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An iconic series that brought the five-girl team of [[Magical Girl|Magical Girls]] into the 2000s, ''Tokyo Mew Mew'' started as a Nakayoshi artist's desire to do a series about a [[Catgirl]], and ended up as a sweet tale of choosing the right guy, protecting the environment, and throwing some sparkly [[Stock Footage]] around to solve the world's problems.
Ichigo Momomiya's only care in the world is getting kendo idol Masaya Aoyama to notice her. Since he's interested in
Little does she know that she is one of five Tokyo schoolgirls "[[The Chosen One|chosen]]" by the Earth, possessed of a unique DNA pattern allowing her to host the genes of the Irimote Mountain Cat, one of the Red Data Animals. As part of the secret "Mew Project", she is shot by an injection gun from a mysterious cat statue atop a cute cafe.
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Recruited by the masterminds behind the Mew Project, Ichigo ends up working at the cafe as a waitress by day and alien-hunting catgirl by night, with the promise that she will return to normal when the threat has passed. What's more, there are four other subjects of the Mew Project to find, and a sinister extraterrestrial plot to thwart.
There is also a manga-only sequel written by the head illustrator after the head writer left. ''Tokyo Mew Mew a la mode'' renders Ichigo utterly useless (no, really) so that a [[Creator's Pet|shiny new character]] named Berry Shirayuki/Mew Berry (Tokyopop name: Berry) can take her place. Many fans [[Fanon Discontinuity|like to pretend it doesn't exist]].
The manga was licensed by [[Tokyo Pop]] and the anime by 4Kids Entertainment (where it's known as ''Mew Mew Power''). Only the first half of the series has been released in the United States so far, and because of Fox's [[Screwed
4Kids
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* The Japanese characters have Japanese names, sometimes based on English loanwords. ex. Minto instead of Mint.
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* The attack word "riboun" is ''not'' a cognate of the English word ribbon; it means reborn.
* Whatever is written as "myuu" may be either "mew" (as in, a cat sound), "mu" (as in, the Greek letter used by geneticists) or both. "Tokyo Mew Mew" and "Mu Project" have been vindicated by on-screen text (though Tokyopop called the latter the Mew Project) but nobody's quite sure whether the [[MacGuffin]] in the second half of the series is Mew Aqua or Mu Aqua.
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* [[Accidental Athlete]]: Episode 5
* [[Accidental Kiss]]
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* [[Arranged Marriage]]: Bu-ling, in one episode, to Long Yuebin, one of her father's students.
* [[Art Shift]]: Later episodes make the characters aged 14 and up look more noticeably older, and colours get deeper and shinier.
* [[Back
* [[Beach Episode]]: Episode 19.
* [[Best for Last]]: Ichigo's Mu Aqua, and only in the manga.
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* [[Bishonen]]: ''Tons.''
* [[Breast Plate]]: Zakuro... and many of the men, too.
* [[
* [[By the Power of Greyskull]]: Mew Mew (food), Metamorphose! [[Dueling Shows|And before]] ''[[Yes!
* [[Calling Your Attacks]]: Reborn (food) (verb)!
* [[Canon Immigrant]]: Not characters, but the transformation phrases and revised weapon designs came into the manga from the anime.
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* [[Combined Energy Attack]]: Reborn Strawberry Surprise.
* [[Costume Inertia]]
* [[Converse
* [[Creator Provincialism]]: Especially prevalent when we learn that the Mu Aqua ''only'' exists in the waters of Japan. Attack something else and they can't fix it!
* [[Curtains Match the Window]]: See image.
* [[Cute Little Fangs]]: Mew Ichigo at times. The aliens as well.
* [[Dance Battler]]: A chimera anima in one [[Filler]] uses a ballet-based fighting style. Naturally, it was one of Minto's [[A Day in
* [[Dancing Theme]]: The [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2B4HQ8pqOsU ending theme]. [[Ear Worm|Catchy, too.]]
* [[Dark Magical Girl]]: Retasu at first, Zakuro (Renee) in ''MMP''.
