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8	As one of the most successful and long-running MagicalGirl franchises out there, ''Anime/PrettyCure'' has resulted in many references in other works, especially anime.
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11	[[AC: {{Anime}} & {{Manga}}]]
12	* ''Manga/AhoGirl'' has a ''Pretty Cure'' parody called ''[=PreChure=]'', which Yoshiko gets theatre tickets for that Akutsu puts aside his hatred of her for so his little sister Ruri can watch it. The characters on the screen are a duo with the same color scheme as Blossom and Marine from ''Anime/HeartcatchPrettyCure''. Funnily enough, Yoshiko’s voice actress Creator/AoiYuuki is a big ''Pretty Cure'' fan and later became a PromotedFangirl when she was cast as Cure Grace in ''Anime/HealinGoodPrettyCure''.
13	* ''Anime/AnimeGataris'' has the ''[=PreFae=]'' franchise as one of the many, many references to other properties.
14	* ''Anime/FlipFlappers'': The girls transform and fight in the style of ''Anime/PrettyCure'' heroines. To drive the point home, they even called themselves "''Pure'' Blade" and "''Pure'' Barrier" (though the collector's book included in the Blu-ray limited edition explains that the girls' transformations actually have no names, and calling out "Pure Blade" and "Pure Barrier" was a one-time expression of enthusiasm caused by eating the Peppy Potato).
15	* Chapter 140 of ''Manga/KaguyaSamaLoveIsWar'' has Chika Fujiwara mention ''Pretty Cure'' by name when asking what video game Ishigami will be busy playing that preoccupies him from going to her Christmas party. He calls her out on the PopCulturalOsmosisFailure and assuming he’ll be all alone on Christmas. This is also an allusion to the fact that Fujiwara’s voice actress in the anime adaptation Creator/KonomiKohara was also playing Lala Hagoromo/Cure Milky in ''Anime/StarTwinklePrettyCure'' at the time.
16	* ''Manga/LoveMeForWhoIAm'': There's a work featuring a magical girl called "Magical Girl Twinkle Shine", which takes some ''Pretty Cure'' influence. Ten enjoys crossplaying as her.
17	* Episode 3 of ''Gundam Build Fighters Battlelogue'' is just one big shout-out towards ''Anime/PrettyCure''.
18	* ''Manga/MyDressUpDarling'': The ''Flower Princess Blaze!!'' anime that Marin watches is a pastiche of many MagicalGirlWarrior shows, with references to specific ''Pretty Cure'' seasons. Blaze’s transformation pose and speech evoke that of ''Anime/HeartcatchPrettyCure'', her scene where she talks about her dream of being a princess directly mirrors Haruka’s scene from episode 38 of ''Anime/GoPrincessPrettyCure'', and Gojo observes that it has more GoodOldFisticuffs than he expected of the genre. It’s also mentioned to have been produced by [[Creator/ToeiAnimation Toh-A Animation]] when he looks it up on Wikipedia.
19	* ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'': In the sixth episode of Season 4, one character buys a toy from an anime called ''Mo-retsu! Puriyua 10'', a cross between ''Anime/HappinessChargePrettyCure'' and ''Anime/HeartcatchPrettyCure'' with a similar WordSaladTitle to ''Anime/YesPrettyCure5''. (Series creator Creator/KoheiHorikoshi is also a fan of ''Pretty Cure'', and has drawn fanart of seasons such as ''Anime/GoPrincessPrettyCure''. Yoshihiko Umakoshi was chosen to design the anime adaptation specifically because Horikoshi enjoyed his work on ''[=HeartCatch=]'' and other shows.)
20	* ''Manga/OnimaiImNowYourSister'': Episode 4 contains a magical girl show called "Magical Girl Nicolala", whose protagonist has a rabbit theme like [[Anime/KiraKiraPrecureALaMode Cure Whip]] in addition to resembling her.
21	* The first episode of ''Manga/PenguinMusume'' opens with Sakura watching a spoof of ''Anime/YesPrettyCure5''. Later on in the episode, when she is discussing her interests, she shows off a dress that resembles [[Anime/FutariWaPrettyCure Cure White's]], but with a gigantic rotary telephone on the hip instead of the cellphone carrier the real one has.
22	* In episode 113 of ''Anime/PokemonTheSeriesSunAndMoon'', Mallow, Lillie, and Lana have {{Transformation Sequence}}s based off of a mix of ''Anime/HugttoPrettyCure'' and ''Anime/KiraKiraPrecureALaMode'', a team theme based on ''Anime/FreshPrettyCure'', and a beam finisher not too different from [[Anime/FutariWaPrettyCure Pretty Cure Marble Screw]]. They even have some cute Pokémons acting as their fairies.
