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6	[[caption-width-right:350:"InTheNameOfTheMoon, I will copy you!"[[note]]Top: [[Anime/SailorMoon Usagi Tsukino]], Bottom: [[WesternAnimation/StarVsTheForcesOfEvil Mina Loveberry]][[/note]]]]
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8	''Manga/SailorMoon'' is a manga series widely regarded as one of the defining {{Shoujo}} series of TheNineties. Not only did it kickstart its [[Franchise/SailorMoon own multimedia franchise]], but it also codified several MagicalGirlWarrior and {{Shoujo}} tropes[[note]]''Sailor Moon'' itself was heavily influenced in this by ''Manga/CutieHoney'', although it had the advantage of reaching much farther due to its crowd-friendlier nature.[[/note]] and thus largely remains in the public consciousness. As a result, there are quite a few characters that reference, homage, or parody its main cast, the Sailor Senshi, especially its protagonist, Usagi Tsukino/Sailor Moon.
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10	The Sailor Senshi[[note]]variously translated as "Sailor Warrior", "Sailor Guardian", or "Sailor Soldier"; the DIC translation used the term "Sailor Scout"[[/note]] are young, female {{Magical Girl Warrior}}s themed after their respective celestial domains -- there's (at least) one for every planet, plus Pluto and the Moon -- who battle several cosmic foes. Common tip-offs that a character is based on the ''Sailor Moon'' cast include:
11	* A SailorFuku-like outfit, inspired by the girls' color-coded attire.
12	* A TransformationSequence, sometimes with the character getting magically divested from her clothes and clad in her magical attire (how much of it is shown tend to vary).
13	* A [[CosmicMotifs space theme]] and/or a StellarName.
14	* A NonHumanSidekick-- often a cat, but other cute animals are common as well.
15	* Possessing magical powers, especially if they are a MagicalGirl or MagicalGirlWarrior.
16	* An InTheNameOfTheMoon catchphrase, bonus points if they do [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/The_Name_Of_The_Moon_colorfix_5744.png the iconic pose]] associated with it.
17	* Have a past involving royalty, reincarnation, space, or some combination thereof -- Sailor Moon herself is Princess Serenity of the Moon Kingdom reincarnated into an OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent.
18	* Evoking one of them in appearance and personality -- for example, Sailor Venus's long blonde hair with a red bow, Sailor Jupiter's brunette bangs and ponytail, or Sailor Moon's OdangoHair paired with long twintails. The latter is also considered one of the codifiers of the StockShoujoHeroine in terms of personality, being a sweet and naive klutz [[CharacterDevelopment who nevertheless comes into her own.]]
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20	SubTrope of FountainOfExpies. Not to be confused with SailorEarth, which is named for a common ''Sailor Moon'' fandom way of creating an OriginalCharacter. See also StockShoujoHeroine.
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22	Note that this is specifically for characters themed around the Senshi -- for other references to the franchise, go to [[ReferencedBy/SailorMoon ReferencedBy.Sailor Moon]]. For another commonly-parodied anime franchise, see {{Phonymon}}.
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29	[[folder:Anime & Manga]]
30	* Marucho's Bakugan Elfin of ''Anime/{{Bakugan}}''. She visually evokes Usagi in appearance (she is blonde, wears a hairstyle resembling a frog head, but whose "eyes" correspond to Usagi's buns, and with long finlike appendages that correspond to Usagi's long pigtails). She has a long, magical girl-like TransformationSequence, and strikes the InTheNameOfTheMoon pose.
31	-->'''Elfin:''' Sun, wind and rain combined! InTheNameOfTheMoon! Behold Aquos/Ventus/Darkus (depending on her chosen attribute) Elfin!
32	* ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'': Parodied with Charlotte Cuuhlhourne, a DragQueen whose [[TransformationSequence Resurrecion]] blatantly copies the Sailor Senshi's transformations.
