | [[folder:Asuka Takizawa '''(Cure Flamingo)''']] |
| 116 | !! Asuka Takizawa (Cure Flamingo) |
| 117 | !!! '''Voiced by:''' Creator/AsamiSeto (JP) [[labelnote: Foreign [=VAs=]]] Chen Zhenyu (TW Mandarin) [[/labelnote]] |
| 118 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/cure_flamingo_profile.png]] |
| 119 | [[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote:Click here to see her as a civilian]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/asuka_takizawa_profile.png]][[/labelnote]] |
| 120 | ->''"Fluttering Wings! Cure Flamingo!"'' |
| 121 | An athletic third-year student who initially seems aloof and cold. In reality, she is a friendly and protective big-sister figure. After teaming up with Laura, Manatsu and their friends, she decides to help all of them out against the Witch's forces and becomes Cure Flamingo. |
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| 123 | * AnimalMotifs: Flamingos, of course. |
| 124 | * BeautyBrainsAndBrawn: She's the brawn to Minori's brains and Sango, Manatsu, and Laura's beauty. |
| 125 | * TheBigGirl: The tallest and most muscular and athletic girl in the group. |
| 126 | * BigSisterInstinct: Goes out of her way to protect Manatsu from a gang of bullies and later protects the Cures from a Yaraneeda attack, allowing her to become Cure Flamingo. |
| 127 | * BullyHunter: Takes out three bullies who try to gang up on Manatsu in her debut episode. |
| 128 | * CombatPragmatist: In episode 31, she seemingly goes along with Numeri so they can have a duel, only for Asuka to suddenly ditch her and hop back on the train they were just aboard, leaving her in the dust. |
| 129 | * DarkAndTroubledPast: During a big tournament in the Tennis Club, she catches a rival team trying to sabotage Yuriko's tennis racquet and runs over to stop them. However, by doing so, she gets in trouble for violence which leads to the club withdrawing from the completion, causing Asuka to quit the club and the fallout of her friendship with Yuriko. |
| 130 | * DeadpanSnarker: She tends to make snarky remarks when dealing with Manastu's cluelessness and Laura's arrogance. |
| 131 | * EstablishingCharacterMoment: Her first appearance is her confronting a bunch of bullies who go after Manatsu, giving us the first insight of her tough girl personality. Laura herself was immediately amazed by it, wanting her to join the team immediately. |
| 132 | * FashionableAsymmetry: As Cure Flamingo, she has a frill that goes the the left side of her skirt only. |
| 133 | * FatalFlaw: Wrath. When she gets angry, she is prone to having violent outbursts which have caused her to get into trouble before. This is especially shown during her time in the tennis club when her anger caused her to get in trouble for violence and caused her team to withdraw from the tournament. |
| 134 | * FieryRedhead: In addition to having dark red hair as Asuka and bright red hair as Cure Flamingo, she has a bit of a temper and a lot of drive in her. |
| 135 | * GamerChick: Enjoys playing [[ShowWithinAShow "Friendly Bun-Bun Village"]] on her tablet. |
| 136 | * HeroicBuild: She’s shown to do weightlifting and has a muscular physique. |
| 137 | * HoistByHisOwnPetard: Her anger got the better of her when she went to stop a bunch of girls from sabotaging Yuriko's racquet when she was in the Tennis Club. That violent outburst caused her to get in trouble for violence and the club to withdraw from the tournament, leading to her quitting the club. |
| 138 | * IdiotHair: She has one lock at her back that sticks out from the rest. Ironically she's one of the most level-headed members of the group. |
| 139 | * MamaBear: Picking on younger girls is the best way to get on her bad side as both a gang of bullies and the Witch's minions learn the hard way. |
| 140 | * MeaningfulName: The kanji for Asuka means "flying bird." |
| 141 | * NighttimeBathroomPhobia: In episode 38, Yuriko mentions that Asuka was scared of going to the bathroom at night on a camping trip their class took. |
| 142 | * PassionateSportsGirl: Being the most athletic member of the club and even being a former member of the Tennis Club. |
| 143 | * RefusalOfTheCall: Initially denied the offer of joining the group, but decides for herself to join anyway when she sees the others are in trouble. |
| 144 | * SecurityBlanket: Despite her age, she can't fall asleep unless she has a specific pillow with her that she always brings on trips. |
| 145 | * SitcomArchNemesis: [[ItsAllAboutMe Laura]] almost immediately got on her nerves during their first meeting, and Asuka openly expressing her dislike for the mermaid's antics is a RunningGag of sorts. Laura, of course, is totally oblivious to it. |
| 146 | * TeamMom: Once she befriends Manatsu and the others, she's shown signs of these. She's the oldest of the main group and she's very protective of them too. |
| 147 | * TomboyWithAGirlyStreak: While she is the strongest and most masculine girl in the group, she is still shown to enjoy activities like cute girly games and cosmetics. And, [[Characters/SailorMoonMakotoKino much like another tall, tough Magical Girl Warrior introduced rescuing the female lead from bullies]], she's a really good cook! |
| 148 | [[/folder]] |
| 149 | |
| 150 | [[folder:Laura La Mer '''(Cure La Mer)''']] |
| 151 | !! Laura La Mer (Cure La Mer) |
| 152 | !!! '''Voiced by:''' Creator/RinaHidaka (JP) [[labelnote: Foreign [=VAs=]]] Lin Meixiu (TW Mandarin) [[/labelnote]] |
| 153 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/cure_la_mer.png]] |
| 154 | [[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote:Click here to see her as a human]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/laura_human_form.png]][[/labelnote]] |
| 155 | [[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote:Click here to see her as a mermaid]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/laura_mermaid_form.png]][[/labelnote]] |
| 156 | ->''"Shimmering Ocean! Cure La Mer!"'' |
| 157 | A mermaid hailing from the Grand Ocean kingdom who is searching for the Pretty Cure to fight back against the Witch of Procrastination and become the kingdom's future queen. When she meets Manatsu in Aozora City, she finds more friends and starts to bond with them, eventually desiring to be a part of their world. This new dream would later come true when she opts to return for her human friends and become Cure La Mer. |
| 158 | ---- |
| 159 | * BeautifulSingingVoice: Much like the mermaids of folklore, Laura has been described as one that loves to sing. She finally gets to show it off in Episode 13, during a school broadcast. |
| 160 | * BlitheSpirit: Being a literal FishOutOfWater, her lack of understanding for human culture--combined with her [[ProudBeauty unflappable self-confidence]]--allows her to help others overcome their struggles and have confidence in themselves, albeit in a completely different manner than Manatsu. She's the one who tells Sango to "believe in your own 'cute'", and she encourages Minori to have confidence and "run on her own legs". |
| 161 | * BeautyBrainsAndBrawn: She, Sango and Manatsu are the beauty to Asuka's brawn and Minori's brains. She however takes this up to eleven, being a ProudBeauty. |
| 162 | * ButtMonkey: She tends to suffer the most slapstick of the group, whether it's from being shaken up while inside the Aqua Pot. |
| 163 | * CharacterDevelopment: Starts the series arrogant and mostly out for herself. As she gets to know other humans and Earth culture, she softens up to the point she's participating in the club's civilian activities and willing to go back to the Cures even though she fulfilled her mission. |
| 164 | * CripplingOverspecialization: When she joins Manatsu and Sango's class, subjects like biology are a breeze for her, since she's from the ocean. But when it comes to geography, language, and history, it becomes a struggle. Justified as it's her first experience with human education, and didn't have the knowledge available back home in the ocean. |
| 165 | * CustomUniform: Unlike all the other cures who's school uniforms are a white shirt and aqua green collar and skirt, her uniform is completely blue. |
| 166 | * DamselInDistress: Gets kidnapped in Episode 16 by Chongire and his Zenzen Yaraneeda when the villains see that she's the reason why they haven't been getting their motivation. |
| 167 | * DamselOutOfDistress: It's not fully successful, but she breaks out of the villains' prison and gets Kururun to help her, from breaking out when Elda unlocks her cell to biting the Witch's finger when she gets caught again. It's only after she's done that Butler knocks her out cold, forcing Kururun to drag her back to the Mermaid Queen. |
| 168 | * DubNameChange: Her Cure name becomes "Cure Mermaid" in the Taiwanese Mandarin dub, which didn’t dub ''Anime/GoPrincessPrettyCure''. |
| 169 | * EarFins: Has these as a mermaid. They're replaced with normal ears when she turns into a human. |
| 170 | * EasilyForgiven: After she apologizes to Manatsu for eating her Premium Tropical Melon Bread, she is quickly forgiven by her for her misunderstanding. |
| 171 | * ExpositoryHairstyleChange: When she's a human, she has a headband pulling back some of her hair to show her ears. |
| 172 | * FootFocus: As Cure La Mer, there's a lot of emphasis on her feet, especially when it comes to her transformation. During the Aqua Beat Dynamic, the FootFocus segment explicitly shows her feet. |
| 173 | * {{Foreshadowing}}: |
| 174 | ** A flat-out sign that she might be a lot more than just a fairy is the fact that starting from Episode 11, she herself participates in some of the "This Week's Episode is ..." comments before the end credits (as two-dimensional however), which was initially done with just the main four Pretty Cures. After her debut episode as Cure La Mer, she's shown in the usual style as the other fellow Cures. |
