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2[[caption-width-right:300:You wouldn't get [[CuteWitch these]] in any pet shop.[[note]]From left to right: [[CuteKitten Garnet]], [[BunniesForCuteness Ruby]] and [[PreciousPuppy Sapphie]]. Not shown: the remaining 39 pets.[[/note]]]]
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4If ''VideoGame/{{Webkinz}}'' had magic and jewels, and was set in a world like ''Literature/HarryPotter'', ''Jewelpet'' would be the result.
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6A character franchise created by {{Creator/Sanrio}} and Creator/SegaToys collaboratively in 2008, ''Jewelpet'' is about anthropomorphic small animals named after jewels, birthstones and other minerals, who can use magic with the power of their eyes, made of said minerals. It has the distinction of being the first collaboration between Sanrio and another toy company, creating a successful CashCowFranchise in Japan that lasted until around 2015.
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8The Jewelpet toy line has internet connectivity capabilities, which may remind you of [[VideoGame/{{Webkinz}} something else in particular]]. Sega Toys collaborated with Sanrio to release a line of plush toys of the characters in January 15, 2008. Each plush contains a password to access the Web-Gurumi website, where the customer "adopts" the respective pet in the virtual world. Accounts expire within one year, unless another plush is bought, and added to the user account.
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10Of course, toys isn't all there is to such a successful franchise; there are TONS of things related to Jewelpet: stationery, school supplies, bags, raincoats, umbrellas, bento boxes, you name it. It is today one of Sanrio's most popular franchises to date.
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12As the series completed its first anniversary, its first anime debuted on Japanese TV. Each anime season has its own storyline, distinct from the toys and from each other. There is also a movie, a light novel, 3 manga series and 6 VideoGames with [[VideoGame/{{Jewelpet}} their own page]].
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17'''''Anime/{{Jewelpet 2009}}''''': The first series produced by [[Creator/AnimalYa Studio Comet]] after ''Anime/OnegaiMyMelody'' ended. Set in the fictional city of Takaragaseki, the main heroine, Rinko Kougyoku, meets Ruby when the latter is tasked by the Gods to find the Jewelpets who fell in the human world. Rinko and her friends decide to help her, while stopping the evil Jewelpet Diana from doing the same. This season, along with ''Magical Change'', spends more time on the human world than other seasons.
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19'''''Anime/JewelpetTwinkle''''' (2010): The second season follows Akari Sakura, a cripplingly shy and insecure girl who meets Ruby, who's looking for a human who'll attend the Magic Academy with her. Akari attends the Magic Academy and goes through middle school life back in the human world, while getting involved in the drama of the Jinnai family, whose son she likes, and achieves personal growth in the process. In 2013, it received an OVA sequel.
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21'''''Anime/JewelpetSunshine''''' (2011): The third season is wildly different from anything that came before it. Shifting gears from your typical {{Magical Girl}}s and their cute mascots plot to a school comedy that sometimes has magic on the side, it follows the misadventures of the Plum class, a "class of lost causes" on their last year of high school. Kanon Mizushiro and Ruby are members of that class and roommates, who have to juggle their uneasy friendship with their crush on Mikage Shiraishi. It took several departures from many elements of the franchise, such as featuring a confident, mean-spirited heroine, putting less emphasis in grouping characters as trios, as well as the aforementioned abandonment of magic as a main plot point (which carried on to following seasons). If the anime is now a completely different beast from the toy line, it's thanks to this season.
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23'''''Anime/JewelpetKiraDeco''''' (2012): The fourth season focuses on a parody of a {{Sentai}} team called Kira Deco 5, composed of five humans (the main protagonist of which is Pink Oomiya) and their Jewelpet partners. They are tasked with finding the legendary Deco Stones that will revive Jewelina, who was turned into stone many years before, and save the human world from the Eternal Darkness.
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25'''''Anime/JewelpetHappiness''''' (2013): The fifth season focuses on Chiari Tsukikage, who attends the Jewel Academy. Commissioned by Jewelina, Ruby and the other mascots march into the campus carrying the Jewel Box, which they have to fill with Magic Gems, obtainable by running the Jewelpet Cafe Happiness and making friends in the process. Chiari and her friends agree to help them with their goal. In many ways, it's a throwback to ''Sunshine'', albeit with a more continuous plot.
