Tokyo Mew Mew/YMMV

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  • Americans Hate Tingle: Aoyama Masaya, poster boy for Die for Our Ship, gets none of that in Japan.
  • Complete Monster: Deep Blue counts big time (at least, in the anime). While the manga depicted him as a savior of the aliens, the anime established him as far more evil and malicious. Here are some of the best reasons why:
    • He's cold and extremely cruel, and doesn't hesitate to hurt Ichigo or any of the Mew Mews and will kill anyone who gets in his way without showing remorse. And worse yet, he doesn't show any of the feelings of either of his other alter-egos (Masaya and the Blue Knight) towards Ichigo herself despite her reluctance to fight him.
    • He murders Quiche for getting in his way of attempting to kill Ichigo again, who sacrifices himself to protect her. Way to go, blue dude.
    • Moral Event Horizon: He unleashes beams from his fortress all over Tokyo that not only are powerful enough to destroy the Chimera, but also threaten to murder the other Mew Mews. Had Pie stayed loyal to Deep Blue and therefore not realized how evil he is and therefore not sacrificed himself to save them, they would've been slaughtered in a truly horrible way.
  • Creator's Pet: Berrii.
  • Draco in Leather Pants: Quiche. Many fans seemed to forget that his "OMG TWU WUB" for Ichigo can come across as really creepy.
    • Even if Deep Blue is a Complete Monster, fans have even bought him leather pants as well.
  • Fan Nickname: Berry Sue - Berii, for obvious reasons.
  • Fanon Discontinuity: A La Mode, for many fans.
  • Foe Yay: Bu-ling/Taruto is canon and Pai/Retasu semi-canon if you squint.
  • Les Yay: Minto and Zakuro, to the point where it probably goes beyond Subtext.
  • Macekre: They change the setting from Japan to America, despite it being probably the most Japanese show they've ever dealt with. Far worse: It was initially touted by 4Kids as "Hollywood Mew Mew" (which eventually became an episode name). Even worse: Al Kahn is quoted in a press release for this as having said "By the time we localize the programs, kids won't even know they're from Japan any more."
    • That's not the worst of it. They actually made episode 12 in Japan into episode 1 in America and threw it straight into Canon Discontinuity. Not to mention the ending of that episode in the dub. That truly takes the Macekre cake.
  • Obfuscating Stupidity: Possibly Quiche. Definitely very intelligent and logical, but he usually acts like a child, especially in front of the Mews.
  • Periphery Demographic: (Mostly) adult male doujinshika.
  • Relationship Sue: Masaya is often seen as this by American fans, who claim that he's "perfect" and ignore the fact that he's only projecting a "perfect" persona in front of a deeply flawed interior.
  • Ron the Death Eater: Masaya. Sure, he may be a Stepford Smiler because he hates all of humanity, at least prior to meeting Ichigo, but he wasn't born evil!
    • Although most people who hate him seem to not be aware of- or deliberately ignore- that spoilered part, which happens after the American dub ended, and instead demonize him as a Gary Stu.
  • The Scrappy: Masaya, hated by shippers.
  • Sequelitis: A la Mode.
  • Shipping
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