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[[caption-width-right:350:Clockwise from bottom right: [[TheUnchosenOne Cure Lovely]], [[ServileSnarker Ribbon]], [[ShyBlueHairedGirl Cure Princess]], [[ObsessedWithFood Cure Honey]], [[BigGood Blue]], [[{{Tsundere}} Cure Fortune]], [[SarcasticDevotee Glasan]]]]

->''Pouring with happiness, charging with joy, [=HappinessCharge=] Pretty Cure!''

''[=HappinessCharge=] Pretty Cure!'' is the eleventh entry in the ''Anime/PrettyCure'' franchise, commemorating the franchise's [[MilestoneCelebration 10th anniversary]]. It is the 11th installment in the series, and began airing in February 2014. It is preceded by ''Anime/DokiDokiPrecure'' and followed by ''Anime/GoPrincessPrettyCure''.

Hime Shirayuki is the spoiled princess of the Blue Sky Kingdom, which is suddenly attacked by the Phantom Kingdom and [[MonsterOfTheWeek their evil "Saiark" monsters]]. To defend her realm, Hime is granted the power to become one of the legendary Pretty Cure, but finds that she is too cowardly to defeat even a single Saiark.

Hime ends up in the city of Pikarigaoka, Japan, the next target of the Phantom Kingdom. She continues to struggle alone against the Saiark attacks until Blue, [[GodOfGood a mysterious god of the Earth]], gives Hime a "[[MineralMacGuffin Love Crystal]]". He tells her to give it to the girl that will be her new friend and partner Pretty Cure. Naturally, [[CrazyEnoughToWork Hime decides to chuck it from the top of a building]] and befriend whoever it hits. It strikes Megumi Aino, a good-hearted but meddlesome girl who happened to be passing by.

Standing up to the attacking Saiark, Megumi unlocks the power of the Love Crystal and transforms into the Pretty Cure known as Cure Lovely. Together with Hime as Cure Princess, the two vow to fight against the Phantom Kingdom while searching for [[CardsOfPower the magical PreCards]], [[GottaCatchEmAll a full collection of which will bestow any wish the owner desires]]. However, they are not alone: they soon form a team with a [[MagicMusic singing Pretty Cure]] called Cure Honey, and butt heads against [[AloofAlly a rival Pretty Cure called Cure Fortune]].
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!!''[=HappinessCharge=] Pretty Cure!'' contains examples of:
* AbortedArc: [[spoiler:Ribbon and Glasan can each grant one wish once a full set of Precards have been collected. In episode 22 Iona is given the Precards Hime and Megumi collected and uses that wish via Glasan to re-power herself back into a Pretty Cure. Hime is fine with this, as they can continue collecting cards and eventually use Ribbon for a second wish. However, despite all the extra cards they collect a second wish is never made. It's never stated why, but the implication is that the girls realize the wishes they had in mind are either no longer applicable (like Megumi wishing for her mother to be perfectly healthy again) or they have the power to make it come true themselves without needing to wish for it (like Hime saving her kingdom).]]
* ActorAllusion:
** Megumi dresses as an idol in episode 10. Creator/MegumiNakajima voiced an idol in [[Anime/MacrossFrontier another anime]], and she's an idol in real life as well.
** Hime loves pancakes. This is an allusion to ''WesternAnimation/MagicAdventuresOfMumfie'', a show which her mom narrated, where the main character loved mashed banana pancakes. However, said episode was not dubbed into Japanese, due to Creator/KeiTomiyama's death and [=ForteMusic=] going bankrupt. Despite this, a few cable providers in Japan have had English-language channels since at least 1997, including Creator/ABCFamily, meaning that the English version of "If Wishes Were Pancakes" was possibly broadcast in Japan.
* AndYourRewardIsClothes: Although subverted. [[ClothesMakeTheSuperman The clothes grant the Precure powers that match the theme of the clothing]]. For example, the detective outfit grants NoticeThis powers on relevant items.
* AngerBornOfWorry: Glasan has one on Iona for [[spoiler:being lost in the Precure mirror with Pretty Cure Hunter.]]
* AntiClimax: The [[spoiler:Evil Cure Tender]] plot gets resolved in ''one episode'', compared to incidents like Ako and Mephisto in ''Anime/SuitePrettyCure''.
* BadassArmFold: A particularly epic one by Cure Lovely in Episode 40.