| 175 | ** Cure "La Mer" was part of Laura's last name. |
| 176 | ** During Episode 16, when everyone is eating ice cream, the other four girls are eating based on their color codes as Cures. Laura's ice cream is color coded as pink and blue, which is what her color scheme as La Mer is. |
| 177 | * ForgottenFirstMeeting: [[spoiler:Manatsu and Laura actually met as children a long time ago, but Grand Ocean laws dictate that any mermaid who comes into contact with a human must get their memories wiped of that encounter.]] |
| 178 | * FriendOrIdolDecision: At the end of the final battle, the Mermaid Queen gives her the choice to either return to Grand Ocean to become queen or stay as a human forever to live with her friends. [[spoiler:She ends up deciding to return to the ocean to fulfill becoming queen, but she later reunites with Manatsu they are able to regain their memories.]] |
| 179 | * GratuitousFrench: "La Mer" is French for "The sea", befitting her being a mermaid and ocean theme as a Cure. |
| 180 | * InconsistentSpelling: The Japanese spelling of her name can be interpreted as either "Lola" or "Laura". Officially, it's "Laura". |
| 181 | * ItsAllAboutMe: She flat out admits that the only reason she bothered with looking for Pretty Cures was so she could win the queen's approval. After she does win her approval, she realizes she's come to care about the girls too much to leave them all behind. |
| 182 | * JerkWithAHeartOfGold: She's presented as selfish, with only really caring about herself and the quest to find other Pretty Cures. However, she is grateful underneath, as shown in Episode 2 where she sincerely thanks Manatsu for saving her. Additionally, when Minori doesn't feel confident about herself when Cure Coral and Summer are in a pinch due to Numeri's Yaraneeda, Laura outright encourages her to believe in herself. |
| 183 | * KarmicJackpot: After finally gaining the Queen's approval, but deciding to go back and continue helping the Cures, the Queen gives her what becomes her TransformationTrinket into Cure La Mer, and also gains a human form in the process. |
| 184 | * TheLancer: She shares a position of authority with Manatsu, gets about as much story focus as she does if not more, and her dedication to the mission contrasts with Manatsu's cheerful and carefree demeanor. |
| 185 | * MakingASplash: Has a water theme as Cure La Mer. |
| 186 | * MeaningfulName: Her surname/cure name La Mer means "The Sea" in French which is fitting for her being a mermaid and an ocean-themed cure. |
| 187 | * MemoryGambit: [[spoiler:Knowing her memories of her friends will be erased, she wrote herself a message to go to the Witch's mansion, where Chongire, Numeri, and Elda are, who still retain their memory due to neither being humans nor a part of the Grand Ocean and thus Laura gave them the instructions on telling her memory-erased self of the place where she first met Manatsu. The plan worked off without a henge, it destroyed the memory-erasing device, thus allowing her to reunite with her friends with their memories restored, while continuing the be the queen of the Grand Ocean.]] |
| 188 | * NewTransferStudent: She enrolls into Aozora Middle School in episode 18. |
| 189 | * OhCrap: Laura's reaction when she realized it was ''her'' who ate Manatsu's Premium Tropical Melon Bread in episode 20. |
| 190 | * OnlyTheChosenMayWield: Only Laura has the power to use the Aqua Pot to take back the stolen Motivational Power as well as making sure it gets returned properly. Manatsu learned the hard way when she accidentally trapped and scrambled everyone's Motivation by brute forcing its abilities. |
| 191 | * OurMermaidsAreDifferent: She's the mermaid of the group. |
| 192 | * OverlyLongName: Laura Apollodoros Hyginus La Mer. |
| 193 | * PowerDyesYourHair: When transforming into Cure La Mer, her hair changes from pink to blue (with hints of pink still remaining). |
| 194 | * ProudBeauty: Laura is indeed quite beautiful, but she has a massive ego and is ''incredibly'' susceptible to praise or flattery, especially being called "cute". As she puts it, she's a mermaid, so ''of course'' she's cute... but she loves being told so anyway. |
| 195 | * RoseHairedSweetie: Downplayed. While she has a head of purely pink hair and is ultimately a protagonist, she is prone to showing fits of selfishness. |
| 196 | * SixthRanger: Zigzagged. While she is already a main part of the group, she becomes Cure La Mer in episode 17. |
| 197 | * SuperDrowningSkills: While she's a fantastic swimmer in her mermaid and Cure forms, her style of swimming doesn't apply too well to human legs. She embarrassingly flunks her Swim Club trial this way. She's starting to get better during the visit to Manatsu's island though, as she's able to flutter kick a few yards with the help of a boogie board. |
| 198 | * SupportPartyMember: Before becoming Cure La Mer, she joined in battles and contributed to defeating the Yaraneedas by scanning their motivation and salvaging it from the monsters, allowing the Cures to finish them off. That is, if the Yaraneeda ends up sapping motivation in the episode. |
| 199 | * TailfinWalking: Her default method of 'standing' on land is to support her weight with the tail-half of her body in a U-shape. When the Aqua Pot is confiscated at school and she goes to stealthily retrieve it, she keeps the fact she's a mermaid hidden by dressing up in a school uniform with a skirt that fully covers her lower half and is shown to be capable of walking on her tailfins, albeit with some slight struggling to keep herself balanced. After episode 17, she no longer has to do this since she is now able to truly walk. |
| 200 | * TemptingFate: After she aces her first science class, she says that her first day will be a breeze. Then comes her geography, history, Home Economics and Japanese classes and attempt at Swimming Club which don't work out for her. |
| 201 | * TerrestrialSeaLife: Despite being a mermaid, she's surprisingly agile when outside the Aqua Pot she lives in and doesn't have much trouble navigating on land. |
| 202 | * TookALevelInKindness: See her CharacterDevelopment entry. She starts off proud and harsh to humans, but later mellows out and befriends them, eventually joining them in whatever activities they do, to the point of wanting to be part of their world. |
| 203 | * {{Tsundere}}: A "harsh" type. She has a really harsh exterior on the outside, being overly proud and outright admitting she doesn't really want to befriend other humans, but in the second episode, she does quietly express gratitude for Manatsu saving her, while quickly going back to her proud/harsh exterior when Manatsu notices. |
| 204 | * TheUnmasking: [[spoiler:Knowing that she and everyone else will get their memories erased by the time she returns to the Grand Ocean in the final episode, Laura purposefully exposes her mermaid form to the entire school.]] |
| 205 | * VoluntaryShapeshifter: She's able to switch between her mermaid and human forms at will after episode 17. |
| 206 | * WellDoneDaughterGirl: While not being the Queen's daughter, she spends the first few episodes longing for her approval to become the future queen of Grand Ocean. In episode 17, she succeeds but instead decides to return to her friends back on land instead, causing her to become a human. |
| 207 | [[/folder]] |
| 208 | |
| 209 | ! Allies |
| 210 | [[folder:Kururun]] |
| 211 | !! Kururun |
| 212 | !!! '''Voiced by:''' Creator/AimiTanaka (JP) [[labelnote: Foreign [=VAs=]]] Li Peijia (TW Mandarin) [[/labelnote]] |
| 213 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kururun_profile_toei.png]] |
| 214 | The Mermaid Queen's pet seal. They go at their own pace and join Laura and her human friends in the surface world after Laura assembles the Cures. |
| 215 | ---- |
| 216 | * AmbiguousGender: They aren't explicitly stated to be a male or female, although they do look and sound feminine. |
| 217 | * TheCameo: Appears for a [[FreezeFrameBonus single frame]] in [[https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FnFJK8eWIAEVYfy?format=jpg&name=large silhouette form]] in episode 44 of ''Anime/DeliciousPartyPrettyCure'' when Cure Precious hits [[BigBad Godatz]] with the Full Stomach Punch. |
| 218 | * IChooseToStay: After delivering the queen's parcel to Laura, they decide to stay and hang out with the Cures rather than return to the Grand Ocean. |
| 219 | * TheLoad: Severely downplayed; While all the usual plot importance of the mascot went to Laura, they rarely cause any problems to the Cures with them at most only making sounds at inappropriate times and the only actual problem they cause is putting Manatsu's limited edition tropical melon bread in the fridge, which escalates in a dispute in the club on who the culprit is after Laura obliviously ate it. |
| 220 | * PokemonSpeak: Can only talk by saying their own name. |
| 221 | * ReallyFondOfSleeping: Whenever they are not partaking in the club's events, they are usually seen sleeping. |
| 222 | * RidiculouslyCuteCritter: They're incredibly adorable, being a small seal-like fairy. |
| 223 | * RuleOfCute: The primary reason Kururun exists is to be a cute mascot. [[WordOfGod Even the director]] of ''Tropical-Rouge!'' considered how pointless Kururun otherwise is to the show, but kept them in anyway because of a seal plush that someone brought to a staff meeting. |
| 224 | * ShooOutTheClowns: The group (sans Manatsu) leaves Kururun at a nearby shore during the finale as they swim down to the Witch's Mansion to keep them away from danger. |
