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* CostumeTestMontage: Happens in the very first episode, since Xiao Lan asks the Mei sisters to agree on a convincing human disguise for her. She goes through a few outrageous suggestions before settling on a simple and fashionable babysitter.
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* TheDragon: Lili in the first season.
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* SixthRanger: We had Xiao Qian who joined the team for the second season only and in the later seasons we had Princess Beibei who became a permanent member of the cast.
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* SixthRanger: We had Xiao Qian who joined the team for the second season only only, and Princess Beibei played this role in the later seasons we had Princess Beibei who became a permanent member of before permanently joining the cast. main cast.
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* MagicalIncantation: At least in the first series, all magic was prefaced by posing and saying "Balala!" before commanding the desired technique.
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* PinkHeroine: Only in Over the Rainbow, where the team leader has pink as her theme color. Possibly subverted as she is treated as the red girl rather than pink, though her hair is still pink.
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* PinkHeroine: Only in Over ''Over the Rainbow, Rainbow'', where the team leader has pink as her theme color. Possibly subverted as she is treated as the red girl rather than pink, though her hair is still pink. For many seasons the team leader was the "yellow", Xiao Lan.
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Currently has seven seasons, five of which are animated. The first animated series featured a fourth main character, Xiao Qian/Sandy, who was replaced with Bei Bei/Emma in the second animated season. The live-action show consists of 52 episodes, first animated season has 36 episodes. And as of Over the Rainbow, they have gone the way of Pretty Cure and made a new set of girls every season, rather than reusing the same characters.
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Currently has seven seasons, five of which are animated. The first animated series featured a fourth main character, Xiao Qian/Sandy, who was replaced with Bei Bei/Emma in the second animated season. The live-action show consists of 52 episodes, first animated season has 36 episodes. And as of Over ''Over the Rainbow, Rainbow'', they have gone the way of Pretty Cure ''Pretty Cure'' and made a new set of girls every season, rather than reusing the same characters.
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* AllCGICartoon: The second ''Ocean Magic'' season is the first season of the show to be animated fully in CGI, compared to its 2D-animated predecessors.
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* BelligerentSexualTension: Youle and Xiao Lan show shades of this.
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Currently has seven seasons, four five of which are animated. The first animated series featured a fourth main character, Xiao Qian/Sandy, who was replaced with Bei Bei/Emma in the second animated season. The live-action show consists of 52 episodes, first animated season has 36 episodes. And as of Over the Rainbow, they have gone the way of Pretty Cure and made a new set of girls every season, rather than reusing the same characters.
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* BarelyChangedDubName: The characters' English names are Maggie (Meiqi in Chinese), Michelle (Meiqi), and Shirley (Xiao Lan).
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Currently has six seven seasons, four of which are animated. The first animated series featured a fourth main character, Xiao Qian/Sandy, who was replaced with Bei Bei/Emma in the second animated season. The live-action show consists of 52 episodes, first animated season has 36 episodes.
episodes. And as of Over the Rainbow, they have gone the way of Pretty Cure and made a new set of girls every season, rather than reusing the same characters.
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* ArtShift: Each animated season has a different art style.Unlike "Anime/PrettyCure", this affects even sequel seasons.
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* MineralMacGuffin: First animated season has a box with seven crystals. Two evil ones show up in the same season, but only OncePerEpisode each.
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** Though it is deconstructed early in the series. Many teachers and the sister see ads very problematic child who fails to learn anything in class. However, that’s because she learns so quickly in quickly in class that schools normally can’t keep up with her learning curve. She easily becomes bored since they never gave her any new content.
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* SiblingYinYang: Meiqi and Meixue. Meiqi is TheDitz and the lazy one while her sister Meixue is more diligent. This is even shown in their powers (i.e. one can only make plants bigger while the other can only make plants smaller).
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---> “You can everything by reading something just once!? [[TheDitz I can’t remember anything after reading it ten times!]]”
