History YMMV / SmilePrecure

** Miyuki is pretty determined to make everyone Ultra Happy. [[Anime/HappinessChargePrettyCure Two years later...]] And almost a decade later, the titular Ultra Warrior from ''Series/UltramanZ'' has a habit to add "Ultra" as a prefix to adjective (for example "Ultra Awesome!" and "Ultra Dangerous!").

* BaseBreakingCharacter: While initially fully on TheScrappy territory, Candy has gotten more divisive years later. While some still dislike her, considering her useless and dumb, others like her cute demeanor and feel that she got way too much unjustified hatred.

** Miyuki is pretty determined to make everyone Ultra Happy. [[Anime/HappinessChargePrettyCure Two years later...]] *** Almost a decade later, the titular Ultra Warrior from [[Series/UltramanZ]] has a habit to add "Ultra" as a prefix to adjective (for example "Ultra Awesome!" and "Ultra Dangerous!").

** Miyuki is pretty determined to make everyone Ultra Happy. [[Anime/HappinessChargePrettyCure Two years later...]]

* UnintentionalUncannyValley: The CGI ending themes, with incredibly lifelike and fluid dancing movements topped by mildly-unexpressive anime faces, has a little bit of this effect, like people wearing anime masks. This was ''far'' worse in the American-produced ''Glitter Force'' CGI endings.

* CompleteMonster: [[ForTheEvulz Rascal]], called [[VillainousHarlequin Joker]] in the original version, is the main henchman to Emperor Nogo/Pierrot, but acts as the [[DragonInChief primary villain]]. Rascal's goal is to bring the world to a Bad End, an eternal state of despair, and revels in [[HopeCrusher breaking people's hopes and dreams]]. Rascal's first major act is to kidnap Candy for something he thinks she has, and shortly afterwards he thrashes the Pretty Cure and takes their despair energy for Nogo's revival. In the past, Rascal's manipulated Wolfrun, Akaoni, and Majorina's rejection in the picture books to become his Bad End Generals; he later sends them to die in a stalling tactic. Throughout the series, Rascal tries to find the Miracle Jewel, which is said to grant wishes. When it turns out to be Candy, he tries to kill her, revealing that he just wants to destroy it to deprive them of hope. Then, Rascal sends the world into a state of despair, turning it into a wasteland. Even as he's dying, [[LaughingMad Rascal is laughing at the prospect of Nogo's revival destroying the world]].

* CompleteMonster: [[ForTheEvulz Rascal]], called [[VillainousHarlequin Joker]] in the original version, is the main henchman to Pierrot, but acts as the [[DragonInChief primary villain]]. Rascal's goal is to bring the world to a Bad End, an eternal state of despair, and revels in [[HopeCrusher breaking people's hopes and dreams]]. Rascal's first major act is to kidnap Candy for something he thinks she has, and shortly afterwards he thrashes the Pretty Cure and takes their despair energy for Pierrot's revival. In the past, Rascal's manipulated Wolfrun, Akaoni, and Majorina's rejection in the picture books to become his Bad End Generals; he later sends them to die in a stalling tactic. Throughout the series, Rascal tries to find the Miracle Jewel, which is said to grant wishes. When it turns out to be Candy, he tries to kill her, revealing that he just wants to destroy it to deprive them of hope. Then, Rascal sends the world into a state of despair, turning it into a wasteland. Even as he's dying, [[LaughingMad Rascal is laughing at the prospect of Pierrot's revival destroying the world]].

* CompleteMonster: [[ForTheEvulz Joker]] is a [[VileVillainSaccharineShow surprisingly vile villain in an otherwise light and comical show]]. He's TheDragon to [[BigBad Pierrot]], but since Pierrot needs to be revived to do anything for most of the show, Joker is [[TheHeavy the primary villain]]. His goal is to bring the world to a Bad End, an eternal state of despair. He revels in breaking people's hopes and dreams. His first major act is to kidnap Candy for something he thinks she has, and shortly afterwards he thrashes the Pretty Cure and takes their despair energy for Pierrot's revival. In the past, he manipulated Wolfrun, Akaoni, and Majorina's rejection in the picture books to become his Bad End Generals. Later, he sends them to die in a stalling tactic. Throughout the series, Joker tries to find the Miracle Jewel, which is said to grant wishes. When it turns out to be Candy, he tries to kill her, revealing that he just wants to destroy it to deprive them of hope. Then he sends the world into a state of despair, turning it into a wasteland. Even as he's dying, [[LaughingMad he's laughing at the prospect of Pierrot's revival destroying the world]].

