Bambietta Basterbine

**Bambietta Basterbine** (バンビエッタ・バスターバイン, *Banbietta Basutābain*) is a Quincy and a member of the Wandenreich's Sternritter with the designation **"E"** - **"The Explode"**.[1][2]

## Appearance

Bambietta is a slender young girl with long, straight, dark brown hair and brown eyes[3]. Her attire is a variation of the Sternritter's typical white uniform, consisting of the order's signature hooded-cloak, a thigh-length trench coat, knee-high boots, a miniskirt, and black stockings with a red trim on her gloves and boots.[4][3] She wears a red heart-shaped belt buckle and a white cap with gold[3] trimmings, which features a black peak and the Wandenreich insignia emblazoned on its front.[5]

## Personality

Bambietta is a particularly sadistic individual, evident in how she screams in joy as she slaughters her enemies.[1] She is not above attacking her male subordinates to vent her frustration, sometimes bringing them into her room for "*special relief*" before killing them without remorse.[6] She does not believe in fighting if one has already thrown away one's life.[7] Bambietta refers to herself as the self proclaimed "leader" between her and some of her fellow Sternritter, and dislikes being abandoned by them and finds it quite embarrassing, in such cases she explodes the nearby environment in a destructive manner and implies she will reduce the area to flat land to bring them out.[8]

## Equipment

**Medallion**: Bambietta possesses a round device which is roughly the size of a person's palm and has the Wandenreich insignia etched into its surface. When activated, the device can steal a currently released Bankai in the immediate vicinity, as evidenced when Bambietta used it to take 7th DivisionCaptain Sajin Komamura's **Kokujō Tengen Myō'ō**.[12] Since Hollow powers are poisonous to Quincy,[31] the Bankai returned to its original owner after it was Hollowfied via the Shin'eiyaku.[32] Being in possession of a Bankai also made it impossible for Bambietta to activate **Quincy: Vollständig**.[33]

**Leiden Hant**: Bambietta wears a **Leiden Hant** on her hand, which allows her to activate **Quincy: Vollständig** as long as she is not in possession of a Shinigami's Bankai.[34]

## Powers & Abilities

**The Explode** (爆撃 (ジ・エクスプロード), *Ji Ekusupurōdo*; Japanese for "*Bombing Raid*"): Bambietta has the ability to create bombs. Her explosive attacks cannot be blocked because her attacks are not bombs made of Reishi; they are Reishi that turn anything they make contact with into a bomb itself.[35] This ability allows for omni-directional attacks, such that Bambietta does not have to actually target an opponent and can inflict significant area damage.[36] By using her power, Bambietta can set off explosions within her close vicinity.[2] Additionally, she can generate explosive energy around her, which radiates outward in a large globe and causes heavy damage to her surroundings.[37]

**Swordswoman**: Bambietta has shown some skill in swordsmanship, as she was able to perform very swift cuts, even bifurcating an unseated Shinigami and their respective Zanpakutō with ease. [38]

**Reishi Manipulation**: As a Quincy, she primarily absorbs spiritual energy from the atmosphere, and combines it with her own spiritual energy to form weapons.[39] She has an easier time collecting this energy in environments with higher concentrations of Reishi such as in Soul Society or Hueco Mundo.[40]

**Immense Spiritual Power**: Bambietta's spiritual power is on a level comparable to or greater than that of a captain-level Shinigami.[41] She is powerful enough to fight several Shinigami simultaneously, including 7th Division Captain Sajin Komamura and his lieutenant, Tetsuzaemon Iba.[42]

### Spirit Weapon

**Reishi Sword**: Using her abilities as a Quincy, Bambietta can concentrate both spirit energy and particles in order to transform them into weapons. Her favored weapon manifests in the form of a short ornate broadsword, somewhat reminiscent of a Chinese dao, with a forked blade in the style of Zulfiqar.[13] Using this sword, she can bifurcate unseated Shinigami and their respective Zanpakutō with ease.[1]

### Quincy: Vollständig

When this is activated, a substantial amount of Reiatsu is released, resulting in the formation of a towering column of energy that ends in a large Quincy Cross, from which Bambietta emerges in the **Quincy: Vollständig** after the column shatters. In this form Bambietta develops large wings and a **Heiligenschein** in the shape of a star-like **Quincy Zeichen** floating above her head.[43]

* **Flight**: Using the Reishi wings generated by the **Vollständig**, Bambietta gains the ability to fly at high speeds.[44]

* **The Explode (Enhanced)**: While using **Quincy: Vollständig**, orbs of Reishi form underneath her wings. She can release these Reishi spheres from her wings, sending large quantities of them into her surroundings. Any item that comes in contact with these Reishi orbs becomes a bomb and explodes after a brief delay.[45] A single explosion was strong enough to heavily injure Shinji Hirako.[46]

## Weaknesses

### The Explode

**Sufficient Force**: Though Bambietta's attacks can't be blocked, her attacks can be deflected before the explosion occurs if hit by a sufficient force.[47]

**Delayed Explosion/Reishi Impediment**: Bambietta's explosions can be delayed by objects that can impede Reishi, such as the **Reishi Kotei Sōti** (霊子固定装置, *Spirit Particle Suspension Devices*) invented by Mayuri Kurotsuchi, as the spheres cause any Reishi they come into contact with to cease all activity for a specific amount of time. This allowed Mayuri to counter Bambietta's **The Explode** by delaying the explosion of her Reishi bombs by three seconds.[48]

## TMNT X Pokemon

Bambietta Basterbine is one of the many villains you will face throughout the game. On the difficulty scale, she is in between easy and hard.

## Trivia

* Some of her fellow Sternritter address her as **Bambi** (バンビ, *Banbi*).[49]

## Quotes

* (To Sajin Komamura) *"Actually, aren't you here a bit too soon? Heroes are meant to show up late, right? It'd be way more exciting if you showed up after I'd laid waste to a good bit of Seireitei."*[50]

* (To Shinji Hirako and Sajin Komamura) *"You'll soon regret, dumb Shinigami, that you ever sought to get your Bankai back. The warm and pleasant battles like a midday nap, filled with hope, end here."*[33]

* (To Sajin Komamura) *"The whole point of fighting is that you don't want to die! That you'll be killed if you lose! If you throw your life away in battle, where's the point in winning?!!"*[51]