Powered Buttercup

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|-|Kaoru Matsubara=
|-|Super Great Amazing Ninja Clothing=
|-|Powered Buttercup=
|-|Mange=
|-|Dynamo Z=
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==Summary==
Kaoru Matsubara (松原 かおる, Matsubara Kaoru) also know to her alter ego as Powered Buttercup, is the fighter of the The Powerpuff Girls Z and is one of the main characters. She originated from the show The Powerpuff Girls and has been adopted by the Japanese animation production, Toei Animation. The original creators of the characters and the show is Craig McCracken. From the Powerpuff Girls Z, She is represented as a Star and her weapon is a Hammer.
==Powers and Stats==
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Key: Kaoru Matsubara | Super Great Amazing Ninja Clothing | Powered Buttercup | Dynamo Z
Name: Kaoru Matsubara, Powered Buttercup, Mange
Origin: Powerpuff Girls Z
Gender: Female
Age: 13
Classification: Human, student
Powers and Abilities:
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|-|Kaoru Matsubara=
*Martial Arts, including:
**Wrestling Mastery
**Kendo Mastery (Seems to know to kendo)
*Mutagen Empowerment
*Transformation
**Clothing Generation
====Resistance to:====
*Jinx Manipulation
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*All of the previous (excluding Transformation)
*Superhuman Physical Characteristics
*Jet Propulsion
*Tech Flight
*Disguise Mastery (Shown here)
*Smoke Generation
*Tornado Creation
*Stealth Mastery
*Danmaku
*Weapon Control (Can fire bombs and missiles)
**Weapon Mastery
***Jet Pack Proficiency
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*All of Kaoru
*Superhuman Physical Characteristics
*Magic
*Flight (Can fly)
*Acrobatics
*Hammer Proficiency
*Rocket Boot Proficiency (Her shoes are shown to protrude rocket like propulsion for flight) 
*Hammer Manipulation (Can lengthen her giant hammer)
**Sfyríkinetic Combat (Can fight with her giant hammer)
*Enhanced Senses
*Energy Manipulation, including:
**Energy Infusion
**Pure Aura Generation
***Explosive Aura (Can blow up a cage from the inside)
**Energy Projection (With Giant Hammer, can emit green energy blasts)
***Heat Beam Emission
*Light Generation
*Laser Vision (Can fire an eye beam that passes through the Earth and then travels a way into space before exploding)
*Self-Sustenance (Type 1; Vacuum Adaptation)
*Shockwave Generation (with the Giant Hammer, can create a shockwave projectile by swinging her hammer and can slam her hammer into the ground to create a shockwave that travels in a line and launches things it hits upwards)
*Counter (With the Hammer, can reverse an oncoming missile)
*Love Inducement (With combined attack, with an accompanying song and dance they can launch a beam that makes the thing it hits love them)
*Surface Scaling (with spider shoes)
*Psychic Blindspot (Shown here)
*Tracing (Can usually leave a green trail in her flight)
*Absorption
*Tornado Creation (Can create a tornado that craters a giant beetle into the roof)
*Mecha Piloting Mastery (Can pilot an individual component of Dynamo Z and break through the ceiling of the lab)
*Demon Manipulation (With electro box, can manipulate White and Black Z-ray, nullify and seal demonic forces like Him)
*Limited BFR (can toss people to outer space as far as the Moon)
*Eye Manipulation (Can change the shapes of their eyes)
*Kiss Projection (Shown here)
*Adhesion (with super glue, can push the broken halves of the moon back together after applying glue to them)
*Animation (via Kennainium, can infuse Dynamo Z with white light, allowing it to move without a pilot)
*Team Combination (Can perform feats that involve all of the girls)
====Resistance to:====
*Corruption
*Ice Generation (Can break out of ice around her when angry)
*Fire Generation (Their clothes are elastic, fireproof, and shockproof)
*Magma Manipulation (Can no sell small chunks of magma hitting them and aren't particularly harmed when slammed into by chunks of magma)
*Damage Inducement (Their clothes are elastic, fireproof, and shockproof)
*Shockwave Generation (Their clothes are elastic, fireproof, and shockproof)
*Radiation Generation
|-|Dynamo Z=
*Superhuman Physical Characteristics
*Transformation (Can combine and switch modes)
*Flight
**Spaceflight
*FTL
*Time Travel
*Dimensional Travel via Subspace Travel
*Large Size (Type 1)
*Engine Protrusion
*Hammer Protrusion
*Drill Protrusion
*Weapon Mastery
*Underground Mobility
*Enhanced Senses (Transdimensional intercom link)
====Resistance to:====
*Radiation Generation
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Attack Potency: Athlete level (Broke through ten stone slabs with one punch) | Likely City Block level (Activated all abilities to fire a barrage of projectiles of every kind) | Small Planet level (Accidentally shot a huge hole through the Earth and far into space) | Unknown (Is not built for combat, but does retain basic combat capabilities, overpowered Mojo's mech)
Speed: Athletic Human with Relativistic reactions via powerscaling | Supersonic (Flew this fast), Relativistic reactions | At least Relativistic (Is this fast) | Massively FTL+ via warp (Accelerated well past the speed of light and enter hyperspace)