| 225 | * SmarterThanYouLook: For a cute-looking seal, Kururun is actually not a completely helpless critter (compared to most fairies in previous seasons) and is rather competent. For instance, they manage to sneak into the prison Laura is held in, understand what others are saying along with communicating back with charades, and in TheMovie are the ones to free the Heartcatch Precures from their cell due to being the only ones who know that the door ''slides'' open rather than being pushed or pulled like the other's thought. |
| 226 | * StrongerThanTheyLook: Kururun might not be in the same power tier to take on the Yaraneeda, but it's worth noting that after Laura got knocked out by Butler, they were able to carry her all the way to the Gran Ocean Palace. We don't see how it happened, but it's pretty impressive. |
| 227 | * SweetSeal: They're a seal-like fairy who's the mascot of ''Tropical-Rouge!''. |
| 228 | * TeamPet: Compared to just about every other mascot in the franchise, Kururun does not serve much purpose beyond being a cute pet. They do not facilitate any transformations or upgrades in battle, they don’t hold any power that would make them a LivingMacguffin for the plot, and they don’t give any useful exposition (and in fact cannot speak anything besides their own name). All of the usual functions a fairy mascot fulfills are generally performed by Laura instead. So the only role Kururun has to being their cute pet, who occasionally helps in minor ways. |
| 229 | * ToyDisguise: When others see them, they pretend to be a stuffed seal toy that can talk. |
| 230 | [[/folder]] |
| 231 | |
| 232 | [[folder:Aunete (Cure Oasis)]] |
| 233 | !! Cure Oasis |
| 234 | !!! '''Voiced by:''' Creator/MaiNakahara (JP) [[labelnote: Foreign [=VAs=]]] Lin Meixiu (TW Mandarin) [[/labelnote]] |
| 235 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/aunete.png]] |
| 236 | [[caption-width-right:300:[[labelnote:Click here to see her as Cure Oasis]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/cure_oasis.png]][[/labelnote]] |
| 237 | ->''"To The Dried-Up Heart! Cure Oasis!"'' |
| 238 | A Pretty Cure in the distant past who helped save the world of humans and mermaids from the Witch of Destruction (now known as the Witch of Delays). She helps the present Pretty Cure team out when things get really dire with the Witch of Delays and her minions. |
| 239 | |
| 240 | ---- |
| 241 | * AllLovingHero: In the distant past, she helped the Witch of Delays and nursed her to health when she was washed up and wounded, managing to become the whole reason that the Witch gives up on Destruction. |
| 242 | * BigGood: One of the other driving forces who helps the Pretty Cure fight against the Witch of Delays and her minions. Even as a spirit, she's still trying to stop the Witch. |
| 243 | * DeusExMachina: She helps the Pretty Cure find the Land Ring and Marine Ring during the battles that need them, especially after the latter was secured in the Witch of Delay's mansion. |
| 244 | * FirstNameBasis: We only discover her first name being Aunete but it's never revealed what her last name is (or if she even has one). |
| 245 | * FinishingMove: Her spirit joins the Pretty Cure for the final finishing move against Butler's Yaraneeda form. |
| 246 | * MoralityPet: For the Witch of Destruction. She turned her away from Destruction. |
| 247 | * NotTooDeadToSaveTheDay: Yes, she's ''long'' dead by the time the series begins. She also [[BreakThemByTalking defeats the Witch Of Delays]] ''personally''. and is a central part of the Cure's most powerful attack. |
| 248 | * PlantHair: Her hair is shaped like a palm tree. |
| 249 | * PrecursorHeroes: Served as one back then, fighting evenly with the Witch of Destruction. |
| 250 | * ScreamingWarrior: During her battle with the Witch of Destruction, both of them screamed over and over again with each attack they threw at each other. |
| 251 | * SharedDream: Manatsu and Laura both have had dreams involving her. |
| 252 | * TalkingInYourDreams: She frequently communicates through Manatsu and Laura through dreams and visions. |
| 253 | [[/folder]] |
| 254 | |
| 255 | ! Others |
| 256 | |
| 257 | [[folder: Saki Sakuragawa]] |
| 258 | |
| 259 | !!Saki Sakuragawa |
| 260 | !!! '''Voiced by:''' Creator/SoraTokui (JP) [[labelnote: Foreign [=VAs=]]] Lin Meixiu (TW Mandarin) [[/labelnote]] |
| 261 | [[quoteright:196:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/saki_sakuragawa.png]] |
| 262 | |
| 263 | Manatsu and Sango's headroom teacher. |
| 264 | ---- |
| 265 | * BunnyEarsLawyer: While hilariously clumsy at times, she proves to be effective at teaching. Why, even her ageing dad encourages her to keep at it despite her [[TheKlutz klutzy]] nature. |
| 266 | * CoolTeacher: Is very nice and kind teacher who is also the Tropical Club's advisor. |
| 267 | * ADayInTheLimelight: Episode 25 makes her the focus character. |
| 268 | * GratuitousEnglish: When something goes wrong when she's teaching, she'll react by saying "Oh my God" in English. She also teaches English words and phrases to the class. |
| 269 | * TheKlutz: She's considered to be very clumsy, almost causing a mannequin to fall down on accident. |
| 270 | * VictimOfTheWeek: Became one in episode 25 when her motivation was stolen by the Zettai Yaraneeda. |
| 271 | |
| 272 | [[/folder]] |
| 273 | |
| 274 | [[folder: Yuriko Shiratori]] |
| 275 | |
| 276 | !!Yuriko Shiratori |
| 277 | !!! '''Voiced by:''' Creator/AyakaFukuhara (JP) [[labelnote: Foreign [=VAs=]]] Fu Qihui (TW Mandarin) [[/labelnote]] |
| 278 | [[quoteright:152:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/yuriko_shiratori.png]] |
| 279 | |
| 280 | Aozora Middle School's strict StudentCouncilPresident. |
| 281 | ---- |
| 282 | * ADayInTheLimelight: Episode 31 gives her as much focus as Asuka as it focuses on their past in the tennis club and their damaged relationship. |
| 283 | * DeadpanSnarker: Her talk is sometimes snide and dripping with wry, such as when she's accepting Manatsu's club or the time she makes a bet with Asuka on a gameshow. |
| 284 | * DefrostingIceQueen: After rekindling her friendship with Asuka in episode 38, she treats her and the Tropical Club with a lot more respect and even encourages them during their graduation festival preparations. |
| 285 | * NotMeThisTime: When the Disciplinary Committee constantly targets the Tropical Club in episode 12, Asuka suspects that she's responsible. However, she says that she has nothing to do with it this time. |
| 286 | * PassionateSportsGirl: Is shown to be just as athletic as Asuka and was even a member of the Tennis Club with her. |
| 287 | * PerpetualFrowner: She looks very serious half of the time. |
| 288 | * TheRival: Several episodes show she and Asuka keep butting heads, especially in proving their will. They were not always like this though... |
| 289 | * SecretSecretKeeper: In episode 31, she catches a glimpse of Cure Flamingo battling the Chou Zettai Yaraneeda and quickly recognizes her being Asuka but never says anything about it. In Episode 38, when a Chou Zettai Yaraneeda attacks while she and Asuka are having a tennis match, she tells Asuka that she knows about it. |
| 290 | * StudentCouncilPresident: She is the student council president of Aozora Middle School and is very strict. She retires as President in episode 38. |
| 291 | * TookALevelInBadass: During the Yaraneeda attack in episode 31, she willingly insists on helping Asuka and Laura evacuate the rest of the class than leave with the rest of them. |
| 292 | * TookALevelInKindness: Who would have thought that amending a friendship can turn a cold girl like her to become nice, to the point where she cheers on the Tropical Club in episode 42? |
| 293 | * VictimOfTheWeek: Became one in episode 24 when her motivation was stolen by the Zettai Yaraneeda. |
| 294 | ** Averted in episode 31 where she was the only student (aside from Asuka and Laura) to not have her motivation stolen after the Chou Zettai Yaraneeda targets the car all the evacuated students are on. |
| 295 | * WeUsedToBeFriends: She and Asuka were once best buds in tennis, even managing to play to the district finals as a pair. Then comes a competition where Asuka violently confronts some members from her opposing team for sabotaging her friend's racquet, which led to Yuriko withdrawing their team from the competition owing to that violent outburst and Asuka leaving the club, causing their friendship to get tragically shattered. In episode 38, they managed to rekindle their friendship and agree to play together again. |
| 296 | * WhenSheSmiles: It's kinda rare to see her smile but when she does, it's cute! |
| 297 | [[/folder]] |
| 298 | |
| 299 | [[folder: Masami Kakuta]] |
| 300 | !!Masami Kakuta |
| 301 | !!! '''Voiced by:''' Creator/YukaOotsubo (JP) |
| 302 | [[quoteright:196:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/masami_kakuta.png]] |
| 303 | |
| 304 | The president of the Disciplinary Committee. She's extremely strict and makes sure everyone follows the rules. Also, she keeps suspecting that Laura isn't all that she seems. |
| 305 | ---- |
| 306 | * BoyishShortHair: Her hair is very short looking like a pixie cut. |
| 307 | * CassandraTruth: She is one of the few who has seen parts of Laura as a mermaid, but is written off by her seeing things due to exhaustion. This is not helped by her rather tired appearance at the end along with seeing Kururun on a skateboard, which everyone else misses. |
| 308 | * PerpetualFrowner: Her default expression is a scowl. |
| 309 | * WorkplaceAcquiredAbilities: Due to the number of items the Disciplinary Committee confiscated, she is skilled in recognizing the worth of clothing, which came in handy when the Student Council partook in a game show against the Tropical Club. |
