History Manga / AkazukinChacha

* LoveTriangle: Marin likes Riiya (but hates his wolf form, [[SelectiveObliviousness which she doesn't realize is him]]) and Orin likes Shiine, but Shiine and Riiya both like Chacha. While Chacha is oblivious to the two's attraction to her in the anime, in the manga, she returns Riiya's feelings. Pickle likes Yakko, but Yakko -- and Shironeko and Doris -- likes Seravy, who is too busy having BelligerentSexualTension with Dorothy. Access courted Dorothy for a time until he left the kingdom, and Poppy had a crush on her.

Akazukin Chacha (赤ずきんチャチャ, literally meaning "Red Riding Hood Chacha") is a CuteWitch manga series that was strongly influenced by the Literature/LittleRedRidingHood story. Written by Min Ayahama, it ran in Shueisha's ''Magazine/{{Ribon}}'' from 1991 to 2000 with 13 volumes. An anime series was produced by Creator/StudioGallop and Nihon Ad Systems (NAS) for Creator/TVTokyo's 6PM timeslot and ran from 1994 to 1995. In an attempt to compete with ''Anime/SailorMoon'', the adaptation gave Chacha a transformation that turned her into a MagicalGirlWarrior, complementing it with all of the hallmarks of the now-standard magical girl anime. The anime was preceded by another of ''Ribon'''s Cute Witch series, ''Manga/HimechansRibbon'' and would later be followed by two more Ribon series, ''Manga/NurseAngelRirikaSOS'', and ''Manga/{{Kodocha}}'', all of which shared production companies. The series was quite popular during its heyday, lasting for 74 episodes and even spawning three OVA episodes from 1995 to 1996, sometime after the series ended. It even had at least three video game adaptations, appearing on the Platform/GameBoy and Platform/SuperFamicom and the obscure PC-FX.

* VitriolicBestBuds: Shiine and Riiya regard each other as rivals over Chacha's affection and won't hesitate to put each other down, but they do consider each other friends. Yakko and Marine are only friends because of their mutual hatred for Chacha, otherwise they don't get along.

* VileVillainLaughableLackey: Daimoau is portrayed dead seriously as a villain and never gets any moment where he's subjected to comedy. Not so for Sorges, Yordas and Haidenyans, who frequently get subjected to jokes.
* VileVillainSaccharineShow: Daimaou. Sure enough, the anime completely stops being serious after his defeat.

* TheAce: Seravy is the world's greatest magician.
* AdaptationDyeJob: Dorothy has black hair in the manga, but the anime changed it to red hair.

* AllPowerfulBystander: Seravy. In fact, Daimaou considers him the only real threat and he is likely the only reason why the rest of the magical world hadn't actually been conquered yet at the start of the series.

* AlternateUniverse: The Akazukin Chacha N manga takes place in modern-day Tokyo.
* AnachronismStew: There's fantastic elements and machines in the same universe.

* BadassAdorable: Orin.
* BarrierWarrior: At one point Chacha brings up her shield to protect against a volley of missiles. It wasn't needed because the magic circle she was standing in had a shield of its own.

* BelligerentSexualTension: Seravy and Dorothy. He wishes she would return to how she originally was when they were young (when she was still a demure lady-type with natural golden curled locks, instead of the feisty amazon with magically dyed red-pink straight hair that she is now) and she hates the fact that he's always going to be magically better than her, no matter what she does (ironically, it's eventually revealed that it's actually is ''his love for her'' which inspires him to be all-powerful, the sheer purity of which enables him to constantly surpass any and all limitations). Also Rascal-sensei and Mayachon-sensei, who were childhood rivals, but are secretly attracted to each other, though they CanNotSpitItOut.
* BettyAndVeronica: Shiine and Riiya for Chacha.

* BigBad: Daimaou (anime only). He doesn't serve as this throughout the whole show, however- Chacha destroys him in Episode 50.

* BigEater: Riiya LOVES to eat!

* CatGirl: Shironeko.
* CharacterizationMarchesOn: Seravy the borderline JerkAss JerkWithAHeartOfGold used to be a stern yet kind teacher in the first few episodes.
* CharlesAtlasSuperpower: Riiya has this.
* CheerfulChild: Shiine, who plays this up to contrast himself from [[{{Keet}} Riiya]].
* ChildrenDoTheHousework: Dorothy is an ever-so-slightly WickedStepmother to Shiine and makes him do her cleaning and cooking. By the time the series takes place, he's grown to like it.

** Episode 26 is a recap of Episode 3 with the in-universe framing of Yakko visiting Chacha while she tends to Seravy's house.

* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Chacha. She's ditzy and often silly.

* TheComicallySerious: Access
* CoolSword: The Phoenix sword.
* CrackOhMyBack: Orin's grandpa.
* CreepyCrossdresser: Doris.

