* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic:
** The anime theme song. It's become so iconic that each era's ''Cutey Honey'' uses a different variation of it, and it still stands the test of time. In fact there was a lot of criticism that ''Cutey Honey Universe'' used a different theme instead of the classic one.[[note]]It still showed up, eventually, but not as the opening.[[/note]]
** The 2004 [[TheMovie film]] had the "Sister Jill" anthem sung by a random...[[BigLippedAlligatorMoment evil jazz singer lady]] played by Japanese popstar Music/KodaKumi (who DID cover "Cutey Honey" for ''Re'').
* BaseBreakingCharacter: Honey's portrayal in ''Re''. Some fans find her nicer, more ditzy personality adorable and cute, while other fans consider it to be a downgrade compared to her more clever and cockier personality seen in the original series and other adaptations.
* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: During the live-action film, Black Claw suddenly appears just before his fight with Honey, singing a song with his henchmen accompanying on violins. Cutey Honey's facial expression at that point has become slightly memetic.
* CharacterRerailment: Cutey Honey became smarter again in ''Universe'' after spending the 2000's as TheDitz.
* CompleteMonster: See [[Monster/CuteyHoney here]].
* CrossoverShip: When Go Nagai's other famous character Akira, also known as Anime/{{Devilman}}, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pt4Y7mbCJlA appeared in episode 7 of Shin Cutey Honey]], some fans clearly began shipping the two. It helps that Akira gets slightly flirty at the end of the episode, and there's a possible DidTheyOrDidntThey moment teased.
* FairForItsDay: This is actually the first mainstream {{Shonen|Demographic}} manga to have a female protagonist... a MsFanservice, but still.
* FashionVictimVillain: A lot of the members of Panther Claw fall under this, due to their either weird or outright silly costume designs which haven't aged well.
* HilariousInHindsight: Honey's title as the "Warrior of Love" is interesting, when you consider that [[Creator/KanaHanazawa one of her voice actresses]] would later become best known for voicing another character whose nickname is the [[Manga/DemonSlayerKimetsuNoYaiba Hashira of Love]].
* SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome:
** The latter half of the fourth episode of ''New Cutey Honey'' is one long moment of awesome when Honey fights Dolmeck and it's revealed [[spoiler: Black Maiden is the reborn Panther Zora]].
*** Dolmeck's BadassBoast when it turns out [[spoiler: he wanted Honey to kill him in order to unleash the evil souls he's collected so Black Maiden would finally regain her true powers as Panther Zora.]]
---->'''Cutey Honey''': My God! You, what are you?! What kind of monstrous demon are you?!\\
'''Dolmeck''': ''I AM DOLMECK, THE DEVIL'S CONSORT! GUARDIAN OF ALL EVIL!''
*** During the surge of energy and devastation created by Dolmeck, Daiko doesn't even hesitate to run through the swirling mass [[spoiler: of evil souls]] to reach Chokkei.
*** As Dolmeck screams Honey can never understand the true ugliness of the human heart and [[spoiler: the reason Panther Zora will continue to be reborn is because of [[AsLongAsThereIsEvil the eternal evilness of humanity]]]] Honey screams back that the human heart is the birthplace of love and kindness, and no matter how many times they return, she'll find a way to do so as well until they're stopped for good.
---->'''Cutey Honey''': I believe in man's innate humanity! The human heart is the birthplace of love and kindness! If you return, then I swear I'll return as well! I'll come back again and again to destroy you once and for all!
* MoralEventHorizon: In ''Universe'', Sister Jill crosses this in Episode 6 when she gives the order to [[spoiler:bomb the St. Chapel Academy, which ends up killing everyone there.]] Then, once that's over, she [[spoiler:sadistically whips and kills Snake Panther as punishment for (supposedly) blowing Honey to pieces rather than killing her and leaving her body in tact.]] [[EvenEvilHasStandards Even Tarantula Panther is horrified of her acts.]]
* NightmareFuel:
** The Jewel Princess casually murdering women by turning them into statues, and getting off on watching them scream and cry before they die.
** Gene's possession and her dwindling sanity reaching the point where she gladly murders two of her former friends without a second thought. Even worse, all we hear is Jan and Pokey suddenly screaming in horror before cutting off rather abruptly. When Chokkei and Natsuko wonder what happened, all they find are two puddles and a single hat left behind.
** Gold Digger murdering the security guards in the gold vault, opening fire on them with a machine gun. The scene plays out with it cutting back and forth between Gold Digger's gun and the guards screaming in agony, before ending with [[spoiler: a sudden glimpse of Panther Zora smiling in pure delight at all the carnage. It's then followed by Gold Digger gleefully declaring all the world's gold is her, completely unaware of Panther Zora appearing in the reflection behind her.]]
** We don't see how [[spoiler: Taranthula Panther died]]. We just left [[AllYourPowersCombined her happily sharing her powers with Honey]] and then we get to see [[spoiler: her and her duplicate-evil self horribly maimed and injured trying to hold hands]]. She died alone, suffering and no one cared.
* ParodyDisplacement: How many people have even ''heard'' of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarao_Bannai Tarao Bannai]]? That was the source for Honey's "Sometimes I'm a..." speech, which is now more associated with Cutey Honey than anything else, at least in the West. The speech can also be heard in ''Anime/Cyborg0091966'', which must be a Tarao Bannai reference and not a Cutey Honey reference because that movie, from 1966, predates Cutey Honey.
* PeripheryDemographic: Go Nagai says he was surprised when he found out that the series attracted so many female fans. Hence, the creation of ''Cutey Honey Flash''.
* {{Squick}}: Near the end of the manga,[[spoiler:Junpei, a 10 years old boy licks Honeys crotch while she is naked and only covered in gold paint.]]
* SpiritualSuccessor:
** According to Go Nagai, ''Cutie Honey'' was inspired by an early 70s tokusatsu TV show known as ''Series/WarriorOfLoveRainbowman'', which also featured a protagonist that was a master of disguise and used seven different transformations.
** Cutie Honey can also be seen as this to Series/{{Kikaider}}.
** Flash was this to ''Anime/SailorMoon'' by design, being airing on the same time slot after the previous series had gone off the air.
* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: Several fans were upset when ''Universe'' didn't feature the orginal Cutie Honey theme. By episode three Honey has also barely used any of her transformations, or done her typical speech using them, something many feel takes a bit of the fun out of the series.
* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: Panther Zora in ''Universe''. Before she actually appeared in the series, several articles where hyping her appearance as the "Last Boss", as well as announcing that singer Sachiko Kobayashi would be voicing her. However, when she actually does finally appear in episode 12, not only was her appearance nothing more than a cameo, but she's literally just a white and grey still image, leaving many fans disappointed.
* WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids: Despite all the explicit content of the manga, it was still published in a shonen magazine.
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