History Anime / PanyoPanyoDiGiCharat

* Deji-Devil: A troublemaker who exists to create evil and is also Piyoko’s boss. Ends his sentences with "-devi".

* AdaptationalIntelligence: Piyoko is a lot smarter here, and comes up with several schemes of her own whereas she is usually a HarmlessVillain. It's especially impressive as she is actually younger here.

* AdaptationalNiceGirl: Aside from ''[[Anime/DiGiCharatWinterGarden Winter Garden]]'' this series features the nicest portrayal of Dejiko. She is incredibly kind and selfless, and her mission in the series is to make others happy. However, she still does have a temper and regularly throws hissy fits.

* AdaptationalVillainy: Piyoko is eviler than her original counterpart, with her actively trying to cause harm to Dejiko and her friends. Most of the schemes in the original series involved either kidnapping Dejiko or just trying to mildly annoy/inconvenience others.

* BigBad: The Deji-Devil and Piyoko are the main antagonists of the series and are often the ones who cause trouble and conflict for our heroes. The Deji-Devil is stated to be the leader and is the one to come up with the plans while Piyoko is the one who puts them into action, although these roles do get swapped on the occasion.

* CharacterCheck: While Dejiko is definitely much nicer here than how she was in the original series, we still see the occasional moment where she acts like her usual aggressive self. In Episode 17, after Gema cracks a joke at her expense, she gets visibly annoyed and shoots him out of a cannon in retaliation. A brief joke is also made about this change in characterization when Dejiko is battling against an impostor and begins to insult her, the fake says that the real Dejiko would never insult someone.

* AdaptationalIntelligence: Piyoko is a lot smarter here, and comes up with several schemes of her own whereas she is usually a HarmlessVillain. It’s especially impressive as she is actually younger here.

* AllWomenLoveShoes: Creator/HilaryHaag, Puchiko’s English VA, references this during her commentary of Episode 24 stating that Puchiko fighting with Piyoko over the egg is like her at a Nordstrom shoe sale.

* BadIsGoodAndGoodIsBad: It’s a slight RunningGag that Deji-Devil and Piyoko take offense whenever someone describes them or something they have done as being good.

* BrilliantButLazy: Rinna is a very competent baker and is shown to be very athletic several times. However, she’d rather spend her time dozing off.

* CardCarryingVillain: The Deji-Devil introduces himself as someone who exists solely to be evil and cause mischief.

* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Rather strangely, despite the show taking place on Planet Di Gi Charat and several episodes having the castle as a major location, Dejiko’s Mother and Father never show up.

-->'''Puchiko (tossing the note away)''': Cut and paste threats are so 1999 nyu.

* TheDevilIsALoser: The Deji-Devil is massive {{Manchild}} whose schemes tend to be PokeThePoodle at best.
* DickDastardlyStopsToCheat: Piyoko, despite having the advantage over Dejiko due to having the ref on her side, since he’s being controlled by the Deji-Devil, and a point lead, still feels the need to try and blow her up with a grenade ball during a tennis match. Predictably, this ends up costing Piyoko the game and Dejiko wins.

* DoesNotLikeSpam: Meek hates sea slugs.
* DominoMask: Gema wears a black domino mask over his eyes when he’s dressed as a phantom thief, the girls on the other hand wear rather snazzy goggles.

* DubNameChange: Mike was changed to Meek in the English dub.
* DudleyDoRightStopsToHelp: Dejiko and Puchiko, during a boat race, stop to help a mermaid be reunited with her mother. It’s downplayed somewhat due to the mermaid’s home being the ocean, which is at the finish line of the race.

** Episode 2 has Dejiko nearly reveal that she’s actually a princess, with Gema being the one who has to stop her and remind her that she’s supposed to be acting like a commoner. Later episodes would reverse the roles, with Gema being the one to almost reveal Dejiko’s status as royalty with her or Puchiko having to shut him up.

* EasyAmnesia: The Deji-Devil attempts to invoke this in Episode 6 by getting Piyoko to attempt to drop several heavy items on Dejiko’s head which would then cause her to forget her lines.

* EvilCannotComprehendGood: Piyoko has no idea why her pig in the race stopped before the finish line after she told him that the losing pig would become a meal at the after-party.

* FleetingPassionateHobbies: Dejiko gets into and drops multiple hobbies over the course of the series. Lampshaded by Puchiko in Episode 29.
-->'''Puchiko''' (after Dejiko asks to be taught how to be a bodyguard): It’s ok, she does this from time to time.

* GenderBlenderName: Meek has the name of Mike, traditionally a male name, in the original Japanese version.

* HeroicSacrifice: A non-lethal example. In Episode 22 during the race, Piyoko lies to the big pig that she’s riding on that the loser of the race will be eaten. He ends up stopping just before the finish line in order to protect one of the other pigs from becoming a meal, earning him their respect.

* IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming: [=DVDs=] in this case, but each [=DVD=] volume is named by one of the girl’s {{Verbal Tic}}s.

* NotGoodWithRejection: The Deji-Devil falls into a slight depression due to so many people not wanting to eat his gingerbread house.
* PinkMeansFeminine: Dejiko ditches her regular blue dress for a pink one in the series, as well she is much kinder compared to her original incarnation.

* RedheadInGreen: Meek is a redhead and wears a green shirt.

* SecretlySelfish: While Dejiko is still a much better and more generous person than her other incarnations, there still are several times when her choices on how to solve or approach a problem are based on her own personal interests.
* ShaggyDogStory: Episode 24 has Piyoko and Puchiko feud over whether an egg belongs to a dinosaur or an ostrich as that item is needed to win the competition. Deji-Devil decides to hatch the egg, which doesn’t help to end the confusion. Then the gang decides to bring in a dinosaur and a giant ostrich, who quickly chase after the gang causing both teams to be eliminated since neither brought their item back in time. [[BreakingTheFourthWall The judge then tells the audience]] that neither of the two teams would have won anyway if they brought the egg back as it didn’t belong to an ostrich or a dinosaur.
* SharkFinOfDoom: Part of the trap the Deji-Devil sets for Dejiko and her group when they are pirating involves having Piyoko wear a shark fin and spook them while they’re in the water.
* ShootTheMedicFirst: Non-lethal example in Episode 16. Rinna is the second phantom thief captured during their heist by Piyoko, and she identifies her as being the group’s healer. The first captured is Gema, who Piyoko identifies as being the group’s handyman.

* TheStoic: Puchiko and Rinna tend to very rarely emote, for the latter it is due to her sleepy nature.

** Episodes 21-24 are a TournamentArc of sorts which feature the gang competing against Piyoko for a year’s supply of whatever the winning team wants.

** Episode 17 has Dejiko state that she knows everything there is to know about being a pirate. When Puchiko asks her how she learned this, Dejiko states she did it when Puchiko wasn’t in the room.

** Episode 11 has Deji-Devil give Rinna and Meek cursed dresses that will turn to water when the clock strikes midnight. However, Gema ends up returning the dresses before then, pointing out how midnight is way past Rinna and Meek’s bedtimes, as both are only eight.

* ToBeContinued: Episodes 45-47 all have text saying “To be continued”. This is because, unlike other episodes, Episodes 45-48 all continue directly from where the previous one left off.

** Episode 27 has the ghost of a grandfather who is looking for his grandson’s toy airplane that fell into a river.
* UngratefulBastard: Played for laughs at the end of Episode 3. After finding out the cat was stealing fish to feed its family, Meek says she’ll just tell her folks that Dejiko, Puchiko, Rinna, and Gema stole the fish. Naturally, the four are not pleased, especially after spending the entire episode helping Meek to capture the cat.
* VocalDissonance: Piyoko has a rather mature voice for a six-year-old in the English dub.

* WhatExactlyIsHisJob: After capturing Puchiko in Episode 16, Piyoko refers to her as the member who contributes absolutely nothing.

* WiseBeyondTheirYears:
** Puchiko is three years old, but she can walk, talk and easily keep up with a trio of girls that are five years older than her.
** Rinna is only eight but she runs her own cake shop.
** Piyoko is only six, at least going off her age from the previous series, and as is easily able to pull off all the Deji-Devil’s schemes, often without any help.

-->'''Gema''': This isn’t how friends are supposed to treat friends gema!

* PlayingAgainstType: InUniverse, Episode 7 has Dejiko cast as a version of Cinderella who is much rougher around the edges. Piyoko uses this to her advantage and causes Dejiko to go off script several times by pointing out how what Dejiko is doing as her character goes against her goal of spreading happiness.

** Episodes 9-12 has the gang watching over a clock tower
** Episodes 13-16 have the gang act as phantom thieves, stealing from the rich and giving to the poor

** Episodes 37-40 have the gang acting as firefighters.

** Episodes 45-48 are about SavingChristmas

-->'''Puchiko (tossing the note away)''': Cut and paste threats are so 1990 nyu.

* UngratefulBastard: Played for laughs at the end of Episode 3. After finding out the cat was stealing fish to feed its family, Meek says she’ll just tell her folks that Dejiko, Piyoko, Rinna, and Gema stole the fish. Naturally, the four are not pleased, especially after spending the entire episode helping Meek to capture the cat.

* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Rather strangely, despite the show taking place on Planet Di Gi Charat and several episodes having the castle as a major location, Dejiko’s Mother and Father
never show up.

* CardCarryingVillain: The Deji-Devil introduces himself as someone who exists solely to be evil and cause mischief.
* ChasedOffIntoTheSunset: Episode 24 ends with Piyoko, Dejiko, Puchiko, and the Deji-Devil being chased by a dinosaur and ostrich.