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Yui Nagomi (Cure Precious)
Yui Nagomi (Cure Precious)
Voiced by: Hana Hishikawa (JP) Foreign VAs
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A relaxed, straightforward, and energetic 2nd year middle school student. Her family owns a diner, and she is an only child. She has outstanding physical drive and gets hungry quickly. Her catchphrases are "Delicious smile~!" and "I'm hungry~!". She loves fresh vegetables. Yui cherishes her grandmother's motto, "food is smiles". With Kome-Kome's power, she can transform into Cure Precious, representing onigiri.
- Achievements in Ignorance: She has no idea how she got into Rosemary's Delicious Field in the first episode except that she wanted to save the poor omurice Recipepe.
- All-Loving Heroine: In Episode 10, she declares her intent to make Amane believe in the Recipepes and 'Food Is Smiles', then it's implied she also wants to redeem Gentlu purely since she apologized. This was before she found out they were the same person.
- Arc Symbol: A triangle, representing the shape of a riceball. Her hair as Cure Precious is pointed into triangles, triangles make up her skirt and her final move is Precious Triangle.
- Awesome by Analysis:
- She could tell from a photo of fried shrimp that it was the ones specifically from her school's cafeteria.
- She was able to talk to Gentlu and point out that she's not completely evil by pointing out how she doesn't do collateral damage and saved some students back in Episode 6.
- Bicep-Polishing Gesture: She makes one near the end of her transformation sequence, showing she's plenty strong as a Pretty Cure.
- Big Damn Heroes: She saves a baby carriage from rolling downhill and crashing into Ran in the first episode.
- Big Eater: Her first appearance in the franchise is going looking for something to eat, even if it's a rice ball bigger than her, and her first appearance in the show itself is eating several rice balls and enjoying them immensely. Although that last part probably is justified since she was shown playing soccer prior and eats to replenish calories.
- Book Dumb:
- She's unable to get common Japanese phrases, unless they're food related.
- She seems to struggle with basic addition as in ep 17, when Narcistoru asks what is one plus one, she had to use her fingers to count.
- Despite not being book smart, she has a keen eye for putting things together. For example, she noticed that a picture of fried shrimp in Ran's blog was the one from her school's cafeteria just by noticing the breading. And Gentlu specifically went after the fried shrimp thanks to that blog.
- Character Catchphrase:
- "Food brings smiles", which is something attributed to her grandmother, and the Gratuitous English portmanteau "Deliciousmile!", which she uses as an exclamation when eating something tasty.
- She also likes to state how her "grandmother once said" a particular piece of advice related to the episode, invoking the image of another Toei hero.
- Comfort Food: Rice balls seem to be this to her, as her grandmother gave one to her when she was sad and let her see a Recipepe — or what she calls "Rice Ball Fairy" — for the first time.
- Cute Bruiser: She's adorable and packs a mean punch.
- Determinator: She pushes her way into Rosemary's Delicious Field because she heard the cries of the Omurice Recipepe and will do anything to save them.
- Establishing Character Moment:
- The first thing she does during her Early-Bird Cameo in episode 46 of Tropical-Rouge! Pretty Cure is attempt to eat a giant rice ball before sadly learning that it's just a prop.
- In her series proper, she first is shown being highly skilled in soccer before it's revealed that she's not technically on the team yet and is only there for the food. Her next appearance is when she saves a runaway baby carriage from going downhill and crashing into Ran, concerned for her well-being while she was more worried about the ramen. This shows that despite her love of food, she's capable of putting focus into helping others.
- Expy: Yui's personality combines elements from previous lead Cures; she has the sportiness of Cure Melody, the love of food of Cure Whip, and the energetic, yet ditzy attitude of Cure Happy.
- Fatal Flaw: Naïvete. While recent Precure seasons tend to glorify pink cures' naiveness, Yui's case has noticeably come with a cost. Only not does she fail to be suspious about Amane knowing about Recipepes when they're supposed to be a secret from people besides the Cures and Rosemary or notice Takumi's crush on her, but it also prompts her to insist that Godatz can be redeemed despite everything he's done, stopping Black Pepper from killing him. This backfires on her as it gives Godatz the opportunity to injury Takumi and caused Kome-Kome to teleport them out his hideout, using a fatal amount of her energy.
- I'm Crying, but I Don't Know Why: When it sinks in that Black Pepper was the person she was trying to protect, she starts crying, unable to explain how she feels about it.
- Identical Stranger: In episode 31, the group meets Princess Maira from the island Isuki when she visits who surprisingly looks like her.
- Malaproper: Has a bad habit of mangling various phrases.
- Megaton Punch: Precious has a punch move called the "500 Kilocaloric Punch" and it's later upgraded to twice the strength "1000 Kilocaloric Punch" then again as "2000 Kilocaloric Punch".
- Nice Job Breaking It Heroine: In Episode 42, her insisting that Godatz can be redeemed terribly backfires as Godatz then attacks and injures Takumi and Kome-Kome. It also forces them to retreat which allows Godatz to use the Recipe-bon to drive the world into a mass famine.
- Oblivious to Love: When Takumi tries to ask Yui out on a date, she sees Kokone and runs off before he even finishes talking. Even when Takumi's father states directly to them that Takumi likes her, she still doesn't see it.
- Odd Name Out: Of the main trio, "Precious" is the only name that's not food themed.
- O.O.C. Is Serious Business: The one time she doesn’t mess up reciting something her grandma once said, it’s to help Amane forgive herself for what she’s previously done (even though it wasn’t really her) and prove to her she can become a Pretty Cure, and boy is it impactful.Precious: My grandma said you of today are made from what you ate yesterday. Tomorrow, you’ll be made from what you ate today. You can’t change your past. But! You can create your future from this moment on! Amane-san, where do you want to see yourself tomorrow?
- Passionate Sports Girl: Her first appearance in her anime shows that she's incredibly skilled at soccer, but she's not officially on the school's soccer team (she's only there for the rice balls, apparently).
- Pink Heroine: As it's traditional, being the pink Cure makes her the main heroine.
- Power Dyes Your Hair: Her hair changes color from brown to pink when she becomes Cure Precious.
- Ship Tease: The romance between Yui and Takumi forms one of the season's major plotlines. It ends up getting teased throughout the entire season, with the closest implication is them eating together in the Credits Montage in the last episode.
- The Snack Is More Interesting: Literally. Even though she's excellent at soccer, she's not part of her school's team with her actually more interested in devouring rice balls for said team instead.
- Stronger Than They Look: Despite being in middle school, she's strong enough to carry Rosemary over her shoulder to take him to her family's diner and can run fast enough to grab onto a baby stroller speeding down a ramp.
- Trademark Favorite Food: If you ask her what is her favorite food, she will respond your question with fresh vegetables (the episode recaps shows Yui happily munching on a carrot). However she's shown to also munch on rice balls as shown in the first episode.
Kokone Fuwa (Cure Spicy)
Kokone Fuwa (Cure Spicy)
Voiced by: Risa Shimizu (JP) Foreign VAs
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A fashionable, cool beauty 2nd year middle school student who loves make-up and cute things. Her family owns a fine restaurant, and she is an only child. She's called the flower of Takamine. She loves to be alone, and doesn't speak much. Kokone's favourite breads are curry bread and heart-shaped bread. With Pam-Pam's power, she can transform into Cure Spicy, representing sandwiches.
- Arc Symbol: A circle, representing the shape of a sandwich (or rather, a hamburger bun). Her hair receives a circular loop at the top with bands and a patterned hair tie upon becoming Cure Spicy, circles make up her skirt and her final move is Spicy Circle.
- Barrier Warrior: Cure Spicy's powerset revolves around trapping Ubauzos between Hard Light blocks (invoking sandwich bread), giving her teammates a clear shot to attack them. She can also create shields to block attacks.
- Book Smart: Of the main three, she's the most studious of the group, being able to pass a surprise test set up by Amane Kasai/Gentlu that Yui and Ran fail and have to stay for afterschool courses for.
- Character Tics: If she tries to do anything, she'll overdo it in spades, like when she made sandwiches with Yui in Episode 6, she managed to make a medium-sized hamper full of various sandwiches, as well as enough ham and melon slices for four people.
- Comfort Food: She adores mini ball doughnuts as a guilty pleasure from her childhood.
- Cuteness Proximity: During Episode 3, she is enamored with Kome-Kome and Pam-Pam, despite being fairly expressionless normally. Later, she is also seen caring immensely for the animals at school, and has lots of trouble resisting Yui's offer to hang out upon learning that Pam-Pam will be there when she originally seemed hesitant to accept.
