History Anime / HeartCatchPrettyCure

* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Coffret is pretty easy to figure out, but Chypre had to be vindicated by a trading card after dozens of spellings. Cobraja /Cobrager / Kobraj and Kumojaki / Kumojacky continue to be debated by fans.

* TheCameo: Aya Ikeda and Mayu Kudou (singers for ''Heartcatch'''s AnimeThemeSong and {{Ending Theme}}s respectively) make an appearance in episode 36 as members of the school's light music club.

* CameraFiend: Kanae Tada.
** BlandNameProduct: Kanae uses a "Nihon" camera, an obvious stand-in for a Nikon.

* CatchPhrase: Tsubomi, Erika and Itsuki all have "limit phrases" used when battling against Desertrians. On the other hand, a straighter example of this would be Nanami's "A smile is the best!"

* {{Bokukko}}: Itsuki. She switches to ''watashi'' as Cure Sunshine.

* MartialArtsUniform: Tsubomi's grandmother wears one in her flashback episode.

* CrapSaccharineWorld: For all the bright, vivid colors and cutesy outfits, the series is mostly spent with the public at large being blissfully unaware that TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt is barely being held at bay by three inexperienced teenagers and one experienced, but broken teenager. Also see DarkerAndEdgier below.

** Floral Power Fortissimo, which cloaks the cures in a battle aura for a flying charge. Usually a combination move, but Moonlight and Dark Pretty Cure are strong enough to pull it off solo.

* ImprobableWeaponUser: Cobraja throws exploding photos, a la [[ComicBook/XMen a certain Cajun.]]

%%* SunnySunflowerDisposition: Cure Sunshine.

* TimeToUnlockMoreTruePotential: Getting Heartcatch Mirage, and then getting the Heartcatch Orchestra later on.

* UnexplainedRecovery: [[spoiler: Not only do the Desert Generals, whose recoveries ''are'' explained, manage to recover, returning to being normal humans after being purified, but Erika implies that even the Sunackies survived… somehow. [[KilledOffForReal Mr. Tsukikage and Dark Pretty Cure however, aren't so fortunate…]]]]

* VictimOfTheWeek: A departure from previous continuities. Someone with an emotional problem is vulnerable to having their Heart Flower stolen, so expect to see a lot of these.

* ByThePowerOfGreyskull: This time, it's "''Pretty Cure, Open My Heart!''" ''Manga/ShugoChara'' anyone?

%%* RedemptionEqualsDeath: [[spoiler: Professor Tsukikage.]]

* SuicidalCosmicTemperTantrum: Dune. "My hatred will never disappear!" is his response after [[spoiler: he is only barely scratched with Heartcatch Mirage. And then he turns gigantic and starts pummeling the Earth.]] If he wore black, he would probably outdo [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyIX Kuja]].

* TemptingFate: Erika's "Don't worry, if powerful enemies appear, we will smack 'em down!" [[spoiler: Naturally enough, the very next scene has the Pretty Cures tasting a sample of Dune's real power. And then Dune reveals just what kind of monster he is… he probably wouldn't be very out of place in ''Franchise/{{Halo}}''.]]

* SurprisinglyGoodEnglish: The second EndingTheme, Song of Tomorrow (Ashita no Uta), was [[RearrangeTheSong officially remade]] this way. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZFB1O-OYy8 Hear it for yourself]].

* BareYourMidriff: Cure Sunshine and Sasorina.

[[caption-width-right:350:''We’re All Here Together With Our Beautiful Heart Flowers!'']][[note]]Clockwise from top right: Cure Moonlight/Yuri Tsukikage, Potpurri, Cure Sunshine/Itsuki Myoudouin, Cure Blossom/Tsubomi Hanasaki, Chypre, Cure Marine/Erika Kurumi and Coffret.[[/note]]]]

[[caption-width-right:350:''We’re All Here Together With Our Beautiful Heart Flowers!'']]

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[[caption-width-right:330:''We’re All Here Together With Our Beautiful Heart Flowers!''[[note]]Clockwise from top right: Cure Moonlight/Yuri Tsukikage, Potpurri, Cure Sunshine/Itsuki Myoudouin, Cure Blossom/Tsubomi Hanasaki, Chypre, Cure Marine/Erika Kurumi and Coffret.[[/note]]]]

[[caption-width-right:350: ''We’re All Here Together With Our Beautiful Heart Flowers!''[[note]]Clockwise from top right: Cure Moonlight/Yuri Tsukikage, Potpurri, Cure Sunshine/Itsuki Myoudouin, Cure Blossom/Tsubomi Hanasaki, Chypre, Cure Marine/Erika Kurumi and Coffret.[[/note]]]]

-->'''Cure Marine/Erika Kurumi :'''''"The Flower that flutters by the ocean winds, Cure Marine!"''
-->'''Cure Sunshine/Itsuki Myoudouin:'''''"The Flower that bathes in the sunlight, Cure Sunshine!"''
-->'''Cure Moonlight/Yuri Tsukikage:'''''"The Flower that glistens in the light of the moon, Cure Moonlight!"''

