Happiness Charge Pretty Cure!: Ningyou no Kuni no Ballerina

Ballerina of the Doll Kingdom

Main information

Full Name

Happiness Charge Pretty Cure! The Movie Ballerina of the Doll Kingdom

Katakana

「映画ハピネスチャージプリキュア！人形の国のバレリーナ」

Rōmaji

Eiga Happiness Charge Pretty Cure! Ningyō no Kuni no Ballerina

Original Release

October 11^th, 2014

Director

Kon Chiaki

Screenplay

Narita Yoshimi

Animation
Director

Ota Kazuhiro

Character
Design

Sato Masayuki, Ota Kazuhiro

Art Director

Shibata Satoshi

Songs
Happiness Charge Pretty Cure! WOW! Party Has Come (Movie Ver.)

Series
Happiness Charge Pretty Cure!

Directions
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Doki Doki! Pretty Cure: Mana Kekkon!!? Mirai ni Tsunagu Kibō no Dress	Go! Princess Pretty Cure: Go! Go!! Gouka Sanbon Date!!!

Happiness Charge Pretty Cure!: Ballerina of the Doll Kingdom (映画ハピネスチャージプリキュア！人形の国のバレリーナ Happiness Charge Pretty Cure!: Ningyō no Kuni no Barerīna)^? is the 17^th Pretty Cure movie produced by Toei Animation. The movie was released in Japanese cinemas on October 11^th, 2014. The Blu-ray and DVD version of the movie was released on March 18^th, 2015.

Summary[]

The prelude takes place when a Saiark attacks and Funassyi and the civilians panic. Gratefully, the Cures arrived to defeat the Saiark to perform Happiness Big Bang, but with the help of the Miracle Lights given by Ribbon and Glasan. Outside of the victory of the Cures, a girl surrounded in the hospital room is consumed by despair, before suddenly, hears a deep voice, willing to make her happy.

One day, after Megumi and the others help put on a Snow White puppet show at a nursery, she finds a fancy doll that doesn't belong to the nursery. The doll springs into life and introduces herself as Tsumugi, claiming that her homeland, the Doll Kingdom, was under siege by the Saiarks. So, she takes the girls, especially Sagara Seiji, to the Doll Kingdom to explore.

Ribbon calls Blue, who was curious about the title of "Doll Kingdom", before being captured by a dark element from his mirror. The girls encountered and fought against a windmill-inspired Saiark. Cure Lovely uses her Pinky Love Shoot to finish off the Saiark; despite their victory, Ribbon can't sneeze out the PreCards, with puzzled reactions for everyone, but Tsumugi and the dolls. Tsumugi happily invites the Cures to a celebratory party, while meeting Prince Zeke, whom Hime has an instant monster crush on. The girls enjoy the party, but Yuko and Iona figure out that the Doll Kingdom's Saiark is no ordinary enemy and that something is amiss, hidden in this kingdom. While located outside of the castle, Seiji was ambushed by Bee Saiarks and was cocooned to transform into a doll, now found by Tsumugi.

Tsumugi invites Megumi to chat outside the ballroom. When Megumi explains how fun the Doll Kingdom is, Tsumugi grows upset and runs off to a room where Megumi finally locates the Saiark. More Saiarks appear at the same time as Cure Princess, Prince Zeke, Cure Honey, and Cure Fortune. Megumi pleads her to escape, but she have learned that Tsumugi is the one who possesses control of the Saiarks. Connecting to Tsumugi's melancholic story, it is revealed that Zeke and the other doll residents are the dolls belonging to Tsumugi, as Hime's love life was permanently torn apart.

In a flashback, Tsumugi adores performing ballet in the real world; but with an invisible accident, she was unable to move her legs and was taken to the hospital, shutting herself off from her friends and family. She reveals to be the girl from the prelude and follows the voice that belongs to one of the commanders from the Phantom Empire, Black Fang. The Doll Kingdom was a man-made world invented by Black Fang himself, so he could make Tsumugi gain the ability to walk and dance forever, forgetting her worries in the real world she was currently living. Black Fang warns her that the Pretty Cure is the Doll Kingdom's enemy; and if he dies, the kingdom will fade from existence.

The Cures retreated, and Lovely laments that she was unable to help Tsumugi walk and dance again in the real world, but the Cures encouraged her to help her, until returning to the castle. Together, they try to show Tsumugi what she truly needs to be happy, but they are all ensnared by Black Fang, who truthfully reveals that he stole Tsumugi's ability to dance, creating power based on her despair. Zeke and the dolls reside for Tsumugi and the Cures, sacrificing themselves to create her new happiness, freeing all of the Cures, and allowing Megumi to reach Tsumugi. Stating her firm desire to help her, Megumi helps Tsugumi realize there are things besides dancing that bring her happiness and stop her flow of despair, freeing the captured Seiji and Blue in the process.

Black Fang summons enough despair to pollute the real world and evolves into a much more powerful ego. Blue warns every person on Earth to use the Miracle Lights to power up the Cures, but Black Fang's powerful despair shields the path of the Miracle Lights. To break through the dark barrier, Megumi's undying determination gives Tsumugi the strength to turn her despair into hope, allowing the Miracle Lights and the Shining Make Dresser reach to Megumi, who transforms into Super Happiness Lovely and defeats Black Fang alongside the other Cures.

After assuring Megumi that she does have the power to make everyone happy, Tsumugi returns to the real world and regains the use of her legs, finally able to dance the way she wants again. The girls and Seiji visit Tsumugi's dance recital at the conclusion.

Characters[]

Pretty Cure[]

Mascots[]

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Trivia[]

Super Happiness Lovely uses Miracle Love Motion for the first and only time in this movie.
Cure Fortune uses Tambourine Ring and Thunder Volt for the first and only time in this movie.
Although the Cures transform into their Innocent Forms during the dance scene of the ending credits, they do not actually transform into said forms in the actual movie.
In partnership with the Japan Foundation in Manila and Animahenasyon, an animation festival hosted in the Philippines, the film was screened in two virtual events on November 10 and 14, 2020, that only citizens of the Philippines could access. The film's subtitle was translated into English as "Ballerina of the Doll Kingdom." They also hosted a virtual talk with film director Kon Chiaki after the first screening.^[1]