Buttercup Utonium

**Buttercup Utonium**, also known as **Buttercup**, is a character from *The Powerpuff Girls* series.

Buttercup has the green outfit and black hair. She's a tomboy, and the most aggressive and confrontational of the girls, representing spice. She has gained a reputation among the bad guys of Townsville as the most vicious of the trio, always ready to brawl. Unlike her sisters, she doesn't have a unique ability (to her chagrin).

In the XP4 Fics, Buttercup debuted in the XP4 Heroes of the Multiverse - All-Star Adventures.

## **Appearance**

Buttercup is a girl had a fair skin tone, she had a short black hair with sharp sides and she had green-colored eyes. She wears a green crop top-zippered short-sleeved jacket over black shirt, green skirt with white linings and a white belt with a pouch wrapped around her waist, she wears a white thigh-high socks with green bands and black & white rubber shoes. She also wears a pair of black-colored fingerless gloves.

## **Personality**

Referred to in the ending theme as "the toughest fighter," she is the group's tough member and is easily enraged. Sometimes this, and her aggression, get the better of her, making her a little reckless and stubborn (but she overcame it in "Makes Zen to Me"). However, as displayed in "Bubblevicious", she has enough control so as to not go "overboard" on innocent civilians like Bubbles did, no matter how trivial the offense.

She also showed a greedy side in "Moral Decay," to which she knocked out teeth for the sole purpose of obtaining money. She has shown these sides, and a softer side in several episodes. For example, in the episode "Cover Up," she had a soft green blanket that she was obsessed with that she would hug that gave her the confidence to be a better fighter, and she is quite protective over her sisters. In "The Rowdyruff Boys," she has a tremendous disdain for resorting to kissing the boys in order to eliminate them, though willingly kisses a boy ridden with what she feared to be "cooties" in the episode "Cootie Gras"

In the episode "Nuthin Special," her special "ability" is revealed to be that she can curl her tongue (Blossom and Bubbles cannot do this, nor can anyone else in Townsville). She possesses a violent and a mean streak not displayed by her sisters. She is also shown to bully on her fellow classmate Elmer Sglue, who becomes a mutant paste hostile abnormal eater, which makes both Blossom and Bubbles force her to apologize to him.

During the birth of the girls in The Powerpuff Girls Movie, she was initially shown to look extremely happy with wide eyes and an open-mouthed smile up to the point where, last of the three girls, Professor Utonium said he would name her Buttercup because, as both of her sisters' names, it also begins with a B. Once she heard this, Buttercup immediately crossed her arms and pouted, "Hmph!"; this may explain her tough nature.

It is also revealed in the film that Buttercup inspired the other girls to use their powers to fight crime and the forces of evil after she knocks down Rocko Socko who caused her to lose her temper with one punch; ironically, she initially apologized profusely for her actions, thinking she would get in trouble with everyone.

Her greatest dislike is admitting defeat, because of this, the Powerpuff Girls were able to achieve victory against the Rowdyruff Boys in "The Boys are Back in Town". She also stated in an interview for the Powerpuff Girls Movie that through the rough fights, she never worries about injuries at all.

As shown later on in the 2016 reboot series, Buttercup is shown to be slightly good at programming as demonstrated in the episode Oh, Daisy! when she reprogrammed Daisy with ease. Bubbles also comments on this towards the end of the episode, claiming that programming takes a lot of skill. This episode also reveals that she is pretty laidback and a slight rule-breaker.

## **XP4 Fanfics**

### **XP4 Heroes of the Multiverse - All-Star Adventures**

In Chapter 28, Buttercup, alongside Blossom Utonium and Blisstina "Bliss" Utonium, are seen hanging out in the living room inside the Utonium Residence when they noticed the arrival of Professor Utonium and Ace D, Copular, they then discovered that the rest of the Gangreen Gang became the latest victims of Antonio Cueto and Matanza Cueto while Ace revealed his intentions of joining the Grand Empire.

## **Abilities**

While Buttercup doesn't seem to have any special superpower different from her sisters, she is physically the strongest of the three girls. In the episode "Speed Demon" it was also revealed that she can fly the fastest out of all of her sisters. Her special ability is shown to be able to curl her tongue. Other signature abilities she displays are:

* Ball Blast
* Black Hurricane
* Green Laser Beams
* Green Energy Orb

Fireball (rubs her hands till smoke comes out and forms a ball then she hurls it).

