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3->''With a pichi pichi voice, live start!''
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5''Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch'' is a [[ShoujoDemographic shoujo]] manga written by Michiko Yokote and illustrated by Pink Hanamori, which ran in ''Magazine/{{Nakayoshi}}'' from 2002 to 2005. An anime adaptation aired from 2003 to 2004. The series combined two subcategories of MagicalGirl -- the MagicIdolSinger (sans OlderAlterEgo for once in the genre) and the MagicalGirlWarrior-- while taking its style and substance from the original version of ''Literature/TheLittleMermaid'' and plunked it into a magical world of princesses battling demons.
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7Lucia Nanami is the new girl in town, and with her foreign name, clumsy nature and odd talking penguin friend Hippo (more of a nagging guardian than anything), she's got enough problems. Of course, she's also the regent monarch of the North Pacific Ocean, with the title of Pink Pearl Princess -- except she lost her pink pearl. And by "lost", she means "gave away", to save a drowning boy back when she was six. The boy turns out to be school idol and international competitive surfer Kaito Dōmoto, and he's being targeted by the same league of sea demons that destroyed the kingdoms of the Atlantic princesses Hanon and Rina and kidnapped the Arctic and South Pacific princesses. Lucia (now with her pearl back), Hanon and Rina have to save those two, find the other two princesses that disappeared after the attacks, and navigate Lucia's love life, except, oh yeah, mermaid legend goes that confessing your identity to a human will ''turn you into seafoam''.
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9Although the anime is sugary and child-friendly, and the manga was serialized in a magazine aimed at young girls, the latter is a lot more dark and mature. Lucia and Kaito have a lot more subtext going on, embarrassing situations are more so (for example, in the manga, Lucia accidentally wins a beachside beauty contest when her bikini top comes undone, flashing the audience; in the anime, another girl wins and Lucia's much more modest suit is saved) and there's a bit of gore and more threatening villains.
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11Another thing that sets the Pichi Pichi mermaids apart from their contemporaries is the combination of the MagicIdolSinger and MagicalGirlWarrior. Lucia and friends need their pearls to sing, and sing well; their singing voices can defeat the enemies, and upgrades come via new songs for their repertoires. Each girl, except for Noel and Coco, who spend most of their time in the background, also gets her own ImageSong that can be used either in battle or in dramatic situations. In the second season and the second half of the first, some villains also get their own songs.
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13Once licensed by Creator/ADVFilms, only to be dropped a year later when they couldn't find a TV deal for the 52-episode first season. The manga is licensed and has been released in its entirety by Del Rey.
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16!!This program provides examples of:
17* AdaptationExpansion: The anime adaptation of Mermaid Melody has expanded into 91 total episodes.
18* AdaptationDyeJob: Rina's hair colors are more muted in the anime, while Seira and good! Sara has orange hair all the time instead of changing to brown as humans. Even Lucia's blonder in the anime; in the manga, her human form's hair looks browner.
19* AdaptedOut: In the manga, Gaito and his lovers have a group song named Black Rose Requiem. This was not adapted to the anime, where the Black Beauty Sisters became the first baddies with their own song.
20* AdvertisedExtra: Purachan is seen lots of times during the first opening, but in the anime itself she is only a background character that doesn't contribute to the plot at all.
21* AerithAndBob: The national origins of the names are varied and don't match up with the national origins of the people who have them. Mermaids have it worst, but the Amagi family [uh, Licht and Michal?] and Kaito's family do it too.
22%%* AllJustADream: The New Year's episode.
23%%* AndroclesLion: Momo-chan, animals in a few fillers.
24%%* AnimeThemeSong
25* {{Animorphism}}: Inversion with Gaito's minions, who were transformed from animals into humans.
26* ApeShallNeverKillApe: Mermaids can't harm other mermaids with their songs. Note that Sara is not in violation of this rule: [[spoiler: it is made pretty clear that only songs bestowed by the Goddess will not harm other mermaids. "Return to the Sea" is a song born from Sara's hatred, NOT a gift from Aqua Regina. Therefore it would not be bound by that rule. Still, given that the other mermaids can sing songs that aren't from Aqua Regina — Mizuiro no Senritsu being the most blatant example because it was written by a human — there's still a bit of a question there.]]