| 310 | [[/folder]] |
| 311 | |
| 312 | [[folder: Eiko Mizushima]] |
| 313 | !!Eiko Mizushima |
| 314 | !!! '''Voiced by:''' Creator/{{Lynn}} (JP) |
| 315 | [[quoteright:196:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/eiko_mizushima.png]] |
| 316 | |
| 317 | The director of the swimming club at Aozora Middle School. |
| 318 | ---- |
| 319 | * ActorAllusion: She's the director of a swimming club and voiced by Creator/{{Lynn}}, just like Nozomi Kaminashi from Manga/{{Keijo}}. |
| 320 | * MeaningfulName: Her name is made up by the kanjis means "swim" and "swimming". |
| 321 | * BoyishShortHair: Her hair is short, fitting for a tomboy. |
| 322 | * GenkiGirl: She's very energetic and wants her members to succeed. |
| 323 | * PutOnABus: Unfortunately after her debut episode, she never made another appearance since, which means she wasn't able to see the Tropical Club's graduation festival. |
| 324 | [[/folder]] |
| 325 | |
| 326 | [[folder: Shiori Nakagawa]] |
| 327 | |
| 328 | !!Shiori Nakagawa |
| 329 | !!! '''Voiced by:''' Satomi Amano (JP) |
| 330 | [[quoteright:196:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/shiori_nakagawa.png]] |
| 331 | |
| 332 | A first-year student who is looking to create the astronomy club. The Tropical Club help her with that goal and she gets a good amount of people interested. Appears in Episode 26. |
| 333 | ---- |
| 334 | * TheBusCameBack: After her episode, she is shelved until Episode 42, where she (along with many other clubs and students seen along the way) help set up the Tropical Club graduation festival. |
| 335 | * GirlishPigtails: She has small amounts of her hair folded with stars. It almost seems like she might've fit in with an earlier [[Anime/StarTwinklePrettyCure Pretty Cure series focused on space and astronomy]]. |
| 336 | [[/folder]] |
| 337 | |
| 338 | [[folder: Mermaid Queen]] |
| 339 | !!Mermaid Queen (Melusine Muses Mnemosyne) |
| 340 | !!! '''Voiced by:''' Creator/YukoSasaki (JP) [[labelnote: Foreign [=VAs=]]] Chen Zhenyu (TW Mandarin) [[/labelnote]] |
| 341 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/melusine_muses_mnemosyne.png]] |
| 342 | |
| 343 | The Queen of Grand Ocean. |
| 344 | ---- |
| 345 | * AllForNothing: The Queen had snatched the motivation cup away from the Fool's Casket thief and hid it in the cave alongside the Mermaid Bracelet. Too bad everyone was too focused on the bracelet to notice the cup, as Butler tasked Elda to steal the cup the next day without anyone noticing. |
| 346 | * AlliterativeName: '''M'''elusine '''M'''uses '''M'''nemosyne |
| 347 | * BigGood: Is one of the leading forces of the series who gets Laura to gather Pretty Cures to take on the Witch of Delays and her servants. |
| 348 | * FriendToAllLivingThings: Kururun is her pet, and Laura states that she's very doting towards them. |
| 349 | * GoodIsNotNice: She enforces a rule that any mermaid that encounters a human must have their memories erased through a specially designed LotusEaterMachine, and tells Laura that both of them would need to go through with it once the Witch of Procrastination is defeated. Thankfully she averts this at at the end by not going through with it and gives Laura a choice instead of becoming queen or staying human to live with her friends, and when Laura manages to destroy said machine and restores everyones memories, she doesn't seem to mind the fact Laura's teaching her fellow mermaids about humans. |
| 350 | * LargeAndInCharge: She towers over the rest of the cast, and in an ImagineSpot is easily taller than the average human. The closest character to her in height is the Witch of Procrastination. Back when she was younger, she was normal sized. |
| 351 | * OverlyLongName: Although nowhere near as long as Laura's, her name is relatively long as well. |
| 352 | * ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: Is stated to be centuries old alongside the Witch of Delays. The director explicitly states her large size is indicative of that. When she was a lot younger, she was normal size and there was even a queen before her who was her size too. |
| 353 | * TheReveal: Episode 43 reveals that she was the one who placed the motivation cup and the Mermaid Bracelet in the cave in Episode 22. Additionally, she was witnessed by a nearby villager, although the queen (to her knowledge) didn't encounter any nearby humans, so she still remembers this memory. She also attempted to become a Pretty Cure but unlike Laura, she had failed. |
| 354 | [[/folder]] |
| 355 | |
| 356 | ---- |
| 357 | |
| 358 | ! Villains |
| 359 | The main antagonists of the series. They aim to sap motivation from humans in Aozora City to fill up the Fool's Casket for an unknown reason, although it also involves leaving everyone slothful. Each member (except Butler) has a trait synonymous to laziness, but there may be more to this team's dynamic than meets the eye... |
| 360 | ---- |
| 361 | [[folder:Witch of Procrastination/Delays]] |
| 362 | !!Witch of Procrastination |
| 363 | !!! '''Voiced by:''' Creator/ReiIgarashi (JP) [[labelnote: Foreign [=VAs=]]] Fu Qihui (TW Mandarin) [[/labelnote]] |
| 364 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/witchofdelays.png]] |
| 365 | |
| 366 | An unmotivated, sluggish entity responsible for draining the Grand Ocean Kingdom of its motivation. She now sets her sights on the human world to do likewise and has Butler and his subordinates to run the task for her. |
| 367 | ---- |
| 368 | |
| 369 | * ArmorPiercingQuestion: She might be set on putting the world in eternal delay, but ask her ''why'' she wants to put the world in eternal delay, and she'll actually stop and wonder why she wants to do it in the first place. This is because she forgot she wanted to delay the fight with Cure Oasis and world destruction. |
| 370 | * BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: Centuries ago, Aunete/Cure Oasis showed her selfless kindness and tended to her wounds when she was injured. This was enough to make the Witch want to give up her quest for destruction, although she still struggled with it; she compensated by continually procrastinating and putting off her plans for destruction so she wouldn't have to battle against Cure Oasis. Eventually, she finally admits that what she truly wants the most is to be friends with Oasis and peacefully departs for the afterlife with her. |
| 371 | * BerserkButton: Mentioning the words "Pretty Cure" ticks her off. At least that's what Butler is wanting everyone to believe. She's just struggling to remember her encounter with Cure Oasis after constantly delaying her battle with her. |
| 372 | * BigBad: The main villain of ''Tropical-Rouge!'' and the leader of the villains for this season. However, her DragonInChief Butler calls the shots. |
| 373 | * CerebusRetcon: The Witch tells Butler she'll "get to it tomorrow" when Butler informs her of the Pretty Cure threat in the very first episode. This might just be a way of the show telling us that the Witch herself is just awfully lazy, but it's actually her delaying yet another battle, which she's been doing for a long while. |
| 374 | * DealWithTheDevil: She offers Laura a deal to give her legs, but in exchange for helping her. She lets out a SlasherSmile after offering this proposition. |
| 375 | * DubNameChange: The Crunchyroll subtitles call her the "Witch of Delays" |
| 376 | * EstablishingCharacterMoment: Upon being introduced at the end of the first episode, she states that "[she'll] deal with it (the Pretty Cure) tomorrow", showing that she's awfully lazy. |
| 377 | ** In Episode 44, it's shown that, centuries before, she gave up her birthright since she'd found something far too precious to want to destroy it, namely Cure Oasis. |
| 378 | * {{Expy}}: Episode 16 shows her to be a reference to the [[DealWithTheDevil Sea Witch]] from ''Literature/TheLittleMermaid''. She even offers Laura legs in exchange of a deal as well. Word Of God also names [[Franchise/StarWars Jabba the Hutt]] as one of her design models. |
| 379 | * GoOutWithASmile: Once she reconciles and becomes friends with Cure Oasis, she cries tears of joy and then smiles as she vanishes into bubbles. |
| 380 | * IdentityAmnesia: The Witch of Delays doesn't remember most of her past self, other than the fact that she needs motivation to open the Fool's Casket. She doesn't have any memory as the Witch of Destruction and gets troubled when having dreams of Cure Oasis aiding her after she was injured. Butler wants to make sure that the Witch doesn't remember this either. It's revealed that through meeting Cure Oasis, she constantly delayed the battle to the point where she became old, forgetting about her and her true goal of destroying the world. |
| 381 | * IKnowYoureInThereSomewhereFight: Most of the fight against the Witch of Delays focuses on the Cures trying to get her to remember the true reason why she delayed her fight with Cure Oasis. In fact, the Cures don't even engage in any kind of violence. |
| 382 | * ImmortalitySeeker: Episode 37 reveals her main goal - she wishes to get enough motivation energy to open something called "The Fool's Casket" and become immortal to cause everyone to become apathetic. However she doesn't really know why she wants to do this in the first place. |
| 383 | * IWasQuiteALooker: Butler describes the Witch as "incredibly captivating" back when she was the Witch of Destruction. |
| 384 | * LargeAndInCharge: Similarly to the Mermaid Queen, she's much taller than the other members of her faction. |
| 385 | * LastWords: "You are… I… Me too. I missed you." She says this just before disappearing with Cure Oasis. |