- Does Not Like Spam: Both she and Kome-Kome don't like green peppers. However, with the help of her friends, she is able to try and enjoy them at the end.
- Eating Lunch Alone: She used to do this initially, until Yui arrives and becomes friends with her.
- Huge Schoolgirl: Downplayed. While 165cm isn't incredibly tall by Japanese standards, it is quite considerable for a second-year middle-school student, and makes her significantly taller than her teammates. Notably, her Cure form barely increases her height by just 2cm, while Yui and Ran both grow a good 10cm when they transform.
- I Just Want to Have Friends: Episode 4 shows she grew up in a Friendless Background and longs to make friends. Yui and Rosemary are revealed to be the first real friends she ever made.
- Lonely Rich Kid: The end of Episode 3 shows her, at her massive house, as the only one eating at her dinner table which comes after a heartwarming scene of Yui, Rosemary, Pam-Pam and a human Kome-Kome eating curry together. At school, her peers see her as untouchable because of her status and assume she's too good to want to make friends with them.
- Long Hair Is Feminine: Inverted. She's shown as a girly female with equally girly hobbies such as fashion and makeup, but has short hair in civilian form in contrast of previous Blue Cures who had longer hair.
- No Social Skills: Kokone is unfailingly polite, but she's never learned how to cut loose. Her hesitance to be open about her feelings causes her to appear standoffish, and then her low self-esteem stops her explaining. She spends episode 5 consulting a how to book on making friends.
- Odd Name Out: Out of the cures, she is the only one whose surname doesn't end with an "i" (Nagomi, Fuwa, Hanamichi, Kasai).
- Ojou: She is a mature and polite Lonely Rich Kid who is referred to as "Fuwa-sama" and put on a pedestal by her classmates due to her social status.
- Parental Neglect: The reason she's afraid to speak her mind is because when she was little, her aunt teased her for asking her parents for a snack, asking her not to be selfish. Her parents did nothing to defend her, and their jobs taking their attention elsewhere didn't help their relationship.
- Power Makes Your Hair Grow: When transforming into Cure Spicy, her bob length hair transforms into a long ponytail that, even slightly tied up over her head, still reaches the floor.
- Proper Tights with a Skirt: She wears thick black tights with her skirt. Her Cure form also has thick blue tights with the skirt of her dress.
- Shrinking Violet: Despite coming off as aloof, she is more akin to this, as shown in the third episode.
- Significant Birth Date: March 13, which is Sandwich Day.
- Trademark Favorite Food: She has an appetite for curry bread and heart-shaped bread.
Ran Hanamichi (Cure Yum-Yum)
Ran Hanamichi (Cure Yum-Yum)
Voiced by: Yuka Iguchi (JP) Foreign VAs
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A cute 2nd year middle school student who loves to talk. Her family owns a ramen shop. She has a little sister and a little brother. She is very curious about food, and when she gets excited, she can't stop talking. She secretly posts about rice on "CureSta" under the screenname Chururin. With Mem-Mem's power, she can transform into Cure Yum-Yum, representing ramen noodles.
- All of the Other Reindeer: The other kids excluded her due to her obsession with food. This continues into the present day, where a boy called her "weird" for talking to a sandwich.
- Anime Chinese Girl: Almost to the point of parody, with a panda on her school outfit (and filled around her family's restaurant), a dragon as her partner, and her cure form being ridiculously Chinese in aesthetic. Even her name, Ran, is a semi-generic name for a Chinese girl in anime!
- Arc Symbol: Lines, like the shape of ramen noodles. Her hair spirals into thin lines, her belt has thin lines on it, her main attack Crispy Cutter Noodles take the shape of razor-sharp lines and her final move is Yum-Yum Lines.
- Bait-and-Switch: At the end of Episode 6, Kokone assumes that due to her social media posting happening coincidentally when Gentlu steals the Recipepes (every food she's posted has been associated with the attacks shown so far) that she and Gentlu are one and the same, putting her high on the suspect list.
- Berserk Button: Insulting her family's restaurant is a big one. She get truly enraged at Gentlu when she makes harsh comments about it — more specifically that the only reason people entered the restaurant wasn't for the food but rather the discounts (and to make it even more painful Gentlu — as Amane Kasai — gave her that suggestion so that Recipepes could manifest) — and charges directly at her.
- Breaking Old Trends: There's a pseudo tradition that yellow Cures have fluffier outfits compared to their teammates, and yet Yum-Yum's outfit is based on a slimming qipao.
- Butt-Monkey: Her food posting happening when Gentlu steals Recipepes makes her not food not only taste bad, but also puts her up on the suspect list that she's Gentlu herself. Even more painful? She is the one who sends Gentlu to her own family restaurant by talking to Amane Kasai, not knowing she is Gentlu!
- Comically Missing the Point: After collapsing from nearly being hit by a runaway baby stroller, Yui asks if she's all right. She calmly states that the ramen box on her bike is capable of withstanding damage before Yui specifically correct if she is alright.
- Hidden Depths:
- Episode 10 reveals that she's good at drawing as she makes stamps of the Recippis they've caught and those that they haven't met. The previous episode even showed that she bought Kokone some Heart Bread and decorated it to look like the Recippin it's based off of.
- She shows knowledge of chemistry in episode 27, inventing edible bubbles out of sugar water.
- Hot-Blooded: Extremely passionate about her family's restaurant, and goes out of her way to confront Gentlu upon being informed what she did.
- It's All My Fault: In episode 8, Ran tries to quit posting on Curesta because she feels terrible about the Bundoru Gang capturing the Recippis and going after the various restaurants she posts about. Luckily, in the end, she settles on keeping the blog open but promoting take-out instead.
- Locked Out of the Loop: For the first half-dozen episodes, she's practically a consistent Victim of the Week, never learning until Episode 7 what's actually going on.
- Motor Mouth: She's known to be a quite a chatterbox.
- No Listening Skills: Ran is not a very attentive listener, something that brings trouble in numerous occasions. In Episode 10, despite swearing she will listen, she insists that sweets come before the main course, despite Kokone assuring the contrary. In the same episode when trying to take care of Kome-Kome, she brushes off Kokone's worries and attempts to help out. When Kokone insists there is something wrong, Ran remains stubborn about it, thus an argument breaks out. In Episode 15, she didn't listen to Pam-Pam telling her that Solomogu is Todoroki.
- Playing with Fire: Her transformation and attack have a fiery animation to them. Most likely a way of symbolizing heat for cooking and her Hot-Blooded attutude and noodles motif.
- Power Dyes Your Hair: Like Yui, she has brown hair as a civilian, but her hair turns bright blonde (with red buns) as Cure Yum-yum.
- Pre-Asskicking One-Liner: Proudly says "Bring it on!" before becoming Cure Yum-Yum for the first time.
- Running Gag:
- Ran photographing a meal, then beginning to eat it, only to end up interrupted by a Recipepe being stolen, and ruining the food, from right in front of her.
- A darkly hilarious incident happens in her debut episode, when she literally sends the Bundoru Gang an open invite to raid her family's restaurant.
- The Snack Is More Interesting: Is laser focused on whatever she's eating, which means that Gentlu can be standing right next to her and she doesn't notice. Unfortunately, this makes her an easy target for Gentlu to steal Recippins from since she also posts photos of places she's eaten.
- Take a Third Option:
- Stuck between using Curesta for Gentlu to get more Recippins from or downright stopping the blog altogether, Ran decides that she'll still keep her blog open, but promote the idea of take-out so that it's harder for Recippies to appear.
- After debating throughout the entire episode over what icon to use for her blog — Ran herself wants a bowl of ramen, Kokone wants a panda — the final shot of Episode 9 has her reveal that she had a panda eating a bowl of ramen.
- Third-Person Person: Refers to herself as "Ran-Ran".
- Unwitting Instigator of Doom: Episode 7 reveals that Gentlu has bookmarked her Curesta blog using her phone, giving her clear targets on which shops to hit next. Once she learns about this, she just changes tactics: keep the blog open, but change it so that people opt for take-out.
Amane Kasai (Gentlu/Cure Finale)
Amane Kasai
Voiced by: Ai Kayano (JP) Foreign VAs
- 10-Minute Retirement: Shortly after her recovery, Amane declares she's going to quit the student council due to Gentlu's actions. Two episodes later, she admits she wasn't able to go through with it.