Lifting Strength: Athletic Human | Unknown (Can jump very high) | At least Class Z (Mended the Moon in an instant, stronger than the other two who couldn't manage to lift her hammer) | Class M (Lifted the Sphinx back into place after it was knocked downEpisode 51: Only a Matter of Time)
Striking Strength: Athlete level | Wall level (Knocked Rowdyruff Boys far into the skies) | Small Planet level | Unknown
Durability: Athlete level | Unknown | Small Planet level (Tanked Blossoms' attacks) | Unknown
Stamina: Athletic | Superhuman | Superhuman, but over-exerting oneself over long periods drains power | Unknown
Range: Standard Melee Range | Likely Kilometers | Planetary (Is this far) | Interdimensional (Can communicate from another timeline or universe)
Standard Equipment:
File:Belt.jpg|Chemical Analyzer (Belt Compact)
* Chemical Analyzer (Belt Compact): A belt that is wrapped around the waist of Kaoru, and contains a round compact with the letter "P" on the part of the belt buckle.The color of the compact matches each person's image color, and it flashes with the sound in response to Peach's barking voice to let you know that you are ready to transform. In some cases, this state also has the meaning of notifying that a call has been made. The compact can be opened during the transformation process or when communicating with the laboratory because it has communication functions. There is also a monitor, so you can communicate like a video phone. However, communication is not possible in places such as underground and outer space. Also, in episode 48, it is revealed that she can unlock her transformation by herself by controlling the compact.It was later improved by Dr. Utonium and allowed the girls to transform at their own will (at which time, the belt buckle glows). The belt itself can be removed, but it is rarely removed due to their mission.
* Powerpuff Z Ring
* Powerpuff Z Clothing
* Daruma Otoshi Hammer
: Optional Equipment:
* Super Great Amazing Ninja Clothing: Appears in episode 42. A spare outfit for Powerpuff Girls Z that Dr. Utonium was developing in an emergency. The color of the clothes is similar to the belt compact, which matches the image color of each person, and the compact is stored in the chest.It is used when Powerpuff Girls Z is robbed of their clothes and weapons by The Rowdyruff Boys, but the design was unpopular with Momoko and Miyako (Kaoru accepts the design because it is "better than a skirt").As the name suggests, you can use 48 secret weapons by pressing buttons hidden throughout the ninja-modeled clothing, and use jet wings when flying. Secret weapons include a makibi, fishing rod, smoke screen, tornado attack, small bombs, shurikens, and escape devices.
* Spider shoes
* Super glue
* Electro box
* Bag of Kennainium/white light
: Can Summon/Pilot:
* Dynamo Z: A giant robot that appears in the second opening and appears in episode 51 in the main story.It was created by Dr. Utonium and others. The three aircraft merge into three different forms and transform into a humanoid form, but they are not used for combat, but as a time machine, they do not carry any weapons. The reason why it was built this way is "because it is cool".The motif is the Powerpuff Girls when separated, and the design after the union is based on the Powerpuff Girls Z.The height at the time of the merger has not been officially announced, but it seems that it is more than 10 meters depending on the comparison of the person. When time warping, a super space-time field is generated from the belt buckle, and in the case of Blossom form, the eyes of the upside-down face of the Bubbles machine on the butt open and the booster is activated. Originally, it could not be on autopilot, but it was activated autonomously by the miracle of white light collected by the girls, defeating the giant Mojorobo in a melee battle, saving the girls from a pinch.It once came to Townsville, in a different world, due to my boyfriend's interference. However, since it returns to the original world normally after that, it is unknown whether it has the function to go to another world.
* Skateboard
Intelligence: Average, but talented in athletics
Standard Tactics: Transforming | Firing projectiles | Using her Hammer to fight | Time/dimensional travelling
Weaknesses: Communication with compact is not possible in places such as underground and outer space | Unknown
* Afraid of ghosts
* Can get angry if provoked and can lose her temper rather quickly
* Her family and friends; she's shown protecting them on multiple occasions, and an antagonist from a later episode confirmed they're her weakness
Feats:
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Kaoru Matsubara is an athletic and tomboyish middle schooler with two brothers who's father is a pro-wrestler.
===Strength===
* Breaks through ten wooden boards with one punch.
===Misc.===
* Can skateboard well.
* Seems to know to fence.
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===Durability===
* While not wearing their super clothes they launch themselves into the sky and crash back down, leaving a large crater.
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Kaoru transforms into Buttercup and acts as the muscle of the trio.
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The professor built a flying mech for each of the girls, the thirds can combine into a larger form.
* The individual models break through the ceiling of the lab.
