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{{quote|''"Magic Girls, no matter how frilly their dresses, high their screams, or incompetent their sidekicks, will be treated as the credible and dire threats they are, and I will direct as many, if not more resources to their destruction as I would for a more classical Hero."''
|''[http://nift.firedrake.org/EEmpress.htm Evil Empress Guide]''}}
Known as ''mahou shoujo'' (魔法少女, "magical girl") in Japanese, or simply ''majokko'' (魔女子, "witch girl"), '''Magical Girls''' are empowered by various means with fantastic powers that both assist and complicate their lives, but manage to persevere despite this.
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* [[Magical Girl Warrior]], mostly in a [[Superhero|superheroine role]] fighting evil.
[[Magical Girl Warrior
'''History of the Genre'''
It may come as a surprise to learn that the entire Magical Girl genre is descended, effectively, from the American live-action series ''[[Bewitched]]''. While two series claim the role of first magical girl
Another important early Magical Girl show was ''[[Majokko Meg-chan]]'' in 1974. [[Multiple Demographic Appeal|This was the first show to be marketed to boys as well as girls]], and featured a number of
* have a [[Tomboy
* feature a [[The Rival|rival]] to the main character (Non, Meg's rival and the local [[Dark Magical Girl]]).
* include a [[Big Bad|really
* feature [[Fan Service]] (in the form of [[Panty Shot
* touch on more serious social issues like [[Domestic Abuse]], extramarital relationships, drug abuse.
* have the heroine not only lose fights, but having to face serious consequences (deaths, injuries, humiliations, etc.)
Originally, all Magical Girl shows were produced by [[Toei Animation]], so "Magical Girl" wasn't so much a genre as a [[
The [[Magical Girl Warrior]] subgenre, despite being the most well-known style of Magical Girl show in the west, didn't hit until ''[[Sailor Moon]]'' in 1992 (unless you count ''[[Cutey Honey]]'', which wasn't aimed at girls but had a lot of influence on it, or ''[[Devil Hunter Yohko]]'', which wasn't aimed at girls either). This was a essentially a combination of the earlier style shows with the [[Superhero]] genre, particularly the [[Super Sentai]] formula. ''[[Sailor Moon]]'' was a huge hit, and naturally [[Follow the Leader|other shows were made in the same style]], and some were even more divergent from the old-style shows. Many fans felt that shows such as ''[[Magic Knight Rayearth]]'' were still Magical Girl shows, despite all the dissimilarities from the previous generation (others disagree, and feel that ''Rayearth'' is [[Shoujo]] [[RPG Anime|RPG World]] [[Fantasy]] instead).
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{{examples}}
== Magical Girl Works ==
=== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ===
* ''[[Sailor Moon]]'', perhaps the most famous outside (and inside!) of Japan. Many misinformed people will call any other magical girl series a "ripoff" of Sailor Moon, which isn't true in the slightest.
** ''[[Codename: Sailor V]]'', the manga which led to the creation of ''Sailor Moon''.
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* Other early examples of the genre include:
** ''[[Himitsu no Akko-chan]]'' features a girl with a magic mirror.
** ''[[Mahou no Mako-chan]]'' is a
** ''[[Sarutobi Ecchan]]'' features a girl with ninja powers.
** ''[[Marvelous Melmo]]'' uses magic pills to [[Older Alter Ego|change her age]].
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* ''[[Wedding Peach]]'' has a wedding theme.
* ''[[Tokyo Mew Mew]]'' has an environmentalist theme.
* ''[[Ojamajo Doremi]]'' features a [[Five-Man Band]] of [[Cute Witch
* ''[[Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch]]'' features mermaids who transform into [[Magic Idol Singer
* ''[[Shadow Lady]]'', ''[[Kaitou Saint Tail]]'' [[Dueling Shows|and]] ''[[Kamikaze Kaitou Jeanne]]'' combine this genre with the [[Kaitou]].