* TheScrappy: Candy is disliked for her annoying nature, plots being kicked off because she acts like a moron, and generally being useless. It doesn't help that she's also somewhat of a SpotlightStealingSquad (a good chunk of episode plots can be described as "babysitting Candy"). Her older and more mature brother, Pop, is not only more liked than her, but fans express disappointment that he's not the main fairy and is a minor character who only shows up every now and then.

* FunnyAneurysmMoment: Episode 9 is an AprilFoolsPlot where Yayoi lies to Miyuki about becoming a NewTransferStudent somewhere else. This lie soon spreads to her entire classroom since Yayoi unable to say "April Fools!". Eventually they hold a "going away" party, and Yayoi is given the chance to admit this lie. However, she can't bring herself to do so because she imagined that it would go FromBadToWorse where everybody would abandon her for being a liar and that "They'll be really mad... They'll all hate her" and "nobody will talk to her anymore". The ''very next year'', a show called ''Manga/KotouraSan'' premiered with a DownerBeginning that made this nightmare a reality for its titular heroine in a [[PlayedForDrama much more dramatic sense]]. To top off the awkwardness, this doubles as an ActorAllusion--both Yayoi and Haruka Kotoura were played by Creator/HisakoKanemoto.

** [[spoiler:Majorina in her BeautifulAllAlong form; many of the older female fans felt the same way towards Joker. Also, the Bad End Pretty Cures, if you're into that sort of thing.]]

%%* IdiotPlot: Episode 14. Ever hear of cellphones, girls?

** The dub in general sort of ''works'', if you don't out-and-out hate everything about it, since it sometimes feels like an AffectionateParody of magical girl anime, with the lampshades they hang, the TalkingIsAFreeAction during the transformation sequences, as well as the TastesLikeDiabetes of Glitter Peace's catchphrase's over-the-top cutesyness (which is even lampshaded), the fact that it's called ''Glitter Force'', and that they take any and every opportunity to mention glitter and sparkling (which is often everywhere in magical girl anime). The dub is so ridiculous, but yet, charming, if you aren't totally offended by it.

* TastesLikeDiabetes: Glitter Peace's catchphrase in the dub. "Puppies and kittens, the power of love!" '''HRRRRRGH!''' This gets lampshaded the first time she uses it.

* SpecialEffectFailure: The final episode of ''Glitter Force'' Season One includes a new 3D CGI dance sequence. It looks incredibly amateurish and the models do not emote at all, so the characters have a [[UncannyValley soulless stare and creepy smile]].

* UncannyValley: The CGI ending themes, with incredibly lifelike and fluid dancing movements topped by mildly-unexpressive anime faces, has a little bit of this effect, like people wearing anime masks. This was ''far'' worse in the American-produced ''Glitter Force'' CGI endings.

** The Latin American Spanish dub, partly due of the thickness of the accents of many of the characters, including having accents who are very out of place for their personalities, being the worst offender Reika, who sports a thick Colombian accent.[[note]]For a better analogy in English, it could be Caribbean English.[[/note]]

* FanPreferredPairing:
** [[TomboyAndGirlyGirl Nao]] [[LesYay and]] [[MoeCouplet Reika]], who are childhood friends, are quite a popular couple, helped along by their hints of LesYay in-series, usually at the mark of 8:40 (see IdiosyncraticShipNaming).
** The "Nissan Combination" (Nao and Akane) is also highly widespread and pretty much rivals Nao/Reika in popularity when it comes to pixiv fanart.
** In the non-yuri side there's [[InterspeciesRomance Miyuki and Wolfrun]], which acquired quite a bit of fanart at pixiv as soon as the first episode aired.

