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  • Accidental Aesop: An episode of the Naisho OVA ends with Seki-sensei chewing out the anchor leg of her room's opponents in a swimming relay for not trying as hard as Aiko. One, the opponents won that race, and two, after all her hard practicing, Aiko didn't even compete.
  • Angst? What Angst?: The majority of Witches consider their transformation into Witch Frogs to be a symbol of disgrace. Majo Monroe was okay with it.
  • Anvilicious: Motto! has "you can't be picky, always eat your vegetables or else".
  • Ass Pull:
    • Hana having a secret twin sister in the Ojamajo Doremi 16 novels in order to explain the witch election system. Apparently an equally powerful baby was kept under wraps and never hinted upon all this time. They're also using this to justify how queens get elected and still handwaving away that all witches could have had a chance at being the queen in season 1, not babies born from the blue rose. There is also the fact that twins are born from the same rose, such as is the case with Majo Vanilla and Majo Monroe. And Hana was also the only baby seen in her rose. This makes it somewhat of a Plot Hole.
  • Awesome Music: Being a series that initially uses music as a theme, this was bound to happen. Only a handful of the music tracks have been uploaded for easy listening.
  • Broken Base:
    • Was the 4Kids dub a heavy Bowdlerization that detracts the original moral values of the show, or was it a tolerable adaptation with good musical numbers?
  • Cult Classic: It remains a beloved franchise even nearly twenty-five years later in Japan and some other select countries, but considering it never took off the same way in the US, it often takes anyone curious to track down over 200 episodes of fansubs to watch the full series. Those who do however, often find that the experience was worth it, due to its now-legendary staff that included Junichi Sato, Takuya Igarashi, Yoshihiko Umakoshi and Mamoru Hosoda, alongside its standing uniqueness from other long-running anime with its character development and surprisingly mature themes. It isn't too hard to find people who would consider it the best Mahou Shoujo and even among the best anime ever made.
  • Don't Shoot the Message: The theme of giving up magic counts. The main theme is that magic is never as important as interpersonal relationships, which is good, but the questionable evaluations of the actual consequences, the possible alternatives never raised, and the additional justifications made additional weird issues appear.
  • Ensemble Dark Horse:
    • Despite being introduced as the closest thing to a villain, Onpu gained massive popularity after being Rescued from the Scrappy Heap during #, which gave her lots of Character Development. She is the most popular of all of the six main girls over all demographics, which was helped by her mature personality, cute character design, profession as an Idol Singer, and her adorable voice. She was the only Ojamajo Doremi character to make it far in the first Saimoe Tournament (a now-annual fan poll in Japan where voters vote on the cutest character) and she was the second character to get her character CD released in Mo~tto!, after Doremi herself. Moreover, in Super Groupies' collaboration clothing line, she was the only character besides Doremi to get her own pair of pumps modeled after her design, and all her goods immediately sold out during the 20th anniversary pop-up shop. Her name also trended on Twitter in Japan when it was her turn to have the pop-up shop feature her. Most high-profile celebrities such as Shohei Miura (who also voiced a character in the 20th anniversary movie) and a member of the Boy Band Kis-My-Ft 2 have gone on record stating that Onpu was their favorite character.
    • Momoko became popular the moment she was introduced, and her first character CD was released after Doremi and Onpu's.
    • Non-chan and Fami from Na-i-sho got only one episode each, but both are memorable to the fandom, the former for being one of the biggest woobies and the latter giving way to many theories about the future.
    • Marina and Sachiko are side characters and haven't been featured in an episode together. However, they are popular characters and were featured on more merchandise than Majorika and Lala.
    • The FLAT4 only appeared in Sharp and didn't appear again until Dokkan. They can count and they do give the fans more magical characters to work with. Also, being spear counterparts to Doremi, Hazuki, Aiko, and Onpu certainly went over pretty well.
  • Fan-Preferred Pairing:
    • Onpu/Doremi was the most popular pairing in Japan among Yuri fans when the show was airing.
    • Kotake/Doremi is a popular ship and sometimes gets debated on it's canonicity due to the vagueness of Doremi's relationship status.