* Deconstructions, subversions, and parodies of the genre include:
** ''[[Revolutionary Girl Utena]]'' is a famous subversion.
** ''[[Princess Tutu]]'' took the Utena crowd back deeper into Magical Girl territory, though still very unique.
** ''[[Ai to Yuuki no Pig Girl Tonde Buurin]]'' is a parody and an example at the same time, one of the few (perhaps the only) parodies actually aimed at the same demographic as straight examples. It's protagonist is a [[Magical Girl Warrior]] who transforms not into a glamorous [[Frills of Justice]] clad heroine, but instead into a [[Animal Superheroes|superpowered pig]] in a cape.
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** From the same director, ''[[Bludgeoning Angel Dokuro-chan|Bludgeoning Angel Dokurochan]]'' is another brutally comedic deconstruction.
** ''[[Majokko Tsukune-chan]]'' is a surreal parody of the [[Cute Witch]] genre.
** ''[[Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt|Panty and Stocking With Garterbelt]]'' is what happens when you get [[Studio Gainax]] (more specifically the director behind the 5th episode of [[FLCL]]) to direct a
** ''[[Puella Magi Madoka Magica]]'', another for the [[Deconstruction]] team, a very [[Nightmare Fuel|brutal]] [[Puella Magi Madoka Magica/Nightmare Fuel|one]]. It is often considered to be the
*** ''[[Puella Magi Kazumi Magica]]'' is a [[Lighter and Softer]] spin-off {{spoiler|[[Cerebus Syndrome|for the first three chapters.]]}}
**** ''[[Puella Magi Oriko Magica]]'' is another spin-off, and is an interquel.
* More modern, subversive takes on the trope include:
** The Mai universe (''[[
** The ''[[Pretty Cure]]'' multiverse (''[[Futari wa Pretty Cure]]'', ''[[Futari wa Pretty Cure Splash Star]]'', ''[[Yes! Pretty Cure 5]]'', ''[[Fresh Pretty Cure]]'', ''[[Heartcatch Pretty Cure]]'', ''[[Suite Precure]]'' and ''[[Smile Pretty Cure]]''.).
* [[Lyrical Nanoha|Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha]] is an oddity in that rather than young girls, older teenagers and young men are the target audience, plus that it is much more character-driven compared to most other series.
** The latest manga has actually dropped "Magical Girl" from the title, since Nanoha is now 25 and either still a Captain of an Interdimensional Air Force or higher. She's still Magical, but is a woman, not a girl.
** At the same time, a [[Spin-Off]] manga starring Vivio was released that kept the "Magical Girl" part of the title. Yup, Nanoha's daughter has now officially inherited her mother's role as Magical Girl, complete with [[Older Alter Ego]].
* ''[[Akahori Gedou Hour Rabuge]]''
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* ''[[Asagiri no Miko]]''
* ''[[Ask Dr. Rin]]!''
* ''[[
* ''[[Corrector Yui]]''
* ''[[Cos Prayers]]''
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* ''[[Gakuen Alice]]''
* ''[[Galaxy Fraulein Yuna]]'' (by way of Magic From Technology?)
* ''[[Getsumen to Heiki Mina]]'' combines this with [[Bunny Girl
* ''[[G-On Riders]]''
* ''[[Happy Seven]]''
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* ''[[Kannazuki no Miko]]'' combines this with [[Humongous Mecha]] and [[Schoolgirl Lesbians]].
* ''[[Koi Cupid]]''
* ''[[Leda the Fantastic Adventure of Yohko]]'' which is reminiscent of ''[[Magic Knight Rayearth]]'' except with only one
* ''[[Magic Users Club]]''
* ''[[Magical Angel Sweet Mint]]''
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* ''[[Nurse Angel Ririka SOS]]''
* ''[[Nurse Witch Komugi]]''
* ''[[Oku-sama wa Mahou Shoujo|Oku-sama wa Mahou Shoujo: Bewitched Agnes]]'' is about a ''26'' year old
* ''[[Onegai My Melody]]''
* ''[[Otogi Juushi Akazukin]]''
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* ''[[Saint October]]''
* ''[[Sakura Hime The Legend Of Princess Sakura]]''
* ''[[Sasami: Magical Girls Club]]'' is one of the rare Cute Witch ones to actually see a formal United States localization.
