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Main Characters
Sakura Kinomoto
Everything will be all right.
Voiced by: Sakura Tange (JP), Carly McKillip (EN), Kari Wahlgren (EN - 2nd Movie), Cristina Hernandez (Latin America)
The heroine of the series, Sakura wanders in her father's basement one day and accidentally sets loose a deck of nineteen/fifty-two tarot-like magical cards, each containing a magical spirit, into the wild. Annoyed, the book's guardian Cerberus (Kero-chan) declares her the new Cardcaptor who has to track them down and recapture them. Tagging along on the chase is her best friend Tomoyo and Rival Syaoran.
Action Girl: Less so than Mei Ling, though. Understandable, she hasn't been specifically trained in martial arts.
Beware the Nice Ones: Rather mild case, but you still don't want her mad at you.
Book Dumb: Has incredible wisdom and resourcefulness, but a bit of a ditz in terms of normal intelligence. She HATES math.
Break the Cutie: Played hard a couple of times. Both out and in-universe, Sakura in tears is considered an incredibly heartbreaking sight (interestingly the dub downplays a few of these scenes, likely to make her seem like a less vulnerable protagonist, though the remaining examples are still valid).
Butt Monkey: After being drafted into the role of Cardcaptor unwillingly, she falls victim to endless slapstick abuse and intimidation from the cards, self proclaimed rivals and even her haughty mentor.
Cast from Hit Points: Sakura is physically drained by the effort of converting a Clow Card into a Sakura Card.
Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass: Despite being extremely naive and occasionally outright ditzy at times (believes every last one of Yamazaki's ridiculous stories and is completely oblivious to the fact that her two best friends are infatuated with her) she has moments of remarkable inspiration, particularly when it comes to the use of her magic.
The Ditz: Has some shades of this, being clueless and somewhat ditzy.
Dogged Nice Girl: To Yukito. Not nearly as clear cut an example as Syaoran however.
Dub Name Change: Averted; she's still called Sakura, but it's now pronounced "Sah-KOO-ruh" instead of "SAH-koo-rah". Since Sakura has her name clearly written in Romaji on a lot of the things she owns in-series, it's likely that they had no choice but to keep her original given name. She does, however, get a Dub Surname Change to Avalon.
Failed a Spot Check: To the point of being a defining character trait. A huge amount of plot points rely on Sakura's immense obliviousness. See also Oblivious to Love.
Fragile Flower: Rare rendition mixed with Plucky Girl traits. While she rarely gives up, her disposition is very similar to that of a real child under such situations.
Girlish Pigtails: Often wears her hair in very small ones, since her hair is already short.
Gotta Catch 'Em All: Played straight in the first season, but is increasingly subverted in the third season when she has to turn all the Clow Cards she's captured into Sakura cards.
Hair Antennae: Sometimes she has THREE strands of hair.
The Heroine: In the Japanese version at least. Executive Meddling tried desperately to establish her and Syaoran as co-Heroes for the Cardcaptors dub, but for the large part she is still obviously the main heroine.
Indy Ploy: Sometimes can come up with rather clever wquick solutions to problems related to Card catching. A good example is how she caught The Jump.
Innocently Insensitive: Sakura rarely means harm, but she is rather spacey and terrible at reading other's emotions, so sometimes manages to cause discomfort in her oblivious treatment of them. Syaoran and Kero are perhaps the most frequent victims, though granted she does get it back as well.
Jerkass Realization: Her brother is the only character she is thoroughly cynical of and convinced of his callous attitude. When she finds out he has been secretly watching over her and sacrificed his magic to save her bodyguard, she is left in tearful remorse.
Kindhearted Simpleton: Borderline example. She is more immensely naive and spacey than outright stupid and has incredible showings of resourcefulness and wisdom at times, but it's obvious her heart is much bigger than her brain.
Like Parent, Like Spouse: Part of the reason why Sakura liked Yukito was because of his strong resemblance to her father Fujitaka.
Long Distance Relationship: In the manga's Distant Finale, it's revealed she and Syaoran only communicated through letters and phone calls during several years while he was in Hong Kong.
Love You and Everybody: After Tomoyo tells her she really likes her, Sakura says she likes her too. Tomoyo even lampshades the trope by saying that "what you mean with like and what I mean with like are two very different things."
Magical Girl Warrior: Has elements of this. Sakura's mission is to capture all Clow Cards, sometimes using direct combat, sometimes by using other means. In later seasons after she capture all cards, she must turn the cards into her own cards, by applicating it in various task, often involving some kind of combat. Though she does have two or three Cute Witch traits.
