Line #245 Anime/SmilePrecure


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2	[[caption-width-right:350:From left to right - First row: [[DitzyGenius Cure Beauty/Glitter Breeze]], [[TokenMiniMoe Cure/Glitter Peace]], [[TomboyWithAGirlyStreak Cure March/Glitter Spring]] \| Second row: [[HotBlooded Cure/Glitter Sunny]], [[GenkiGirl Cure Happy/Glitter Lucky]], [[RidiculouslyCuteCritter Candy]]]]
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5	->''The five lights that guide us to the future! Sparkle! Smile Pretty Cure!'' [[labelnote: Click here to see the Glitter Force version]]''Time to blaze away to a happy ending! Shining bright, here comes the Glitter Force!'' [[/labelnote]]
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7	''Smile Pretty Cure!'' is the 9th entry in the ''Anime/PrettyCure'' franchise, which aired from February 2012 to January 2013. It is preceded by ''Anime/SuitePrettyCure'' and followed by ''[[Anime/DokiDokiPrecure [=DokiDoki!=] Pretty Cure]]''.
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9	OnceUponATime, there was a [[AllMythsAreTrue kingdom of fairy tales]] called Märchenland where all the good characters lived together in harmony. However, one day the kingdom was attacked by the evil characters of the Bad End Kingdom, led by the Evil King Pierrot. At the climax of the conflict, both the Queen of Märchenland and Pierrot were sealed away by each other, leaving the ending to the story unfinished.
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11	Miyuki Hoshizora is a NewTransferStudent who absolutely adores fairy tale books, and hopes that one day she too will live HappilyEverAfter. Her first day gets off to a wild start when she [[CrashIntoHello literally comes face-to-face]] with [[RidiculouslyCuteCritter Candy]], a fairy from Märchenland sent to recover the [[MacGuffin scattered Cure Décor]] that can [[SealedGoodInACan revive the Queen]].
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13	Faced with the agents of the Bad End Kingdom, who seek to plunge humans [[HeroicBSOD into despair]] and [[EmotionEater collect the resulting "Bad Energy"]] to revive [[SealedEvilInACan Pierrot]], Miyuki's belief in standing strong against adversity despite her own fears grants her the power to transform into one of the legendary warriors, Pretty Cure. It's just a shame that no-one told Miyuki that part of being a "legendary warrior" is actually ''[[LovableCoward fighting]]''.
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15	Eventually, Miyuki assembles a complete team of Pretty Cure from her classmates:
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17	* '''[[ThePowerOfLove Cure Happy]]''', [[TheHero Miyuki]] herself. Despite her [[CuteClumsyGirl clumsy]] and [[ThisLoserIsYou scatterbrained]] nature, she's always out to find and make happiness.
18	* '''[[PlayingWithFire Cure Sunny]]''', [[TheLancer Akane Hino]]. An outgoing and HotBlooded volleyball player that is both PluckyComicRelief and DeadpanSnarker. Speaks with Kansai-ben.
19	* '''[[ShockAndAwe Cure Peace]]''', Yayoi Kise. A [[ShrinkingViolet timid]] and [[ProneToTears tearful]] girl who aspires to be a manga artist, which means that she thinks that becoming a superhero is both terrifying and [[AscendedFangirl really awesome]].
20	* '''[[BlowYouAway Cure March]]''', [[TheBigGuy Nao Midorikawa]]. The [[CoolBigSis oldest child]] in a [[MassiveNumberedSiblings large family]], she is held in high esteem by the student body for her soccer skills and natural leadership.
21	* '''[[AnIcePerson Cure Beauty]]''', [[TheSmartGuy Reika Aoki]]. A [[YamatoNadeshiko tranquil]] and intelligent girl, she is the [[ClassRepresentative representative of her class]] and the [[StudentCouncilPresident vice-president of the Student Council.]]
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23	An English adaption from Creator/SabanBrands, under the new title of ''Glitter Force'', [[http://variety.com/2015/digital/news/netflix-orders-7-original-kids-series-including-legos-bionicle-and-dreamworks-croods-1201607216/ was streamed worldwide (excluding Asia)]] on Creator/{{Netflix}}. Saban's localization reduced the original forty-eight episodes to forty episodes split between two twenty-episode seasons. The first season premiered on December 18th, 2015, followed by a second season on August 26th, 2016. In 2018, Creator/{{Hasbro}} [[https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-06-21/glitter-force-brand-rights-move-to-hasbro/.133174 owned the rights to the program alongside other Saban Brands entertainment assets,]] such as ''Franchise/PowerRangers'', ''WesternAnimation/MyPetMonster'', ''Luna Petunia'' and other entertainment brands.
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25	There is a sequel novel for ''Smile Pretty Cure!'' set after a ten year TimeSkip following the end of the show.
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28	!!''Smile Pretty Cure'' provides examples of:
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30	* ActorAllusion:
31	** [[Franchise/SailorMoon This isn't the first time]] that Creator/KateHiggins voiced a blue magical girl of the same [[MakingASplash element]] [[AnIcePerson family]] and the same [[TheSmartGirl brains of the team]].
32	** At the end of the series, [[Creator/IkueOtani Candy]] [[spoiler:becomes a white-clad EleventhHourRanger like how [[Anime/OjamajoDoremi Hana]] [[PlotInducedAgeUp grew herself up]] and became the SixthRanger of her series]].
33	* AdaptationalLocationChange: The English dub changes the setting from Japan to the United States, in the fictional community of Rainbow Hills. The arc where the girls go on a field trip to Kyoto was changed to an Asian Pacific Expo.
34	* AllMythsAreTrue: Or at least all fairy tales are in Märchenland.
35	** Episode 27 has Tengu and Kappas, though they stay out of sight and are only somewhat alluded to.
36	* AlwaysChaoticEvil: {{Deconstructed}}. [[spoiler: Wolfrun, Akaoni, and Majorina reveal they only alligned themselves with the Bad End Kingdom because everyone in Marchenland didn't [[BeingEvilSucks respect them because of their roles as fairy tale villains]]. Then Joker convinces them to [[ThenLetMeBeEvil get back on everyone as the Bad End Kingdom's generals]]. In their minds, if you're not invested in a world that despises your very existence, you should destroy it to end your pain.]]
