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NOTE: This article is about the incarnation of Buttercup from The Powerpuff Girls (1998 Original) television show. The reboot version can be found here: Buttercup (2016 Reboot).
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It takes a lot more than a couple of cheap shots to make us cry.
~ Buttercup.
ENOUGH!! Talk is cheap! Let's do this!
~ Buttercup

Buttercup is the one of the three Powerpuff Girls and one of the three titular main protagonists of the franchise of the same name.

Her main ingredient is spice and her main color is green. Among the girls, Buttercup is the best fighter and the toughest one.

She was voiced by Elizabeth Daily, who also voices Tommy Pickles, Rudy Tabootie, and Shorty. In German, she's voiced by Ilona Brokowski, who dubs Barbie, but in Cartoon Network: Punch Time Explosion and the XL version, Tara Strong voices her.

Personality

Buttercup's name isn't based on any personality. She was just named that for it starting with a "B" just like her sisters, Blossom and Bubbles, which is, in fact, the cause of her sour personality.

Buttercup's overall nature is being a vain, and stubborn girl, who's known to be a very violent, arrogant, and sometimes have shown to be narcissistic as well.

She is also shown to be the type of person who nearly-always disregard advices and warnings from the surroundings even though they did told her at first that there will be consequences or risk-taking problems that may occur.

In "Moral Decay", she became so greedy for dollar coins when she beaten up the criminals and steal their teeth for coins. This was until she was punished by Blossom and Bubbles for greedy obsession.

In "Down n Dirty", Buttercup (unlike Blossom and Bubbles) hates taken a bath believing it is for sissies. Her arrogantly beliefs has cause her family, friends and the entire citizens of forcing her to take a hike due to her being dirty. She still believes she can fight monsters without taking a bath until a monster forcedly surrendered and leave her because she stinks causing Buttercup to reluctantly taking a bath because she wants to fight monsters.

Her main ingredient is spice which reflects her being very tough. However, in "Cover Up," she shows a softer side.

Appearance

Buttercup is a 5-year-old girl, the tomboy sister, with black hair and green eyes. She wears a green sleeveless dress which has a black stripe running through the middle, white socks and black Mary Jane shoes.

Her Story

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," 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 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.

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".

Her special ingredient is spice and her signature color is light green. She also stated in an interview for the Powerpuff Girls Movie that through the rough fights, she never worries about injuries at all.

Trivia

  • Buttercup is the toughest girl in the Powerpuff Girls, but has a softer side.
  • Buttercup had a love issue with Butch when they met and in Townville Clips. It's unknown if she still have feelings for Butch.
  • Her creator Craig McCracken was nearly going to call her Bud until his friend Miles Thompson thought of the name Buttercup.
  • In Beauty, Brains and Brawn, she is described to be the Brawn.
  • Buttercup is one of the nine main characters of the IDW comic Super Secret Crisis War.
  • Buttercup is the first Powerpuff girl who has three syllables in her name instead of two like her sisters' names.
    • The movie shows her father only chose the name for alliteration; since he already named Blossom and Bubbles. Though like an actual buttercup, her surface persona hides how she really feels.

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