Magic Wand: She has a pink wand with a bird's beak and wings at the top. It later changes into a star enclosed in a ring, with smaller wings.
Nice Girl: She is very nice and kind and everyone knows it.
Oblivious to Love: A rare example both for and towards the character since, on one side, it takes her a while to notice Syaoran's feelings and she never picks up on Tomoyo's. Meanwhile she also has problems expressing her crush towards Yukito and later Syaoran.
OOC Is Serious Business: A rare light-hearted example. When she refrains from grinding Toya's foot into the floor after he calls her a monster, you know she's in a better mood than usual. And given that she's in a good mood more often than not...
Ping Pong Naïveté. She manages to capture Clow Cards using her brain and ingenuity, but remain oblivious about people's affection to her.
Plucky Girl: To an extent, she is rather determined and has little regard for her own well being when her loved ones are endangered, but also has a rather fragile disposition that can lead her to break down and panic without emotional support.
Power Incontinence: Inverted, after gaining half of Eriol's powers in the manga, she becomes more powerful than him and Clow Reed, unlike both of them however, she is powerful enough to negate such magic. This isn't present in the anime where this event does not occur.
Precision F-Strike: In one translation of the manga, she abuses the phrase "What the hell?" to hell and back while impersonating a ventriloquist and using Kero-chan as her dummy early on. Kero-chan is not amused.
Say My Name: Lighter variant. Calls Syaoran by his first name later on (though this is a fair step into their bond since she is the only non-related aquaintance allowed to do so).
Sakura: *giggles* Right, Syaoran-kun?
Single Woman Seeks Good Man: Played straight with Yukito. She also began to like Syaoran largely because his gentler side began to show.
Took a Level in Badass: As pointed out in the second film by both Kero and Tomoyo, she started the series as a very ditzy girl but becomes a very competent Magical Girl Warrior later on.
Tomboy and Girly Girl: While not precisely a tomboy, Sakura is more athletic and outgoing and less girly than the very feminine Tomoyo.
Who Wears Short Shorts?: At least one Tomoyo-designed outfit (which happened to emphasize the "stealth" aspect of that particular mission), worn in episode 7. More such outfits appear in both the manga and anime, sometimes paired with tights.
Women Are Wiser: Played with, she is Book Dumb and ridiculously naive, but it is hard not to consider her the most normal compared to her teammates. Perhaps best emphasized when she is turned into Alice in one of Eriol's illusions.
Played with in later arcs, while she is maturing into a competent Master Of The Cards, her increased obliviousness and over the top friendliness border Cloudcuckoolander territory.
Zettai Ryouiki: Some of the costumes she wears verge into this.
True Form: Masaya Onosaka (JP), Richard Newman (EN), Dave Wittenberg (EN - 2nd Movie), Yamil Atala (Latin America, too)
Wise yet somewhat eccentric guardian of the Clow Cards. Having fallen asleep on duty while Sakura inadvertently sets them loose, Kero drafts her unwillingly as a new Cardcaptor. Secretly resident of her house, the somewhat gluttonous and obnoxious Kero also acts as a bickering close friend and mentor for Sakura.
Sleep Mode Size: He is supposed to look like a lion, but since his power is sealed for most of the series he usually resembles a small, golden teddy bear with wings.
The Worf Effect: Big Kero always get taken down sooner than Yue and Sakura.
Syaoran Li
Voiced by: Motoko Kumai (JP), Rhys Huber (EN - Clow Cards arc and the 1st movie), Jordan Kilik (EN - Sakura Cards arc), Mona Marshall (EN - 2nd Movie), Uraz Huerta (Latin America)
A distant relative of Clow Reed that initially views himself as rightful Master Of The Cards, leading him to act as a rival for Sakura in her own attempts to retrieve them. As time passes, Sakura warms herself to Syaoran and treats him as a close friend or consultant, oblivious that by this point he has become disinterested in inheriting the cards and has gained an overwhelming crush on her.
Adaptation Expansion: The anime expands more on the character, gaining A Day in the Limelight in frequent episodes and his family is even explored (his cousin Meiling acting as a recurring character, then we meet his mother and sisters). His rivalry in capturing the cards is also upgraded (see Worthy Opponent below).
BFS: Though that effect may be due to Syaoran's small size (being a prepubescent boy), it's still a fairly large sword. He can wield it easily, though, and it is a magical sword.
Big Brother Instinct: To Meiling and Sakura (early on anyway). Possibly inverted since Meiling's ambiguous age and Sakura's birthday placement during school year rotation leaves it ambiguous whether Syaoran is the "big brother".
