History Anime / StarTwinklePrettyCure

** Episode 37: When Kappard crashes a Halloween festival, the Cures are forced to do a {{sentai}} gimmick to protect their identities.

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Cure Star's is pink, Lala's is turquoise, Selene's is purple, Cosmo's is blue.

* MohsScaleOfScienceFictionHardness: Mohs/ScienceInGenreOnly. The "science" is only there so far to allow the Cures and the antagonists to joyride and fight each other across the universe. The index for ArtisticLicenseSpace might as well be a checklist for the [[ArtisticLicense liberties]] this show takes.

* MohsScaleOfScienceFictionHardness: Mohs/ScienceInGenreOnly. The "science" is only there so far to allow the Cures and the antagonists to joyride and fight each other across the universe. The index for SpaceDoesNotWorkThatWay might as well be a checklist for the [[ArtisticLicense liberties]] this show takes.

* NotSoDifferent:
** The permanent grudge Aiwarn and Yuni have for each other are for the same reason. They each took something important from each other (Aiwarn took Yuni's home and Yuni cost Aiwarn her spot in the Notraiders)
** All of the Cures are shown to have a FriendlessBackground (Lala and Yuni are aliens with Yuni as [[TheLastOfHisKind the last of her kind]], Hikaru was bullied as a child due to her quirky nature, Madoka and Elena are both [[LonelyAtTheTop idolized by their peers]]), and there are several episodes that explore how they relate to one another because of this, as well as the general feeling of being outcast.
** Madoka and Lala both suffer the same complications in their lives of tying to live up to their family's expectations and also dealing with complications with hiding their Cure Identities from their family. Both cures revealed their identities in different episodes by transforming in front of them.
** Episode 43 shows this between Elena and Tenjo, as well, as they both felt like outsiders in their childhoods for different reasons. Elena even mentions that it is thanks to Tenjo she was able to remember what made her happier and more confident, and she wants to do the same for her.

* MythologyGag: [[MythologyGag/PrettyCure Has its' own page]].

''Star☆Twinkle [=PreCure=]'' is the sixteenth entry in the ''Franchise/PrettyCure'' series, the fourteenth separate continuity and it began airing in February 2019, at the tail end of the Heisei era.

* {{Odango}}: Cure Star has these in her Cure form, but the buns are at the bottom of her hair.

* MythologyGag:
** Fuwa meets Hikaru the way mascots in this franchise often meet the lead Cures -- by [[CrashIntoHello literally dropping on her head]].
** At the end of the first ED, the Cures draw stars in the air that are reminiscent of the ones the [[Anime/KiraKiraPrecureALaMode Kirakira Cures did in their second ED]].
*** Also, one of the villains corrupts the Star Color Pen that is on the Leo Star Princess, who is a blue, lion-themed character. Elisio brainwashing Cure Gelato, anyone?
*** Flare's words "I'm fired up!" in the ending is reminiscent of Cure Gelato.
*** #33: The Twinkle Book gives the pegasus-shaped Fuwa a parfait.
*** #38 has similar elements to Kirakira #26, down to the ending with heartwarming music.
** Madoka's CatchPhrase is "[[Anime/GoPrincessPrettyCure goukigenyo]]".
** Just like [[Anime/FutariWaPrettyCure Nagisa]], Hikaru does not hesitate to question the fact that she did an InTheNameOfTheMoon speech the first time after she transforms.
** The ColdOpen shot of Madoka aiming her arrow looks a lot like Reika in the ''Anime/SmilePrettyCure'' OP.
** Sakurako says "[[Anime/HappinessChargePrettyCure desu wa]]" after saying "janjan" together with Fleetfoot, similar to the way Kirarin says "kira" after saying "itadakimasu" with Ichika, Himari, and Aoi. In addition, Sakurako's physical appearance and personality are similar to that of [[Anime/OjamajoDoremi Reika Tamaki]], another character who acted as a rival to one of the protagonists in a Toei MagicalGirl series that aired in the same timeslot as ''Pretty Cure''.

* SpeakingSimlish: The Samanian language is represented as various permutations of the word "lun". This is pertinent to the show's setting, since the traditional "L" sound doesn't exist in Japanese and sounds suitably alien as a result.

* TranslatorMicrobes: The Star Color Pendants act as universal translators, thus allowing the Cures to comprehend any alien language (and Lala to understand Japanese). At first, she's unable to be understood by anyone other than Hikaru, but this changes once she gets her own Pendant. The villains, meanwhile, wear collars that allow them to pick up other languages. For any other species, TranslationConvention takes over, as they apparently speak a common tongue regardless of the Cure's presence. [[spoiler:It's also played for heartbreaking effect in episode 48, where the Pendants' power fades and Lala's language reverts back to being unintelligible.]]

