Memes / Pretty Cure

Who says a Long Runner franchise like Pretty Cure couldn't be a Fountain of Memes?

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• The meme. [[labelnote: Explanation]]The explanation behind the meme, if necessary.[[/labelnote]] ^ExplanationLike this.
  • Further mutations and successor memes, if any.

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Futari wa Pretty Cure/Futari wa Pretty Cure Max Heart

• "You should be able to solve this." ^ExplanationSaid by Nagisa and Honoka's teacher in the first episode about the math equation x-7=19+x. Despite Honoka correctly stating that it's unsolvable, the answer of the equation still sparks discussion whenever a screenshot of it is posted on forums, with people who don't have the context believing it must be an animation error.
• "Maybe I should eat her nail clippings (follow her example)..." "It's "drink", isn't it?" ^ExplanationIn the official English sub for episode 1, this exchange occurs between Nagisa and some of her friends. It's often joked about because of how bizarre the wording is, given that the sub didn't opt to localize to a familiar English idiom.
• Happy Honoka ^ExplanationEarly in the fandom, a user posted a Hanukkah image with "Happy Honoka" and a screenshot of Honoka from Futari wa. The next year followed up with Honoka from Max Heart, then her Expy Mai from Splash☆Star, and so on; it became a joke for old-guard fans, and later migrated to another series with a lead named Honoka.

Futari wa Pretty Cure Splash☆Star

• Photoshopping Mai's head on other seasons' school uniforms has become quite common. ^Explanation This began when a famous Japanese fanartist drew images of Mai wearing the school uniforms from Futari wa Pretty Cure and Yes! Pretty Cure 5, a series of which continues to this day.
• "I hate it when people are laughing and having fun." ^ExplanationA quote of Dorodoron meant to establish him as a Card-Carrying Villain, now a stock response to "Stop Having Fun" Guys.

Yes! Pretty Cure 5/Yes! Pretty Cure 5 Go Go!

• Karen acting like a Karen. ^ExplanationDue to the constantly evolving internet lingo, Karen Minazuki retroactively had her first name become part of the Unfortunate Names club due to "Karen" being used as an insult for entitled housewives or mothers. As a result, people made jokes about Cure Aqua acting like an Entitled Bastard or her taking the fairies.
• The Worst One, Apparently. ^ExplanationYes! Pretty Cure 5 GoGo has gotten the status of being a Presumed Flop, mostly due to its lack of viewership and how Fresh would immediately turn things around for the better of the franchise.
• The title lied to us. ^ExplanationWhen Milk/Kurumi joined the team as Milky Rose in GoGo!, many made jokes about how the show's name quickly became an Artifact Title due to there being 6 members as opposed to 5.

Fresh Pretty Cure!

• "The Fourth Pretty Cure is You!" ^ExplanationThe title of episode 21 is copypasted over shots of different characters, most of the time even from other shows.
• Precure Boobs of Steel ^ExplanationDue to Artistic Age and how the Precures in this season are drawn with slightly bigger bust (it is not that much), it becomes a fandom Running Gag to draw every other Precures suffering A-Cup Angst against the Fresh Precures, with the latter possibly suffering D-Cup Distress to justify. This fanart pretty much sums it up.
• Cure Pine Waving ^Explanation4chan threads will generally have an image of Cure Pine waving, which is generally responded with other Cures waving back

HeartCatch Pretty Cure!

• Tsubomi's “Gag Boobs” ^ExplanationThe mascots hiding in Tsubomi's shirt to give a Buxom Beauty Standard impression in the premiere has been the butt of jokes in the Curedom.
• "Sugoi koto o yatte shimatta!/We have truly done something incredible!" ^ExplanationThe iconic "doya-gao"/"showing-off face" that Erika made, which is 無限顔 in Kanji, in the final episode of Heartcatch has been fanart fodder.
• “It sure is French here.” ^ExplanationIn the girls’ first scene in the movie, Itsuki comments about their surroundings. One fansub decided to translate her line as “It sure is French here,” turning her into a Captain Obvious as she stands in Paris.
• The famous "Blossom Butt Punch" scene. ^ExplanationIn episode six, Cure Blossom performs the first instance of Ass Kicks You in an episode (Cures Black and White did this in the credits of the first season). Even though it's only also appeared in episodes 16 and 30 (and that one's with Marine), it's become notable enough to receive quite a bit of fanart on sites like Pixiv, and several more appearances outside this show. Namely, in Hugtto episode 37, the All Stars Memories film, and in the Tropical Rouge movie (first with Cure Summer, and THEN taken up to eleven immediately after with EVERYONE forming a circle around the mooks. Yep. All four Heartcatch Cures, and all five Tropical Rouge Cures).
• “Well, everyone loves Yuri!” ^ExplanationA line said by Erika that is meant to be in context of why people want to be friends with Yuri Tsukikage. But due to her only using Yuri's first name, it instead comes across as Erika justifying why Girl on Girl Is Hot or how Yuri Lowenthal is able to land so many roles across different media entries.

Suite Pretty Cure♪

• "Meanwhile, Siren gets hit by a car…" ^ExplanationIt is a phrase from the episode 10 synopsis. After she gets hit, Ouji rescues her, Siren falls in love with him and Hilarity Ensues.
• What colour is Rhythm, anyway? ^ExplanationThe original reveal of Suite's leading duo touted that both of them were pink, but it only took a few months for All Stars DX 3 to reclassify Cure Melody as the only pink that year whereas Cure Rhythm was sent off with the blue Cures, likely because she has a similar role to Cure White and Cure Egret who were also part of that group. Since then, merchandise releases, official art books, and the now-defunct puzzle app game have classified Kanade as yellow, white, and once or twice even shoved her in with the red or purple cures, despite neither of those colours being in her design.