Breakout Character: Arguable Spotlight-Stealing Squad in the final chapters and episodes. Alternate incarnations also take center stage as much as Sakura in other CLAMP works. Ironically Western networks had previously attempted to endorse him as co lead for the Cardcaptors dub so as to appeal to male audiences.
Butt Monkey: Any mystique or dignity he tries to maintain falls to pieces, usually because of Sakura or Meiling.
Cannot Spit It Out: He spends an entire season trying to tell Sakura he loves her, but gets interrupted every time. At least before the final battle.
Characterization Marches On: To perhaps emphasize it best, Sakura first envisioned Syaoran in a nightmare. In the latest arcs and episodes his very presence makes her exceptionally cheerful and warm. This was likely very deliberate however.
Chinese People: The Li family is a prestigious clan residing in Hong Kong.
Defrosting Ice King: When he first met Sakura, he was a stoic jerk. Over time he melts into a blushing Nice Guy.
Determinator: When Sakura is endangered at least. Yue even notes his surprise at him breaking through the magic of cards such as Maze to protect her.
Deuteragonist: While Sakura is still played as The Hero, Syaoran gets a rather large amount of spotlight and development with a lot of scenes played from his viewpoint, especially in later parts of the anime. The Cardcaptors dub attempts to ascend him into a co-Hero but for the large part he is still this trope.
Disappeared Dad: Syaoran's father is mentioned as having passed away when Syaoran was very young.
Dragged Into Drag: Gets cast as Princess Aurora in a School Play of "Sleeping Beauty" courtesy of a lottery to decide who plays who. He does not take kindly to the experience.
Inferiority Superiority Complex: Highly arrogant and aloof early on, though it seems to hide his social awkwardness, particularly around girls and romance. Particularly prominent in his treatment of Sakura (see Jerk Ass Facade below).
Innocent Prodigy: Syaoran is rather knowledgeable, deductive and clever. However, he is also extremely naïve in certain areas, which shows in his beliefs and failure to recognize his own faults.
Lonely Rich Kid: Meiling was his only friend growing up, and she's anime only.
Long Distance Relationship: With Sakura in the manga. They only communicated through letters and phone calls during several years while he was in Hong Kong.
Loving a Shadow: His crush on Yukito is actually an "attraction of similar magic".
Paper Talisman: Seen holding them above; he can summon elemental powers with them using his sword. Mostly to fight the Clow Spirits, but once to set Touya's jacket on fire.
Worthy Opponent: His rivalry with Sakura is expanded in the anime, where he is allowed to actually capture cards via certain stipulations. Since the splitting of Eriol's magic does not occur in the anime, his powers are suggested to still contend hers by the finale as well, where the Nameless Card chooses him as the most powerful of the two (albeit after both are rather beaten down and drained from overuse of magic), of course, by that time however, Syaoran is hardly an "opponent" of Sakura.
Tomoyo Daidouji
The greatest happiness is seeing someone you like stay happy.
Voiced by: Junko Iwao (JP), Maggie Blue O'Hara (EN), Michelle Ruff (EN - 2nd movie), Monica Villaseñor (Latin America)
Wealthy, softspoken, and pretty, Tomoyo is Sakura's best friend and second cousin, Tomoyo is one of the few people who knows Sakura's secret as being Master of the Cards, and can always be counted on to be there when one is being hunted down. She's a talented seamstress and is very fond of making Sakura wear... interesting outfits.
Dub Name Change: In the English dub, she becomes Madison Taylor.
The Face: Tomoyo interacts with everyone and contrasts them with her Muggleness. She's also emotional support for Sakura, and Syaoran too after he calms down.
The Fashionista: She has designed Sakura some darn creative outfits.
Generation Xerox: She has an unrequited love for Sakura, just like her mother Sonomi did for Sakura's mother Nadeshiko. However, Tomoyo deals with it better.
I Want My Beloved to Be Fashionable: She still has to dress appropriately for missions, however, and Tomoyo is more than happy to make costumes for her.
The Load: Usually falls victim to the cards' spells due to her lack of magic (which, unlike Meiling, isn't balanced by normal strengths), so usually acts as little more than a cheerleader. As Eriol points out later however, this is rather important to Sakura.
Spoiled Sweet: Her mom's wealthy enough to give Tomoyo literally anything she wants which includes hiring full time bodyguards and paying for all those outfits and yet Tomoyo is one of the nicest, caring, giving and selfless people you'll ever meet.
Voiced by: Tomokazu Seki (JP), Tony Sampson (EN), Kirk Thornton (EN - 2nd movie), Luis Daniel Ramirez (Latin America)
Sakura's big brother. He often teases her, calling her "Monster" ("kaiju" in Japanese) but he has a huge Big Brother Instinct around her. He is best friends with Yukito, and has a tendency to switch jobs a lot. Toya can see ghosts, including his mother's when she visits.
