Shitasakan-chan (anime)

**Baburu-chan**, nicknamed **Shitasakan-chan**, is a major Pokémon character in *Shining Bonds a La Mode* and *Shining Bonds: Hopes and Dreams*. She is a jerkish, snarky Shitasakan owned by Nijiko who does in fact genuinely care for her friends.

## Appearance

Like all Shitasakans other than the differing colors and patterns, Shitasakan-chan is a small (1'02" in length) fish Pokémon with smooth scaleless skin, a somewhat rounded snout, small transparent pectoral fins on her sides, two dorsal fins on her back, a small anal fin, and large pelvic fins that she uses as the equivalent of hands. Her head is dark pink in color, while her main body is azure blue with orange and cyan stripes. Her fins (except her pectoral fins) are orange and purple with sea green streaks. Her eyes are red and she often carries her shuriken or mucus blades stuck to her side.

## Personality

Shitasakan-chan is usually very short-tempered and irritable, and is also very snarky. Her snarkiness even makes Cheren green with envy, often causing them to fight. She is also quite rude as well, often yelling at others to shut up and insulting them. If somebody upsets or harms her daughters, she will not hesitate to brutally attack the offender.

However, deep down she does deeply care about her friends and loves her Trainer and her daughters dearly, being mostly nice and gentle when not ticked off.

## Relationships

* Nijiko: Although she is very close with her Trainer and loves her dearly, they do sometimes argue, such as in "Dragonet and Tikki's Odd Friendship" where she was frustrated with her Trainer excessively yelling at her for being disobedient and sneaking off without her permission, which caused Nijiko to become Akumatized into Behaver. She adopted her from the Shitasakan shelter a week prior to SBALM013, while she was pregnant, since Shitasakans cannot survive without human care.
* Batakurimu Purin, Kyarattokeiku, and Shugadorimu: Her daughters, who she loves very much. She often yells at them for causing mischief and they often stress her out, but she still loves them.
* Rotom: Despite often being driven insane by Rotom's immature behavior, she still cares about it.

## Moves used

* Return
* Mucus Shuriken
* Wake-Up Slap
* Transform

## Spells

* Warm Love Hug: Shitasakan-chan envelops her body with a glowing pink aura of love magic and hugs or at least makes contact with someone, physically warming them up and calming them down. This does consume some of her energy, however.
* Elemental Scan
* Changeling Radar: Using this spell, she can instantly tell if someone is actually a Changeling in disguise and stealing their love intended for someone else. This has proved useful several times, particularly on friendship missions to Equestria.

## Trivia

* As a running gag, she and the other snarkers will often fight each other, and she will also often have one-on-one fights with Cheren, much to Bianca's dismay.
* Shitasakan-chan's nickname is the least different from her species name compared to all other Pokémon in the series - in the Japanese version, she simply adds "-chan" to her species name, while in the dub she simply clips the "Ninja" part from her species name.
	+ However, that is not her *real* name, as her real name is Baburu-chan, but she goes by the nickname Shitasakan-chan.

* Ironically, despite being connected to the Èlèmen of Love, she is a giant jerk. She is more of a "jerk with a heart of gold," however.