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The seventh entry in the ''[[Pretty Cure (Anime)|Pretty Cure]]'' series, and the first since ''[[Futari wa Pretty Cure Splash Star (Anime)|Futari wa Pretty Cure Splash Star]]'' to use a pair of Cures as the main characters.

It turns out that Tsubomi is a [[The Chosen One|perfect candidate]] to take up the Pretty Cure power as Cure Blossom... perfect in every area except actual competence, giving her the title of [[This Loser Is You|The Weakest Pretty Cure Ever]]. However, driven by her desire to change and protect those around her, Tsubomi slowly begins to improve herself.

** We see Tsubomi wears a shirt with a numeral 7 on it in the first episode and at other times throughout the series; later we see Erika wearing a similar one. It's either because this is the seventh Precure series or because the first name of Tsubomi's voice actor is Nana, which means seven in Japanese. Nana Mizuki is the most famous actor in the show's credits.

* [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking]]: Cure Blossom in Episode 2.

{{quote| '''Cure Blossom:''' Not only did you hurt Erika-san, you even trampled the flowers. [[This Means War|I've... I'VE HAD ENOUGH!]]}}

* [[Cain and Abel]]: {{spoiler|Yuri Tsukikage and Dark Pretty Cure.}} It ended relatively well, {{spoiler|with Mr. Tsukikage acknowledging that both of them are his daughters and that Dark Pretty Cure is indeed Yuri's little sister}}. [[Alas, Poor Villain|But not before Cure Moonlight dealt lethal damage to Dark Pretty Cure...]]

** Mayu Kudou has done this before in ''[[Yes Pretty Cure 5 (Anime)|Yes! Pretty Cure 5]]'' (which she sang the [[Anime Theme Song]] of) with Kanako Miyamoto (singer for that season's [[Ending Theme|Ending Themes]]).

** [[Bland -Name Product]]: Kanae uses a "Nihon" camera, an obvious stand-in for a Nikon.

* [[Crap Saccharine World]]: For all the bright, vivid colors and cutesy outfits, the series is mostly spent with the public at large being blissfully unaware that [[The End of the World Asas We Know It]] is barely being held at bay by four inexperienced teenagers. Also see [[Darker and Edgier]] below.

* [[Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass]]: {{spoiler|''Coupe-sama!''}}

** {{spoiler|Cures vs. Dune, round 2 reverses it. The girls come at him so hard, he can barely get an attack in edgewise. [[One -Winged Angel|And then he grows big enough to literally punch the Earth]].}}

* [[Dancing Theme]]: The 3D CGI from ''[[Fresh Pretty Cure (Anime)|Fresh]]'' makes a return, and is more complex than last time. An entire ''mosh pit'' was rendered for the first ending.

* [[Darker and Edgier]]: After 49 episodes, some of which contains {{spoiler|[[Parental Abandonment]] and its consequences, [[Dead Partner|a dead fairy partner]] [[Disappears Into Light|which then gets]] [[Deader Than Dead]], [[Cain and Abel|ultra-violent sibling rivalry]], people forced into comas and made into mentally-unbalanced soldiers for alien forces, and several on-screen character deaths including a main character's long-lost father, which was sort-of betraying her}}, it's safe to say that this is [[What Do You Mean ItsIt's for Kids?|the darkest iteration]] of ''[[Pretty Cure (Anime)|Pretty Cure]]'' since ''[[Futari wa Pretty Cure Splash Star (Anime)|Futari wa Pretty Cure Splash Star]]''. It remains to be seen if ''[[Suite Pretty Cure (Anime)|Suite Pretty Cure]]'' keeps the pattern going.

** [[Defied]] in episode 49. When you're not the [[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann (Anime)|Dai-Gurren-dan]], the proper reaction to seeing a giant [[Eldritch Abomination]] from outer space pummeling your planet with impunity is to tremble in despair. However, [[Plucky Girl|Erika]] instead decides that the Cures must fight it, [[Refuge in Audacity|what with being "14-year old beautiful superheroines"]].