| 386 | * LazyBum: Very unmotivated and tired for a leader of a group of villains, exactly shown when she's informed of the Pretty Cures by the Butler, she just says she'll deal with it later. Her laziness is due to forgetting both her goal of world destruction and her encounter with Cure Oasis due to constantly delaying finishing their epic battle. |
| 387 | * MakingASplash: As the Witch of Destruction, her main method of attack are water spouts. |
| 388 | * MookMaker: She personally spawns the Yaraneeda orbs that the villains use. |
| 389 | * NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Episode 42 reveals that she used to known as the far more intimidating sounding Witch of Destruction, and it was her only goal in mind. One of her attempts got her wounded by cannons and her next attempt got her in a standstill with Cure Oasis, which got her to constantly delay the fight. |
| 390 | * OmnicidalManiac: If her past name wasn't indicative enough, she had a one-track goal of world destruction. Only through meeting Aunete/Cure Oasis did she start to have regrets to the point where she constantly delayed the battle with Cure Oasis just so she wouldn't destroy the world. Butler on the other hand ... |
| 391 | * OrcusOnHisThrone: Like many villains before her, she prefers to simply let her minions go to work while she lays around listlessly. It takes a lot to make her actually snap into action. In fact, she never leaves her bed, while Butler himself has been calling the shots. |
| 392 | * ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: Is stated to be centuries old alongside the Mermaid Queen. The director explicitly states her large size is indicative of that. |
| 393 | * RedEyesTakeWarning: She is shrouded in shadow with a pair of glowing red eyes. |
| 394 | * RestrainingBolt: |
| 395 | ** Her mask seems to shock her every time she gets angry. |
| 396 | ** An ancient one is Cure Oasis herself. She, indirectly, ''caused'' the Witch of Delays since the Witch refuses to fight her. |
| 397 | * SlasherSmile: Gives one when she offers a deal to Laura for her to work for her in exchange for her getting legs. |
| 398 | * WickedWitch: Specifically a witch that deprived the Grand Ocean of its motivation power. Later it's revealed she hungered for world destruction too, but not wanting to fight Cure Oasis led her to becoming the Witch of Delays instead. |
| 399 | [[/folder]] |
| 400 | |
| 401 | [[folder:Butler]] |
| 402 | !!Butler |
| 403 | !!! '''Voiced by:''' Creator/FuminoriKomatsu (JP) [[labelnote: Foreign [=VAs=]]] Chen Yanjun (TW Mandarin) [[/labelnote]] |
| 404 | [[quoteright:280:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/butler_0.png]] |
| 405 | |
| 406 | A calm, poker-faced seahorse butler of the Witch who also briefs the other generals of the Witch's plans. Unlike the other villains in the group, he isn't lazy and takes his job very seriously. |
| 407 | ---- |
| 408 | * AssholeVictim: Lacking any motivation, he's reduced to a shriveled up unmotivated zombie. Besides Manatsu, everyone else thinks it's a good idea not to give Butler his motivation back. When the motivation vanishes, Chongire says it's for the best. |
| 409 | * BadBoss: He actually doesn't care about the well-being of his suborinates, even threatening to evict Elda, a child, if she didn't gather any motivation. And he was even willing to turn Chongire into a Yaraneeda when he objects to his plan for world destruction. |
| 410 | * BatmanGambit: He uses the Pretty Cure's sincerity to discover the Marine Ring and steal it right in front of them when they attempt to use it to finish off a Chou Zettai Yaraneeda that's able to NoSell even the Land Beat Dynamic Finisher. |
| 411 | * BattleButler: He prefers not to participate in combat, but he himself is capable of fighting with a cane if he needs to. Specifically, one that fires a laser beam. He also worked directly under the Witch of Destruction as a knight. |
| 412 | * BrutishBulls: His OneWingedAngel Yaraneeda form has bull motifs. |
| 413 | * ButtMonkey: Initially ends up constantly on the receiving end of AmusingInjuries when talking to the Witch that Numeri has to take care of. This is before he starts to get his fins dirty ... |
| 414 | * ContrastingSequelAntagonist: Butler can be compared to Goyhan from ''Anime/FutariWaPrettyCureSplashStar''. Both seem like harmless right hand men at first, but as the series progresses, it becomes clear there’s something up, and they ultimately usurp the FinalBoss position from the intended BigBad. Their plans are also to eliminate all life, but whereas Butler only wished to destroy all life, Goyhan sought to obliterate the planet. Additionally, Goyhan actually killed his supposed superior while Butler did not kill his. Finally, Butler ends up surviving the series but is left in a catatonic state while Gohyan gets obliterated by the Cures (and two of their friends) of his season. |
| 415 | * {{Determinator}}: Will not hold back with his plans of world destruction, even if the witch is gone or at the face of defeat. |
| 416 | * TheDragon: Serves as the Witch of Delay's righthand assistant and therefore is the one that issues orders to the other three. However, there are instances where he himself will personally lead the assault. |
| 417 | * DragonAscendant: After the Witch passes on, he takes over the plan and becomes the FinalBoss. |
| 418 | * DragonInChief: It's revealed that he wants to destroy the world under the name of the Witch of Destruction, even when she's completely given up on it. |
| 419 | * EnergyWeapon: His cane can fire out a laser beam, which he used to try to chase after Laura. |
| 420 | * EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: A butler for the Witch named "Butler", although he used to be a knight, a "Battler" (in Japanese, both are spelled and pronounced the same way). |
| 421 | * FailedASpotCheck: When his blue whale Yaraneeda ejected the Pretty Cure from its blow hole, he thought that all of them were ejected. If he had paid attention to Cures instead of gloating, he would've noticed that the whale still had a Cure inside. This took him by surprise when he saw Manatsu inside of the mansion, realizing his mistake right there. |
| 422 | * FateWorseThanDeath: After the Cures destroy the Fool's Casket and recover all the motivation power, Butler is left as an apathetic, exhausted, humiliated mess. The Mermaid Queen orders his motivation power held onto forever, ensuring he will never again threaten the world with destruction ... only for that little speck of motivation to vanish at that moment, leaving him permanently worn out and slothful. To say he deserves it is an understatement. The final episode shows the remaining villains left him in a pot inside the remains of the Witch's mansion, free to live without him bossing them around. |
| 423 | * FauxAffablyEvil: His levelheadedness and professional attitude hides a destructive and vile creature. |
| 424 | * FinalBoss: After the Witch of Delays is peacefully dealt with by Cure Oasis, Butler himself is the final obstacle the Cures face, turning himself into a Yaraneeda. |
| 425 | * {{Foil}}: Serves as one for Laura. Both are loyal and confident servants to their superiors and try to keep things in order to make their ambitions true (Butler organizes the other villains to steal motivation, Laura organizes an entire Pretty Cure team). They also join in the battles later as well. While Laura is vain, selfish, and has temper issues, she ultimately is sincere and kind, while a little insecure. Butler instead is very calm and poker-faced and doesn't tolerate failure of any kind. Additionally, he is selflessly dedicated to the Witch of Destruction's goals and is generally doesn't care about the well-being of his subordinates (even turning Chongire into a Yaraneeda against his will), something that Laura was able to do with her teammates as time went on. However, while Laura was selfish at first but started sincerely caring about her friends afterwards, Butler ended up selfishly attempting to destroy the world, even after the witch peacefully moved on. |
| 426 | * {{Foreshadowing}}: |
| 427 | ** While the other generals have lazy personalities and the Witch herself lives by her name, Butler himself is the only one who's constantly proactive and doesn't tolerate laziness from the other lesser villains. This is because the Witch herself used to be known as the Witch of Destruction, and the loyal seahorse has served her since. This also bites Butler in the butt later, as those lazy generals aren't fazed when Butler steals their motivation, but when Butler sacrifices his motivation, he's left shrivelled up and slothful. |
| 428 | ** When Butler tasks Numeri and Elda to grab the cup full of motivation from the cave, he states on how ''someone else other than the witch tried to open the casket'' and when Elda asks if all of their wishes would get granted, Butler quickly assures her all with giving a suspicious look. Later while Butler is attacking with the octopus Chou Zettai Yaraneeda, Elda voices suspicion of Butler's intentions with the plan, feeling that he's hiding something from them. |
| 429 | ** Butler has been speaking for the Witch for the most part, but this is due to the fact the Witch herself actually [[IdentityAmnesia can't remember why she wants to even put the world in eternal delays to begin with]]. This reveals that the seahorse has been calling the shots for the season. |
| 430 | ** In Episode 42, Butler mentions the Witch being called the "Witch of Destruction" long ago and outright tells the Cures that the world will be destroyed. Beforehand, the Witch (and the other villains) had mentioned that the Fool's Casket would bring upon "Eternal Delays", with the Witch having no idea on why she'd want to bring forth it in the first place. This shows that Butler knows the true purpose of the Fool's Casket. |