37	* AnIcePerson: Cure Beauty, complete with a sword made of ice and the power to make a blizzard. Bad End Beauty is this too, thanks to her being Cure Beauty's EvilKnockoff.
38	* AnimationBump: Any time Cure Beauty fights Joker, the animation goes up several notches in quality.
39	* AnimeAccentAbsence: Averted in episode 36; Creator/TetsuyaKakihara plays Brian with a pretty strong accent.
40	* AnimeHair: As seen on the page image. Cure March is the first Pretty Cure to wear her hair in a TomboyishPonytail and GirlishPigtails ''simultaneously''.
41	** Excluding hair-color, Miyuki is currently the only Cure in the Precure franchise to have an implausible hairstyle in civilian form, sporting two cone-pigtails, each cone with three distinctly-sized sections, complemented by bows that sit on top of said cones.
42	* AprilFoolsPlot: Episode 9. [[spoiler:Yayoi decides that telling Miyuki she is transferring would be an excellent April Fools joke. Miyuki bolts to tell everyone else before Yayoi can reveal the prank.]]
43	* ArtShift: The first half of episode 28 emphasizes shadows, darkened interiors, and character under lighting, all cliches of the ghost stories that were the topic of the episode.
44	* AscendedExtra: Creator/ChinamiNishimura, Reika/Cure Beauty's seiyuu, had a previous stint as [[Anime/YesPrettyCure5 Dark Dream.]] Now she's voicing a real Pretty Cure.
45	* AudienceShift: This installment was originally aimed at the younger spectrum of the demographic for most ''Pretty Cure'' series (preschool and kindergarten-aged girls), as it is LighterAndSofter than most series, is more episodic and has a heavy focus on SliceOfLife stories. In comparison, the ''Glitter Force'' dub is aimed at the original elementary school demographic of ''Pretty Cure''.
46	* BadassAdorable: [[spoiler:Cure Candy]] from episode 8. She proves agile enough to dodge the MonsterOfTheWeek's attacks and eventually neutralize it.
47	** [[spoiler:Candy herself as of episode 31.]]
48	* BadLuckCharm: Miyuki draws a "terrible luck" fortune on the Kyoto trip, which says "Watch where you step, what you carry and what you eat". HilarityEnsues. For once they do not go into the 'tying it to a tree to get rid of the luck' thing, as the bad luck ends [[spoiler:when the fortune gets turned into the Monster Of The Week and beaten.]]
49	* BeehiveHairdo: Cure Sunny's hairstyle is close enough.
50	* BeingEvilSucks: [[spoiler:The Big Bad Three were used to live as fairies in Märchenland. However, due to being fairy tale villains they were disowned, hunted and despised by other fairies. Joker used their negative emotions and brainwashed them.]]
51	* BittersweetEnding: Episode 48, the finale, where the Cures finally defeat Pierrot... [[spoiler: at the cost of having to give up Candy. Afterwards, Candy and Pop float up to their homeland as the girls try their best to hold in their misery. Once Candy finally disappears, the girls begin crying. However, Candy ends up reuniting with them in TheStinger.]]
52	* BlowYouAway: Cure March. Her attacks have a wind theme to them and she gains the power to run ''very'' fast. Bad End March, being Cure March's EvilKnockoff, is this too.
53	* BookcasePassage: By moving the books on any bookshelf in [[http://prettycure.wikia.com/wiki/Magical_Library a very particular way]], the bookcase itself becomes a CoolGate where the destination is based on what or where the traveler is thinking about. This aspect is PlayedForLaughs in episode 6 where [[spoiler: Miyuki]] has a TeleporterAccident just because she saw a penguin on a book's cover as she's walking through the door and lands in the South Pole! Don't worry about her too much because ExposedToTheElements was thankfully in play.
54	* BookEnds: More than appropriate for a season based off fairy tales. [[spoiler:During TheStinger of the last episode, Miyuki and Candy reunite in the exact same spot where they first met.]]
55	* BorrowedCatchPhrase: Near the end of episode 5, Cures Sunny, Peace and March borrows Miyuki/Happy's "Ultra Happupu~" and said it in tandem.
56	* BreakingTheFourthWall: Subtly done in the opening by one of Nao's little brothers, Yuuta, who grins upon noticing the camera behind him.
57	** In episode 28, there are three lines of dialogue worth noting: Majorina looking at the camera and saying “I’m not screaming in fear”, Majorina stating that she already summoned the Akanbe of the episode and Reika commenting on the Akanbe of the episode.
58	%% This is in the Cantonese dub, whether it’s in the other dubs are unknown
59	* BreakThemByTalking: Joker attempts this on Reika during episode 43, [[spoiler:using her conflict between quitting being a Cure and disappointing her friends by not studying abroad to drive her into a breakdown and cause her to lose her transformation. It takes the other Cures showing up and confessing that they really don't want her to leave to make her snap out of it.]]
60	* ButNowIMustGo: Earlier than most Pretty Cure examples. Pop is basically just there to dump some info for the Cures. Then he [[RidingIntoTheSunset flies into the sunset (in his book!)]], back to Märchenland. It's implied that the kingdom is facing a serious threat, requiring his presence; otherwise he would rather stay with Candy.
61	* ByThePowerOfGrayskull: "Pretty Cure Smile Charge!", said every time the girls transform. Became "Glitter Force Makeover!" in the English dub.
62	* CastingGag: The film director Fukasawa from episode 33 is voiced by Creator/WataruTakagi. The movie he directed has the edo era as its theme. The villains Uraganos and Bunbee appear at edo-themed movie sets (the former appears even in a edo-themed theatre play, later) and both of them are voiced by Wataru Takagi.
63	* CerebusRollercoaster: While this season is generally very light-hearted, comical and simple, the moment it gets serious, it can get dead serious and ''really'' dark.
64	* CharacterCatchphrase: Quite a bit, including things like Miyuki's "[[GratuitousEnglish Ultra Happy!]]", "Happupu~", or Nao's "Straight-up bout!" or Reika declaring that "Path X' is a hard one". However, the Bad End Kingdom generals have a certain shared one in order to initiate Bad End space:
65	-->''"The worst possible ending in the world! Be covered in Bad End! Your white future shall be painted black!!" Bad End space initiated, HeroicBSOD abound, person laughs "The Bad Energy of insert relevant infected creature here will revive the Dark Emperor, Lord Pierrot!!"''