* [[Dark-Skinned Blond]]: Ryou and Bu-ling are both somewhat darker than much of the rest of the cast, and they both have yellow hair.
* [[Dating Catwoman]]: Bu-ling and Taruto.
* [[A Day in
* [[Debut Queue]]: Episodes 1-12
* [[Demonic Invaders]]
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* [[Do They Know It's Christmas Time?]]: Anime only
* [[Dreaming of a White Christmas]]: Episode 38.
* [[Dub
* [[Dude, She's Like, in
* [[Dude, Where's My Reward?]]: In episode five, Ichigo loses a gymnastics competition but saves everyone there.
* [[Ending Theme]]: With dancing cats!
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* [[Expressive Hair]]: Retasu's braids and Ichigo's pigtails
* [[Fan Girl]]: Ichigo towards love interest Masaya and Minto towards long-time idol Zakuro.
* [[Fangs Are Evil]]: The aliens.
* [[Faux Paw]]: Ichigo bats and licks when she first becomes a Mew.
* [[Filler]]
* [[Final Speech]]
* [[Finger-Twitching Revival]] {{spoiler|Aoyama, after coming back to life}}.
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** [[The Hero]]- Ichigo
** [[The Lancer]]- Mint
** [[The
** [[The
** [[The
* [[Flight, Strength, Heart]]
* [[Flower Motifs]]: The first chapter of the manga gives every girl a different flower background.
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* [[Hurricane of Puns]]: The characters' names, attacks, appearances... ''Everything'' is a pun.
* [[I Have Your Wife]]: {{spoiler|Pai and Taruto threaten to have the [[Monster of the Week]] kill Ichigo if Aoyama/The Blue Knight retaliates or avoids their attacks}} in Episode 47.
* [["I Know You
* [[I Want My Beloved to Be Happy]]: At the very end.
* [[Identical Stranger]]: Masaya has two: one in a filler, one in the PlayStation game.
* [[Image Song]]: The five girls each get some, as does Ringo from the aforementioned game.
* [[Impossibly Cool Clothes]]
* [[Improbable Weapon User]]: Heart-shaped bells? Castanets?
* [[
* [[In a Single Bound]]
* [[Incredibly Lame Pun]]: The 4Kids dub throws a lot of these in. For example:
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* [[Instrument of Murder]]
* [[In the Name of
* [[Intimate Healing]]: Neko-Ichigo needs to kiss someone to turn human; also, {{spoiler|the Mu Aqua kiss.}}
* [[Joshikousei]]: Ichigo and Retasu wear seifuku
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* [[Love Dodecahedron]]: Ichigo is involved in one.
* [[Love-Obstructing Parents]]: Ichigo's father disapproves of Aoyama at first and challenges him to a kendo match. Ichigo intervenes, and convinces him to accept Aoyama.
** [[Let Her Grow Up, Dear]]: Sakura.
** [[Overprotective Dad]]: Shintarou.
* [[Love Triangle]]: Retasu in the anime. She takes the [[Tenchi Solution]].
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* [[Mid-Season Upgrade]]
* [[Mission Control]]: Ryou and Keiichirou.
* [[Missing Mom]]: Bu-ling's mom is dead. Before the series starts, this escalates to [[Parental Abandonment]].
* [[Monster of the Week]]: Chimera Anima.
* [[Mr. Exposition]]
* [[Mr. Vice Guy]]: A lot: Ichigo is a [[Big Eater|glutton]] who accepts the call only when Shirogane offers her free samples of his cafe's sweets; Aoyama is such a [[
* [[Murder the Hypotenuse]]: Poor, ''poor'' Masaya. He gets this in-universe from [[Stalker
* [[Musical Assassin]]: The Chimera Anima created from Mary [[Mc Guire]]’s spirit in Episode 6.
* [[My Significance Sense Is Tingling]]
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* [[Pink Girl, Blue Boy]]: Just guess.
* [[Planet of Steves]]: The "Three Beckys" in the dub.