    • Aiko/Nobuko is a lesbian ship that is popular due to the surprising amount of content for it. Chief among these is an episode where Nobuko writes a romance story with herself as the male protagonist and Aiko as the female protagonist.
    • Doremi/Aiko and Onpu/Momoko are popular lesbian ships that are based on the amount of heavy interactions and homoromantic moments between the two. There is still no heterosexual explanation as to part where Doremi and Aiko dance together with a prince and princess motif that fits perfectly with their pre-existing relationship yet gives so much romantic subtext.
    • Yada/Hazuki was also pretty popular among fans, especially since it was pratically the only canon ship for an Ojamajo.
  • Fanfic Fuel: While any one-shot character has this, Nozomi and Fami get this the most since they had a lot of potential as characters and several loose ends. Naturally, they do get a level of attention from Fan Fiction writers.
  • Fan Nickname:
    • Season one is sometimes called Ojamajo Doremi Carnival to distinguish it from the rest of the series. This nickname may have been born out of genuine confusion, since the name of the season's opening theme is "Ojamajo Carnival."
    • Another fan nickname for the first season is Ojamajo Doremi Mujirushi. The Japanese word "mujirushi" literally means "unlabeled".
    • Amongst the show's fansub community, the first season is usually referred to simply as S1 (short for Season 1, if you couldn't guess.) Sharp is also frequently referred to as #, since that's how it's spelled in the title. Oddly enough, Motto and Dokkan don't get any nicknames (Unless you count Motto and Dokkan as being short for Mo~tto! and Dokk~an!).
    • According to one of the fansubbers, M and D make for very poor and vague nicknames. S1 and # are much more obvious and stand out as to what they represent.
  • Fanon:
    • Fami's surname being Harukaze. Some people forget that since she's Doremi's granddaughter—Doremi married someone, and by Japanese tradition, adopted the surname of her husband. Plus, if we assume Doremi had a daughter, the daughter also adopted the surname of her husband—unless Doremi divorced (or not even married to begin with) and re-accepted her maiden name and then had a son, or a daughter who also divorced/not even married, Fami's surname is not Harukaze. Then again, in these days, women can keep their surnames, but the most probable reason is to not reveal who Doremi is going to marry. If so, then expect a Retcon.
    • The FLAT4 having surnames. The most popular so far are Akatsuki Shidoosha, Fujio Kashikoi, Leon Sokuryoku, and Tooru Kounna. note  Sure, they start going to school in Japan in Dokkan, but apparently the writers didn't think it was important enough to mention what those surnames are.
  • Friendly Fandoms:
    • In Japan, Ojamajo Doremi was the Distaff Counterpart show to Digimon, as both shows were produced by Toei, aired in the same years 30 minutes apart from each other, and were on the same movie feature back-to-back. Chances are if you liked Digimon, you probably didn't mind Doremi either.
    • The early English-speaking fandom were mostly Sailor Moon fans, who easily fell in love with Doremi for being a Magical Girl series (and it certainly didn't help that Pop was essentially an Expy of Chibiusa). In 2005, Doremi found an ally within the Tokyo Mew Mew fandom mostly because they were Magical Girl shows that suffered under the same fate as a consequence of being licensed by 4Kids Entertainment.
    • Nowadays, Pretty Cure fans and Doremi fans get a long pretty well due to most of the staff coming to work on PreCure. Some fans consider PreCure a spiritual sucsessor to Doremi due to it's colorful main cast and comedic tones.
  • Germans Love David Hasselhoff: Or in this case, Spaniards Love Magical Doremi. The anime was such a success in Spain that the entire TV franchise (except by the movies, which were asked but never conceded) was exported to the country solely for its ratings in autonomic channels, which is an exceedingly unusual feat and has never been really matched. In fact, although the show was already off the peak of its popularity when the powerhouse Pretty Cure kicked off in Spain and created a sort of local Fandom Rivalry, Doremi won shockingly the duel, being broadcast up to its conclusion and receiving long reruns afterwards while the Pretty Cure franchise died off at its second season despite having the advantage of being in national TV. This even extends to current day, where the 20th anniversary movie Looking for Magical Doremi was brought to and given a theatre run in Spain.