33	* In ''Anime/MobileFighterGGundam'', Neo-Sweden's Gundam -- a giant {{Fembot}} with long blonde [[RobotHair "hair"]] and a blue SailorFuku-like coloring -- is pretty much Usagi/Sailor Moon herself in giant mecha form.
34	* The obscure hentai OVA ''Venus 5'' was a blatant ''Sailor Moon'' parody.
35	* ''Anime/YokaiWatch'' has "Sailor Cuties", a space-themed magical girl series that is a cross between ''Sailor Moon'' and ''Anime/PrettyCure''. Hailey Anne is a major fan of the show, and her trying to get a rare figurine of the show is what kickstarts the plot of the third season.
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38	[[folder:Comic Books]]
39	* ''ComicBook/GhostRider'' villain Skin-Bender [[http://static.squarespace.com/static/52922ecfe4b07735ce1a0386/5298c073e4b008c3d67dc0a3/5298c07be4b008c3d67dc10b/1385742459964/main.php?format=original is visually]] modeled after Sailor Venus.
40	* ''ComicBook/MakingFriends'' has a ShowWithinAShow called "Solar Sisters" in which main character, Dany watches. She ends up inadvertently bringing the villain, Prince ''Neptune'', to life via the magic sketchbook. [[spoiler: Near the end of book, she makes the magic rings that allow the character from the show to transform so that she and her friends can combat Neptune later , allowing Dany and her friends to become said heroes from the series. This continues on in the sequel book where she uses the powers when trouble comes up.]]
41	* ''ComicBook/TheSimpsons'';
42	** ''Mr. Sparkle: Destroy All Manga!'' had Mr Sparkle erasing a manga artist's work including a moose woman called ''Sailor Moose''.
43	** ''An Anime Among Us!'' had AmbiguouslyGay Smithers in drag as a ''Sailor Moon'' parody called The Sugar Plum Fairy.
44	* ''ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogArchieComics'' has an alternate universe called the Luna Zone where Sally and Amy's counterparts dress like Sailor Scouts and there's a version of Knuckles who dresses like Tuxedo Mask.
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47	[[folder:Fan Works]]
48	* ''Fanfic/OversaturatedWorld'' has the "Sailor Orbital" installments, starring Sailors Orbital, Plasma, Meteor, Photon, and Comet. They are actively basing themselves off a BlandNameProduct version of ''Sailor Moon'' called Sailor Luna.
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51	[[folder:Film]]
52	* While the rest of the [[{{Mons}} F.R.I.E.N.D.s]] in ''Film/JellyfishEyes'' are generic cute monsters, Miss [=KO2=] is based on a [[https://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2019/contemporary-art-evening-n10149/lot.46.html Sailor Moon inspired sculpture]] that director, Takashi Murakami made in 1996.
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55	[[folder:Literature]]
56	* Princess Cassie of ''Literature/PrincessesOfThePizzaParlor''. She's a princess with moon powers who fights for "love and justice and happiness and the future of the Moon Kingdom!". Her creator, Claire, is mentioned to like Japanese cartoons, making her a fairly obvious send-up.
57	* ''Literature/WearingTheCape'': Not much attention is drawn to it, but Japan's premiere female hero team appears to be based on ''Sailor Moon'', with {{Sailor Fuku}}s and ThemeNaming, and they spend a significant amount of their time posing for the cameras. However, they are in fact extremely professional government superheroes who are rather high-ranked in the JSDF. An agent Hope speaks to also implies that this archetype is quite common in Japan, often complete with a TalkingAnimal sidekick. And of course the running joke of the book is that Hope and her friends have stumbled headfirst in a lot of Sailor Senshi and MagicalGirl tropes, including the TalkingAnimal sidekick.
58	* Literature/TheLunarChronicles has its origins in a Sailor Moon fanfic and it shows. The main character, Cinder, resembles Makoto Kino, but her backstory of being a long-lost moon princess is taken straight from Sailor Moon herself. Her evil aunt, Queen Levana, arguably borrows as much from Queen Beryl as she does Snow White's WickedStepmother. Techno-genius Cress also resembles a blonde Ami Mizuno.