* [[Dressing Asas the Enemy]]: In episode 47. And it works!

* [[Eleventh -Hour Superpower]]: {{spoiler|Infinity Silhouette.}}

* [[The End of the World Asas We Know It]]: {{spoiler|Episode 45. Dune kills the Heart Tree, turning the entire world into a desert.}}

* [[Excited Episode Title]]: 90% of the episodes use this some of them are extreme in the spoiler department, even if said development is in the last 5 seconds of the episode.

** [[Evil Twin]]: The mirage counterparts the Cures face in their Super Silhouette test.

** Sayaka in episode 3 is into soccer, and looks a lot like Rin from ''[[Yes Pretty Cure 5 (Anime)|Yes! Pretty Cure 5]]''. Lampshaded in episode 21 when Potpourri is scouting for the third Pretty Cure, and tells her there have been soccer-playing Cures before.

** Prior to the show's premiere, some people thought Tsubomi and Erika resembled [[Fushigi BoshiFushigiboshi no Futago HimeFutagohime|Fine and Rein]], mainly because of the theme colors.

** Way too many people compare Erika's older sister Momoka to [[Fresh Pretty Cure (Anime)|Miki]], right down to her being a fashion model.

* [[First -Name Basis]]: Episode 25 kicks off with Erika excitedly doing this with Itsuki.

* [[Floral Theme Naming]]: Tsubomi means "flower bud", and Erika is probably named after [http[wikipedia://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erica |the flower erica]]. Additionally, Itsuki's name means "flowering tree", foreshadowing the fact that she eventually became [[Sixth Ranger|Cure Sunshine]], and Yuri (Cure Moonlight)'s name means "lily".

* [[Gay Paree]]: The setting of [[The Movie]]. It's the first time a ''[[Pretty Cure (Anime)|Pretty Cure]]'' movie, not counting the [[Pretty Cure All Stars (Anime)|two All-Stars movies]], takes place on Earth instead of in some fantastical land.

* [[Gospel Revival Number]]: The second ED, "Tomorrow Song ~[[Ashita no Uta~]]".

* [[Grandma, What Massive Hotness You Have!]]: {{spoiler|Cure Flower.}}

* [[Good Eyes, Evil Eyes]]: Tsubomi, Erika and Itsuki are all doe-eyed to signal their status as heroines. On the other hand, Yuri's eyes start out narrow, but become larger once she regains her ability to transform into Cure Moonlight and starts bonding with the other Cures.

* [[Go Out Withwith a Smile]]: A Pretty Cure's [[Finishing Move]] causes those who get hit by it to enter a state of complete bliss; if the target is a [[Monster of the Week|Desertrian]] or {{spoiler|one of the Desert Apostles}}, this is accompanied by fading away and returning to human form. Also, {{spoiler|pretty much everyone who dies in this series}} goes through this.

* [[Heir to Thethe Dojo]]: Itsuki; it's the reason she has to dress as a boy.

* [[Heroic Second Wind]]: {{spoiler|For Cure Moonlight after Tsubomi's speech in Episode 48, with a [[Theme Music Power -Up]].}}

* [[Hey, Wait!]]: The infiltration scene in Episode 47.

* [[Hot -Blooded]]: Kumojaki and Erika. Also subverted with Kenji, who appeared to be this because of his fluffy hair, but turned out to be a rather nice guy.

* [[How Do I Shot Web?]]: Cure Blossom's first battle. Marine and Sunshine do ''not'' have this problem, but this can be explained away as a matter of self-confidence.

* [[I Am Your Opponent]]: [[Hot -Blooded|Kumojacky]] loves this trope. Every Desert Messenger and Precure at least likes it.

* [[Implausible Fencing Powers]]: Kumojaki's [[Beam Spam|power-up attacks]] with the Dark Bracelet are pretty out there.

* [[Improbable Weapon User]]: Cobraja throws exploding photos, a la [[X -Men|a certain Cajun.]]