* ''[[Shamanic Princess]]''
* ''[[Shoujo Tenshi Milcute]]''
* ''[[Shugo Chara]]!''
* ''[[St. Dragon Girl]]''
* ''[[Stray Little Devil]]''
* ''[[Sugar Sugar Rune]]''
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* ''[[Uta Kata]]''
* ''[[Yadamon]]''
* ''[[
* ''[[Zodiac P.I.]]''
* ''[[Mei No Naisho]]'' is an unusual example - although it's considered a magical ''girl'' series, the manga is the story of a young ''boy'' who was raised as a girl by his witch mother, and possesses witch powers, a wand and a talking cat familiar. It also features a perverted ''girl'', as opposed to the usual perverted ''boy''.
* ''[[Mahou Shounen Majorian]]'' adds a [[Gender Bender]] twist: two boys, one of whom bullies the other, are transformed into girls in order to battle alien invaders.
* ''[[Brocken Blood]]'' is another [[Gender Bender]] magical "[[Wholesome Crossdresser|girl]]" show, but with the added element of [[Magic Idol Singer]]. It's also a parody of the
* Yet another [[Gender Bender]] example with ''[[Kämpfer]]'' - Natsuru turns into a girl whenever he transforms.
* For the more mature audience, there is ''[[Lingerie Fighter Papillon Rose]],'' ([[wikipedia:Papillon Rose|OtherWiki]]) which is part Magical Girl and part [[Hentai|adult entertainment]].
* Similar to the above: ''[[Mahou Shoujo Ai]]'', ''[[Angelium]]'', ''[[Megachu]]'', ''[[Family Restaurant Warrior Pudding]]'', ''[[Marine A Go Go]]'', ''[[Angel Blade]]'', ''[[Venus 5]]'', ''[[Beat Angel Escalayer]]'', ''[[Jiburiru The Devil Angel]]'', ''[[Magic Woman M]]'', ''[[Magical Twilight]]'', ''[[Enspelled]]'', ''[[Sex Demon Queen]]'', ''[[Mahou Shoujo Sae]]'', ''[[Mahou Shoujo Isuka]]'' and ''[[Sexy Sailor Soldiers]]''.
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* ''[[Kidou Shinsengumi Moeyo Ken]]'' - [[X Meets Y|the magical girl genre meets the]] [[Shinsengumi]].
===
* ''[https://rpggeek.com/rpgitem/63911/magical-world Magical World]'' is a setting (for ''[[BESM]]''/''Thrash'') about magical girls with some twists.
▲* ''[[Petit Petit Muse]]'' is a Korean [[Magical Girl]] tv show.
{{quote|Magical World is what came out of this paradoxical perspective on magical girls. It puts them into a world of high stakes and dire consequences where, as in the real world, power can be used selfishly as surely as it can be used to help others. Some hate them, some worship them, some ignore them, and a few hunt them down. It is a place where magical girls and their youma foes are ubiquitous, and a world that truly both loves and hates them. Whatever you feel about magical girls, it can happen here.
Magical girls come in countless varieties; saccharine heroines, servants of darkness, hired killers, idol singers, vigilantes and more. They can save the world or bring it damnation. The choice is yours. Strap in, have your henshin wand handy, and get ready for a bumpy ride.}}
:* ''[https://rpggeek.com/rpgitem/63913/cute-killers Cute Killers]'' (''Thrash'' only) is a spin-off for "a few hunt them down" part. Or, "[[Magical Girl Hunters]]: The RPG".
{{quote|"Magical World is a game setting for Thrash about Magical Girls in a [[Sailor Moon]] meets [[Aberrant]] meets [[Kingdom Come]] world with a dark, sinister flavor. In this world, magical girls fight to keep supernatural evil from this world while fighting at the same time to regain the love of a world that now fears and despises them, bring love back to a grey world, and all this while trying hard to keep their sanity.
"A world-wide magical girl demographic explosion caused an imminent conflict between all the young do-gooders, causing the world to view them almost as much of a threat as help. This short guide explores the [[Film Noir]]-esque point of view of those men and women devoted to keep the magical threat in check. These so-called magical girl hunters have as many motivations as there are hunters and as little help as their ingenuity and all the firepower they can get."}}
=== [[Video Games]] ===▼
▲=== Video Games ===
* The [[Hentai]] video game ''[[Jewel Knights Crusaders]]''.
* ''[[Magical Battle Arena]]''.
* ''[[Magical Cannon Wars]]'' is about Akira (also a magical girl) trying to stop all of the other magical girls from fighting.
=== [[Web Original]] ===
* [[Deconstruction|Deconstructed]] ''hard'' in ''[[Sailor Nothing]]''.
* Played with in various ''[[Improfanfic]]'' series:
** ''[[Magical Girl Hunters]]''
** ''[[Do Gooders]]''
** ''
* So far in ''[[Arcana Magi]]'', Alysia Morales is a magical girl under unfortunate circumstances. Meanwhile in ''[[Arcana Magi Zero]]'', Alysia Perez and Megumi Miyazaki are magical girls complete with [[Transformation Sequence]], [[Impossibly Cool Clothes|magical outfits]] , and [[Calling Your Attacks|random attack names]].
** The entire ''[[Arcana Magi Universe]]'' feature Magical Girls.
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* ''[[Magical Girl Rune]]'',a [[Vaporware]] show.
* ''[[Saga of Soul]]''.
* ''[[The Magical And Mysterious World Of Lady Star]]''.
* ''[[For the Spirit of Creation]]''
* ''[[Lambda]]''
* ''[[Hachimitsu no Kissu]]''
* ''[[Kawaii Battle Stars]]''
* ''[[Raya!]]''
=== [[Web Comics]] ===
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* ''[[Mechagical Girl Lisa A.N.T.]]'' parodies the genre with a [[Fan Girl]] who becomes a (sorta) magical girl... and proceeds to apply large amounts of [[Wrong Genre Savvy]].
* ''[http://worldpeace.emilymarthasorensen.com To Prevent World Peace]'' features a world where magical girls have been active since WWI. Cue [[Alternate History]]. The story follows a magical girl who believes she must become a [[Necessarily Evil]] in order to stop other girls from [[Knight Templar|going too far]].
* ''[[Hi To Tsuki No Hoshi No Tama]]'' has
* ''[[Gorgeous Princess Creamy Beamy]]'', a somewhat violent parody of the genre's conventions - the heroine is somewhat chubby, has an alien disguised as a star-nosed mole for a [[Mentor Mascot]], and is often severely injured in battle (luckily, she is a [[Human Alien]] with the ability to [[Good Thing You Can Heal|regenerate]] her body parts).
* ''[http://shinsengumi-fan-girl.deviantart.com/gallery/24141978 Magical Boys!]'', another parody of the genre - the main character is a boy who is given magical girl powers (although he retains his gender) to battle against [[Dark Magical Girl
* Also parodied in ''[[Mahou Shounen Fight]]''.
=== [[Western Animation]] ===
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* ''[[Sky Dancers]]'', a French series.
* ''[[Trollz]]'', a Canadian series.
* ''[[Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir]]'', a French-Italian-Japanese-Korean production about a half-French/half-Asian girl in Paris who with the help of a Magical Boy fights the transformations and manipulations of the evil Hawk Moth.
== Magical Girl trope referred to in other works ==
=== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ===▼
▲=== Anime and Manga ===
* ''[[Cutey Honey]]'' is a forerunner of ''[[Magical Girl Warrior]]'' version, which blended [[Fan Service]] and fun battles in one tongue-in-cheek package. Fans are divided whether she counts as a true magical girl or a superhero.
