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* [[Acting for Two]]: More like acting for ''three'' in the English dub of ''Puyo Pop Fever''; Ali Johnston voiced Arle, Ocean Prince and Dongurigaeru in the game. See [[Talking to Himself]] below for some examples on the Japanese side.
* [[Bad Export for You]]: The iOS ''Sega Columns Deluxe'' is a port of the Japanese ''Puyo Puyo~n''
* [[Casting Gag]]:
** Despite the constant shifting of voice actors (see [[The Other Darrin]] below) the late [[Yuko Mizutani]], who voiced Draco Centauros (among many other characters) in the PC-Engine ''Puyo Puyo'' games, returned to voice Witch in ''Puyo Puyo~n''.
** Likewise, [[Kazuki Yao]], who voiced Satan in the PC-Engine ''Puyo Puyo'' games, returned to the series in ''Puyo Puyo Tetris'' to voice Ex.
** There's also [[Kenichi Ono]] who voiced Satan in ''Puyo Puyo~n'', and later returned to the series exactly a decade after ''Puyo Puyo Yo~n'''s release to voice Risukuma for every game following the latter character's introduction to the series in ''Puyo Puyo 7''.
* [[Cross-Dressing Voices]]: Carbuncle (except in the Saturn port of ''Puyo Puyo Tsu''), Lagnus, Dongurigaeru, Klug, Ocean Prince, Sig, Rei, Onion Pixie, and ''Puyo Puyo CD Tsu'''s Nohoho and Baromett.
* [[Fan Nickname]]:
** "OPP" (as in '''O'''riginal '''P'''uyo '''P'''uyo) is the most common shorthand for the first arcade game.
** For a time, ''Madou Monogatari I'' for the Mega Drive was referred to as ''Madou Monogatari: Genesis''.
** "Madou-era" is used interchangeably with "Compile-era" to refer to Compile's ''Puyo Puyo'' games.
** Some fans like to refer to Strange Klug as Ayashii (inspired by his Japanese name Ayashii Kuru-ku), since the demon still lacks a proper name in canon.
** "Pedobear" for Risukuma.
* [[Fan Translation]]: A few of the ''Madou Monogatari'' games, Super [[Puyo Puyo]] Tsu, the PC version of Puyo Puyo SUN and the DS versions of ''[[Puyo Puyo]] 15th Anniversary'' and ''[[Puyo Puyo]] 7'', as well as 20th Anni.▼
** "Tara Stacking", "Harpy Stacking" and "Frog Stacking" refer to the act of mimicking the strategy of a CPU-controlled Suketoudara, Harpy and Nohoho respectively.
** Right now a translation of Fever 2 is going on. For ''three, if not four, years.''▼
** Crossing this with [[Unfortunate Name]] is "Harassment", the name given to the act of sending small amounts of garbage to slow or stop the construction of the opponent's main chain. The fandom didn't really catch onto the "unfortunate" part until Sega's tutorial video covering this technique generated snark from the gaming community at large.
* [[No Export for You]]: Every game except the [[Dolled-Up Installment|Dolled Up Installments]], ''Puyo Pop'' on the GBA and ''[[Puyo Puyo]] Fever''. The English version of the first arcade game could potentially be another exception. The Mega Drive port of Tsu is available (untranslated) via the Wii's Virtual Console. ▼
▲* [[Fan Translation]]: A few of the ''Madou Monogatari'' games, ''Super [[Puyo Puyo]] Tsu'', the PC version of ''Puyo Puyo SUN'' and the DS versions of ''[[Puyo Puyo]]! 15th Anniversary'' and ''[[Puyo Puyo]] 7'', as well as ''Puyo Puyo!! 20th
** Inverted with the N-Gage Puyo Pop, which was released everywhere except Japan. ▼
▲** Right now a translation of ''Puyo Puyo Fever 2'' is going on. For ''three, if not four, years
* [[Follow the Leader]]:
** ''Puyo Puyo'' was Compile's answer to ''Tetris'' and ''Dr. Mario''. The first two arcade games' successes saw dozens of competition-focused puzzle games featuring wacky casts of characters hit the market. ''Hebereke's Popoon'' and Konami's ''Taisen Puzzle Dama'' are particularly blatant from a gameplay standpoint (the main differences being that they are Match Three instead of Match Four). As mentioned above, ''[[Magical Drop]] F'' takes a lot from ''Puyo Puyo~n'' despite ''Magical Drop'' having fundamentally-different gameplay.
