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While later revivals and the various manga are usually full of playful [[Fan Service]], the original [[Bleached Underpants|television adaptation]] was just tame and pretty enough to [[Periphery Demographic|attract an unexpected number]] of younger female fans. It was also later broadcast in France under the title "Cherry Miel" ("Cherry Honey") - albeit not until 1989. It still wasn't enough to stop the original series from getting cancelled over its then-racy content.

Ironically, [[Cutey Honey]] was usually described as a superhero and not a magical girl, but her spiritual descendants have essentially melded back into the genre to produce the [[Magical Girl Warrior]]. Most anime of that ilk owe a lot to Honey. ''[[Sailor Moon]]'''s very early broadcast incarnation, in particular, owes much to the visual tropes done in ''Cutey Honey'', right down to her [[In the Name of ~~The~~ Moon]] speech, her ability to transform, and the [[Mono-Gender Monsters|gender choice]] of the [[Monster of the Week]]. (Go Nagai eventually did create a "traditional" [[Magical Girl]], the more kid-friendly and less successful ''[[Majokko Tickle]]'', in 1978.)

Ironically, [[Cutey Honey]] was usually described as a superhero and not a magical girl, but her spiritual descendants have essentially melded back into the genre to produce the [[Magical Girl Warrior]]. Most anime of that ilk owe a lot to Honey. ''[[Sailor Moon]]'''s very early broadcast incarnation, in particular, owes much to the visual tropes done in ''Cutey Honey'', right down to her [[In the Name of the Moon]] speech, her ability to transform, and the [[Mono-Gender Monsters|gender choice]] of the [[Monster of the Week]]. (Go Nagai eventually did create a "traditional" [[Magical Girl]], the more kid-friendly and less successful ''[[Majokko Tickle]]'', in 1978.)

'''The anime has been [[Revival|revived]] several times over the years:'''

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** [[Hot Amazon]]: Especially in her ''Shin'' version, where she's more adult, and thus, more... well-endowed.

* [[Badass Grandpa]]: Danbei Hayami, a full-fledged [[Ninja]] (and a cyborg in ''New Cutey Honey'').

* [[Barbie Doll Anatomy]]: Even happens in the live action versions, although it's [[Nipple-and-Dimed|averted]] in ''New Cutie Honey'' [[Freeze Frame Bonus|(and not only with nipples)]].

* [[Barbie Doll Anatomy]]: Even happens in the live action versions, although it's [[Nipple-and-Dimed|averted]] in ''New Cutie Honey'' [[Freeze-Frame Bonus|(and not only with nipples)]].

* [[Between My Legs]]: Commonly shows up in nearly every version of the show, usually as a Fanservice shot, not least of which is one of these shots with Honey's bare butt in the camera in ''Re: Cutey Honey''.

* [[Big Bad]]: Sister Jill, Panther Zora

* [[Big Eater]]: The [[The Movie|live-action movie]] and ''Re: Cutey Honey'' versions were this because of their powers; if they were too hungry, they lost vital energy and couldn't transform.

* [[Bragging Theme Tune]]: The theme song talks about how great Honey is, including her fashion sense and bouncy her boobs are. Also see Honey's spiritual descendant [[Majokko Meg ~~Chan~~]], whose [[Bragging Theme Tune]] was sung by the same vocalist as the original Cutie Honey theme.

* [[Bragging Theme Tune]]: The theme song talks about how great Honey is, including her fashion sense and bouncy her boobs are. Also see Honey's spiritual descendant [[Majokko Meg-chan]], whose [[Bragging Theme Tune]] was sung by the same vocalist as the original Cutie Honey theme.

* [[Breaking the Fourth Wall]]: A scene in the original TV series in which Honey is hanging on a cross (in an homage to Go Nagai's first popular manga series, [[Harenchi Gakuen]]) and one side of Honey's torn sleeveless unitard-dress is drooping down, exposing her breast, but stopping literally JUST short of exposing the nipple. One of her tormentors remarks, "That's as far as the broadcasters let us go."

* [[By the Power of Greyskull]]: "Honey ''FLASH!''"

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* [[Cool Bike]]: "Hurricane Honey" seems able to either materialize or find one at will.

* [[The Corruption]]: This is how quasi-innocents become Monsters of the Week in some continuities.

* [[Defeat By Modesty]]... which is averted completely and utterly. Honey treats nudity more as a minor inconvenience at best.

