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* Youko Akiyama ('''{{color|red|Cure Ruby}}'''): The ([[Idiot Hero|sometimes clueless]]) [[The Heroine|main character]], an [[Genre Savvy|obsessive]] [[Ascended Fanboy|Ascended Fangirl]] who [[Plucky Girl|refuses to give up that easily]].
* Aina Kobayashi ('''{{color|lime|Cure Peridot}}'''): Youko's childhood friend, a cheery and [[The Chick|caring]] [[Shipper
* Shinju Miwa ('''{{color|silver|Cure Pearl}}'''): A [[The Smart Girl|sharp]] [[Lonely Rich Kid|heiress]] who tends to act [[Little Miss Snarker|snarky and haughty]] but cares more for her teammates [[Tsundere|than she usually lets on]].
* Akira Takamura ('''{{color|turquoise|Cure Turquoise}}'''): An upperclassman who tries to be a [[The Big Girl|reliable]] [[Onee
* '''{{color|silver|Sheeny}}''' and '''Lucey''': The [[Mentor Mascot|Mentor Mascots]] and [[Team Pet|Team Pets]]. Sheeny is bold and outspoken, while Lucey is sweet and timid.
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The story is currently on hiatus; the author is condensing and re-writing the earlier parts, no matter how long it takes before continuing.
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* [[Adults Are Useless]]: Or evil...unless your name is Ren Fukui, anyway.
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* [[Annoying Younger Sibling]]: Chiyoko, Youko's four-year-old sister, who can whine and cry with the best of them, while insisting that the rabbits (especially Sheeny) are her best friends. Amazora is sometimes this to Anya as well.
* [[Another Dimension]]: The Shade Quartet's kingdom is located in one, although it...[[Mordor|doesn't look so good]].
* [[Aw, Look -- They Really Do Love Each Other]]: Yakeru is as much of a jerkass to Anya as he is to anyone else, and Anya is usually frigid and snide towards him, but when you get down to it, they really are in love with each other and do show it once in a while.
* [[Bare Your Midriff]]: Cure Peridot and Amazora.
* [[Broken Aesop]]: After a session at the library, Youko learns the value of studying... but the Cures only knew how to effectively defeat the [[Monster of the Week]] because of her and Hibiki's habit of spending their time at the arcade instead. This is lampshaded, of course.
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* [[Catch Phrase]]: Youko's "I'm not giving up that easily!", Amazora's "Super cool, super awesome!" (or [[Mad Libs Catchphrase|variations thereof]]), minor character Maki Kanon's variations on "Isn't that weird?", and Anya's "Your <insert emotion here> shall be a tool in my hands."
* [[Characterization Marches On]]: Painfully evident when one compares the earliest handful of episodes with the later ones. The Cures get more defined personalities as the writing progresses, and the Quartet, who (unintentionally, according to the author) came off as more generically evil, saw a minor tweak in their personalities and motivation.
* [[
* [[Date Peepers]]: The Cures' trip to the museum with Ren and Frédéric ''isn't'' actually an example, Aina just thinks it is.
* [[Dating Catwoman]]: Akira and Amazora, eventually. This may be the case with Ren and Frédéric too. ''Maybe''.
* [[Elemental Powers]]: With each side divided into sort of [[Four
** [[Color
** [[Personality Powers]]: We have a hot-headed fire user, a coolly logical water user, a laid-back wind user, and a kind-hearted plant user. Seems about right.
* [[Epiphany Therapy]]: Somehow, all it takes is a few well-placed words during a battle to make Shinju want to be friends with the other girls and allow Akira to stop feeling guilty for her mistakes. Who knew?
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* [[Fan Nickname]]: "Kansai" for Aina; "White Princess" for Shinju
* [[Festival Episode]]
* [[Five
** [[Big Bad]]: Shade Queen
** [[The Dragon]]: Suishoku<ref>Technically, Meran and Korii appear to be this on their own, but Suishoku fits the ''ensemble'' role more, much like the role-switching in the ''[[Yes! Pretty Cure 5|Y!PC5]]'' examples of [[Five
** [[The Evil Genius]]: Anya
** [[The Brute]]: Yakeru
** [[The Dark Chick]]: Amazora
* [[Four
* [[Four Is Death]]: Averted by the Cures themselves, played straight with the Shade Quartet.
* [[Four
** '''{{color|maroon|Sanguine}}''': Aina and Amazora
** '''{{color|orange|Choleric}}''': Youko and Yakeru
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** '''{{color|green|Phlegmatic}}''': Akira and Suishoku
* [[Glowing Eyes of Doom]]: Meran and Korii show these off fairly often, and the Queen's eyes are shown briefly glowing red whenever she's put out about something. Hoshiko has these too, whenever her powers activate.
* [[Good Colors, Evil Colors]]: The Cures' outfits use an overall brighter and cheerier palette than their rivals' do. Every single villain outfit also includes black.
* [[Idol Singer]]: Kanon wants to be one. Amazora sort of presents herself as one, going far enough to call herself the "Lightning Songstress."