** Much of Compile's 1999-2000 output was them desperately trying to apply Arle and friends to popular gaming trends, from ''[[Pokémon]]'' to ''[[Dance Dance Revolution]]'' to ''[[Super Robot Wars]]''. They were going to try to imitate ''Puyo'' itself with ''Pochi & Nyaa'' after they lost the series, but went out of business before the game released.
** ''Puyo Puyo!! Quest'' is a thinly-veiled take on ''Puzzle & Dragons''.
* [[Invisible Advertising]]: If there was ever an English-language ''Puyo Puyo'' ad prior to ''Puyo Tetris'', the fandom sure hasn't found it.
** Hilariously, SEGA themselves have largely not advertised ''Puyo Tetris'', preferring to basically let the game advertise itself, to stunningly huge success!
* [[Milestone Celebration]]: Three of them; special games were made for their 15th, 20th and 25th anniversary. Unfortunately, to date, '''NONE''' have been released in the West.
* [[Newbie Boom]]: Sega has pulled this off at least ''three'' times, once with the first ''Puyo Puyo Fever'' (which also somehow managed to plant the seeds for a western fanbase despite being a flop in those markets), again with ''Puyo Puyo!! Quest'' and a third time (at least in the west) with ''Puyo Puyo Tetris''.
▲* [[No Export for You]]: Every game except the [[Dolled-Up Installment|Dolled Up Installments]], ''Puyo Pop'' on the GBA and ''[[Puyo Puyo]] Fever''. The English version of the first arcade game could potentially be another exception. The Mega Drive port of ''Puyo Puyo Tsu'' is available (untranslated) via the Wii's Virtual Console.
▲** Inverted with the N-Gage ''Puyo Pop'', which was released everywhere except Japan.
* [[Preorder Bonus|Pre-Order Bonus]]:
** Anyone that preordered ''Puyo Puyo!! 20th Anniversary'' was given "Puyo Puyo!! Anniversary Soundtrack Collection", a collection of the game's songs throughout the entire series, as a bonus.
** For ''Puyo Tetris'', a code that grants "Arle ver. Puyo Tetris" for ''Puyo Quest'' was included with the game. What is the code printed on? A physical ''Puyo Quest''-styled card that's the size of a common TCG card, which can slip into a card binder or sleeve for safekeeping. The PS4 and Xbox One versions did the same thing, containing "Ringo ver. Puyo Tetris" instead.
* [[Reality Subtext]]: ''Puyo Puyo BOX'' was blatantly designed as a send-off to the series, with Compile jamming in as much from the four mainline games as they could. Given that Compile still had time on their deal with Sega, either they flat-out couldn't make another ''Puyo Puyo'' game, or they realized that ''Puyo Puyo'' wasn't going to save them.
* [[Remade for the Export]]: In a sense, the [[Nintendo Switch]] version of ''Puyo Puyo Tetris'' qualifies; see [[Screwed by the Lawyers]] below for why it took the Switch version for the game to be brought over.
* [[Schedule Slip]]: ''Waku Waku Puyo Puyo Dungeon'' was slated to release in late 1997, but ended up getting delayed to spring 1998. What makes this delay so significant is that it allegedly played a role in forcing Compile to restructure.
* [[Sequel First]]: ''Madou Monogatari II'' was actually the first game in either series to be released anywhere. A beta version was included in the Christmas '89 edition of Discstation.
** Whatever game that you consider to be the first ''Puyo'' game to be released internationally (arcade translation, ''Mean Bean Machine'', or NGPC ''Puyo Pop'') definitely isn't the MSX or FDS game.
** The Western world didn't receive a ''Madou Monogatari'' game until '''2013''', and, by that time, Arle wasn't even in it!
* [[Sleeper Hit]]: By most accounts, ''Puyo Puyo Tetris'' is this. Given past localization efforts didn't sell well, many fans hoped, but didn't expect the game to do well, but it was one of the top selling games early in the [[Nintendo Switch]]'s lifespan.
* [[The Wiki Rule]]: Puyonexus ([https://puyonexus.com/wiki/Main_Page found here]), which even has a chain simulator!
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