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61	[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
62	* ''Franchise/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'': The original director of the 1992 film, Fran Rubel Kuzui, was a fan of the anime and wanted Buffy to be an Usagi-like heroine. While never directly confirmed, there seems to be a strong influence of the series on the spin-off show.
63	** As another blonde supergirl destined to save humanity, Buffy gets compared to Usagi quite a bit. As more charitable fans might note, Buffy actually resembles Minako as the tragic loner forced to lose her friends and is even destined, in some sense, to kill the man she loves, all thanks to her predestined duty.
64	** Willow initially resembles Usagi's friend Naru before becoming more like Ami. Even before becoming a witch, Willow used her hacking skills to help Buffy, similar to Ami being a technopath. And thanks to the live-action Sailor Moon series, both Ami and Willow have taken turns as a DarkMagicalGirl. There's also some irony in that both Naru and Ami are expies of the same character, Minako's friend Hikaru.
65	** Cordelia, as the dark-haired token mean girl who gradually befriends the main group, usually gets compared to Rei Hino. Considering she's a character based on the original main character, representing Buffy's former life, and even gets to be the heroine of the spin-off, one could argue she has a lot in common with ''Usagi'' of all people.
66	** Tara and Makoto are both friendless outcasts who go on to become the TeamMom of the group. As a witchy girl with an interest in the occult, a dead mother, and a bad relationship with her father, some fans compare her more to Rei.
67	** Anya might have started out as a villain, but grows into a blonde comic relief that would make Minako Aino look subtle. And whether it's her motivation in destroying men or restoring her faith in humanity, she seems very concerned with ThePowerOfLove.
68	** Dawn gets compared to Chibiusa quite a bit. She even has a lot more in common with Chibi-Chibi, especially her anime portrayal, posing as the heroine's younger sister and really being an incorporeal being sent to help the heroine.
69	** The decision to cast Luna with an English accent in the Dic dub has also brought up uncanny similarities with Giles...
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72	[[folder:Podcasts]]
73	* ''Podcast/KakosIndustries'': Episode 9, "Kawaii", features a HumongousMecha melee as part of the Celebration of Technology. Among the robots included is the "Giant-Ass Schoolgirl That's Kawaii as Fuck, Yo", created by the company Giant-Ass Robots to Kick in Your Face, and which is described as looking "a lot like a gigantic Japanese schoolgirl wearing what [Corin] can only imagine is a somewhat smaller than regulation uniform." It goes up against a robot tentacle monster, the "Ocotobot Plus Two", and ultimately wins the battle by undergoing a transformation sequence that replaces the initial uniform with a new one and summons a "Giant-Ass Sword of Sorrows".
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76	[[folder:Tabletop Games]]
77	* The MagicalGirl faction from the Big in Japan set of ''TabletopGame/SmashUp'' features several MagicalGirlTropes. In particular, it has expies of Sailor Moon (Lunar Captain, a young blonde woman in SailorFuku with a moon motif) and Tuxedo Mask (Fancy Suit Lad, a young darkhaired man wearing...you know) and two magical cats.
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80	[[folder:Toys]]
81	* ''Toys/MilkyWayAndTheGalaxyGirls'' is InspiredBy ''Sailor Moon''. The series stars {{Anthropomorphic Personification}}s of celestial beings. Milky Way is the equivalent of fifteen years old and is a plucky, adventurous blonde girl. The story of the toy-line revolves around Milky Way assembling a team of planet-based {{Magical Girl}}s to combat a SealedEvilInACan, the Black Hole, that she accidentally released.