27* ArtisticAge: Gackt looks a bit too much like his namesake to ''possibly'' be thirteen years old. This is also true of pretty much every character in the series; Maria doesn't really look old despite the many jokes at her expense, and aside from Hanon and the characters who are supposed to be small children, most of the girls are unbelievably stacked.
28%%* AscendedExtra: Madame Taki and, to a lesser extent, the Black Beauty Sisters.
29* BaitAndSwitchCredits: ''Pure'' season's opening pairs up Lucia/Rihito, Michal/Kaito, Hanon/Nagisa and Rina/Masahiro. The first two aren't canon. In fact, the first is barely implied unrequited love from Rihito's side.
30%%* BeachEpisode: The setting helps.
31%%* BedsheetGhost
32* BigFancyHouse: Michal's and Rihito's house is big and fancy. Kaito's is big, but not really fancy.
33* BizarreAlienBiology: Mermaids get drunk off of cola in the manga.
34* BrattyHalfPint: Yuuri, the loli of the Dark Lovers, who is seen by the others as a pest; also, Seira begins as this before she gets the pieces of her heart back.
35* BrownNote: Their songs are their weapons.
36%%* BusmansHoliday: Even in ''Antarctica''.
37%%* ByThePowerOfGreyskull: Anime only, see {{Invocation}}.
38* CallingYourAttacks: After a song ends, the mermaids shout "Love Shower Pitch!". In the manga [and the video games, if you get a perfect score], Love Shower Pitch is Lucia's personal attack, and the others each call out something different.
39* CannotSpitItOut: There's a lot of concern over the fact that Kaito doesn't know that Lucia's human and mermaid forms are the same person, which could be simply fixed by Lucia ''telling'' him; but {{justified|Trope}} because she'll turn into the foam if she does so.
40* CanonImmigrant: Kura-chan, a mascot from the anime, appeared briefly in the manga. The manga also likes to use the songs from the anime.
41%%* CantCatchUp: Caren, Noel and Coco, {{Anvilicious}}ly so in the anime.
42* CasanovaWannabe: Lucia seems to be the victim of many of these, especially in fillers and early on establishing her relationship with Kaito.
43* CastingGag: The Spanish voice actresses for Karen and Coco already played mermaids in ''Series/H2OJustAddWater'' a year earlier. Similarly, Michal Amagi's voice actress played a ''[=H2O=]'' character whose role in the plot was similar to Michal's.
44%%* CelebrityIsOverrated: The New Year's episode.
45%%* CensorSteam: Manga-only, though; the anime just avoided the scenes altogether.
46%%* ChristmasEpisode
47* ChromaticArrangement: It follows this so well that Hanon appears to ''forget'' the word "aqua" in the manga when she and Lucia meet up with Rina.
48%%* CityOfAdventure
49%%* ClapYourHandsIfYouBelieve: The Purple Harp.
50%%* ClarkKenting: Aversion.
51%%* ClingyJealousGirl: Michal.
52%%* ClothingDamage: Kaito. Frequently in the manga.
53* ColorCodedCharacters: Each mermaid princess represents a different pearl.
54** Lucia: pink
55** Hanon: ''mizuiro'' (aquamarine/light blue)
56** Rina: green
57** Caren: purple
58** Noel: ''aiiro'' (deep blue/indigo)
59** Coco: yellow
60** Sara and Seira: orange
61%%* ContinuityCameo: Kura-chan.
62%%* CoolBigSis: Nikora.
63%%* CrossPoppingVeins: Complete with comedic sound effect.
64%%* CrucifiedHeroShot: Near the end of the manga.
65* CurtainsMatchTheWindow: This trope applies for every mermaid in mermaid form save Lucia, in where it applies only while she's in human form.
66%%* CutHimselfShaving
67%%* CutSong: From some of the dubs and the licensed games.
68* DarkerAndEdgier: The manga, at least compared to the anime. Part of this is because the manga was aimed at teenagers while the anime was aimed at younger audiences. One example is Maria trying to molest Kaito at one point of the manga (the scene was cut off from the animé).
