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The original manga was a [[Cute Witch]] series, but the anime series turned Chacha into a [[Magical Girl Warrior]].

* [[All Powerful Bystander]]: Seravy. In fact, the Devil King 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.

* [[The Archer]]: Chacha as Magical Princess uses a magic bow-and-arrow.

* [[An Axe to Grind]]: Dorothy conjures throwing axes against Daimaou. [[Attack Reflector|They don't work so well.]]

* [[Beach Episode]]: Where Riiya met Marine. Daimaou's spy even tells the viewers that it's a beach episode.

* [[Belligerent Sexual Tension]]: 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 [[Cannot Spit It Out]].

* [[Beware the Nice Ones]]: We only see Barabaraman get mildly miffed once but creepy roots grow when he gets mad.

* [[Big Damn Heroes]]: Seravy always coming to the rescue while wearing poor disguises.

* [[Breaking the Fourth Wall]]: After Marine walks away angry at Chacha again, she notices people are staring so she switches to her "nice girl" mode because it's a Shojo anime.

* [[Cheerful Child]]: Shiine, who plays this up to contrast himself from [[Keet|Riiya]].

* [[Chromatic Arrangement]] / [[Freudian Trio]]: Chacha (red, ego), Riiya (green, id), Shiine (blue, super ego)

* [[Deflector Shield]]: 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.

* [[Dirty Coward]]: Marin in the anime when things get rough she conjurers a huge shell and hides in it.

* [[Energy Ball]]: Seravy tosses some of these in the fight against Daimaou.

* [[Follow the Leader]]: In the manga, which came out a year before ''[[Sailor Moon]]'', Chacha is a fairly standard [[Cute Witch]]. In the anime, which came out two years after ''[[Sailor Moon]]'', she's been given a blinged-out [[Transformation Trinket]] and a sparkly [[Stock Footage]]-tastic [[Transformation Sequence]] that briefly turns her into a textbook [[Magical Girl Warrior]] so she can take down the [[Monster of the Week]]. The [[Magical Girl Warrior]] sections come and go so quickly and feel so incongruent when compared with the [[Wizarding School|rest of the show]] that one can only assume the producers added this aspect to cash in on the recent success of Miss Moon.

* [[Forgotten Childhood Friend]]: Yakko had actually met Chacha, Riiya and Shiine when they were kids.

* [[Hufflepuff House]]: Banana class led by Barabaraman and Orange class led by Mayachon.

* [[Invocation]]: "I call upon love, courage, and hope. Magical Princess, Holy Up!"

* [[Lost in Translation]]: How inevitable and pervasive this would be is a big reason they've never been officially translated.

* [[Love At First Sight]]: Shiine claims to feel this way for Chacha.

* [[Love Potion]]: Yakko was always trying to slip these to Seravy.

* [[Luckily, My Shield Will Protect Me]]: After a bow and a sword, the next weapon Chacha gets is a magic shield.

* [[Luke, I Am Your Father]]: {{spoiler|Access is actually Shiine's father. ''And the Devil King is actually Access's father.'' Making Shiine the grandson of the [[Big Bad]]. Nobody else picks up on this however, as even Access reveals to Dorothy that to the Devil King, Access is nothing but his [[The Dragon|soldier]], with their familial connection being merely just an afterthought.}}

* [[Magical Girl Warrior]]: Chacha's transformation in the anime.

* [[Master of Disguise]]: Seravy, Dorothy and Elisabeth. Well, kinda

* [[Meaningful Name]]: Seravy is the Japanese pronunciation of C'est la vie, which pretty much describes his personality.

* [[Ninja]]

* [[Our Mermaids Are Different]]: Marin can shapeshift at will to a normal human form and has elemental magical control of water.

* [[Our Werewolves Are Different]]: Riiya comes from a family of them. He tries to invoke being a [[Big Badass Wolf]], but as you can see from the picture above, [[Precious Puppies|it doesn't quite take]].

* [[Paper-Thin Disguise]]: Seravy (and Dorothy on occassion).

** She's more of an [[Ascended Extra]]. She is first seen in episode 7.

* [[Running Gag]]: Seravy, Dorothy, and Elizabeth frequently watch over Chacha's group in [[Wig, Dress, Accent|completely transparent disguises]].

* [[Sensitive Guy and Manly Man]]: Barabaraman and Rascal.

* [[Shout-Out]]: Riiya did the [[Kamen Rider]] pose when he transformed for the first time.

* [[Start of Darkness]]: A 2-part time travel episode showed how Chacha and friends contributed to Dorothy's current personality and appearance.

* [[Stylistic Suck]]: It's not that Seravy CAN'T do a good disguise, it's just that he never really bothers with it. Everybody seems to fall for his disguises however, with the exception of Riiya, who nobody believes anyway (then again, considering how powerful Seravy is, it may be a case of "The Emperor's New Clothes"-syndrome.)

** Worse, it's never shortened at any point; the entire sequence always played out in full, and it only got longer as her arsenal expanded. And in spite of the show's comedic nature, it's hardly ever parodied; the anime just played its [[Magical Girl]] tropes way too straight...

* [[Transformation Trinket]]: Medallion (Chacha), Bracelet (Riiya) and Ring (Shiine).

* [[Ugly Guy, Hot Wife]]: Chacha's parents.

* [[Verbal Tic]]: Dr. Mikeneko and Cream the pastry chef always end their sentences with "nya" and "dasu", respectively.

* [[Villain Ball]]: The Devil King for depending on Sorges for relying on him to send assassins, the only decent one, a chalkboard eraser that could have been used for intel, he forces him to fight Chacha.

* [[When All You Have Is a Hammer]]: Dr. Mike-Nekko's only solution for fighting the Magical Princess is [[Humongous Mecha]].

* [[Whip It Good]]: Rascal-sensei. Just, ''Rascal-sensei''.

* [[Wholesome Crossdresser]]: Doris, who's in love with Seravy and trying to get him to fall in love with him, by making himself into the mirror-image of his sister Dorothy's original appearance (which is what Seravy is smitten with).

* [[Wizarding School]]: One of the ending themes is even called ''Welcome to Magical School!''

* [[Yandere]]: Yakko is the harmless variety. Marin's suitor George, when he got mind-controlled; and his sister, Shelly (on behalf of her brother whom she felt sorry for), until he reprimanded her and made her stop.

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