** ''[[New Cutey Honey]]'' is the sequel, set 100 years after the original.
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* ''[[Yurara No Tsuki]]'' has elements of this, as the main character is able to transform and battle evil spirits with powerful magic.
* The plot of one episode of ''[[They Are My Noble Masters]]'' is started when Ren discovers that Yume has written a story starring herself as a magical girl.
* The main character in ''[[Otaku no Video]]'' is able to break into the anime industry with his magical girl series, ''Misty May''.
* Pokomi from ''[[
* In an episode of ''[[Best Student Council]]'', one character is suspected of being a magical girl; both the [[Magical Girl Warrior]] and the [[Cute Witch]] (complete with [[Older Alter Ego]]) versions are brought up.
* The same situation pops up in ''[[Love Hina]]'', where Kaolla Su is compared to a
* The main character in ''[[Penguin Musume Heart]]'' is obsessed with [[Show Within a Show|Takenoko-chan]], a magical catgirl who protects the "holy place" from the evil Bamboo King. There's apparently a sequel as well, Takenoko-chan R.
* Angol Moa's true form in ''[[Keroro Gunsou]]'' seems to be a parody of the Magical Girl; she has the [[Stock Footage]] transformation and special-attack scenes, the costume, and a cute personality, but she's the Lord of Terror from the prophecies of Nostradamus who came to destroy the world with the "Lucifer Spear".
* Dark Magician Girl in ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!]]!'' is largely based on this idea, with several of her summoning scenes looking similar to magical girl transformation sequences. Despite the name, she is ''not'' a [[Dark Magical Girl]].
** Yugi himself uses a lot of tropes that usually indicate a magical
* Behoimi in ''[[Pani Poni Dash!]]''
** She now has a spin-off manga, ''[[The Alternative Cure Magical Girl Behoimi Chan]]'', where she is an actual magical girl.
* ''[[Barajou no Kiss]]'' has Anise, who summons the magical members of her [[Unwanted Harem]] via magical cards.
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** This was likely inspired by a situation in the manga when [[Rich Bitch|Sayoko]] witnessed Belldandy's powers and accused her of being a witch. Sayoko specifically referred to Magical Girl tropes, including the [[Idol Singer]].
* Parodied in ''[[Suzumiya Haruhi]]''; the main characters create a movie in which the protagonist is a bunny girl-waitress from the future whose attacks include shooting laser beams, rifle bullets, and micro black holes (the last two novel-only) from her eyes.
* Episode 7 of ''[[Sayonara, Zetsubou-sensei|[Zoku] Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei]]'' focused on [[Art Shift
* ''[[To
** Also, two of Mikan's school friends presumably now believe ''she's'' a [[Magical Girl Warrior]] after [https://web.archive.org/web/20210905021629/http://www.tenmanga.com/
* Raichou from ''[[Kyouran Kazoku Nikki]]'' claims to be a magical girl.
* The [[Show Within a Show]] ''Puru Puru Pururin'' of the anime version of ''[[Welcome to The NHK]]''. Only a few snippets are shown, in which we see that Pururin is accompained by a number of animated household objects, including a vacuum cleaner upon which she flies, and that her trademark is to randomly append the word "Purin" to the end of sentences.
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* ''[[Ninin ga Shinobuden]]'' has a parody in the final episode with "Magical Nin-Nin Shinobu".
* In ''[[Kannagi]]'', after viewing a magical girl on TV, Nagi immediately buys a toy wand and modifies it into an impurity-vanquishing spiritual weapon to compensate for her lack of power. Then she gets ''really'' into it and starts doing poses. It looks goofy on an ancient goddess, but Nagi's clearly enjoying herself.
* ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]'' has the [[Show Within a Show]], "Mahou Shoujo Biblion". The show's resident [[Cosplay Otaku Girl]]/[[Playful Hacker]]/[[Meta Guy]] cosplays as a character from the show. Said girl eventually gets a
** Asakara, on witnessing Negi's powers for the first time, theorizes that he is a magical girl (boy version).
* ''[[Galaxy Angel (anime)|Galaxy Angel]]'' has [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVjz6Ziteg0 an episode] where they are told NOT to use a [[Lost Technology]] wand, as it has been known to start wars.