66	* CherryBlossoms: These are in the background when the girls discuss about various guys around school that Miyuki might like.
67	* ChildishPillowFight: During the Kyoto trip, initially Reika resists joining in, till she takes one to the face [[NotSoAboveItAll then its]] LetsGetDangerous mode... the end result ends up spilling a pot of hot coffee on their teacher.
68	* ChildrenAreInnocent: When Wolfrun, Akaoni, and the Cures are all turned into kids by accident, more time is spent with all 7 playing games than fighting each other. When Majorina shows up to end the fun, even Wolfrun and Akaoni join in on the game of tag the Cures start with her.
69	* ClarkKenting: Averted for once. Everyone who's snapped out of the Bad End spell easily recognizes the Cures. It doesn't help that Miyuki can't keep her big mouth shut.
70	* ClassTrip: To Kyoto in episode 13, and later Osaka in episode 14, where the villains coincidentally are going too.
71	* ColorCodedCharacters: In addition to their color-coded {{Nonuniform Uniform}}s, the girls usually wear street clothes in their designated colors. At their secret base, they even drink out of color-coded mugs.
72	* ColourfulThemeNaming: With the exception of Miyuki, all the Cures have last names related to their signature colors.
73	* CombatPragmatist: Episode 6, Majorina tried to prevent the girls from transforming. Then she attacked them while they were posing AFTER transforming.
74	* ComicallyMissingThePoint: In the ShaggyDogStory episode [[spoiler:Miyuki, Akane, Yayoi and Nao were looking at Reika during their remedial class, and Reika concluded that they must be thinking "Don't worry about us, you can go home!". When in truth, they actually meant, "Help us, Reika!!"]]
75	* CouchGag: Every episode featuring the first EndingTheme will start with a different Cure (Happy in episode 1, Sunny in episode 2, and so on and so forth). The second EndingTheme similarly focuses on a different Cure in each episode, this time showing a short skit starring them.
76	** The show's EyeCatch shows a different character each episode. The first is usually one of the Cures, and the second is Candy in a different outfit (or sometimes, an Akanbe).
77	* CrashIntoHello: Miyuki is very savvy and excited to experience this trope. In the first scene of the first episode, she is LateForSchool and sees a corner; she thinks about this trope, goes full speed into the corner to encounter no one, laments about it for a second, then turns around for a MentorMascot to the face.
78	* CringeComedy: Episode 8 has multiple examples of this thanks to Candy, who ends up [[FreakyFridayFlip switching bodies with Miyuki]], which results in various embarrassing situations such as Candy drawing doodles on her tests and continuing to say [[VerbalTic "Kuru"]] whenever she speaks in front of Miyuki's teachers.
79	* CurtainsMatchTheWindow: All five Cures sport this, moreso in Cure form than civilian.
80	* CutesyNameTown: Rainbow Hills [[note]]Nanairogaoka[[/note]]
81	* CuteWitch: Yayoi becomes this in the Cinderella episode as Miyuki/Cinderella’s FairyGodmother, of course it’s the WitchClassic variety.
82	** [[spoiler:Majorina’s fairy form]] before [[spoiler:she was [[BrainwashedAndCrazy brainwashed]] and after she reverted back to normal, and she [[{{Expy}} resembles]] Pomona Sprout from ''Film/HarryPotter'']].
83	* DancingTheme: Both ending themes count, complete with CGI dancing of the Precures!
84	* DarkestHour:
85	** '''Episode 22'''. [[spoiler:Joker has appeared again, [[CurbstompBattle curbstomped]] the Precures, gained the last batch of Bad Energy from them, and runs off with the single remaining Cure Decor to revive Pierrot.]]
86	** [[spoiler:Episode 47's ending even more so. Just when it seems the ultra forms of the cures seems to defeat Pierrot, he absorbs all the darkness monsters he unleashed into himself and becomes as big as '''[[Anime/PrettyCureAllStars BLACK]] [[OhCrap HOLE]]!''']]
87	* DavidVersusGoliath: Cure Peace VS Akaoni/Brute is enough to fit this bill.
88	* DeathOrGloryAttack: Using finishers will leave the Cures exhausted, justifying why they can only use it once per transformation. This lessens as the season goes on, though.
89	* DebutQueue: The same general deal as ''Anime/YesPrettyCure5'', only played straighter as there's no additional drama concerning Cure Beauty's debut.
90	* DependingOnTheWriter: Miyuki's flashback on how she got her optimistic view are different between the TV series and the movie, though the premise is the same; a 'fairy' encouraged her to always smiling so she could have friends. In episode 44, the 'fairy' came from a mirror necklace given by her grandmother, while in the movie, the 'fairy' is actually the main character in a storybook Miyuki read. It can be chalked up that Miyuki is being a UnreliableExpositor, [[spoiler:as by forgetting the exact circumstance of her meeting with the 'fairy', the storybook character, AKA [[ForgottenChildhoodFriend Nico]], becomes vengeful and it kicks start the movie's plot.]]
91	* DifferentInEveryEpisode: Peace's Jan-ken-pon/rock-paper-scissors she plays during the TransformationSequence changes each episode. During the first few episodes, the other characters even comment on this.
92	* DownerEnding: This is the villains' goal, to give the world a "bad end".
93	* DubInducedPlotHole: Averted starting with the second half of Glitter Force. Since the new [[DubNameChange Super Buffoons]] use multiple Glitter Charms, they simply have the first two also composed of ones from the episodes they skipped over.
94	* DubNameChange:
95	** ''Smile Pretty Cure'' -> ''Glitter Force''
96	** Marchenland -> Jubiland
97	** Candy ends up being an Aversion with her name, but she's classified as a "pixie", not a "fairy".
98	** Wolfrun -> Ulric
99	** Akaoni -> Brute
100	** Akanbe/Super Akanbe/Hyper Akanbe -> Buffoon/Super Buffoon/Twilight Buffoon
101	** Miyuki/Cure Happy -> Emily/Glitter Lucky
102	** Akane/Cure Sunny -> Kelsey/Glitter Sunny.