* Macekre: TroubledProduction aside, Saban’s Glitter Force really exemplifies this trope. Most detractors would agree that had it been a fanmade love letter rather than an actual localization attempt by a professional company, their objections would be non-existent.

** The revelation of the ''Glitter Force'' dub went about as well you'd expect when just the title and the involvement of Saban was all that was known. Then it came out that 8 episodes and the film were being dropped. Some people were optimistic because at least it meant a new magical girls anime was coming to America, but many were still upset that a show in the 2010s was being released in the older, 90s style of heavy edits, undubbed episodes and movie, and Americanization at a time when even most kids shows were not dubbed like this anymore. It seemed destined by this group to become [[Anime/CardcaptorSakura yet]] [[Anime/TokyoMewMew another]] [[Anime/OjamajoDoremi example]] of an Americanized dub that would wreck the show then promptly crash and burn. Somehow this even revived the usual SubbingVersusDubbing wars. The release of the first trailer did give some hope to people willing to try the dub due to the revelation of well-loved anime VA Creator/LauraBailey as the voice of Emily/Cure Lucky, showing there had at ''least'' been a lot of effort put into the voice production. However, it did little to convince fans that were already opposed to the idea that it was worth watching as it basically confirmed what kind of dub it would be and they wrote it off without even watching it.

** The revelation of the ''Glitter Force'' dub went about as well you'd expect when just the title and the involvement of Saban was all that was known. Then it came out that 8 episodes were being dropped. Some people were optimistic because at least it meant a new magical girls anime was coming to America, but many were still upset that a show in the 2010s was being released in the older, 90s style of heavy edits, lost episodes, and Americanization at a time when even most kids shows were not dubbed like this anymore. It seemed destined by this group to become [[Anime/CardcaptorSakura yet]] [[Anime/TokyoMewMew another]] [[Anime/OjamajoDoremi example]] of an Americanized dub that would wreck the show then promptly crash and burn. Somehow this even revived the usual SubbingVersusDubbing wars. The release of the first trailer did give some hope to people willing to try the dub due to the revelation of well-loved anime VA Creator/LauraBailey as the voice of Emily/Cure Lucky, showing there had at ''least'' been a lot of effort put into the voice production. However, it did little to convince fans that were already opposed to the idea that it was worth watching as it basically confirmed what kind of dub it would be and they wrote it off without even watching it.
** When ''Glitter Force'' finally streamed, it was decently received by the fandom at the time, as long as the viewer was willing to overlook the many changes made. To this day there are still many that defend the dub as a solid adaptation under the circumstances and particularly praise the voice cast and some clever new jokes and dialog. These fans were happy that it was a good enough presentation of ''Pretty Cure'' that could lead to the show ''finally'' breaking through outside Japan or leading to future English releases. However there were critical reviews of it in the press that specifically called out these alterations and in particular the insistence on the removal of Japanese names and culture in an anime airing in 2016.[[http://www.bsckids.com/2016/01/pretty-cure-glitter-force-graces-netflix/]] Furthermore, plenty of other fans ultimately watched about one episode and dropped it over the new and perceived inferior soundtrack, the constant darkening of many, many scenes, the eight missing episodes, and particularly that any single moment where the girls weren't talking (especially the transformations) be filled with endless chatter. Since the end of ''Glitter Force'', though, that reputation has declined as time has passed and especially when non-edited, full versions of later seasons started coming to the English market anyway.
** A specific issue of the dub was the 8 missing episodes. ''Smile'''s episode total is 48, meaning 8 episodes were skipped - this was later revealed to be done in an attempt to sell the show as two separate seasons to Nickelodeon, who only approved 20 episode seasons of all their shows (just ask ''Franchise/PowerRangers'' fans how frustrating that is.) The episodes skipped are the ones about Okonomiyaki, [[BokeAndTsukkomiRoutine Manzai]], [[spoiler:Lily/Yayoi's deceased father]], Summer Festival, the visit with Emily/Miyuki's Grandmother, the filming of a Japanese Historical Drama, the Culture Festival, and Kelsey/Akane's first crush[[note]]A foreign exchange student who spoke English[[/note]]. (in the original run, they were episodes 10, 17, 19, 26, 27, 33, 34, and 36 respectively). Some believed it was understandable that the episodes deemed skippable were mostly heavily Japanese while the dub was meant to be American. However, others pointed out that one of the dropped episodes represented an overall issue with the show toning down any darker content by removing a storyline involving the death of a family member, especially when contemporary American kids cartoons were openly tackling the same topic and doing well both critically and commercially for it. This paired with the show embracing a NeverSayDie approach to the other episodes as well as many cuts to remove or downplay any potentially sad scenes. Still others dislike that any episodes were dropped at all - people who wanted a dub weren't able to get a complete series while people who didn't want any dub saw it as yet another mark against the adaptation.

