Candimore 'Candy' Cottonwood

### Aliases

Candy (General Public) Pink Pipsqueak (Umi)Goofball (Carol)Cotton (Selina)Squirrel (Axl)

## Physical Appearance

### Hair Color

Pink curly puffs, one on the right side of her face, the rest of her head covered in curls

### Clothing Color

Grey hoodie, orange and red striped scarf, blue mask badge, red single stripes shorts, grey slippers, fake blush, red round glasses (occasionally)

## Associations

### Family

Selina Cottonwood (Mother)Alikar Cottonwood (Father)Norine Hazuna (Mother In Law)

### Friends

Umi (Love Interest), Pablo (Close Friend), Lilac (Acquaintance), Milla (Acquaintance) Carol (Good Friend), Axl (Ex-Boyfriend), Shyama (Very close, inspiration and mentor), Ms. Renee (Friend, Teacher)

## Personality

### Likes

Drawing, writing, comics and movies, beach/waterside walks

### Dislikes

Being bullied for her likes/sexuality, her ex, candy or anything with sugar, anything horror related

## Skills and Abilities

### Weapons / Equipment

Axe (Never uses)Manual on all Freedom Fox Trivia (Seen)

## Out-of-Universe Information

### Appears in

Freedom Planet (Fanlore)Freedom Planet 2 (Fanlore)Blue's Unnamed Series (As a reference)Medusalac AUPetal Crash Online (As a color pallete for Nova)Shang Mu Architect (As an NPC)

### Voice Actor

April Stewart (High pitched)

Hey, Blue\_Star here, Candy is no longer canon to Freedom Fanlore
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Candimore Cottonwood, or Candy, is a fan character. She, much like Umi, appears inbetween Freedom Planet 1 and 2, but is friends with Team Lilac, specifically Carol.

## Appearance

Candy dons a grey zip hoodie, with a blue badge in the shape of Umi's old mask, taken from a fan convention of Freedom Fox, Umi's movie career with Mayor Zao. She wears a wrap-around scarf with red and orange vertical stripes, grey slippers and red shorts with darker red stripes down the sides. She has big, puffy, curly, cotton candy like hair, hence her name, purple eyes, buckteeth, and fake blush, to suit her charming personality. She also has hair flopping down one side of her face. She occasionally wears red circular glasses.

## Personality

Candy is a very happy-go-lucky person. She sees everyday as a positive, no matter the circumstances. She is very kind to her friends, and isn't much for conversation sometimes, as she tends to be shy quite often. She gets on best with Umi, considering Umi was her role model for the past two years. Her and Pablo don't get along as well, but she tends to avoid humorous conversations, as it may result in chaos. When it comes to Team Lilac, Candy is most friendly with Carol. They met on the streets of Shang Mu and had a friendly chat, before parting ways the next day. Candy, much like Umi, has yet to meet other canon characters. She finds it hard to open up and get personal, as her last partner only wanted her for the affection, rather than genuine love. Otherwise, she discusses her true feelings and opinions with Selina, her mother, and Shyama, the school's LGBT mentor. She refuses to talk to her dad Alikar, as he is homophobic and doesn't like the idea of Candy not continuing the family bloodline.

## History

Candimore Cottonwood, or Candy as she's commonly known as, is a resident of Shang Mu who lives with her parents. While she doesn't have much of a story of her own, she is a central character in Umi's Story, acting as a support for her. She meets Umi on the streets of Shang Mu after going through a breakup with her boyfriend, Axl Ottle. She sees that her idol is alone and homeless in the rain, battered and bruised, taking her to an old, hidden government bunker, that was specifically made for Brevon's invasion. There, Candy can know that Umi is safe and will bring her food daily behind her mother's back, and spend a day a week with her, until the two are pretty much inseparable.

## Relationships

### Umina 'Umi' Hazuna

Umi is Candy's best friend and love interest. When Candy found Umi wound up on the street in shambles and tears, she had no choice but to take Umi into her care, bringing her to an old government bunker, reserved for the government during Lord Arktikus Brevon's attack. She visits Umi weekly to make sure she's keeping together alright, and brings her food daily

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## Trivia

Some facts and trivia about Candy and her designs and other content.