->''"The Flower that flutters by the ocean winds, Cure Marine!"''
->''"The Flower that bathes in the sunlight, Cure Sunshine!"''
->''"The Flower that glistens in the light of the moon, Cure Moonlight!"''

->''"The Flower that spreads throughout the land, Cure Blossom!"''

* CombatStilettos

* GratuitousEnglish

* {{Meganekko}}: Tsubomi and Yuri.

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: All of the heroines have hair colors that match their Pretty Cure color theme. Erika's case is literal, since she actually does have blue hair.

* SkirtOverSlacks: The biking shorts variation, but this time they are ''really'' short.

* RomanticTwoGirlFriendship: It wouldn't be ''Pretty Cure'' without it.

* BabiesEverAfter: A weird variation where the main characters themselves aren't the parents. [[spoiler: After the final battle, we skip ahead at least a few months and learn that Tsubomi's little sister Futaba has been born.]]

* BatmanCanBreatheInSpace: And apparently the Cures and fairies are too.

** When Dune actually appears in person, he totally thrashed the Precures[[spoiler:, Cure Flower included]].
** [[spoiler: Cures vs. Dune, round 2 reverses it. The girls come at him so hard, he can barely get an attack in edgewise. [[OneWingedAngel And then he grows big enough to literally punch the Earth]].]]

* DeadPartner: [[spoiler: Yuri's fairy partner Cologne was killed while battling Dark Pretty Cure and Professor Sabaku, which is the reason why she flipped out on Itsuki for not taking better care of Potpourri.]]

* EyepatchOfPower / SupernaturalGoldEyes: Dark Pretty Cure's right eye. Most of the time she fights with it closed, but her power increases dramatically whenever she opens it. [[spoiler: As of Ep. 42, both of her eyes are gold, yet her brief appearance there seems to suggest that both tropes still apply.]]

** Dark Pretty Cure has both the one winged fallen angel appearance as well as heterochromia, [[spoiler: until Ep. 42, anyway.]]
** To a lesser extent, Cure Moonlight as well, with the full length glove on just her right arm, and the off-center placement of her accessories.

** [[spoiler: Cologne flew in front of an attack from Professor Sabaku to save Cure Moonlight, costing him his life.]]
** [[spoiler: Sabaku himself protects Yuri and Tsubomi from one of Dune's attacks in episode 48, killing him in the process.]]

* NeverMessWithGranny: Kaoruko Hanasaki, Tsubomi's grandmother, not only won a prominent karate tournament when yonger, but was also a former Pretty Cure. [[spoiler: Cure Flower makes a triumphant reappearance in episode 44.]]

* NotSoAboveItAll: Itsuki loves cute things, but she can't say so because she wants to be a great martial artist like her brother once was. To compensate, Tsubomi offers to have her join the fashion club.

* ThePowerOfLove: The power of Mugen Silhouette is Infinite Love, which she/they use to stop Dune's earth-shaking rampage.

* PrehensileHair: Sasorina's ponytail has shown itself capable of extending itself and acting as an additional limb for combat, as evidenced when she tried to sting Tsubomi with it.

%%* RedemptionEqualsDeath: [[spoiler: Mr. Tsukikage.]]
* RedOnesGoFaster: If the Cures douse themselves with red perfume, they gain a red aura and a speed boost (seen in episode 19, for example).

* SarcasticClapping: Dune in episode 48, following a dramatic scene.

* SixthRanger: Cure Sunshine, whose appearance, powers, and identity -- Itsuki -- were revealed through leaked merchandising scans. Cure Moonlight became a ''Fourth'' Ranger in Episode 33. [[spoiler: And then Cure Flower appears as the ''Zeroth'' Ranger in episode 44.]]

* StormingTheCastle Planet: Episode 45 kicks of an entire arc of it. Man, those Snackies can fly.

** [[spoiler: Cologne intercepts an attack Dark Precure meant for Cure Moonlight and the Great Heart Tree, resulting in his death.]]

* TraumaCongaLine: Yuri. Before the series even begins, she [[spoiler: loses her beloved fairy partner after he pulls a HeroicSacrifice to save her life]] and suffers a [[HeroicBSOD crippling]] loss to Dark Pretty Cure. Then comes the final arc, where she is hit by a machine-gun volley of traumatic revelations and events: [[spoiler: Sabaaku is her DisappearedDad; Dark Pretty Cure is her genetic younger sister created by her {{Brainwashed}} father ''specifically'' to kill Yuri; Dark Pretty Cure (her younger sister) ''dies'' at Yuri's hands; her father ''leaves Yuri'' to comfort the EvilKnockoff in her dying moments; and her father '''is murdered in front of Yuri''' by the BigBad]]. And she still manages to hold it together enough to SaveTheWorld with nothing more than [[LadyOfWar grit]] and ThePowerOfFriendship. You would think that the series would [[ThrowTheDogABone give Yuri come kind of compensation or reward]] for all the losses she's suffered, but [[BittersweetEnding no]].

** When first airing on [=TV=], the openings of Episodes 5-8 showed all the franchise's characters together in a teaser for the second BatFamilyCrossover movie. For the show's home video release, these were replaced by the show's normal opening.