* BadBadActing: Hosshiwa pretending to be a DamselInDistress in #5.
* BaitAndSwitchCredits: [[https://youtu.be/IL3uT44NgMQ The first opening]] has Iona acting friendly and being cheered up by Megumi, Yuko and Hime. What the opening doesn't tell you is that Iona is a {{Jerkass}} on the similar vein to [[Anime/DragonBallZ Namek Saga Vegeta]] for the first half of the season, treating the former two as tools to help her become stronger while completely antagonizing the latter. Doesn't help that she would actively bail on Cure Lovely and Cure Honey if she even so much as sees Cure Princess's shadow while refusing to listen to anything she has to say, regardless of how relevant to the current situation it is.
* BalletEpisode: TheMovie fills this role.
* BaseballEpisode: Episode 12 has is a Baseball Teribad that shoots baseballs for its attack. So what does Cure Lovely do in this situation? Conjures up a bat and calls out "Play Ball!"
* BigWhat:
** Sums up Megumi, Hime, and Ribbon's reaction when they find out [[spoiler:Yuko is actually Cure Honey.]]
** And another one when the girls learn that [[spoiler:Red and Blue are brothers.]]
* BookEnds: [[spoiler: In the final episode, Hime decides to once again throw away her Love Crystal and befriend whoever it hits.]]
* BreatherEpisode: Episode 40, which takes place between two big {{Story Arc}}s.
* TheCameo: In the first 33 episodes, each one of the past Pretty Cures appears briefly in the opening, in a semi-random order, starting with [[Anime/FutariWaPrettyCure Cure Black]]. For the cameo list, see [[TheCameo/HappinessChargePrettyCure The Cameo page]].
* CannotKeepASecret: Land-speed record here, folks - Cure identities blown to a civilian in ''three episodes''. [[Anime/SuitePrettyCure Hummy]] and [[Anime/SmilePrettyCure Miyuki]] have ''nothing'' on Hime and Megumi!
* CannotSpitItOut: A massive problem with the first half of the series: Hime and Ribbon are more than happy to hide the truth of the Phantom Empire's appearance from Megumi, leaving the girl in the dark whenever Iona antagonizes Hime. By the time Iona actually spells it out for Megumi, Megumi had long made up her mind about Hime.
* CaptainEthnic: Episode 8 shows some internationally-based Precures: An American (specifically, Texan) team including two [[AmericansAreCowboys Cowgirls]] and one wearing Native American-style feathers in her hair, a French precure who appears to be maid-based (and wields a paintbrush as a weapon), and a pair of Indian {{Bollywood Nerd}}s whose attack involves calculators.
* CelibateHero: Precures are forbidden from getting into relationships. [[spoiler:This turns out to be less because there's a specific danger with Precures falling in love and more because Blue and Mirage's relationship going sour was a major impetus in her turning evil, and he's making sure there's not even a vague risk of that happening again.]] Since we're talking ShoujoDemographic here, this naturally doesn't stop most of the team from getting crushes on various males over the course of the show.
* ChekhovsGunman:
** [[spoiler:Yuko Oomori, the girl who eventually becomes Cure Honey, shows up in the first few episodes as a non-powered civilian]].
** Phantom first appears in [[Recap/HCPC01ILoveLove Episode 1]] before his formal introduction in Episode 13.
* ChristmasEpisode: Episode 45 takes place on Christmas Eve.
* TheChosenMany: In departure to previous seasons, there are many Pretty Cure teams operating on Earth. The main characters are just one such group... and [[TheChosenZero an underperforming one, at that]].
* CListFodder:
** All other Precures besides Happiness Charge.
** An Egyptian-based Cure shows up just to get trounced by the Precure Hunter, have her device taken away and be [[SealedGoodInACan sealed into a mirror]].
* ClothesMakeTheSuperman: This trope is what subverts AndYourRewardIsClothes up above.
* ColonyDrop: [[spoiler: In the finale, Red drops Planet Red on the Earth]].
* ColorCodedCharacters: In episode 44, the girls wear color-coded pajamas.
* CombinedEnergyAttack: In the NonSerialMovie, as is standard. The twist is that [[spoiler: the movie's villain has absorbed enough despair to block the energy from reaching the Precure. It takes the [[VictimOfTheWeek Victim Of The Movie]] to break the villain's power and allow the Lovely to receive her power-up.]]]
* ContrivedCoincidence: In the final episode the characters [[DiscussedTrope muse]] about how they were brought together by chance.