* [[It Gets Worse]]: {{spoiler|Even Heartcatch Mirage isn't enough to stop Dune. He turns into [[One -Winged Angel|an enormous giant man in outer space]] and then starts pummeling the Earth with his bare hands.}}

* [[Legacy Character]]: Other ''[[Pretty Cure (Anime)|Pretty Cure]]'' series had hinted at this, but ''Heartcatch'' is the first to actually show it, with Tsubomi's grandmother being a former Precure. {{spoiler|The very last shot of the series hints that Futaba has become a Cure herself in a few years.}}

* [[Love At First Sight]]: According to Episode 9, Tsubomi's parents met that way.

* [[Luckily, My Shield Will Protect Me]]: Cure Sunshine invokes this with her Shiny Tambourine.

* [[Luke, I Am Your Father]]: {{spoiler|First, Kaoruko mentions never having to deal with anyone like Professor Sabaku during her tenure. Then, she mentions Yuri's father disappeared some years ago while looking for the Heart Tree. Then we find out that Dark Pretty Cure and Cure Moonlight are apparently two halves of the same whole. Sure enough, he is revealed as Yuri's father in episode 47 after his [[Cool Mask]] is sliced in two.}}

* [[Mad ScientistsScientist's Beautiful Daughter]]: Dark Pretty Cure.

* [[Megaton Punch]]: {{spoiler|Infinity Silhouette's attack.}}

* [[Merchandise -Driven]]: Probably the most egregious example in the franchise. The Heart Pot is a piggy bank, the Heartcatch Mirage is a jewelry box, the Shiny Tambourine lights up when spun a few times, and the Tacts have a dial that the Cures have to spin frantically to complete their spells, turning otherwise cool-looking [[Finishing Move|Finishing Moves]] into complete [[Narm]].

* [[Mid -Season Upgrade]]: More like three fourths through, but Super Silhouette.

* [[Never Mess Withwith Granny]]: Kaoruko Hanasaki, Tsubomi's grandmother, not only won a prominent karate tournament when younger, but was also a former Pretty Cure. {{spoiler|Cure Flower makes a triumphant reappearance in episode 44.}}

* [[NoblewomansNoblewoman's Laugh]]: The drama club in episode 16 is doing a play where an extra is playing [[The Ojou]] and tries this laugh but gets yelled at that its not ''grand enough''.

* [[Non -Human Sidekick]]: The fairies.

* [["On the Next Episode of..." Catchphrase]]: "We'll catch everyone's hearts!" uttered by Tsubomi and Erika.

* [[One -Winged Angel]]: The final form of Dune in episode 49, an [[Attack of the Fifty 50-Foot Whatever|enormous giant man]] in outer space.

* [[One -Scene Wonder]]: [[Hot Mom|Keiko Ban]], who so far only appeared in a single scene from episode 18 but has an oddly disproportional quantity of fanart.

* [[Pink Girl, Blue Boy]]: Chypre and Coffret.

* [[Plot- Based Photograph Obfuscation]]: Nanami's mother.

* [[Pre -Explosion Buildup]]: Erika's Marine Dynamite.

* [[Punctuated! forFor! Emphasis!]]: "THIS! IS! TSUBOMI!"

* [[Rapid -Fire Fisticuffs]] ''and then'' [[Pummel Duel]]: Cure Marine versus Kumojacky in episode 46.

* [[Real Is Brown]]: Like in ''[[Yes Pretty Cure 5 (Anime)|Yes! Pretty Cure 5]]'', most of Tsubomi and Erika's classmates have brownish hair, the only exceptions being Sayaka Uejima and episode 15's Hiroto, both having very bright red hair.

* [["The Reason You Suck" Speech]]: In episode 46, Cure Marine delivers one to Kumojacky while Cure Sunshine delivers one to Cobraja.

** Episode 47 also counts, with regards to {{spoiler|Professor Sabaku's [[Luke, I Am Your Father|identity]].}}

* [[Romantic Two -Girl Friendship]]: It wouldn't be ''Pretty Cure'' without it.

* [[Rose -Haired Girl]]: Tsubomi as Cure Blossom.