23	* Sumi Sakurasawa from ''Manga/RentAGirlfriend'' and her own spinoff ''Rent-A-(Really Shy!)-Girlfriend'' is shown to be a fan of a particular magical girl anime for kids, which is apparently a ''Pretty Cure'' pastiche given that the heroines are named Cure Evidence and Cure Alternative. She later attempts to see a ''Cure Cure'' movie in a theatre, and her inner monologue mentions that the seasons try out new ideas to stay fresh, with the recent ''Gold Cure Cure'' being focused on capitalism.
24	* There's a ''Manga/SayonaraZetsubouSensei'' bit where characters turn into Lily Cure and Itoshiki is the BigBad.
25	* An episode of ''[[Anime/{{Tamagotchi}} Let's Go! Tamagotchi!]]'' has Chamametchi transforming into Super Chama Girl, who resembles [[Anime/YesPrettyCure5 Cure Dream]]. Coincidentally, Bandai made the toys for both franchises.
26	* ''Manga/ShinozakisanKiWoOtaShikaNi'': One of the anime that Kaede obsesses over is called ''[=PrePure=]'', and it has seasons such as ''[[Anime/FutariWaPrettyCure Futari de PrePure]]'', ''[[Anime/HeartcatchPrettyCure HeartBreak PrePure]]'', ''[[Anime/SmilePrettyCure Slime PrePure]]'', and ''[[Anime/FreshPrettyCure Flash PrePure]]''.
27	* ''Manga/TheWayOfTheHousehusband'': The eponymous househusband’s wife Miku is a fan of [[ShowWithinAShow an in-universe anime]] called ''[=PoliCure=]'', which is evidently a police-themed version of ''Pretty Cure'', and owns a figurine of the heroine from a season specifically titled ''[=CrimeCatch=] [=PoliCure=]''. For bonus points, the anime adaptation plays a SuspiciouslySimilarSong to the ''Anime/HeartcatchPrettyCure'' opening when the season is brought up.
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29	[[AC:ComicStrip]]
30	* ''ComicStrip/RexMorganMD'' of all things namedrops ''Anime/KiraKiraPrecureALaMode'' as the reason Sarah wants to get Platform/{{Crunchyroll}} in the August 8, 2021 strip. After his daughter infodumps to him about it, Rex states that he now knows more about ''Pretty Cure'' than any dad on the block. [[WordOfGod Terry Beatty, the comic's artist at the time,]] has said that the conversation was inspired by his own daughter who's a fan of the franchise.
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32	[[AC:Fan Works]]
33	* ''Fanfic/HealinGoodHostClub'''s title is a nod to ''Anime/HealinGoodPrettyCure''.
34	* ''Fanfic/JuniorOfficers'': "[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/46194589/chapters/116295754 Anime]]" mentions a series called "Precious Cure Shining Bright", a series mixing elements from ''Anime/DeliciousPartyPrettyCure'' and ''Anime/KiraKiraPrecureALaMode''.
35	* ''Fanfic/KedaborysMuppetMania'': In Chapter 4, [[Anime/HealinGoodPrecure Hinata]], [[Anime/DeliciousPartyPrecure Kokone]], and [[Anime/SuitePrecure Ako]] are among the guests watching the show.
36	* ''Fanfic/MaFille'' and ''Fanfic/ShiningAndSweet'':[[note]]This details are all exclusive to the UpdatedRerelease[[/note]]
37	** In "Sick Day", Katrina briefly passes by a rerun of ''Anime/HappinessChargePrettyCure''.
38	** In "Independent Woman", Annie asks Katrina if she's going to watch ''Anime/StarTwinklePrettyCure'' after school.
39	** In "Do the Hustle", when Bear Hugger lists the things Katrina hasn't had time for recently, he mentions ''Anime/HirogaruSkyPrettyCure''.
40	* ''Fanfic/PokemonCrossing'' mentions a ShowWithinAShow called Pretty Refresh, and one of the characters names her Swablu 'Coffret' (after one of the Heart Catch mascots).
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42	[[AC:Film -- Animated]]
43	* ''Anime/WeatheringWithYou'' features characters cosplaying [[Anime/FutariWaPrettyCure Cure Black and Cure White.]]
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45	[[AC: LiveActionTV]]
46	* A segment on one episode of ''Akashiya-san Channel'' focused on making kids happy by imitating ''Pretty Cure'', which was done to promote FUJIWARA's appearance on ''Anime/SmilePrettyCure''.
47	* An episode of ''[[Series/IronChef Iron Chef America]]'' featured sardine tacos that had been made by Morimoto Masaharu [[https://ogiuemaniax.com/2010/05/09/well-they-do-say-that-presentation-matters/ being held together]] by origami paper with the cast of ''[[Anime/YesPrettyCure5 Yes! Pretty Cure 5 [=GoGo=]!]]'' printed on it. This was [[MarthDebutedInSmashBros notably the first time anything from the franchise was seen in the United States]].
