Editing Sailor Moon (character) (section)

===Princess Serenity===
[[File:PrincessSerenity.jpg|thumb|upright|Princess Serenity as seen in the manga. Unlike the anime, Serenity is almost always pictured with silver hair in this version.]]

{{nihongo|Princess Serenity|プリンセス・セレニティ|Purinsesu Serenity}} is a past incarnation of Sailor Moon that lived in the Moon Kingdom during the age of Silver Millennium. She was the daughter of [[List of Sailor Moon characters#Queen Serenity|Queen Serenity]], who ruled Silver Millennium and watched over the Earth. Princess Serenity's guardians and closest friends were [[Sailor Mercury]], [[Sailor Mars]], [[Sailor Jupiter]], and [[Sailor Venus]], who were princesses of their own respective planets that sometimes lived on the Moon. On one of her visits to Earth, she met and fell in love with [[Tuxedo Mask#Prince Endymion|Endymion]], the [[crown prince]] of Earth.

During the attack that caused the Moon Kingdom's downfall, Prince Endymion died protecting Serenity. In the manga, she then commits suicide out of grief, while in the original anime, [[Dark Kingdom#Queen Metaria|Queen Metalia]] killed them both. Queen Serenity was able to seal away the evil that had created the attack, but everyone involved was killed. Before her own death, the Queen used the Silver Crystal to give her daughter (and others) another chance at life by reincarnating them in the future, hoping that Endymion and Serenity would be able to find happiness together in their new lives. In the live-action series, it is Princess Serenity herself who destroys the Moon Kingdom with her uncontrolled uses of the Silver Crystal when Endymion was killed during the war between them in the past.

Usagi occasionally takes the form of Princess Serenity during the series, often at climactic moments when more strength is needed than Sailor Moon can usually access. Usagi discovers her identity as a princess in act 9 of the manga, episode 34 of the original anime, and act 25 of the live action series. At climactic moments, Serenity sometimes gains a pair of functioning angelic wings, such as the final episodes of ''SuperS'' and ''Sailor Stars''. In the manga, Takeuchi depicts Usagi with white, yellow, and even pink hair, but Princess Serenity is almost always depicted with white hair. In the original anime, Princess Serenity is blond. In the live-action series, Serenity has black hair and brown eyes, just like Usagi, and she wears her hair straight down rather than in pigtails.

While other adaptations of ''Sailor Moon'' depict Princess Serenity as gentle and similar to Usagi, the live-action series depicts Princess Serenity as colder and more severe. When she is reawakened and possesses Usagi, her singleminded infatuation with reuniting with Endymion causes her to callously disregard the safety of the other guardians and remorselessly strike down her enemies, not even caring if the Earth is destroyed.

====Princess Sailor Moon====
[[File:Princesssailormoon.jpg|thumb|left|upright|Princess Sailor Moon in ''[[Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon (2003 TV series)|Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon]]'']]

{{nihongo|Princess Sailor Moon|プリンセス・セーラームーン|Purinsesu Sērā Mūn}} is a powerful combination of Sailor Moon and Princess Serenity that only exists in the live-action series. She is introduced when Usagi is possessed by the spirit of Princess Serenity.

Princess Sailor Moon is not the same person as Usagi and they have completely different personalities. Princess Sailor Moon shows no remorse for the fate of the [[Dark Kingdom#Four Kings of Heaven|Four Kings of Heaven]] and she refers to Mamoru as "Endymion" rather than his civilian name. She is always angry, and has no misgivings about causing death or destruction. In one act, Usagi's friend [[List of Sailor Moon characters#Naru Osaka|Naru]] accidentally gets too close to Princess Sailor Moon and has to be hospitalized as a result.

During a confrontation with her current self as Princess Sailor Moon, Serenity tells Usagi that she would have no qualms about destroying the Earth if Endymion were taken from her again. Usagi pleads with Serenity not to overuse her powers, but Serenity refuses. Afraid that she will eventually destroy the world, Usagi tries to suppress her powers. Usagi's internal conflict forces her to undergo endurance training to keep her powers and Princess Serenity persona at bay. Usagi initially succeeds by avoiding negative thoughts. However, when she is forced to kill a possessed Mamoru, Serenity overcomes Usagi's resistance and transforms into Princess Sailor Moon. Serenity even summons her own minions to fight the other Sailor Guardians to prevent them from stopping her. Princess Sailor Moon successfully destroys the world once again, but Serenity eventually realizes the extent to which she is responsible for this and uses the Silver Crystal to undo the harm she has done.

Princess Sailor Moon has a sword that can deflect enemy attacks or unleash devastating projectiles. The sword also doubles as a harp with invisible strings that Princess Sailor Moon plays while mourning her lost prince. The harp's main power is the ability to heal people and the land. Other than healing powers, the exact effect of playing the harp is unclear, but it often causes her Silver Crystal to feed the power of Queen Metaria, accelerating the devastation of the planet.

As with other characters unique to the live-action series, Takeuchi designed Princess Sailor Moon's outfit. Her sailor outfit is considerably more elaborate than Sailor Moon's, and included a crown, pearls on her gloves, and lace on her skirt.<ref>{{cite book |last= Takeuchi |first= Naoko | title= Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Shinsouban Story Collection | volume= 1 |language=ja|publisher= [[Kodansha]] |date= August 23, 2004 }}</ref>{{ISBN missing}}