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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.

 

 

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.

** [[The Big Guy]]- Pudding

** [[The Smart Guy]]- Zakuro

* [[Flower Motifs]]: The first chapter of the manga gives every girl a different flower background.

* [[Genetic Engineering Is the New Nuke]]

* [[Get a Hold of Yourself, Man!]]: Mew Mint to Mew Ichigo in episode 50

* [[Hide Your Lesbians]]: Minto and Zakuro.

* [[High School AU]]: ''Petite Mew Mew'' is a kindergarten AU.

* [[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.

* [[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:

* [[Jumped At the Call]]: Minto and Bu-ling

* [[Kid Appeal Character]]: Bu-ling and Ringo.

* [[Late for School]]: ...And dates, and work, and...

* [[Loves My Alter Ego]]

** Korea: ''Berry Berry Mew Mew''

** Italy: ''Mew Mew Amiche Vincenti''

* [[Meaningful Name]]: All the main characters' surnames have their theme colours in them. So why is the "ai" in "Aizawa Minto" "dark blue", while "blue" is the "ao" in "Aoyama Masaya"? Well, there's a reason for that, too.

* [[Meido]]: Minto has her own personal maid squadron, although none of them are fetishy.

* [[Shipper On Deck]]: The other Mew Mews ship Ichigo/Aoyama and, in one episode, Retasu/Edomurasaki.

* [[Shojo|Shoujo]]

* [[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.

* [[Stock Footage]]

* [[Superhero]]

* [[Surprisingly Good English]]

* [[Team Shot]]

* [[Team Spirit]]

* [[Vitriolic Best Buds]]: Ichigo and Minto often bicker, but are willing to help each other when necessary.

* [[Wake Up, Go to School, Save The World]]

{{quote| '''Bu-ling:''' "Let's do that again!"<br />

'''Ichigo:''' "One ride per customer!" }}

* [[Weddings in Japan]]: Manga ending.

* [[What Could Have Been]] Creepy shoujo horror, anyone?

* [[What Is This Thing You Call Love?]]: