Magical Girl: Difference between revisions

**** ''[[Puella Magi Oriko Magica]]'' is another spin-off, and is an interquel.

* More modern, subversive takes on the trope include:

** 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.

* ''[[Asagiri no Miko]]''

* ''[[Ask Dr. Rin]]!''

* ''[[Corrector Yui]]''

* ''[[Cos Prayers]]''

* 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]]s, with the title sequence and parts of the episode devoted to Kafuka, Chiri, and Meru as the magical girl team Model Warrior Lily Cure, and Nozomu Itoshiki as the [[Big Bad]], The Teacher Of Despair. It even closes with an [["On the Next..."]] continuing the plot. This is a drastic change from the usual format of the show.

** Also, two of Mikan's school friends presumably now believe ''she's'' a [[Magical Girl Warrior]] after [http://www.tenmanga.com/chapter/toLOVEru121/159047-9.html they see her flying to chase down a criminal while wearing Peke].

* Raichou from ''[[Kyouran Kazoku Nikki]]'' claims to be a magical girl.

* Shannon of ''[[God Hand]]'' is a villainous (though not exactly [[Dark Magical Girl]]) parody of this.

* Nearly the entire cast of ''[[Rosenkreuzstilette]].''

* ''[[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 [[pettanko]]es for a campaign against [[Gag Boobs|Boing Queen Litchi]]. [[Crowning Moment of Funny|You will die laughing so fast Hazama would be jealous.]]

* ''[[Princess Gwenevere and the Jewel Riders]]''

* During the [[Superhero Episode]] of ''[[Jimmy Two-Shoes]]'', Heloise becomes Trouble Bubble Girl, a parody of this.

* Manny Rivera, the hero of ''[[El Tigre]]'', is essentially a Magical Boy.

* [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]], the most recent reboot of the franchise, starts with a two-part episode in which the six main characters become friends. They use a powerful ancient artifact to become magical girls, to permanently defeat [[Sealed Evil in a Can]]. However, despite gaining fashionable magical jewelry and the gratitude of the god-princess of the realm, the trope is almost completely absent from the rest of the show. [[Word of God]] from the show's creator (Lauren Faust, worked on her husband [[Craig McCracken]]'s [[Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends]] and [[The Powerpuff Girls]]) is that ''good'' action-adventure episodes are harder to produce on a deadline and budget, and [[Myth Arcs]] have to be watched in a specific order, thus the series is more [[Slice of Life]].