Big Brother Bully: Likes teasing Sakura by calling her "monster". It is to an extent part of a Jerkass Façade, but that doesn't mean he doesn't enjoy it.
Big Brother Instinct: VERY protective of Sakura. Abusing his sister within his hearing/watching range will not end well.
Bi the Way: His first love was the beautiful Kaho Mizuki. His Second Love was Yukito. He and Yukito become the official Yaoi Guys.
Dub Name Change: In the English dub, he becomes Tori Avalon.
I See Dead People: He's the only one in the family who can see their deceased mother thanks to his powers.
Jerkass Façade: Surprisingly successful, being one of very few people Sakura is (somewhat) cynical towards due to his Big Brother Bully complex. When she figures the truth out however, she feels badto say the least. He does not fool Yukito for a second however.
My Sister Is Off Limits: The real reason he doesn't like Syaoran; he doesn't trust his precious little sister with anyone.
Secret Secret Keeper: He knows about Sakura capturing the cards and Kero, but pretends to not know. He also knows Yukito is a fake personality, but is interrupted by Nakuru every time he tries to reveal it.
Teacher/Student Romance: He fell in love with Kaho while she was his student teacher. However, the love confession only came after she stopped being his teacher.
Why Do You Keep Changing Jobs?: He states it's because he wants to pay for college. In truth, he's trying to watch over his sister, as he knows she gets herself into danger.
Sakura and Toya's father. A kindhearted middle-class man, Fujitaka married Nadeshiko when she was just sixteen when he worked as a teacher. He later became a university professor in archaeology.
Dub Name Change: In the English dub, he becomes Aiden Avalon.
Honorifics: Has very formal speech patterns, referring to everyone (including his kids) as "-san." The only exception is Sonomi, whom he calls "Sonomi-kun".
Hot Dad: He defines this trope. Sonomi says she hates him because he is too perfect.
I See Dead People: In the manga, he gains the ability of seeing his wife Nadeshiko's ghost. So, they're reunited without him needing to die! Awww!
Love at First Sight: Fell for Nadeshiko the moment he met her when she ended up landing on him after rescuing a little bird from a tree.
Parents as People: Does what he can, but is almost always consumed by his work and more than once he laments how often he can't be with his children when they need it.
Death by Origin Story: Died of an unspecified illness when Sakura was three. Her spirit watches over her family, and even saved Sakura's life when she was confronted by the Illusion Card, but only Touya can see her. Later Touya gives up his ability to see her to save Yue/Yukito... but in the manga, Fujitaka gets it and they're happily reunited.
Uptown Girl: Her family was more affluent than her husband's.
Yamato Nadeshiko: In an amusing subversion, she only resembled the archetype after she got married to Fujitaka, as she was a major Cute Clumsy Girl and Cloud Cuckoo Lander when young. Heck, Fujitaka was and still is far more of a YN than her!
Touya's best friend and Sakura's first love interest. A kind, bespectacled Big Eater, Yukito is incredibly friendly with Sakura and her friends. It is revealed he is actually the false form of Yue, the second guardian of the Clow Cards and assigned to appoint the next owner of the cards.
The Ace: Ridiculously gifted in athletics. Case in point: He can wipe the floor with the basketball team multiple times by himself. It's implied that every sport at his school wants him for their team, but aside from occasionally allowing himself to be recruited as a stand-in for absent players, he refuses to commit to any of them.
The only sport he appears to have a genuine interest in is archery. He enters and wins a competition during the series. Not surprising, given that as Yue his weapon of choice is a supply of beam arrows.
Big Eater: At first just for the Moe, then we learn that it's because his magical energy is getting drained by Yue's latent and then explicit existence.
Fake Memories: Most of his background is actually false memories, including his grandparents.
Heavy Sleeper - Sleepy Head: Subverted. The reason why he falls asleep randomly and is very weakened in the second part is because of the lack of a stable spiritual energy source, rather than simply being tired or sick).
Hidden Depths: Yukito is really Yue... except that Yukito has his own identity and personality as well. And he angsts for a short while because of such identity issues.
Laser-Guided Amnesia: Yukito can't recall what his Yue side does. That is, until Touya gives him his powers and he gains access to Yue's own side.
Meaningful Name: His surname contains the character for 'moon'. Doubly, Yukito's surname can mean "moon castle"; appropriate considering he's a vessel for Yue. His first name means 'snow rabbit' which when put with the rest of his name is a reference to the East Asian folktale about the rabbit in the moon.
Nice Guy: Very polite and helpful to everyone, making him rather popular.