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* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: After Lili was reformed the Fairy Queen has set her up as a new member of the fairies, but she isn't seen or heard from again in the other series.
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* ChildProdigy: While Meixue is a decent student, Xiao Qian far surpasses her despite being 9 to 10. It surprises people in how a young girl lke her can attend middle school. Justified by how she’s the future Queen, so she’s destined to learn far faster than the others.
** Though it is deconstructed early in the series. Many teachers and the sister see ads very problematic child who fails to learn anything in class. However, that’s because she learns so quickly in quickly in class that schools normally can’t keep up with her learning curve. She easily becomes bored since they never gave her any new content.
* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: After Lili wasreformed reformed, the Fairy Queen has set her up as a new member of the fairies, but she isn't seen or heard from again in the other series.
** Though it is deconstructed early in the series. Many teachers and the sister see ads very problematic child who fails to learn anything in class. However, that’s because she learns so quickly in quickly in class that schools normally can’t keep up with her learning curve. She easily becomes bored since they never gave her any new content.
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---> “You can everything by reading something just once!? [[TheDitz I can’t remember anything after reading it ten times!]]”
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If you want to see China's version of the MagicalGirl genre, then you have ''Balala the Fairies'' (Simplified Chinese. 巴啦啦小魔仙). The first season of the series was a live-action show, which is common in China and not so for the genre. Most of the seasons are animated, however. It‘s much like their form of ''Anime/PrettyCure''.
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If you want to see China's version of the MagicalGirl genre, then you have ''Balala the Fairies'' (Simplified Chinese. Chinese: 巴啦啦小魔仙). The first season of the series was a live-action show, which is common in China and not so for the genre. Most of the seasons are animated, however. It‘s much like their form of ''Anime/PrettyCure''.
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If you want to see China's version of the MagicalGirl genre, then you have ''Balala the Fairies'' (Simplified Chinese. 巴啦啦小魔仙). Being a Live-action show, which is common in China and not so for the genre, it‘s much like their form of ''Anime/PrettyCure''.
Outside of the human world, there is a magical world where human fairies are capable of using magic, ruled by the powerful Fairy Queen. However, there's also the presence of dark magic, which is forbidden from study or use. Luna, a fairy imprisoned for such research, escapes from her cell and steals a PowerCrystal unguarded from the queen's throne room. Despite predicting such an incident would happen, the queen tries the fairy guardian of the stone Xiao Lan (Shirley/Sally in English) who was absent from her duties at the time. As punishment, she is sealed within a magical box and sent to the human world, not able to return until the stone is returned and Luna captured.
The magical box falls into the hands of two sisters, the underachiever Mei Qi/Maggie and the TeenGenius Mei Xue/Michelle, after it scares the owner of the shop where it was found. Xiao Lan emerges from the box and tells them of her mission, disguised as a babysitter so she can train the girls to become magic users themselves. But they encounter Lili, a jealous classmate who rivals the sisters and becomes the pupil of the BigBad in her campaign to cause havoc.
Currently has five seasons with four of them animated. The first animated series featuring a fourth main character, Xiao Qian. The live-action show consists of 52 episodes.
A series of films were also released, starting their release in January 2013.
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* BanOnMagic: Most specifically the dark kind in the fantasy world.
* BigBad: Luna and Evil Goddess Gunala in the first season.
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* ChefOfIron: As long as Xiao Lan uses her magic, she can cook up some very good recipes.
* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: After Lili was reformed the Fairy Queen has set her up as a new member of the fairies, but she isn't seen or heard from again in the other series.
* ColonyDrop: An attempt in the film.
* TheDragon: Lili in the first season.
* {{Expy}}: Xiao Lan's LoveInterest Prince Youle has parallels to [[Anime/SailorMoon Tuxedo Mask]], fit with a CoolMask and taking the bullet every now and then to her dismay.
%%* EvilFormerFriend: Luna to Xiao Lan.