* {{Adorkable}}: Miyuki/Emily is a cute and sweet little girl who fangirls over fairy tales and extremely clumsy. Episode 39 is pretty much the epitome of this.
** Yayoi/Lily is a ShrinkingViolet artist/{{Otaku}} who similarly fangirls over her hobbies when given the opportunity, especially in episode 35 when she gushes over getting to see a real life SuperRobot.

* LesYay: Wouldn't be Pretty Cure without it. Episode 18 is a standout example.
** Also in the 3DS game, ''Let's Go! Marchen World!'', the opening of which features Nao and Reika, Yayoi and Akane, and Miyuki and Candy ballroom dancing together in pairs...
** Episode 25 is dedicated to the Nissan Combination pair, Nao and Akane.
** Episode 33 has Princess Reika with her fangirls Miyuki and Yayoi.
** Episode 39 has Cinderella-Miyuki dancing with... Prince Reika? And fairy godmother Yayoi getting gallantly saved by Prince Reika, and then they stare deeply into each other's eyes.
** In the movie: Miyuki and Nico, Akane and Miyuki. Actually, every girl '''loves''' Miyuki.

* SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped:
** No matter how bad or difficult things look, you shouldn't give up on life or hope. We have to move forward and face the future, especially with the support of others.
** While others may have the best intentions in mind trying to steer you down a certain path, ultimately you should be responsible for making your own choices regardless of the expectations they have.

* MoralEventHorizon:
** While he doesn't actually cross it by virtue of [[spoiler:being BrainwashedAndCrazy]], StrawNihilist {{Jerkass}} Wolfrun at the very least proves himself to be a NotSoHarmlessVillain in episode 40 when [[spoiler:he tries to kill Miyuki as part of a vendetta against Akane and everything she cares about. Smashing the precious charm her friends made for her earlier in the episode was at worst a slightly extreme example of KickTheDog even for him, but this is the first time a Cure has ever found herself in mortal peril]].
** Two episodes later, Majorina subverts it when she [[WouldHurtAChild tries to ]]''[[WouldHurtAChild kill ]]''[[WouldHurtAChild Nao's siblings]]. [[spoiler:That charm that Wolfrun smashed could be replaced]], but those two kids couldn't. [[spoiler:Turns out, Joker was responsible, seeing that she was under his control and [[BrainwashedAndCrazy brainwashed, rinsed and dried]].]]

* MisBlamed: One argument against the localization was that another Americanized, edited ''Pretty Cure'' dub would prevent the series from succeeding outside Japan once again. Ultimately this was irrelevant as the [[TroubledProduction chaos behind the scenes]] with ''Glitter Force'' meant the show was doomed to fail no matter how many people liked or disliked it. ''Glitter Force'' was then blamed for killing any shot at the franchise getting future localizations... only for this to be disproved when Toei secured a deal with Crunchyroll in 2020 to begin simul-subbing the then-most recent season ''Anime/HealinGoodPrettyCure''. After the release of the already completed ''Anime/KiraKiraPrecureAlaMode'' and the continuing of the simulcasting arrangement for ''Anime/TropicalRougePrettyCure'', it seems that ''Glitter Force's'' unfortunate circumstances had no impact on anything but future seasons of ''Glitter Force.''

** ''Smile'' was the last season of the show featuring a score by powerhouse composer Yasunaru Takahashi (best known for his work on Anime/FairyTale), with ''Smile'' featuring a lush, full score that became one of his most beloved contributions to the franchise. So naturally, ''any'' replacement of this soundtrack would have gone poorly. Saban brought in their regular composer Noam Kaniel, who was best known for scoring the entire Neo-Saban era of ''Power Rangers'' as well as ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug''. While the final result was hardly a train wreck, it's been compared poorly to the peppy and lush ''Smile'' soundtrack.

