Fan Nickname / Pretty Cure

• Franchise-wide
  • "Sheep skirt", for the petticoats worn by Cure Lemonade (first costume) and the Fresh, Suite, and Princess Cures, coined by a LiveJournal entry reviewing the Cure costumes up to the first half of Suite.
  • "Neo-PreCure era", for Go! Princess Pretty Cure and its successors being revamps of the franchise.
  • "The Toei Trinity" refers collectively to Precure, Super Sentai and Kamen Rider.
  • "First generation" refers to seasons ranging from Futari Wa to Happiness Charge.
  • "Second generation" refers to seasons ranging from Go Princess to Hirogaru Sky.
• Futari wa Pretty Cure Splash★Star
  • Pineapple - Saki, for Cure Bloom's hair which resembles a pineapple.
  • Not!Nagisa and Not!Honoka - Saki and Mai early on. These nicknames have quickly fallen out of use.
• Yes! Pretty Cure 5
  • Babaa-sama - Karen, as her appearance and voice don't match her age.
    • Also, Honoka Bitchy Edition.
  • Nozomi is "Donut" for her hairstyle. (Or was; a character was introduced in season two who is actually named King Donut, which quickly squashed any use of the name.)
  • Urara is "Cream Horn" for similar reasons to Nozomi. Also, "Cure Pine-Sol", because her speech sounds like a pitch for a cleaning product.
  • Komachi is "Retasu" after the Tokyo Mew Mew character from whom she is obviously cloned (also, "Mama", to match "Babaa").
  • Kurumilk - Milk/Kurumi/Milky Rose. This name is more popular in Japanese fandom.
  • Aqua Sword - Cure Aqua's Aqua Ribbon, which becomes a sword due to New Powers as the Plot Demands.
  • Mint Cannon - Cure Mint's Kamehame Hadoken version of Mint Shield.
  • UraPoji - The top half of Urara's head poking out from the bottom of the screen at one point in episode 6.
  • The members of Dark Cure all get goofy names reacting to something about the original Cure.
  • Pretty Cure Rangers - The show itself, being the first team of five rather than a duo, and colour-coded at that.
• Fresh Pretty Cure!
  • AnaHol-kun: The crudely-drawn dog thing on the sign of the Animal Hospital Inori's family owns.
  • Cure Babaa II: Miki at first (just for looking like Karen), Setsuna later on. Both didn't last long.
  • mktn: Miki(-tan), for obvious reasons... Expect it to be followed by knpk (Kanpeki!).
    • And followed by mnmk (MinaMiki), which is also a Portmanteau Couple Name of Shun Minami (Soular) and Miki.
  • Nozomirara: Love (Cure Peach). This nickname is a portmanteau of Nozomi and Urara, both from Yes! Pretty Cure 5 as well, and it was earned because of Love's resemblance to both. Didn't last long either.
  • Secchin: Setsuna, naturally. A variation is "Secchan", which becomes canon later on.
  • SetsuPoji: Setsuna's pose while bowling in episode 15. Was already a meme before said episode even aired.
  • Northa Klein: The unnamed fusion of Northa and Klein.
• HeartCatch Pretty Cure!
  • Ojamajo Pretty Cure - The show itself, because the character design is similar to Ojamajo Doremi (Doremi designer Yoshihiko Umakoshi was behind the designs in Heartcatch. There's a rumor that staff making this anime also called it with such nickname.
  • Cure Casshern - Cure Moonlight, with the similar reason like above, but for Casshern Sins instead.
    • Also, Cure Mercury, due to being voiced by Aya Hisakawa.
  • Cure Baro - Dark Pretty Cure, because she shares a seiyuu with Conan Edogawa. Baro is Shinichi/Conan's way of saying bakayarou (idiot).
  • Cure Bubbles - Cure Marine, to go with the canon Cure Blossom. Now, if there's a third, green Precure...
    • The third Precure is yellow, but she fits the description of "the toughest fighter", so "Cure Buttercup" is still appropriate. Which probably means Cure Moonlight is Cure Bunny...