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27'''''Anime/LadyJewelpet''''' (2014): The sixth season is the first to be produced outside of Studio Comet; most of the animation is by Creator/{{ZEXCS}} (They made the ''Manga/TheFlowersOfEvil'' anime. [[MoodWhiplash Yeah.]])[[note]]Comet still serves as producer.[[/note]] The protagonist Momona is brought by her cousin's wife to the Jewel Palace in order to become a Petit Lady, a contestant for the title of Lady Jewel, the queen of Jewel Land. After three years of comedic seasons, ''Lady'' adopts a serious tone which harkens back to the days of ''Twinkle'', although it doesn't return to the MagicalGirl genre.
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29'''''Anime/JewelpetMagicalChange''''' (2015): Animated by Creator/StudioDEEN, the seventh season has the Jewelpets being sent to Earth to investigate how to get their castle back to their world. They meet a girl with a magic pendant and receive the power to turn into humans. Has only 39 episodes due to the anime series getting canned.
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33'''''Anime/JewelpetTheMovieSweetsDancePrincess''''' (2012): In this movie co-produced with Studio Creator/{{Bridge}}, Ruby, Garnet, Sapphie, Labra, Angela, Sango, Jasper and Charlotte are tasked with going to the Sweetsland Kingdom in a diplomatic mission to celebrate Princess Mana's 7th anniversary. A new Sweetspet, Park, suddenly appears at the party and becomes friends with them. However, the heroes have to contend with Duke Creme de Brûlée's plans to overthrow the kingdom. And what exactly is Park's true nature?
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35'''''Jewelpet: The Fuss in the Jewel Festival!?''''' (2012): A light novel serialized in Kadokawa's ''Tsubasa Bunko''. It focuses on the non-canon Jewelpet Lollip, unique to this story. It tells the story of Lollip's experiences and bonds with Ruby and her friends while setting up the Jewel Festival in Jewel Land.
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37'''''Jewelpet Attack Chance!?''''' (2016): A Flash-animated ONA created by Mako Morie, a regular manga author for the franchise and animated by [[Creator/{{AIC}} AIC Project]]. Features Ruby, Labra, Sapphie and a girl named Ruri, a superfan of ''Jewelpet'', who try to find a way to convince people to make a new season. Notably supervised by Hiroshi Negishi [[note]] Notable for directing all of the ''Anime/TenchiMuyo'' stuff that's not part of [[Anime/TenchiMuyoRyoOhki the]] [[Anime/TenchiMuyoGXP canon]] [[Anime/TenchiMuyoWarOnGeminar universe]] [[/note]]. Stopped after erratically releasing 3 episodes.
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39'''''Jewelpet Attack Travel''''' (2022): Produced as part of the franchise's 10th anniversary; was supposed to be released on February 7th, 2020 but instead premiered on Niconico in May 2022 due to production issues. Ruby, Garnet, and the other familiar, jewel-eyed Jewelpet characters suddenly going on a school trip with the teacher Iruka to China's Sichuan Province. However, there is something odd about the tour conductor, driver, [[note]] both of whom are actually Lamune and Da Cider from ''[[Anime/NGKnightLamune40 Lamune & 40]]'' which was also produced by Ashi Pro and directed by Negishi [[/note]]and guide on their sightseeing bus as it heads towards its true destination. Hiroshi Negishi returns to direct this movie and the animation is handled by Creator/AshiProductions. The short would have accompanied the film ''Kukuriraige -Sanxingdui Fantasy-'', which remains shelved due to the UsefulNotes/Covid19Pandemic.
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43!!Features examples of:
44* AdventureFriendlyWorld: Jewel Land. There's always adventures to be had in fantastical deserted islands, underwater, mountains, etc., involving all manner of creatures, wizards and quest objectives.
45* AlienSky: Jewel Land has two moons.
46* AlternateContinuity: The franchise runs on this in order to keep things fresh.
47* AlwaysInClassOne: Played straight in the first series and ''Twinkle''. Both averted (some Rose class elements are important) and played straight (no underclassmen seen whatsoever) in ''Sunshine''. Subverted in ''Happiness''.
48* AmazingTechnicolorWildlife: There are a ''ton'' of technicolored animals, such as Garnet (a pink cat) and Sapphie (a blue-eared dog).