103	** Yayoi/Cure Peace -> Lily/Glitter Peace
104	** Nao/Cure March -> April/Glitter Spring
105	** Reika/Cure Beauty -> Chloe/Glitter Breeze
106	** Joker -> Rascal
107	** Majorina -> Brooja
108	** Pierrot -> Nogo
109	** Bad End Pretty Cure -> Glitter Shadow Force
110	%%* DullEyesOfUnhappiness:
111	%%** Eating the food of the Bad End Kingdom brainwashes you, and it gives you these.
112	%%** [[spoiler:All the Precures got this when Pierrot covered the Precure book with black ink]].
113	%%* ElementalHairColors: The girls follow pretty standard [[ColorCodedElements colors]] and styles for their elements, though Cure Happy's is more in line with her secondary element.
114	* ElementalPowers: Each of the Smile Precures have these, one for each Cure with Cure Happy technically getting two. Cure Happy gains ThePowerOfLove and LightEmUp powers, Cure Sunny gains PlayingWithFire, Cure Peace gains ShockAndAwe, Cure March gains BlowYouAway, and Cure Beauty gains AnIcePerson abilities.
115	* EleventhHourRanger: Just when we think this season will have no {{Sixth Ranger}}s, [[spoiler:episode 47 has Candy becoming Royale Candy, a BarrierMaiden in the vein of [[Anime/FutariWaPrettyCure Shiny Luminous]].]]
116	* EleventhHourSuperpower: In episode 47, we see [[spoiler:the Precure's Ultra Forms, which gives them enough of a power boost to defeat Pierrot in his first form]].
117	* EnslavedTongue: Majorina ruins the comedy contest by using special rings on the guest duo which make them unable to tell jokes or speak in the Kansai dialect, causing their routine to fall flat.
118	* EpilepticFlashingLights: It's probably best not to see the team's TransformationSequence and attack powers if you have epilepsy. Toned down in the US dub by having the scene darken slightly during those moments.
119	* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: The names of most of Majorina's inventions pretty much describe exactly what it does.
120	* ExposedToTheElements: In episode 6 Miyuki is accidentally sent to the ''South Pole'' in her civvies, and wasn't bothered by the cold... Until she got back to Japan.
121	* {{Expy}}:
122	** The five Cures have a similar color scheme and even some similar character designs as the Cures of ''Anime/YesPrettyCure5''. The similarities can be chalked up to having the same character designer (Toshie Kawamura) for both series.
123	** Candy was often described as [[Anime/HeartcatchPrettyCure Potpourri]] with sheep ears.
124	* EyeCatch: Normally shows one of the Cures for the beginning side commercial break and Candy afterwards, but in four episodes the commercial end one showed ''[[RuleOfFunny Akanbe]]''.
125	* FairyTaleMotifs: All over the place. This is more notable with the QuirkyMinibossSquad; each member is based off a fairy tale villain (Wolfrun, for instance, is based off TheBigBadWolf).
126	* FeminineWomenCanCook: Played straight with Yayoi, but averted with Akane and Nao; both girls are {{Tomboy}}s but they're still excellent cooks.
127	* {{Foil}}: The Bad End Generals to the Cures.
128	** Wolfrun against Miyuki and Akane. He's a NietzscheWannabe, while Miyuki is hopeful and Akane is passionate.
129	** Akaoni, TheBrute, and Yayoi, the crybaby of the team.
130	** Majorina, who specializes in tricks, vs. Nao's adherence to [[CharacterCatchphrase a straight-up bout]].
131	** And Joker, with his sadism to Miyuki's desire for happiness, and tendency to manipulate his teammates against Reika's role as TheSmartGuy.
132	* ForeignReScore: As part of the localization efforts caused by Saban, Takanashi Yasuharu's score (along with all the {{Image Song}}s) was cut and replaced with a more generic western-pop soundtrack. This even applies to the CGI dances at the end of each episode, resulting in all of them getting re-animated (to mixed results).
133	* FountainOfYouth: In episode 38, a potion made by Majorina turns the 5 girls, Wolfrun and Akaoni into kindergartners and Candy into a baby. [[spoiler: They turn back to normal 5 minutes before the episode ends.]]
134	* FourTemperamentEnsemble: Like with ''Anime/YesPrettyCure5'' before, the Smile team also has this among 5 people; but it's done a little differently here: Miyuki is Sanguine, Akane and Nao are Choleric, Yayoi is Phlegmatic, and Reika is Melancholic.
135	* FracturedFairyTale: Cinderella gets... ''weird'' in episode 39.
136	* FreakyFridayFlip: Miyuki and Candy in episode 8 end up in each other's bodies and have to go about the day that way.
137	* FrillsOfJustice: All five Cures sport angel wing hair decs and tiaras when transformed. Also, both Miyuki and Nao sport ribbons on their hair in civilian form, as does Candy. Yes, even the MentorMascot gets a turn in this carousel.
138	* FrillyUpgrade:
139	** "Pretty Cure Rainbow Healing" -- the girls lose their FeatherMotif and gain crowns and a few additional frills during the move.
140	** Later, in episode 23, the girls get the Princess Forms and Princess Candles exclusively for their new attack, Pretty Cure Rainbow Burst.
141	** And then they got the Royal Clock, allowing them to use a power-up of the aforementioned attack, Royal Rainbow Burst.
142	** [[spoiler:As if ''these'' weren't enough, TheMovie has Cure Happy get a third upgrade, Ultra Cure Happy, which takes the "Frilly" part of "Frilly Upgrade" up a notch. The other Cures gain this for the final fight alongside Cure Happy against Pierrot in episode 47]].
143	* FunnyBackgroundEvent: Two during the ending. The first involves Peace falling on top of March, while the second has Sunny volleying a ball right onto Happy's face.
144	** Peace's variation of the ending adds a third one to the mix. At the very beginning, she {{face plant}}s while skipping away from the camera to join the other Cures, and the next time we see her there's a noticeable red spot on her face.
145	* GagDub: The English dub somewhat counts as there are lampshade hangings, TalkingIsAFreeAction, and the over-the-top sweet speech of Cure Peace. Its reception is quite mixed.
146	* GetBackHereBoss: The Akanbe from episode 39 runs away instead of fighting Cure Happy because it's trying to stall her into missing the midnight deadline (it's a ''Cinderella'' reenactment, see), forcing Happy to chase it all over the castle.