48	* ''NMB to Manabu-kun'' [[https://brickme.tumblr.com/post/94237039468/why-magical-girls-are-never-attacked-during-a did a segment]] on the physics of why the protagonists of ''Anime/FutariWaPrettyCure'' [[TransformationIsAFreeAction aren't attacked when transforming]].
49	-->''”DEATH AWAITS ANYONE WHO DARES TO DISRUPT A PRETTY CURE TRANSFORMATION!!”''
50	* ''Series/KamenRiderDenO''
51	** The last episode of the ''Imagin Anime'' spinoff has the characters looking at a poster for ''Anime/HeartcatchPrettyCure'' on the Toei studio building.
52	** The title of the ''Pretty Den-O'' film is an allusion to ''Pretty Cure'', and features a young girl turning into a MagicalGirlWarrior version of Den-O.
53	* ''Franchise/SuperSentai''
54	** The epilogue V-Cinema for ''Series/ShurikenSentaiNinninger'' brought some guest animators from ''Pretty Cure'' for the animation where Kasumi and Fūka do a magical girl finishing move based on the [[Anime/FutariWaPrettyCure Pretty Cure Marble Screw]] as the Ninnin Girls idol group. Incidentally, the new addition to the team Luna Kokonoe is played by Creator/MegumiHan, who voiced Cure Princess in ''Anime/HappinessChargePrettyCure'' and Kyūemon Izayoi in the series itself, [[spoiler:in an instance of SignificantDoubleCasting]].
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56	[[AC: VideoGames]]
57	* ''VideoGame/YokaiWatch3'': Hailey Anne is a fan of ''[[ShowWithinAShow Sailor Cuties]]'', a mix of ''Franchise/SailorMoon'' and ''Anime/PrettyCure''. This also applies to the [[Anime/YokaiWatch anime adaptation]]. Coincidentally, Nate has the same voice actress as Cure Fortune, and Hailey Anne's seiyuu would later play Cure Grace.
58	* In ''VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends'', the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4RPNbHIJiuA dance emote for the Star Guardian Lux skin]] is recreated from the dance sequence for ''Beyond the Sky'' [[labelnote:Romanji]] Kono Sora no Mukuo [[/labelnote]], ''Anime/DokiDokiPrecure''[=’=]s first ending theme.
59	* ''VideoGame/YandereSimulator''
60	** When it was first introduced, the [[LethalJokeWeapon Magical Girl Wand]] in the game was represented by the Crystal Princess Rod from ''Anime/GoPrincessPrettyCure'', though this was a placeholder and its model was eventually changed to be less copyright-infringing.
61	** [=YandereDev=] has [[https://x.com/YandereDev/status/691075866948861953?s=20 indicated]] that how he envisions the titular MagicalGirlWarrior of the ShowWithinAShow ''Magical Girl Pretty Miyuki'' at least partially takes after the ''Anime/YesPrettyCure5 [=GoGo!=]'' team.
62	* ''VideoGame/TokyoMirageSessionsFE'': One of the shows featured is a MagicalGirl series called ''Dia Majo Iroha'' that references both ''Anime/OjamajoDoremi'' (the tittle format) and [=PreCure=] (in the ''Franchise/{{Persona}}'' games, Dia is a ''[[StealthPun cure spell]]'').
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64	[[AC: WebComics]]
65	* Cure Black, Cure White, and Cure Pine are among the magical girls that utterly decimate Incognito and send him back through the hellmouth in ''WebComic/AndShineHeavenNow''.
66	* ''Webcomic/SleeplessDomain'': When Tessa visits the {{magical girl}} graveyard at the beginning of [[https://www.sleeplessdomain.com/comic/chapter-6-page-01 Chapter 6]], one of the graves in the background appears to belong to [[Anime/HeartcatchPrettyCure Yuri Tsukikage]].
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68	[[AC:WebVideo]]
69	* WordOfSaintPaul confirms that [[Series/KamenRiderExAid Ride-Player Nico]]’s [[ByThePowerOfGreyskull transformation phrase]] being "Let's play! Kamen Rider Modulation!" in ''WebVideo/KamenRiderExAidTheAbridgedSeries'' is an intentional ShoutOut to her voice’s favorite ''Pretty Cure'' season ''Anime/SuitePrettyCure''.
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71	[[AC:WesternAnimation]]
72	* ''WesternAnimation/MyAdventuresWithSuperman'' gives Clark a TransformationSequence when he first receives his iconic Superman costume, which is very clearly inspired by MagicalGirlWarrior shows. According to the [[https://twitter.com/dihuh/status/1677462568364052480?s=46&t=4-Uxtokr0Z7bpxFaGmI5cQ storyboard artist’s notes]], “Pretty Cure Style” is a direct influence on it. [[https://twitter.com/dihuh/status/1677517775898832897?s=46&t=4-Uxtokr0Z7bpxFaGmI5cQ Cure Mermaid's transformation]] from ''Anime/GoPrincessPrettyCure'' is specifically cited as inspiration, particularly for when Superman's cape appears.

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