History Trivia / MagicalPrincessMinkyMomo

* CompletelyDifferentTitle: Middle Easterners love Minky Mo-, err, ''Nostalgic Adventures'' (مغامرات حنين).

* TheOtherDarrin: Gigi (Momo) was voiced by Jehan Agrama ([[TheDanza nicknamed "Gigi" in real life]]) in the TV series' English dub, and then by Creator/{{Rebecca|Forstadt}} "[[Anime/{{Robotech}} Reba West]]" [[Creator/RebeccaForstadt Forstadt]] in the ''La Ronde'' English dub.

* The series has been considered [[BadLuckCharm unlucky]], due to unfortunate events that have been associated with it. One example of such an unfortunate event is a seismic earthquake that happened right after the infamous finale aired. It is said that the finale was so traumatic that Momo's energy caused an earthquake. In 1995, the series was rebroadcast, and when the finale was aired the second time, [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Hanshin_earthquake The Great Hanshin Earthquake]] occurred, in which over 6000 people died. And tragically, in 2013, a 14 year old livestreamer called rorochan_1999 who used Minky Momo as her profile picture and played the theme song on the piano during her livestreams committed suicide by jumping off a roof during a livestream. These events, along with the infamous dark ending of the series, make ''Minky Momo'' seem like a bad omen. The bad luck connected to the show is referred to as "The Curse of Minky Momo." This becomes even more eerie when you learn that some ''Minky Momo'' episodes were made out of unused drafts of Shudo's prior work ''Anime/IdolAngelYokosoYoko'', which is has one of the most infamous {{Troubled Production}}s in all of Japan - no seriously, it has it's [[TroubledProduction/IdolAngelYokosoYoko own page]] on this very wiki.

** For many people in the U.S. and some western countries, the reason it is known at all is because of an obscure reference in the ''WesternAnimation/MyLifeAsATeenageRobot'' episode "I Was a Preschool Dropout" (interestingly, anyone only familiar with the English dub version, in which the heroine's name is Gigi, wouldn't get the joke):

* AdoredByTheNetwork: Creator/SpaceToon ran ''Minky Momo'' in 2020 and 2021, and every day during February 2023.

* The series has been considered [[BadLuckCharm unlucky]], due to unfortunate events that have been associated with it. One example of such an unfortunate event is a seismic earthquake that happened right after the infamous finale aired. It is said that the finale was so traumatic that Momo's energy caused an earthquake. In 1995, the series was rebroadcast, and when the finale was aired the second time, [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Hanshin_earthquake The Great Hanshin Earthquake]] occurred, in which over 6000 people died. And tragically, in 2013, a 14 year old livestreamer called rorochan_1999 who used Minky Momo as her profile picture and played the theme song on the piano during her livestreams committed suicide by jumping off a roof during a livestream. These events, along with the infamous dark ending of the series, make ''Minky Momo'' seem like a bad omen. The bad luck connected to the show is referred to as "The Curse of Minky Momo."

* NoExportForYou: For a while, ''Minky Momo'' was never seen in the United States (other than Harmony Gold's dub of the ''Yume no Naka Rondo'' OVA), even though the show was aired in France and other countries (and the English dub of the '82 series, also made by Harmony Gold, aired in Australia). However, as of 2015, this has been averted, as William Winckler Production has made several compilation movies of the Harmony Gold series, and the original series was later added to Crunchyroll in 2024.

--->'''Brad:''' Minky Minky Minky Minky Minky Minky Minky Momo! The Minky Momo is an attitude, the Minky Momo is a mellow mood, you Momo when you're drinking lemonade, you Momo soakin' in a marinade! I know you're Minky 'cause I'm Momo too, so I know what you're going through, but there's no Momomo whenever I get close to you!

* NoExportForYou: For a while, ''Minky Momo'' was never seen in the United States (other than Harmony Gold's dub of the ''Yume no Naka Rondo'' OVA), even though the show was aired in France and other countries (and the English dub of the '82 series, also made by Harmony Gold, aired in Australia). However, as of 2015, this has been averted, as William Winckler Production has made several compilation movies of the Harmony Gold series.

* ChannelHop: The original 1982 series aired on Creator/TVTokyo, the 1991 sequel series however aired on [[Creator/NipponTelevision Nippon TV]].

** Another one came in 2013 after Creator/{{Walrusguy}} made [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bmdIeyrMfo a]] YouTubePoop of the truck scene after the infamous episode of ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' where Brian gets KilledOffForReal, featuring Brian's head plastered over Momo and Stewie's over a child in a toy car.

* NoExportForYou: For a while, Minky Momo was never seen in the United States (other than Harmony Gold's dub of the ''Yume no Naka Rondo'' OVA), even though the show was aired in France and other countries (and the English dub of the '82 series, also made by Harmony Gold, aired in Australia). However, as of 2015, this has been averted, as William Winckler Production has made several compilation movies of the Harmony Gold series.
* ProductionPosse: Kunihiko Yuyama, Creator/TakeshiShudo and Creator/MamiKoyama previously worked together on ''Anime/{{GoShogun}}''.

** Harmony Gold's (American-made) dub of the series could have been an early magical girl anime for the US, but networks passed on it and it only got to show up in Australia years after it was produced (which was in 1984, as a simultaneous production alongside ''Anime/{{Robotech}}''). Some fans have memories of it airing in a few other nations, such as The Bahamas and Israel, but if true, the Bahamas would be the closest it ever got to the U.S.

** For many people in the West, the reason it is known at all is because of an obscure reference in the ''WesternAnimation/MyLifeAsATeenageRobot'' episode "I Was a Preschool Dropout" (interestingly, anyone only familiar with the English dub version, in which the heroine's name is Gigi, wouldn't get the joke):

* HeAlsoDid: Fifteen years after the anime premiered, the series director (Kunihiko Yuyama) and head writer (Creator/TakeshiShudo) would go on to work on ''[[Anime/PokemonTheSeries Pokémon]]'', on the [[Creator/TVTokyo same network]], in the same capacity. And prior to both they also created ''Anime/{{GoShogun}} which again, also aired on the same network.