

However she does have the ability to curl her tongue, something she takes pride in as it is one thing her sisters cannot do.Buttercup's name isn't based on any personality. Unlike her sisters, Buttercup does not seem to possess any unique abilities or powers. It should be noted that Buttercup is the strongest and fastest of the Powerpuff Girls.Īlso like her sisters, Buttercup possesses the ability of space survivability, x-ray vision, night vision, laser vision (green colored), energy projection (green colored), fire generation, tornado generation, and thermal resistance. Due to this, she possesses powerful superhuman strength, speed, stamina, durability, sensory and flight.


Much like her sisters, Buttercup was created by an accidental dose of Chemical X. Major Story Arcs Powers and Abilities Powers She is one of the few people that survived in the future. It is later found out that she survived but lost all her memory. She was thought to be killed by Mojo Jojo. Though she is a tomboy, Kaoru actually enjoys kissing one of the RowdyRuff Boys unlike Buttercup in the American series. She has a different family made up of a mother, a father and two brothers. In this series, Kaoru is not related to the other Powerpuff Girls. Kaoru is popular in her school for being very athletic and skilled in sports. Kaoru was reluctant to join the Powerpuff Girl Z because it meant she had to wear a skirt. Her name is Kaoru Matsubara and she shares the original Buttercup's characteristic as being a tomboy. In the Japanese version of the Powerpuff Girls, Buttercup is Powered Buttercup. She has also assumed the identity "Mange", an alter-ego inspired by her favourite comic book character, Spore (from the episode Super Zeroes). In the cartoon on Cartoon Network, Buttercup is voiced by voice actress Elizabeth Daily. Buttercup also enjoys tormenting Bubbles and referring to her as a "baby". She often challenges Blossom's leadership, causing major arguments between the two of them.

Buttercup can be a handful with her potty-mouth and her enjoyment of violence, but she has proven to be a loyal member of the group. Buttercup is a tomboy and is very reluctant to do anything that she considers weak or girlish, like kissing the RowdyRuff Boys to defeat them. She was named Buttercup by Professor Utonium because "it also begins with a 'B'" and would be uniform with her sisters' names Blossom and Bubbles. Character Evolution Buttercup as Mangeīuttercup is the black sheep of The Powerpuff Girls and is known as the tough one. Creationīuttercup was created by Craig McCracken. As a result Buttercup and her sisters, Blossom and Bubbles, were created with superpowers. But, thanks to Mojo Jojo - then a normal monkey belonging to the professor, and simply named Jojo - he accidentally added an extra ingredient: Chemical X. He used the traditional ingredients: sugar, spice and everything nice. Origin The Professor adds spice, the "Buttercup ingredient"īuttercup was created by Professor Utonium, a scientist striving to create the perfect little girl.