Smile Pretty Cure!/Glitter Force

• Miyuki's face. ^ExplanationThe bizarre shot of Miyuki's face from below in episode 13 after she finds out about her bad fortune is also worthy of mention.
• 8:40. ^ExplanationViewers began to notice that Nao/Reika Ship Tease often takes place around the 8:40 mark◊, leading shippers to keep watch around that timestamp. "8:40" later became the Nao/Reika ship name in a fandom that usually avoids Idiosyncratic Ship Naming.
• March's hair ^ExplanationCure March feeling up her poofy twintails with an accompanying "squish squish" sound has become a minor meme — there's even a specific tag for it on Pixiv.
• Yayoi is the subject of two more memes: the "Passing-Through Superhero" meme, involving her being a Tokusatsu fangirl based on her canon superhero otaku tendencies, and the Kise siblings meme, which involves her being paired with Ryouta Kise due to them sharing last names and hair colors.
• POOF POOF GLITTER BOOTS! ^ExplanationIn the Glitter Force dub, Saban decided to do a Talking Is a Free Action during the Transformation Sequence and this bit tends to stick out with a few.
• Adding Kaiji Itou to various episodes is a fairly common sight, mainly for the Rule of Funny of the gritty Kaiji getting involved with the Cures' antics.
• Dangerous piece cure ^ExplanationA video of Cure Peace and her transformation catchphrase being a remixed music video set to Fight Against An Armed Boss became popular in recent years on sites like Tik Tok with the other Smile members getting their own versions.

DokiDoki! Pretty Cure/Glitter Force Doki Doki

• #OnduruPreCure. ^explanationA well-known tag on Pixiv regarding various fanarts between this series and Kamen Rider Blade.
• Rikka dancing ^ExplanationAt one point, during the ending Dancing Theme, the camera focuses on Rikka/Cure Diamond during a rather... silly-looking part of the ending choreography. Many people erroneously take that as a sign that she just can't dance, despite the fact that when the camera focuses on Alice/Cure Rosetta, it isn't much better. Note that Glitter Diamond's solo dance shots were all cut out from the Glitter Force version of the ED, because the Pretty Cure logo was in the way.
• "My sweet heart", as said by Joe. ^explanationJoe says this upon witnessing Mana transforming into Cure Heart for the first time at the end of episode one.
• Cure Batman/Cure Money ^explanationAlice is already drawing comparisons to Batman, what with being a rich "superhero" with a skilled butler.
• Even since her debut, Makoto Kenzaki/Cure Sword herself became a Fountain of Memes. To wit:
  • Makotonigiri.^explanationA scene in episode 22 depicts Makoto eating an onigiri with a somewhat funny expression. Japanese Image Boards then began to edit this scene to ridiculous extent. Then the meme was brought to Global Image Boards and the rest is history.
  • A common meme associated with Makoto is the comparison between her and Kazuma Kenzaki, right down to their motif, leading to a huge number of crossover art between the two.
• Mana's poorly-sung lullaby.^ExplanationA scene in episode 8 where Mana tries to sing Ai-chan a lullaby, with disasterous results.
• Just Mana.^ExplanationA joke regarding Doki Doki Literature Club! and DokiDoki Pretty Cure sharing the same prefix name as well as to riff on both Mana's Spotlight-Stealing Squad tendencies and how everyone becomes enamored with her in some fashion.
• Squidward The Movie Boss^{Explanation (Spoilers)}The main villain of the season's solo movie is not Marsh like the film would have you believe, but a random clarinet that he used throughout the film. Due to the left-fielded nature of this reveal, people have joked that Marsh was possessed by Squidward's spirit, due to him also being associated with a clarinet.

HappinessCharge Pretty Cure!

• Even before the season's official premiere, HappinessCharge Pretty Cure! spawned a few memes, like the friendship rock and Hime's actual full name.
• Cure Roughly ^ExplanationDespite her name, Cure Lovely can be quite savage with her attacks (See the Grievous Harm with a Body entry for more information). That gave her in the Japanese Fandom a similar reputation like a certain White Devil.
• Cure Honey's song is brainwashing. ^ExplanationYuko's song about rice had become an Ear Worm for the other students who witnessed her sing it such that a couple of them sing it non-stop, causing Hime to get annoyed by it. This caused some fans to joke that Yuiko's song is capable of brainwashing people into singing it.
• Pervert Blue ^ExplanationThis one has been sweeping Pixiv fan art since he can canonically use his mirrors to see everything the girls are doing...
• Pushing back against the love ban ^ExplanationThere's a lot of artwork of older Cures telling Blue to shove it over his rule of "Precure falling in love is forbidden," often especially involving the Yes! Pretty Cure 5 cast, many of whom are canonically in relationships. This also led to jokes about Blue seducing the guys himself to keep them away from the girls.
• Cure Unlovely ^ExplanationJudging by the storm of fan art that followed episode 30, Phantom in his "Cure Unlovely" guise is now the Precure fandom's equivalent of Bridget.
• Chibi Cure Fortune's hilariously flat expression in episode title cards caused many Japanese forums to use "Look at the bottom right!" in reference to Fortune and Happiness Charge in general.
• Cure Peace's anniversary message. ^ExplanationBeing that Cure Peace is the most popular character of the franchise, the fans went nuts when she got her chance to do this message.
• "The Super Sentai always pose at this place!" ^ExplanationIn episode 24, the Pretty Cure are training at the beach and decide to pose by a fountain. When Ribbon questions this, Glassun responds with this quote. Since most fans were surprised to hear her reference Super Sentai, there were many posts on Twitter and Tumblr with a shocked reaction picture following a screencap of Glassun saying the quote.
• “Do horses still exist?” ^ExplanationIn the season’s standalone movie, there’s a moment where Hime has an Imagine Spot about being swept off her feet by a prince. Seiji’s response is to question the necessity of the horse in her fantasy, but due to some mistranslation, a fansub had him ask if horses still exist.

Go! Princess Pretty Cure

• Reconguista in P. ^ExplanationAfter the main voice actress in this series was revealed to be Yu Shimamura, the same voice of Aida, various artists have created fan-arts mixing the scenes from the ending theme and characters from this series and the previous one, too...to make a Tag called Reconguista in P.
• "Please do prepare yourself/Okakugo wa yoroshikutte"! ^ExplanationThe Precures' Pre Ass Kicking One Liner and its pose has received quite a bit of fanart variants, and having a tag in booru sites.
• Towa and Kanata’s home becomes a toy. ^ExplanationThe Hope Kingdom castle turns into the weapon used to initiate the Cures' new finisher in Episode 30. Fans were quick to make jokes about it. Gets even funnier when this was brought up in Episode 35, where Aroma and Puff show the weapon/toy to bring Kanata's memories back. He only gets more confused.
• Kanata is the fifth Precure.^ExplanationNot only is Kanata a prominent character, he's able to fight and prove himself useful, and his Prince form is reminiscent to that of the Cures', from its colors to how it's summoned. It doesn't help that his voice actor also joked about it in an interview, causing many people to call him "Cure Kanata".
  • Gokigenyou ^ExplanationThe Share Phrase "Gokigenyou" ("Good day") has got a lot of meme attention. For the record, the Cures always say it at the end of their attacks.