  • Tuxedo Megane/Tuxedo Glasses and Zetsubou Sensei II - The mysterious boy who constantly aids the Cures, that is, before it was revealed that he was actually Coupe taking the form of Tsubomi's grandfather. The former name is given for his role similar to that of Tuxedo Kamen/Mask from "Sailor Moon", and the later for his remarkable resemblence to Zetsubou.
• Suite Pretty Cure ♪:
  • Early on, the main duo were dubbed "Nagisa and Honoka 3.0" for being another pairing of a redheaded Passionate Sports Girl and a sweeter, friendlier partner.
  • "Hibicake and Kanabake" for the main duo, since Hibiki loves cake, and Kanade loves to bake.
• Smile PreCure!
  • Cure Jupiter - Nao/Cure March, due to her resemblance to Makoto Kino. Her mother is even voiced by Makoto Kino's voice actress.
  • Cure Pikachu - Yayoi/Cure Peace. She wears yellow, has Lightning powers, and says "pika pika" in her Transformation Name Announcement phrase.
  • Bad End Bombers - The Quirky Miniboss Squad of Wolfrun, Akaoni, and Majorina.
• Doki Doki! PreCure
  • Cure Batman - Alice/Cure Rosetta. Ridiculously rich to the point of absurdity, perfect in nearly everything (while being kind), Crimefighting with Cash (occasionally), coming with her own 'Alice-mobile'... AND having an old butler (Sebastian) for the stand-in of Alfred? Yeah. Strangely, Alice didn't get Batman's emotional trauma, that goes to Makoto/Cure Sword instead.
  • Her butler Sebastian has created a Transformation Trinket for himself to transform into "Cure Sebastian" who looks pretty much like Batman.
  • Mana's Harem - The main cast plus Regina, since Mana is shipped with everyone and she has really many Les Yay moments.
  • Wedding Heart - Mana after events in The Movie
• HappinessCharge Pretty Cure!
  • Cure Roughly - Referring to an incident where Megumi/Cure Lovely performed a very painful Grievous Harm with a Body attack on a Monster of the Week using two Mooks.
• Maho Girls Pretty Cure!
  • Mirai Potter and Riko Weasley - The show's two leads, lampshading the similarities to Harry Potter.
  • Haa-mione Granger - For third cure Kotoha Hanami/Haa-chan, thus completing the trio.
• KiraKira★Pretty Cure à la Mode
  • "Cure Rainbow Dash" fits a little too well for Cure Parfait / Ciel to be a coincidence…
  • "Cure Waffle" for Rio's post-Heel–Face Turn transformation in episode 39, not just by fans, but also some of the season's staff, including the directors and Ichika's voice actress.
• HuGtto! Pretty Cure
  • "Nanodeath" for Emiru, thanks to a certain fansub group. It fits because of her "-nano desu" Verbal Tic and her obsession with keeping people safe from ever-more-improbable disasters.
  • Cure Amulet Heart for Cure Yell, mostly due to their cheerleader-like design.
  • "Urashima Yell" - Hana Nono as Urashima Tarō in episode 32.
  • "Hana Shacho" - 2030 Hana Nono in the finale.
• Healin' Good♡Pretty Cure
  • Cure Madoka for Hanadera Nodoka/Cure Grace, voiced by Madoka Kaname's voice actress Aoi Yūki.
• Delicious Party♡Pretty Cure:
  • Because of his white tuxedo and black mask, Black Pepper gained the nickname "Takumi Mask".
• Hirogaru Sky! Pretty Cure
  • My Precure Academia due to Sora's desire to be a hero, and the hero who inspired her when she was young being compared to All Might.
  • "Love Live! Precure" to a lesser extent due to the season's character designer being most famous for Love Live! Superstar!!.
    • As a result, Ellee as Cure Majesty is sometimes referred to as "Margarete Wien" due to a heavy resemblance.
  • Mashed Potatoes - For Mashiro, based on her name.
  • Cure Hinata for Cure Wing, voiced by Ayumu Murase.
  • Birb - For Tsubasa, due to his small, round bird form. In some circles, this nickname mutated into Borb ("Birb" + "orb").
  • Bacon (or some variation thereof) - For Kabaton, due to being a pig. This is most common among his detractors.
  • Cure Sephiroth- Dark Sky, due to the single black wing brining the Trope Namer of One-Winged Angel to mind.

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