| 431 | * TheJeeves: A sharp-dressed seahorse butler who serves as the messenger for the Witch of Procrastination. |
| 432 | * KnightOfCerebus: He might seem like a butler that simply gives orders to the other villains, but once he decides to personally lead Yaraneeda assaults, the show's otherwise LighterAndSofter tone gets far more serious. He also turned Chongire into a Yaraneeda against his will and is willing to ''destroy the world'' even after the Witch herself reconciles with Cure Oasis. |
| 433 | * LaserGuidedKarma: His villainous plans involve stealing motivation from others to fuel his goal of world destruction. His fate at the end would be to end up completely unmotivated after sacrificing his motivation to attempt to fuel the Fool's Casket, only for the Pretty Cures to destroy it and leave him permanently shriveled up and his motivation gone completely. |
| 434 | * LastWords: "I offer up to the Fool's Casket ... my own motivation power! This world shall be destroyed!" He lives after, but in a vegetative shriveled up state due to his motivation being permanently disintegrated afterwards. |
| 435 | * MeaningfulName: In Japanese, Butler and Battler are pronounced and spelled the same way, and he was formerly the Witch of Destruction's top knight. |
| 436 | * MouthOfSauron: |
| 437 | ** Since the Witch he works for is generally lazy and too tired to talk, he's the one who gives the orders to the villains in her name. |
| 438 | ** This ends up being some {{Foreshadowing}} to the fact that not only is she lazy, she doesn't really remember why she wants to bring the world to ruin. For this, Butler's been calling the shots through this, making him as much of the main villain as the witch herself. |
| 439 | * NoNonsenseNemesis: |
| 440 | ** Even before entering combat, he is rather serious about giving orders. He doesn't tolerate laziness at all (even stating "only the Witch can do so") and doesn't take any excuses (for instance, when Numeri told Elda that he'd give him a good word, he told her it wasn't acceptable and tasked her to take the motivation in the next episode to make up for it). In fact, he outright threatens to evict Elda if she doesn't gather any motivation after numerous failed encounters. Fortunately, Numeri had some motivation in store for her. |
| 441 | ** The first time he enters the field in Episode 29, he doesn't engage the Pretty Cure at all in witty banter, get roped into a misunderstanding, or complain about how much his job sucks (unlike the others), but instead drops a Chou Zettai Yaraneeda that is capable of weaponizing any form of water. [[ExplainExplainOhCrap And considering Aozora City is surrounded by it...]] |
| 442 | ** The next time he decides to jump in, he uses the Pretty Cure's positive emotions against them when their sincerity discovers the Marine Ring. Butler ends up stealing it right in front of them when they attempt to use it as their finisher against an even more powerful variant of a Chou Zettai Yaraneeda. |
| 443 | ** After having enough of Laura taking back motivation power, he finally decides to damage Laura's very Aqua Pot that leads to their undoing, making her unable to regain the motivation back. |
| 444 | * NotSoHarmlessVillain: He's introduced as a messenger for the Witch of Delays, generally just giving orders to the generals and [[ButtMonkey occasionally being the butt of jokes for the witch]]. However, he's shown to be very serious, as he's the first one to demonstrate the destructiveness of a Chou Zettai Yaraneeda. He's also hiding a lot of important information regarding the Fool's Casket from his subordinates, while falsely promising them immortality. |
| 445 | * ObsessivelyOrganized: He can't handle any mess or disorganization of any kind and works hard to get everything organized. |
| 446 | * OmnicidalManiac: Takes joy in the thought of world destruction, whether if it's through the Witch of Destruction remembering her destructive purpose or through the Fool's Casket draining life of everyone on Earth. It comes to show that he's far more intent on destroying the world than the Witch was. |
| 447 | * OneWingedAngel: Turns himself into a massive bull-like Yaraneeda after the Witch of Delays is peacefully dealt with by Cure Oasis. Unlike all the others, however, he is still capable of speaking in full sentences. |
| 448 | * PetTheDog: In some way, he lets the generals take a summer vacation after they attacked the Pretty Cures when they were incidentally on summer vacation as well, with the order being Chongire, Numeri, then Elda. |
| 449 | * ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: The Witch herself is really old, and he's been serving her for a really long time. In fact, he's also been constantly reminding her about the battle with Cure Oasis, but she's been delaying it. Unlike the Witch of Delays, he's still the same size as the rest of the normal cast. |
| 450 | * RedEyesTakeWarning: His OneWingedAngel form sports a glowing pair. |
| 451 | * SharpDressedMan: Is dressed very nicely and prefers not to participate in combat. |
| 452 | * TakingYouWithMe: After getting purified from his Yaraneeda form, he spitefully sacrifices his motivation knowing it would be enough to completely fill up the Fool's Casket and destroy the entire world. |
| 453 | * UndyingLoyalty: He has been a loyal servant to the Witch of Delays even when she used to be known as the Witch of Destruction, working as a knight under her. When she moves on after Cure Oasis peacefully deals with her, Butler is initially saddened that his Witch is gone, but refuses to accept it and is so blindly loyal he decides to destroy the world himself. |
| 454 | * VileVillainSaccharineShow: ''Tropical-Rouge'' is a generally LighterAndSofter entry in the ''Pretty Cure'' franchise, and in general is a lighthearted MagicalGirl show encouraging kids to get motivated... and then there's [[KnightOfCerebus Butler]], who is hell-bent on using the Fool's Casket to [[OmnicidalManiac kill everyone on Earth]] no matter what he has to do, and rivals the likes of [[Anime/SmilePrecure Joker]] and [[Anime/YesPrettyCure5 Kawarino]] in sheer cruelty. |
| 455 | [[/folder]] |
| 456 | |
| 457 | [[folder:Chongire]] |
| 458 | !!Chongire |
| 459 | !!! '''Voiced by:''' Creator/HiroshiShirokuma (JP) [[labelnote: Foreign [=VAs=]]] Chen Yanjun (TW Mandarin) [[/labelnote]] |
| 460 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/chongire_6.png]] |
| 461 | |
| 462 | A large hermit crab who is the Witch's chef and the first of her generals to attack Aozora City. His "lazy" characteristic is that he doesn't really feel like doing anything and wants to finish things as quickly as possible. |
| 463 | ---- |
| 464 | * BreakingOldTrends: Not in the series, but in the stage show tie-ins. He's the first villain to appear in both of the season's stage shows rather than having a different villain appear in each one. |
| 465 | * CharacterCatchphrase: "I'm not feeling this". [[WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants No, not that crab]]. |
| 466 | * ChefOfIron: When he isn’t fighting the Cures, he’s the Witch's personal chef. He even takes into consideration her laziness as well. |
| 467 | * CurbStompBattle: And how. When he decides to personally fight Cure Summer mano a mano, he manages to have the upper hand in combat the whole time and almost destroys her as well. If it wasn't for Laura coming in, she would've been completely finished. |
| 468 | * {{Foil}}: Serves as one for Asuka, as both of them are the brawns of the team, are excellent cooks, and are rather kind to their team members. Asuka doesn't really talk too much about her cooking and is generally hotheaded, while Chongire takes pride in his cooking and isn't really determined in other jobs, viewing them as troublesome. |
| 469 | * HalfHeartedHenchman: Has shades of this. Chongire seems to see his mission of collecting motivation as a chore he'd rather not do and is quickly to turn up tails and leave as soon as he collects what he thinks is enough energy. In Episode 16, he all but stated he was brought in to cook for the Witch and not to fight the Precures and in Episode 18 he, along with Numeri, quickly made some excuses to avoid villain duty. |
| 470 | * HeelFaceDoorSlam: After finding out Butler's true intentions with the Fool's Casket, he decides to turn against him. Cue Butler turning the poor crab into a Yaraneeda shortly after. |
| 471 | * HumiliationConga: Episode 43 is a huge one for him. First of all, when Manatsu heads to the Witch's mansion, she asks him where the Witch's room is, with Chongire casually responding. Then when the whale Yaraneeda from the previous episode is defeated, the crab gets crushed by the freed whale when he threatens to fight them himself. Then when he returns, Papaya lasers his eyes and Coral blocks him from entering when they rush to the Witch's room. Lastly, when Chongire finds out about Butler's plan to destroy the world with the Fool's Casket, he is turned into a Yaraneeda against his will by the seahorse. |
| 472 | * GiantEnemyCrab: He's a large crab that's surprisingly capable in combat - he was able to take on Manatsu and almost defeated her too - if it wasn't for Laura coming in. And he turns into a Yaraneeda in Episode 43 courtesy of Butler. |
| 473 | * OneWingedAngel: Butler turns him into a Yaraneeda in Episode 43. |
| 474 | * PerpetualFrowner: He always looks like he's frowning, although he has his moments of laughing. |
