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The seventh entry in the ''[[Pretty Cure (Anime)|Pretty Cure]]'' series, and the first since ''[[Futari wa Pretty Cure Splash Star (Anime)|Futari wa Pretty Cure Splash Star]]'' to use a pair of Cures as the main characters.

It turns out that Tsubomi is a [[The Chosen One|perfect candidate]] to take up the Pretty Cure power as Cure Blossom... perfect in every area except actual competence, giving her the title of [[This Loser Is You|The Weakest Pretty Cure Ever]]. However, driven by her desire to change and protect those around her, Tsubomi slowly begins to improve herself.

** We see Tsubomi wears a shirt with a numeral 7 on it in the first episode and at other times throughout the series; later we see Erika wearing a similar one. It's either because this is the seventh Precure series or because the first name of Tsubomi's voice actor is Nana, which means seven in Japanese. Nana Mizuki is the most famous actor in the show's credits.

{{quote| '''Cure Blossom:''' Not only did you hurt Erika-san, you even trampled the flowers. [[This Means War|I've... I'VE HAD ENOUGH!]]}}

** Mayu Kudou has done this before in ''[[Yes! Pretty Cure 5 (Anime)|Yes Pretty Cure 5]]'' (which she sang the [[Anime Theme Song]] of) with Kanako Miyamoto (singer for that season's [[Ending Theme|Ending Themes]]).

* [[Crap Saccharine World]]: For all the bright, vivid colors and cutesy outfits, the series is mostly spent with the public at large being blissfully unaware that [[The End of the World Asas We Know It]] is barely being held at bay by four inexperienced teenagers. Also see [[Darker and Edgier]] below.

* [[Dancing Theme]]: The 3D CGI from ''[[Fresh Pretty Cure (Anime)|Fresh]]'' makes a return, and is more complex than last time. An entire ''mosh pit'' was rendered for the first ending.

* [[Darker and Edgier]]: After 49 episodes, some of which contains {{spoiler|[[Parental Abandonment]] and its consequences, [[Dead Partner|a dead fairy partner]] [[Disappears Into Light|which then gets]] [[Deader Than Dead]], [[Cain and Abel|ultra-violent sibling rivalry]], people forced into comas and made into mentally-unbalanced soldiers for alien forces, and several on-screen character deaths including a main character's long-lost father, which was sort-of betraying her}}, it's safe to say that this is [[What Do You Mean It's for Kids?|the darkest iteration]] of ''[[Pretty Cure (Anime)|Pretty Cure]]'' since ''[[Futari wa Pretty Cure Splash Star (Anime)|Futari wa Pretty Cure Splash Star]]''. It remains to be seen if ''[[Suite Pretty Cure (Anime)|Suite Pretty Cure]]'' keeps the pattern going.

** [[Defied]] in episode 49. When you're not the [[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann (Anime)|Dai-Gurren-dan]], the proper reaction to seeing a giant [[Eldritch Abomination]] from outer space pummeling your planet with impunity is to tremble in despair. However, [[Plucky Girl|Erika]] instead decides that the Cures must fight it, [[Refuge in Audacity|what with being "14-year old beautiful superheroines"]].

* [[Dressing Asas the Enemy]]: In episode 47. And it works!

* [[The End of the World Asas We Know It]]: {{spoiler|Episode 45. Dune kills the Heart Tree, turning the entire world into a desert.}}

* [[Excited Episode Title]]: 90% of the episodes use this some of them are extreme in the spoiler department, even if said development is in the last 5 seconds of the episode.

** [[Evil Twin]]: The mirage counterparts the Cures face in their Super Silhouette test.

** Sayaka in episode 3 is into soccer, and looks a lot like Rin from ''[[Yes! Pretty Cure 5 (Anime)|Yes Pretty Cure 5]]''. Lampshaded in episode 21 when Potpourri is scouting for the third Pretty Cure, and tells her there have been soccer-playing Cures before.

** Prior to the show's premiere, some people thought Tsubomi and Erika resembled [[Fushigi BoshiFushigiboshi no Futago HimeFutagohime|Fine and Rein]], mainly because of the theme colors.

** Way too many people compare Erika's older sister Momoka to [[Fresh Pretty Cure (Anime)|Miki]], right down to her being a fashion model.

* [[Gay Paree]]: The setting of [[The Movie]]. It's the first time a ''[[Pretty Cure (Anime)|Pretty Cure]]'' movie, not counting the [[Pretty Cure All Stars (Anime)|two All-Stars movies]], takes place on Earth instead of in some fantastical land.

* [[Gospel Revival Number]]: The second ED, "Tomorrow Song ~[[Ashita no Uta~]]".