  • Girl-Show Ghetto: 4Kids Entertainment only wanted to license this series alongside Winx Club for the Foxbox because they wanted to expand their channel demographics, since they had shows that mostly appealed to young boys. Unfortunately, they didn't have the success they expected and decided to draw back from female oriented shows in 2007, causing the rest of Magical DoReMi to be broadcasted on their website.
  • Growing the Beard: The later seasons are generally considered to be far better in overall quality.
  • Hilarious in Hindsight:
    • One episode of Sharp had the Ojamajos temporarily turn their flower shop into a sweet shop, complete with dressing up as maids. In the following season, Motto, this is the normal state of the MAHO Dou.
  • It Was His Sled:
    • Not a twist ending, but almost any reference made to Hana by the fandom is to her "grown up" form. It's not new or surprising or interesting when one sees it happen in Dokkan because of this.
    • Lots of people in the fandom refer to the former witch queen by her real name, Majo Tourbillon, which dispels any of the mysterious and menacing images Sharp and Motto' set her up with.
  • Les Yay:
    • A lot among the girls. Some of the most notable are Doremi/Onpu, Doremi/Aiko, Hazuki/Naomi, Nobuko/Aiko or Miho, and, if episode 3 of Motto and the second movie are anything to go by, Aiko/Momoko.
    • Some fans have even paired Majorin with the Queen and Majo Heart with Majo Miller.
  • Memetic Mutation: The girls' Magical Incantations for starters. And then there's the "Pretty Witchy [insert name here]-chi!" that they say after they transform. Bonus points for the latter due to it being In-Universe, too.
  • Moe: Although not a moe show, Ojamajo Doremi was part of the moe phenomenon in the late 90's. Onpu, the most popular character, was subject to this the most, while Doremi and Momoko followed behind. In fact, Onpu and Doremi were both nominated for the first Saimoe Tournament in 2002.
  • Nightmare Fuel: Has its own page.
  • Paranoia Fuel: The cursed vines can strike at any moment at any place...even from under your bed and on elevated platforms where no ground exists under... Sweet dreams...
  • Replacement Scrappy: Virtually nobody in Spain was satisfied with Momoko's voice actress changing from Belén Rodríguez to Elena de Ruiz de Velasco between seasons. While Rodríguez was considered to have nailed the character, especially in Momoko's most emotional moments, Ruiz was instead shunned for her strangely plain, almost bored delivery, which also included a really awkward attempt at the character's American accent. Unsurprisingly, it was Rodríguez who was brought back for the dub of Looking for Magical Doremi many years later.
  • Rescued from the Scrappy Heap: Onpu was very much disliked during the first season. She used magic to solve all of her problems and even used forbidden magic for trivial purposes such as getting her mother to take her out for dinner in order to avoid having to eat green peppers. She isn't entirely to blame for her misuse of magic when you consider who her teacher is, but even without magic, she was still kind of a prick. Thanks to Character Development starting season 2, and her popularity made a significant jump to the point where she was the only other Ojamajo Doremi character who made it very far in the fan-driven 2002 Anime Saimoe Tournament. In Sharp, her character costume was also advertised next to Doremi's before Momoko stole the spotlight in Motto and Hana in Dokkan. Furthermore, her character-centric episodes are extremely memorable for being some of the best animated and/or most well-written.
  • Retroactive Recognition: Dokkan episodes 40 and 49 were directed by Mamoru Hosoda, a big part in why the look of those episodes was so unique for the series.
  • Ron the Death Eater:
    • Some fans prefer to portray Majo Ruka as an outright villain in certain stories due to her being an antagonist during the early part of S1. The same could be said of Oyajide due to his role in the second half of Sharp, despite repenting for his mistake.
    • There are still some fans who portray Reika Tamaki (designated The Bully in Doremi's human life) as a complete Jerkass, especially because of what she did to Momoko early on in Motto! This is common among fans who have never liked her since her first appearance or haven't seen her Character Development episodes. It's definitely true Momoko hated Reika at first for constantly trying to one-up her, but she and Reika become best friends over the course of the series.