Raised by Grandparents: Subverted. Yukito's grandparents never really existed, as they're a part of his Fake Memories: he believes they're always traveling instead.
Tomato in the Mirror: When Yukito finds out that he's Yue's false form, he has a minor identity crisis until Touya sets him straight.
Yamato Nadeshiko: Toyed with rather interestingly. Yukito only partially looks the part, as he's rather tall and softspoken but lacks the dark hair, yet he is only about equal with Sakura in kindness and politeness. Part of the reason why Sakura liked him was because of Yukito's strong resemblance to Fujitaka, the YN of the series.
An anime exclusive character and Syaoran's cousin and fiancee from Hong Kong. Meiling arrives in Tomoeda to help Syaoran capture the Clow Cards. At first a Clingy Jealous Girl and a Bratty Half-Pint, Meiling eventually warms to Sakura and Tomoyo. She is a Badass Normal, being a pro in martial arts alongside Syaoran.
Canon Foreigner: She only appears in the anime. That being said, CLAMP themselves have drawn some illustrations of her.
Childhood Marriage Promise: To Syaoran. She promised they'd be engaged until he found a girl he truly fell for.
Chinese Girl: She comes from Hong Kong, wears chinese dresses, sports an Odango Hair and knows martial arts.
Clingy Jealous Girl: At first she would literally cling to Syaoran's arm and throw Death Glares at Sakura. Then she befriends Sakura while still clinging to Syaoran's arm, and ultimately joins the I Want My Beloved to Be Happy club with Tomoyo and Touya.
Cry Cute: When she sheds tears, you can't help wanting to hug her.
Dub Name Change: In the English dub, she becomes Meilin Rae.
Fan of Underdog: Perhaps the only other member of the team convinced of Syaoran's superiority and worthiness as Master Of The Cards (aside from maybe Sakura herself).
Genki Girl: Poor Syaoran has to put up with the lion's share of the consequences of this trope big time. While it's usually Played for Laughs, in the beginning this sometimes made her a more serious issue than some of the cards, as her cheerful side also includes some seriously-played thoughtlessness.
I Want My Beloved to Be Happy: When she was younger, she was madly in love with Syoran, and convinced him to enter a Childhood Marriage Promise via a deal - if he ever found the one he truly loved, she would give him up, but until then she would be his fiancee. When she realises that he loves Sakura (and that she can't bring herself to hate Sakura), she follows her end of the deal.
Tsundere: She's arrogant to everyone except Syaoran; he's the only one that sees any deredere. The change can be instantaneous. And it scares the crap out of Syaoran.
Why Can't I Hate You?: After Syaoran cuts off their engagement because of his love for Sakura, Meiling gets angry because she can't bring herself to hate Sakura for it.
Eriol Hiiragizawa
I didn't know everything. There were a couple things that happened that weren't expected by myself or Clow Reed.
An antagonist of sorts in the final third of the series, Eriol arrives as a New Transfer Student who quickly befriends Sakura and Tomoyo. He is really the reincarnation of Clow Reed, hoping for Sakura to transform the Clow Cards in Sakura Cards so his legacy is continued.
Adaptation Dye Job: The parts of Eriol's signature mage costume that are red in the manga are blue in the anime.
Badass Bookworm: He looks the quiet studious type when he's actually the most skilled mage alive.
Consummate Liar: He becomes Yamazaki's partner in crime in telling elaborate lies, and because of Eriol's seemingly genuine nature, suddenly Yamazaki's stories become ever so slightly more convincing.
Cryptic Conversation: Has a tendency to give these out, each one making him seem even more suspicious to the audience.
Curtains Match the Window: Has blue hair and blue eyes. A few manga illustrations also have his hair color as black though.
Evil Plan: Invoked. He pretends to be a shadowy villain with a devious agenda to give Sakura opportunities to transform the Clow Cards.
Guile Hero: Pulls his heir and his descendants' strings to fulfill his goal.
I Kiss Your Hand: Eriol kisses Sakura's hand after helping her finish a teddy bear. Because Eriol is an English exchange student, this comes off as very chivalrous and gentlemanlike and pisses the hell out of Syaoran.
Older Than He Looks: In addition to remembering all of Clow's lifespan, he also stopped his body's aging at 11 years old for an unspecified amount of time.
Shipper on Deck: For Syaoran/Sakura. He is actively responsible for helping Syaoran realize his feelings for Sakura, and for helping Sakura realize Yukito only loves her platonically.
Stealth Mentor: Put Sakura through a number of tribulations in order for her to transform her cards into Sakura cards.
Tsundere: Most straight-up example in the series. She's a type B: cute, moe, outspoken, until set off by Yamazaki either missing the point of her advances or telling his outrageous lies.
