History Recap / SailorMoonSuperSEp01

* BigDamnHeroes: With the Tsukino-Chiba family restrained by the bad guys, Pegasus shows up to save the day.
* BookEnds: The episode ends with Chibi-usa remembering the horse's ominous warning of not telling anyone about their first meeting.

* CrazyPrepared: Even though Unazuki doesn't hold Pegasus in her dreams, the Striped Predator is under orders to kill her so Pegasus doesn't try to seek refuge with her.
* CreepyDoll: Tiger's Eye summons his Automaton Lemure Karakuriko to fend of the Sailor Bumpkins while he magically assaults Unazuki. She has the ability to break apart her body parts to restrain the Guardians or poke them with sharp things.

* DubNameChange: The Dead Moon Circus is called the "Dark Moon Circus" in the Cloverway adapatation.

* EvilPlan: Zirconia explains to the Amazon Predators that their job is to find and capture Pegasus who is hiding in the dreams of a given person. Once captured, they will exploit his powers to usher a new era of circus supremacy.
* FromTheMouthsOfBabes: After Chibi-usa gives a passionate speech about women needing to go out and find their own Prince Charming, Usagi accuses her of reading through her grandmother's women magazines again.

-->'''Giant Mask Lemure''': They're the kind of people who only care about what's happening in their own little lives.

-->'''Tiny Upside-Down Lemure''': Even if the whole world collapses at their feet-!
-->'''Lemure Balancing The Upside-Down One On Her Head''': Even if a tent appears suddenly in the middle of their city-!
-->'''Fat Woman Lemure''': The people around here would never notice at all!
* ImStandingRightHere: Unazuki teases Chibs about her thinking about a boy and playfully warns her about not doing anything that her mom and dad wouldn't approve of. She says this while Usagi and Mamoru look on with concern for their daughter.
* InstantCostumeChange: In her dream, Chibi-usa changes her pjs into her princess dress.

* KryptoniteFactor: Zirconia explains to her stooges that Pegasus cannot exist because he lacks a physical body and would painfully die if he stayed out for too long. To avoid this, he has to take shelter in the beautiful dreams of a vulnerable little girl.

* NextTierPowerUp: With a flick of his horn, the horse grants Moon and Chibi-Moon their super forms along with a new finishing move to destroy the Lemure.

* QuirkyMiniBossSquad: The Amazon Trio consists of flamboyant fashion disaster men who hunt innocent women in the hopes of finding Pegasus.
* ShesAManInJapan: To get around Fish Eye's attraction to men and interest in crossdressing, the Cloverway Dub rewrote him as a girl. And interestingly enough, they made Madame Zirconia into an old man.
* ShoutOut: In Cloverway Dub, Zirconia voice and mannerisms pay homage to [[{{Characters/StarWarsYoda}} Yoda]].
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Karakuriko has various similarities with Nephrite's Model Youma Jumou.

* WhipOfDominance: Tiger's Eye uses a whip to forcibly trap Unazuki, summon his Automaton Lemure and later to defeat Tuxedo Mask.

* AnatomyOfTheSoul: In the Sailor Moon universe, a person's dream can appear as a floating pink mirror. One can look inside and see the person's dream, though doing so can cause them tremendous pain.

* EvilOldFolks: The ringleader of the Dead Moon Circus is an old woman named Madame Zirconia who directs the Amazon Trio in capture Pegasus.

* ShesAManInJapan: To get around Fish Eye's attraction to men, the Cloverway Dub rewrote him as a girl. And interestingly enough, they made Madame Zirconia into an old man.

* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Karakuriko has various similarities with Nephrite's Model Youma Jumou.

-->'''Usagi Tsukino:'''

* BookEnds: The episode ends with Chibi-usa remembering the horse's ominous warning of not to tell anyone about their first meeting.

* CreepyDoll: Tiger's Eye summons his Automaton Lemure Karakuriko to fend of the Sailor Bumpkins while he magically assaults Unazuki.

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-->''''Usagi Tsukino:'''

''Okay, here's the story. Turns out girls nowadays have to go out and search for their own Prince Charming. But that also means that the days of being a helpless damsel in distress are over. So you better think twice before messing with my friends! Or else, InTheNameOfTheMoon, I'll punish you!''

-->'''Giant Mask Lemure''': They're the kind of people who only care about what's happening in their own little lives.

Chibi-Usa dreams of meeting a pegasus in a crystal forest. After waking up, she joins Usagi and the Sailor Guardians at a park to view a total solar eclipse. While everyone is distracted during totality, a circus tent appears in downtown Tokyo. Inside the tent, an old woman calls forth the Amazon Trio, and tasks them with finding the pegasus who is hiding in someone's beautiful dreams. One of the trio—Tiger's Eye—targets Unazuki for her dreams of finding true love. He lures her to a remote spot before pinning her and extracting her Dream Mirror to see if the pegasus is hiding there. Usagi and Chibi-Usa show up in time to transform but are no match for Tiger's Eye's lemures. Even Tuxedo Mask is useless in this fight. It's only when the pegasus appears upon hearing Chibi Moon's plea for help that Both Sailor Moon and Chibi Moon are powered up enough to defeat the lemures and save Unazuki.