69%%* DeadpanSnarker: Hippo; early on, Caren.
70%%* DealWithTheDevil: The Great One's creation.
71%%* DemonicInvaders
72%%* DemotedToExtra: Coco, Noel, and Caren.
73%%* DiscOneFinalBoss: [[spoiler: Gackto in the first arc.]]
74* DistinguishingMark: Tarou thinks his mermaid girlfriend is distinguishable for her long hair. Too bad all mermaids have it.
75%%* DoggedNiceGuy: Nagisa, although it finally pays off.
76%%* DontSaySuchStupidThings
77* DoomedHometown: The first arc begins with most of the mermaid kingdoms destroyed by Gakuto, forcing the princesses to escape to the human world if they weren't already captured. Lucia's kingdom is spared. Sara's kingdom was [[FisherKing destroyed by her turbulent emotions]].
78* DramaticWind: Used several times in the anime. ...even underwater. Justified with underwater currents, but the sound is still inexcusable.
79* DreadfulMusician: Mermaids without their pearls. Also, Lucia intended to sing to Kaito to show him that she was the mermaid, but she got too nervous and her singing resulted in this.
80* DrunkOnMilk: Carbonated beverages get mermaids drunk in the manga. This happens to Lucia while trying to take care of a sick Kaito. In the anime, it's replaced with a magic MacGuffin mood changer that goes haywire.
81%%* DudeShesLikeInAComa: Dude, he's, like, sick and half-asleep... and you're drunk.
82%%* EleventhHourSuperpower: KODOU, Kibou no Kane Oto.
83%%* TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt
84* EverythingFades: The result of the anime making death scenes more child-friendly.
85%%* EvilOverlord: Gackto.
86%%* EvilMinions: The Dark Lovers, the Winged Ones.
87%%* EvilRedhead: Sheshe, Izuuru, Sara, Lady Bat.
88* {{Eyecatch}}: Usually marked with whichever character is most important to the episode.
89%%* {{Fanservice}}: Mostly Kaito.
90%%* FestivalEpisode
91%%* {{Filler}}
92%%* FingerSuckHealing: Kaito does this to Lucia in episode 4.
93%%* FirstKiss: For each of the main heroines.
94* FlashBack: Think of one instance where said flashback doesn't either contain a song, the implications of an attack song, or background music of the character singing in the present.
95* {{Foreshadowing}}: Yuuri's piano music in episode 4 only hypnotized human beings. [[spoiler: Notice how Kaito wasn't affected by her music.]]
96%%* FourIsDeath: Four Dark Lovers and four Winged Ones.
97%%* FriendOrIdolDecision: Many, many times.
98* FreudianTrio: Both Hanon and Lucia have very Id tendencies, which leaves Rina the roles of both Ego and Superego to moderate them.
99%%* FrillyUpgrade
100* FunbagAirbag: Inverted: When Lucia trips and falls, Kaito's face serves as the airbag for her funbags.
101* GenderBlenderName: Nagisa, male, Makoto, male, and Noel, female.
102%%* GenericCuteness
103%%* GhibliHills: The river, the beach.
104%%* GirlishPigtails: Lucia in mermaid and idol form.
105* GoKartingWithBowser:
106** Episode 39; the main trio and the Dark Lovers play games at the hotel. The mermaids are aware of their identities.
107** Episode 79; Mimi (in disguise) and the mermaids (in human form) hang out with each other. They aren't aware of each other's identity.
108%%* GondorCallsForAid
109* GoodWitchVersusBadWitch: There are bad mermaids and good Panthalassa, too.
110* GottaCatchThemAll: Tweaked, as the "items" are actually, in part, the characters.
111%%* GrandFinale
112* GratuitousEnglish: ''Pinku paaru voisu!''
113* GratuitousPrincess: Each ocean on earth is ruled by a mermaid princess — the protagonist, Lucia, is the princess of the North Pacific Ocean and has to recruit the other oceans' mermaid princesses. The status of "princess" itself is fairly irrelevant, as the girls aren't seen doing many rulings.
114* HappyHolidaysDress: Lucia owns one.
115* HeartSymbol: At the end of songs.
116* HeartbeatSoundtrack: Used while Lucia is sleeping naked.
117%%* HenshinHero
118* HeroicSacrifice: Noel for Rina, Caren for the three protagonists, Seira for everyone. None of these involves death though.
119%%* HumanityEnsues: Hippo.
120* IdolSinger: All of them, as well as Lucia's [anime-only] idol Jennifer.
121%%* IKnowYoureInThereSomewhereFight: [[spoiler: Hanon and Sara, later Licht and The Great One.]]
122%%* ImageSong: Noel and Coco don't get one.
123* ImagineSpot: Most are from Hanon and Luchia.
124* InconsistentDub:
125** The Italian dub songs. For example, Lucia's Japanese image song, Splash Dream, was not given an Italian counterpart. Therefore, when a scene would call for it, the Italian Lucia would sing either Torno all'Oceano (which is actually the Italian counterpart of Hanon's song Ever Blue) or a random song from their established repertoire. Which, of course, caused confusion in certain episodes, such as the episode where, for whatever reason, Hanon ended up singing Stella Preziosa (Rina's song).
126** The Spanish adaptation used the Japanese raws, to the point to keep the credits in the original kanji during the opening and ending, but inexplicably some episodes utilized what is very obviously the script of the unreleased American dub. This includes the tons of sea-based puns inserted in said dub (some of them impossible to translate to Spanish, but still done literally!).
127%%* IndirectKiss
128* InTheNameOfTheMoon: Lucia and friends will often give speeches along the lines of "how dare you villains mess with X thing, we'll protect love with our pichi pichi voices" before launching into a song.
129* InvisibleToNormals: A perk of the girls' powers is that the crowds often seem to think that they're idol singers.
130* {{Invocation}}: The transformation phrases in the manga, if that's what they are and not their ''names''. The anime turns them into [[ByThePowerOfGreyskull necessary]] transformation phrases.
131* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy:
132** Tarou and Hanon both do this.
133** Lucia thinks she should be happy for Kaito when she sees him with another woman on Christmas Eve. [[spoiler: Turns out she's his aunt.]]
134%%* {{Joshikousei}}
135%%* {{Keet}}: Nagisa.
136* TheLancer: The lance gets tossed around to most of the team, all in the hopes of making Lucia less of a ditz.
137%%* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: Literally in the manga.
138* LetsGetDangerous: Caren, Noel, and Coco at the end of the manga. ''Hippo'' gets a few of these moments in both versions.
139* LighterAndSofter: The anime removes the blood and violence, as well as other child-unfriendly aspects like an episode with underage drinking (albeit DrunkOnMilk) and implied offscreen sex because the ratings for children's television are harsher than with children's manga.
140* LimitedAnimation: The anime relies heavily on StockFootage and TalkingHeads and simplified the character designs. This is most obvious with Caren, who in the manga has a lot of outfits and always seems to be wearing animal print, which is [[UnmovingPlaid hard to animate]]; in the anime, she has a LimitedWardrobe consisting only of solid colours.
141* TheLittleShopThatWasntThereYesterday: Lanhua creates a karaoke club and Lady Bat creates a divination tent. In the same piece of land, no less. But in different episodes.
142* LonelyRichKid: Both Kaito and Michal live in mansions (Kaito alone, Michal with only her brother), have few to no friends, and long for real connection.
143* LovelyAngels: Referenced in the climax of the manga, where Caren, Coco and Noel actually get to do something!
144* LoveDodecahedron: More like a love ''chain'': Nagisa->Hanon->Tarou->[[spoiler:Sara]]<->[[spoiler:Gackto]]<-[[spoiler:Dark Lovers]], and just to make things ''more'' complicated, [[spoiler:Yuuri, one of the Dark Lovers, falls in love with ''Hippo''.]]
145* LoveMakesYouEvil: The Dark Lovers and [[spoiler: Sara. Michal is a subversion; she pulled a FaceHeelTurn, but didn't completely turn evil, as she was manipulated into being possessed.]]
146%%* LoveRedeems: [[spoiler: Gaito and Sara.]]
147%%* LoveTriangle: Lucia-Kaito-Michal.
148%%* LovesMyAlterEgo
149%%* MagicalGirl
150%%* MagicIdolSinger
151%%* MagicMusic
152* TheManBehindTheMan: [[spoiler: Fuku is the devious mind behind the events of ''Pure'', not Michel.]]
153%%* MarketBasedTitle: The Italian version.
154%%* {{Masquerade}}
155* MeaningfulName: The title itself: "pichi pichi" is the sound of a fish's tail swishing and it's also the sound effect for someone who's especially excited and cute, like the heroines of the story.
156* MerchandiseDriven: Why do you think the E-pitch (the microphones the mermaids use) looks like an E-kara?
157* MermaidProblem: Never addressed, but a particular scene in the manga ''really'' makes you wonder.
158* MidSeasonUpgrade: Halfway through the first arc, the Mermaid Princesses get a FrillyUpgrade along with new songs.
159* MineralMacGuffin: A pearl isn't a mineral, but it is generally considered a precious stone.
160%%* MonsterOfTheWeek: Beginning of the second season.
161* MultinationalTeam: Every mermaid princess comes from a different ocean. However, they are still depicted as Japanese characters.
162* MusicalAssassin: The villains who get to sing. And Yuuri with her piano.
163* MusicForCourage: Done at least twice in the series.
164* MutualPining: This ends up being Kaito and Lucia's dynamic starting in around the halfway point of the manga, since Kaito can't quite fulfill the full extent of his feelings for Lucia as long as he can't confirm her identity as the mermaid while Lucia is happy that Kaito seems to return her feelings yet can't quite return ''all'' of them. [[spoiler:Fortunately, it resolves itself by the end of the first arc.]]
165* MySignificanceSenseIsTingling: The mermaids can feel when each other is in danger. Kaito can only feel Lucia.
166* NakedFirstImpression: Lucia inside a stasis tank.
167* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Episode 27; By refusing to accept the trio's help, Caren gets captured.
168* NiceJobFixingItVillain: Episode 69; Sheshe and Mimi send a crab to fight the mermaids, but it ends up saving them by disabling Lanhua's powers.
169* NoFullNameGiven: Caren, Coco, Noel, Sara and, actually, most characters have only one name; the exceptions are the main trio and the men in their lives.
170* NoMrBondIExpectYouToDine: Michel does this once, but it's Gackto who loves pulling these on his captives.
171%%* NonhumanLoverReveal: Inverted, subverted and used straight.
172* NonHumanSidekick: Hippo... That is if he isn't in his human form.
173* NoRomanticResolution: [[spoiler: At the end, all the couples are set. There is one little problem though: Nagisa and Masahiro still don't know they're dating mermaids. Which means Hanon and Rina can't just come and go when duty calls and hope for a stable relationship. Lucia doesn't have this problem because Kaito knows.]]
174* NoSocialSkills: Luchia at the beginning.
175* ObstructiveCodeOfConduct: No confessing to humans lest the mermaid wishes to turn into bubbles. [[spoiler: The human finding out on their own does not count as a confession.]]
176%%* OddlyNamedSequel2ElectricBoogaloo: "Pure".
177* OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent: As far as main characters go, only Nagisa, Masahiro and Kaito's buddies really count. And if you're reading the manga, [[spoiler: exclude Masahiro.]]
178* OurMermaidsAreDifferent: The mermaids' tails look more like fabric costumes than actual fishtails.
179* OurHippocampsAreDifferent: Hippo's true form is a hippocamp with a near-perfect classical design. He's got wings, he's got a very long tail, and his hooves are bronze. However, his tail is serpentine and lacks the fins at the end. His mane also reaches all the way to his tail. Hippo rarely makes use of his hippocamp form, however, favoring his human and penguin forms.
180* OvertookTheManga: Especially prevalent in the second season.
181* PeopleJars: What Gaito uses to keep the mermaids.
182%%* PerkyFemaleMinion: Yuuri and Eriru, and Alala to a much lesser extent (she's perkier, but less of a minion.)
183%%* PerpetualMolt: Michel. Used as a plot device.
184%%* PersonalityPowers: Maria and the Winged Ones.
