Mirage Pretty Cure (ミラージュプリキュア Mirāju Purikyua)? are the shadow-selves of the Heartcatch Pretty Cure!, created by the Heartcatch Mirage. They appear as opponents for the Pretty Cure's final test.
The known Mirage Cures are Cure Blossom Mirage, Cure Marine Mirage, Cure Sunshine Mirage and Cure Moonlight Mirage. They are the counterparts of Cure Blossom, Cure Marine, Cure Sunshine and Cure Moonlight, respectively. After resolving the test, the Mirage Pretty Cure merge with their counterparts, whom they were a part of originally.
Appearances[]
The Mirage Cures look like their counterparts, but with darker hair and eye colors. Blossom Mirage and Sunshine Mirage wear their hair down, while Marine's Mirage looks like her normal self, Erika.
All four Mirage Cures wear a black outfit with a long, open white cloak and accents of their respective Cure's colors, with some variations. Blossom and Marine wear short dresses with high boots (Marine's boots are thigh-length), while Sunshine's outfit resembles the boys' school uniform worn by Itsuki. Moonlight Mirage wears a long skirt.
Personalities[]
The Mirage Cures are reflections of the Cures' past selves.
Cure Blossom Mirage (キュアブロッサムミラージュ Kyua Burossamu Mirāju): She is unconfident that Tsubomi can change to become a more confident and open person. She tries to convince her to just give up since she will only be hurt by others.
Cure Marine Mirage (キュアマリンミラージュ Kyua Marin Mirāju): She is jealous of Momoka's beauty and success as a fashion model, and is disheartened that she cannot measure up to her.
Cure Sunshine Mirage (キュアサンシャインミラージュ Kyua Sanshain Mirāju): She feels indebted to suppress her girlish side in order to protect Itsuki's older brother Satsuki and the future of the Myoudouin family dojo.
Cure Moonlight Mirage (キュアムーンライトミラージュ Kyua Mūnraito Mirāju): She regrets letting Cologne die and believes her own weakness is at fault.
History[]
Dune, the leader of the Desert Apostles, sends a Desert Devil to Earth. This creature has the ability to transform the entire planet into a desert. In order to become stronger, the Pretty Cure team has to undergo the ultimate test to rightfully obtain the Heartcatch Mirage. Inside the Pretty Cure Palace, the Heartcatch Mirage takes each member of the team into separate dimensions to face their Mirage counterparts.
Each member fights alone against their Mirage counterpart and realizes that they are fighting their past selves. Cure Marine, Cure Sunshine, and Cure Moonlight are able to accept their past selves and move forward with their newly made resolutions. They successfully pass the trial and merge with their Mirage selves. Cure Blossom struggles to find her definite resolution, causing a delay for the other Pretty Cure members. However, she eventually overcomes her struggle and passes the trial. As a result, the Pretty Cure obtain their Super Silhouette forms, which they use to defeat the Desert Devil.
Mirage Dimensions[]
The Pretty Cure face the Mirage Pretty Cure in four different and separate dimensions. The respective places are modeled after the Pretty Cure's personality. The places of Cure Blossom Mirage, Cure Marine Mirage and Cure Moonlight Mirage have a night sky with a new moon. However, Cure Sunshine Mirage's place has a bright sunny sky.
Cure Blossom Mirage's dimension is an area with many cherry blossom trees. This place represents Cure Blossom's love for flowers and her blooming character development.
Cure Marine Mirage's dimension is a sea with some pillars. The infinitely wide sea represents Cure Marine's heart.
Cure Sunshine Mirage's dimension is a sunflower field which represents Cure Sunshine's sunny personality.
Cure Moonlight Mirage's dimension is full of silver and purple roses which represents Cure Moonlight's cold and beautiful personality.
Trivia[]
- In the series, Cure Blossom Mirage is the only Mirage Pretty Cure to have stated her name.
- The Mirage Pretty Cures are the second instance where the concept of an antagonistic Pretty Cure team is used. The first instance was in the movie Yes! Pretty Cure 5: Kagami no Kuni no Miracle Daibouken!, with the Dark Pretty Cure 5, and the third was in Smile Pretty Cure! with the Bad End Pretty Cure. However, unlike the Dark Pretty Cure 5, who began as evil but later redeemed themselves, and the Bad End Pretty Cure, were rotten to the core, the Mirage Pretty Cure were created as tests for the real Pretty Cure to overcome to obtain their Super Silhouette forms. They do not have evil intentions, despite opposing them.
- It is possible that there are many other Mirage Cures, since the Mirage Cures are created by the Heartcatch Mirage, and statues of past Pretty Cure exist in the Pretty Cure Palace.
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