- Absurdly Powerful Student Council: She attends the same school as the other Cures, and, as Student Council President, had the ability to arbitrarily assign tests, give detentions and even order the students to stay in their classrooms. However, she decides to try stepping down as of Episode 17, to make up for Gentlu's abuse of said powers, but is unable to find a good enough excuse.
- Arc Symbol: A heart. As her Transformation Trinket is the Heart Fruits Pendant, also the food she eats is heart-shaped and she has a heart shape in the middle of her Tiara as Cure Finale.
- Break Them by Talking: Does an awesome example of it when she says "Food Brings Smiles" to Gentlu... when she is Gentlu!
- Contrasting Sequel Main Character: To Ellen Kurokawa/Cure Beat from Suite Pretty Cure ♪. Both were initially brainwashed by the Big Bad into serving their own evil factions, though they can be a contrast. Ellen was once known as Siren, who was brainwashed by Mephisto after becoming jealous towards Hummy's achievements, where during her time in Minor Land she was a Jerkass who clearly doesn't hesitate to act as one towards the Trio de Minor and to her opponents. On the other hand, Amane, once known as Gentlu, is calm and collected as a member of the Ubauzo, who is also sly and selfish, being able to deceive her own victims but can break down into an utter mess that she becomes impulsive; and rather than being a Jerkass, she instead falls victim to her fellow Bundoru compatriots who acted like selfish jerks towards her. Whereas Ellen was freed from her brainwashing in Episode 21 of Suite where she awakens her potential as a Cure from that moment, Amane was freed from Narcistoru's brainwashing in Episode 12 of Delicious Party and was initially reluctant to be a Cure for six episodes due to her being guilty of her actions as Gentlu; which took her up to Episode 18 to awaken her potential as Cure Finale.
- Custom Uniform: She accessorizes her school uniform with a white cardigan and a purple tie.
- Does Not Like Spam: She is not a fan of spicy food.
- Graceful Ladies Like Purple: Amane is a proper and gentle young lady, and purple is her most prominent theme color.
- Innocent Blue Eyes: Her natural eye color, and she was initially innocent to the damage she caused as Gentle.
- It's All My Fault: Upon waking up after being purified, Amane tries to quit the Student Council and refuses to become Cure Finale because, in her eyes, someone who was evil as she was doesn't deserve those positions.
- Meaningful Name:
- The ama in Amane can mean "sweet", and the ka in her surname comes from kashi, meaning "confectionery". These both link to her association with sweets.
- As Gentlu, Her name is derived from the Japanese way of pronouncing the word "gentle" (with extra emphasis on the "lu" at the end, hence Gentlu); over her name as an antagonist, Gentle refers to the fact she is a Gentleman Thief, and is a "gentle girl" brainwashed into being evil.
- As Finale, her name refers to the fact desserts like parfait are the final part of a meal.
- Oh, Crap!: Her reaction upon seeing Yui and Ran's mannerisms at the lunch table after Kokone invites them all to her family's restaurant. She makes it her goal to teach them proper table manners.
- Power Dyes Your Hair: As Amane Kasai, she has waist-length black hair, while, as Gentlu, she has lavender hair, and Cure Finale, loose blonde hair.
- Psychosomatic Superpower Outage: In episode 33, her guilt over hurting the Parfait Recipepe has caused her Hearts Fruits Pendant to shut down and lose her ability to transform into Cure Finale.
- Purple Is Powerful: Is heavily associated with the color purple, with it being a major colour when transformed, though it’s only her sub-color.
- Refusal of the Call: Amane is initially unwilling to join the other Cures due to the acts she did as Gentlu. Unfortunately on Episode 18, Narcistoru has found her and captured the Parfait Recipepe. This would change her mind and become the fourth Pretty Cure.
- Shell-Shocked Veteran: Post Heel–Face Turn, she is still haunted by her past as Gentlu, causing her to decide to step down as School Council President stay away from Recipepes and refuse to join the Pretty cures, thinking someone like her doesn't deserve to have such positions. After becoming Cure Finale, she slowly starts learning to overcome this.
- Significant Birth Date: November 24, the day before Parfait Day. Befitting for her parfait motif.
- Sugar-and-Ice Personality: When she first appears, Amane appears to be a cold and brutally efficient model student. After Amane's true self is revealed, she's shown to be a sweet and kind girl who loves things like parfait and sweet rice.
- Sweet Tooth: She works at a sweet shop called Fruit Parlor Kasai when she's not busy with school, and has a fondness for Ohagi, also known as Botamochi, a seasonal sweet rice dish.
- Team Mom: She becomes this to the team after her Heel–Face Turn, often working to keep the others (especially Yui and Ran) on check with their attitude and homework. And even acts more as a mother to Kome-Kome than the others do.
- Trademark Favourite Food: Parfait. Everything about Amane that embodies her true feelings about the world is based on her encounters throughout her life with the Parfait Recipepe.
- Was Too Hard on Her: In episode 33, she laments lashing out at the Parfait Recipepe when she tried to cheer her up, which caused her Heart Fruits Pendant, rendering her unable to transform.
- When She Smiles: Compared to Gentlu's Perpetual Frowner status, Amane herself is constantly smiling and happy, due to both being reunited with the Parfait Recipepe and also her new friendship with the Cures.
- Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?: Episode 25 reveals she's scared of ghosts.
Tropes exclusive to her as Gentlu
- Always Second Best: She is constantly belittled by Secretoru, Narcistoru and Godatz, with them implying that the reason they've not completed their plan already is her, despite, at that point, only Gentlu encountering the Cures.
- Ambiguously Evil: While she is unambiguously an executive of the Big Bad, Gentlu sometimes has headaches from episode 8 onwards. They are strong enough to make her change back from Gentlu to Amane and she doesn't know why she has them. It is an indication that she is brainwashed into being evil and not in total control of her actions, so it's unknown so far how many of Gentlu's actions are done on her own free will.
- Episode 9 drops the ambiguous part and confirms that she is brainwashed. When the brainwashing is starting to wear off, she outright spares the Cures from her own monster.
- In Episode 10, she becomes the first antagonist to actively apologize for her actions, after Narcistoru forces her to torture the Recipepes, and Amane Kasai reminds her of her personal code of honour.
- Berserk Button: She hates even the suggestion she'd attack innocent bystanders.
- Bitch in Sheep's Clothing:
- She poses as the responsible student council president of the Cures' school while abusing Amane's powers over the student council. For this reason alone, Amane almost quits.
- She first attempts to steal some Recipepes from the school by ordering everyone to stay in their classrooms while the student council hunts down the cause of a monster sighting, using the time to steal the lunch of the cafeteria staff.
- Her second, more successful attempt works by assigning a surprise test with the intention to force anyone who fails to stay for after school courses, while giving the Cures a more difficult set of questions (meaning that they wouldn't be able to deal with her attack). Unfortunately, Kokone still passes even that test.
- By the Power of Grayskull!:
- "Bun-Bun, Doru-doru, Bundoru!" as she steals the Recipepes and the tastes.
- "Come on! Ubauzo!" as she summons an Ubauzo.
- Domino Mask: She wears a purple version of this mask.
- Even Evil Has Standards: Stealing Recipepes, and thus ruining food for everyone? Well, anything goes as long as Lord Godatz is pleased. Attacking innocents and treating them as collateral? She won't do it. Torturing the Recipepes? Hell no.
- Fluffy the Terrible:
- You’d expect someone with a name like Gentlu wouldn’t be a bad guy, but you’re wrong here. That said, she isn't a villain by choice...
- She got a chibified plush toy as Gentlu, the first antagonist to get that kind of merchandise.
- Heel–Face Turn: Begins one in Episode 10 when she discovers creating a powered up Ubauzo also is a form of torture for the Recipepes.
- She returns to being Amane Kasai, after being hit by Ran's attack in Episode 11, with her natural eye colour, only for Narcistoru and Godatz to reapply the brain-washing.
- She pulls a complete Heel–Face Turn in episode 12, thanks to Yui convincing her to fight the brain-washing and to the destruction of the pin that caused said brain-washing, which makes Godatz furious. This the first time the Big Bad is really pissed.
- Ineffectual Sympathetic Villain: Since her debut, she's been constantly losing every Recipepe to the Cures and Rosemary, even back when it was only Cure Precious challenging her. She is also constantly belittled by her fellow thief, Secretoru, even when she does succeed. It is a bit hard not to feel somewhat sorry for her, which is why Cure Precious decided to redeem her.
