History Manga / CardcaptorSakura

%% * RedOniBlueOni:
%% ** Kero and Yue.
%% ** [[spoiler:Spinel Sun and Ruby Moon]].

%% * SickEpisode: "Sakura's Dizzy Fever Day"

%%* YaoiGuys: Touya and Yukito.

* RedOniBlueOni:
** Kero and Yue.
** [[spoiler:Spinel Sun and Ruby Moon]].

* SickEpisode: "Sakura's Dizzy Fever Day"
* SideStoryBonusArt: Tons and tons of it. What do you expect? Its Creator/{{CLAMP}}!

* InconsistentDubbing: At first, the Fly was translated as "Wings" in the Greek dub (which is the closest translation), then was changed to "Fly" but with the meaning of "Rush" (as the word "Fly" can mean either "Fly" like in "Fly in the Sky" or "Fly" like "Rush" in Greek).

* CreepyCoolCrosses: Some of Sakura's outfits have crosses on them, although Sakura is implied to be Shinto rather than [[UsefulNotes/JapaneseChristian Christian]].

* SchoolgirlLesbians: Tomoyo. Her mother was one as well back in her day with her feelings for [[KissingCousins Nadeshiko]].

* AlternativeForeignThemeSong: The ''Cardcaptors'' opening is more dramatic and plays up the high fantasy element, while also spelling out the plot.

** In [[CardCaptorSakuraSakurasHeartRacingFirstDate Episode 3]], Sakura knows right away that the the whirlpool that nearly drowned an aquarium worker wasn't due to a drain coming unplugged like the staff said because the water level didn't go down. But she has to take another trip to the aquarium before she even considers that it's a Clow Card.
** In [[CardCaptorSakuraSakuraPandaAndACuteShop Episode 5]], a stuffed panda mysteriously disappears and reappears across town. Sakura and Madison spend quite a bit of time under the assumption that a burglar robbed the girl's room and escaped in about 3 seconds. By this point, she'd already captured six Clow Cards, so it's a bit embarrassing for her to not instantly realize that a Clow Card must be behind this impossible event.

* DubNameChange: Nearly every character except Sakura suffer from name changes in both the English and French dubs, as it was very popular to do back when they aired.

->''"RELEASE!"''

** The Nelvana dub rearranges the plot to accelerate Syaoran's arrival and increase his narrative status as TheRival, making Sakura's quest a competition from the word go. For all intents and purposes, Nelvana's ''Cardcaptors'' is {{Shonen}} with a female lead.

* ActionizedAdaptation: The anime adaptation adds many more cards for Sakura to collect, resulting in more fight scenes and cards being used in battle. The movies are also more action-oriented than the manga.

* LighterAndSofter: This perhaps one of the most light-hearted CLAMP works, lacking the violence and tragedy elements present in other works like ''Manga/MagicKnightRayearth'' and ''Manga/X1999''

%%* TropeOverdosed

%%** Meiling in the anime, followed by a couple of returns later on.

* PrescienceIsPredictable: [[spoiler:Clow]].
* TheProfessor: Sakura's dad, though younger than usual.

* PsychoticSmirk: Nakaru occasionally gives one to Yukito, [[CompletelyMissingThePoint something he never quite catches]]. Eriol occasionally gives something of similar effect [[spoiler: even if his intentions are ultimately less antagonistic]].

** Meiling in the anime, followed by a couple of returns later on.

** Syaoran evolves from Sakura's [[ArrogantKungFuGuy arrogrant]] [[TheRival Rival]] to a [[ShrinkingViolet meek, soft spoken]] DoggedNiceGuy, Meiling undergoes a similar evolution in the anime. Both were largely a result of Sakura's own increasingly [[{{Moe}} docile and sweet natured aspects]] ([[CheerfulChild not that she wasn't all that kind to begin with however]]).

* ToyDisguise: Kero normally manages to pulls this off in his lesser form, being a very small mouse-like creature with wings.

** CLAMP takes full advantage of this trope in this series. Not only with the mission clothes (not even one is used more than one time!), Sakura's everyday clothes and accessories are numerous too, and while they repeat from time to time, they usually changed every season. You could think that CLAMP would take a break by letting Sakura and her friends use school uniforms more often, but even the school wardrobe was much more varied than in most anime and manga series, with different types of uniforms for Spring and Winter, coats, hats, P.E., swimsuits, special uniforms for sport competitions, [[PomPomGirl two different cheerleader uniforms]] (one for practices and one for competitions)... heck, the school even had special clothes specific for some school trips! (And most of these come in both girl and boy versions.)

* StrangerSafety: A strange old man befriends ten-year-old Sakura. [[spoiler:It turns out to be her great grandfather, but she didn't know it at the time and went off with what could very well have been a creep showing unnatural interest in her]]. MoralGuardians were ''so'' very unamused.

* ThemeTuneCameo: In episode 43, a random woman hums the second season opening as she walks to a mailbox.

* PantyShot: In "Sakura and the Big Teddy Bear", there's a shot of the former's yellow, lace-trimmed, knee-length bloomers/panties twice: Seen from behind, under her red dress when she runs towards the live, giant teddy bear and from the front when she jumps backwards and flies due to her winged shoes when the bear tries to grab her, but misses.

* RuleThirtyFour: Expected for a series as fondly remembered as this.