* [[I Have the High Ground]]: Mostly Suishoku's domain, but the other Quartet members and the Cures themselves occasionally do this.
* [[I Know Mortal Kombat]]: Justified in one episode, where Yakeru makes a monster out of an arcade machine and the girls have to defeat the various bosses found in the game.
* [[In the Name of
{{quote|'''Ruby''': The red gem stands for vitality! Shining strongly, Cure Ruby!
'''Peridot''': The green gem stands for joy! Shining brilliantly, Cure Peridot!
'''Pearl''': The white gem stands for purity! Shining radiantly, Cure Pearl!
'''Turquoise''': The blue gem stands for valor! Shining steadily, Cure Turquoise!
'''Ruby and Peridot:''' Four sparkling treasures from far away...
'''Pearl and Turquoise:''' ...will carry the lights of the future across the galaxy!|'''All:''' Together we shine brightly! We are Precure!}}
* [[Japanese School Club]]: Akira is president of the [[Drama Club]], while Aina is a member of the Gardening Club along with Soichi. Youko and Shinju are both "members" of the Go Home Club, although the former later joins the track and field team and the latter ends up providing background music for the Drama productions on the piano.
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* [[Meaningful Name]]: Quite a few. For example, "Shinju" literally (and [[Prophetic Name|conveniently]]) means "Pearl", while each of the Quartet's given names allude to their element in some manner.
* [[Memento MacGuffin]]: Hoshiko's star-shaped diamond pendant seems important to her. It's always glowing whenever her powers activate, so its value goes beyond sentimental.
* [[Mid
* [[Minion Shipping]]: Yakeru and Anya
* [[Monster of the Week]]: Manmanusa.
* [[Mythology Gag]]: Well, there's ''[[Futari wa Pretty Cure|Luminous]]'' Town for one, but there are certainly others.
* [[
* [[Never Hurt an Innocent]]: Suishoku believes strongly in this. Yakeru does not, adding yet another reason for them to hate each other.
* [[One True Sequence]]: The Cures and the Quartet ''always'' run into each other when a Star Piece appears. Every. Single. Time. Then again, the Star Pieces ''are'' implied to be somewhat sentient, wanting the Cures to find them. That doesn't explain how the Quartet acquired three of them pre-series, though.
* [["On the Next Episode of..." Catchphrase]]: "We'll win in the next episode too!"
* [[Opera Gloves]]: Sported by both Cure Pearl and Anya.
* [[Parental Abandonment]]: Shinju's mother left the family and her father is usually away on business. Akira's parents [[Parental Neglect|aren't really there for her]].
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* [[Premiseville]]: Luminous Town, home of many, many shiny things.
* [[The Psycho Rangers]]: The Shade Quartet are a team of [[Evil Counterpart|Evil Counterparts]] to the Cures.
* [[Red Oni, Blue Oni]]: Both sides with Youko/Aina and Amazora/Yakeru as outgoing/impulsive red and Shinju/Akira and Anya/Suishoku as cool and more introverted blue.
* [[Sarcastic Confession]]: Shinju in Turquoise's debut episode:
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'''Akira''': Um...just one. What television show is this story based off of? }}
* [[School Festival]]
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* [[Those Two Girls]]: Aina's friends [[Miko|Miyako]] and [[Genki Girl|Mimi]].
* [[Tomboy and Girly Girl]]: Youko and Aina, who are best friends despite their differences. The Quartet has the [[Spear Counterpart]], [[Sensitive Guy and Manly Man]], in Suishoku and Yakeru, who are most decidedly ''not'' best friends.
* [[Trademark Favorite Food]]: Hoshiko loves [[
* [[Transformation Sequence]]: Described the first time each of the girls transform, only mentioned as a "flash of light" after that.
* [[Transformation Trinket]]: Pretty Cure's Star Braces, and the Quartet's [[Ring of Power|gemstone rings]].
* [[Two
* [[Undead Tax Exemption]]: All of the Quartet to some degree, but Amazora is probably the worst offender.
* [[Verbal Tic]]: Sheeny ends his sentences with "-shii", Lucey uses "-lu", and Gleamy uses "-gurii". Kanon's catchphrase also approaches near-verbal tic levels.
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** The four main heroines were originally a ditzy girly-girl, a shy bookworm, an outgoing and sweet-yet-misunderstood rich girl, and a daydreaming fairy tale-obsessed crossdresser. The fifth? She was supposed to defect from the villains' side.
** Meran and Korii spoke in [[Final Fantasy IX|Zorn and Thorn]]-like antimetabole.
** Amazora's character was originally male and very different from her current incarnation. The Quartet were more archetypal [[Card
* [[Where the Hell Is Springfield?|Where The Hell Is Luminous Town]]: Somewhere in Japan?
* [[Wonder Twin Powers]]: Sheeny and Lucey have these, as do Meran and Korii.
* [[You Gotta Have Blue Hair]]: Three out of four Cures, as well as at least four of the villains and quite a few supporting characters.
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