Pretty Cure! Open My Heart!


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Pretty Cure! Open My Heart! (プリキュア！オープンマイハート！, Pretty Cure! Open My Heart!^?) is the official transformation phrase for Heartcatch Pretty Cure!.

In order to activate the transformation, Tsubomi, Erika and Itsuki need their Heart Perfumes and their respective Heart Seeds provided by their mascot partners, while Yuri needs the Heart Pot.

List of Sequences & First Appearances[]

HPC01	Cure Blossom	Cure Marine	Cure Sunshine	Cure Moonlight
HPC03	Cure Blossom	Cure Marine	Cure Sunshine	Cure Moonlight
HPC04	Cure Blossom	Cure Marine	Cure Sunshine	Cure Moonlight
HPC23	Cure Blossom	Cure Marine	Cure Sunshine	Cure Moonlight
HPC25	Cure Blossom	Cure Marine	Cure Sunshine	Cure Moonlight
HPC33	Cure Blossom	Cure Marine	Cure Sunshine	Cure Moonlight
HPC36	Cure Blossom	Cure Marine	Cure Sunshine	Cure Moonlight
HPC47	Cure Blossom	Cure Marine	Cure Sunshine	Cure Moonlight
HPC48	Cure Blossom	Cure Marine	Cure Sunshine	Cure Moonlight

Sequences[]

Tsubomi to Cure Blossom[]

The sequence begins when she holds up her Heart Perfume and the top part slides down. Chypre then creates her Heart Seed and Tsubomi shouts "Pretty Cure! Open My Heart!" She inserts the seed into her Heart Perfume and the transformation begins. She then sprays her perfume around, forming first her dress, then her boots and finally her bracelets. Then her hair turns bright pink and lengthens into a ponytail. She sprays the top of her hair and her hair bow and earrings appear. She puts her perfume to her skirt and it becomes encased in a white and pink bag. She jumps down and introduces herself.

Erika to Cure Marine[]

The sequence begins when she holds up her Heart Perfume and the top part slides down. Coffret creates her Heart Seed and she shouts "Pretty Cure! Open My Heart!" She inserts the seed into her Heart Perfume and the transformation starts. She then sprays the perfume all around forming her dress, shoes and bracelets. Her hair then turns neon blue and gets longer. She creates her hair ornaments and earrings with her perfume. She puts her perfume to her lower body and is encased in a little pink and white-colored bag. She spins, and lands on the ground, and then introduces herself.

Itsuki to Cure Sunshine[]

The sequence begins when she holds up her Shiny Perfume and the top part slides down. Her hair becomes longer, and Potpourri creates her Heart Seed for her. Then Itsuki shouts "Pretty Cure! Open my Heart!" She inserts the seed into the Shiny Perfume and transformation begins. She then sprays the perfume all around, tossing it around as she goes. Her top, skirt, boots and bracelets appear. Then her hair color changes to bright yellow and becomes styled into twintails as her hair ornaments and earrings appear. She puts her perfume to her skirt and it transforms to little pink and white colored bag. She spins and kicks around and introduces herself.

Yuri to Cure Moonlight[]

First, the Heart Pot explodes, leaving only the lid, and her Heart Seed becomes a complete one. She grabs the lid and shouts "Pretty Cure! Open My Heart!" She then inserts the seed into it and turns the button around and then her face is reflected in the Heart Pot's mirror. The Mirror sparkles and the transformation starts. She spins around in a flurry of purple rose petals as her costume appears. She then flies down in her full outfit as her hair turns light purple. She puts the lid to her breast and it turns into a rose brooch with the Heartcatch insignia and she flips part of her bangs, which sharpens before introducing herself.

Transformation speech[]

Japanese[]

Mascots: プリキュアの種、いく～です！
All: プリキュア！オープン・マイ・ハート！
Cure Blossom: 大地に咲く一輪の花、キュアブロッサム！
Cure Marine: 海風に揺れる一輪の花、キュアマリン！
Cure Sunshine: 陽の光浴びる一輪の花、キュアサンシャイン！
Cure Moonlight: 月光に冴える一輪の花、キュアムーンライト！
All: ハートキャッチプリキュア！

Romanization[]

Mascots: Purikyua no tane, iku ~desu!
All: Purikyua! Ōpen Mai Hāto!
Cure Blossom: Daichi ni saku ichirin no hana, Kyua Burossamu!
Cure Marine: Umikaze ni yureru ichirin no hana, Kyua Marin!
Cure Sunshine: Hi no hikari abiru ichirin no hana, Kyua Sanshain!
Cure Moonlight: Gekkou ni saeru ichirin no hana, Kyua Mūnraito!
All: Hātokyacchi Purikyua!

Literal Translation[]

Mascots: Go forth, Pretty Cure Seeds ~desu!
All: Pretty Cure! Open my heart!
Cure Blossom: The flower that blooms upon the earth, Cure Blossom!
Cure Marine: The flower that sways in the sea breeze, Cure Marine!
Cure Sunshine: The flower that bathes in the rays of the sun, Cure Sunshine!
Cure Moonlight: The flower that gleams in the light of the moon, Cure Moonlight!
All: Heartcatch Pretty Cure!

Key Animators[]

Sequence	Animator(s)
Cure Blossom	Umakoshi Yoshihiko
Cure Marine	Unknown
Cure Sunshine	Naotoshi Shida
Cure Moonlight	Otsuka Ken

Trivia[]

This is the first transformation to have the Cures wearing glowing dresses instead of having glowing bodies.
In episode 24, Itsuki's individual transformation along with Tsubomi and Erika's introductory speeches is shown instead of a group transformation, which does not appear until the next episode.
In episode 25, there is a spinning effect in the background when the Cures shout out the transformation phrase.
In episode 39, Erika's transformation is revised to feature smoother animation and different colors during her introductions.
Since Yuri lost her Heart Perfume, Cure Moonlight's transformation is the shortest.
Cure Flower's introduction is shown in episode 44, but her full transformation sequence is never shown.
When a Cure gets severly damaged by the opponent, she would return in her human form with the glowing dress she gains before the transformation. However, when Moonlight was damaged by Dark Pretty Cure in episode 1 and Cure Flower by Dune in a flashback in episode 32, their hair remain the same as the one with their Cure alter ego. This is not true however during in-season events.
In earlier episodes, Tsubomi and Erika transformed together in one scene if they were together to begin with. The same sequence is also used in group transformations. The only time this sequence was not used in a group transformation was in Tropical-Rouge! Pretty Cure: Yuki no Princess to Kiseki no Yubiwa!.
The beginning of the full group sequence and the Cures' introductions are shown in episode 33 of Tropical-Rouge! Pretty Cure.
According to series director Nagamine Tatsuya, the transformation bank for Cure Sunshine totaled to around 5,000 drawings, making it one of the highest counts for a scene in the franchise. He also said they drew around 25 different storyboards (pp. 1075, 1084).^{^[1]}
According to animator Shida Naotoshi, who did the key animation for Cure Sunshine's transformation, the idea of spinning items in the scene was inspired by the 1988 Tom Cruise film, "Cocktail."^{^[2]}