Maho Girls Pretty Cure!

• Santa Benigyo ^ExplanationIn 46, Those Two Guys imagine Benigyo as Santa, which infuriates her and cements her Moral Event Horizon by firing thunder at them. It’s attracted a lot of fan art.
• Cure Mofurun is illegal.^ExplanationDue to copyright issues regarding the Maho Girls movie, Mofurun’s transformation into a Cure from said movie is prohibited from appearing in any other Pretty Cure or Pretty Cure All Stars crossover media, which is why Cure Mofurun’s leg is the only part of her that is onscreen during episode 37 of HuGtto! Pretty Cure. It took until the 20th anniversary movie, All-Stars F, for this form to finally reappear.
• Mirai and Riko reunited at the perfect time.^ExplanationIn the early 2020's, Japan began rolling out sweeping reforms of its handling of lesbian couples, allowing them to 'marry' in civil partnerships, with some of the same legal standing as a full wedding. Many people assume the last episode is set in 2022-2023, around the same time those reforms passed.

KiraKira☆Pretty Cure á la Mode

• “Boom boom, I love pretty girls!” ^ExplanationThe second ending theme “Shubidubi☆Sweets Time” is famously one of the most catchy songs in all of Pretty Cure, and this particular line of Gratuitous English in the lyrics is often used as shorthand for it, as it appropriately conveys the Les Yay the whole franchise exudes.
• Noir had a motive?^{Explanation (Spoilers)}When his backstory was revealed, Noir went from a terrifying villain in his own right to an absolute joke, since his Freudian Excuse boils down to him being a Psychopathic Manchild who decided to be evil because one woman refused his offer to bake sweets for only him and no one else. It got to the point where many assume the only reason why the last few episodes got Hijacked by Elisio was because even Toei realized how dumb this was.

Hugtto! Pretty Cure

• “With your inner soul, shout as loud as you can!” ^ExplanationThe line from a scene in episode 15 has been used to express Emiru's freedom.
• “Ruru! Let’s become Pretty Cure together!” ^ExplanationIn episode 15, Emiru realizes that Ruru understands her and proposes this idea to her, leading to a fake ad for a show called Erutto! Pretty Cure appearing. Fans often quote this scene, calling it "the best scene in Pretty Cure ever". There's also tons of fanart of the fake Pretty Cure team that Emiru imagines.
• Erutto Pretty Cure. ^ExplanationThe scene at the end of episode 15 where Emiru tries to get Ruru to become a Pretty Cure has become this, with many fans quoting said scene and drawing fanart of the Erutto Pretty Cure team shown in this scene.
• “That’s okay! Boys can become princesses too!” ^ExplanationIn episode 19, Cure Yell says this to encourage Henri in episode 19 when he comments about wanting to dress like a girl. The quote resulted in a flood of fanart depicting him in the dress he wears during that scene, with Masato as his “prince”. The scene itself is also posted in discussions of gender roles in anime. Many major anime sites also reported on this scene
• Literal-Minded Cure Yell ^ExplanationWhen promotional material revealed that the pink heroine this season would be named Cure Yell, many fans were quick to draw humorous fan art of her living up to that namesake.
• Cure Infini. ^ExplanationRelated to the “boys can be princesses too” meme, there have been plenty of pictures that make light of him, with many similarly aspired boys from throughout the franchise either joining him in Cure endeavors or seething with jealousy over not having that character’s milestone.
• Sanpatsumae Hana ^ExplanationFanart has been made of Hana Nono’s face before her haircut in the beginning of the premiere.
• Hanakappa ^ExplanationFanart of Hana Nono as a Kappa in episode 9 existed for a while due to the episode being on the season 6 premiere of GeGeGe no Kitarō (which is about youkai like Kappa). It was later brought up in another ep several months later. It could also be a pun on the title of the long-running NHK anime Hanakappa.
• “Homare is the father.” ^ExplanationAfter the finale implied that George is Hana’s husband and the father of her baby Hagumi in the future, many fans dissatisfied with this for one reason or another (usually Squick at the relationship as a whole) collectively decided that Hana is actually married to Homare in the future, and Hagumi is their baby from Homosexual Reproduction somehow. Some might also propose that Hagumi was conceived via in vitro fertilization and Henri is the sperm donor, owing to their similar hair colors.
• "There is no such plant as a weed!" ^ExplanationCure Macherie's respose to George telling the girls that weeds bloom alongside flowers in episode 47. It has been the basis for a lot of fanart.
• "If you don't believe in the future, why do you always tell me you'll see me later?" ^ExplanationHana's last words to George before they part ways in episode 48. Like the above quote, it has spawned a lot of fanart.
• "Sukoshi damattete kudasaru?" ^ExplanationIn episode 14, Saaya says this phrase, which means "Will you shut up about it?", after Hana informs her that Seitarou, one of the babies in the daycare, was no longer interested in hearing Momotarō because of Saaya and Lulu's argument regarding the sounds they should make to imitate the demons in the story. Fans often claim this was the episode's funniest moment.
  • "12 seconds. Even less time than a baby!" ^ExplanationAt the end of episode 14, Lulu tries to see how long it would take Hana to fall asleep. This gag is also quoted frequently.

