User blog:Jmcdavid/How it Started

Okay, I have heard people describe Pretty Cure as the love child of Dragon Ball Z and Sailor Moon, having fight scenes from the former in a magical girl series like the latter, and I think I know the reason for that. It revolves around two fight scenes from early on in the franchise.

First, there was episode 42 of Futari wa Pretty Cure where Cure Black, all on her own, saved Cure White from being consumed by darkness.



If you know anything about what the fight scenes in Dragon Ball Z are like, I'm sure you can see the similarities between it and that scene.

But then there was this scene from, I believe it was episode 48 of Futari wa Pretty Cure Splash Star, where Cures Bright and Windy, along with the Kiryuu sisters, were fighting against Goyan.



There was an aerial battle, and powerful blasts of energy were being launched by both sides, and neither one refused to give in. I think this was what caused the analogy to really become a thing.