Buttercup

Buttercup is one of the three 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, most headstrong of the superhero trio.

Personality

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, making her a little reckless and stubborn (but she overcame it in "Makes Zen to Me"). However, as displayed in "Bubblevicious", she has enough control so as to not go "overboard" on innocent civilians like Bubbles did, no matter how trivial the offense.

Buttercup is a fun-loving tomboy. With this trait, it could have represented her aggressive and violent nature. Buttercup is shown to be able to defeat villains alone in "Moral Decay." In "Makes Zen to Me," Buttercup sends Mojo flying out the window and down a cliff with one uppercut. In "The Boys are Back in Town," Buttercup always appears in a need to fight, which her sisters are in a need to run away. She is the fastest, as shown in "Speed Demon."

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".

Her greatest dislike 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.

Despite her tomboyish nature and brash attitude, Buttercup never seems to be uncomfortable in her own gender, and still behaves ladylike where necessary. She does, however, seem doubtful of her interest in boys. When the girls resorted to kissing the Rowdyruff Boys to defeat them, Buttercup expressed immense disgust immediately afterward. Buttercup did, however, once held an ephemeral crush on Ace of The Gangreen Gang, and was not shy to pursue a relationship with him, though she did so behind her sisters' backs. She eventually discovered that Ace was merely using her as a tool in an attempt to control Townsville and dispose of Blossom and Bubbles, after which she quickly beat Ace and the other gang members into submission thus ending her crush on Ace for good.

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 all of her sisters. Her special ability is shown to be able to curl her tongue. Other signature abilities she displays are:

Ball Blast Black Hurricane Green Laser Beams Green Energy Orb Fireball (rubs her hands till smoke comes out and forms a ball then she hurls it).

As a result of the episode "Nuthin Special" canon being questionable, it's unclear if these abilities are unique to Buttercup, despite the fact that she is the only one seen using these abilities outside of that episode.

Green Energy Projection She also has the power to project light-green energy constructs from her body, which can take the shape of any dangerous military weapons, from a missile launcher to a cannon. Her 1998 counterpart does not possess the ability whatsoever in the original series.

Laser Vision Buttercup often use her laser vision ability during battles or when she is angered.

Bioluminescence (HEADCANON) Another one of Buttercup's unique abilities is to be able to glow in the dark, allowing her to light up and see in pitch black areas thanks to the Chemical X and her green energy. This caused both Blossom and Bubbles to be jealous of Buttercup using such ability, something that the two can't do so.

~ Likes ~

• Having fun
• Money
• Winning and getting things right
• Fighting with everyone
• Her green blanket, "Blankie"
• Using her powers
• Goofing off
• Night parties
• The color black
• The color blue
• The color green
• Hitting a scrap of meat
• Her favorite cereal (Lucky Captain Rabbit King Nuggets)
• Fighting
• Airboxing
• Kicking some butt
• Martial arts
• Dodgeball
• Comedies (especially Slapstick)
• Water Guns
• Playing toys (mostly action-figures)
• Her sisters Blossom and Bubbles
• Scaring her sisters (just for kicks)
• Being sarcastic
• Sports (both playing and watching them)
• Hardcore Rock/Metalcore/Party/Punk Rock Music
• Disco Music
• The Professor
• April
• BEEBO
• The City of Townsville
• Spicy food
• Garlic
• The Powerpuff Hotline
• The Dark
• Movies in a really cool theater (as do her sisters)
• Tag
• Brute force
• Tennis
• Hunchback (a stuffed toy only present in the episode Sweet 'N Sour)
• Being tomboyish
• Robin Snyder
• Playing with Blossom's hair (she made a car racetrack with hairclip bends in The Mane Event)
• Jawbreakers
• Apologizing (currently)

~ Dislikes ~

• Crime
• Villains
• Baths
• Monsters
• Not being able to do certain things either of her other sisters can do (For example: blowing ice)
• The Town of Citiesville
• Cleaning
• Waiting in the bus
• Classical/Pop/Hip-hop Music
• Pink (sometimes)
• Liver and Onions
• Losing and not getting things right
• Girly stuff (Especially party dresses)
• School subjects (feels overwhelmed because of how difficult they seem to her)
• Bugs
• Spiders
• Silent movies (as do her sisters)
• Animal Abuse (as do her sisters)
• Her sisters being harmed
• Blossom's dogmatic leadership
• Her own attitude when she realizes that something has to be done about it
• Algorithms
• Shrimp (as do her sisters which was shown in Child Fearing)
• Losing Money