* From the same TV season, episode eight of ''[[H2O: Footprints in the Sand]]'' had an extended sequence revolving around Otoha as a magical girl. That was probably the least odd thing in that episode.
* Ayumi Kinoshita, a [[Meganekko|bespectacled]] [[Ill Girl]] from ''[[Hell Teacher Nube]]'', learns from her teacher how to project her astral body as a physical presence, just so she can attend school with her friends. In the process, she learns to transform it into any shape she wishes... including an indestructible
* The [[OVA]] of ''[[School Days]]'' features a parody on the Magical Girl genre, with several female cast members as magical girls.
* Shuichi of ''[[Midori Days]]'' is a doll otaku, who always carries around a doll of [[Show Within a Show|the fictional magical girl Ultra-Marin]].
* The [[Show Within a Show]] "Ai no Senshi Sweetie Millie" from ''[[Fight Ippatsu! Juuden-chan!!]]''
* One of ''[[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann]]'''s Parallel Works, ''Kiyal's Magical Time'', mixes this with [[Humongous Mecha]].
* One of the Omake of [[Black Lagoon]] makes Revy a
* Takuto from ''[[Star Driver]]'' could be considered a magical ''boy'', due to his Galactic Pretty Boy form.
* ''[[Amuri in Star Ocean]]'' features elements of the [[Magical Girl Warrior]] subtrope.
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* Parodied in the 21st episode of the second season of ''[[School Rumble]]'', where Mai Otsuka becomes a magical girl.
* ''[[Nanaka 6/17]]'' has ''Magical Domiko'', a [[Show Within a Show]] that 6-year-old Nanaka likes.
* Kilala of ''[[Kilala Princess]]''
* Parodied in ''[[Bleach]]'' with Charlotte Cuuhlhourne who tries very, very hard to be one of these and fails spectacularly.
* Key of ''[[Key the Metal Idol]]'' becomes more of a Magical Girl as the series progresses, though this used primarily to deconstruct the trope as Key's transformations into her more human form show just how harrowing the powers of a magical girl can be in unwitting (read Naive) hands.
* In ''[[Higurashi no Naku Koro ni]]'' Kira's second episode, [[Miko|Rika Furude]] and [[Bratty Half-Pint|Satoko Houjou]] become magical girls in order to battle the evil magic-using generals of the secret magic society, [[Five-Bad Band|Tokyo Magika]] ([[Nightmare Fetishist|Takano]], [[Evil Uncle|Teppei]], [[The Men in Black|Okonogi]]
* [[Show Within a Show]] ''Majokko Mirakurun'' in ''[[Yuru-Yuri]]''.
=== [[Comic Books]] ===▼
* Comic book [[Superhero
▲=== Comic Books ===
▲* Comic book [[Superhero|Superheroine]] [[Shazam|Mary Marvel]], who first appeared in 1942, possessed several similar characteristics to the [[Magical Girl Warrior]] sub-type: skimpy costume, magical [[Transformation Sequence]] into a super-powered form, a Destiny, and (if you stretch it to include Tawky Tawny) a [[Talking Animal]] friend.
* [[Suicide Squad|The Enchantress]] created by [[DC Comics]] in 1966, comes very close to being a proto-[[Magical Girl Warrior]]. Young woman June Moone goes with her slightly older boyfried to an alledgedly haunted castle for a party. Turns out that there are actual spooks. June stumbles into a secret chamber, where a mysterious being tells her she is [[The Chosen One]] and gives her a transformation word. June says it and gets magical powers, an appearance makeover (blonde to dark red), a miniskirted costume, and [[Cool Hat|a kickin' witch hat.]] The Enchantress then battles a [[Monster of the Week]] and evacuates the civilians before the castle collapses. June reappears with a weak excuse and her boyfriend expresses an interest in her alter ego. There were two more stories where Enchantress fought random menaces, but the writers didn't have a good story arc beyond that, so she went into obscurity for years, including a phase as a [[Dark Magical Girl]].