%%* CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot: Discussed in episode 23 as Iona and Hime finally talk about how the Phantom Empire got free. When Hime explains and Iona asks why she didn't say so in the first place, she's shocked that she tried to, but Iona spent so much time demonizing her she couldn't get anything in edgewise. Iona's heartbroken by this revelation.
* DanceBattler: The Form Changes all use dance themed attacks.
* DebutQueue: Subverted with the {{Mid Season Upgrade}}s. [[spoiler: Cure Fortune gets her Innocent Form in episode 32. Episode 33 initially appears to be a Megumi-centric episode where she gets her Innocent Form...but it doesn't happen.]]
* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment:
** "Happiness chuunyuu! Shiawase charge! [=HappinessCharge=] Precure!" is basically saying "happiness charge" over and over. The fansubs try to deflect this with the wording, but "happiness injection, charging with glee" still means the same thing.
** Megumi's "Shiawase Happiness" also classifies as this.
* EarlyBirdCameo: In episode 34 Hime has an ImagineSpot of a prince on a white horse. The TitleSequence for the episode contains a preview of the NonSerialMovie...which includes the guy in Hime's ImagineSpot!
** The final episode ends with Cure Lovely introducing [[Anime/GoPrincessPrettyCure Cure Flora]].
* EarWorm: Cure Honey's song becomes so popular the school starts singing it.
* EatTheCamera: Done exactly three times in the first episode alone. In the first two (Hime crying over losing another battle and Megumi gushing over the Pretty Cures), SuperDeformed versions of the characters in question were shown inside their mouths, with the camera continuing to zoom in.
* EdibleThemeNaming: The Cures' dance-themed Form Changes are all named after different food along with the kind of dancing they're based on (i.e Cherry Flamenco, Lollipop Hip-Hop, Sherbet Ballet, Popcorn Cheer, etc.).
* EveryoneIsASuper: With the international Precures, there are so many in the world, that it's possible that every country has at least a Precure. In fact, at least five continents have Precures.
* {{Expy}}:
** Like ''Anime/FutariWaPrettyCureSplashStar'' before it, ''Happiness Charge'' shares a lot of traits with an earlier entry in the Precure franchise - in this case ''Anime/HeartcatchPrettyCure'' (with which it shares a director). This extends to its protagonists, though this time around [[RedOniBlueOni the pink Precure is the Red Oni while the blue is Blue Oni]].
** Episode 20 introduced another International Cure who looks suspiciously like [[Anime/PrettyCureAllStars Cure Echo]], sending some fans into a panic as they thought that this was a thinly-veiled TakeThatScrappy due to the fact that she's another Cure who gets beaten down by Phantom.
* FairytaleMotifs: "Literature/SnowWhite" references are particularly prominent.
* {{Fanservice}}: A subtle example in Episode 24, which gives us Hoshiiwa in a bikini.
* {{Flight}}: All Cures have this power using the wing-shaped bows on their backs.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: In episode 31, Yuko compares Phantom to [[spoiler: her pet dog]]. Ten episodes later, it turns out that [[spoiler:Phantom is actually a fairy.]]
* GratuitousEnglish: Aside from the ability names, English phrases are dropped here and there.
* GrievousHarmWithABody: in episode 4, Cure Lovely literally takes two Choiarks and ''beats up the'' '''[[MonsterOfTheWeek Saiark of the Week]] with them!'''
* HighlyVisibleNinja: {{Exaggerated|Trope}} in that [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Chgx4rAScwo the ninja outfits]] also double as ColorCodedSecretIdentity.
* InTheNameOfTheMoon: Individually and together.
* InvoluntaryDance: The effects of Macadamia Hula's Hawaiian Aloha ʻOe attack makes everyone in the surrounding area do this.
* LotusEaterMachine: The NonSerialMovie has an interesting variation. [[spoiler: It was made for one person, that person is aware of it, and she will do ''anything'' to keep it going.]]
* LoveDodecahedron:
** Whoo, boy. Alright, so [[{{Hypocrite}} despite the "Precure can't fall in love" spiel]], Blue obviously has something for Megumi. Despite being a ChasteHero, Seiji has a crush on Megumi. And despite Blue's said spiel, Hime has something towards Seiji. And Megumi isn't saying a blasted thing so far.
** [[spoiler:Eventually Hime realizes she's in a love triangle...and then she sees Seiji and Blue's somethings for Megumi. This causes Hime's imagination to go out of control.]]
