History Anime / StarTwinklePrettyCure

* ConclusionInAnotherMedium: From this series onwards, The outright finale is done as part of the Thanksgiving live show. In the case of Star Twinkle, it features Hikari and Lala reuniting as adults and regaining the ability to communicate.

** Bakenyan revealing the truth about their identity, namely Blue Cat, shortly before Cure Cosmo's debut.

** episode 32 has the Cures seeing Darknest.

* AnAesop: "Even very different people can become friends."

* CatchPhrase:

* CentralTheme: Family. All of the main characters' major arcs involves theirs in some form, whether it's the absence of a parent causing misunderstandings, sibling trouble, ParentalNeglect, or trying to regain theirs.

* MagicVersusScience: Played to a LogicalExtreme given that this is about {{Magical Girl}}s fighting against an AlienInvasion primarily using hi-tech weaponry.

* SenpaiKohai: 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.

* WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue: The final episode, as per recent series tradition, takes place after a timeskip--15 years, to be exact. [[spoiler:Madoka leads a government project to launch Japan's first manned space shuttle, Hikaru becomes an astronaut for said project, and Elena is an interpreter between the United States and Japanese governments. Lala, meanwhile, becomes a respected foreign ambassador for Saman and influences change in its terminally-dependent lifestyle, while Yuni and Aiwarn work together to restore Planet Rainbow to its former state. Even the Notraiders now have a beautiful planet to live on, free from the control of Darknest. The episode ends as Hikaru launches into space and hears Fuwa's voice once more.]]

** Episode 37: During their intro, Cure Cosmo says "We shall Punish you" which is a reference to Anime/SailorMoon.

** Episode 37: During their intro, Cure Cosmo says "We shall Punish you" which is is a reference to Sailor Moon.

* MeaningfulRename: Since her planet doesn't have family names, Lala has to be given one to assume the role of being an "exhange student" while living on Earth. Hikaru decides on "Hagoromo", in reference to the traditional Japanese story which involves a goddess descending to Earth to reclaim her hagoromo (feathered kimono) from a human fisherman.

* FictionalCOnstellations: Hikaru comes up with her own constellation, which turns into the mascot Fuwa.

* SignificantSketchbook: Hikaru's notebook summons the fairy Fuwa and later transforms into the Twinkle Book.

* BareYourMidriff: In episode 27 in their mermaid forms.

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[[caption-width-right:350:The main characters. Going clockwise: Cure Milky, Cure Selene, Fuwa, Cure Soleil, Prunce, Cure Cosmo and Cure Star.]]

* 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.

''Star☆Twinkle Pretty Cure'' is the sixteenth entry in the ''Anime/PrettyCure'' series, the fourteenth separate continuity and it began airing in February 2019, at the tail end of the Heisei era.

* ZodiacMotifs: Each of the Star Princesses is styled after one of the WesternZodiac constellations. [[spoiler:In the final arc, it's revealed the BigBad, Darknest, is also a Star Princess, styled after the Ophiuchus constellation, which is occasionally included as a sign in the Zodiac.]]

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

* {{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 populated by other members of the same species; episode 8 also shows a planet filled with dog-like jinmenken.