* [[Good Eyes, Evil Eyes]]: Tsubomi, Erika and Itsuki are all doe-eyed to signal their status as heroines. On the other hand, Yuri's eyes start out narrow, but become larger once she regains her ability to transform into Cure Moonlight and starts bonding with the other Cures.

* [[Heir to Thethe Dojo]]: Itsuki; it's the reason she has to dress as a boy.

* [[Implausible Fencing Powers]]: Kumojaki's [[Beam Spam|power-up attacks]] with the Dark Bracelet are pretty out there.

* [[Improbable Weapon User]]: Cobraja throws exploding photos, a la [[X -Men|a certain Cajun.]]

* [[Legacy Character]]: Other ''[[Pretty Cure (Anime)|Pretty Cure]]'' series had hinted at this, but ''Heartcatch'' is the first to actually show it, with Tsubomi's grandmother being a former Precure. {{spoiler|The very last shot of the series hints that Futaba has become a Cure herself in a few years.}}

* [[Love At First Sight]]: According to Episode 9, Tsubomi's parents met that way.

* [[Megaton Punch]]: {{spoiler|Infinity Silhouette's attack.}}

* [[Never Mess Withwith Granny]]: Kaoruko Hanasaki, Tsubomi's grandmother, not only won a prominent karate tournament when younger, but was also a former Pretty Cure. {{spoiler|Cure Flower makes a triumphant reappearance in episode 44.}}

* [["On the Next Episode of..." Catchphrase]]: "We'll catch everyone's hearts!" uttered by Tsubomi and Erika.

* [[One-Winged Angel]]: The final form of Dune in episode 49, an [[Attack of the Fifty 50-Foot Whatever|enormous giant man]] in outer space.

* [[One-Scene Wonder]]: [[Hot Mom|Keiko Ban]], who so far only appeared in a single scene from episode 18 but has an oddly disproportional quantity of fanart.

* [[Plot- Based Photograph Obfuscation]]: Nanami's mother.

* [[Punctuated! forFor! Emphasis!]]: "THIS! IS! TSUBOMI!"

* [[Real Is Brown]]: Like in ''[[Yes! Pretty Cure 5 (Anime)|Yes Pretty Cure 5]]'', most of Tsubomi and Erika's classmates have brownish hair, the only exceptions being Sayaka Uejima and episode 15's Hiroto, both having very bright red hair.

* [[SeriesMedia Franchise]]

** Floral Power Fortissimo is basically a very girly [[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann (Anime)|Giga Drill Breaker]] - projectiles are thrown to hold the enemy in place, complete with a colorful background (just like the galaxy background), then the girls charge at the enemy as the finishing blow, piercing through its "heart". Then, it floats for a second, while the girls strike a pose, at which point it explodes in a mushroom cloud.

** The [[Mooks|Sunacky]] can only speak high-pitched "eeee!" sounds like Shocker soldiers from ''[[Kamen Rider (TV series)|Kamen Rider]]''.

* [[Spell My Name Withwith an "S"]]: Coffret is pretty easy to figure out, but Chypre had to be vindicated by a trading card after dozens of spellings. Cobraja/Cobrager/Kobraj and Kumojaki/Kumojacky continue to be debated by fans.

* [[Talk to Thethe Fist]]: Cure Marine to Kumojacky in episode 46. Also doubles as [[Shut UP, Hannibal]].

** [[Transformation Is a Free Action]]: It's a [[Magical Girl]] series. And it's ''[[Pretty Cure (Anime)|Pretty Cure]]'', to boot.

* [[Trauma Conga Line]]: Yuri. Before the series even begins, she {{spoiler|loses her beloved fairy partner after he pulls a [[Heroic Sacrifice]] to save her life}} and suffers a [[Heroic BSOD|crippling]] loss to Dark Pretty Cure. Then comes the final arc, where she is hit by a machine-gun volley of traumatic revelations and events: {{spoiler|Sabaku is her [[Disappeared Dad]]; Dark Pretty Cure is her genetic younger sister created by her [[Brainwashed]] father ''specifically'' to kill Yuri; Dark Pretty Cure (her younger sister) ''dies'' at Yuri's hands; her father ''leaves Yuri'' to comfort the [[Evil Knockoff]] in her dying moments; and her father '''is murdered in front of Yuri''' by the [[Big Bad]]}}. And she still manages to hold it together enough to [[Save the World]] with nothing more than [[Lady of War|grit]] and [[The Power of Friendship]]. You would think that the series would [[Throw the Dog Aa Bone|give Yuri come kind of compensation or reward]] for all the losses she's suffered, but [[Bittersweet Ending|no]].

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