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1* BaseBreakingCharacter: Nagisa gets hit with this, especially for those who came in [[OldGuardVersusNewBlood during the]] ''[[Anime/HeartCatchPrettyCure HeartCatch]]'' NewbieBoom. Some fans find her pessimism, constant whining, incredulity, arguments with her fairy partner, and selfish streak so long that she overcomes through CharacterDevelopment as a refreshing take of a MagicalGirl lead, while others are put off with the ''very same reason'' and the seasons in which she stars. However, many fans do agree that she's a badass despite these traits. It also helps that Creator/YokoHonna is involved with the ''Series/KamenRiderBlack'' duology during her childhood years.
2* BrokenBase: Also regarding Cure Black- do you like her first or second design better?
3* ContestedSequel: How some feel about ''Max Heart''. Although it has been VindicatedByHistory, the spotlight focuses heavily on Nagisa, and a lot of the plot is a RecycledScript. Much like with Polnareff taking the spotlight in ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureStardustCrusaders'', how much one likes Nagisa seems to determine how much they like the season.
4* DieForOurShip: Poor Fuji-P/Shougo. Despite being a very minor character and a generally NiceGuy, Nagisa's crush on him is enough to make him utterly ''despised'' by Nagisa/Honoka shippers, with many seeing him as bland and forgettable. Unsurprisingly, given how minor he is, many fans prefer to just ignore him altogether in Nagisa/Honoka fanworks.
5* EnsembleDarkhorse:
6** Uraganos is this amongst the warriors of the Dusk Zone, due to having his own personality quirks. The butler Zakennas are also quite well liked for their bumbling-ness.
7** Out of the supporting cast, Shiho is generally well-liked especially with her VerbalTic.
8* FanPreferredCouple: Despite Nagisa's canonical crush on Shougo, most fans prefer to ignore Shougo and pair her with Honoka instead, due to their LesYay and PseudoRomanticFriendship. It helps that Nagisa and Honoka's friendship is front and center, while Fuji-P/Shougo is a minor character.
9* FirstInstallmentWins: Though there are fans of later seasons of ''Anime/PrettyCure'' (most notable so far being the fan-favorites ''Anime/HeartcatchPrettyCure'' and ''Anime/GoPrincessPrettyCure''), the VocalMinority that screams "Ruined!" tend to give out this trope.
10* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff:
11** The Canadian dub is pretty popular in the UK thanks to [=PopGirl=]'s Daily Broadcasts, [[ScrewedByTheNetwork compared to the rate YTV back in Canada broadcasted the show.]]
12** Sort of zig-zagged in Spain. For a long time, the series was the hottest anime prospect in RTVE: it received an unusually expensive dub, was advertised ad nauseam, and its run was succesful enough to distribute ''Max Heart'' and the movies (and even talk about bringing ''Splash Star'' and ''Yes! 5''). However, roughly two years since its emission, the channel decided to shoot the franchise dead and replace it with ''Manga/MermaidMelodyPichiPichiPitch''. This caused that ''Pretty Cure'' as a franchise got forgotten not much after, though in turn it ensured ''Futari Wa'' remained as its most popular season in the memory of many Spaniards.
13* HilariousInHindsight:
14** Cure Black's outfit was modified a bit to cover her midriff after complaints from MoralGuardians. It's pretty funny now since succeeding Cures like [[Anime/FreshPrettyCure Cure Berry]] and [[Anime/SuitePrettyCure Cure Melody]] wear midriff-revealing outfits with zero complaints.
15** Similarly, people thought that this show [[FirstInstallmentWins was the best one]] due to having the GoodOldFisticuffs toned down in later seasons, as the hand-to-hand combat have become just as violent as of ''[[Anime/HeartcatchPrettyCure Heartcatch.]]'' [[note]]In fact, the violent action scenes ironically returned as early as the latter half of ''[[Anime/FutariWaPrettyCureSplashStar Splash Star]]''. [[/note]]
16** [[Creator/YokoHonna Cure Black's voice actress]] was a child actress before becoming a voice actress, appearing in series like ''Series/KamenRiderBlack'' and ''Series/KamenRiderBlackRX''. This means Cure Black really is a Kamen Rider!
17** Two supporting characters in the series are named Akane and Nao. Eight years later, out comes ''Anime/SmilePrecure'', which featured two ''Cures'' named Akane (Sunny) and Nao (March)!
18** Nagisa's English name is Natalie. Years later, Creator/SabanEntertainment resused that name for [[Anime/DokiDokiPrecure Aguri]] when they released ''Anime/GlitterForceDokiDoki''.
19* LesYay: Nagisa/Honoka is the FanPreferredCouple for this series. [[HoYay/PrettyCure And that's only the tip of the iceberg.]]
20* MemeticMutation: [[Memes/PrettyCure See this page for examples; after all, this season had some and they were the first...]]
21* MemeticPsychopath: Owing up to EarlyInstalmentWeirdness, Cure Black and Cure White are sometimes seen as the most brutal of all the Cures that came after, doubly so when you take into consideration the fact that they do have a body count throughout both seasons. While future Cures have purifying attacks and special trinkets that lets them access all new abilities while being more considerate towards their [[ArchEnemy Arch Enemies]] and their [[FreudianExcuse motivations]], [[WhenAllYouHaveIsAHammer Cure Black and Cure White only has their fists, legs, and the Marble Screw...]] [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown and they'll be damn sure to let any villain know just how deadly they are with them]].
22* MoralEventHorizon: The first one in the entire franchise—[[RelativeButton Gekidrago trying to kill Cure Black's little brother in front of her.]] Not very impressive in scale compared to later MEH's in the franchise, but it was the first especially despicable act of villainy the franchise ever saw, and it's notable in that it resulted in Cure Black ''killing'' Gekidrago.
23* {{Narm}}: In the Latin-American Spanish dub, [[spoiler:Kiriya's MadnessMantra and ensuing screams after the death of his sister Poisony]] sounded so fake that they ruined the scene for some.
24* PeripheryDemographic: Adult males and ''Anime/SailorMoon'' fans who didn't outgrow MagicalGirl shows.
25* RetroactiveRecognition: When Creator/RinaHidaka was a child, [[https://twitter.com/magicalgirlayu/status/1355127622624104448?s=20 she starred in a commercial]] for the ''Futari Wa Pretty Cure'' edition of the children's coloring toy Rakugakincyo. This becomes HilariousInHindsight when she played [[Anime/TropicalRougePrettyCure Laura [=LaMer=]]].
26* TheScrappy:
27** Pollun and Lulun's whiny personalities did ''not'' endear them to the audience. Pollun [[RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap became more tolerable in the sequel]]. Lulun, on the other hand...
28** Shiny Luminous is disliked among a group of fans for "not being a Cure" and/or having "a flat personality" and doesn't fight.
29* {{Shipping}}: Nagisa and Honoka are the undeniable poster girls for friends shipped together by yuri fans. The PseudoRomanticFriendship cultural view may have something to do with this.
30* TearJerker: The Kiriya arc in the first half. He initially starts attending their school to steal the prism stones, but ends up gradually developing a bond with Honoka (even at one point secretly going against his sister to save her and Nagisa). It's when Poisony, his older sister, is defeated that he accepts his fate and comes clean to Honoka about his origins. He challenges the precures to a fight, but quickly gives up when he realizes he can't bring himself to fulfill his duty. He ends up giving his prism stone to the girls and leaving with Iikubo to face his punishment, all while Honoka has to be held back from going after him.
31* {{Woolseyism}}: The English dub uses MANY terms used by a notorious fansub group like Dark Zone, Dark King and so on. It also adds some of its own, most notably with the famous FirstNameBasis scene in episode 8.

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