Line #4 Trivia/MagicalPrincessMinkyMomo


1	* AdoredByTheNetwork:
2	** It was originally meant to have 50 episodes, but the PeripheryDemographic led to the show's run being extended to 63 episodes.
3	** In the Middle East, Creator/SpaceToon ran ''Minky Momo'' in 2020 and 2021, and every day during February 2023.
4	* ChannelHop: The original 1982 series aired on Creator/TVTokyo. The 1991 sequel series, however, aired on [[Creator/NipponTelevision Nippon TV]].
5	* ColbertBump:
6	** 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; by the way, the actual tune is taken from Music/TheKinks' song "Pressure"):
7	--->'''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 mo' Momo whenever I get close to you!
8	** Another bump 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.
9	** A third bump came in 2019 when Kenny Lauderdale (a Website/{{YouTube}}r specializing in more obscure Japanese properties perhaps best known for similarly raising awareness of ''Anime/TwinkleNoraRockMe'') [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJhnmkM9VKg did a retrospective of the series]] which covered several of the trivia entries mentioned on this page, most notably "The Curse of Minky Momo."
10	--->'''Video description:''' My computer crashed 110 times trying to edit this video.
11	* CompletelyDifferentTitle:
12	** Known as "Magical Princess Gigi" in the US.
13	** In Latin America, the show is called "Las Aventuras de Gigi" (The Adventures of Gigi).
14	** In Italy, the show is called "Il magico mondo di Gigi" (The Magical World of Gigi).
15	** In Portugal, the show is called "Gigi e a Fonte da Juventude" (Gigi and the Fountain of Youth).
16	** In Korea, the show is called "요술공주 밍키" (Magical Princess).
17	** In the UsefulNotes/ArabWorld, the show is called "مغامرات حنين" (Nostalgic Adventures).
18	** In Taiwan, it is called "甜甜仙子" (Sweet Fairy).
19	* DuelingShows: The 1991 series was in a duel with the first season of ''Anime/SailorMoon'', another MagicalGirl series about a girl secretly from another world. Both series also ran in the same preschool magazine.
20	* ForeignDubAsBasis: The Dutch, Italian, and French dubs of ''Magical Princess Minky Momo'' were based on the English dub by Harmony Gold. The only dub that was based on the original Japanese script was the Arabic one.
21	* FountainOfExpies: The King and Queen of Fenarinarsa. [[ReferencedBy/MagicalPrincessMinkyMomo Many other anime]], including the second ''Minky Momo'' series, the ''Literature/{{Slayers}} Movie'', and ''Anime/DeliciousPartyPrettyCure'', have a fantasy RulingCouple of a short, older, mustachioed king and a tall, thin queen that look just different enough from their inspiration to avoid copyright infringement.
22	* 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 [[Creator/TVTokyo the same network]], in the same capacity. And prior to both, they also created ''Anime/GoShogun'' which likewise aired on TV Tokyo.
23	* 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). Even fansubs of either series were incomplete. However, as of 2015, [[LateExportForYou 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 Website/{{Crunchyroll}} in 2024.
24	* 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.
25	* ProductionPosse: Kunihiko Yuyama, Creator/TakeshiShudo, and Creator/MamiKoyama previously worked together on ''Anime/GoShogun''.
26	* RealitySubtext: According to an interview with ''Magazine/{{OUT}}'', Creator/TakeshiShudo stated that [[spoiler:Momo was ran over by a truck full of toys]] to signify the disagreements him and sponsor Popy were having -- they refused to fund the show in spite of the positive ratings.
27	* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
28	** There was to be a third ''Minky Momo'' series, ''Miracle Dream Minky Momo'', but it only got to exist as a manga and the plans for the anime adaptation fell through (presumably due to the passing of Creator/TakeshiShudo in 2010). It would have featured yet another Momo, who would hail from a land-based kingdom (rather than one in the sea or sky).
29	** 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 States.
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32	* 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 has one of the most infamous {{Troubled Production}}s in all of Japan.
33	* Because the show had an one-shot [[HumongousMecha mecha]] in Episode 31 known as "Minkinasa" (itself a parody of its sister show, ''Anime/GoShogun''), this made ''Minky Momo'' eligible to be included in ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsXOmega'' as a one-time event feature. Momo gets to meet [[Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam Haman]] [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamZZ Karn]] and they end up comparing their hairstyles (which are noted to look very similar by ''Franchise/{{Gundam}}'' and ''Minky Momo'' fans), [[MemeAcknowledgment with Momo being likened to "Haman as a kid."]]

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