49* AnimationBump: The first series avoids animating the Jewelpets moving as much as possible by putting them on brooms. From ''Twinkle'' to ''Happiness'', the animation budget evidently got a raise, as the Jewelpets usually get around on their own two or four paws. It's obvious that the show had fallen on hard times with ''Lady'', which gave the pets floating balls, again to avoid animating their movement.
50** This [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vAIzaLiBogc scene]] in episode 25 of ''Sunshine'' featuring Garnet's ''Film/{{Flashdance}}'' is animated so well, it closely resembles the original scene.
51* ArtEvolution: Compare the [[https://web-japan.org/kidsweb/cool/10-02-04-02/images/009.jpg first designs]] to the [[http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lr3167jJQT1r2ficno1_500.jpg current designs]], both done by Yamaguchi.
52* BeautyBrainsAndBrawn: The series mascots. Garnet's the Beauty, Sapphie's the Brain and Ruby's the Brawn.
53* {{Camp}}: The anime in general (even before abandoning the MagicalGirl genre) is well-aware of how diabetically cuddly it is and isn't afraid of subverting worn-out tropes and lampooning itself, while still milking its cuddliness for all it's worth.
54* CentralTheme:
55** First season: One must learn to let go of their childhood ideals and remember that reality is never simple.
56** ''Twinkle'': You can have a strong will and help people even if you're the shiest person in the world. Also overcoming one's flaws to achieve greatness.
57** ''Sunshine'': High school is the best time of one's life.
58** ''Kira Deco'': Learning to let go of past grievances is the key to maturing.
59* CharacterDevelopment: The characters from each season learn to overcome their insecurities and become better people.
60* CherryBlossoms: The first and final episodes of the first series.
61* ContrastingSequelMainCharacter: Rinko starts out as a timid klutz, later exchanging the timidity for snarkiness; Akari has the shyness ramped up and is rarely played for laughs; Kanon is snobbish and full of herself; Pink is cheerful and energetic; Chiari is clumsy and airheaded; Momona is also clumsy but super-determined as well.
62* CulturalCrossReference: The series has quite a few shout-outs to non-Japanese media, such as Garnet doing the dance routine from ''Film/{{Flashdance}}'' in one episode of ''Sunshine'', for one.
63* CuteWitch: The Jewelpets, obviously, though when the humans can cast magic (and are young, female and good), they tend to be this.
64* DarkerAndEdgier: ''Twinkle'' had issues of parental abandonment and neglect as one of its most recurring themes. Just about everyone in the main cast has problems with their families. The villain is someone who's fated to die an early death due to her powers, and who's been forcefully seperated from her family. And characters actually ''die'' [[spoiler:(at least, for a significant period of time, whereas in other seasons they come back to life the very next episode)]].
65** ''Sunshine'' as well. Despite being a comedy that starts out seemingly plotless, later episodes involve incest as a plot point. Zoophilia is also an important issue, though never called by name. And then the final episodes have ''God'' becoming corrupted and nearly killing everyone.
66** ''Lady'' is often considered as the darkest entry of all. There's plenty of angst to go around, characters with mysterious and dark pasts (namely Lillian and Luea, and not just them), and it has the most violence in the history of ''Jewelpet'' (among other things, Romeo stabs himself with a sword, Elena gets an arrow to the stomach, [[spoiler:Lillian]] dies by magic, [[spoiler:Rector]] commits suicide by impalement, etc).
67* DarkIsEvil: The greatest evil of this franchise is the so-called Dark Magic.
68** DarkIsNotEvil: Black-eyed Jewelpets (except when they are). Yuuma may also count as an example, because while his design is dark and brooding, he's really a NiceGuy.
69* DemonicPossession: Dian in the first series uses Dark Magic without a problem. However, late in the series, [[spoiler:he loses control of it due to his conflicting feelings for Rinko and his desires to rule both worlds, turning into Dark Dian in the process.]]
70** Alma in ''Twinkle'' gets possessed by [[spoiler:the Battest]] to set itself free from its seal and to try to destroy Jewel Land. Later it possesses [[spoiler:Akari]], though she just fell unconscious.
71** Dark Magic in ''Sunshine'' possesses every character that shows hints of negative emotions; things go to hell when it possesses [[spoiler:Jewelina.]]
72** The Red Moon in ''Happiness'' brainwashes people to do wrong without any recollection of what they did.
73* DenserAndWackier: Since the debut of ''Sunshine'', every season has become crazier both in plot and style of humour.