* [[Defeat by Modesty]]... which is averted completely and utterly. Honey treats nudity more as a minor inconvenience at best.

* [[Dirty Old Man]]: Grandpa Danbei from the manga and ''New Cutey Honey''.

* [[Distracted By the Sexy]]: Honey Kisaragi used this as one of her WEAPONS. Although sometimes her transforming device worked wrong and she did it accidentally.

* [[Distracted by the Sexy]]: Honey Kisaragi used this as one of her WEAPONS. Although sometimes her transforming device worked wrong and she did it accidentally.

* [[Distressed Dude]]: Every notable male character will always end up needing to be rescued by Honey.

* [[Dumb Blonde]]: Honey Kisaragi in civilian mode, depending on the version.

* [[Evil Laugh]]: Honey provides a rare heroic example at the start of her [[In the Name of ~~The~~ Moon]] speeches.

* [[Evil Laugh]]: Honey provides a rare heroic example at the start of her [[In the Name of the Moon]] speeches.

* [[Fan Disservice]]: The original manga has a lot of nudity, and it's not all Honey. There's the bullies at Honey's school -- fat, hairy, and always topless -- a private detective who never wears pants and whose anus frequently spurts blood, and Danbei's [[Male Frontal Nudity|penis]].

* [[Fan Service]]: So very yes.

** Arguably, this show is '''the''' show that started [[Fan Service]] in anime.

* [[Fetish Fuel Station Attendant]]: Sometimes she's a ditzy blonde in a miniskirt. Other times she's a [[Badass Biker]] in [[Spy Catsuit|skintight leathers]]. Sometimes she's a dominatrix. (And so on.) But the truth behind them all is [[Transformation Name Announcement|Warrior of Love, Cutey Honey]] -- a [[Fiery Redhead|Fiery Redheaded]] [[Hot Chick ~~With~~ a Sword]]!

* [[Fetish Fuel Station Attendant]]: Sometimes she's a ditzy blonde in a miniskirt. Other times she's a [[Badass Biker]] in [[Spy Catsuit|skintight leathers]]. Sometimes she's a dominatrix. (And so on.) But the truth behind them all is [[Transformation Name Announcement|Warrior of Love, Cutey Honey]] -- a [[Fiery Redhead|Fiery Redheaded]] [[Hot Chick with a Sword]]!

* [[Foe Yay]]: Several examples; in the original manga, Sister Jill tried making a pass at Honey during a [[Phlebotinum Breakdown]] just before the final battle.

* [[Genius Ditz]]: Exactly how much of a ditz and how much of a genius varies alot in every incarnation of the character.

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** Even Seiji and Junpei have them.

* [[Innocent Fanservice Girl]]

* [[In the Name of ~~The~~ Moon]]: The originator of this trope, to the point of [[Older Than They Think|being occasionally quoted]] by [[Sailor Moon|the Trope Namer]].

* [[In the Name of the Moon]]: The originator of this trope, to the point of [[Older Than They Think|being occasionally quoted]] by [[Sailor Moon|the Trope Namer]].

* [[Leotard of Power]]: In at least one adaptation. However, in the original TV series and ''New Cutey Honey'', it's actually more like a ''Unitard'' Of Power.

* [[Magical Girl Warrior]]: Helped define the trope.

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* [[Revival]]: Several times -- ''New Cutey Honey'', ''Cutey Honey F'', [[The Movie]], ''Re: Cutie Honey'', and ''Cutie Honey: The Live''.

** A weird case of a revival revival: ''New Cutey Honey'' had a definite air of finality in its fourth episode, but production got renewed for four more [[OVA|OVAs]], so Panther Zora started injecting her will into certain violent individuals to turn them into monsters.

* [[Spared By the Adaptation]]: [[Two-Teacher School|Alphonne and Miharu]] are killed off in the original manga {{spoiler|during the attack on Honey's school}} and this is [[Played for Laughs]]. They get to live in the anime, where they made more appearances and such unceremonious deaths would have felt inappropriate.

* [[Spared by the Adaptation]]: [[Two-Teacher School|Alphonne and Miharu]] are killed off in the original manga {{spoiler|during the attack on Honey's school}} and this is [[Played for Laughs]]. They get to live in the anime, where they made more appearances and such unceremonious deaths would have felt inappropriate.

** Also spared in the anime: {{spoiler|all of the students at Honey's school except Natsuko.}}

** The original ''Cutey Honey'' was kicked off by the death of Dr. Kisaragi, Honey's father. In ''Cutey Honey Flash'', he is merely kidnapped.