* [[Playing
* [[Plot Tailored to
* [[Power Dyes Your Hair]] In the anime, the [[Adaptation Dye Job]] is undone when characters transform. Also, Blue Knight bleaches when he transforms.
* [[The Power of Love]]: The focus of Episode 47, mentioned in the title.
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* [[Redemption Equals Death]]
* [[Refrain From Assuming]]: The 4Kids songs. This has been somewhat fixed since the iTunes release of the soundtrack
** "Dance another Day" is not "Remember When."
* [[Refusal of the Call]]: Ichigo, Zakuro.
* [[Romantic Two-Girl Friendship]]: Minto, though she's bi, and Zakuro. Mostly anime-only, though. In the manga, Minto's affection towards Zakuro was nowhere near what it was made into for the animated series, though that might be because they get more screentime.
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* [[Science Marches On]]: According to the IUCN Red List, gray wolves are listed as "least concern". A couple of subspecies are endangered, but that's it. Finless Porpoises aren't considered endangered anymore, but are still vulnerable.
* [[Screw the Rules, I Have Money]]: Minto, Ryou.
* [[Screwed
* [[Secret Keeper]]
* [[Secret Test of Character]]: Zakuro attacks Minto during her [[Ten
* [[Sentai]]
* [[Sequel Hook]]
* [[Shipper
* [[Shojo|Shoujo]]
* [[Shout-Out]]: a ''[[Sailor Moon]]'' stage show appears in one episode.
* [[Something We Forgot]]: Episode 24, the one with the jewelry show, Bu-ling takes on one of the aliens to buy the rest of the team time. Fast forward, the fight is won, the jewelry show finishes and everyone is happy right? But wait, where's Bu-ling? Oh, she's still fighting with the alien [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshaded]] By the the aliens 'they seem to be having fun, lets leave them alone'
* [[So What Do We Do Now?]]: {{spoiler|Get married}}, apparently, at least in the manga.
* [[Spell My Name
* [[Stock Footage]]
* [[Superhero]]
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* [[Team Shot]]
* [[Team Spirit]]
* [[Ten
* [[Theme Naming]]
** [[Edible Theme Naming]]: Might be a bad idea to watch this series when you're hungry.
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* [[Title Drop]]
* [[The Tokyo Fireball]]
* [[Tokyo Is the Center of
* [[Tokyo Tower]]
* [[Totally Radical]]: The English translated manga.
* [[Transformation Is a Free Action]]: Subverted in Episode 45, when Quiche knocks Ichigo’s pendant out of her hand before she can finish transforming.
* [[True Love's Kiss]]
* [[Two-Timer Date]]: With the other party being a monster of the week...
* [[Unspoken Plan Guarantee]]: Averted in Episode 41; the Mew Mews besides Mew Lettuce completely describe their plan to deal with the fish Chimera Anima, and the plan works.
* [[Unusual Ears]]
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* [[Villains Out Shopping]]: Kisshu, Pai and Taruto eat parfaits near a fan while complaining about humans causing global warming.
* [[Vitriolic Best Buds]]: Ichigo and Minto often bicker, but are willing to help each other when necessary.
* [[Wake Up, Go to School, Save
* [[Wasn't That Fun?]]
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'''Ichigo:''' "One ride per customer!" }}
* [[Weddings in Japan]]: Manga ending.
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* [[What Could Have Been]] Creepy shoujo horror, anyone?
* [[What Is This Thing You Call Love?]]:
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'''Pai''': That’s... too embarrassing to explain. }}
* [[Winged Humanoid]]
* [[You Gotta Have Blue Hair]]
* [[You Have Failed Me...]]: Kisshu is replaced by Pai and Taruto for failing to kill the Mew Mews, and after {{spoiler|Deep Blue begins to awaken}}, Kisshu is cast aside.
* [[You Killed My Father]]: Ryou's parents were killed by a chimera. Goes farther in the anime, where ''the actual monster responsible'' is brought in near the end.
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