74** Stopped with ''Lady'', though coming back full force in ''Magical Change''.
75* DerivativeWorks
76** LicensedGame: Seven games released in the UsefulNotes/NintendoDS, UsefulNotes/Nintendo3DS and the arcades.
77** ComicBookAdaptation: There are a total of three manga adaptations.
78*** The first one by Mako Morie which was serialized in Pucchigumi and adapts the toys' concept, and was compiled in one volume.
79*** The second one based on the ''Twinkle'' anime, which is also by Mako Morie and compiled in one volume.
80*** [[https://i.imgur.com/bZ6OmKQ.jpg The third one]] by Creator/TatsuyamaSayuri, (of ''Manga/HappyHappyClover'' fame) [[https://cdn.animenewsnetwork.com/hotlink/images/cms/news/31794/manga02-3.gif which ran]] in ''Ciao'' from February to September 2010. There is no tankobon volume for this one.
81** LightNovels: ''The Fuss in the Jewel Festival!?''. Notable for introducing the CanonForeigner Jewelpet Lollip.
82** TheMovie: ''Jewelpet The Movie: Sweets Dance Princess'', the only piece of the franchise where Sweetsland gets non-negligible screen-time. Bombed at the box-office.
83** TheMusical: Several musicals in Sanrio Puroland and Harmonyland. ''Magical March'' is apparently the most popular.
84* DistantPrologue: The prologues of ''Twinkle'', ''Sunshine'' and ''Kira Deco'' show Jewelina giving birth to the Jewelpets, presumably more than a decade before.
85* EarlyInstallmentCharacterDesignDifference: In the first series, Jewelpets have only one glimmer in their eyes, while in all seasons afterwards, they have two or more.
86* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness:
87** Jewelpets in the first series would introduce themselves with their full jewel names at their introduction, and later request to be called by their nickname, which is the name they're known by officially (e.g. Rald is introduced as Emerald, and King as Onyx).
88** And, of course, there's no Jewelina; instead there are four gods with specialized instead of omnipotent powers.
89* EndOfSeriesAwareness: Attack Chance is all about this.
90* EveryDeviceIsASwissArmyKnife: ''Twinkle'' introduces the Jewel Pod, which is basically a magic-operated smartphone that has multiple functions. It has become a staple of the series since.
91* EverythingsBetterWithRainbows: Occasionally, rainbows appear when Jewelpets cast their magic.
92* EverythingsSparklyWithJewelry: The Jewelpets draw their power from their eyes, called Jewel Eyes, which are made from various minerals (mostly literal jewels, but not always). There are also plenty of shiny {{Mineral MacGuffin}}s in every season.
93* ExcitedTitleTwoPartEpisodeName: ''Twinkle'', ''Sunshine'' and ''Kira Deco'' invert this by putting the "excited" part in second place instead of first. ''Happiness'' averts it.
94* {{Expy}}:
95** Genshiro, hmm... that sounds [[Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar familiar]].
96** Dian in the first series, between eye powers that allow him to command others to do his bidding, an impassioned speech to convince Jewelpets to rebel against their perceived enslavers and a very familiar [[spoiler:human form]], takes a lot of cues from [[Anime/CodeGeass Lelouch Lamperouge]], helped by the fact that they share the voice actor.
97** Ruby is one of [[Anime/OnegaiMyMelody My Melody]], who was already one of ''Franchise/HelloKitty''. Diana is meant to be an equivalent to Kuromi, My Melody's foil. Coal is also reminiscent of Baku, Kuromi's sidekick.
98* ExtranormalInstitute: The magic schools that the characters attend.
99* {{Fansub}}: Critter Subs subbed the entirety of ''Twinkle'' (including the OVA), ''Kira Deco'' and ''Happiness''.
100** The first series had several fansubbers picking it up when it debuted, but they gave up after only the first couple of episodes or so. In 2013, Stardust Fansubs committed to subbing it steadily; it is now an ongoing project.
101** ''Sunshine'' was translated by Ayako, who stopped before the Summer arc. Stardust Fansubs has raised the possibility of picking it up after finishing the first series.
102*** A group named Paca has picked it up where Ayako left off and is subbing it at a fast pace.
103** ''Lady'' is subbed by a 4chan-based group called Ai-dle (except episode 39, but that was due to circumstances beyond their control; and it was a recap episode anyway).