185* PillarOfLight: Panthalassa's powers often manifest like this.
186* PimpedOutDress: Their idol singer costumes.
187%%* PostEpisodeTrailer
188%%* ThePowerOfFriendship
189%%* ThePowerOfLove
190%%* ThePowerOfRock
191* PrettyInMink: One of their costume sets.
192%%* PreviouslyOn
193* PrincessProtagonist: The story focuses on Nanami, the Princess of the North Pacific Ocean, who teams up with fellow mermaid princesses Rina and Hanon to fight sea demons and save Nanami's boyfriend using their magical pearl powers.
194* PrincessesRule: Each of the seven mermaid kingdoms is ruled by a Mermaid Princess.
195* PropheticNames: Lucia, Michel, and Michal.
196* PubertySuperpower: At the age of 13. Lucia missed this date because she didn't have her pearl, so it was postponed to one year later.
197%%* QuirkyHousehold: The hotel.
198%%* QuirkyMinibossSquad: The Dark Lovers.
199* RainbowMotif: The seven mermaid princesses happen to be themed after the seven colors of the rainbow... more or less. Lucia's pink replaces red, and Noel's deep blue replaces indigo. (Hanon's aqua can still qualify as blue.)
200%%* RealTime
201%%* RebelliousPrincess: Lucia and Sara - for different reasons.
202%%* RedemptionEqualsDeath: [[spoiler:Gaito and Sara. Sheshe and Mimi.]]
203%%* RescueRomance: Lucia and Kaito.
204* RunTheGauntlet: One Pure episode had [[BigBad Michel]]'s minions do something like this, although the heroines went past 4 (of the 5) enemies without having to sing away at them. The first, [[{{Kawaiiko}} Alala]], was merely bypassed, the second, Lanhua, was struck down by a bowling ball (how it got there is beyond me), the third, [[DragonLady Lady Bat]], was repelled by the fact her breath smelled of curry, and the fourth, [[MonsterOfTheWeek Napoleonfish]], let them pass after being threatened with a beating (He was about a third their height).
205* RhythmGame: Two of the licensed GBA games.
206%%* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething
207%%* SayMyName
208* SchoolPlay: ''The Little Mermaid'', at that. HilarityEnsues when [[TheKlutz Lucia]] is cast as the main mermaid.
209* SealedEvilInACan: The Panthalassa and Michel.
210* SealedGoodInACan: [[spoiler: The villains of the first arc, due to redemption.]]
211* SeashellBra: The mermaids all have one. Colour-coded, too!
212%%* SecretIdentity
213* SeriesContinuityError: A minor example; in chapter 8 of the manga, when the three main girls discover their "Mermaid Uranai", it's stated that Rina was born on Friday. The Mermaid Uranai is published in Volume 5 and Rina is said to have been born on Saturday.
214* SexualEuphemism: Hanon and Kaito both use the euphemism "this and that" to a very flustered Lucia.
215* SexyCoatFlashing: In episode 11, Hanon does this... [[HoYay to Lucia]]. [[spoiler:[[SubvertedTrope She's actually just showing off her new bikini.]]]]
216* ShirtlessScene: Frequently happens to Kaito in the manga.
217%%* {{Shojo}}
218* ShrinesAndTemples: Rina is a miko in the manga.
219%%* SiblingYinYang: Both sets of twins.
220%%* ASimplePlan: Hello, filler.
221* SixthRanger: Five of them, actually, not counting Kaito.
222* SpellMyNameWithAnS: The early fansubs made a ''lot'' of spelling errors regarding the names, but some fans still like to say the wrong names and even start debates over it. The most popular ones are Lucia/Luchia/Ruchia, Rina/Lina, Gackto/Gakuto/Gaito (with the last one being anime {{Canon}}), Caren/Karen, Noel/Nuil/Noelle, Michel/Mikeru, Michal/Mikaru, Lanhua/Ranfa/Ran Fa/Lang Fa and Nicola/Nikora. Three of the Dark Lovers also have names that the fanbase debates over, with Izul/Izuru, Eril/Eriru, Yuri/Yuuri being commonly used variations.