Rika Sasaki
Voiced by: Tomoko Kawakami (JP), Stevie Bloch (EN - 2nd movie), Circe Luna (Latin America)
A shy, nervous but well-educated girl who has a Precocious Crush on Mr. Terada.
Brainwashed and Crazy: Briefly, when she puts on a sword-shaped pin that actually is the dormant form of The Sword card. Sakura debrainwashes her using The Illusion to confuse her, and then disarming her.
Yamato Nadeshiko: At some point Sakura comments on how classy and gentle she is.
Takashi Yamazaki
Voiced by: Issei Miyazaki (JP), Phillip Pacaud (EN), Joshua Seth (EN - 2nd movie), Gerry Meza (Latin America)
Syaoran's friend in school. His eyes are always closed and he has a humourous habit of making up exaggerated stories about the origins of various subjects, which Sakura and Syaoran always fall for.
Butt Monkey: Always in the receiving end of Chiharu's tantrums. These almost always come after he starts telling his lies.
Consummate Liar: As far as Sakura and Syaoran are concerned.
Bad Liar: In the eyes of everyone else. Specially Chiharu, who knows him as the palm of her hand and immediately stops him when he goes overboard. Very violently.
Cross Cast Role: In the school play. His role changes depending on the media: in the manga he's the evil fairy, whereas in the anime Meiling becomes the evil fairy and he plays the Queen Mother instead.
Dub Name Change: In the English dub, he becomes Zachary Marker.
Eyes Always Shut: Chiharu calls him "lines-for-eyes" due to this. They actually open on a few occasions. Meiling believes that they open every time he tells the truth. Not really, they were just open because Chiharu was stepping on his foot.
The Storyteller: He's pretty much addicted to telling bizarre stories.
Magical Beings
The Clow Cards / Sakura Cards
A deck of magical cards created by Clow Reed. Each card is actually a spirit with its own power as described by its name. They grew so strong that Clow Reed created the Clow Book to keep the cards in. Sakura accidentally lets the cards loose leading to the series Gotta Catch 'Em All story. She later has to transform them into Sakura Cards so they can be kept alive via her magical energy.In the manga, there were a mere nineteen cards - there are fifty-two cards in the anime, plus three more by the end of the second movie ( The Nameless and the Nothing cards fuse together to become the Hope card, resulting in 53.)
Genki Girl: Flower. Her episode has her unsealing her powers and bathing Sakura's school in blossoms because she wanted to join the School Festival. When Sakura faces her, Flower even takes her hands and happily tries to dance with her!
Interspecies Romance: Sorta, since Mirror seems to have developed a onesided crush on Touya since he treated her very kindly despite how she got him injured and kept being nice to her afterwards. He even got her a Christmas gift! Squeeee!.
Mirror Match: The Mirror is used repeatedly by Sakura to take her place when she has conflicting things to do.
Mundane Utility: According to Kero, Clow often created cards either for his amusement or to make his chores easier. Bubbles was made to make laundry and give Big Kero his baths!
Sealed Good in a Can / Sealed Evil in a Can: The Clow Cards were sealed due to their destructive powers, but their release allowed them to be tamed by Sakura. The Nothing suffers the latter more than the former.
The Unfettered: The Nothing is out and out vehement on rejoining with all it's fellow "friends", the other Clow Cards, and doesn't so much as flinch to erasing an entire town's populace in her frenzied search. It is only when she realises such actions mean the cards won't accept her that she begins to doubt her methods.
The Nothing, which was made to counter the magic of the other cards.
Clow Reed
Voiced by: Kazuo Hayashi (JP), Dale Wilson (EN), Rafael Rivera (Latin America)
Creator of the Clow Cards, Kero and Yue, Clow Reed died before the manga and anime. A powerful sorcerer in his own right, he is reincarnated as Eriol and in the manga, also Fujitaka.
Adaptation Dye Job: His hair's supposed to be black/dark gray, but it's made dark blue in the anime.
Back from the Dead: Subverted. Eriol explains that even though he's Clow's reincarnation, he isn't the same person as Clow, as the dead cannot come back.
But Not Too Foreign: Half-British and half-Chinese. This influenced the way he developer his magic, since he combined elements of Eastern and Western magic to create the Cards.
My Death Is Just the Beginning: A completely heroic version; his death was the beginning of a plan that would end with all his creations happy and able to continue existing.
Nice Job Breaking It, Hero: Creating well-intentioned spirits that are so difficult to control that they need to be sealed away lest they cause trouble for everyone, and sealing his ex-girlfriend in an alternate dimension to stew for God-knows-how-long because she was practicing dark magic. Also, he accidentally made a wish that broke the universe. See the Power Incontinence entry.