* {{Omniglot}}: Prunce is one, able to translate for Lala until the Pendants take over.
** Elena is also skilled at multiple languages thanks to her mum being a interpreter ad her dad being Mexican.

* RealityEnsues:
** Lala is BookDumb to the point of being amazed by Earthlings being able to do ''double digit calculations'' and various jobs by themselves despite also being TheSpock of the group. Having your entire race have over reliance on AI to do everything doesn't really give any incentive to study and learn things themselves.
** Even though the Starscape Alliance has FasterThanLightTravel, they still explain that it would take several years of real time to reach Earth from the Starscape; Fuwa's warp ability is what speeds it up.
** Cure Cosmo tells Garuoga "[[FreudianExcuseIsNoExcuse Just because you couldn't protect your planet, that doesn't excuse relying on Darknest's power and taking from others!]]" Cure Cosmo lost her own planet too to the Notraiders, and she suffered PTSD the second after he revealed that he lost his own planet, but she still does not tolerate it being used in an exploitative manner as Garuoga does.
** When the Cures met an alien who can't speak, Elena is given the job to accompany them because, her mother being a translator, she is the one with the best experience with foreign language, even more so than aliens Lala and Yuni. Even so, she still runs into difficult trying to understand them; as her mother explains, language isn't all there is to understanding other people.

* AerithAndBob: Hikaru and Madoka have the traditional Japanese names for Precure while Elena's is Mexican and Lala and Yuni's names are unusual for earth seeing they are both Aliens.

AerithAndBob: Hikaru and Madoka have the traditional Japanese names for Precure while Elena's is Mexican and Lala and Yuni's names are unusual for earth seeing they are both Aliens.

* TranslatorMicrobes: The Star Color Pendants act as universal translators, thus allowing the Cures to comprehend any alien language (and Lala to understand Japanese). At first, people without Pendants are unable to understand Lala, but Fuwa's magic soon allows for this, too. The villains, meanwhile, wear collars that allow them to pick up other languages. For any other species, TranslationConvention takes over, as they apparently speak a common tongue regardless of the Cure's presence. [[spoiler:It's also played for heartbreaking effect in episode 48, where the Pendants' power fades and Lala's language reverts back to being unintelligible.]]

* {{Odango}}: Cure Star has these in her Cure form, but the buns are at the bottom of her hair.
* {{Omniglot}}: Prunce is one, able to translate for Lala until the Pendants take over.
* OneSteveLimit: Two franchise-wide aversions:
** Not the first time [[Anime/DokiDokiPrecure a Cure had "Madoka" as a name]], nor the first time a name (Kurumi) had been used for a Cure as both a [[Anime/HeartcatchPrettyCure surname]] ''and'' [[Anime/YesPrettyCure5 forename]].
** Hikaru's surname is Hoshina, which is not to be confused for [[MonsterOfTheWeek the Hoshina]] from ''Anime/YesPrettyCure5: Go Go''.

* EvenEvilHasStandards: Don Octo gives Yuni the ring after she reveals who it originally belongs to.

* FillerEpisode: It's fairly light on this for a ''Pretty Cure'' season, with each episode either having an important plot point, or character development and worldbuilding. The most obvious examples are episode 23 (Fuwa eats [[GRatedDrug one of Yuni's cookies]] and starts multiplying when she hiccups) and episode 33 (Fuwa attempts to help the girls with their schoolwork, but gets captured by Kappard alongside Hikaru's dog, Yeti).

* EasilyForgiven: [[spoiler: Darknest/Ophiucus]].
* EnergeticAndsoftSpokenDuo: Hikari and Lala. Hikaru is the dorky and adventurous one, while alien girl Lala is calm and rational.

* FashionableAsymmetry: Almost every cure has this on their respective outfit. Cure Star and Cure Milky only have one Stocking, Cure Soleil's skirt and design are very asymmetrical and Cure Cosmo's rainbow skirt adds asymmetry to her outfit. Cure Selene's cure form is the only outfit to be perfectly symmetrical. This is fitting for her being the perfectionist in the team.