* MakeAWish: Possible after completing the book with all [=PreCards=]. Ribbon and Glasan have one each. In episode 22 a wish is made: [[spoiler:Iona uses Hime's cards to restore her powers after Phantom destroys them.]]
* MaleGaze: Odd for a show for little girls, but episode 39 giving us awkwardly angled, extreme close up of the feet of [[spoiler: Maria Hikawa]] can hardly be seen as anything but this.
* MeaningfulName:
** Cure Lovely's real name is Megumi ''Ai''no, Ai being the Japanese word for love. Not just that; "Megumi" is one possible (albeit uncommon) reading for the kanji "Ai" when it's used as a first name.
** Likewise, Cure Princess is named Himelda and called "Hime" for short. Hime is the Japanese word for princess. Her full name, Shirayuki Hime, is the Japanese name for Literature/SnowWhite. When Iona asks, she reveals that she named herself after the fairy tale on purpose.
* MidSeasonUpgrade: The Shining Make Dresser, which gives the Cures a new CombinationAttack [[spoiler:And [[SuperMode Innocent Form]] ]]
* MistakenForRomance:
** In Episode 31 Hime sees Yuko tending to [[spoiler:Phantom]] and thinks there's some kind of forbidden romance before realizing that it's perfectly innocent. Made even more hilarious when Iona sees Yuko feeling [[spoiler:Phantom]]'s [[HeadbuttThermometer forehead]] [[StrangeMindsThinkAlike and coming to the same conclusions Hime does]].
** Later in the episode, Yuko tells the story of her first love. It's only near the end of the story that everyone, including the viewers, learn [[spoiler: she was talking about ''her dog'']].
* MissXPun: The character that tells Megumi that Hime is a threat ([[spoiler:actually Iona]]) is named Miss Fortune.
* MoodWhiplash:
** Episode 8 begins with awesome fight scenes and silly antics. The episode's ending is unexpectedly serious.
** Episode 23 gives us one of the most over-the-top reactions to getting something before getting followed by a serious talk of events that happened in the past.
* MundaneUtility: Probably has the most abuse of a Precure gear yet.
* MythologyGag: Being the 10th anniversary season, [[MythologyGag/HappinessChargePrettyCure it has its' own page]].
* NaughtyNurseOutfit: An {{Invoked|Trope}} {{Subver|tedTrope}}sion via TransformationTrinket. The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ks8rg7mwlTk nurse]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNhwoq2E1eM outfits]] are quite modest due to ProperTightsWithASkirt, and they are practical in that {{The Hero}}ines actually do become {{Hospital Hottie}}s [[ClothesMakeTheSuperman while wearing them]].
* NeverTrustATrailer: Episode 16's preview made it seem like the Cures would dish it out against Phantom. [[spoiler:In the actual episode, Phantom only appeared in one of Miyo's reports.]]
* NewPowersAsThePlotDemands:
** Considering how the Lovepre Brace works, the girls essentially can essentially come up with new attacks on the spot.
** Considering that Ribbon mentioned they have to come up with their own moves, [[ImaginationBasedSuperpower it's very likely that their powers are limited only by their imagination.]]
* NonSerialMovie: Subtitled ''Ballerina of the Doll Kingdom''.
* OneSteveLimit: Two aversions:
** Megumi's and Hime's voice actresses share the same given name, "Megumi". And in case of Megumi, she's also TheDanza.
** Seiji is no way related to [[Anime/DokiDokiPrettyCure Alice's father, Seiji Yotsuba.]]
* ParentService: Oresky working out in a tank top and showing off his muscles in episode 24. Also in the same episode, Hosshiwa wears a cute bikini.
* PictorialLetterSubstitution: The English logo has a curly heart dotting the "i" in "Happiness".
* ProperTightsWithASkirt: Part of the costumes that come with the Nurse and Cook [=PreCards=].
* PowerDyesYourHair: This is the case for Aloha Precure: Ohana and Olina both have black hair in their civilian forms, and it changes to Orange and Light Blue as Cure Sunset and Cure Wave.
* PowerMakesYourHairGrow: Like every season. What's unique about this season, however, is that unlike every other season, where the Cures' hair is the last thing to change, in this case it's the first thing to change.
* RedOniBlueOni:
** As the entry for {{Expy}} noted above, Megumi is the Red Oni here compared to Hime's Blue Oni, though Hime can often take on Red personality traits at times in comparison to the rest of the team.