147	* GenreThrowback: Saban’s Glitter Force dub is very much an (unintentional) homage to English dubs from the 90’s and 00’s. With heavy Americanization, rampant censorship and edits including even outright cutting episodes, Glitter Force harkens back to the “Dark Age of English Dubs” (ie pre-2010) without a doubt.
148	* GoKartingWithBowser: In episode 38, the Cures are turned into young kids because of Majorina's newest invention; so are Wolfrun and Redoni by accident. So when the two groups meet as kids, they forget their enmity and start playing tag. Justified as being turned into kids gives them the urge to play instead of fight.
149	* GoodWingsEvilWings: [[spoiler:The Smile Precures have little white angel wings adorning their hair while the Bad End Precures have black bat wings]].
150	* GottaCatchEmAll: The Cure Decor features as the collectible item this time around.
151	* GratuitousEnglish:
152	** Besides the obvious, episode 7 has a toy shop which has a sign that says "Stuffed Shop."[[note]]Yes, the period is included[[/note]].
153	** Despite the good English in episode 36, a letter later comes that is strangely written in a low level for a native speaker. Could be [[JustifiedTrope justified]] that it was written simply so the recipient could have an easier time understanding it.
154	* GretzkyHasTheBall: The relay race in episode 18 has five runners, while normal relay races in the real world have four.
155	* HeartBeatDown: Cure Happy, though not as obvious as some examples. Her attacks have a clear heart-shape to them and she is all for genuine happiness. Bad End Happy's own attacks are heart-shaped too, [[ItsAllAboutMe though she only cares for her own happiness]].
156	* TheHighQueen[=/=]BigGood[=/=]KingInTheMountain: The Royale Queene of Märchenland. She made a HeroicSacrifice TakingYouWithMe after all her Cure Decors are stolen by Pierrot, and is now [[NeverSayDie sleeping]]. [[spoiler:She was expected to wake up when the Cures collected all the Cure Décors, but because Pierrot was revived earlier, instead she grants them the Princess Modes.]]
157	* HimeCut: Reika/Cure Beauty again.
158	* HopeSpot: At the end of episode 21, [[spoiler:it seems like the Cures have accomplished their goal of completing the Décor Décolle and reviving the Royale Queene... When suddenly Joker comes along and steals, not just the last Cure Décor, but also ''the entire Décor Décolle and Candy''.]]
159	* HowDoIShotWeb: Cure Happy has a hard time using her finisher, and they're still trying to figure out the [[SuperStrength strength boost]] they get from becoming Cures.
160	-->-- "[[{{Kiai}} KIAI DA! KIAI DA! KIAI DA!]] '''''KIAI DAAAAAA!!'''''"
161	* HubLevel: The Mysterious Library, where all Book Doors are connected to, and where the Cures decide to set up their [[ElaborateUndergroundBase Clubhouse.]]
162	* HumongousMecha: Happy Robot with [[MechaExpansionPack Buttlerfly Wings]] and RocketPunch, and the Hyper Akanbes of Wolfrun and Akaoni in episode 35. The Hyper Akanbes of Wolfrun and Akaoni double as CombiningMecha.
163	* IdiotBall:
164	** Candy making a fool of Miyuki in [[FreakyFridayFlip episode 8]] could've been avoided if they'd claimed she was sick or used some similar excuse to get her out of class.
165	** Nearly every episode due to an unfortunate oversight in the format of the show, in which the villains always achieve their goal before summoning any Akanbe and the only thing summoning said Akanbe does is allow the Precure to collect a Decor. If they never summoned anything but the blue noses, which don't drop Decors, they would have won by episode 23.
166	* InelegantBlubbering: [[EverybodyCries All 5 Precures and especially Candy]] in [[spoiler:the last episode, when they discover they'll have to say goodbye to Candy since the exhausted Miracle Jewel won't allow travel between the worlds.]] It's pretty effective as a sad scene despite it.
167	* InterclassFriendship: There's Nao Midorikawa who comes from a big, working class family and Reika Aoki who is part of a wealthy, traditionalist family. The two were ChildhoodFriends before they became Pretty Cures.
168	* {{Invisibility}}: Episode 20 had [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwJI46XWiSg Miyuki and Akane turn invisible]] due to Candy finding a camera that turns things invisible which was created by Majorina.
169	* ISOStandardUrbanGroceries: In episode 4, Nao is carrying several grocery bags, with a leek protuding from one and a daikon radish from the other, when she encounters the panicking Miyuki on the street.
170	* LateForSchool: The stereotype is [[PlayingWithATrope Played With]] with Miyuki, her introduction is this but lacking the bread aspect and the CrashIntoHello was not where she was expecting.
171	* LaughingMad: [[spoiler: Joker during his VillainousBreakdown.]]
172	* LaughThemselvesSick: Akaoni actually pulls a ROFL (Rolling on the floor laughing) after finding out the Precure have bad luck.
173	* LettingTheAirOutOfTheBand: Several times, the background music slowly fizzles out, including when [[ButtMonkey Happy's]] attacks fail or miss in the first and second episodes, and when Candy [[EpicFail completely fails]] at explaining the premise of the series in episode 6.
174	* LightEmUp: Cure Happy [[spoiler:and Royale Candy]]. Both of them have sparkles in their attacks and a steady glow; pink for Cure Happy [[spoiler:and white for Royale Candy]]. Bad End Happy has these powers too as Cure Happy's EvilKnockoff.
175	* LighterAndSofter: Compared to ''Anime/HeartcatchPrettyCure'' and ''Anime/SuitePrettyCure'', this show is more [[RuleOfFunny comedy driven]].
176	* LotusEaterMachine: Joker's Ball of Neglect that appears in episode 31 and 32. Inside is a CrapSaccharineWorld where you're drowned in endless pleasure, while you're subtly encouraged to care about nothing but your own [[ItsAllAboutMe indulgences]]. [[spoiler:Joker states quite clearly this is the Bad End waiting for the whole world.]]
177	* LuminescentBlush: Constantly. It's somewhat justified in Cure form as they tap themselves with the Smile Pacts' powder puffs while transforming.
178	* TheMagicGoesAway: In the final episode, [[spoiler:the [[TransformationTrinket Smile Pacts]] were turned to stone by Pierrot and the Miracle Jewel had the sacrificed just to give a chance of averting the Bad End; the latter forces Candy and Pop to return to Marchenland with the magic of Pretty Cure. Though it presumably [[TheMagicComesBack comes back]] in TheStinger.]]