* ''[[Amethyst, Princess of Gemworld]]'' combines Magical Girl with [[Changeling Fantasy]] and [[High Fantasy]].
* ''[[
* The ''[[Gen 13]]'' miniseries ''Magical Drama Queen Roxy'', which reinvents Freefall as a
=== [[Fan
* In ''[[Kyon: Big Damn Hero]]'', Nonoko<ref>[[No Name Given|Kyon's little sister]] from the original</ref> [[Daydream Believer|believes]] she will become a
* Every single [[Fuku Fic]] in
** For that matter, all the ''[[Pretty Cure
* In ''[[A Hero (fan work)|A Hero]]'', [[Doctor Who|Dalek Sec]] implies that [[Puella Magi Madoka Magica|Kyubey]] and the Incubators have been manipulating humanity behind the scenes, and are responsible for the rise of the
* [[Family Guy|Meg]] {{spoiler|as well as her daughter Rosie}} in ''[[The Spellbook]]''.
* In ''[[Keepers of the Elements]]'', [[Total Drama Island|Gwen, Bridgette, Izzy, Heather and Lindsay]].
▲=== Live Action TV ===
* ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'', oddly enough, can be seen as a [[Magical Girl Warrior]] show. The first season in particular looks quite a bit like a classic Magical Girl series viewed through a funhouse mirror. This is probably not a coincidence, since [[Joss Whedon]] is known to be a fan of ''[[Sailor Moon]]''.
* Even ''[[Super Sentai]]'' has an example. ''Carranger'', the parody series, had the kid sister of the series' main villainess transforming into White Racer, a racing-themed magical girl, to occasionally help out the heroes. Also, she had a cat/car-based mecha. ''Carranger'' was an odd year.
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* The toku series ''[[Seishoujo Senshi Saint Valkyrie]]'', which appears to have been inspired by ''[[Sparkling Generation Valkyrie Yuuki]]''.
* In the [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0X3CLJVMJU video for her 2009 cover of "Turning Japanese"], [[Kirsten Dunst]] prances through Akihabara in Tokyo dressed as a magical girl.
=== [[Video Games]] ===
* The character MOMO from the ''[[Xenosaga]]'' series gains two different Magical Girl forms, each with their own extended (and fortunately skippable) [[Transformation Sequence]].
* ''[[Battle Moon Wars]]'' features several characters from various Type-Moon shows dressed as magical girls.
* In ''[[Command
* [http://www.playonline.com/ff11us/topics/read/mumor/index.html Fantastic Fraulein Mumor.] ''[[Final Fantasy XI]]'', being a Japanese MMORPG, was bound to have this eventually.
* Midori from ''[[Devil Survivor]]'' seems to see herself as one of these, [[Wrong Genre Savvy|sadly]] she is in a ''[[Shin Megami Tensei]]'' game.
* The trope is parodied in ''Killer7'' with the boss Ayame Blackburn, with her over-the-top introduction speech and ludicrous soubriquet.
* In the doujin fighting game ''[[Eternal Fighter Zero]]'', Sayuri Kurata's fighting style is a reference to the Magical Girl genre, complete with a [[Morph Weapon|transforming]] [[Magic Wand]].
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* Shannon of ''[[God Hand]]'' is a villainous (though not exactly [[Dark Magical Girl]]) parody of this.
* Nearly the entire cast of ''[[Rosenkreuzstilette]].''
* Same deal with ''[[Panel
* ''[[Silent Hill 3]]'', of all places, contains a parody of Magical Girls with one of Heather's alternate outfits, complete with a [[Sailor Moon]] style [[Transformation Sequence]]. (Her power? The ability to shoot [[Frickin' Laser Beams]].)
* In ''[[Mega Man ZX]] Advent'', [[Previous Player Character Cameo|Aile]] seems to have styled herself as a [[Magical Girl Warrior]], if her [[Transformation Sequence]] is any indication.