** [[spoiler:Near the end of the series, it's revealed that Deep Mirror's true identity is Red, an opposing god to Blue who wants to drown the whole world in despair. Naturally, Red is a Red Oni compared to Blue.]]
* SelfDeprecation: Episode 23 has Hime going gaa-gaa over merchandise of the International Cures. Iona can't believe she'd want to waste her money on something like that.
* ShoutOut:
** Hmm, an action series about form-changing heroes who use food-based forms and dances to fight evil. [[Series/KamenRiderGaim Doesn't that sound familiar...?]]
** The [=PreCards=] used to change between forms are also quite reminiscent of [[Series/KamenRiderDecade the Rider Cards]] in appearance.
** And the use from [=PreChanMirror=] is identical to Series/{{Tensou|SentaiGoseiger}}der.
** Megumi shares her last name with a certain other [[Manga/CodenameSailorV famous]] [[Franchise/SailorMoon magical girl]].
** Cure Lovely new attacks are [[Anime/MazingerZ Rocket Punch]] and [[Anime/GreatMazinger Big Sword]]. The combined attack is identical to [[Manga/CaptainTsubasa double kick from Tsubasa and Misaki twin shot]].
** In episode 6, Hime wants to eat pancakes for breakfast instead of fish. There was an episode of ''WesternAnimation/MagicAdventuresOfMumfie'' where Mumfie wanted to eat pancakes for every meal called "If Wishes Were Pancakes". This could have been because the mother of the voice actress of Hime was the narrator of the Japanese dub of that series.
** In episode 8 had a tent with images of Franchise/SuperSentai and [[Anime/DragonBallZ Super Saiyan]] on it.
** Episode 9 is an nod from [[Film/TheKarateKid Karate Kid]].
** The fact that Cure Honey made her appearance in the third ''Anime/PrettyCureAllStars New Stage'' movie is a nod to the Kamen Rider Movie War franchise, where that series' Secondary Rider would make a brief appearance before they would appear in the series proper.
** The episode 11 preview: [[Anime/CuteyHoney "Sometimes she's a food-loving girl, sometimes she's the singing Precure, Cure Honey!"]]
** Episode 14 is focused on a friend of Seiji's little sister, Takuma Hiiro, who tends to dress up as a henshin hero and protect others calling himself [[Franchise/KamenRider Kamen Takumer]].
** In episode 17, [[Creator/TakehitoKoyasu Oresky]] tells the Cures that working hard for the sake of others is ''[[Manga/JojosBizarreAdventure useless, useless, useless]]''.
*** The same episode also includes Cure Honey's Burning Dance in her Coconuts Samba form, complete with Honey's ''[[Series/ZyudenSentaiKyoryuger [=Vamola Mucho!=] ]]''
** Episode 24 gives us Glassan mentioning the [[Franchise/SuperSentai Super Sentai]] and how they always do their poses near cliffs.
** The Trailer for this seasons NonSerialMovie has a character in it similar in appearance to [[Franchise/{{Kirby}} Whispy Woods]].
** This may have been by accident, but Cure Fortune's Shaking Star attack bears a striking resemblance to [[VideoGame/EarthBound1994 PK]] [[VideoGame/Mother3 Starstorm.]]
** In episode 48, there is an English Cure who looks a lot like [[Literature/AlicesAdventuresInWonderland Alice]]
** The final episode has the brief appearance of a girl who resembles Aoi Kiriya from ''VideoGame/Aikatsu''.
** The final episode also has a baton pass at the end with Cure Lovely introducing the new leader Cure, Cure Flora of ''Anime/GoPrincessPrettyCure'', similar to how Franchise/SuperSentai had been doing so since ''Series/TokusouSentaiDekaranger''.
** Phantom [[spoiler: and later, Red]]'s attack "Eternal Gauge" is similar to the Saint Seiya attack "Freezing Coffin".
* ShoutOutThemeNaming: The four friends from episode 8 have similar names to previous Pretty Cures. [[Anime/YesPrettyCure5 Rin]] Ishigami, [[Anime/SmilePrettyCure Rei]][ka] Takano, [[Anime/SuitePrettyCure Kana]][de] Furuta, [[Anime/HeartcatchPrettyCure Erin(/k)a]] Shina.