179	* MascotsNameGoesUnchanged: Most characters get {{Dub Name Change}}s to go with the ThinlyVeiledDubCountryChange, but the two {{Fairy Companion}}s keep their names.
180	* MeaningfulName: For the first time in a ''Anime/PrettyCure'' series, the meanings behind the Cures' names are explained and discussed.
181	* ModestyShorts: The triumphant return of the more noticeable bike shorts under the Cures' dresses; ''Anime/HeartcatchPrettyCure'' had these but upskirt shots were needed to notice them.
182	* MonsterMash: The Three Commanders of the Bad End Kingdom are as follows; Wolfrun (a WolfMan), Akaoni (an {{Oni}}), Majorina (a WickedWitch).
183	* MonsterOfTheWeek: '''[[PokemonSpeak AKANBE]]/Buffoon!''' Whose faces have a MonsterClown vibe to them. They even come in multiple flavours:
184	** Red-nosed Akanbe are the standard for the first half of the series, created from the stolen Cure Decor.
185	** Blue-nosed Akanbe are weaker than red-nosed Akanbe, but as they are not created from Cure Decor, they are immune to the standard {{Finishing Move}}s of the Pretty Cure.
186	** Yellow-nosed Akanbe seem to share the same traits and strength as red-nosed Akanbe, but like blue-nosed Akanbe are not created from Cure Decor.
187	** Super Akanbe, made from two Cure Decors, have dark red noses.
188	** Black-nosed Hyper Akanbe, introduced in episode 31, are made from just one Decor again and can fuse with the Bad End Kingdom generals to give them direct control and boost the Akanbe's power.
189	* MorphicResonance: When Miyuki and Candy have a FreakyFridayFlip, not only do [[VoicesAreMental their voices flip along with them]], so do their hairstyles, and Candy's BlushSticker is given to Miyuki.
190	* TheMovingExperience: Yayoi decides to play an April Fool's joke by saying that she was moving away. However, the person she told it to, Miyuki, believed it wholesale and went to tell ''everyone''. Yayoi's unable to reveal the truth until Akaoni does it for her and the team is quite upset at this... until they realize that they only believed it because Miyuki believed it.
191	* MumLooksLikeASister: Ikuyo Hoshizora and Chiharu Kise. Both look incredibly young to the point where you would be forgiven for thinking they're older siblings and not parents.
192	* MythologyGag: [[MythologyGag/PrettyCure Has its' own page]].
193	* NonUniformUniform: Apparently, Rainbow Hills Middle School is quite lax about uniform rules, as a good portion of the students has a different way to wear the uniform. The Cures are no exception, but take it a step further by having ties of their respective colors.
194	* NoOntologicalInertia: Weaponized by Majorina in Episode 35. Earlier in the episode, Majorina's "turn-into-a-robot" gun was accidentally fired on Cure Happy, [[ForcedTransformation turning her into Happy Robo]] - and of course, it can only be used once. When the Precure (sans Cure Happy) manage to work out how to pilot the new Happy Robo and are about to use Happy Robo's finisher on the combined Hyper Akanbe, Happy suddenly reverts to normal, sending the group groundwards. Cut to Majorina, who states that since the gun was one-use only, all she had to do was destroy it to reverse the effects, thus keeping the Akanbe from getting its butt kicked (At least, until [[SuperMode Princess Form]] comes into play).
195	* OminousObsidianOoze: Dark Paint is said to be the essence of Emperor Pierrot. The QuirkyMinibossSquad break open tubes of it and swipe it across blank books in order to "paint your bright future(s) black", driving the VictimOfTheWeek into near-hopeless despair.
196	* OmnicidalManiac: Pierrot, whose idea of a Bad End at the very ''least' involves ''ripping out a chunk of the planet''. That's not even getting into his plans for the rest of the universe either. Bad End Sunny too, since she wants to become the sun that burns everything up.
197	* OneSteveLimit: Aversions:
198	** It's not like there weren't any [[Anime/FreshPrettyCure Miyuki]]s or [[Anime/FutariWaPrettyCure Akane]]s in ''Anime/PrettyCure'' before...
199	** Reika and her grandfather's [=VAs=] share the same surname [[Creator/ChinamiNishimura Nishi]][[Creator/TomomichiNishimura mura]].
200	* PinkGirlBlueBoy: Candy emerges from a pink book; her brother Pop comes out of a blue book.
201	* PlayingWithFire: Cure Sunny. Her transformation involves fire literally over her body and her hair changes in a fiery fashion. Bad End Sunny, being Cure Sunny's EvilKnockoff, has this too.
202	* PocketDimension: Joker's preferred method of dealing with the Precures following their stopping Pierrot from coming back is to isolate one or more of them in one and deal with them on his own terms. It gives him [[LotusEaterMachine quite]] [[BreakingSpeech a few]] [[EvilKnockoff options]], though none of them ultimately succeed.
203	* PsychosomaticSuperpowerOutage: In episode 43, Reika lost her powers as Cure Beauty during a fight with Joker because the latter used the former's conflict between quitting being a Cure and disappointing her friends by not studying abroad to drive her into a breakdown.
204	* PsychoRangers: The Bad End Precure created by Joker at the end of episode 45. [[spoiler:All five of them physically resemble their respective counterparts and share their ElementalPowers, albeit in a darker form. There are slight differences in hairstyle and major differences in attire, however.]]
205	* PummelDuel: Cure Sunny and Wolfrun get into one after the latter goes completely berserk at the thought of losing to the former.
206	* QuiveringLip:
207	** Yayoi's lip briefly wobbles as her eyes well up with TearsOfJoy after Miyuki and Akane say she's cool.
208	** In the series finale, after Candy is sent back to Märchenland, Miyuki's lip quivers and then she breaks down in InelegantBlubbering, as do [[EverybodyCries all the other girls]].
209	* RaceForYourLove: Akane does this in Episode 36.