Power Incontinence: The reason he wanted to split his powers between two people. He was powerful enough to predict the future, but he couldn't turn the ability off and it began to feel like a painful burden to constantly know what was to come.
A fact that has no relevance here but is worth noting because it pertains to the exact same character, he accidentally brought someone back to life just by thinking to himself that he wished the person would open her eyes again. It was this incident that triggered the universe warping and Mind Screw inducing events of both Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle and xxxHOLiC which Card Captor Sakura serves as a sort of prequel to.
Really 700 Years Old: Or several centuries old, at least, yet he still looks barely middle-aged.
Reincarnation: Into Eriol and in the manga, also Fujitaka.
The second guardian of the Clow Cards assigned to appoint the next owner of the cards and Yukito's "true form". He becomes an ally to Sakura after she passes the Final Judgement.
Adaptation Dye Job: Yue's uniform is entirely made up of shades of blue and white in the anime, but in the original manga it also had some yellow.
Grumpy Bear: Though somewhat hard to pin, his stoicism, bitterness, inability to let go, and the fact that he has no qualms about beating the ever-living daylights out of a ten-year-old girl make him this.
Tsundere: A rare, stoic example of this, but as Yue he has a noticeably difficult time admitting he's grown to care for Sakura. Both Eriol and even Yukito himself eventually take note of this.
Yue: ...I don't hate her. Eriol: Coming from you, doesn't that mean you like her very much?
One of Eriol's two minions, if you want to call them that. A hyperactive but manipulative Genki Girl, as Nakuru she has apparent affections for Toya. In her true form Ruby Moon she can fly and has similar powers to Yue.
The Ace: Like Yukito, is also ridiculously good at sports and also refuses to join any team. Must be a magical-guardian-affiliated-with-the-moon trait.
Adaptation Dye Job: Nakuru's hair goes from light auburn in the manga to dark brown in the anime. Likewise, Ruby Moon's color scheme changes from red and black to pink and indigo.
Clingy Jealous Girl: She appears to be this towards Touya she's actually after his magic and not him per se. And she lays off once it's clear that Touya will give his powers to Yue and not to her.
Dub Name Change: Averted. In the English adaptation both her true form and false form is called Ruby Moon.
Genki Girl: Very energetic, and to Touya's dismay, its all directed at him.
Manipulative Bitch: She has everyone fooled into thinking she's a ditzy muggle. Then there's her sabotage of Touya's relationship with Yukito...
Moment Killer: Repeatedly and deliberately, to the point where Touya has to physically lock her out of the room in order to finally get some alone time with Yukito.
No Biological Sex/Purely Aesthetic Gender: Nakuru chooses to present "herself" as female simply because girls have cuter school uniforms and clothes. As she puts it, "I look good in a skirt!", and she then adds "Well, it's not like gender really matters... I'm not a human being anyway..."
Relationship Sabotage: To Touya and Yukito, as she has her eyes on Touya's powers and has a near-murderous rivalry with Yue. Backs off pretty quickly, though.
Token Evil Teammate: Sorta. She is perhaps the nearest to being genuinely antagonistic out of Eriol's posse. Is intentionally interfering with Touya and Yukito so the former can't save the latter as his magic fades, in a sense she is attempting to ensure Yue fades and dies (the creepy smirk she frequently gives Yukito as she plays it out doesn't help). When she realises it is futile, however, she gives in quickly and limits herself to aiding Eriol in his plans.
Voiced by: Yumi Touma (JP), Colin Murdock (EN), Philece Sampler (EN - 2nd Movie), Ernesto Lezama (Latin America)
The second of Eriol's minions, and a counterpart to Kero. Essentially The Eeyore, Spinel is quiet and calm but can go hyperactive when he eats sweets. His true form is a butterfly-winged panther who has powers similar to Keroberos.
The Eeyore: Stoic and humorless in personality, in contrast to hyperactive and cheerful Nakuru. Of course when he tastes sugar...
Intoxication Ensues: Give Suppi even a taste of sugar, and he instantly transforms into a hyperactive, sugar-seeking fiend who gleefully shoots laser beams from his mouth at the drop of a hat.
Cool Big Sis: Manga personality, where she's more cheerful and spacy than in the anime. She's even this to her old flame Touya, especially when it comes to his relationship with Yukito.
Teacher/Student Romance: Averted: though she was Touya's student teacher and had a relationship with him, the love confession only came after she stopped being his teacher.