As a result of the episode "Nuthin Special" canon being questionable, it's unclear if these abilities are unique to Buttercup, despite the fact that she is the only one seen using these abilities outside of that episode.

Like her sisters in 2016, Buttercup has superhuman strength, agility, enhanced endurance & durability, limited invulnerability, superhuman reflexes, and the ability to fly. She is also good at rollerskating.

* **Green Energy Projection** - She also has the power to project light-green energy constructs from her body, which can take the shape of any dangerous military weapons, from a missile launcher to a cannon. Her 1998 counterpart does not possess the ability whatsoever in the original series.
* **Laser Vision** - Buttercup often use her laser vision ability during battles or when she is angered. Currently, she has not been seen using a unique ability, similar to in the original series (disregarding the ability to tongue curl).

## **Trivia**

* Even though she is named after a buttercup flower, her signature color is green instead of yellow.
* In her interview for the movie, she said that her favorite villain she likes to beat up is Rocko Socko. She also claims to be wearing a blonde wig in scenes where Bubbles has a lot of action.
* Considering the blonde's reaction to it, the latter statement is most likely meant as a hyperbolic joke stemming from her usually timid nature.
* Buttercup is the only Powerpuff Girl who has not been shown using fire breath (Blossom used it at the end of Ice Sore, and Bubbles used it in Simian Says).
* Buttercup's eye and dress color were originally going to be blue just like Bubbles. However, when Craig McCracken drew the PPG the second time he switched Bubbles and Buttercup's color and he liked it better that way.
* Buttercup may be rebellious but she loves her sisters, as do they in return.
* Despite her tomboyish personality, she still wears a dress, tights, and mary janes like her sisters.
* In Crazy Mixed-Up Puffs, Buttercup passed gas onscreen. She's been the only girl to do so in the series.
* Originally, Buttercup would've been named Bud since she's a tomboy, but the name didn't seem to work so Craig McCracken kept thinking of a better name for the tough Powerpuff Girl until his friend Miles Thompson came up with the name Buttercup.
* Unlike her sisters, Buttercup is not very good with math, as seen in "Divide and Conquer".
* Buttercup is also the only Powerpuff who can only speak in one language, which is English. Bubbles can speak Spanish and Japanese and Blossom can speak Chinese.
* She is the only person in Townsville who can curl her tongue, as shown in 'Nuthin' Special'.
* Buttercup is mostly depicted as being left-handed, such as when playing bass guitar or writing, whereas Blossom and Bubbles are more consistently right-handed.
* In the OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes episode, Crossover Nexus, Buttercup briefly appears as one Ben 10's transformations to defeat Strike.
* Compared to her original counterpart, Buttercup's eyes and dress are a lighter shade of green.
* This Buttercup and her sisters' energy manipulation powers are reminiscent of that of Green Lantern's power ring.
* Buttercup's energy manipulation, however, has the most striking resemblance to the Green Lantern because her trademark color is that precise shade of green.
* When Buttercup's green-energy projection glows, there are little triangles that can be seen floating around the outline for it. In reality, the triangle is a symbol of competitiveness, athleticism, and they want to be dominating.
* Buttercup uses her laser vision ability the most out of the girls. This could be a reference to her anime counterpart, which is the only one shown using laser vision unlike in the original series.
* It's ironic that being a girl, Buttercup likes manly stuff instead of girly stuff.
* Buttercup doesn't like being called a princess.
* Buttercup's fear of spiders was shared by her 1998 counterpart from the original series.
* Compared to her original series counterpart, she is a bit more laid back and sarcastic.
* In the storyboard art for the episode Escape from Monster Island, Buttercup lacked her cowlick and resembled her 1998 counterpart.
* Buttercup's voice and behavior are similar to Bart Simpson from The Simpsons.
* She is very good at math, unlike her 1998 counterpart.

## **External Links**

* Buttercup (1998 TV series) at Powerpuff Girls Wiki
* Buttercup (2016 TV series) at Powerpuff Girls Wiki