- Informed Loner: She doesn't seem to have any friends or social connections at all. However, within the Bundoru Gang, its much worse, as everyone calls her useless, with Narcistoru only seeing her as nothing more than a "puppet".
- Minion with an F in Evil: She tries to find the method of least aggression to capture any recipepes and personally never actually takes part in the attacking, only ever using her own powers to scare away bystanders, and she actually apologizes for mistreating the Recipepes.
- Mundane Solution:
- In both Episode 6 and 7, she doesn't use any kind of magic method to create some Recipepes at short notice, she just asks the kitchen staff in Episode 6 and Ran Hanamichi herself in Episode 7.
- In Episode 7, she's shown to be using an ordinary smartphone to look up entries on Curesta, and one of the blogs she's following is Ran's Chururin blog, which, a few episodes later, is how she's caught, using a deliberately planted review.
- O.O.C. Is Serious Business: When she is given stronger brainwashing, she abruptly breaks her own moral code, attacking without considering collateral damage and directly fighting Cure Precious, two things she never would do of her own free will.
- Perpetual Frowner: She only ever seems to smile when she gets what she wants, either praise from Godatz or a successfully captured Recipepe. After the Cures arrive, neither ever happens.
- Red Eyes, Take Warning: She has very noticeable red eyes. This is the first indication that she isn't herself. Amane and Cure Finale's eyes are blue.
- Secondary Color Nemesis: She's clad in purple and is the Starter Villain.
- Spikes of Villainy: Sports prominent spikes on her shoulders and boots.
- Starter Villain: A rare example of being a female one. There's only been two other examples in the franchise before her, those being Eas and Sasorina. Additionally she's the only villain who attacks for the first stretch of the show.
- Would Not Shoot a Civilian: She finds even the suggestion of even being ordered to attack innocent bystanders irritating. The only time she does is to get them to run into a nearby storage shed, which she then blasts shut.
Tropes exclusive to her as Cure Finale
- Breaking Old Trends: The first Cure with her main color being gold. The only other cure with a gold color is Cure Sunshine who has it as the sub-color.
- Cool Crown: A purple tiara-like headband with a heart in the center.
- Gratuitous French: Her Cure name and attacks all have French names.
- Light Is Good: The Sixth Ranger of the good guys and she wears mostly white with a purple tint.
- The Power of Friendship: The energy crystal she uses in lieu of an energy fairy was first formed several years before the series began, when an infant Amane made a pinkie promise to the Parfait Recipepe.
- Sixth Ranger: She's the last addition for the DeliciousParty♡ team.
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Rosemary
Rosemary
Voiced by: Tomoaki Maeno (JP) Foreign VAs
- Agent Peacock: He dresses and speaks in a very flamboyant manner, yet he's able to (temporarily at least) fight a Ubauzo on his own.
- Because You Were Nice to Me: Thanks to Yui and her mother feeding him at their restaurant, he returns the favor by willing to help out.
- Calling Your Attacks: His Delicious Field to transfer everyone to the battlefield.
- Camp: His actual sexuality is not brought up, but he's very much the stereotype. He is tall, with defined muscles, and a flat chest - but has beautiful long eyelashes, makeup, violet hair and a very campy flair.
- Character Catchphrase: He tends to say "◯◯ mega-sized~!" (◯◯盛り～！?).
- Coat Cape: As shown from the back, his cape he wears is revealed to be a jacket which he wears in this way.
- Gender-Blender Name: He's called Rosemary, something one usually associates with females.
- In-Series Nickname: Insists that Yui calls him "Mari-chan".
- Locked Out of the Loop: In the first episode, he's not very helpful in giving Yui information, especially after she becomes Cure Precious for the first time.
- Made of Iron: He tanks a blow from Gentlu in Episode 12 meant for Yui. The only damage he got was a ripped sleeve.
- Meaningful Name: Rosemary is a Mediterranean herb used as a culinary condiment, fitting for the show's motifs of all types of food.
- Non-Action Guy: Not by his choice though; his Delicioustone got cracked in the first fight so he is unable to do anything except create the Delicious Fields to prevent damage. That said, he will go out to defend the Cures as he takes a blow from Gentlu ment for Yui in Episode 12.
- Punctuated! For! Emphasis!: When Yui tries to ask Rosemary what a Pretty Cure is in the first episode, he simply says that it's a "se-cr-et~".
- Sensitive Guy and Manly Man: Implied to serve as the Sensitive Guy to Fennel's Manly Man.
- Sink or Swim Mentor: Has to take up this role with Yui in the first episode, after she forces her way into a battle he was having with Gentlu.
- Token Adult: He's the sole adult character within the team. The producers even stated his intended purpose in the series is to show that adults can help in the fights as well.
- You Can't Go Home Again: His pendant — which allowed him to travel to Earth — cracked from the first fight, so he won't be able to go back to the CooKingdom until it's properly repaired.
Kome-Kome
Kome-Kome
Voiced by: Natsumi Takamori (JP) Foreign VAs
Baby
Toddler
Child
Preteen
Teenager
The white fox-like Energy Fairy of Rice. Compared to the other two, she's young, innocent and energetic. When she combines forces and transforms with Yui, she enters her "rice ball form." She ends her sentences with "~kome". Also, since the third episode, can turn into a toddler, who practically considers herself to be Yui's daughter.
- Affectionate Gesture to the Head: Wanted one of these from Yui in Episode 3, after seeing Pampam get one of her own, which is why she went off on her own to buy carrots. She gets her wish in the end.
- A version of this is used to allow her to change between fox and human, with her tapping her head to induce the change.
- All Your Powers Combined: A inverse example. Kome-Kome is the catalyst for the group attack, by sharing her power with all four Pretty Cure instead of just Yui.
- Asian Fox Spirit: As a white fox who can shapeshift into a human, she shares traits with the kitsune of Japanese folklore. Her being the Fairy of Rice also alludes to foxes traditionally being messangers/attendants of the Shinto god Inari, who's connected to rice.
- Big Eater: Is almost as eager to eat as Yui when a rice ball is offered. Episode 3 has her clear out at least ten plates worth of food.
- Character Tics: She pats her head in order to become human, and even when she's grown up, she can't help but finish sentences with '-kome'.
- Does Not Like Spam: Both she and Kokone don't like green peppers. However, with the help of her friends, she is able to try and enjoy them at the end.
- Happily Adopted: She practically considers Yui her mother, which Yui is happy to agree with.
- Humanity Ensues: Her wish to follow Yui's example is granted by her suddenly turning into a toddler who's a Little Bit Beastly.
- Idiot Hair: From toddler age onward, her human form has one.
- My Instincts Are Showing: Kome is sometimes is seen to play with her tail when she's bored.
- Overly Long Name: Her full name is Connectal Mochimochitto Fukkurara Glycogen Komex II.
- Pink Is Feminine: A female Energy Fairy who wears pink.
- Pokémon Speak: Can only say her name when she's a fox, and isn't much better as a child, her baby talk being mostly her name. This goes away after Episode 9, when she becomes akin to a 3-year-old, with her soon only having issues with her Verbal Tic.
- Punny Name: Her name is a pun on the Spanish word for eat, "come" (pronounced "Co-meh"), as well as an archaic term for "rice".
- Repetitive Name: The shortened names of the Energy Fairies, like Kome-Kome for example, as an alternative to their usual Overly Long Name.
- Ridiculously Cute Critter: Checks all the boxes for one, what with her cute fox-like appearance and high pitched voice. And as a human, she's even more adorable.
- Took a Level in Badass: She becomes a lot more serious and determined to fight back against Narcistoru when he's got Pam-Pam as captive. Allowing Rosemary and Mem-Men to throw her directly at him so she can fight back and free her.
- Trademark Favourite Food: She adores rice balls, and even turns into a giant one to allow Yui to transform.
- Voluntary Shapeshifting:
- She can transform into a rice ball as part of Yui's transformation sequence.
- Can also transform into a young girl, with her ears and tail on full display, apparently due to being a special kind of fairy, as well as wanting to be like Yui.
Pam-Pam
Pam-Pam
Voiced by: Natsumi Hioka (JP) Foreign VAs
- Damsel in Distress: Gets held captive by Narcistoru in 24 and is used as bait to stop Rosemary and Cure Finale from fighting back until Kome-Kome is able to rescue her.
- Hair Flip: Does this with her ear whenever she's saying something smart.