** ''Good grief'', the revelation of the ''Glitter Force'' dub. So far, despite the only big information released being that it's being made by Creator/SabanBrands, that at least 8 episodes are being cut, it's coming to Netflix, and that it'll arrive in 2016, many fans have already declared it TheyChangedItNowItSucks, declaring that it will instantly fail. It has also revived the SubbingVersusDubbing arguments, claiming that Saban should be "better" than this to alter things for younger kids. There are some who are cautiously optimistic because it's not someone like 4Kids doing the dubbing and there are some who are much more optimistic because, hey, it's a magical girl anime in America!
*** The main argument over the alterations is the idea that, because the series was altered in such a major way, it will prevent ''Pretty Cure'' as a franchise to get a foothold in America. This is despite the franchise's first attempt, ''Anime/FutariWaPrettyCure'', failed because it only aired in Canada and it aired in such erratic times, it was doomed to fail.
*** With the release of the official trailer, things are still broken, but are a little more optimistic: when viewers realized that Creator/LauraBailey was the voice of Miyuki/Emily, people took it as a sign things would be a little better. Even more so, a few have taken the trailer to mean that Saban is doing this as their own version of ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'', what with the heavier focus on friendship (this coming out just as the series is going on an unknown-length-of-time hiatus is another factor) and others point out that the Saban of today is much different that the Saban of yesterday, pointing towards the dub of ''Anime/DigimonXrosWars''. There are still many close minded viewers, though, who are claiming it is doomed to fail, declaring that they aren't watching it and hoping Crunchyroll decides to pick it up and sub it.
*** There are also those who have a problem with the episode total of the dub. The dub has 40 episodes, ''Smile'''s episode total is 48, meaning 8 episodes will be skipped. The episodes skipped are the ones about Okonomiyaki, Manzai, [[spoiler:Lily/Yayoi's deceased father]], Summer Festival, the visit with Emily/Miyuki's Grandmother, the filming of a Japanese Historical Drama, the Culture Festival, and Kelsey/Akane's first crush[[note]]A foreign exchange student who spoke English[[/note]]. (in the original run, they were episodes 10, 17, 19, 26, 27, 33, 34, and 36 respectively). Some believe it's understandable that certain episodes are skipped for being too Japanese, while others dislike that certain ones were skipped at all.
*** With the series fully out, the consensus is that it's a very solid show, even with the alterations involved. Many fans praise the voice acting done to Kelsey/Akane, April/Nao and Chloe/Reika (it also helps that these three also happen to be voiced by other [[Creator/ColleenOShaughnessey voice]] [[Creator/DanielleJudovits acting]] [[Creator/KateHiggins veterans]]) but have problems with Emily/Miyuki, Lily/Yayoi and Candy with the problems being Emily's voice being too scratchy, Lily sounding too old and Candy being "annoying". There are also those who find the talking during the TransformationSequence equally annoying, but this is something Saban's had problems with since they revived ''Franchise/PowerRangers'' with unnecessary talking. Universally, many agree that the dance sequences that isn't "Yay! Yay! Yay!" and "Mankai*Smile" look quite amateurish and creepy, though this is unknown if this is because the models used were made from scratch or the animator just wasn't talented.
*** On the other hand, the same cannot be said with the Latin American Spanish dub, who was dubbed in Miami, FL by the same studio who dubbed the already controversial dubs of both ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'' and ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'', to the grade any discussion about the topic in some popular anime sites was banned.

* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: The sudden darkening of many scenes in ''Glitter Force'', presumably to avoid epilepsy, despite its own country having ''already'' strong guidelines to prevent such. It also ruins their FinishingMove, especially when they are in princess mode, which was originally a colorful spectacle, looks hard to watch when the screen darkens at random intervals.

* UncannyValley: The CGI ending themes, with incredibly lifelike and fluid dancing movements topped by mildly-unexpressive anime faces, has a little bit of this effect, like people wearing anime masks.