* CuteLittleFangs: Riiya's fangs often show up when he's grinning widely, as he's a wolf.
* CutenessProximity: People just can't help but hug Riiya in his wolf form (except for Marine).
* CuteWitch: Chacha in the manga, Marin, Yakko.
* DarkIsNotEvil: Yakko is the parody of this trope.

* DePower: [[spoiler: Chacha gives up her Magical Princess items to seal the gate to hell in episode 56.]]

* DivergentCharacterEvolution: Yakko was a wizard like Chacha but switched to alchemy in later appearances.

* DumbMuscle: Riiya is both ridiculously strong... and ridiculously stupid.
* EasyAmnesia: Riiya in the third episode.

* GenkiGirl: Chacha

* GoodCostumeSwitch: Access.

* HeadPet: Piisuke.

* HotBlooded: Rascal-sensei

* HumongousMecha: NYANDEBER Z!
* HurricaneOfPuns: This makes the series impossible to dub in a way that makes sense. Chacha is a CuteWitch who mixes up her spells. For example, trying to summon Riiya but getting an old man (''jiya'') instead or trying to turn dandelions into clouds (''kumo'') but instead making them turn into spiders (''kumo'').
* IneptMage: Chacha
* InvincibleHero: Magical Princess. Most of the villains were lucky to even get to attack her. She did have trouble more frequently in Season 2, but she still won all but one fight in the end.

* IronicName: In early episodes, the Urara School is alternatively referred to as the "Magic School", but does it actually teach magic? It looks just like your average elementary school except a lot crazier, and none of the subjects the teachers teach about are magic-related. It doesn't help that there are students in it that aren't magicians, such as Riiya or Orin.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Seravy. Seriously, the guy's just disinterested and indifferent most of the time, but at least he'll secretly show up in the sidelines of the action when things get too rough.

* LikesOlderWomen: Yakko.

* LostInTranslation: How inevitable and pervasive this would be is a big reason they've never been officially translated.
* LoveAtFirstSight: Shiine claims to feel this way for Chacha.
* LoveMakesYouCrazy: Seravy, Yakko.
* LoveMakesYouDumb: Shiine
* LovePotion: Yakko was always trying to slip these to Seravy.

* MaouTheDemonKing: Can't get more obvious than a main villain literally named Daimaou.

*** Dorothy buying candy for the kids, with Shiine holding a package of Pokota-themed strawberry bubble gum, while Chacha has a box of caramels with Himeko on them.

** You could make a drinking game out of all the ''Manga/HimechansRibbon'' references. Bonus as that was the previous work of the animation studio. This includes a red and gold Brooch that Shiine wears in episode 15 that swiftly flashes when it runs out of time.

** In episode 17 is chock-full of them. The 2nd time Professor Mikeneko shows up (this time with his siblings), they suit up in their pilot outfits to initiate their robot's combining sequence akin to ''Anime/GoLion'' (one of the parent series of ''Anime/Voltron''). Their suits resemble a mix between that series and those from the ''Franchise/SuperSentai'' team ''Series/GoseiSentaiDairanger''. Earlier on, Shironeko makes a twist on the famous ''Anime/CuteyHoney'' line, "Sometimes, I'm a...". And a few scenes before suiting up, Professor Mikeneko sticks cat masks on the main trio and control them with a Platform/SuperFamicom controller.

** Finally, Episode 65 is a recap of all the episodes Dr. Mikeneko appeared in as he prepares to fight Chacha again- unaware that the world is at peace and that there is no one is fighting anymore.

* DidntThinkThisThrough: In Dr. Mikeneko's third and final outing before he reforms, he creates the biggest mech yet, around the size of a skyscraper. However, this time it's so big that he can't even move it an inch.

* LockedOutOfTheLoop: [[spoiler:The punchline of Episode 65. Dr. Mikeneko goes to fight Chacha again, but when he arrives, he discovered that the world is at peace and there is no need to fight anymore. It's not all bad as he gets nominated as the royal scientist.]]

* MadScientist: Dr. Mikenekko, who fights Chacha three times throughout the anime with increasingly bigger mechs.

* MonsterOfTheWeek: Played with. While it's very common to see a one-and-done villain, on occasion one of them would come back to fight Chacha again. Villains who did this include Que the vampire, Dr. Mikenekko, and the Twin Witches. During Episode 49, Daimaou summons three previous villains to defend the castle, and every villain comes back for a cameo in the final episode.

* TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou: Dr. Mikenekko felt really sad after finding out that [[spoiler: the Magical Princess was gone for good.]]

** The 2nd time Dr. Mikeneko shows up (this time with his siblings), they suit up in their pilot outfits to initiate their robot's combining sequence. Their suits resemble those from the ''Franchise/SuperSentai'' team ''Series/GoseiSentaiDairanger''.
** In episode 17, Shironeko makes a twist on the famous ''Anime/CuteyHoney'' line, "Sometimes, I'm a...".
** The same episode also has Professor Mikeneko sticking cat masks on the main trio and controlling them with a Platform/SuperFamicom controller.