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The Hero of my life! Cure Knight appears! (私の人生の英雄！キュアナイト現れる！) is the first episode of Fairytale Pretty Cure!. This marks Mayu’s first transformation into Cure Knight.

Major events

 * This episode marks the debut of Fairytale Pretty Cure!.
 * Mayu Tatsukichi appears and transforms into Cure Knight for the first time.
 * Crystal Heart is performed for the first time.
 * Darky and Lauren appear for the first time.
 * Mayu’s parents, Mirai and Ritsu, along with Retsu appear for the first time.
 * Syoko Minase makes an appearance in this episode, although she and the others have been mentioned.

Summary
Meet Mayu, a girl who is very loyal lately. However, females of course lead her into serious problems, such as giving letters for longer minutes. Nothing bothers Mayu Tatsukichi of the team, of which is called Fairytale Pretty Cure!.

Synopsis
The episode opens up to the Tatsukichis’ house, where Mayu introduces the viewers to her family. Then, it cuts to Lauren, who flips out of places, and meets Mayu while bumping into her head and her family. Then, it cuts back to Mayu’s house, where Mayu and Lauren start to stare at each other.

Meanwhile, Darky is stealing the colour from the armour in the town. Mayu feels like she has to be the one to fight her opponent, Darky. Lauren then tells Mayu to charge in from her adventures.

Mayu gives Lauren some advice and while the dog fairy is looking for Darky, Mayu thinks of a new friend. The chase is on, and both Mayu and Lauren give chase while Darky poses. Mayu nudges Lauren.

Darky then charges forward but Mayu asks Lauren to form her transformation items. Then, Mayu’s PrePhone and transformation charm to appear. She transforms into Cure Knight and says “Oh yes”. This causes her power to appear. As the fight goes on, Cure Knight uses Crystal Heart for the first time. After tiring Darky, she kicks Darky to finish her off and blast her away.

Trivia

 * Cure Knight’s character song, The trip to the world, is played during this episode.
 * A free DVD with background info, toy advertisements and a dance lesson was given away at toystores. To receive it, customers had to say the codeword at the end of the first episode.