** Alternatively, and more tenuously, with Rei's brief important(-ish) bit with [[spoiler: her crush on Seiji]], she could also be considered a call to Sailor Mars, particularly since Toei is also doing Sailor Moon Crystal at the same time (moreover, the episode with Rei's crush occured one week before Rei's debut in Crystal).
* SpecialGuest: Episode 19's Mr. Gon [[http://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2037859/full/ is voiced by former soccer player]] [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masashi_Nakayama Masashi]] "[[TheDanza Gon]]" [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masashi_Nakayama Nakayama]]
** CelebrityStar: Episode 28 introduces a pair of Hawaiian Pretty Cure, played by singer Hitomi Yoshida and former [[Music/AKB48 AKB48]] idol Sayaka Nakaya.
* SpinoffSendoff: Quite appropriate considering this is the 10th anniversary season, at the end of the final episode, Cure Lovely introduces [[Anime/GoPrincessPrettyCure Cure Flora]], the next head Cure. Apparently, it started a new tradition. One year later, Flora got to introduce [[Anime/MahoGirlsPrecure Cure Miracle]].
* SpoilerOpening:
** The opening doesn't even ''try'' to hide the identities of Cure Honey and Fortune, or the fact that they will join the other two.
** The first ending shows the four [[MultiformBalance alternate forms]]: ''[[PlayingWithFire Cherry Flamenco]]'', ''[[AnIcePerson Sherbet Ballet]]'', ''[[MagicMusic Lollipop Hip Hop]]'' and ''[[PlantPerson Macadamia Hula]]''.
** The second ending shows this season's SuperMode.
* StoryArc:
** Episodes 9-11 are about the introduction of Cure Honey.
** Episode 18 begins an arc about Cure Fortune which culminates [[spoiler: in her joining the team]] in episode 23. This immediately leads to...
** Episodes 24-26, where the Cures go to a training camp. Episode 27 then follows up on a plot point introduced in 26.
** Episode 28 is mostly a one-off, but it ends by setting up the plot for episodes 29 through 36 [[spoiler: where the Pretty Cure get their [[MidSeasonUpgrade Mid-Season Upgrades]].]]
** And 37-39 is another story arc [[spoiler:involving the reappearance of Cure Tender.]]
** Episodes 41 to 43 are about the final fight against the Phantom Empire.
** The final story arc begins with episode 44.
* ThankingTheViewer: {{Invoked|Trope}}. This is the entire point of TheCameo appearances for the franchise's MilestoneCelebration.
* TrailersAlwaysSpoil: The preview for episode 34 shows [[spoiler:Cure Princess]] using her Innocent Form.
* TransformationTrinket: The [=PreChanMirror=] (Pretty Change Mirror) and [=PreCards=].
* TruckDriversGearChange: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnOiG6Fv3Xg The opening]] ([[http://prettycure.wikia.com/wiki/Happiness_Charge_Pretty_Cure!_WOW! Lyrics here]]) does this once or twice ''per stanza''.
* WarriorTherapist: While fighting them, the Precures are perfectly willing to hear out the villains about their issues. Sometimes it actually works.
* WhamEpisode:
** '''Episode 13'''. [[spoiler:[[TheDragon Phantom]] [[{{KnightOfCerebus}} "the Precure Hunter"]] appears and [[CurbStompBattle effortlessly beats]] both Lovely ''and'' Fortune. Blue, Phantom, and Queen Mirage have some kind of shared DarkAndTroubledPast. Fortune reveals that she was given her powers by her sister, Cure Tender, whom Phantom took from her...and Blue lets slip that the entire war against the Phantom Empire may be [[ItsAllMyFault his fault]].]]
** Episode 29. [[spoiler: The Cures transform the Axia Box into the [[MidseasonUpgrade Shining Make Dresser]], and Blue reveals his past with Mirage...but the real twist is that Deep Mirror is controlling the Phantom Empire like puppets.]]]
** Episode 37. Mirage decides her minions aren't going to cut it, and so brings out [[spoiler:Cure Tender.]]
* WhamLine: [[WhamLine/PrettyCure See examples here.]]
* WonderTwinPowers: The Hawaiian Cures, Cure Sunset and Cure Wave, transform together and perform their only known attack together while holding hands. As a bonus, they're also twin sisters.
* TheWorfEffect: [[spoiler:Fortune fights the Precure Hunter... but she can't even scratch him.]] Justified, as he is stronger than any other enemy the Precure have faced up to that point.
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