* Candy's surname, Cottonwood, was adapted from another of Blue's other characters, named the same. The character's base color was also pink, although they were a cat, not a squirrel.
* Candy was originally a Happy Tree Friends OC, before being re-purporsed for Freedom Planet. There is official artwork of her old design, Legacy Candy, available to the public. On another note, a HTF version of Umi was made to accompany her.
* Candy's color scheme was taken from three sources. Her pinks and greys were taken from Nazuna Hiwatashi, from BNA: Brand New Animal. The pinks and white are shared with Nazuna, and the grey is taken from one of her casual outfits. The blue on her badge is taken from Umi's hair, which is also taken from Blue's self insert character. And the red shorts with stripes was taken from Flaky from Happy Tree Friends. The only original color in her color scheme is the orange on her scarf, and the white for her eyes and fur.
* Candy's main inspiration was of course, cotton candy, hence her name having both of those words involved. Despite this fact, Candy is actually allergic to candy, and whatever she gets from her mother, she gives to Umi instead.
* Nobody in the Freedom Planet universe actually calls her Candimore, not even her parents. Seems kind of pointless giving her the name then.
* Candy used to have gills when she dated Axl. Axl used his head ferns to allow Candy to natively swim and breathe underwater, making her a squirrel/axolotl hybrid. Although, once they broke up, Candy lost that ability, as Axl only gives people he cares about said ability, making her a squirrel only again.
* Candy is the only character that Norine, Umi's mother, trusts. She sees that Candy genuinely cares about Umi, and will do her best to get Candy out of harm's way. Blue has confirmed this is the official canon lore. Unfortunately, due to Candy's dislike of horror, Norine finds it difficult to talk to Candy in her soul form. Because of said trust, Candy is the only person who is able to calm Umi down.
* Candy became friends with Carol when she accidentally hit her with her bike. She apologised, laughed it off, and the two continued to talk since. Candy is unaware of the rest of Team Lilac however.
* Candy appears in Shang Mu Architect, a Freedom Planet fangame developed by WhiteLillyDragon, alongside Umi. Her character description reads: "The one and only Candy! Candy may be easy-going, but she goes to bat for her friends, and takes great joy in the finer things in life. If anyone has your back, it's her! (She's also a massive nerd). Although, her original description by Blue\_Star reads: "Who likes Candy? Everyone does! She's an easygoing gal who looks for the finer things in life, as well as caring for her friends. She's also massive nerd."
* Candy appears as a pallete for Nova in Petal Crash Online, a game published by GalaxyTrail and developed by Friend & Fairy. Her pallete was created by Akkuyo1116, with permission from Blue, and is available on Github to use. The pallete is also named "Your Biggest Fan! Candy!" a reference to how Candy is a big fan of Umi and the Freedom Fox franchise.
* Candy has her own superhero persona named Candon't. Candon't is what Candy depicts herself as without Umi, being masked, caped, not very open to talk and having a much more stern voice and facial expression. Her design is similar to Mysterion, Kenny McCormick's superhero sona in South Park season 14, episode 12. Candy also only wrote this to impress Umi.
* Candy makes an appearance in the Medusalac AU created by HyperTails12. She, much like her normal counterpart, hangs out with Carol, but sometimes babysits Hazel, acting as "Aunty Candy".
* Much like Umi, Candy and everyone else on Avalice have a soul variant, but are never canonically seen.
* Candy has a small stuffed animal she loves called Pookie. It is a small orange cat that she's had since birth as a hand-me-down from her mother. Pookie is a reference to the "Garfield" series of comics, as Garfield also has a stuffed animal with the same name. Candy's Pookie however shares a striking resemblance to the lasagne loving cat.
* Candy loves Christmas time, as she met Umi around then.
* Candy appreciates her parents divorce, and living with her mother. Her father, Alikar, was insistent with raising a child under his image and influence, but Selina wanted none of that. She wants Candy to be herself, and will not allow people to judge her. Despite her father's selfish actions, Candy still visits him often.
* Candy used to be half of Umi's height, and she used to be 12 years old, rather than 16.
* Candy is friends with other GalaxyTrail and other published IPs squirrels, such as Nova (From her respective games and Petal Crash) and Squirrena (From Grapple Force Rena).
* Candy holds the Minecraft 1.19 any% world record in Avalice.
* Despite being physically female, Candy is unsure what gender she truly wants to be. So she just refers to female for now

## External Links

The Official Umi Discord: Umi Discord Here

Blue's Twitter: @\_Blue\_Star\_

Candy's Reference Image on Blue's Deviantart Page: https://www.deviantart.com/bluestararchive/art/FP1-Candimore-Candy-Cottonwood-Reference-Sheet-892167727

PCO Candy Pallete over Nova: https://github.com/Makhor/PCOCustomPaletteRepo/tree/main/Characters/Nova

## Gallery

A collection of Candy art and fanart submitted by the fandom. There is about [750] different canonical art pieces, so for the sake of interest, only the most important will be showcased.

Boo-womp.Name a more friendly duo. I'll wait.Their first kiss together.Being in someone's arms makes Candy happy.Umi and Candy with Team Lilac.This squirrel's a nerd! She's got glasses.This is where it all began.Candy is a pixel art style, similar to Freedom Planet 1.shared with the Umi page. Amazing art by HyperTails12