223** The correct spelling of the above contested names are meant to be Lucia, Rina, Caren, Noel, Michel, Michal, Lanhua, Nicola, Yzeure, Erill and Urey.
224%%* SpiritAdvisor: Seira to Lucia.
225* StarCrossedLovers:
226** The mythical mermaid, who, apparently, eventually said "ScrewDestiny" to the ObstructiveCodeOfConduct and went off with the human anyway; also, [[spoiler: Sara and Tarou]], who wasn't quite so lucky.
227** [[spoiler: Yuuri and Hippo.]] Made even worse by the fact that [[spoiler: Hippo was making a fuss over the mermaids falling in love with humans - and Yuuri is a ''sea witch!'']]
228%%* StevenUlyssesPerhero: Lucia.
229* StockFootage: Songs, {{transformation sequence}}s, even normal scenes - especially those between Kaito and Lucia, contain Stock Footage.
230%%* SuspiciouslyAproposMusic
231%%* TheSweatDrop
232* SwissArmySuperpower: While the main effect of the Mermaid Princess' songs is to make enemies cover their ears and run away, they also do things like make force fields, reverse mind control, restore memories, make people hallucinate, and [[MundaneUtility light candles]].
233%%* TeamSpirit
234* ThemeTwinNaming: [[spoiler: Gackto says his true name is Gakuto, with some of the same kanji from Kaito's name when he reveals that they are twins. Even with the name Gackto, he matches Kaito, as they're both named after popular singers. In the anime, this was just changed to having Gackto's name be Gaito all along, getting rid of the HollywoodSpelling issue as well as downplaying his status as a LawyerFriendlyCameo of Gackt.]]
235* ThereIsAnother: [[spoiler:The Amagi family is half-Panthalassa.]]
236%%* ThrowawayCountry
237%%* TitleMontage: Last episode.
238%%* ToBecomeHuman
239* TogetherInDeath: [[spoiler:Sara and Gackto]] in the end of the first arc.
240%%* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Rina and Hanon.
241%%* TransformationSequence
242* TransformationTrinket: The mermaid princesses' pearls.
243%%* TrippyFinaleSyndrome
244%%* JustForFun/TropeOverdosed
245%%* TrueCompanions
246* UmbrellaOfTogetherness: In one episode, Kaito and Lucia were to share an umbrella, but Gaito (disguised as Kaito) almost kidnaps her. Kaito sees this and assumes she just went off with another guy, which sparks an argument between him and Lucia.
247%%* VillainEpisode: On several occasions.
248%%* VillainOverride: [[spoiler:Fuku.]]
249%%* VillainSong
250%%* WaterIsAir
251%%* WeaselMascot: Hippo.
252%%* WestCoastTeam: Coco, Caren, and Noel in the second season.
253* WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway: Averted; the "lame" power is shared by most of the protagonists, and those with the "cool" power rarely ever actually get to fight.
254* WhiteHairBlackHeart: Gackto and Michel [[note]]they were gray and green-haired, respectively, at least in the anime[[/note]].
255* WingedHumanoid: Michel and his followers.
256* WordSaladTitle: "Mermaid Melody" is obvious, "Pichi Pichi" is the onomatopoeia for a fish splashing and also describes Lucia's happy personality, "Pitch" is another musical reference.
257%%* WorthyOpponent: Yuuri. Later, Sheshe and Mimi.
258%%* YouCantFightFate
259* WorldOfTechnicolorHair:
260** Mermaids' hair can be of any color in the spectrum, and six of the seven main mermaids' hair colors are specifically modeled after the colors of the rainbow.
261** The humans in the cast tend to have realistic hair colors, but Nagisa and Masahiro (humans) have blue and green hair, respectively, to match the mermaids they fall in love with.
262* YouHaveFailedMe: [[spoiler: Sheshe and Mimi are consumed by Michel because of this.]]
263* YouKnowTheOne: In order to make this seem less awkward, "that person" was changed in the English manga to "the Great One".
264* YoungerThanTheyLook: Seira is born in the very end, but she's depicted as six or so.
265* YuppieCouple: The schoolgirls are always the same.
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268''Love Shower Pitch! Would you like an encore?''
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