* Arin from ''[[Pangya]]''.
* ''[[
{{quote|'''Platinum:''' Magical Girl Pretty Luna... transform!}}
** Platinum's gag reel takes this into overkill territory, adding the other [[
* The Mage class from Beat Em Up MMO [[Dungeon Fighter Online]].
* [[Badass Adorable|Gracia Hosokawa]] from ''[[Samurai Warriors]]''.
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* ''[[Magical Girl Kirara And Sarara Dioskroi Of Starlit Sky]]''
* ''[[Megatokyo]]'' contains several of these, though the only ones seen so far are Meimi (retired), {{spoiler|Yuki}}, and possibly Miho. It's been shown by the Tokyo Police and their actions that an unlicensed
▲=== Webcomics ===
▲* ''[[Megatokyo]]'' contains several of these, though the only ones seen so far are Meimi (retired), {{spoiler|Yuki}}, and possibly Miho. It's been shown by the Tokyo Police and their actions that an unlicensed [[Magical Girl]] is a serious threat.
* Parodied in ''[http://www.sgvy.com/ Sparkling Generation Valkyrie Yuuki]'', where the ''male'' main character is [[Gender Bender|turned into a]] [[Magical Girl Warrior|valkyrie]] by a [[Norse Mythology|Norse god]] hiding inside a Magical Girl anime, who had assumed that anyone watching it would ''already'' be female.
* ''[[Tsunami Channel]]'' has Magical Mina, a magical girl who, like Nanoha, has strong influences from shounen manga.
* ''[[Last Res0rt]]'' has the Galaxy Girl Scouts (basically, ''[[Sailor Moon]]'' [[X Meets Y|meets]] [[Green Lantern]] [[The Chosen Many|Corps]]), as a major portion of Daisy
* [[Footloose (webcomic)|Footloose]] [https://web.archive.org/web/20150114005316/http://www.footloosecomic.com/footloose/pages.php?page=29 At the school]
* In ''[[Nip and Tuck]]'', [https://web.archive.org/web/20110923165450/http://www.rhjunior.com/NT/00651.html one girl acted as one.]
=== [[Web Original]] ===
* In ''[[The Impossible Man]]'' Yuki Shimizu is a
▲=== Web Original ===
▲* In ''[[The Impossible Man]]'' Yuki Shimizu is a [[Magical Girl]], sent by her mother who leads a mysterious village of Magical Girls and Magical Women, to work as Michael Garcia's bodyguard at his store.
* In ''[[Monster Girl Encyclopedia]]'', magical girl appear to be a class of heroine, with ''Fallen Maidens'' book features a magical girl named Mimiru Miltie. As hinted by name of the book, [[Fallen Hero|she got corrupted and become a witch of Subbath cult]].
=== [[Western Animation]] ===
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* ''[[Tenko and the Guardians of the Magic]]''
* ''[[P.J. Sparkles]]''
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* During the [[Superhero Episode]] of ''[[Jimmy Two-Shoes]]'', Heloise becomes Trouble Bubble Girl, a parody of this.
* Miss Tickle from ''[[Mission: Magic!]]''.
* Manny Rivera, the hero of ''[[El Tigre]]'', is essentially a Magical Boy.
* ''[[My Little Pony:
* Morgana from ''[[Darkwing Duck]]''.
* ''[[The Powerpuff Girls]]'' was created as a parody of the genre.
=== [[Other Media]] ===
* The German audio drama series ''[[Bibi Blocksberg]]'' is about a 13 year old witch living in a small German town and going to school with other regular kids. The series started in 1980, long before anime shows or manga became popular in Germany.
* The German book series ''[[Lilly The Witch]]'' is about a girl named Lilly who finds a magical book which turns her into a witch, as well as a [[Mentor Mascot]] in the form of a little green dragon named Hector, and who has many adventures all over the world. The books have been made into an animated series on CBBC, as well as an animated movie.
* ''[[Milky Way and The Galaxy Girls]]''.
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