Star☆Twinkle Pretty Cure

• Cure Star Twinkle. ^ExplanationBecause the title of the show has the word “Twinkle” on it, jokes about Kirara/Cure Twinkle being involved in the show surfaced after the reveal that the show's going to be titled Star☆Twinkle. It’s especially fitting since Cure Twinkle has star-themed powers, and stars are part of this anime's overall theme.
• Cure Milky Rose. ^ExplanationThe similarity of Cure Milky's name to Milky Rose has led to more than a few jokes about the two facing off or being confused for one another, much like we got during Heartcatch with Cure Blossom and Cure Bloom.
• This reaction image of Cure Cosmo from episode 21. ^Explanation This is Cure Cosmo's reaction when Aiwarn steals her rocket, and is a common picture to use of her.
• Kamen Rider Fuwa ^ExplanationFuwa’s name happens to be a homophone for the surname of Kamen Rider Zero-One’s secondary rider Kamen Rider Vulcan, leading to the two of them being put together in fanart, especially since the two shows air together and Vulcan’s first transformation happened on the same day as Fuwa’s unicorn transformation. Vulcan’s actor, Ryutaro Okada, has referenced this fact several times in videos on his YouTube channel.
• Hikaru getting mad while a typhoon banner is shown. ^Explanation Episode 36 has a scene where Hikaru gets mad at Yuni because she wishes to become a phantom thief again. This particular episode aired while Typhoon Hagibis was making its way through Japan, so a typhoon banner framed the whole episode. Fans were quick to note the coincidence.
• Star☆Twinkle Crimes ^ExplanationIt has not escaped fans’ notice that the Cures frequently find themselves at odds with the law. Their “crimes” include harboring illegal aliens from the government, scamming the space auction, and being accomplices to Blue Cat’s robberies. And then there’s how often they conflict with the Space Police, including getting arrested in Miracle Universe, Lala having a warrant for her arrest when they visit her home planet, and Mary Ann chasing Yuni in The Movie and its tie-in episode, the last of which has the Cures pretending to be a crime family in the space mafia.
• “The Star Princesses were the true villains all along!” ^Explanation Episode 47 has a plot where the Star Princesses tell Fuwa to sacrifice her life to save them from the Big Bad. This has resulted in fans claiming that they were actually the Big Bads of this particular incarnation of the franchise.
  • "Ophiuchus did nothing wrong." ^Explanation A derivative of the above once Ophiuchus' backstory was revealed. While some believe she could've handled the situation less aggressively, many agreed that the Star Princesses aren't all that better, having no contigency plan in case things go awry with giving mortals the power of Imagination aside of giving some of their power in the form of Pretty Cure transformations and bet on chance that it's given to righteous hearts, as well as never recognizing the consequences of their actions nor getting called out for it. To say nothing of the above plan to sacrifice Fuwa as their Godzilla Threshold.
• Shredded Hikaru ^ExplanationAfter the finale aired, much fanart of its "Where Are They Now?" Epilogue depicted Hikaru as having a Heroic Build and extremely well-toned body. The likely reasoning behind this is that Hikaru is expected to be quite fit and athletic given that she had to train to be an astronaut.
• Stinkle ^Explanationthe Port Manteau of Star Twinkle jokingly used to describe the season.

Healin’ Good♡Pretty Cure

• Puella Magi Nodoka Magica/“Make a contract with me and become a Precure!” ^ExplanationWhen Aoi "Madoka" Yuuki was announced in the lead role, this was inevitable and also caused Pixiv to create a tag catering those crossover arts featuring them. Lesser to those, in regards of voice actor jokes, may include "Nodoka-san DAISHOURI!!"
• Ex-Aid Pretty Cure^Explanation This season’s doctor/veterinarian motif made it prime for crossover fanart with the video game medical drama installment in Pretty Cure’s brother franchise, Kamen Rider Ex-Aid. This saw further use when it was revealed that Daruizen is Nodoka’s Enemy Without and the personification of the virus that ailed her in childhood, similar to Parado’s relationship with Emu.
• It's common to see people make their own element sprites, usually ones that are ridiculous in nature, to spoof the ones the girls have to save on the show.
• Hinata making sea animal puns. ^ExplanationWhen Chiyu accidentally laughs when seeing bubbles in episode 5, Hinata tries to make sure she stays happy by saying several sea animal puns. Images from this sequence are very common to see on social media.
• Hinata holding a smartphone. ^ExplanationIn the eighth episode, Hinata shows the girls the time on her phone when she worries they will be out too late exercising and miss their first class. It's common for people to put other images on the phone's screen.
• "I'd really love a new smartphone!" ^Explanation Hinata says this when competing in a contest to win Sugioyama buns in the town festival. It's common to see the image of her screaming into the microphone and saying this on social media sites.

