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Buttercup is one of the main protagonists of the animated television series The Powerpuff Girls, along with her sisters Blossom and Bubbles. She's the Toughest Fighter; she's the bravest and headstrong, yet goofiest of the superhero trio. She is voiced by Elizabeth Daily.
Background[]
Personality[]
Original series[]
Referred to in the ending theme as "the toughest fighter", she is the group's tough member and is easily enraged. Sometimes this, and her aggression get the better of her simultaneously, making her a little reckless and stubborn (but she overcame it in "Makes Zen To Me").
She also showed a greedy side in "Moral Decay", to which she knocked out teeth for the sole purpose of obtaining money. She has shown these sides, and a softer side in several episodes. For example, in the episode "Cover Up", she had a soft green blanket that she was obsessed with that she would hug that gave her the confidence to be a better fighter, and she is quite protective over her sisters. In "The Rowdyruff Boys", she has a tremendous disdain for resorting to kissing the boys in order to eliminate them, though willingly kisses a boy ridden with what she feared to be "cooties" in the episode "Cootie Gras".
In the episode "Nuthin Special", her special "ability" is revealed to be the ability to curl her tongue (Blossom and Bubbles cannot do this, nor can anyone else in Townsville). She possesses a violent and mean streak not displayed by her sisters. She is also shown to bully on her fellow classmate (Elmer Sglue, who becomes a mutant paste eater, which make both Blossom and Bubbles force her to apologize to him).
During the birth of the girls in The Powerpuff Girls Movie, she was initially shown to look extremely happy with wide eyes and an open-mouthed smile up to the point where, last of the three girls, Professor Utonium said he would name her Buttercup because, like both of her sisters' names, it also begins with a B. Once she heard this, Buttercup immediately crossed her arms and pouted, "Hmph!"; this may explain her tough nature.
It is also revealed in the film that Buttercup inspired the other girls to use their powers to fight crime and the forces of evil after she knocks down Rocko Socko, who caused her to lose her temper with one punch; ironically, she initially apologized profusely for her actions, thinking she would get in trouble with everyone.
Her greatest dislike of all time is admitting defeat, because of this, the Powerpuff Girls were able to achieve victory against the Rowdyruff Boys in "The Boys are Back in Town". She also stated in an interview for the Powerpuff Girls Movie that through the rough fights, she never worries about injuries at all.
The Powerpuff Girls Z[]
Kaoru transforms by saying, "Powered Buttercup." She is known at school for being the most athletic girl as she plays tennis, practices martial arts and numerous other activities, and spends a lot of time watching sports on TV. She is especially good at soccer due to her strengthened determination after receiving new soccer cleats when she was 3 years old from her brothers. This may be part of the reason why she has so many fangirls, much to her dismay. She hates girls, whom she considers very "girly". This includes Hyper Blossom (Momoko) and Rolling Bubbles (Miyako). This, in addition to the fact that she hates skirts (to the point of terrifying Prof. Utonium and Ken with grumbling about the skirt and how she hated skirts), makes Kaoru the most reluctant of the Powerpuff Girls Z squad, only joining due to the power it has given her. In later episodes, she begins to care about Hyper Blossom (Momoko) and Rolling Bubbles (Miyako) and is no longer reluctant about joining them in whatever they do, but she often tries to act calm and indifferent. She speaks with a hard and masculine edge and never uses honorifics when speaking. Her greatest fear is ghosts. Kaoru lives with her father, a professional masked-wrestler, mother, two brothers, one older and one younger. She wants to be a professional wrestler for a living, like her dad. It was implied that she has developed feelings for Butch.
2016 TV series reboot[]
Buttercup's reboot appearance in the 2016 tv series reboot
Like the other girls, not much has changed in her personality. Among the Powerpuff Girls, Buttercup is the most tomboyish and aggressive like her original 1998 series counterpart, usually having an angrier disposition compared to Bubbles and Blossom. However, she happens to be somewhat of a troublemaker. Her original counterpart appears to enjoy fighting villains and criminals and despises girly things like skirts and scrap-booking. Buttercup would rather hang out with The Derbytantes, a punk culture gang of roller skaters. She really enjoys playing death ball with them and is considered a very good friend with them. In particular, Buttercup hates being called "princess", as she will fly into an annoyed rage at the villains who call her such; however, she is very happy when she is being called "little dynamite cutie". Her new voice has also been used to exaggerate her tomboyish nature. Also, through new facial expressions, her anger is clearly seen. When she's really angry, a skull and crossbones and/or fire will appear in her eyes. However, she is seen to be more sarcastic in this series.