210	* RecycledPlot: Some elemnts from the final episode might sound awfully familiar to particularly devoted fans. Because they are taken from the third ''All Stars DX'' movie. [[spoiler:Pierrot turns into a giant black hole (like the antagonist of the movie) and the Pretty Cure lose the ability to transform, but through the powers of the Miracle Jewel, they can transform one last time. However that would mean that the girls and the fairies won't be able to meet each other again. Cue a tear-breaking scene where they all cry and then they accept this condition. And like in the movie, it doesn't stick]]. It might be a dedication to the movie more than a recycled plot but it is what it is.
211	* RedemptionDemotion: [[spoiler:In the beginning, the fairytale villains start out as badass dark sorcerers with awesome evil magic. Then, after some "We Care About You" nonsense, they're puny little pixies with no powers. What's so great about redemption, anyway?]]
212	* RidiculouslyCuteCritter: Candy and Pop, though Pop doesn't like being described as such.
213	* TheRunaway: In episode 42, two of Nao's siblings leave the house while Nao is in charge (as her parents are at the hospital), without telling her. And then while they're in town, all alone, Majorina finds them [[Main/CagedInsideAMonster and imprisons them inside an apple-shaped Akombe.]]
214	* RunningGag:
215	** It seems like this universe likes throwing things at [[TheHero Miyuki's]] face.
216	** Many episodes' plots are kicked off by one of Majorina's newest inventions going missing because of Wolfrun and/or Akaoni, said inventions usually ending up wherever the Pretty Cure are. And she usually runs to the ''same'' police station to ask for directions before finding the invention on the Pretty Cure's hands.
217	* ScreamingWarrior: The Cures can sometimes get rather loud when in battle, ''especially'' Miyuki.
218	%%* SeizaSquirm: Miyuki briefly goes through this in Episode 5.
219	* ShaggyDogStory: Episode 29. [[spoiler:On the last day of summer vacation, the Cures resolve to stop playing around and finish their summer homework. Instead, they're dragged into a theme park world they're ''forced'' to play through all day to escape, and by then it's already too late. Despite the Aesop, they still have to take remedial classes after school for something not their fault]].
220	* ShockAndAwe: Cure Peace; her main attack is "Pretty Cure Peace Thunder!" and involves lightning. Bad End Peace is this too, being Cure Peace's EvilKnockoff.
221	* ShoutOut:
222	** The way Miyuki pouts every time she says "Happuppu~" might remind you of [[Anime/OjamajoDoremi another unlucky pink-clad Toei main character]].
223	** #5: Cure Peace at one point says "[[Series/KamenRiderDecade We're just passing-through superheroes...]]"
224	** #6: "[[Series/HimitsuSentaiGoranger Gonin sorotte! Go-Pretty Cure!]]"
225	** #8: The shots in which Majorina proudly announces the (lazily thought of) names for her body-switch rings and their antidote are a reference to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GO1YcNVNTy8 this commercial]].
226	*** Also in that same episode, there was a possible shout out to ''WesternAnimation/GarfieldAndFriends''. In one "Screaming With Binky" short that played before "Attack of the Mutant Guppies" about a diamond cutter, seconds after Binky disrupts a diamond cutter, he sneezes, blowing away the diamond dust. In the Pretty Cure episode, Akaoni blows away the rings with a sneeze. This might have been a shout out to Akaoni's voice actor doing Binky's voice on the Japanese dub of Garfield and Friends.
227	** Episode 25 contains another shout-out to Garfield and Friends. Akaoni is the main villain. This is yet again another "Screaming With Binky" shout-out, as in one episode of that quickie, he went to the beach, screamed and disrupted a man building a sandcastle.
228	** Candy is very similar to another Toei character: Culumon (Calumon) from ''Anime/DigimonTamers''. Not only do they have the same VerbalTic, but Candy has some special power the bad guys want, just like Culumon did.
229	** #23: The way Cure Happy uses Happy Shower to avoid falling into lava lake is reminiscent of how [[Anime/DragonBallZ Son Goten]] avoids ring-out during the World Tournament in Buu saga.
230	** #35 The face of Happy Robot is more like [[WesternAnimation/TheJetsons Rosie]]. Not to mention the episode basically consisted of seeing how many SuperRobot cliches and shout outs could fit into one episode. The show even gets Creator/MasamiObari in as a guest animator! Additionally, Robotter from that episode's ShowWithinAShow is basically a slightly re-designed [[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsOriginalGeneration Compatible Kaiser]].
231	** To the Franchise/SailorMoon series, there are the Precure's Princesses Form, the Princess Candle looking just like Sailor Moon's Kaleidomoon Scope, and gaining power from the Pegasus but is really a WingedUnicorn.
232	** #41 When Cure Peace obtains her Ultra Decor and powers up, her stance and energy field almost mimics the [[SuperMode Super Saiyan]] mode from ''Anime/DragonBallZ''.
233	** In some episodes of the Glitter Force dub,in Miyuki (Emily) says [[ByThePowerOfGrayskull "It's Glitter Time!"]] before transforming. Sounds [[Franchise/PowerRangers familiar?]]
234	* ShowWithinAShow: ''Iron Warrior Robotter'', an anime of the SuperRobotGenre that Yayoi enjoys, and which is the background for the theme of episode 35 (affectionately lampooning those sorts of shows).
235	* SpecialGuest: Japanese comedy duo FUJIWARA appear as themselves in Episode 17.
236	* SpoilerOpening: [[spoiler:Aside from the Princess Modes being spoiled in the opening theme, we also see battle footage straight from the opening being reused in Episode 23. And Pierrot's giant hand being reused and mirrored in the final episode.]]
237	** Episode 1 of the English adaptation, Glitter Force, begins with [[spoiler: Emily having a dream about joining the Glitter Force, which spoils some parts of the first half of the series, including the Princess Forms!]]
238	* SpookyPainting: In [[{{Kimodameshi}} episode 28]], the main cast goes inside the art room to look at the students' drawings pinned to the wall. They all look relatively normal except for one which eventually catches their eye. This picture has a green hooded figure with its back turned and oddly saying "Chew properly". After a few seconds of the girls' staring at it, said figure ([[WickedWitch Majorina]]) turns around ''inside the picture'' and asks the girls if they'd like a poisoned apple. Unusually for the trope, this is PlayedForLaughs because 2 of the girls aren't afraid at all: [[NightmareFetishist Yayoi]] (who gets [[WingdingEyes starry-eyed]]) and [[NervesOfSteel Reika]] (who is simply intrigued). In fact, Miyuki and Akane had to ''push them out the room'' so that Nao could slam the door shut behind them.
