Blythe Baxter

Blythe Baxter is a protagonist and a member of The New Action Squad.

## **BIOGRAPHY**

Blythe moved to a flat that is close to Littlest Pet Shop, a pet shop that is going to be put out of business. Soon, she meets Brittany and Whittany Biskit, who say her clothes are lame and ask if she wants them to buy new clothes for her. But, she declines, telling them that she has a lot of unpacking to do, causing them both to get upset. After they leave, Blythe finds a dumbwaiter behind a painting which she uses and goes down to the Littlest Pet Shop. When she uses it for the first time, she accidentally bumps her head, though she is not hurt. She meets all seven pets and, after hearing Zoe Trent's song, thinks the shop is haunted, so she takes off screaming. Later, when Blythe meets a dog, he speaks to her, commenting on her crazy behaviour. She becomes so frightened she runs back to the flat.

Blythe was not sure why she could talk to animals all of a sudden. Later, when she speaks to the pets, they explain that the Pet Shop is closing and they need her help since she is the only human so far who can understand them. Blythe is momentarily interrupted when she sees how cool Zoe looks with one of her sketchbook pictures.

Outside of her hometown, she is also a member of The New Action Squad. When out on meetings, she leaves her family in charge of keeping the pet shop out of trouble.

## **APPEARANCE**

Blythe is a fair-skinned pre-teen girl with bright blue eyes and long, waist-length brown hair with straight cut bangs at her eyebrows. Usually, she will wear her hair in multiple styles ranging from a ponytail, braids or simply worn down with a cute accessory. Her lips are a peachy-pink color.

Due to her fashion talent, she often sports a new style every time she appears. The outfit she is seen in most consists of a blue top and multi-layer peach-pink skirt with a black belt and layer of deep blue lining. She also had a gold necklace, a peach head band with designs on it, black shoes and black pantyhose with stars sewn on it. Her sketchbook / notebook of fashion designs is labelled "Blythe Style."

For bedtime, she wears a dark purple tank top with a heart at the center and a pair of white pajama trousers with a purple polka-dot print and a red bow.

## **PERSONALITY**

While she cares a great deal about her physical appearance, Blythe is not arrogant or rude and does not like it when others act in such a way as the Biskit Twins did when they first met her. While normally calm and cool-headed, she can be very easily frustrated. Because of this, while she may try to be nice to the people who annoy her (the Biskit Twins for example), she usually keeps a sarcastic front when speaking to them.

Originally, she thought talking to animals was weird and was even afraid of it until she realised she could use it to help save Littlest Pet Shop. Since then, she has been using her ability to help her new best friends in and outside of the pet shop. She is also a decent school student and is always willing to help anyone she knows in times of need. While she seems to be the "sane" one in the entire group of people she knows, she has her own moments of questionable behavior.

Despite her cuteness and beauty, Blythe is extremely camera-shy and apparently has been like this since childhood. She also tends to stress out easily and get flustered. She is very shy about her feelings for Josh Sharp.

## **TRIVIA**

* Unlike most cartoon characters, Blythe changes her hair and clothes each episode.
* Blythe apparently has a large head as mentioned a few times in the series. It has become something of a running gag. In Topped With Buttercream, Blythe even says, "Curse my freakishly large head!".
* Blythe often uses acronyms in place of short sentences, such as G.M.M.T. ("Good morning, Mrs. Twombly"), D.W.A.A.T. ("Don't worry about a thing"), or N.S.M. ("Not so much"), claiming it is a "way more efficient way" of saying things. Others rarely know what she means.
	+ In Season 2, Mrs. Twombly starts keeping a notepad full of their meanings. She even lampshades this at one point ("Don't these youngsters realize it takes twice as long to decipher their silly abbreviations as it does to state them normally in the first place?").
* "Blythe Style," besides being what Blythe names her fashions, is also the name of a book for the popular doll named Blythe, which she is based on.
* In the *My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic* episode Twilight's Kingdom - Part 1, Discord leaves on Blythe's electric scooter.
	+ This led many fans to believe this to be a subtle foreshadowing that Discord may encounter the *Littlest Pet Shop* characters in the future.
		- Additionally, her voice actress Ashleigh Ball voices Applejack, Rainbow Dash, and other characters in the series.
* As another running gag, Blythe often says: "What the..." when surprised, followed by "what," "huh," or a number of other words.
* Despite being enemies, Blythe has actually helped the Biskit Twins more than once without them knowing it.
* Blythe is the only character who appeared in every single episode.
* Her name means carefree, coinciding with her nature.
* It is revealed in LPS: The Moosical that Blythe is a quarter Canadian.
* In Guilt Tripping, it is revealed that Blythe has a mole on her left leg.
* Roger told Blythe she could talk to the animals just like her late mother.