104** Ai-dle hasn't done much of anything since ''Lady'' ended and its philosophy about ''Magical Change'' seems to be "whenever they damn well please", having subbed only 2 episodes (though they seem to have taken it upon themselves to release raws since the previous one dropped it), so ''MC'' seems to be headed for the same fate as first and ''Sunshine''.
105** The movie was formerly unsubbed, until Paradise Hamsubs (known for their ''Anime/{{Hamtaro}}'' fansubs) stepped forward and subbed the entirety of the whole movie, including the ''Anime/OnegaiMyMelody'' short Yu and Ai. They even subbed the remaining episodes of ''Jewelpet Sunshine'' and are currently planning to sub the first season's remaining episodes as well.
106* FantasyKitchenSink: The anime is notorious for it. Especially ''Sunshine'' and ''Kira Deco''.
107* {{Fictionary}}: Jewel Land's own language, which is used in both the franchise and the anime.
108* FlyingBroomstick: Jewelpets get around on broomsticks in the first series. This is brought back briefly in the movie.
109** Generally, every episode featuring Sweetspets has hefty doses of this.
110* FunctionalMagic: First series, ''Kira Deco'' and ''Happiness'' use Device Magic. ''Sunshine'' uses Device Magic mixed with Theurgy (since Jewelina is summoned for every spell). ''Twinkle'' falls into Rule Magic, because the magical circles with spells inscribed in them are the most fundamental part.
111* FunnyAnimal: Jewelpets and Sweetspets, of course.
112** ''Twinkle'' introduces Avenue, Ametrine and Trystine.
113* FunSize: Jewelpets and Sweetspets.
114* GagSub: Critter Subs uses this infrequently, translating some throw-away lines into memes.
115* GreaterScopeVillain: Dark Magic in general. It can't do much on its own given that it lacks a concrete form, however, it can never be completely destroyed and it always manages to find an outlet for its purposes.
116* HalfDressedCartoonAnimal: Some Jewelpets. Averted with some non-Jewelpet animals, who are entirely clothed.
117* HumanFocusedAdaptation: The first series, ''Twinkle'', ''Lady'' and ''Magical Change''. ''Sunshine'' and ''Kira Deco'' are more balanced while ''Happiness'' favors the pets.
118* IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming: All the anime seasons, with the sole exception of ''Magical Change'', have a specific trait present in all of (or the majority of) their episode titles.
119** In the original 2009 series, every episode begins with a word that is repeated twice (e.g. episode 1 is "Sparkle Sparkle ☆ - Here Comes the Jewel").
120** In ''Twinkle'', each episode has "Doki☆Doki" at the end of its title.
121** In ''Sunshine'', every episode name ends with "Yay!"
122** In ''Kira Deco!'', the episode titles end with "Deco".
123** In ''Happiness'', almost all the episodes have names that end with a "~".
124** In ''Lady Jewelpet'', the word "lady" appears in most of the episodes' titles.
125* IntercontinuityCrossover: The 10 minute short movie ''Onegai My Melody: Yu and Ai'' has Ruby as a SpecialGuest character, [[https://24.media.tumblr.com/c208fe40305a46485f668bd4bf5044ab/tumblr_my3z6jU4V91rni86yo1_500.png listening to My Melody's story about her summer barbecue with the denizens of Mari Land.]]
126** Outside of the anime, the Jewelpets have their own show in Sanrio Puroland where Cinnamoroll is a SpecialGuest.
127* InterdimensionalTravelDevice: Jasper's key can open portals to different dimensions.
128* InterspeciesRomance: Pretty common across the franchise, be it different Jewelpet species, humans/Jewelpets or something else. Usually they don't go beyond an hilariously unrequited crush, but there are exceptions to this.
129** For examples that reoccur in several seasons, there's Ruby with Tour (2009 and ''Twinkle'') and Granite (''Sunshine'' and ''Kira Deco'').
130* LighterAndSofter: ''Kira Deco'' and the movie, but with a hint of dark moments.
131** ''Happiness'' also qualifies as one of the lightest entries in the series due to a lack of any serious themes throughout.
132** ''Magical Change'' is a comedy that came right after ''Lady'', arguably the darkest season since ''Twinkle''.
133* LionsAndTigersAndHumansOhMy: Humans and Jewelpets co-exist peacefully in ''Sunshine'' and ''Happiness''.
