Mirage Pretty Cure

The Mirage Pretty Cures (ミラージュ プリキュア Miraju Purikyua) are the shadow-selves of the Heartcatch Pretty Cure. They appear as the Pretty Cures' opponents for their last test. The Mirage Cures disappear, then the Cures aknowledge both, their present and past personalities. After the ending of the test, the Cures become stronger, gain their Super Silhouette forms and are able to perform Heartcatch Orchestra.

The known Mirage Pretty Cures are Cure Blossom Mirage, Cure Marine Mirage, Cure Sunshine Mirage and Cure Moonlight Mirage and are the counterparts of Cure Blossom, Cure Marine, Cure Sunshine and Cure Moonlight.

Appearance
All Mirage Pretty Cures look like their original counterparts, just with darker hair and eye colors and have deeper, metallical voices. Though, unlike their counterparts, Cure Blossom Mirage and Cure Sunshine Mirage wear their hair down and Cure Marine Mirage has shorter hair than her counterpart.

All four Mirage Cures wear a black outfit with a long and opened white cloak. Cure Blossom Mirage and Cure Marine Mirage wear short dresses and high boots, while Cure Marine Mirage's boots are thigh-high. Cure Sunshine Mirage wear a uniform, which resembles Itsuki's school uniform for boys. And Cure Moonlight Moonlight wear a long dress. Every outfit includes the Mirage Cure's theme color.

Personality
The Mirage Pretty Cures are the shadow-selves of the originals, this means the past selves.

Cure Blossom Mirage: She is unconfident that Tsubomi is able to change herself and wants that Tsubomi should give up or she will ger hurt.

Cure Marine Mirage: She is jealous of Erika's sister Momoka as a fashion model and is angry of herself because she cannot reach her sister.

Cure Sunshine Mirage: She feels to be indepted by protecting Itsuki's older brother Satsuki and the Myoudouin style, for that she must keep her girlish side.

Cure Moonlight Mirage: She is depressed of letting Cologne dying and gives her own weakness as her fault.

Trivia

 * In the series, Cure Blossom Mirage is the only called Mirage Cure. And she called herself with this name.


 * The are the second dark Cure team, following the Dark Pretty Cure 5 from the movie Yes! Pretty Cure 5: Kagami no Kuni no Miracle Daibouken! and are followed by the Bad End Pretty Cure.