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84	[[folder:Video Games]]
85	* Platinum the Trinity from ''Franchise/BlazBlue'' is a very blatant pastiche of Usagi Tsukino, complete with the sailor outfit, odango/twintail haistyle, and a Moon-themed StellarName (Luna). [[CorruptedCharacterCopy Unlike Usagi]], Platinum's an obnoxious {{jerkass}} and basically flanderizes Usagi's worst aspects.
86	* Hitomi from ''VideoGame/JimmyAndThePulsatingMass'' is based on an in-universe anime character watched by the protagonist's BasementDweller uncle. She's also known as Pretty Soldier Luna and comes from the moon.
87	* In ''VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends'', the Star Guardian skins are a blatant send-up to ''Sailor Moon'', with their frilly magical girl designs, cosmic-based powers, TransformationSequence recall animation, and how the champions are {{Ordinary High School Student}}s when off the clock. Lux in particular has the line, "In the name of Demacia, I will punish you!" even without the skin.
88	* The ''VideoGame/PowerInstinct'' series has Kurara/[[DubNameChange Clara]] Hananokouji, a MagicalGirl that received magical powers from a wand given to her by a wizard, and with that she participates in the Gouketsuji tournament. Apart of the traits based on Sailor Moon, her voice was made noneless by [[Creator/KotonoMitsuishi Usagi Tsukino herself]]. Also, [[LegacyCharacter her daughter Popura]] inherits the wand for the DistantFinale title, ''VideoGame/GrooveOnFight''.
89	* ''Floating Girl Miyuki'' from ''VideoGame/SuperKnockoffVS'' is [[Manga/CardcaptorSakura Sakura Kinomoto]] with elements of Franchise/SailorMoon and a dash of [[Franchise/TouhouProject Cirno]].
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92	[[folder:Visual Novels]]
93	* ''VisualNovel/LifeAfterMagic'' is about a group of retired Magical Girls called the Sentinels Of Justice. Most of whom have space-themed names like Sentinel Starlight and Sentinel Sol. The protagonist even has a MentorMascot cat similar to ''Sailor Moon'''s Luna.
94	* ''VisualNovel/LongLiveTheQueen'' mixes the genres of magical girls and medieval fantasy, but many of the characters are clearly direct parallels of Sailor Moon characters (Julianna as Sailor Uranus, Selene as Neptune, Charlotte as Saturn, and Princess Elodie herself as Chibi-Usa/Mini-Moon). Princess Elodie also gets a Sailor Moon style transformation sequence when she first unlocks her magical Lumen abilities.
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98	* Princess Halesia from ''Webcomic/HarpyGee'' is a MagicalGirl with an outfit resembling a SailorFuku.
99	* Lovely Celestial Angel Amelia from ''Webcomic/{{Henchgirl}}'' fits the bill. She has a transformation that resembles that of the Sailor Senshi, she has a four-legged sidekick, and wields magic through a magic wand and artifacts.
100	* Melissa Hellrune from ''Webcomic/MagickChicks'' ends up forced into this role over the course of the series due to a magic wand that falls into her possession, giving her a Sailor-Style outfit and a unwanted cat pet in the process. Something she's not happy with since she's ''a witch''. [[spoiler: Later in the story, we find out one of her mothers likewise was turned into a this as well, with her other mother being a Queen Beryl expy. Yes her ''parents'' were mortal enemies. And let's not even get into how Mel was even conceived.]]
101	* ''Webcomic/{{Sonichu}}'' has Sailor Megtune, a Sailor Soldier who watches over the City of [=CWCVille=] alongside her trusty sidekick. She's a Senshi in appearance, personality, and backstory, being the secret superpowered identity of an ordinary girl.
102	-->'''Megan:''' "In the name of all the hearts, we shall punish you!"
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105	[[folder:Web Original]]
106	* ''Literature/SailorNothing'' is a DeconstructiveParody of the ''Sailor Moon'' series and MagicalGirl works as a whole. Himei, or "Sailor Salvation" as she's known, JumpedAtTheCall to become a MagicalGirlWarrior several years ago as an elementary student, but quickly found out that being a Magical Girl is closer to being a {{Child Soldier\|s}} than a KidHero. She's a world-weary and depressed teenager, with no one to talk to about her troubles due to TheMasquerade. Himei wants desperately to stop being Sailor Salvation [[ChronicHeroSyndrome but she can't stop the urge to help others.]]