Tropical-Rouge! Pretty Cure

• Cure JoJo Siwa ^ExplanationWhen Cure Summer was revealed, many fans started joking that her long blonde side ponytail and colorful outfit made her look like singer and YouTube personality JoJo Siwa.
• Yuni eating Laura ^ExplanationWhen Laura's status as a mermaid was leaked, there was a small art trend of Yuni, who is a cat, preparing to consume the forbidden fish.
• Girlboss Laura ^ExplanationMany found amusement in the unexpected Jerk with a Heart of Gold characterization of Laura and how the “jerk” part goes even further than Milk’s with things like saying humans are sacrificial pawns to her ambition of becoming queen. Laura’s borderline Token Evil Teammate reputation was quickly associated with the “Gaslight Gatekeep Girlboss” meme.
  • Monopoly Mermaid Monday^ExplanationAfter two episodes aired, this AMV was posted, an edit of "Money Game, Part 2" by Ren (with one of the lyrics modified to "precure") over footage of Laura, fitting her unscrupulous nature.
    • Monopoly Mermaid Monday eventually spiraled into people posting videos for every day of the week with Added Alliterative Appeal, such as Silly Sea Sunday (which shows a video of a plush toy Laura), Tiny Tuna Tuesday (which shows a stage show version of Manatsu holding a small plush toy of Laura) and Munchy Manatsu Monday (which shows Manatsu biting Asuka's arm). When episode 17 rolled around and Laura became Cure La Mer, also becoming human as a result, the meme's original creator announced the start of Water Warrior Wednesday.
• "Manatsu is a Joestar!" ^ExplanationWith the announcement of the Stone Ocean anime adaptation and its reveal that Fairouz Ai, who voices Manatsu in Tropical-Rouge!, will be voicing Jolyne in the anime, many jokes came about as a result.
• Kururun: The most useless fairy in the franchise/haha. seaL◊ ^ExplanationCompared to every other fairy in the franchise's history, Kururun has no magical powers or hidden potential to speak of aside from being able to interact with the Mermaid Aqua Pot just like Laura can, leading viewers to joke about how useless the seal is. Despite this, Kururun's Perpetual Smiler nature and genuinely adorable personality still allows them to have quite the fanbase, with many noting that they are popular precisely because the show does not artificially designate them a Living MacGuffin plot device and instead embraces that Kururun’s only purpose is to be a cute mascot.
• Nobody notices Laura hopping ^ExplanationLaura, before getting her legs, goes about on land by disguising herself convincingly with a skirt. However, there is of course the issue that as a mermaid, Laura cannot walk and has to get around by hopping around everywhere, which is treated as an Unusually Uninteresting Sight by human characters who never seem to question why she moves this way.
• Laura holding the Aqua Pot◊.^Explanation In episode 20, Laura looks into the Aqua Pot with a shocked expression, seeing that she ate Manatsu’s premium melon bread. It’s common for the image on the Aqua Pot’s screen to be replaced with a different image.
• Rolling Papaya^ExplanationIn episode 25, Cure Papaya ends up rolling around like a ball, dust being kicked up. Not only did this start up a flurry of Sonic the Hedgehog memes, but one frame looks like Papaya's crying, giving it equal memeing material.
• ManatSUS^ExplanationManatsu's sleeping bag in the final two episodes has drawn comparisons to the Crewmate's design in Among Us.
• Sangoku Day^ExplanationSango's official birthdate is May 9th, which is also the same day as Goku Day. As a result, jokes have popped up due to Sango sounding like Son Goku.
• Summer + La Mer = Iono ^ExplanationBesides having the same voice as the former (not in-game, but through a trailer introducing her), her hair has a very similar color scheme to the latter. This has brought up a few memes and art crossovers (generally with La Mer). Some have even joked that she's the daughter between the two.

Delicious Party♡Pretty Cure

• "Where’s the information?!"^ExplanationUsually before the final episodes airs, information drops about the next series. However, up until the full reveal on January 8th 2022, less than a month before the season's premiere, no new information about this series had dropped outside of vague leaks, confusing the fandom.
• "Takumi is Sans."^ExplanationTakumi's blue hoodie and white shirt outfit in his official art quickly drew comparisons to the look of a certain skeleton.
• "HappinessCharge...2"!^ExplanationVarious aspects of the show have driven multiple comparisons to Happiness Charge, such as Ran being a yellow Cure who likes rice similarly to Yuko, and Takumi being a down-to-earth Childhood Friend to Yui like how Seiji was to Megumi.
• "Would you like a doughnut?"^ExplanationMultiple captions have been done of images of Yui and/or Kome-Kome with rice-balls as parodies of the 4Kids version of Pokémon: The Series which had Brock infamously refer to them as jelly-filled doughnuts.
• "Where's the Crunchyroll announcement?"^ExplanationUp until mere minutes of the Delicious Party premiere, there was absolutely no word from Crunchyroll regarding subbing the season. Combined with the fact that Yui's post-credit scene and baton pass were absent from Tropical Rouge's last episode, many people assumed that Toei revoked the license and that they'd have to resort to fansubs. Memes about Crunchyroll being blunt on not having any Pretty Cure seasons in the future spawned from this.
• "My grandmother said..."^ExplanationYui's penchant of quoting her grandmother's wise words brings to mind Souji Tendo, the titular Kamen Rider Kabuto, who's also well-known for that habit. Naturally, several fan arts were spawned from this on Pixiv under this tag, which in itself is a parody of an already existing tag for Tendou/Kabuto related arts.
• "It's not Kokone Fuwa, It's Gordon Ramsay!" ^ExplanationKokone shares some little known traits with the infamous restauranter, like a shared love of dogs, leading some fans to say they're the same person.
• Cure Yum-Yum doesn't exist.^ExplanationTwo weeks prior to Ran's supposed premiere as Cure Yum-Yum, Toei Animation had an incident where an employee accidentally downloaded ransomware software onto the servers that also affected Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero, One Piece, Digimon Ghost Game and Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai. The hacking attack seemingly affected Delicious Party more as not only did episode 4 reair, but the rest of March and the first weekend of April would have them air HuGtto! Pretty Cure's movie in three parts. This lead to fans joking that Ran will "never" turn into Cure Yum-Yum or that Yum-Yum doesn't exist.
  • Yum-Yum erasure.^ExplanationWhen one of the 20th Anniversary posters was revealed, fans noticed an error where Cure Finale was pasted twice with Cure Yum-Yum being nowhere in sight, bringing up jokes that Toei is trying to make people forget that Yum-Yum existed.
• "I didn't expect a third Pretty Cure..." ^ExplanationA line said by Gentlu in the seventh episode, which has become memetic due to the leaks stating that she is the fourth Pretty Cure for this season, meaning the line has multiple fans quipping about her link to Cure Finale in response...
• "NO TOEI ANIMATION DON'T TURN ME INTO A MARKETABLE PLUSHIE" ^ExplanationWhile this line can be applied to any Precure with a Fluffy Cure Friends plush, it becomes doubly funny once The Movie's trailer shows Rosemary having a Forced Transformation into a plushie... as a plot point.
• Deliciousmile.^ExplanationYui's catchphrase that she says whenever she eats something delicious, is used by fans to describe either their favorite foods, or, humorously, cursed foods that border on inedible.
• ARE THEY STILL IN THE DELICIOUS FIELD?^ExplanationEvery battle in the season takes place in a Pocket Dimension called the Delicious Field, with the In-Universe explanation being so that they can prevent any casualties during the Cures' signature fights. The problem is said field is a mostly uninspired desert with few in the way of actual references to the Ubauzo they fight and the Recepippi held hostage, making every encounter have little variety in between each other as a result. Many fans have joked that Toei doubled down on the Delicious Field just so they can save enough money for Hirogaru Sky's animation.

Hirogaru Sky! Pretty Cure

• Mecha Precure^ExplanationThe name Cure Wing hasn't gone unnoticed by Gundam fans given the series title has Hiro in it. To add to the joke, we have Isekai Princess who's named Eru who ends up in a world where the enemies are mecha. Cure Wing's back skirt resembles Getter Dragon's Getter Wing. The first mecha enemy even bears a resemblance to Getter 3.
  • Tsubasa believes in Getter!^ExplanationFurthering the joke, Tsubasa's Sky Attack is visually similar to Getter Robo G's Shine Spark attack.
• Sonic the Hedgehog The Precure^ExplanationSora shares more than a few design cues with Sonic, including being a ridiculously good athlete who uses parkour heavily. What doesn't help is that Mashiro gains pink hair when she transforms, Tsubasa shares a lot of design cues with Tails, including his fondness for flight and orange coloration, and Ageha's favourite greeting for Sora early on is to glomp her. Elle even adds elements of Blaze The Cat, in being a purple-themed hime-type, and finally the Undergu Empress adds Shadow, being black and red themed, and she is also being manipulated by the true Big Bad.
• Ben 10 Precure^ExplanationThe moment Cure Sky's catchphrase was revealed to be "It's hero time!", the exact same catchphrase used in Ben 10, joking comparisons between the two otherwise unrelated franchises ran rampant, although both series use different ways to say the phrase.
• Rabirin became a real girl! ^ExplanationWith the news that Ai Kakuma would voice Cure Prism, many quickly noted that she was Rabarin and began to joke that she either became human or a real Cure. Can also be considered as Hilarious in Hindsight as one scrapped episode for Healin' Good involved Rabirin and the other Healing Animals each receiving their own human forms.
• Normal Cure Prism^ExplanationHirogaru Sky! breaks a lot of old trends. Cure Sky is both the first lead Cure to have blue for her theme color and the first lead Cure to not be from Earth, Cure Wing is the first male Cure since Henri's temporary transformation into Cure Infini, and Cure Butterfly, at 18, is the first adult Cure to be part of the main team (technically that's Cure Earth but she was born as an adult). This leaves Cure Prism as the odd one out of the team, as she's the only Cure to not be making any firsts for the franchise. While it's later Subverted due to leaked content reveals that Mashiro's grandmother is from Sky Land, thus makes her inherit the gene, the joke is still there.
  • Pretty Cure in Ohio^ExplanationDue to everyone in the main team being a first in the franchise or having a shocking plot twist associated with them, they were associated with the "weird things happen in Ohio" meme.
• Cure Butterfly does her taxes. ^ExplanationAfter it was revealed Cure Butterfly would be a young adult in her first year of university, fans jumped on the joke.
  • Cure Butterfly crimes. ^ExplanationA derivative of the above, where Cure Butterfly commits some form of felony and gets punished for it like any other adult would.
  • Cure Butterfly Driving Simulator ^ExplanationThe opening theme showcases Sky and Prism riding in a large Hummer-like vehicle with the driver obscured and a decal signifying a learning driver. Many fans believe this is Cure Butterfly driving and equally tease with this joke. A spinoff meme of this is drawing Butterfly with another Cure (the most common is Summer due to the shared VA) making the same faces as Power and Kobeni when running over someone in Kobeni’s car.
• Cure Wing's volleyball/Hinata becomes a Cure. ^ExplanationSimilar to the Kise sibling meme (see Smile's folder), even before his debut, many edits with Wing's head being edited in images of Shouyo Hinata from Haikyuu!! and vice versa have been all around the internet, as both are voiced by the same person, has orange hair and a flight motif.
• So this is where Delicious Party's budget went ^ExplanationAfter the considerably impressive first episode, a lot of jokes were made that more effort was put on this season (considering it's an anniversary season) than the previous one.
• The only sane/morally upstanding Super Hero Time member. ^ExplanationPretty Cure is often grouped with Kamen Rider and Super Sentai, Toei's two Toku Henshin Hero series. As the youngest franchise, fans like to depict the Cures as seeing the Riders and Sentai as their seniors. The only problem for Cure Sky is that her seniors at the start of Hirogaru 's run were Kamen Rider Geats and Don Momotaro, the last types of characters she should be looking up to. It doesn't help that when Kuwagata Ohger comes along, he begins his series inciting rebellion... (sure he had a good reason to, but still). Needless to say, fans were relieved that Gotchard is a relatively normal, relatively heroic figure.
• JUST KISS HER ALREADY!^ExplanationFrom practically the second episode, Sora can't help but say and do things involving Mashiro that have lesbian undertones to the point that the fans who ship them together are just waiting for her to kiss Mashiro and get it over with.
• Borb^ExplanationEveryone became instantly enamored with Tsubasa when shots of him first appeared in the show, with many people embracing him with the Affectionate Nickname
  • Peep^ExplanationAnother Affectionate Nickname for Tsubasa, named so after the marshmallow treat that his bird form happens to look like
• Cure Butterfly doing Wonderhoy ^ExplanationDuring Cure Butterfly's debut in episode 18, the viewers have misheard of the word "Wonderhoy" instead of "wonderful" during her introduction, leading to a Brick Joke about Ageha doing the Wonderhoy pose.
• Alas, Cure Sky's Wild Card Arc has begun. ^{Explanation (spoilers for episode 22)}Sora/Sky has been compared to Kunigami from Blue Lock multiple times, as both anime air roughly at the same time, both characters want to be a hero in their own way, chilvaric, has morals and have innate talent in sports. Kunigami has to make a Sadistic Choice but fails, then becomes one of the few candidates selected for the Wild Card competition in order to stay in the program, but as a result he abandons his desire to become a hero; something Sora also experiences in episode 22, making her unable to transform. And the connection is further implied after it's confirmed that Kunigami watches Pretty Cure with his younger sister in a spin-off novel.
  • Wild Card Cure Sky is real ^{Explanation (spoilers for episode 48)}Sora/Sky is corrupted by Darkhead and his sheer level of Undergu energy and having a One-Winged Angel form, which many point out with comparison.
• The Mirror Pad ^ExplanationIn the ending credits there's a scene with a character in the franchise transforming as part of an "All Stars" Shout-Out. Fans have taken that scene and used to show whatever Cures they want, fanmade characters, and even characters that aren't even part of the Precure franchise.
  • Nodoka Doing the Finger ^ExplanationCure Grace was the featured cameo in the eighth episode's credits. However, during the Sky Mirror sequence, it was cropped so it looked like Nodoka was flipping the viewer off instead (where she's actually holding an elemental bottle with her middle and index finger)
• Where’s Cure Peach?! ^ExplanationEpisode 23’s cameo Cure was inexplicably Cure Dream rather than Cure Peach, which confused fans, a few suggesting Toei hates Peach for some reason. Turns out, they were just saving her for the episode involing the real Peach Airline.
• Precure/Grand Carnival ^ExplanationThe Fate/Grand Order jokes wrote themselves the moment Akira Sekine, who voices the female Ritsuka Fujimaru in Grand Carnival, was cast as Sora/Cure Sky. It also helps that Mash's VA Rie Takahashi also voices Cure Miracle, and Sora's teammates Mashiro and Tsubasa, as well as Ellee, are also in Grand Order as Kiichi Hogen, Setanta and Kriemhild respectively. However, the Hirogaru Sky cast isn't fully in Grand Order as Ageha's VA Ayaka Nanase isn't cast there yet so Oberon (who shares butterfly motifs with her) is brought in as the Closest Thing We Got.
  • Project SEKAI: Precure Stage ^ExplanationSame thing to this meme above, the Project SEKAI jokes have been more serene. Such as Rina Honnizumi and Yui Ogura, both voiced as Minori Hanasato and Shizuku Hinomori from MORE MORE JUMP!, were cast as Saaya/Cure Ange and Homare/Cure Etolie respectively. That also includes Hina Kino, who voiced as Fuwa, is also in Project SEKAI as Emu Ootori.
• So this is where the Aikatsu! idols went! ^ExplanationSora and Ageha's designs are suspiciously similar to Aoi and Ran from Aikatsu respectively. Fans have joked that Regina making a cameo means that Soleil is reunited.
• Why are Tsubasa’s ships so cursed?^ExplanationIn the Japanese fanart scene, Tsubasa’s most popular pairings by far are with Ageha and Ellee, an abundance of which being depicted as romantic hits the Western fanbase hard with Values Dissonance since Tsubasa is 12 years old while Ageha is the Token Adult of the team and Ellee is not only a baby, Tsubasa’s effectively her babysitter. TsubaAge in particular seems to be an especially big hit with fans of "oneshota" content. When the title and synopsis of Episode 40 talked about Tsubasa and Ellee having a play wedding, a handful of fans got worried that the show might be trying to cater to those fanartists who unironically ship them.
• “Darkhead”? More like “Dickhead”! ^ExplanationEpisode 49 revealed that Darkhead, as simple Skearhead, had been the one behind the events of the series. Because of his reprehensible actions, a level of evil not seen since perhaps Joker, fans gave him this Fan Nickname in response.