- Ojou: Manages to put on this air, despite being a tiny dog. She's a perfect fit to be the companion of the actual Ojou, Kokone.
- Humanity Ensues: In the movie and in the final episode.
- Overly Long Name: Her full name is Partnal Fuwafuwan Kobashiné Yeast Pamsandwich. She also is the only person in the cast who even knows the full names of any of the energy fairies.
- Punny Name: Pam, or pan rather, means "bread" in Japanese and many other languages.
- Puppy-Dog Eyes: She does this to Kokone in a bid to have her join Yui after school.
- Repetitive Name: Pam-Pam is an alternative to her usual Overly Long Name.
- Slept Through the Apocalypse: Manages to sleep through the entire events of two episodes at the start of the series.
- Voluntary Shapeshifting: Can transform into a sandwich bun as part of Kokone's transformation sequence.
- She also gains the power to transform into a human in the final episode due to being showered with everyone's gratitude in the final battle.
Mem-Mem
Mem-Mem
Voiced by: Tomoe Hanba (JP) Foreign VAs
- Breath Weapon: Can breathe fire larger than himself in reaction to Ran's Hot-Blooded emotions.
- Humanity Ensues: In the movie and in the final episode.
- Objectshifting: Voluntarily transforms into a bowl of ramen as part of Ran's transformation sequence.
- The One Guy: He is the only male fairy this season.
- Playing with Fire: He breathes fires several times during Yum-Yum's transformation.
- Punny Name: Men is the Japanese word for "noodles".
- Repetitive Name: Mem-Mem is an alternative for his Overly Long Name.
- Slept Through the Apocalypse: Manages to sleep through the events of the first half dozen episodes.
- Voluntary Shapeshifting: Can transform into a bowl of ramen as part of Ran's transformation sequence.
- He also gains the power to transform into a human in the final episode due to being showered with everyone’s gratitude in the final battle.
CooKing and CooQueen
CooKing and CooQueen
Voiced by: Takuma Suzuki (JP, CooKing), Emi Shinohara (JP, CooQueen) Foreign VAs
To the left, CooKing. To the right, CooQueen
The king and queen of the CooKingdom.- Expy: The CooKing and CooQueen resemble the King and Queen of Fenarsia and Menarsia from both versions of Magical Princess Minky Momo.
- Nice Girl: The CooQueen gives a very warm welcome to the Cures upon their entry to the CooKingdom.
- Punny Name The CooKin'g's name is derived from the term Cooking.
- Tiny Guy, Huge Girl: The queen towers greatly over her husband.
Fennel (SPOILERS)
Fennel
Voiced by: Satoshi Mikami (JP) Foreign VAs
Click here to see his true identity
The Imperial Guard Captain for the CooKingdom who works with Rosemary. In reality, he is running the Bunduru Gang as Godatz.
- Allegorical Character: In a story heavy with the themes of sharing and gratitude, Fennel/Godatz and his plot to hoard all the Earth's food clearly personify greed and selfishness.
- Arch-Enemy: He's considered Cinnamon as this since the very beginning. Framing him to make sure he's exiled and then getting truly enraged upon seeing his return, leading to his reveal as Godatz.
- The Captain: Serves as this for the CooKingdom's Imperial Guard.
- Coat Cape: Much like Rosemary, he wears a green coat that resembles a cape.
- Contrasting Sequel Antagonist: To both King Byogen from Healin' Good♡Pretty Cure and Darknest from Star★Twinkle Pretty Cure. All three villains are shrouded in shadow and are vaguely hidden until the last couple of episodes.
- In terms of King Byogen, both have a righthand woman who yearns for their approval. They both have an avatar they use to communicate with their subordinates as well (a demonic face for King Byogen, a cat shaped hologram for Godatz) while not participating in any battles. While King Byogen was just using a fraction of his power and feigned his own death as part of a Batman Gambit, Godatz himself used it to hide his true identity and use his high ranking to provide Delicioustones to the Bunduru Gang.
- In terms of Darknest, both are associated with the Big Good faction (Darknest being one of the Star Princesses and Godatz being one of the Cook Fighters). However, Darknest was a Star Princess who disagreed with the idealogy of the other Star Princesses and left to form her villainous faction, while Fennel worked under the shadows to play both factions. Coincidentally, both of their episodes where they are first encountered by the Cures are Christmas-themed as well, but while the Darknest fought was Actually a Doombot and would have her true identity revealed a few episodes later, Fennel revealed his true colors after Secretoru got taken down after her fight.
- A Day in the Limelight: Episode 41 has him as the focus character. It's also his reveal as the Big Bad Godatz.
- Disproportionate Retribution: He wants to bring about extreme levels of food rationing and potential famine, and ruined Cinnamon's life because he believed he was the only one worthy to be Ginger's successor.
- Driven by Envy: It was his jealously towards Cinnamon that eventually lead him to become Godatz.
- Entitled Bastard: Very much so, even to the point of threatening the world with starvation just to satisfy his sense of entitlement.
- Evil All Along: Episode 41 reveals he has been Godatz this whole time. He also framed Cinnamon of stealing Recipepes.
- Evil Cannot Comprehend Good: Using power to protect and serve others makes no sense to Fennel. He thinks the person with the power has the right to subjugate others.
- Evil Is Petty: Why did he do all of his actions, with the ultimate goal of stealing all food from the world and threatening to leave everyone to starve unless they follow him? Because Ginger wouldn’t focus solely on him.
- Fatal Flaw:
- Envy. He was unable to get over his growing jealousy towards Cinamon since they first met. Allowing it to take over him, resulting in him Slowly Slipping Into Evil and becoming the Big Bad Godatz.
- Pride. He believes he's entitled to become the next successor to Ginger because he's just that great. And just having competition like Cinnamon makes him jealous enough to turn him evil. And as Godatz, he believes he himself should control all food in the world because he's just that great until his plan is thwarted thanks to Rosemary and the Cures.
- Floral Theme Naming: His name comes from fennel, a flowering plant species that is considered as an herb and is associated with the carrot family.
- Goatee of Evil: He sports a goatee in his casual and Godatz forms and serves as this season's Big Bad.
- Green and Mean: Averted. His theme colour is green, but like the CooKing and CooQueen, is an all-out Nice Guy to the cures. Later played straight when he is revealed to be Godatz.
- Green-Eyed Monster: Was jealous of Cinnamon ever since they first met. This jealousy stuck with him and consumed him over time, transforming him into Godatz.
- It's All About Me: Fennel believes he alone deserves to control all food in the world because he's that great. His vendetta against the CooKingdom boils down to sticking it to everyone who bruised his inflated ego by not seeing his greater potential.
- Kick the Dog: When Cure Precious is trying to prove that he can be redeemed, he responds by directly attacking and badly injuring Black Pepper/Takumi and Kome-Kome, the two that are most dear to her at punishment for her naivety.
- Knight of Cerebus: Upon his reveal as Godatz, the show (which is arguably more lighthearted than a lot of the previous seasons) quickly shifts to a darker tone. His first action is to take out the Cures and attempt to murder them with a cold look on his face.
- Laser-Guided Karma: Yes, Fennel's been purified and has seen the error of his ways, but as Rosemary put it best, what he did was unforgivable. So it's only fair that does some hard time in CooKingdom's jail.
- The Mole: Was the person who framed Cinnamon for stealing the Recipe-Bon.
- One-Winged Angel: In the final confrontation with the Cures, he's revealed to have used the power of the Delicious Stones to transform into a monster form (actually being more cat-like in appearance), making him more powerful than ever. The Cures still win the day and destroy the form, turning him back to normal.
- Power Makes Your Hair Grow: Upon transforming into Godatz, his usual bob length hair goes all the way down to his shoulders.
- Put on a Prison Bus: His final fate sees him placed in prison, presumably for life. No one will feel sorry for him considering he almost doomed humanity to a slow and painful death by starvation. Though it's implied from how Cure Precious was able to reach out to him that he may have surrendered upon defeat.
- Psychological Projection: He's convinced everyone is just as self-centred as he is, going so far as to accuse Cure Precious of forcing her ideals on others.
- A Pupil of Mine Until He Turned to Evil: Under the tutelage of Ginger, he was a diligent student, but his jealousy towards Cinamon consumed him and turned him evil.
- Purple Is Powerful: As Godatz, his theme colour changes from Green to Purple.
- Sensitive Guy and Manly Man: Implied to serve as the Manly Man to Rosemary's Sensitive Guy.