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109	[[folder:Western Animation]]
110	* According to the character designer, ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'''s genderbent version of Finn, Fionna, is inspired by Usagi. Nods to the character include wearing a rabbit hat and a dress that evokes one of Usagi's. [[http://static.comicvine.com/uploads/scale_large/6/67663/2909186-03c.jpg One of the alt-covers]] for the comic book tie in definitely ran with this.
111	* ''WesternAnimation/MegasXLR'': The Ultra-Cadets from "Ultra Chicks" are blatant versions of the Sailor Scouts, since they look like young women in sailor outfits and have {{Stellar\|Name}} ThemeNaming (Galaxia, Comet, Pulsar, and Nova). Only difference is that they turn into giant robots when they transform.
112	* Mina Loveberry of ''WesternAnimation/StarVsTheForcesOfEvil'' is a pretty blatant ''Sailor Moon'' send-up. She shares Usagi's odango/twintail hairstyle, has magical powers, her bunny earrings refer to Usagi's name (''usagi'' is Japanese for "rabbit"), she has a rounded bow at her collar similar to the Senshi's outfit, and her name is a shortened version of Minako's/Sailor Venus's name. [[CorruptedCharacterCopy Unlike Usagi]], she's completely insane and is a huge [[FantasticRacism Fantastic Racist]] towards the monsters she's fought against for centuries.
113	* ''WesternAnimation/WinxClub'' is heavily derivative of the Sailor Senshi in its seven girl line-up:
114	** Bloom/Usagi: Long-lost princesses with InnocentBlueEyes from a magical world sent to Earth by relative who sacrificed their life to save them. Both girls also have the strongest powers but were also the most inexperienced with their powers and battles until they TookALevelInBadass. Bloom also has a sort of ForbiddenRomance with a prince from another kingdom much like Usagi had in her past life with Prince Endymion. Possibly {{lampshaded}} in the fifth season where her bonded Selkie is named "Serena."
115	** Stella/Minako: Blonde GenkiGirl princess in orange costume with light-based powers who become the protagonist's BestFriend. Furthering the reference, they are even the first magical girls introduced in the series.
116	** Tecna/Ami: Princess with technology powers with short hair of an unnatural color. Tecna also had trouble with her feelings for Timmy, much like Ami being AllergicToLove.
117	** Flora/Makoto: Both are the TeamMom, have brown hair and green eyes, have a strong connection to plants and nature, and even a pink and green aesthetic. WesternAnimation/WorldOfWinx even makes her a chef out of nowhere.
118	** Musa/Rei: Dead mother, bad relationship with father. The sardonic one with a flair for red and purple. Both girls also [[LongHairIsFeminine long, flowing]] (Musa initially had short GirlishPigtails but later [[ExpositoryHairstyleChange grew her hair out in season 3]]), [[RavenHairIvorySkin raven-colored hair and pale skin]], with the eyes matching the blue/purple shine of their hair. The '90s anime also famously made Rei a singer.
119	** Aisha could be a combination of all the Outer Senshi: being an independent and sporty TomboyPrincess like Haruka, having [[MakingASplash water-based powers]] and green, turquoise and blue ColorMotifs and like Michiru, being the one with the darkest skin and initially having a lonely life prior to meeting the other girls like Setsuna, and being the SixthRanger like Hotaru. She also initially isolated herself from the group in their earlier interactions, much like the Outer Senshi (particularly Haruka and Michiru) being [[IneffectualLoner Ineffectual Loners]].
120	** Roxy/Chibiusa: The pink-haired TagalongKid who turns out to be the princess of Earth and reunites with her long-lost mother. She's even close to the main character.
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