Physical Apperance[]
Original series[]
Buttercup is a slender, fair-skinned girl with short black hair in a flip with a small triangular part on her forehead. She has lime green eyes and dresses in a lime green dress with a black stripe in its middle. Buttercup also wears white tights and black Mary Jane shoes. Her special ingredient is spice, and her signature color is light green.
The Powerpuff Girls Z[]
Unlike her original counterpart who had black hair styled in a bob, Kaoru has bluish-black/blackish-blue hair that is styled in a spiky bob with a full fringe, light skin, and bright, green eyes.
As a thirteen-year-old girl active in sports with a healthy appetite, she's slim and fit. However, later episodes show her figure taking on pronounced curves, shown in her fitted, alter ego outfit.
Her casual outfits are masculine to suit her tomboyish nature.
Her primary appearance is a yellow loose collared t-shirt with a matching green zipper at the center and green linings on each side of her sleeves, green baggy shorts with orange and black strands, and green sneakers. She also wears a green and white cap with a pink line on her head and the collar of her shirt is extended. In the middle episodes, she wears a green sporty jacket with white trim and has white linings in each sleeve, a black short-sleeved v-neck undershirt with light green trim, matching green pants with black linings, and white and light green sneakers. She also wears a different green hat with a skull design. In both outfits, she keeps the white belt with a green round buckle on her waist where she can transform into Powered Buttercup.
As Powered Buttercup, she wears a yellow jersey vest with green trim and white linings and the sign of P at the left side of her vest and has green lining sleeves in each side of her vest, underneath her vest is a matching green one-piece suit with black linings and straps, and a matching green short skirt with dark green side belt to cover her bottoms and black linings at the edge of her skirt and green and white shoes. She also has green hair clips on each side of her head and wears black fingerless gloves with white and green outlines.
2016 TV series reboot[]
Like her original counterpart, Buttercup has short black hair in a flip with a small triangular part on her forehead; her design slightly differs in that her hair also has a slight cowtail, which adds to her character and personality. She has lime green eyes, and she wears a lime green shirt with a black horizontal stripe in the middle, white socks, and black Mary Janes.
Powers and abilities[]
While Buttercup doesn't seem to have any special superpower different from her sisters, she is physically the strongest of the three girls. In the episode "Speed Demon", it was also revealed that she can fly the fastest out of her sisters. Her special ability is shown to be able to curl her tongue. As a result of the episode "Nuthin' Special" canon being questionable, it's unclear if these abilities are unique to Buttercup, even though she is the only one seen using these abilities outside of that episode. Other signature abilities she displays are:
- Tornado Generation
- Ball Blast
- Black Hurricane
- Green Laser Beams
- Green Energy Orb
- Thunder Clap
- Fireball (rubs her hands till smoke comes out and forms a ball then she hurls it)
- Green Energy Projection
- Laser Vision
Appearances[]
Whoopass Stew[]
What a Cartoon![]
Meat Fuzzy Lumpkins[]
Crime 101[]
1998 TV series[]
The Powerpuff Girls Movie[]
The Powerpuff Girls Z[]
2016 TV series[]
Relationships[]
Quotes[]
Gallery[]
Trivia[]
- Even though she is named after a buttercup flower, her signature color is green instead of yellow.
- In her interview for the movie, she said that her favorite villain she likes to beat up is Rocko Socko. She also claims to be wearing a blonde wig in scenes where Bubbles has a lot of action.
- Buttercup is the only Powerpuff Girl who has not been shown using fire breath in the show (Blossom used it at the end of Ice Sore and Bubbles used it in Simian Says). however, Buttercup was shown to have fire breath in the Comic "The Powerpuff Girls comic issue #32": https://view-comic.com/powerpuff-girls-32/.
- Originally, Buttercup would've been named Bud since she's a tomboy, but the name didn't seem to work so Craig McCracken kept thinking of a better name for the tough Powerpuff Girl until his friend Miles Thompson came up with the name Buttercup.
- Unlike her sisters, Buttercup is not very good with math, as seen in "Divide and Conquer".
- Buttercup is also the only Powerpuff who can only speak in one language, which is English. Bubbles can speak Spanish and Japanese and Blossom can speak Chinese .
- She's the only Powerpuff Girl not to smile in the intro.
- She is the only person in Townsville who can curl her tongue, as shown in 'Nuthin' Special'.
- Buttercup's flip hairstyle is similar to Dee Dee's friend Lee Lee's hairstyle on Dexter's Laboratory.
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