The Big Bad of the first movie. She was a fortune teller, foreseeing a person's future through water. However, her predictions attracted Clow Reed who disputed her claims, leading to a number of battles between the two until he imprisoned Madoushi. She uses dreams and forces events so Sakura can win a trip to Hong Kong and attacks her because she carries the Clow Cards, since she is searching for Clow Reed, unaware that he's been dead for decades.
Dark Magical Girl: The contrast with Sakura, the Magical Girl, is revealed over the course of the movie. She's lonely, she's turned sour after Clow sealed her away. As stated in the trope, after fighting the Magical Girl and losing, she has a Heel Face Turn and passes on in peace.
Tomoyo's mother and Nadeshiko's best friend plus cousin. She resents Fujitaka from marrying Nadeshiko at such a young age but is thrilled to be in Sakura's company.
Big Fancy House: So much that the Daidouji mansion is featured on the anime subpage's picture! (And used to be in the main one.)
Doting Parent: Not to Tomoyo, but to Sakura, whom she adores like her own daughter.
Dub Name Change: In the English dub, she becomes Samantha Taylor.
Good Parents: She spoils Tomoyo like there's no tomorrow and gives her anything she wants, not to mention more space and privacy than any parent would dare. Yet, Tomoyo is completely respectful, and giving to everyone she knows and is the most caring and selfless person you could ever meet. Sonomi is definately doing something right.
Parents as People: Even busier than Fujitaka, always feels bad since she's unable to be with Tomoyo as much as she wants.
The Resenter: To Fujitaka for "taking Nadeshiko away from her" and giving her the happiest years of her life.
Single-Target Sexuality: Nadeshiko-sexual, oh so much. Tomoyo even comments once that Sonomi chose her hairstyle to look like Nadeshiko's.
Tsundere: Non-romantic - or so it seems - to Fujitaka.
Unrequited Love Lasts Forever: While Sonomi did apparently marry a man and have a child with him, it didn't last and during the series she is single and still very much in love with Nadeshiko.
Yoshiyuki Terada
Voiced by: Tohru Furusawa (JP - first season and first movie), Katsuyuki Konishi (JP - third season and second movie), Steve Blum (EN - 2nd movie), Ricardo Tejedo (Latin America)
The on-and-off teacher of Sakura's class. Rika has a crush on him which he seems to acknowledge to different degrees depending in the media.
Dub Name Change: Played with. In the English dub, he is simply called Mr. Terada.
Lolicon: Played with in the manga, as he does like Rika back, but tells her to wait until she's of age. In the anime, he's just oblivious to her feelings.
Voiced by: Osamu Saka (JP), Esteban Siller (Latin America)
Sonomi and Nadeshiko's grandfather and Sakura's great-grandfather, Masaki cherished his two granddaughters and heavily objected to Nadeshiko marrying Fujitaka. After her death, Masaki did not see his great-grand children, until Sakura meets him.
The Atoner: Masaki regrets his rejection of Nadeshiko and Fujitaka's marriage.
Everything's Better with Rainbows: Masaki's fondest memory of Nadeshiko is when she pointed out a rainbow to him after a downpour. Sakura repeats this years later when she meets him, with a little help from the Rain Card.
Forgiveness: Thanks to Sakura's efforts, Masaki and Fujitaka make peace with one another in one of the show's most wonderful Crowning Moments of Heartwarming.
Grumpy Old Man: Came across as this which led to his isolation from his family. He regrets it very much.
Overprotective Grandad: He was very objective to Nadeshiko marrying at such a young age, and did not want to be alone when she married. The last time he saw Nadeshiko was when she invited him to the wedding, implying he did not attend.
The Beautiful Elite: To the point where she stands out as such in a universe populated by them!
Big Fancy House: The Li main house is a classical Chinese family home. Specially impressive considering that the Lis are from the infamously crammed Hong Kong.
The Mourning After: She never got involved with any other guys after the death of her husband. Possibly justified since she is a powerful psychic; she can probably see his ghost.
Mukokuseki: Averted here. Her kids clearly take after their father and play this trope straight, while Yelan is more obviously Asian in appearance.
Older Than They Look: Is most likely in her mid to late 30's or even early 40's, but looks like she's in her mid to late 20's.
Canon Immigrant: Created specially for the movie, like their mother. Syaoran also mentions them once or twice in the TV series.
Chinese Dress: This is apparently how to tell them apart, aside of their hairstyles. (In case youwere wondering, from left to right: Fuurie (or sometimes Fuutie) wears yellow and her Rapunzel Hair reaches her hips, Xiehua (Siefa) wears dark pink and has a bob, Huenli (Fanren) wears green and has Boyish Short Hair, and Feimei has shoulder-length hair while wearing blue.