239	* SpotlightStealingSquad: Invoked by Pop in Episode 33. The girls play in an edo movie with kunoichi Nao as the main character. However, after she's defeated by Jorogumo (Akane) and tries to kidnap Princess Reika, vagabond Pop appears, defeats the villain and goes away, like a lonely samurai hero. Then he tries it to do again, when the girls are trapped by Akaoni's Hyper Akanbe, but he fails, so ''Candy'' saves them. And finally, [[spoiler:he cuts the movie by himself and removes the recorded Precure scenes, and the movie is only about vagabond Pop and the girls are entirely removed, the latter was to preserve the girls secret identity, though]].
240	* StatusQuoIsGod: Episode 23 was practically a SeasonFinale: all of the Cure Decor are recovered, and all of the major villains (including the BigBad) are fought and defeated thanks to a new SuperMode. Episode 24 reveals that the BigBad was ''not'' destroyed, all of the villains are resurrected, and the show returns to the ''exact same plot'' as before: the villains try to collect Bad Energy to revive their SealedEvilInACan, while the heroes collect the Cure Decor to revive their SealedGoodInACan. The director stated in an interview that this was done because he wanted ''Smile'' to be "simple".
241	* StoryArc: The [[ClassTrip School Trip]] Arc from Episode 12 to 14 (''see ClassTrip above'')
242	* StudentCouncilPresident: Reika is the vice president [[spoiler: until episode 37, where she is elected president. Wolfrun, Akaoni, and Majorina got the idea to run after seeing the trope played straight on TV, and turned themselves human to do just that.]]
243	* SuperMode: The Princess Forms, which lets them use their most powerful group finishers [[spoiler:and, later on, Ultra Forms, which gives them enough strength to beat a Pierrot the size of Black Hole.]]
244	* TakeAThirdOption: Episode 29, during the game level 5. Wolfrun vs Cure Beauty in a swimming contest. [[spoiler:There's an Akanbe-Shark on Beauty's line, her options are either stare the Akanbe while stuck in place, or jump and swim with the Akanbe hunting her underwater. Solution: Precure Beauty Blizzard the WHOLE POOL (with Wolfrun), then get to the goal by ice-skating.]]
245	* TalkingIsAFreeAction: The girls have a long conversation towards the end of Episode 9, while Akaoni and the [[MonsterOfTheWeek Akanbe of the Week]] just sit around waiting for them to finish before continuing the fight.
246	* TeleporterAccident: When your means of instantaneous travel involves imagining the place you want to go to, you probably should not be thinking about penguins.
247	* ThemeNaming: Every Cure name is a word which you make a smile when saying. This also applies to the dub.
248	* ThirteenIsUnlucky: Episode 13, where Miyuki has an incredible streak of bad luck during their ClassTrip to Kyoto.
249	* ThrowItIn: InUniverse in Episode 33. The Director allows the main cast to go so far OffTheRails that it [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCYSDWDls9A must be seen]] to be believed.
250	* ToiletHumour:
251	** Rare for a Precure series (unless you count the [[Anime/HeartcatchPrettyCure Heart Seeds]] and the episode of ''[[Anime/FreshPrecure Fresh]]'' where Chiffon is constipated), but after drawing a Terrible Luck Fortune a bird flies by and poops on Miyuki's head.
252	** In episode 10, Majorina says she made a potion from frog farts.
253	** In episode 38, poop flies out of Baby Candy's diaper when Kindergartner Yayoi trips on a rock.
254	* TransformationIsAFreeAction: Reinforced in Episode 4 -- Akaoni waited until Peace's TransformationNameAnnouncement to try to beat her at RockPaperScissors (Jan-Ken-Pon). [[spoiler:Peace threw "paper" instead of the expected "scissors"/VSign, much to Akaoni's disappointment.]]
255	* {{Troperiffic}}: The previous installments had [[Anime/HeartcatchPrettyCure flowers]] and [[Anime/SuitePrettyCure music]], now it's {{Fairy Tale}}s, so this is probably inevitable. The main character, being an absolute fairy tale {{otaku}}, [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] and sometimes [[InvokedTrope invokes]] tropes.
256	* VerbalTic:
257	** Candy ends her sentences with "-kuru" (possibly a pun on "Decor"). On the other hand, her brother Pop uses "-de gozaru".
258	** ''[[InvokedTrope Invoked]]'' by Miyuki when [[ItMakesSenseInContext Pop turns the girls into fairies]]. All the girls but Akane embrace the idea, with some of them continuing briefly after turning back into humans.
259	* VisibleInvisibility: Partial Transparency and Complete Invisibility are demonstrated when Miyuki and Akane run afoul of Majorina's "Become Invisible", as seen [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2Kk9qsuSk4 here]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6c6vZLYXbpE here]], and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQk8-8cLQm0 here]]. It's even possible to see both methods used simultaneously in some parts of the episode.
260	* WalkOnWater: The EndingTheme has the Cures ''[[DancingTheme dance]]'' on water.
261	* WingdingEyes:
262	** Miyuki and Candy get these all the time. During the Kyoto trip Miyuki pretty much goes though the list with Spirals, [[NonLethalKO Xs]], DullEyesOfUnhappiness and even random scribbles for eyes.
263	** And in Episode 33, [[http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mb7grsEede1qjwx5ho1_250.gif Yayoi gets hearts for eyes]] after seeing [[spoiler:Pop in human form for the first time]].
264	* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: [[spoiler: The three Bad End generals, who are actually fairies from Märchenland. Because they were based on villains of fairy tales, they were hated and treated badly for no reason other than the fact, even if they weren't even doing anything at the time. This gave Joker the perfect chance to change them.]]
265	* {{Youkai}}:
266	** Akaoni is, naturally, based off an Oni.
267	** #27 implies the existence of {{Kappa}} and {{Tengu}}.
268	** And we get a whole movie about this in #33, complete with a blue Oni that Akaoni starts idolizing.
269	* YourPrincessIsInAnotherCastle: [[spoiler:Joker in Episode 31 simply opts to hang back after the MonsterOfTheWeek is defeated and the MidSeasonUpgrade revealed, and simply ambushes and takes out four of the five Precure with little fuss while they're busy celebrating.]]

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