* {{Youkai}}: The leaders of the Notraiders are each themed after a different one; thus far, we have Kappard (a kappa), Tenjo (a tengu), Aiwarn (a [[{{Cyclops}} hitotsume-kozo]]), Garuoga (an ogre/oni), and Bakenyan (a bakeneko). Other than Aiwarn, they each come from a planet filled with other members of the same species; episode 8 also shows a planet filled with dog-like jinmenken.

* AliensAreBastards: Zigzagged here. We have alien overlords, FantasticRacist people, [[CatsAreMean cunning cats]]... and then we have Star Princesses, HumanAliens who become Cures, and a squid and his baby. [[spoiler:Ophichus believes that the ''entire universe'' is beyond saving because of the way its lifeforms misuse imagination, thus putting her plan as Darknest into action. When the Cures fight to prove her wrong, she decides to give them a second chance.]]

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: The ending of Episode 48--though Ophiuchus is well and truly defeated, the Cures sacrifice their powers to resurrect Fuwa, and Yuni and Lala part ways with Hikaru, Elena, and Madoka.]]

* DarkestHour: As is tradition at this point, this happens in Episode 46. [[spoiler: The 13th Star Princess captures the others and kidnaps Fuwa, even after her minions are fully purified.]]

** Episode 2 reveals Kappard as a villain, and episode 4 introduces Tenjo. By Episode 11, all of the villains are revealed, including Aiwarn and Bakenyan.

* FromBadToWorse: [[spoiler: As if losing two pens wasn't bad enough, Episode 10 ends with Madoka's father and his men seeing the rocket come back to Earth.]]

* LittleStowaway: Hikaru sneaks into Lala's rocket in Episode 1 after Lala and Prunce takes Fuwa to their ship to escape from the incoming Notraiders. Similarly, Yanyan (a hermit crab) stows away on the ship in Episode 26 when they're forced to stop on a nearby planet for repairs.

* {{Mooks}}: Nottorei, humanoids who wore a gray space suit with the word "NO" printed vertically on their helmet (or "NOT" when you look at their collar/tie thing), serves as this. They are the first mooks in the franchise since ''Anime/HappinessChargePrettyCure'''s Choiarks.

* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Episode 12 features a film director called [[Creator/JJAbrams P. P. Abraham]].

* SenpaiKouhai: Elena and Madoka are a grade above Hikaru at school, so at first she refers to them both with the "senpai" honorific. This trope is discussed towards the end of Episode 5 after Madoka becomes a Cure; Elena tells Hikaru not to call her "senpai" anymore since they're now working as a team, which Hikaru is unsure about, and Madoka points out that since Hikaru and Lala have been Cures for longer than her and Elena, technically ''they're'' the senpai.

** #25: Hikaru's yukata hair are odango that makes her look like a teenage [[Anime/OjamajoDoremi Doremi Harukaze]].
** #37: The Cures are forced to do a Franchise/SuperSentai gimmick to stop people from finding out that aliens exist.

* SympathyForTheDevil: The Cures come to this conclusion in Episode 21. While the Notraiders have done terrible things in service to Darknest, they still don't deserve to have their imaginations stripped away to become mindless fighting machines anymore than decent victims do. [[spoiler:This is actually what activates Twinkle Imagination, by the Cures extending their sympathy to their enemies and opening the path to acceptance.]]

* TranslatorMicrobes: The Star Color Pendants act as universal translators, thus allowing the Cures to comprehend any alien language (and Lala to understand Japanese). At first, people without Pendants are unable to understand Lala, but Fuwa's magic soon allows for this, too. The villains, meanwhile, wear collars that allow them to pick up other languages. For any other species, TranslationConvention takes over, as they apparently speak a common tongue regardless of the Cure's presence. [[spoiler:It's also played for heartbreaking effect in Episode 48, where the Pendants' power fades and Lala's language reverts back to being unintelligible.]]

** Episode 32 has the Cures seeing Darknest.

* GenreThrowback: The season is intentionally an homage to the '80s SpaceOpera, and while it sticks with many of the modern ''Pretty Cure'' conventions, there are several reminders that the series is meant to represent the '80s. For example, computers and cell phones are rarely seen (other than the occasional background character), with much of the alien technology being a retro-futurist sort; the group at one point watches a movie on cassette tape, which Prunce notes is "very analog". Compared to, say, [[Anime/FutariWaPrettyCure Mepple and Mipple]] being kept in cell phone-like devices, Hikaru keeps Fuwa in a notebook. Even the series' music largely uses a retro synth sound, while the ending themes cross into UsefulNotes/{{synthwave}} territory. [[spoiler:It also makes the ending timeskip more understandable, as it's not TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture, but rather the present day.]]