- So Proud of You: He's very proud of Cerfuil for being able to conquer her fears and fighting against the Ubauzo and willingly gives her her Delicious Stone.
- The Stoic: He tends to be a very serious person and is dedicated to his duties who tends to struggle with expressing himself. His stoic plays in a really creepy level in Episode 41, making him look a lot more suspicious.
- Used to Be a Sweet Kid: He was a very diligent student of Ginger's until Cinamon arrived, leading to him developing jealousy towards him and causing him to change for the worst.
- Walking Spoiler: The reveal of him as Godatz changes a lot of what we know about him.
- We Can Rule Together: He gives Takumi an offer to side with him in episode 42, which the former promptly refuses with an energy blast.
- Wham Shot: Once the Rice Ball Recipepe is freed, he immediately grabs it and summons a Delicioustone that is in a pendent in the same shape as the Bundoru Gang symbol.
- Would Hurt a Child:
- Has no qualms with killing four depowered Cures as they're knocked out of their forms by his attack. He would've done it too if it wasn't for Cinnamon's, Black Pepper's and Mari's intervention.
- He also has no problem badly injuring Takumi right in front of Cure Precious because of her nativity.
Ginger
Ginger
Voiced by: Yoshito Yasuhara (JP)
- Big Good: Out of everyone, he's the closest the season has to one. He's a very kind character that everyone looks up to and came up with a plan to counter someone using the Recipe-bon to cause a massive famine.
- Crazy-Prepared: He effectively hid a massive emergency food stash within all the Lucky Cat statues that were placed around Oshiina Town, that cannot be erased by the theft of the Recipepes, in case of that exact problem, and swore his allies in the town to secrecy.
- The Leader: He serves as the leader for the CookFighters
- Meaningful Name: Ginger comes from a plant of the same name and is used as a spice in cooking.
- Red Herring: Looking at his cat motif and disappearance from the present time, it's strongly implied that he and Godatz are one and the same. However, this is not the case.
- Red Is Heroic: His theme colour is red and he serves as the Big Good for the season.
Cinnamon
Cinnamon/Monpei Shinada
Voiced by: Tetsuhiru Ikeda (JP)
- Going Native: After being exiled from the Cookingdom, he started a new life in Oishina Town and greatly adapted to the culture difference and started a family.
- Meaningful Name: Cinnamon is a spice taken from the inner bark of a Cinnamon tree and used in some food such as toasts or latte.
- Passing the Torch: Gives his son Takumi his delicioustone after it chose him, allowing him to become a new Cook Fighter with the name of Black Pepper.
- Sue Donym: The Japanese name he uses in Oishina Town is phonetically very similar to "Cinnamon" being Shinada Monpei.
- Small Role, Big Impact: His existence is what caused Fennel to become Godatz out of jealousy, leading to the primary conflict of the anime.
- Walking Spoiler: Plays a crucial role in many character's backstories, including Fennel's Start of Darkness.
Cerfuil
Cerfuil
Voiced by: Minami Tsuda (JP)
- Coat Cape: Her open jacket is so long that it almost looks like she's wearing a cape when she opens it.
- Cowardly Lion: Despite her training to be a CookFighter, she's revealed to be a real scaredy-cat, being scared of the high bridge and combat, preventing her from passing their exam.
- Goal in Life: She wants to become a CookFighter so she can fight like the Cures and other fighters.
- Green and Mean: Averted. Like Fennel, has green as her colour theme, but is an all-out Nice Girl and very welcoming to the cures upon their arrival.
- Faint in Shock: Her reaction upon being face to face with the Ubauzo. Luckily, the Cures arrive just in time to help her.
- Nice Girl: Gives the Cures a warm welcome to the CooKingdom and is very excited to serve as their guide.
- Punny Name: Her name is derived from "careful" and "chervil". Chervil is the common name of a few consumable plants which have different genuses, either related to parsley or carrot.
- Took a Level in Badass: Watching the Cures being trapped by the Ubauzo and remembering the advice Amane gave her, she becomes determined to save all those she cares about, allowing her to receive her Delicious Stone from Fennel and fight back against the Ubauzo.
Oishiina Town
Takumi Shinada (Black Pepper)
Takumi Shinada / Black Pepper
Voiced by: Yūma Uchida (JP) Foreign VAs
Click here to see him as Black Pepper
Yui's Childhood Friend and a 3rd year middle school student. He's blunt but takes care of people. His family runs a guest house.
- Badass Cape: Wears one as Black Pepper. It can be used as a Cloak of Defense when doing a Cape Swish.
- Badass in a Nice Suit: As Black Pepper, he's decked out in a white suit and cape.
- Big Damn Heroes: As Black Pepper, he intervenes by crushing a candy-shaped rock to fall on a Motto Ubauzo in Episode 13. This gives the Cures the chance to finish it off. He continues to watch the battles, intervening if necessary.
- Breaking Old Trends: While a male love interest as part of the main cast isn't new for the franchise, Takumi is the first to be full-on team member with his own transformation, even appearing on the poster alongside the girls. *
- Childhood Friends: With Yui, his next door neighbor.
- The Chosen One: His father's Delicioustone radiated towards him so that he becomes the new bearer of that power.
- Cloudcuckoolander's Minder: How he sees himself in his relationship with Yui. While she runs after every little thing she sees, he follows to make sure she doesn't get hurt.
- Cool Mask: As Black Pepper, he wears a Domino Mask that is more or less mocking the Bundoru Gang's own.
- Declaration of Protection: Upon learning of his lineage and Yui being a Pretty Cure and fighting the Bundou by her own choice, he decides to become Black Pepper to protect her.
- Dogged Nice Guy: Appears to harbor a seemingly unrequited crush on Yui. In one instance, he actually does try to ask her out on a date to a burger joint, only for her to be distracted by her friends.
- Dramatic Irony: After accidentally witnessing Rosemary transporting Yui into the Delicious Field on multiple occasions, he becomes convinced that she's being abducted and that Rosemary is in league with the Ubauzos. Thankfully, he realizes the truth in Episode 13.
- Good Wears White: He wears a white tuxedo and matching wide-brimmed hat as Black Pepper.
- Heroic Lineage: Like Rosemary, Takumi's father Monpei was also a warrior from the CooKingdom. After discovering and unlocking his amulet's power by pure chance, Takumi decided to take up the mantle of Black Pepper in order to protect Yui during her bouts as a Pretty Cure. His choice of outfit and white hair also makes Rosemary think of another warrior that went by the name of Cinnamon (aka Takumi's father).
- Ironic Name: The hero named Black Pepper is predominantly clad in white.
- It's Personal: Aside from wanting to protect Yui, Takumi becomes Black Pepper for the first time because of how the attack directly hit his mother's memories of how she and Monpei met.
- Locked Out of the Loop: Has no idea about Amane/Cure Finale joining the team, meaning when he tries to intervene in Episode 19 to save Cure Precious from a Motto Ubauzo, Cure Finale is already two steps ahead of him and ends up making his rescue attempt more awkward than anything else.
- Secret Secret-Keeper: Takumi knows that Yui is Cure Precious, but Yui herself is oblivious to this fact until episode 40.
- Sixth Ranger: He's an additional member of the Delicious Pre-Cures, debuting in Episode 13.
Recipepes
Recipepes
Voiced by: Miyuri Shimabukuro, Rie Kawamura and Ikumi Hasegawa (JP)
The Recipepes are small food fairies that resemble the foods they are based on. They love to be near warm hearts. Whenever they are captured by the Bundoru Gang, the food they are based on gets affected, whether by taste or memory.- Morality Pet: Strangely enough, they serve as one for Amane Kasai/Gentlu. In Episode 10, she is visibly distraught when her upgraded Ubauzo ends up hurting the fairies, and Episode 12 reveals that she had drawn a Recipepe herself, which is strong enough to break Godatz's enhanced brainwashing on her.
- Our Fairies Are Different: These little fairies are very small beings that are found near foods.
- Real After All: A younger Yui saw what looked like a Rice Ball Fairy. Rosemary reveals that it's a Recipepe, a food spirit that appears due to the happiness of people eating food.
- Recurring Element: They're very similar to the elemental spirits in Healin' Good Pretty Cure, being the embodiment of something (nature in Healin' Good's case, food in Delicious Party's case) that the villains take as a way to mix with their Monster of the Week.
