Dream Animals

"Don't say that, you bastard!"

A **Dream Animal** (Japanese: **ドリームアニマル**) is a magical "animal" who lives in Yumesora, being (along with Kyubey) the series' version of the traditional "magical girl mascot." In the official setting, they're born and created by the Shimmering Stars. In the anime, they are ruled by their queen. They are known to partner up with Creatures and work with them on finding sweet dreams and accomplishing magical quests.

## Biology

The Dream Animals are magical beings usually based on various animals, mostly domesticated species. Their stature is generally very small, though most Dream Animals are only slightly taller than an adult human's shin.

Most Dream Animals can stand and walk on two legs and use their forepaws/fore-whatever to grab or hold things (despite not having any visible fingers), even if their real-life animal counterpart is incapable of such. Even so, some Dream Animals prefer going on a four-legged stance as a means of locomotion and/or transportation. The most notable examples of this are Tilly and Alira, who usually walk on all fours.

Dream Animals are omnivorous like Humans, independently of their species. They can eat human-processed food without ill effects, but suffer the same health problems if they abuse one type of food.

All Dream Animals are rational animals, and their level of intelligence has the same range as those of humans. They are also all capable of human speech, albeit with a few exceptions (such as Kyu and Myu).

Each Dream Animal's accessories are made of cosmic dust (also known as stardust), some of after which they are named. These accessories are called Dream Weapons, and they are what gives Dream Animals their magical power.

## Behavior

Dream Animals are rational and social animals. When left to their own devices, they will construct a society very similar to those of Creatures, which includes education and entertainment. They also have mindsets similar to Creatures but in a more simplistic and childish way due to isolation from the other worlds.

It is stated in some episodes that Dream Animals are meant to be partnered with Creatures. When a Dream Pixie and a Creature form a bond, it increases the Animal's magical power and the Creature's quality of life.

## Skills and Abilities

In the original timeline, with the exception of Larimar (who can instead either cast magic on her own or through her Harmonic Watch), all Dream Animals have the ability to cast magical spells through their Dream Weapons. Magic is casted through a verbal incantation (one per Dream Animal) and movement of the body. The verbal spells used to summon magic vary for each Animal. In addition to this, a Magi's Phone is sometimes required to cast magic, such as when Larimar found out that Melody was in danger in the *Rainbow Stars* saga. All Dream Animals are theoretically capable of performing basic spells such as moving objects or transformation. Each Dream Animals also has additional specialized abilities that are connected to the trait they represent (Courage for Lionheart, Happiness for Bunrin, Tenacity for Korala, etc.).

In the rewritten timeline (as confirmed in a made-up interview), they all instead cast magic spells through their Harmonic Watches, although it is also shown that they can still cast magic on their own.