* [[SeriesMedia Franchise]]

* [[Shout -Out]]: In Episode 5, Tsubomi ([[Nana Mizuki]]) adds rapeseed (''[[Lyrical Nanoha|Nanoha]]na'') to the flower arrangement.

** Floral Power Fortissimo is basically a very girly [[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann (Anime)|Giga Drill Breaker]] - projectiles are thrown to hold the enemy in place, complete with a colorful background (just like the galaxy background), then the girls charge at the enemy as the finishing blow, piercing through its "heart". Then, it floats for a second, while the girls strike a pose, at which point it explodes in a mushroom cloud.

** The [[Mooks|Sunacky]] can only speak high-pitched "eeee!" sounds like Shocker soldiers from ''[[Kamen Rider (TV series)|Kamen Rider]]''.

* [[Shout -Out]]: "Heartcatch Precure!: The Movie" was set in Paris and Mount Saint Michael in France, obiviously.

* [[Shy Blue -Haired Girl]]: Averted with Erika; to make up for that, we have Tsubomi, who is a Shy ''Red'' Haired Girl.

* [[Spell My Name Withwith an "S"]]: Coffret is pretty easy to figure out, but Chypre had to be vindicated by a trading card after dozens of spellings. Cobraja/Cobrager/Kobraj and Kumojaki/Kumojacky continue to be debated by fans.

* [[Talk to Thethe Fist]]: Cure Marine to Kumojacky in episode 46. Also doubles as [[Shut UP, Hannibal]].

* [[Tall, Dark and Bishoujo]]: Both forms of Cure Moonlight.

** [[Transformation Is a Free Action]]: It's a [[Magical Girl]] series. And it's ''[[Pretty Cure (Anime)|Pretty Cure]]'', to boot.

* [[Trauma Conga Line]]: Yuri. Before the series even begins, she {{spoiler|loses her beloved fairy partner after he pulls a [[Heroic Sacrifice]] to save her life}} and suffers a [[Heroic BSOD|crippling]] loss to Dark Pretty Cure. Then comes the final arc, where she is hit by a machine-gun volley of traumatic revelations and events: {{spoiler|Sabaku is her [[Disappeared Dad]]; Dark Pretty Cure is her genetic younger sister created by her [[Brainwashed]] father ''specifically'' to kill Yuri; Dark Pretty Cure (her younger sister) ''dies'' at Yuri's hands; her father ''leaves Yuri'' to comfort the [[Evil Knockoff]] in her dying moments; and her father '''is murdered in front of Yuri''' by the [[Big Bad]]}}. And she still manages to hold it together enough to [[Save the World]] with nothing more than [[Lady of War|grit]] and [[The Power of Friendship]]. You would think that the series would [[Throw the Dog Aa Bone|give Yuri come kind of compensation or reward]] for all the losses she's suffered, but [[Bittersweet Ending|no]].

** Kumojaki speaks with a [http://en.[wikipedia.org/wiki/:Tosa-ben |Tosa-dialect]], which results in his use of "-jaki" and "-ze yo" to punctuate his statements.

* [[Villainous Breakdown]]: Cobraja in episode 46, after [["The Reason You Suck" Speech|he realizes]] what kind of despicable (read:unbeautiful) monster he is. But he refuses to stop as he reckons it's too late to go back.

* [[White -Haired Pretty Boy]]: Olivier from the movie.

* [[Who Would Want to Watch Us?]]: In Episode 18, Tsubomi and Erika discover that one of their classmates has been drawing [[Doujinshi]] of Blossom and Marine. However it's much lighter on [[Flanderization]] than most instances of this trope, and the girls even volunteer to help him ink it.

* [[Wrecked Weapon]]: Cure Marine breaks Kumojacky's sword in episode 46 as part of her [[Heroic Second Wind]]. [[What Do You Mean ItsIt's Not Awesome?|And then the fight devolves into a]] [[Pummel Duel]].

* [[Wrong Genre Savvy]]: Let's face it, if [[Hot -Blooded|Kumojacky]] were in a [[Giant Mecha]] series, he'd be the ''good'' guy.

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