- Tears of Fear: Similar to the elemental spirits from Healin' Good, these fairies will generally cry in pain whenever they're captured, especially when stronger Ubauzos are involved.
- Victim of the Week: They are always the ones caught by the Bundoru Gang so they can be sent over to Godatz. Once Rosemary and the Pretty Cures start intervening, they mix them with Ubauzos.
Parfait Recipepe
Parfait Recipepe
Voiced by: Miyuri Shimabukuro (JP)
- Childhood Friend: Of Amane Kasai.
- The Empath: Was able to tell that Amane wasn't feeling good even though everyone else thought she was feeling fine.
- Little Miss Snarker: Is very snarky and sarcastic towards the energy fairies.
- Put on a Bus: After Amane got established more, she stopped appearing in general as a familiar.
The Bundoru Gang
Godatz
More information about him is found under Fennel.
- Big Bad: This dastardly being's the one heading the Gang's activities and main operations with the Pretty Cure and their allies opposing him, his subordinates and his actions. Even worse, One of these allies happened to be Godatz himself.
- Cats Are Mean: Downplayed. His lair is located on a strange cat-shaped hill and his initial appearance is feline-like, as a massive Take That! to Ginger.
- However, the One-Winged Angel form has more feline-like motifs, including paws and a long tail.
- The Corrupter: Is responsible for brainwashing Amane Kasai into serving as his pawn. Once Narcistoru kidnaps her after her brainwashing initially wears off, he enhances the brainwashing.
- For the Evulz: His whole reason for stealing the Recipe-Bon and abducting the Recipepes turns out to be petty-minded jealousy and has no purpose except to grant him personally absolute power over everything. This is in-spite of the fact that doing so has shut down numerous restaurants and at least one entire cuisine in the process.
- His master plan is even to enforce global rationing, whereby he'll only reopen the Recipe-bon if the entire world accepts him as their absolute overlord, and if not, he doesn't care about the fact everyone will be dead in weeks, just that he has the power to give or take food away from them, to the point even attempting to bring back food without his authority is stopped.
- Trademark Favorite Food: According to Secretoru, he loves prawns (with the tails still on). He is also a fan of Shaved Ice.
Secretoru
Secretoru
Voiced by: Sayaka Kinoshita (JP) Foreign VAs
- Breaking Old Trends: In terms of second-in-commands that don't participate in battles until much later in the season, she actually doesn't partake in the battle that the Cures activate their full team finisher in. Instead, it's Narcistoru's last battle (which also introduces the Gossori Ubauzo). She starts jumping into battles after that one.
- By the Power of Grayskull!:
- "Zen-Buru, Zen-Buru, Bunduru!" as she steals the Recipepes, taking the memory and existence of the food associated with them away.
- "Get to work, Gossori Ubauzo!" as she summons a Gossori Ubauzo.
- Contrasting Sequel Antagonist: Has comparisons has comparisons to Shindoine, the Butler and Listol from Healin' Good♡Pretty Cure, Tropical-Rouge! Pretty Cure and HuGtto! Pretty Cure respectively (all three served as the right hand to their masters).
- In terms of Shindoine, both of them are extremely loyal to their masters to yearn for their approval. However, while Shindoine was obsessively devoted as she had a crush on King Byogen, Secretoru feels like she will achieve perfection by serving Godatz. Additionally, both of them aren't immune to engaging in similar antics to the Cures, whether if it's watching the same drama or eating the same candy as another Cure.
- In terms of the Butler, both are The Handler to their masters and assign missions to their subordinates. They also don't tolerate failure and have threatened to kick out one of their subordinates if they failed their mission after too many failures. They even share similar themed names (serving as a butler and secretary to their respective masters). However, while Butler has motives which end up being far sinister than the witch he served, Secretoru's motives stem from a desire of being perfect and her master Godatz ends up being a far more threatening foe than she is.
- In terms of Listol, they serve as the secretary of the Big Bad and are the most loyal to them before they were subsequently betrayed by their masters. In contrast, while Listol is a perpetually stern man in human form who is notably strict to his subordinates but teams up with them including Bicine, Secretoru is a sarcastic, sharp-witted woman who values perfection, but can be very stubborn to the core, caring less about teamwork who prefers to work all by herself.
- The Dragon: The right hand lady of Godatz.
- Dude, Where's My Respect?: Secretoru devoted herself to serving Godatz, believing she had finally found someone who would tell her she was perfect. The revelation that he saw her as nothing but a disposable pawn crushes her.
- Evil Is Petty:
- She specifically asks for the Curry Recipepe to be taken in Episode 3 solely cause she's hungry for the food.
- In the following episode, she has Gentlu take the Sandwich, Curry Bread and Heart Bread Recippis from the Heart Bakery since Godatz likes bread, and that she should get as many types as possible.
- The Handler: She gives her missions to Gentlu and later, Narcistoru. Once Gentlu joins the heroes and Narcistoru gets dispatched, she personally steps up to the plate.
- Meaningful Name: Secretoru... effectively acts as Godatz's secretary.
- Not So Above It All: Occasionally attempts the same antics as the heroes do.
- Orcus on His Throne: Takes until episode 29 for her to actually take the field and confront the Cures face to face.
- The Perfectionist: Her Hidden Depths in episode 39 reveals her mindset to have become this seemingly after some kind of trauma in her past.Secretoru: Anxiety is for the weak. And weakness is a flaw. Once you let it show, that's the end for you. It drags you down, and allows others to exploit you. And everything you've built up over your life is taken away! In my personal experience, if you are not absolutely perfect in this world, you cannot go on living.
- Red and Black and Evil All Over: A villainess wearing black and red.
- Ret-Gone: When she steals a Recipepe, everything connected to that recipe ceases to exist. Not just the memory of eating it, the food is gone, making her thefts the most potentially irreversible yet.
- Self-Serving Memory: Secretoru thinks her relationships fell apart because no one liked her awful cooking, hence wishing to make recipes disappear. The truth is she was too caught up in getting it perfect the first time, and the important people in her life found her lack of patience off-putting.
- Spikes of Villainy: Just like Gentlu, she has spikes on her shoulders and heels.
- Surrounded by Idiots: Is generally annoyed by Gentlu and Narcistoru failing to accomplish their missions of capturing Recipepes. Her Two-Faced Aside comments (if not personal comments) are generally snide insults or disappointed expressions. With those two gone and Spiritoru reprogrammed, she's no longer this.
- Two-Faced Aside:
- Does this Once per Episode. In her first scene she comments that Godatz should be pleased with the Recipepes that Gentlu collected only to immediately add with an Aside Glance that, really, it's more like the bare minimum. She does it again when she informs Gentle that the CooKingdom sent an agent so she (Gentlu) should work harder only to immediately add an Aside Glance that, really, Gentlu's work isn't very impressive to begin with.
- She frequently does this as well to show her disdain to Gentlu or to make a side comment. Narcistoru isn't immune to it either.
- After Gentlu defects and Narcistoru is Put on a Prison Bus, she even does these when she faces the Cures personally, making a side comment, as shown in Episode 30.
Narcistoru
Narcistoru
Voiced by: Shuhei Sakaguchi (JP) Foreign VAs
- Badass Fingersnap: Does this when he summons his Motto Ubauzo.
- The Bus Came Back: Makes a return in episode 37 after escaping from prison but is quickly sent back. He helps the fight against Godatz by reprogramming Spiritoru into disabling his drones.
- By the Power of Grayskull!:
- "Toru-run, Toru-run, Bundoru!" as he steals the Recipepes and memories.
- "Come on!/Mix It Up! Moto-Ubauzo!" as he summons his Motto Ubauzo. And yes, unlike Gentlu, he says "Come On" in full on English. "Mix It Up!" is said in Japanese though.
- Deadpan Snarker: He's as snarky as he's narcissistic.
- Domino Mask: He has a Domino mask covering his face, like his fellow generals.
- Early-Bird Cameo: He makes a cameo in episode 1, before his full debut in episode 9.
- Evil Genius: Serves as this for the Bundoru Gang, as he's responsible for making upgraded variants for the Ubauzos.
- Evil Is Hammy: Takes real pride in his villainy and when it's his turn to attack, he really gloats about it.
- Evil Is Petty: Why did he join the Bundoru Gang to ruin eating for everyone? He's a picky eater. Seems he's so narcissistic, he can't stomach other people enjoying meals when he cannot.
- Face Framed in Shadow: In episode 1 and the opening, up until episode 9.