## Trivia

* During the concept stages, the ages of the Dream Animals were undefined. One idea stated that a Dream Animal could live up to a hundred years old, while another one said that Dream Animals could have the ability to remain young even after many years. The finalized series reveals that the Dream Animals are semi-immortal and are born on certain days, which gives them certain ages.
* Rarely, a Dream Animal can be connected to a Magi in a way like a Dream Pixie. For example, Larimar connected with Melody.
* A few Dream Animals can sometimes have unidentified animal motifs, which is really rare. For example, Ayame's motif is never mentioned, leaving her a mysterious rodent.
* Despite what some may have thought prior to the second trailer for *The First Team of Harmony*, Incubators are the main mascots, and not the Dream Animals. This is subverted, however, with Larimar (Melody's Dream Animal partner) and the following ones:
	+ Ayame, Lolip and Diana in *The First Team of Harmony*
	+ Sparkler in *Magi Galactia Magica*
	+ Lolip in *Fighting for Peace* after Alice makes a proper contract
	+ Hagana, Afia and Neria in *Rainbow Stars*
	+ Two groups from *Bonds of Friends* to *Journey to the Dreams of Harmony*:
		- Techie, Miinya, Notia, Glowlight, Matcha, Minty and Rose (all assigned to Team Harmony). Lolip later joins them in the adaption of "*Chloe is a School Girl?!*", but she has to stay behind with Chloe Cerise, while Diana joins them in the first episode of the Sinnoh saga, although she has to stay behind with Lucas.
		- Lionheart, Bunrin, Pikoham, Topizan and Korala (all assigned to the Sekai Heroes)
	+ Lionheart, Minty, Bunrin, Pikoham and Divamyu (and later Skylight) in *The Bright Lights*
* To prevent potential clashes with Incubators, all Dream Animals that aren't part of a team appear in certain episodes and speak occasionally or don't usually speak. However, they have their own series as well.
* The Dream Animals were supposed to have human forms (as seen in some made-up concept art), but one of the creators eventually said during development that this idea was scrapped due to the fact that the series has magic being public knowledge.
	+ For unknown reasons, Larimar is the only exception to this change, as she has moments of turning human. Because of this, she is very similar to her *Jewelpet Magical Change* counterpart. Ayame and Lolip, however, turn human in "*Summer Adventure in the World of Candies!*", but for unexplained reasons, the former turned human again a few times when it came to the purification of a few DGD members.
		- It is confirmed that Lolip only turned into a Human girl once, while Ayame may have turned into a Human girl *three* times. Larimar, on the other hand, turns human whenever her Harmonic Watch glows, something that doesn't happen to Ayame and Lolip.
	+ Despite the concept being scrapped, their human forms are still used for fanarts in certain social media and officially drawn by artists, leaving whether the creators changed their minds or not completely unknown, especially since Larimar is shown to be the only Dream Animal with a Harmonic Watch.
	+ In the rewritten timeline, all Dream Animals ultimately have a Harmonic Watch, changing the way their Harmonic Flash works (thus no longer making Larimar the only Dream Animal to use it that way) and making their human forms real. The only time each Dream Animal is seen canonically wearing them is in the official series finale.
		- When out in public (unless decided otherwise), Dream Animals who are partnered to a non-humanoid creature instead turn into their partner's species, compared to what happens at the Star Flower Academy.
* It is confirmed that Magis never reincarnate into Dream Animals, as according to one of the creators, it wouldn't make sense.
* Most of the Dream Animals were kidnapped at some point before *The Bright Lights*, and since all the Incubators (Kyubey included) were also kidnapped, the following Dream Animals become the Token Mascots of the saga:
	+ Larimar
	+ Minty
	+ Lionheart
	+ Bunrin
	+ Pikoham
	+ Divamyu
	+ Skylight
* Currently, the Shimmering Yellow class has the most Dream Animals with a total of 23, while the Special Class has the least with a total of 4.
* In *The Bight Lights*, most of the Animals have speaking roles. In *Hope Springs Eternal*, however, every Dream Animal gains speaking roles.
* Most Dream Animals were created by the Queen of Dreams following the Great Multiversal War I. Ayame, however, is the only Dream Animal to not be created by her, as she was instead created alongside the Incubator Kyubey by the Divinity.
	+ Sparkler and Glowlight were not made by either the Divinity or the Shimmering Stars, but how they came to be is a complete mystery.
* It is confirmed that two Dream Animals can formally marry and have a child, as baby Dream Animals are shown a few times throughout the series.
	+ It is shown that baby Dream Animals are born blind and helpless like kittens or puppies and if they are orphaned, have to be either cared for by the Queen, the Princess, or a helper around the clock until they can care for themselves, or be adopted by another Dream Animal.
		- In addition, baby Dream Animals also don't have Dream Crystal form, as they have yet to discover their magic.
* It is confirmed that Dream Animals partnering with a Magi are supposed to be rare.
* Even the strongest Dream Animals don't make it alive for the majority of the *Saving Katirna* arc of JttDoH.
* Rarely, Dream Animals can partner with someone who is not a Magi, as shown with Parallel!Diana being Parallel!Adaman's partner. It is also shown that nonhuman Magis can have Dream Animal partners as shown with the minor Magi Creamy Dango.
* In the series finale, it has become clear that once a Dream Animal partners with somecreature, there is no way to break the bond, preventing the Dream Animal from partnering with another Creature.
* Out of all the Jewelpets, the only ones not adapted into Dream Animals are the main trio of Ruby, Sapphie and Garnet, as well as Coal. For the first two, this is because their Jewel Charms are already taken by Bella and Kaini, respectively, while the third one's personality is already taken by a Buneary owned by Nova. It is unknown, however, why the last one is not adapted.
* Some Dream Animals share the same trait represention as another.
* While the majority of Dream Animals are still based on mammals, compared to *Jewelpet*, there are more Dream Animals based on non-mammals.