  • The Scrappy:
    • Since Pop wasn't given much of a role in the first place and was mostly a Bratty Half-Pint and an Annoying Younger Sibling for almost two seasons, she tends to be (relatively) disliked by the fanbase. Most of her detractors claim that her presence in the story was unnecessary, and her personality pre-Character Development didn't help either.
    • Out of all the classmates, Tamaki is one of the least liked. She brags about how her father never punishes her as opposed to the other girls in her class and thinks that punishing your child is "barbaric". She makes fun of Momoko and Hana during their respective first days of school, Momoko for technically being a foreigner and Hana for acting like a toddler.
    • Other than Tamaki, some of the male classmates were scrappies for one at least one episode. Notably the SOS Trio for teasing Naomi, and for the idiotic strategy they used to "beat" Mutsumi in a wrestling match.
    • Oyajide in general.
  • So Okay, It's Average: If you didn't think that the English dub by 4Kids was a Macekre, you most likely thought this. 4Kids made a lot of edits, one of their worst being cutting out the suspenseful parts of their show, but they managed to keep the story and dialogue for most of the episodes true to the spirit of the show. In short, it wasn't a good dub, but it wasn't bad either. Regardless of the quality, the show still flopped in the United States and it wasn't enough to save 4Kids' children's programming block from going into a decline.
  • Squick: Doremi sucking the snot of out of Hana's nose with her mouth. This is a perfectly acceptable traditional practise but some would rather use a less "disgusting" method in the modern era to get rid of a baby's nose mucus like utilising a nasal decongester. Other infant care techniques that are dying out due to their perceived squickiness (even if they are considered healthy) include premastication as many people would rather purchase baby food than pre-chew food for their babies and making baby formula instead of breastfeeding.
  • Strawman Has a Point: Ojijide's actions during Sharp were wrong in the end, but they were made in the best interests for the remaining Wizards.
  • Suspiciously Similar Song: The 4kids dub theme song sounds an awful lot like "ABC" by The Jackson 5.
  • Tear Jerker: Has its own page.
  • They Wasted a Perfectly Good Plot: The girls gain the ability to talk to plants in the first season, but only use this power in the same episode it is introduced. This waste of plot becomes especially apparent in the second season (Sharp), when they actually run a plant nursery.
  • Toy Ship: The majority of the pairings are between young children. (Yes, even the Les Yay ones.) Most notably, Doremi/Kotake is teased from the first episode, but they ultimately end up together in the light novels when they are both teens... and then break up. There's also a canon relationship between Hazuki and Yada.
  • Unintentional Period Piece: In episode 48 of the first season, none of the characters know how to use computers at all, and Nakata is viewed as a computer wizard just for knowing how to send an email. The episode was dated even when the show was first dubbed into English, especially since the episode was web exclusive.
  • Values Dissonance:
    • In episode 2 of season 1, Hazuki decides to call off the "Freaky Friday" Flip because she felt bad about deceiving Doremi's family. She considers her wish to live Doremi's life is self-centered, which is in line with the Japanese mentality of placing others' needs before your own, and the way the scene was written shows that you're supposed to agree with her. This doesn't translate well to Western audiences, especially since something like escapism from daily life isn't seen as selfish for them, so for the English dub, 4Kids Entertainment changed the moral to Hazuki coming to a Be Yourself epiphany.
    • In episode 24 of Dokkan!, Doremi runs into two high school Gyaru Girls who immediately antagonize her for bumping into them. Hana saves her by making the girls "beautiful", which results in them losing their make-up for a more natural look. Since the girls lose their fake tan in the process, Western audiences are likely to interpret this as dark skin being depicted as a bad thing, regardless of the Gyaru Girl context.
  • Viewer Gender Confusion: Kayoko, who has extremely short hair and low voice, is easily mistaken as a boy by the audience until Doremi states that she was a girl (likely tipped off by the red schoolbag).
  • What Do You Mean, It's for Kids?: Let's be real. It may be a kids' show, but the series' commitment to tackling serious issues (from miscarriages to terminal illness) and occasional reference to things like alcohol and the 90s stock "creepy old man" character have made some people debate it.
  • The Woobie:


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