| 475 | * RecurringBoss: He has attacked the most out of all the villains, slightly ahead of Numeri (he didn't really summon too many Zettai Yaraneedas compared to her, allowing her to catch up a bit to him) and significantly ahead of Elda (whose attacks weren't even in the double digits) and [[KnightOfCerebus Butler (who only attacked during very serious episodes)]]. |
| 476 | * ScarsAreForever: He gains a scar over his right eye after the FinalBattle against Butler and the Kowasundas. |
| 477 | * StarterVillain: The first of the villains in ''Tropical-Rouge!'' to attack. |
| 478 | * VictimOfTheWeek: Episode 43 has him turn into a thoughtless Yaraneeda, while Episode 44 has Butler sap his motivation alongside the other two servants after he turns into a Yaraneeda. |
| 479 | ** Averted with Episode 44, as Butler (and the others) aren't motivated enough to begin with. |
| 480 | [[/folder]] |
| 481 | |
| 482 | [[folder:Numeri]] |
| 483 | !!Numeri |
| 484 | !!! '''Voiced by:''' Creator/AkenoWatanabe (JP) [[labelnote: Foreign [=VAs=]]] Li Peijia (TW Mandarin) [[/labelnote]] |
| 485 | [[quoteright:284:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/numeri_7.png]] |
| 486 | |
| 487 | The Witch's sea cucumber doctor and the second general to launch an assault on the city. Her "lazy" trait is that she's very laid-back compared to everyone else. |
| 488 | ---- |
| 489 | * BarelyChangedDubName: Becomes "Meri" in the Taiwanese Mandarin dub. |
| 490 | * DeadlyDoctor: She might be dressed as a doctor, and that’s her job under the Witch's employment, but she's definitely unpleasant ... at least until Butler shows his true colors. |
| 491 | * DeadpanSnarker: She's pretty snarky towards her allies. |
| 492 | * EvilGenius: Coming from someone being a doctor, she's the one who suggests to Chongire that they should take care of Laura, as she's the one who takes back the drained motivation from the Yaraneedas. |
| 493 | * TheFashionista: Outside of being a doctor, she has a strong interest in beauty and fashion. Participating in the Fashion Parade and is often reading beauty magazines. |
| 494 | * {{Foil}}: Serves as one for both Sango and Minori. |
| 495 | ** Like Sango, both have a sense of fashion and try to take things as they go. However, while Sango is kind and revels in helping others both in fashion and fighting, Numeri is instead sarcastic and enjoys causing agony to others. |
| 496 | ** Like Minori, both are very smart and are considered the brains of the group. Both have come up with really great ideas. However, while Minori tends to be more reserved and emotionless, Numeri is considerably more laid back and confident. |
| 497 | * MadDoctor: She wears a doctor's outfit and is part of the villainous group. |
| 498 | * TheMedic: She serves in nursing the wounds of the villains in her group, as shown when she was taking care of Chongire's wounded claw. |
| 499 | * NotSoStoic: The generally calm sounding Numeri completely looks horrified and freaks out alongside Elda when Butler transforms Chongire into a Yaraneeda against his will. |
| 500 | * TeamMom: Likes to dote on Elda. |
| 501 | * VictimOfTheWeek: Has her motivation sapped by Butler's OneWingedAngel form at the end of Episode 44. Averted in the following episode that she and her two comrades don't have much motivation to begin with. |
| 502 | * WhyDontYouJustShootHim: She suggests to Chongire to get rid of Laura as opposed to taking care of the other Cures, which allows him to trick the Cures to "finishing" off the Zenzen Yaraneeda, then when it's Laura's time to take the motivation back, orders the Yaraneeda to spit out a bunch of bottles to distract her long enough to kidnap her. |
| 503 | [[/folder]] |
| 504 | |
| 505 | [[folder:Elda]] |
| 506 | !!Elda |
| 507 | !!! '''Voiced by:''' Creator/AyahiTakagaki (JP) [[labelnote: Foreign [=VAs=]]] Chen Zhenyu (TW Mandarin) [[/labelnote]] |
| 508 | [[quoteright:276:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/elda_7.png]] |
| 509 | |
| 510 | The Witch's shrimp maid and the third general to confront the Pretty Cure. Her "lazy" trait is that she's a SpoiledBrat who wants to stay home and not grow up. |
| 511 | ---- |
| 512 | * BrattyHalfPint: Not only is she small, she also acts very bratty, much to the annoyance to Butler. |
| 513 | * ADayInTheLimelight: Episode 34 gives her as much focus as Manatsu as she runs away from home and we get to learn a little more about her. |
| 514 | * EnfantTerrible: A SpoiledBrat who frequently throws tantrums while also being a member of the Witch's faction. |
| 515 | * {{Foil}}: To Manatsu of all people. While both are childish, easily fooled, and don't like the idea of growing up, both have different mindsets. Elda just wants to stay a child forever and gets annoyed when others try to address her formally, while Manatsu is generally impulsive and likes to live in the moment, even if she doesn't know what she wants to be when she grows up. Episodes 19 and 34 really show the contrast between the two. |
| 516 | * GamerChick: Just like Asuka, she loves playing "Friendly Bun-Bun Village" on her tablet. |
| 517 | * MaamShock: Inverted. She gets offended when Butler addresses her with [[UsefulNotes/JapaneseHonorifics -san]] (or Ms.) since she prefers and demands to be treated as the young child she actually is. Butler then quickly changes his formal address to her with "-chan" which delights her. |
| 518 | * NinjaMaid: She’s the Witch’s maid and, just like the other two, is also a capable opponent for the Cures. |
| 519 | * PintSizedPowerhouse: |
| 520 | ** Is considerably smaller than the rest of the villains, and was shown to be fighting directly against Cure Coral in the opening. However, she's still a kid, and was easily outsmarted and trapped by both Laura and Kururun in Episode 17. |
| 521 | ** She is shown fighting against Kowasundas in Episode 45 and taking a lot of them down with the same lightning attack she used in the opening. |
| 522 | * ShockAndAwe: Uses a widespread electric attack against a bunch of Kowasundas in Episode 45. |
| 523 | * SpoiledBrat: Frequently throws tantrums and acts like a little child. When she first fights the Cures, she had to be bribed in order to be motivated. |
| 524 | * VictimOfTheWeek: Has her motivation sapped by Butler's OneWingedAngel form at the end of Episode 44. Averted in the following episode which reveals that she or her comrades don't have much motivation to begin with, meaning that they essentially shrug it off. |
| 525 | [[/folder]] |
| 526 | |
| 527 | [[folder:Yaraneedas and their variants]] |
| 528 | !!! '''Voiced by:''' Nozomi Mikajiri (JP) |
| 529 | |
| 530 | The monsters the Witch's generals summon when they throw a dark orb towards a targeted object. They can sap motivation from their victims, leaving said victims lethargic and lazy. A stronger variant called Zenzen Yaraneeda is summoned when the generals throw a green orb made by the Witch; they are stronger than their regular counterparts and can also sap motivation from their victims. An even stronger variant called a Zettai Yaraneeda is later summoned when the generals use a yellow orb also made by the Witch, possessing the same motivation sapping abilities but with far more strength than the other monsters. The generals also begin using a variant called a Chou Zettai Yaraneeda after that which is stronger still. And even after that, they can become far stronger when used on a living being. Finally, during the final battle, Butler uses a final variety of Yaraneeda called Kowasundas, spawned from blue orbs. |
| 531 | ---- |
| 532 | * AnimateInanimateObject: Their weaker variants are formed through inanimate objects and turned into giant monsters, similar to a lot of other [[MonsterOfTheWeek Monsters of the Week]] from past seasons. |
| 533 | * AttackOfThe50FootWhatever: Most of the Yaraneeda are really big and tower over everyone in comparison. The blue whale one is massive enough to eat the Pretty Cure. |
| 534 | * BaitAndSwitchBoss: Butler summons a remora in Episode 42, which starts sucking motivation from numerous people. The Pretty Cure effortlessly defeat it, but only few of the people have their motivation back. Then comes the giant whale Yaraneeda that ends up being the true threat. |
| 535 | * BlobMonster: Butler uses water as the host for the first Chou Zettai Yaraneeda in Episode 29, and it proves to be a very formidable threat for the Pretty Cures, as there's multiple monsters that can shapeshift into various forms, including a massive sea monster. Worst of all, only one of them has the motivation that ''all of them are sapping'', meaning that they even though they can be defeated easily, the main threat is more durable and can't be defeated through conventional means. |
| 536 | * TheBrute: They act as the muscle for the villains, towering over everyone in size and doing the main fighting for the villain that's out getting the motivation power. |
| 537 | * TheBusCameBack: |
| 538 | ** The original variant of the Yaraneeda came back after 26 episodes of more powerful Yaraneedas being used instead. Manatsu quickly defeated it with her finisher, but not before impulsively botching the Mermaid Aqua Pot that only Laura can use (she was busy at the moment and Manatsu didn't want it to destroy a festival). A normal Chou Zettai Yaraneeda was the main threat later in the episode. |
| 539 | ** Numeri summons a Zenzen Yaraneeda after 22 episodes of (Chou) Zetta Yaraneedas fighting instead as a MiniBoss out of her stethoscope. It's a minor inconvenience for the Cures at most, mostly being fought due to Laura being at the Gran Ocean palace at the time (Laura is required to defeat Zettais and the group is required to defeat Chou Zettais). |
| 540 | * DangerousForbiddenTechnique: Using a Yaraneeda orb on a living being. Even the villains have been advised against doing so, [[EvilIsNotAToy considering it too dangerous]], but when the villains decide to do so, they end up having a destructive monster that's able to tank everything the Pretty Cure have thrown up to the Land Beat Dynamic. |
