Latte (ラテ )? is one of the main fairies in Healin' Good♥Pretty Cure. She is a puppy-like fairy who ends her sentences with "~latte" (「~ラテ」 )? and is the Princess of the Healing Garden. She later becomes Asumi's fairy partner.
Bio
Appearance
Latte resembles a small light beige dog with big purple eyes that have a single lash and pink cheeks. Her puffy ears are adorned with pastel purple bows and on her forehead is a gold heart ornament with a pale blue middle that will turn yellow when she is sick. At her neck is a fuchsia bow with a light pink flower ornament.
Personality
She is a friendly and naive puppy-like fairy who loves to nap. But sometimes she has a bad habit of wandering off on her own, which is a trait that worries her caretakers a lot. She sometimes gets lonely rather easily. Despite her young age, she cares deeply for her friends and will do anything for them before focusing on herself.
Relationships
- Fuurin Asumi: A spirit who rescues her after hearing Queen Teatinu's prayer, and later becomes her partner.
- Queen Teatinu: Latte loves her mother, but gets spoiled by her mother quite frequently. She also aspires to help heal the Earth like Queen Teatinu.
- Rabirin, Pegitan, and Nyatoran: Latte has a very good relationship with the rest of her Healing Animal friends and even acts as their little sister.
- Hanadera Nodoka: Her major caretaker who she adores greatly.
- Hanadera Yasuko: Latte takes a huge liking to Yasuko, and once got upset when Yasuko resumed working.
Etymology
Latte is an Italian word that means "coffee and milk"[1]. When her romanized name split into two (ra-te) is spelled backwards, it becomes Tera (テラ )? which is similar to "Terra", Latin for "Earth".
Abilities
Latte hasn't gained the ability to speak yet, but by using a stethoscope, you can hear her inner voice. However, she can occasionally speak without the use of it. She can detect when Byogens infect the Earth, like her mother Queen Teatinu, but when she uses too much power, she becomes very weak and sickly. She can, however, fail to detect the Byogens' presence if she becomes severely ill.
Towards the end of the season, she is revealed to have the ability to heal others, as she uses her powers to restore the Cures' strength after they used most of it to defeat Neo King Byogen. Her speaking has also started improving, and she starts learning how to fly like the three Healing Animals.
History
Latte leaves her mother, Queen Teatinu behind to depart for Earth. But once there, she falls sick because she senses the presence of a Megabyogen. Thankfully Hanadera Nodoka finds her and hopes to help her. After Nodoka is granted the powers to become Cure Grace with Rabirin and saves the Flower Element Spirit, Latte manages to recover. HGPC01 Shortly afterwards, she is accepted into the Hanadera household.HGPC02
When Yasuko goes back to work, Latte is lonely and restless. As Nyatoran opens the window so they can play, Latte uses this as a chance to run off and find Yasuko. Nodoka, Chiyu and Hinata come across her after she finds the delivery company Yasuko works for and tells the girls that she misses Yasuko who used to give her pats. Yasuko also reminds her of her own mother. Latte suddenly becomes ill after the Fruit Element Spirit is infected, but gets healed after the girls put the Fruit Element Bottle on her collar. HGPC06
Latte falls severely ill after the three Byogen generals summon multiple Megabyogens. Her condition only worsens as the Cures are unable to defeat them. HGPC10 Fortunately, she recovers after the Cures activate their newest group attack which produces a new Element Bottle, the Miracle Healing Bottle, for her. HGPC11
When Daruizen attacks with a strong Megabyogen, Latte is sick as per usual but instead of worrying about herself, Latte is more concerned about Rabirin and Nodoka. She manages to get the two to apologize to each other so they could purify the Megabyogen. HGPC15
After suffering from a cold, Latte struggles to recover. She begins to miss her mother as well, and feels like she is burdening the girls. HGPC18 When Batetemoda infects the Wind Element Spirit and the three Cures end up being held hostage, Latte struggles to help, only to be captured by Batetemoda. Suddenly, a mysterious ancient Cure, through her mother's prayer, appears and rescues her. The girl then tries to heal her by creating a special Element Bottle, but it doesn't do much.HGPC19 Then the spirit girl tries to take Latte back to the Healing Garden, but after Latte tells the spirit about her wish on wanting to stay and heal the Earth, they become partners for the first time, and Earth helps her to defeat Batetemoda.HGPC20
Asumi later wants to protect Latte from harm and stay with her, but Latte runs off after feeling uncomfortable over how overprotective Asumi is. When she meets up with Asumi again, she seems reluctant to interact with her, which makes Asumi sad. After Asumi expresses her care and promises to prioritize her feelings first, Latte reconciles with her. HGPC22
After the final battle against King Byogen, Latte heals the Cures. Sometime later she returns to the Healing Garden with the three Healing Animals and Asumi. HGPC44 When Nodoka, Chiyu and Hinata visit the Healing Garden, she has learned how to fly and has also gotten better at speaking, though she misnames Rabirin. Later, when the Cures struggle to fight against the Sweet Bun Megabyogens, Latte summons Cure Summer to help them. She bids the three girls farewell when they depart. HGPC45
Songs
Latte's voice actor, Shiraishi Haruka has participated in one image song for the character she voices. She sings this image song as a duet with Mimori Suzuko, the voice of Fuurin Asumi.
Duets
- The Wind's Sympathy (Along with Mimori Suzuko)
Trivia
- Latte's birthday is on November 1st, making her star sign Scorpio.
- A dog plush very similar in design to Latte was shown in Hikaru's room in the final episode of Star☆Twinkle Pretty Cure.
- It is implied that Latte is afraid of water. HGPC03
- The Element Bottles can heal Latte from the Byogens' infections, but not from regular illnesses, such as a cold.HGPC19
- Latte is the only Healin' Good fairy who doesn't fuse with her Pretty Cure partner's weapon.
Gallery
- Main Page: Latte/Image Gallery
References
V • EMascots | ||
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Futari wa (Max Heart) |
Mepple • Mipple • Pollun • (Lulun) | |
Splash Star | Flappy • Choppy • Moop • Foop | |
Yes! 5 (GoGo!) |
Coco • Nuts • Milk • Pinkies • (Syrup) • (Mailpo) | |
Fresh! | Tarte • Chiffon • Azukina • Pickruns | |
Heartcatch! | Chypre • Coffret • Coupe • Potpourri • Cologne | |
Suite♪ | Hummy • Siren • Fairy Tones | |
Smile! | Candy • Pop | |
Doki Doki! | Sharuru • Raquel • Lance • Dabyi • Ai | |
Happiness Charge! | Ribbon • Glasan • Aloalo • PhanPhan | |
Go! Princess | Pafu • Aroma • Miss Shamour • Kuroro | |
Mahou Tsukai! | Mofurun • Ha-chan • Chikurun | |
KiraKira☆A La Mode | Pekorin • Chourou • Kirarin • Pikario | |
HUGtto! | Hugtan • Hariham Harry | |
Star☆Twinkle | Fuwa • Prunce | |
Healin' Good | Rabirin • Pegitan • Nyatoran • Latte | |
Tropical-Rouge! | Kururun | |
Delicious Party | Kome-Kome • Pam-Pam • Mem-Mem | |
Hirogaru Sky! | Ellee-chan • Tsubasa | |
Wonderful | Niko • Mey Mey • Kirarin Animals | |
All Stars | (Fuu-chan) • EnEn • Gureru • Yumeta • Maamu • Sakura • Puca |