* TheHighQueen: The Fairy Queen.
* JumpedAtTheCall: The sisters are frightened by the box and Xiao Lan's entrance, but are later more than eager to become her pupils.
* LethalChef: It's implied that without magic, Xiao Lan doesn't cook well. It has become a running gag in the live-action series whenever she has something in her mind. The girls' mother is also said to be a bad cook.
* MagicalGirlWarrior: A rare Chinese version.
* MagicalLand: Where the fairies come from.
* TheMasquerade: Xiao Lan disguises herself as a babysitter for the sisters.
* PestController: One of her abilities from researching dark magic, Luna used swarms of insects to break the seals protecting the PowerCrystal.
* SealedGoodInACan: Subverted. The fairy queen uses a music box to seal up Xiao Lan, but she's able to get out by her own will.
* SixthRanger: We had Xiao Qian who joined the team for the second season only and in the later seasons we had Princess Beibei who became a permanent member of the cast.
* TransformationTrinket: The butterfly-like stones.
Outside of the human world, there is a magical world where human fairies are capable of using magic, ruled by the powerful Fairy Queen. However, there's also the presence of dark magic, which is forbidden from study or use. Luna, a fairy imprisoned for such research, escapes from her cell and steals a PowerCrystal unguarded from the queen's throne room. Despite predicting such an incident would happen, the queen tries the fairy guardian of the stone Xiao Lan (Shirley/Sally in English) who was absent from her duties at the time. As punishment, she is sealed within a magical box and sent to the human world, not able to return until the stone is returned and Luna captured.
The magical box falls into the hands of two sisters, the underachiever Mei Qi/Maggie and the TeenGenius Mei Xue/Michelle, after it scares the owner of the shop where it was found. Xiao Lan emerges from the box and tells them of her mission, disguised as a babysitter so she can train the girls to become magic users themselves. But they encounter Lili, a jealous classmate who rivals the sisters and becomes the pupil of the BigBad in her campaign to cause havoc.
Currently has five seasons with four of them animated. The first animated series featuring a fourth main character, Xiao Qian. The live-action show consists of 52 episodes.
A series of films were also released, starting their release in January 2013.
!! Tropes include:
* BanOnMagic: Most specifically the dark kind in the fantasy world.
* BigBad: Luna and Evil Goddess Gunala in the first season.
%%* CallingYourAttacks
* ChefOfIron: As long as Xiao Lan uses her magic, she can cook up some very good recipes.
* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: After Lili was reformed the Fairy Queen has set her up as a new member of the fairies, but she isn't seen or heard from again in the other series.
* ColonyDrop: An attempt in the film.
* TheDragon: Lili in the first season.
* {{Expy}}: Xiao Lan's LoveInterest Prince Youle has parallels to [[Anime/SailorMoon Tuxedo Mask]], fit with a CoolMask and taking the bullet every now and then to her dismay.
%%* EvilFormerFriend: Luna to Xiao Lan.
* TheHighQueen: The Fairy Queen.
* JumpedAtTheCall: The sisters are frightened by the box and Xiao Lan's entrance, but are later more than eager to become her pupils.
* LethalChef: It's implied that without magic, Xiao Lan doesn't cook well. It has become a running gag in the live-action series whenever she has something in her mind. The girls' mother is also said to be a bad cook.
* MagicalGirlWarrior: A rare Chinese version.
* MagicalLand: Where the fairies come from.
* TheMasquerade: Xiao Lan disguises herself as a babysitter for the sisters.
* PestController: One of her abilities from researching dark magic, Luna used swarms of insects to break the seals protecting the PowerCrystal.
* SealedGoodInACan: Subverted. The fairy queen uses a music box to seal up Xiao Lan, but she's able to get out by her own will.
* SixthRanger: We had Xiao Qian who joined the team for the second season only and in the later seasons we had Princess Beibei who became a permanent member of the cast.
* TransformationTrinket: The butterfly-like stones.
