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=== [[Magical Girlfriend]] ===
=== [[Magical Girlfriend]] ===
Similar to [[Magical Girl]], but she's there because she has feelings for one person. ''[[Bewitched]]'' had so much influence on early Magical Girlfriend stories that it would have be the Ur Example if it wasn't a North American live-action TV series.
Similar to [[Magical Girl]], but she's there because she has feelings for one person. ''[[Bewitched]]'' had so much influence on early Magical Girlfriend stories that it would have been the Ur Example if it wasn't a North American live-action TV series.


* [[Unbuilt Trope]]: ''[[Urusei Yatsura]]'', aired from 1981-1986. The first major work by [[Rumiko Takahashi]] is often considered the original Magical Girlfriend [[Parody]], enough that the bumbling well-meaning Magical Girlfriend has become an archetype in its own right. The show's poster girl, a cutesy alien named Lum who habitually wears a tiger-striped bikini, is easily one of the most recognizable anime characters in history.
* [[Unbuilt Trope]]: ''[[Urusei Yatsura]]'', aired from 1981-1986. The first major work by [[Rumiko Takahashi]] is often considered the original Magical Girlfriend [[Parody]], enough that the bumbling well-meaning Magical Girlfriend has become an archetype in its own right. The show's poster girl, a cutesy alien named Lum who habitually wears a tiger-striped bikini, is easily one of the most recognizable anime characters in history.