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Notable Attacks/Techniques:
File:Kaorutransform.gif|Powered Buttercup
File:Ppgz0213.gif|Swing Sonic
File:PPGZ Buttercup attack (008).gif|Hurricane Lutz
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* Powered Buttercup: A technique used by Kaoru Matsubara for her transformation.
* The Super Great Amazing Ninja clothing has 48 different abilities and techniques.
* Smash Block: Buttercup swings the hammer to redirect or reflect an attack with the shock wave generated by the momentum of swinging the hammer.
* Swing Sonic: Buttercup basically swings the hammer and hit the opponent generating a sonic boom, sometimes sendind energy projectiles or having them diffused into ripples. You can also shock your opponent or scaffold directly to stop moving or lose your balance.
** Swing Sonic Flash: A version of Swing Sonic.
** Swing Sonic Two: A variation of Swing Sonic.
** Swing Sonic Christmas Special: An enhanced version of Swing Sonic which is later changed to something that fires the hammer's energy.
** Post-brush Minty Swing: A clean swing after a full-blown toothbrush.
* Swing Sonic Rush: Fires a wide range of Swing Sonic waves like a shot, and aims at multiple opponents at the same time.
* Energy Ball: After learning to use her weapon Buttercup throws powerful white energy balls with her hammer.
* Graviton Drive: Buttercup smashes the ground to hit each object involving a shock wave. Later it also projects energy attacks.
** Graviton Five Drive: A variation of Graviton Drive.
* Rush Ball
* Megaton Dunk: Buttercup smashes the ground with an intense energy attack and hit the opponent with the hammer.
** Megaton Home Run: Buttercup smashed the ground to release more energy through the ground. Used to pop the inflated Amoeba Boy member Lady.
* Hurricane Lutz: Buttercup basically spins like a tornado with the hammer while rotating at high speed, and hits the opponent. It is also possible to hit the opponent with a tornado that occurred by throwing a hammer while rotating, or to raise a tornado around yourself. However, because it is a technique that rotates itself, it is a drawback that eyes turn.
** Hurricane Lutz II: A variation of Hurricane Lutz.
** Hurricane Lutz Revenge: A reinforced Hurricane Lutz with energy on both sides of the hammer.
* ??? Beam: A powerful beam that is irradiated from the eyes used during the training of the Love-Love Beam. In the second generation opening, there is a beam technique that shoots from the hair ornament, but it is not used in the main part.
====Combined====
* Miracle Fighting Kick: Blossom, Bubbles and Buttercup flies high in the sky turning their backs to the Sun, with the opponent's movement sealed, all three in a row kicks the target.
* Triple Science Attack: A combination attack that combines the techniques of Blossom's yo-yo and Bubbles' wand and fires off energy blasts.
* Congrats! Repeal of the PPGZ Ban Punch: Blossom, Bubbles and Buttercup fly towards the opponent and punch them at the same time.
* Love-Love Beam (Happy Thought Blaster): A new technique for undoing monsters evil thought by Dr. Utonium. A combination technique that combines the power of the white light with Blossoms and Bubbles into a white heart beam. A ray of light with the same effect as a chemical particle beam was supposed to be fired along with a particular song and choreography, but in reality it was a failure technique that would make the creatures that bathed in it to become huge and fall in love with the girls.
* Unnamed kiss: Buttercup blows a kiss that sends a heart shaped aroma blast. Used to defeat the Rowdyruff Boys who were already amped with the black Z-ray particles.
* Buttercup Finish: A killer attack which Blossom sends the energy ball from the yo-yo into the ring of the bubble rod, and Bubbles hammers it into the tip of Buttercup's hammer. Then the hammer becomes huge, and it attacks the enemy.
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Note: Not to be confused with her alternate reality counterparts.
==Explanations==
As Powered Buttercup, Kaoru sports a yellow vest with green edges. She also uses a Daruma Otoshi hammer. Her weapon is mainly a close range weapon, although she can also send energy projectiles and extend her hammer to attack at long range.Episode 51: Only a Matter of Time Her hammer is considered the heaviest of the three and only she can carry it with ease. Momoko and Miyako can't lift it even together (which also shows she is the strongest of the three. Blossom saying in the English dub "How can Buttercup lift this?").Episode 10: Gigi the Great Her attacks include Megaton Dunk, Swing Sonic, Hurricane Lutz, Post-brush Minty Swing, Graviton Drive, Rush Ball, Swing Sonic Flash, Smash Block and Buttercup Finish. She also has Laser eyes which is revealed in episode 49.Episode 49: The Happy Thought Blaster When it comes to a team attack, Buttercup can fill the power of the hammer and slash the bad guy and lead to her final attack, Buttercup Finish.
==Gallery==
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File:Powerpuff Girls Z Old Powerpuff Girls Z.jpg|Elder
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File:Game de Demashita! Powerpuff Girls Z full part gameplay (Nintendo DS game)
==Notable Matchups==
Victories:
Marcy Wu (Amphibia) Marcy's Profile (8-B versions used and speed was equalized)
Losses:
Inconclusive:
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