| 541 | * EarlyBirdCameo: The Kowasundas are shown in flashbacks involving the Witch of Destruction, but it could be assumed they were just a weaker variant of the Yaraneeda mooks she summoned until a savvy viewer notices they don't have any distinguishing facial characteristics the other Yaraneeda had. They're formally introduced in the final battle against Butler in Episode 45. |
| 542 | * EliteMooks: |
| 543 | ** The Zettai Yaraneedas summoned from a yellow orb ''possess more strength than the Zenzen Yaraneedas'', even if they don't sap motivation. They're even able to [[NoSell tank Mix Tropical from the initial four Cures]]. |
| 544 | ** The Kowasundas were mooks of the Witch of Destruction and were built for destroying, not stealing motivation. |
| 545 | * FinalBoss: Butler turns himself into a Chou Zettai Yaraneeda after the Witch of Delays passes on. Unlike other Yaraneedas, he's capable of thought and speech. |
| 546 | * TheJuggernaut: The Chou Zettai Yaraneedas summoned by a red orb. They're far more powerful than the Zettai Yaraneedas and can [[NoSell shrug off Cure La Mer's final attacks]]. If that orb is used on a living being, they're even more powerful, being able to even shrug off the Land Beat Dynamic. |
| 547 | * KingMook: The Zenzen Yaraneedas, though not really bigger in size, are far more powerful than their regular counterparts, especially in strength. They're able to [[NoSell withstand a Cure's solo finisher (bar La Mer)]] (and even if the finisher works, it works as an attack), as Manatsu found out the hard way. Additionally, even if they don't sap motivation, they're still a force to be reckoned with, as shown in Episode 14. |
| 548 | * LastWords: Averted. Unlike other monsters in the franchise who say something when they're defeated, the Yaraneedas simply explode once the Cures shout "Victory!". |
| 549 | * MeaningfulName: "Yaraneeda" roughly translates to "I don't want to do it", reflecting that they’re made of humankind’s laziness and refusal to do anything. The Zenzen Yaraneedas' name also mean the same thing, except that it means it doesn't want to do anything ''at all''. The Zettai Yaraneedas' name follows the same translation, only that they '''definitely''' don't want to do anything. And then, there's the Chou Zettai Yaraneedas, whose name means the same thing again... except that they '''''never''''' want to do anything. Finally, Kowasunda translates to "Break it", referring to the fact that they are created solely for destruction. |
| 550 | * MidSeasonUpgrade: ''Five Times''. It's worse than [[Anime/GoPrincessPrettyCure Dys Dark's Zetsuborgs]]. |
| 551 | ** First of all came the [[KingMook Zenzen Yaraneedas]] summoned by throwing a green orb towards a desired object. They're stronger than the regular Yaraneedas even without sapping motivation and they can [[NoSell brush off any damage from the Cures' solo finishers (except La Mer's)]]. |
| 552 | ** Second, the [[EliteMooks Zettai Yaraneedas]] summoned via throwing a yellow orb towards an object. They possess far more strength than the Zenzen Yaraneedas and can [[NoSell survive getting hit by Mix Tropical]]. So far, only La Mer's [[FinishingMove Ocean Bubble Shower]] can defeat them. |
| 553 | ** Then there's the [[TheJuggernaut Chou Zettai Yaraneedas]], which possess ''more'' strength than the regular Zettai Yaraneedas and can [[NoSell breeze through Cure La Mer's finishers without budging]]. |
| 554 | ** Thought it stopped there? Not at all. They've been using them on inanimate objects the whole time. [[DangerousForbiddenTechnique They've been advised against using them on living beings]]. What happens when they use it something that is alive, such as an octopus? They're far more powerful, and they even NoSell the Land Beat Dynamic Finisher that would have stopped a normal Chou Zettai Yaraneeda. Episode 43 shows these orbs can also be used on sapient beings such as Chongire and Butler. |
| 555 | ** The Kowasundas are the final variety introduced during the final battle. They’re even stronger than any of the Yaraneedas, and they were made exclusively for destruction. |
| 556 | * MonsterOfTheWeek: The typical monsters that attacks the Cures when summoned. |
| 557 | * MonsterWhale: Butler turns a blue whale into a Chou Zettai Yaraneeda in Episode 42, which successfully saps motivation thanks to Butler damaging Laura's Aqua Pot. |
| 558 | * PokemonSpeak: Like all the other monsters, all of them can only say their name over and over. Averted with Butler's form though, who is capable of speech and thought. |
| 559 | * SeaMonster: All of the Chou Zettai Yaraneeda that are summoned after Episode 36 are sea creatures. When they recover, they revert to their natural habitat. |
| 560 | * StrongAsTheyNeedToBe: |
| 561 | ** As usual, most of the monsters, even if upgraded, are just shown to be stronger (or generally easier for the Cures to take on) for plot convenience. The one in Episode 16 is significantly easier to take on, but that was only because it was used as bait to kidnap Laura. |
| 562 | ** The Kowasundas are built as destructive, yet Cure Oasis (in the past), Chongire, Elda, and Numerii (in the present) easily tear through them like paper for plot convenience. Chongire did get a scar on his right eye though, so it's more than possible that they did give the three former villains some trouble. |
| 563 | * TentacledTerror: The octopus Yaraneeda in Episode 36 demonstrated how powerful a Yaraneeda orb would be on a sea creature, even being able to NoSell the Land Beat Dynamic. |
| 564 | * VampiricDraining: They drain motivation from victims by opening their mouths. The first victims happen to be some runners, who get very tired all of a sudden. They can even drain motivation from the Cures themselves too, but thankfully it's not effective if they're transformed. |
| 565 | * VillainForgotToLevelGrind: If there are no victims around to sap motivation from, the Yaraneedas are usually weaker and thus much easier for the Cures to finish off. |
| 566 | * WeHardlyKnewYe: The Zenzen Yaraneeda summoned by Elda in episode 19 is revealed to be based on a traffic cone, but other than that, we don't know why it was called in, or what power it possessed because by the time we see it, the four main Cures finish it off, ending the battle. |
| 567 | * WhatHappenedToTheMouse: The Zenzen Yaraneeda in Episode 16 was never defeated, as it kidnapped Laura before she could take back the stolen motivation. It was used as a transport by Chongire to carry Laura to the Witch's mansion, but afterwards, it was never shown again, plus the motivation it stole was given to the Witch of Delays herself. Additionally, two different Zenzen Yaraneedas attacked in the following episode. Odd considering the whale Yaraneeda in Episode 43 (which successfully stole motivation of an entire city) was just shown resting in a nearby hole. |
| 568 | * WouldHurtAChild: In Episode 15, the Zenzen Yaraneeda turned away from the Cures to go after a child running by that had to be rescued by Cure Coral. |
| 569 | * ZergRush: When the Chou Zettai Yaraneeda attacks for the first time in episode 29. Being made out of water, they appear as hundreds of Yaraneedas that attack the city in numerous locations which the Cures have to keep up with. |
| 570 | [[/folder]] |
| 571 | |
| 572 | ! Unaffiliated |
| 573 | |
| 574 | [[folder:Fool's Casket Thief]] |
| 575 | |
| 576 | An unknown monster that the current Queen of Gran Ocean encountered long ago in the past. It had tried to open the Fool's Casket to drain all life on Earth. According to Butler, it was a completely different monster than the Witch, and is therefore unaffiliated with their cause. |
| 577 | ---- |
| 578 | * AttackOfThe50FootWhatever: This thing carried a cup of motivation as if it was a small speck. The Mermaid Queen was lucky she was able to snatch the cup away from it. |
| 579 | * EldritchAbomination: We get no real description of this thing other than the fact it wanted to destroy all life by opening the Fool's Casket. Even Butler and the Witch of Delays look normal compared to it. |
| 580 | * EvilIsBigger: Whatever this thing was, it was definitely evil and also significantly bigger than the Queen herself at the time. |
| 581 | * NonStandardCharacterDesign: From what we see of it, it's just a large monster completely shrouded in shadow, but it looks completely different than anything shown in the rest of the series (the art style of both the queen and this monster are completely different in the flashback too). |
| 582 | * NothingIsScarier: Since the Queen never defeated the monster, we never know the true fate of it. It could still be alive, lurking somewhere. At least the Fool's Casket is destroyed. |
| 583 | * RedEyesTakeWarning: Considerably one of the most intimidating monsters in the series. |
| 584 | * RedHerring: Due to this monster's and Butler's ambitions with the Fool's Casket being similar, it's very easy to assume that these two are one and the same (i.e. a OneWingedAngel form). However, Butler's OneWingedAngel form is completely different, so Butler just had extensive knowledge on this monster and the motivation cup. |
| 585 | * SmallRoleBigImpact: It is only mentioned in two episodes, but it managed to help kick off Butler's and the Witch of Delay's plan to use the Fool's Casket for their purposes. Plus it revealed that the Queen herself tried to become a Pretty Cure similarly to La Mer to take on the monster, but it failed and all she could do was snatch the cup of motivation. |
| 586 | [[/folder]] |
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