- Fatal Flaw: Narcissism obviously. He is extremely overconfident with his abilities and he plays off a lot of his defeats as just toying with the Cures. This ends up being his downfall as during his initial assault with the Cures with the Gossori Ubauzo, he makes an extremely dumb mistake of releasing a Recipepe, feeling like he's already won and would just toy with the Cures. This gave the Cures and Kome-Kome time to plan against Narcistoru.
- Green and Mean: A rather unlikable villain with green hair. Unlike Gentlu, he doesn't have sympathy for people or Recipepes either.
- Heel–Face Door-Slam: Literally seconds after Amane's brainwashing fails the first time, he kidnaps her and takes her back to Godatz to enhance the brainwashing.
- Heel–Face Revolving Door: In episode 37, he allows the The Bundoru Gang to release him from prison. However, he decides to taunt Secretoru for her attack on the cures as repayment and betrays the The Bundoru Gang. He decides to return to prison at the end to escape them as a result but still refuses to repent for his actions.
- Humiliation Conga: After being defeated in episode 28, he is expelled from the Bundoru Gang due to his countless failures, captured by Rosemary and promptly taken into custody at Cookingdom, and is also the victim of some slapstick while on the way there for good measure.
- Just Toying with Them: When Secretoru wonders why Narcistoru hasn't fared better than Gentlu, he claims that "it would be boring if he got serious and ended things quickly". Secretoru responds with a usual Aside Glance that "only idiots (like him) would say that".
- Kick the Dog: He summons a Motto Ubauzo that deliberately looks like the one Gentlu once summoned, just to pick at Amane's guilty conscience. He also preyed on Black Pepper's insecurity of feeling like his help was unnecessary as well.
- Meaningful Name: In Greek Mythology, Narcissus was an arrogant and unpleasant man. On top of being a bad guy, Narcistoru pretty much fills the bill.
- Narcissist: There's a reason his name sounds like this trait: he’s very arrogant and prideful.
- Not So Stoic: While usually just as stoic as Secretoru when it comes to food, he seems to loosen up and get excited when offered a candy apple.
- Pet the Dog: While he is known for his narcissism, he is willing to help the school council and Amane's brothers to finish making their thank you gift for Amane and also with enough persuasion, tries one of her candy apples they gave as a thank you gift and seems to enjoy it, saying he hopes to meet her (without realizing he has already).
- Picky Eater: His motivation for joining the Bundoru Gang. Additionally, he was unable to eat anything hot either. This therefore made it hard for him to actually enjoy food.
- Put on a Prison Bus: After his final defeat in Episode 28, Rosemary arrests him and takes him to CooKingdom to lock him up for him to reflect on his actions.
- Secondary Color Nemesis: He's wearing purple, has green hair, and is a villain.
- Sizeshifter: He receives a device from the The Bundoru Gang to let him shrink himself at will in order to escape from prison. However, after he betrays them, he has the cures use the same device to shrink him and send him back.
- Slipknot Ponytail: In episode 24, when Cure Finale shoots the Finale Bouquet attack at him, it tears his hair ribbon in pieces, leaving his hair flowing free.
- Small Name, Big Ego: When he first introduces himself to the Cures in Episode 13, they don’t seem too impressed.
- Spikes of Villainy: Sports prominent spikes on his boots.
- Trademark Favorite Food: In 37, he forms a liking towards Candy Apples, getting excited upon getting one from Amane (though trying to deny it). In 41, he's shown eating an apple while locked up.
- Unseen No More: Was offscreen or had his Face Framed in Shadow for the first eight episodes. After episode 9 where he makes his formal appearance and observes the battle between Gentlu and the Pretty Cure, it's no longer the case.
Spiritoru
Spiritoru
Voiced by: Mitsuaki Kanuka (JP) Foreign VAs
- Affably Evil: He's out to steal the Recippis by any means necessary. That does not stop him from helping out Kokone and Ran when they were struggling with their chores, and he complements them on successfully foiling his theft attempt.
- Beware the Silly Ones: Might seem clueless, goofy, and unaware, but he is far from a pushover. Additionally, he's the last standing Bundoru gang member besides his master Godatz.
- By the Power of Grayskull!:
- "Don-don, doru-doru, Bundoru!" when he steals Recipepes and changes their respective food's shape.
- "Combine, Motto Ubauzo!" when he summons his Ubauzos.
- Cruel Cheerleader: Not only does he work for the Bundoru Gang, he has cheerleader-like powers where he can use to boost the power of the Motto Ubauzos. He even has a cheerleader's chant to accompany them!Spiritoru: Fight on! Fight on!Japanese line U-ba-u-zo!!!!!
- Demoted to Extra: Once he's reactivated and reprogramed to be loyal to Godatz, he doesn't participate in fights (Secretoru does all the fighting) and just engages in support. In Episode 40, he invades CooKingdom unopposed though, but doesn't engage in any actual fighting, as Narcistoru reprograms him in Episode 44..
- Killed Mid-Sentence: In episode 27, just as he's about to tell the Cures about why he's programmed to dislike food, the Delicioustone powering him is suddenly removed by Narcistoru. However, Secretoru reactivates him at the end of the following episode.
- Killer Robot: Might seem oblivious, but when trying to find Oshina Town, he did threaten to burn down an entire forest.
- Meaningful Name: He increases the fighting spirit of his Motto Ubauzos.
- Mechanical Monster: His Motto Ubauzos combine with a cookware alongside a mechanical element, such as a wrench.
- Nice Guy: Sort of ... he's more pleasant compared to his creator, and he helped Kokone and Ran out (before finding out that they were the Cures). However, once he finds his prey (Recipipis), he's relentless and will stop at nothing to accomplish his objective.
- Offscreen Moment of Awesome: Was sent to capture Recipepes overseas, which he was successful with doing. Since it was farther away, the Cures weren't able to detect them on their watches either.
- Sixth Ranger: Joins the ranks of the Bundoru Gang in episode 25.
- Verbal Tic: Often ends his sentences with "-gowasu".
- Wham Shot: The orb that Narcistoru put inside of him is part of a Delicioustone, making Mari question where the Bundoru Gang even got it from.
- You Have Failed Me: In Episode 27, Narcistoru decides he's had enough of his failures to stop the Cures and deactivates him.
Ubauzos
Ubauzos
Voiced by: Soshiro Hori (JP) Foreign VAs
This season's obligatory monsters. When summoned, the food the captured Recipepe is related to will taste horrible.
- Animate Inanimate Object: Much like most others, they are summoned by turning an inanimate object into the Monster of the Week that the Cures have to fight.
- Frying Pan of Doom: The first Ubauzo and its upgraded variant are giant frying pans with boxing gloves. More generally, all the Ubauzos are made from some kind of kitchen paraphernalia.
- Last Words: When the Cures manage to beat one, it says "I'm stuffed!" as it goes out. It also says "Thank you for the food!" along with the Cure or Cures who purify it.
- Meaningful Name: They're named after the Japanese word "ubau" which means "to steal". Narcistoru's variant means "more stealing". The "Gossori" in Gossori Ubauzo means "completely steal".
- Mid-Season Upgrade: Thanks to Narcistoru, Ubauzos can upgrade into stronger variants.
- The first powered variant summoned by Gentlu in Episode 10 have pointy red masks and the Bundoru emblem has a yellow triangle. They're upgraded by the user extracting their energy.
- The Motto Ubauzos, summoned by Narcistoru (and later Spiritoru), have green masks and a dark olive green helmet on their foreheads with the Bundoru Gang's emblem on it along with big grey horns. Unlike the previous ones, these also don't need the user to extract their energy either. Narcistoru then proceeds to make a subvariant by using two objects instead of one, making them more versatile and powerful.
- In his final episode, Narcistoru introduces a Gossori Ubauzo, which are far more powerful and require the team finisher to take out. After Narcistoru's final defeat, Secretoru manages to get a copy of the book and merges it with Spiritoru, allowing him to summon them as well. There are variants summoned by Secretoru and Godatz, although their power scaling is relatively the same.
- Monster of the Week: To summon them, the Bundoru Gang need to have captured a Recipepe, which allows them to fire their insignia at an object to turn it into an Ubauzo. They even have some incantation to accompany it as well.
- Wake-Up Call Boss: While all of the other weaker Ubauzos have had required the Cures to think outside of the box to defeat (specifically the spatula one from Episode 8), the beefed up Frying Pan Ubauzo from Episode 10 are a stronger variety altogether and require the Heart Juicy Mixer to finish it off.