* [[Spell My Name ~~With~~ an "S"]]: The series title has been both "Cutey" and "Cutie" over the years. The most recent releases use "Cutie", such as 'Re:Cutie Honey", but the older series definitely spell it "Cutey".

* [[Spell My Name with an "S"]]: The series title has been both "Cutey" and "Cutie" over the years. The most recent releases use "Cutie", such as 'Re:Cutie Honey", but the older series definitely spell it "Cutey".

* [[Stalker ~~With~~ a Crush]]

* [[Stalker with a Crush]]

* [[Stuff Blowing Up]]

* [[Talking Is a Free Action]]: Just about every episode, before one of her Transformation Sequences, Honey will recap the forms she's taken that episode before transforming into her Red Haired Warrior form.

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* [[Action Mom]]: Daiko Hayami.

* [[Ambiguously Brown]]: Jewel Princess.

* [[Anti-Villain]]: Natsuko's former friends Gene, Pokey, and Jan stole a bomb with plans to hold it for ransom, and then use the money to start over somewhere else. The bomb heist was going to be their last heist, before Gene got [[Hijacked By Ganon|Hijacked by Panther Zora]] and killed Pokey and Jan.

* [[Anti-Villain]]: Natsuko's former friends Gene, Pokey, and Jan stole a bomb with plans to hold it for ransom, and then use the money to start over somewhere else. The bomb heist was going to be their last heist, before Gene got [[Hijacked by Ganon|Hijacked by Panther Zora]] and killed Pokey and Jan.

* [[Back From the Dead]]: Black Maiden is really Panther Zora.

* [[Big Bad]]: Dolmeck.

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* [[Darker and Edgier]]

* [[Depraved Homosexual]]: Virtual Hacker, a [[Camp Gay]] [[Master of Illusion]].

* [[Distracted By the Sexy]]: Gold Digger has two blinding lights on the inside of her breast plates she uses to stun her enemies.

* [[Distracted by the Sexy]]: Gold Digger has two blinding lights on the inside of her breast plates she uses to stun her enemies.

* [[Do-Anything Robot]]: In this version, Grandpa Danbei's become a Do Anything [[Hollywood Cyborg|Cyborg]], with most of ''[[Mazinger Z]]'''s attacks. (This is [[Lampshaded]] in the eighth episode.)

* [[Dude Looks Like a Lady]]: An inversion. Gene looked more like a Go Nagai man; huge, muscular, masculine haircut.

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* [[Heel Face Turn]]: {{spoiler|Peeping Spider, almost. It was in the eight episode, which was the last one made.}}

* [[Hey, It's That Voice!]]: [[Michiko Neya]] and [[Jessica Calvello]] as Honey; [[Rica Matsumoto]] as Chokkei; [[Tiffany Grant]] as Daiko; Tristan MacAvery as Danbei Hayami; [[Junko Iwao]] as Natsuko; and [[Ai Orikasa]] and [[Kikuko Inoue]] as Special Guest Monsters of the Week.

* [[Hijacked By Ganon]]: Panther Zora showing up after three episodes of Dolmeck as the [[Big Bad]].

* [[Hijacked by Ganon]]: Panther Zora showing up after three episodes of Dolmeck as the [[Big Bad]].

* [[Hot Shounen Mom]]: Daiko.

* [[Hotter and Sexier]]

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* [[Wax Museum Morgue]]: The Jewel Princess.

* [[Wrench Wench]]: Natsuko.

* [[Xanatos Gambit]]: {{spoiler|Honey eventually manages to skewer the [[Big Bad]] Dolmeck -- exactly as planned. It turns out that he's [[Sealed Evil in A Can]], and Honey [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero|opened a portal to Hell]] so the souls of the foes she's defeated can awaken Dolmeck's Dragon to take her true form -- [[Hijacked By Ganon|Panther Zora herself]].}}

* [[Xanatos Gambit]]: {{spoiler|Honey eventually manages to skewer the [[Big Bad]] Dolmeck -- exactly as planned. It turns out that he's [[Sealed Evil in a Can]], and Honey [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero|opened a portal to Hell]] so the souls of the foes she's defeated can awaken Dolmeck's Dragon to take her true form -- [[Hijacked by Ganon|Panther Zora herself]].}}

* [[You Can Leave Your Hat On]]: Honey poses as a stripper to lure a [[Boxed Crook|crook she needs boxed]] out of hiding.