134* LoveTriangle: Akira-Rinko-Andy[[spoiler:/Dian]] in the first series.
135** Kanon-Mikage-Ruby in ''Sunshine''. Garnet-Dian-Diana for the duration of episode 25.
136* LuckyCharmsTitle: The dakuten used in the title (to turn the pronunciation from 'sh-' to 'j-') are presented as sparkles.
137* MagicalGirl: The toys essentially revolve around humans attending a WizardingSchool. In the anime, the trope tends to be played with. It's a guarantee that the Jewelpets will always have magical powers, and most of them are female, but that doesn't mean every season falls into the genre.
138** The first series has a number of unusualities. Rinko is the only human capable of using magic; however, she and both her friends all get their own magical girl outfits. Another thing is that they only wear them when they're in Jewel Land, and they can't change in and out of them as they please.
139** ''Twinkle'' is the most typical as far as MagicalGirl anime go, since it uses the concept of the toys.
140** ''Sunshine'' drops this as a main plot point, but still uses it for purposes of parody in the shape of Kurara Nemoto, a cosplayer who had always dreamed of becoming a MagicalGirlWarrior.
141** ''Kira Deco'' doesn't use it at all; instead it favours {{Sentai}}-type powers and battles.
142** ''Happiness'' doesn't use it either.
143** ''Lady'' has some tropes, but it's largely downplayed. The girls will change into their ladylike dresses through the pets' magic when they're summoned to hear their tasks, but this doesn't give them magical powers. Later, they do get access to the Jewel Arrow, but it's a very situational and hard-to-use magic, which, again, can't be used without the pets.
144** ''Magical Change'' has the gimmick of the pets transforming into girls and using powerful magic in those forms.
145* MagicalLand: Jewel Land and Sweetsland.
146* MarketBasedTitle: Officially known as ''Jewel Pets'' in Europe. There's some inconsistency to this: dubs of the anime say ''Jewelpet'' when the title appears on screen, yet the channels that present it call it ''Jewel Pets''.
147* MedievalEuropeanFantasy: In the toys, the first series and ''Twinkle'', Jewel Land seems to be in the Middle Ages. Since ''Sunshine'', the anime has depicted Jewel Land as if it's set in the 21st century.
148* MerchandiseDriven: Truthfully this series is driven by the toys more than anything else.
149* MineralMacGuffin: Since it's a show revolving around jewels, it's to be expected. Every season has some super-important rock that drives the plot at some point or another.
150* {{Mon}}: An interesting take on this trope as the mons aren't physical fighters, but wizards instead. The first series is even about them being found and collected.
151* MythologyGag:
152** Sapphie telling the fishes to help her in episode 20 of the first series is reminiscent of ''Anime/OnegaiMyMelody''. She even does the same stance.
153** Opal's design is a shout out to Cornet from ''Cinnamoroll''.
154** Ruby's the My Melody to Diana's Kuromi. Angela looks almost exactly like Piano-chan.
155** The usage of brooms in ''Sweets Dance Princess'' is a throwback to the first series, where most Jewelpets got around on brooms.
156* NewSeasonNewName: Well, this is common with Japanese television shows in general. Season 2 is ''Jewelpet Twinkle'', Season 3 is ''Jewelpet Sunshine'', Season 4 is ''Jewelpet Kira Deco'', Season 5 is ''Jewelpet Happiness'', Season 6 is ''Lady Jewelpet'', and Season 7 is ''Jewelpet: Magical Change''.
157* OhCrap: Savvier characters react like this when Ruby announces that she's going to use her magic.
158* OneSteveLimit: Subverted, because each season is its seperate universe, so the characters with repeated names don't co-exist. They are:
159** Kuranosuke Hinata (first season) and Hinata Asaka (''Sunshine'').
160** Ryouko Azabu (first) and Ryouko Izumikawa (''Happiness'').
161** Akira Nanase (first) and Akira Sakura (''Twinkle'').
162** Marie Sakura (''Twinkle'') and Marie Hanazono (''Happiness'').
163** Diana (the Jewelpet) and Lady Diana (''Lady'') are the only ones who co-exist.
164** Nene Konoe (''Happiness'') and Nene (''Magical Change'').
165* PinkProductPloy: The toys, promotional art and even the websites in their various languages abuse the color pink, to the point where things start becoming a little monotone. The color is whored substantially less in the anime, especially ''Sunshine''.