Wonderful Pretty Cure!

• Casting jokes aimed at Mayu/Cure Lillian:
  • Cure Lillian as Honami ^ExplanationFollowing the Voice Actors' reveal in the stream, fans begins to start making jokes about Mayu as Honami. For example, Honami becoming a Precure or she is reincarnated as Mayu due to the same voice actress.
  • Mallow became a Precure for real: ^ExplanationUpon the announcement of Reina Ueda joining the cast as Mayu, fans realized that she also voiced Mallow from Pokémon the Series: Sun & Moon, who was cast in a Precure parody in the episode This Magik Moment, which means that as Cure Lillian, Mallow has become an actual Cure. For bonus points, both Cure Lillian and Mallow are the green-themed members of their respective groups.
• Resting Yuki Face ^ExplanationYuki has an unusually mellow face as her default expression, which combined with how the eyes are drawn, makes it appears that Yuki is either silently judging you, is actually a Bitch in Sheep's Clothing, or high. Sometimes, all three.
• Animal abuse ^ExplanationAs a lot of the online Precure fans tend to be older and skew heavily on enjoying the action scenes, there has been major disdain on the chases and hugs instead of pummeling and energy attacks. Since the monsters this time are innocent animals, other fans have asked if this means they’re condoning animal abuse.
  • PETA Cure ^Explanation The lack of attacks of any kind and instead having the Cures stop the Garugaru by hugging them into submission has made viewers joke the reason for this is to avoid PETA getting on Toei's ass over accusations of encouraging animal abuse.
  • Did you enjoy Nyammy's debut fight?^ExplanationNyammy, in Episode 12, obliterates a Garugaru, giving it barely any chance to fight back and sending it flying, unaided, to where Iroha and Komugi are before continuing to give it a No-Holds-Barred Beatdown, with the kind of choreography that would not look out of place... in any other season. It's seen both as tragic and awesome in equal levels by the fandom, who are torn over if you can celebrate that the fights are back...
• Satoru's chair^ExplanationOn April 21, Toei released a phone background of one of the promotional pictures. However, many fans noticed that they forgot to give Satoru a chair and Toei quickly released an updated version to give him a chair. Jokes flew about this, from how he could sit without a chair or he was using the wall to brace himself.