166* OneEyedShot: This is used a few times in certain episodes, mainly with the Jewelpets themselves.
167%%* ThePowerOfFriendship
168* PowerTrio: This is the most common mode of organization for characters, present in the first 3 seasons, then ''Happiness''. ''Sunshine'' deviates from this trend by having a very loose-knit group (see CoversAlwaysLie).
169** In a franchise-wide context, it also applied to the main Jewelpets, until Labra was promoted to mascot. Then Angela and Rosa came along and they formed their own little trio.
170* RecurringLocation: The Strawberry Cafe shows up in the first three seasons. Jewelina's castle appears in ''Twinkle'' and ''Sunshine''.
171* RidiculouslyCuteCritter: Besides the obvious, for what they are, even the dragons and chimeras of this series are absolutely adorable.
172* RousseauWasRight: Present to various degrees in the whole franchise, with ''Twinkle'' being the best example of this, for its absolute lack of inherently evil characters.
173* SailorEarth: Because the Jewelpets are based on minerals, it is inevitable that some fans will come up with their own pets based on minerals not yet introduced.
174* SchizoTech: Some seasons depict Jewel land as almost medieval, while there are things like cell phones and mail orders in existence. Meanwhile, in seasons like ''Sunshine'', where Jewel Land seems to approach the human world's level of technological advancement, there still remain things like underwater feudal kingdoms (which promote idol concerts!) and 17th century pirates.
175%%* ShoujoDemographic
176* SlidingScaleOfSillinessVersusSeriousness: From silliest to most serious - ''Magical Change'', ''Happiness'', ''Kira Deco'', ''Sunshine'', first season, ''Twinkle'', and ''Lady''.
177* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Many Jewelpets' names suffer from this. There's the katakana-to-Roman-alphabet spelling, the Roman alphabet spelling for foreign countries, and the spellings that fansubbers come up with.
178* {{Spinoff}}: The anime has a lot of type 2 examples, see ThematicSeries below.
179* AStormIsComing: Dark Magic almost always manifests itself through dark clouds, when it's not possessing someone else.
180* SugarBowl: Given the mood of this franchise, it should come as no surprise that Jewel Land is one sugar-coated world.
181* TheTeaser: Midway into ''Sunshine'', they start using this every episode until the end. It's been more-or-less adopted as norm for the following seasons (the first several episodes use an OpeningNarration instead of this trope).
182* ThematicSeries: Studio Comet and Sanrio make sure all the stories, including the movie and the novel, don't share the same canon as the next. The only things that each story shares are the Jewelpets and the concept of Jewel Land. Apparently, after the fourth season of ''Anime/OnegaiMyMelody'' got the series the [[FranchiseKiller axe]], Sanrio decided to not tell a story that would overarch for many seasons, and that's why the toys have a different story from everything else. ''Twinkle'' has the most in common with the general idea of the toys.
183* ThemeNaming: Every pet is named after a type of gemstone. King is an exception.
184* TokyoIsTheCenterOfTheUniverse: Averted for the most part. The human cast from ''Kira Deco'' all hail from places that aren't Tokyo. Akari lives in Hayama. Takaragaseki is a fictional city ''inspired'' by Tokyo (and Osaka). ''Sunshine'', when it does visit the human world, never specifies what city.
185* UnderdogsNeverLose: Ruby and every protagonist (except Kanon) she's partnered with start out as major losers, but become the best come the end of the series. [[spoiler: Averted with Momona, as she does NOT become Lady Jewel at the end of ''Lady''! The spot instead goes to Lillian, her much more likely rival.]]
186* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: Justified in ''Sunshine'' and ''Happiness'' since humans are used to Jewel Land in those universes.
187* VerbalTic: Episode titles. ''Twinkle'' uses "doki doki", ''Sunshine'' uses "Yay" and ''Kira Deco'' uses "Deco". The first series on the other hand places a double sound effect at the beginning of the titles; said sound effect is different for all episodes.
188* WizardingSchool: [[http://jewelpet.info/school/index.html The Magic Academy]] in the toys' universe. The concept is present in the first two seasons of the anime, but it's only really plot-relevant in ''Twinkle''.
189* WordSaladTitle: All seasons after the first one add another word to the ''Jewelpet'' title. The Jewelpets' spell chants will always have that word for the duration of the respective season. Sometimes, they do make sense in a thematic context.

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