Kibo no Chikara ~Otona Pretty Cure 23~

• Cure Dream Does Her Taxes ^ExplanationThe first teaser image of the series showcases Nozomi Yumehara as an adult. This has prompted a few fans to continue the taxes joke above, this time with the ever ditzy Pink Cure.
• Let them say the F-word ^ExplanationAs a joke, some people online wants to see the grown up Cures say the f-word at least once, particularly in Kurumi's case.
• Who is Saki married to?!^ExplanationWhen the first major trailer dropped, a few astute viewers noticed that Saki had a silver ring on her left hand, which suggests that Saki is married. However, they noticed Mai doesn't have one on her hand. This has infuriated the Saki/Mai shippers and they want to know who was the (un)lucky man who married Saki and demand their head for ruining the most iconic Les Yay pairing of the franchise.
• Why's Milk on Earth?^note Milk appears in Otona as Kurumi, seemingly having found a job on Earth for some reason. Fans immediately picked up on a scene where she's lying with her head in Karen's lap, suggesting a different Les Yay pairing has grown immensely since GoGo
• Pretty Cure went woke! ^ExplanationIn the first episode, Nozomi explains to her students about global warming and climate change. This pretty much pissed off the denialists since both stances are progressive in nature and denialists tend to look down on such things.
• Coco the Groomer ^ExplanationIf there is one major contention with this series, it's the use of Coco as certain fans, especially considering the "anti-shipper" community in Western fan spaces, absolutely hate the Nozomi/Coco ship due to it being an Age-Gap Romance that started as a Student/Teacher Romance when she was 14 in the original series. It doesn't help that Coco's age is ambiguous; fairies tend not to have set ages, but Coco's human form is meant to be both young enough to pass as a teen and old enough to pass as a teacher. However, what drove this hatred further is The Reveal in episode 6, which shows that, after he and Nozomi broke contact, he watched from a distance as Nozomi grew up to be a teacher and he couldn't bring himself to continue things because he was a king and she was a teacher. What was intended to have been a Star-Crossed Lovers moment instead was treated by those fans as something akin to a groomer abandoning their former young lover because they grew up.
• Nozomi Restraining Order/Divorce Speedrun ^{Explanation (MAJOR spoilers)}The finale drew out a lot of ire from the English fandom from the above entry, thus fans are hoping Nozomi’s marriage falls apart and she slaps a restraining order on Coco.
• Milk's coup^{Explanation (major spoilers)}Milk quits her job as assistant and, with Nuts's encouragement, takes charge to become prime minister of Palmier. Fans (mostly Americans) who don't know what a constitutional monarchy is, as well as the aforementioned Coco hatedom, often joke and sometimes legitimately believe that she is throwing a coup.

Pretty Cure All-Stars

• "Here lies Cure Echo's hopes and dreams" ^ExplanationThe exclusion of Cure Echo from All-Stars Memories has been a subject of controversy. Notably, one of the previews for All Stars F confirms Cure Echo is in it.
• The F means... ^ExplanationThe 20th Anniversary All-Stars movie is simply called Pretty Cure All-Stars F, with the announcement post even stating that the "F" stands for something. Cue people making jokes about Cure Finale being the main character of the movie, that the Cures will be fighting Frieza or they’ll be allowed to say the F-word.
• Rabirin and Mashiro finally meet! ^ExplanationOne of the memes already going on with Hirogaru Sky is how Rabirin is now a Cure. In the first trailer of All Stars F, Amane, Laura, Nodoka, the movie-exclusive character's fairy, Rabirin and Mashiro all are travelling together as a group.
• Cure Supreme ^ExplanationWith the announcement that All-Stars F would be getting an exclusive Movie Cure titled Cure Supreme, jokes regarding her and the clothing brand Supreme were seen as an inevitable outcome.
• Anya become a fairy ^ExplanationLike the Cure Supreme meme above, the fans are making a joke about Anya becoming a cute fairy following the movie exclusive character voices reveal.
• Pretty Cure: World of Light ^{Explanation (Spoiler Alert)}The premise of All Stars F involves a Light Is Not Good Big Bad wipes out nearly all the Cures and destroys the world, with few of them survives and goes to save everyone. This is very similar to Super Smash Bros. Ultimate's story mode where another light-themed villain eradicates everyone except for a certain pink blob, who goes there to save the world. Fans thought the title should've been called "Pretty Cure All Stars: World of Light" instead.
  • "Everyone Is Here!'' ^ExplanationRelated to the above, nearly every single supporting characters throughout the franchise, from Futari wa all the way to Hirogaru Sky (at least before the introduction the Empress and Cure Noble) appearing to cheer on the Pretty Cures, a lot of Smash Bros "Everyone is Here" jokes are bound to pop up.

Misc.

• "Konnichiwa-ko! Furutan dayo!" ^Explanation A frequently aired ad during the Hugtto! season by sponsor Furuta involved a costumed character of a Cure Whip-looking idol named Furutan, who sang a song that was a sound-alike of "Hugtto Pretty Cure, Mirai Dreamer" (which was later changed) about nama chocolate. It first appeared on episode 30, and fans would always point out its appearances. Some people even made crossover art of her as a Pretty Cure.
• Toei hates green. ^ExplanationGreen Cures have been largely avoided by the franchise, after Cure Mint and Cure March had lower toy sales (Mint likely due to having less character focus, while March falls victim to the "Applejack problem" in which two tomboys in a girly show, no matter how differentiated or well-developed their characters may be, split the audience and one gets most of the sales). Since then, there's only been Cure Rosetta (a yellow cure with green accents) and Cure Felice (whom cynical fans refer to as a spoonful of pink to help the green go down). Kira Kira hinted that the mid-season Cure would be green again, getting fans excited for something new... only for Cure Parfait to be a rainbow Cure despite having a green magic colour, though Toei occasionally groups her with the other green Cures. Cure Milky seems to have found a middle-ground as a turquoise Cure, but the jury's out on if that counts as green. Even Tropical-Rouge! avoided green despite it being one of the colours in the Pretty Holic merchandise tie-in (and the only one that wasn't represented in the team); we eventually see a green Cure as this season's precursor Cure who gives them a powerup.
  • With the older-skewing spinoffs so far incorporating green Cures (Cure Mint and Cure Felice returning, and Dancing Star introducing Cure Kaguya), it seems Toei might not completely hate green, or at least they think adults will like it more than kids.
• PreCure Soul Gems^{Explaination (Major spoilers for Puella Magi Madoka Magica)}Among the items sold at the Precure 20th Anniversary Exhibition store (more specifically, the Osaka run) are ornaments in the shape of perfume bottles that come in the 8 colors the Precure have been in so far; black, white, red, yellow, green, blue, purple and of course pink. However, the shape of the ornaments just so happens to resemble a Soul Gem so a number of Twitter users have been joking about being worried that the Cures somehow made contracts with Kyubey and have sold their souls away to someday become Witches/whatever equivalent that might be the unholy end result of a Precure going off the deep end. A number were specifically made towards Nodoka because as stated in Healin' Good's folder, she should know all too well what happens when you accept Kyubey's offer.
• IT SAYS FUCK!^ExplanationDancing Star Pretty Cure got a lot of western attention when those who watched the play revealed that the main villain drops a Precision F-Strike in clear English, shocking many fans due Pretty Cure being a family-friendly franchise.

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