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* NiceGirl: As seen in InnocentBlueEyes and HairOfGoldHeartOfGold.
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* MostAnnoyingSound: Her crying. It's just so shrill! Here is an example from "Little Miss Interpets":
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* {{Invincible Hero}}ines: With a few exceptions, such as the Rowdyruff Boys' debut, they've ''never'' been directly defeated.
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* {{Jerkass}}: She acts like this a lot, and she is constantly referred to by fans as "the bitchy one" mainly because she's brash, rude, greedy, and insensitive.
* JerkassFacade: A few episodes imply Buttercup is quite insecure and acts the way she does because she feels like she isn't as beloved as her sisters.
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* DependingOnTheWriter: It constantly varies how innocent and naive the girls are in each episode, as they are sometimes rather knowledgeable in spite of being kindergartners and other times act their age when they aren't fighting crime. One example that shows both sides is the episode ''Child Fearing'', where they act childish while watching Blarney the Singing Sea Serpent and afterwards correct Mojo Jojo's historically inaccurate story about Napoleon Bonaparte.
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* JerkAss: She acts like this a lot, and she is constantly referred to by fans as "the bitchy one" mainly because she's brash, rude, greedy, and insensitive.
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* JerkassFacade: A few episodes imply Buttercup is quite insecure and acts the way she does because she feels like she isn't as beloved as her sisters.
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* TheUnapologetic: Buttercup HATES apologizing. In both "Paste Makes Waste" and "All Chalked Up".
* TheUnapologetic: Buttercup HATES apologizing. In both "Paste Makes Waste" and "All Chalked Up".
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*OcularGushers: Cute crybaby Bubbles tended to do this in early seasons.
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* HeyItsThatVoice: Buttercup is voiced by E.G. Daily, who voiced Tommy in Rugrats.
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*BigNO: In "Mime For A Change", when she realizes that her sisters got turned to lifeless statues, and when she drops the crayons to the ground.
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* NobyPoops: The girls never are shown having potty breaks. Averted in "Reeking Havoc" when everyone in Townsville (including the Powerpuffs) get bad gas. And in "Crazy Mixed Up Puffs", Buttercup farts. In "Pee Pee G's" the girls wake up in a wet bed.
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* MostAnnoyingSound: Her crying of course. Mostly because it's so freaking shrill!
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*InelegantBlubbering: In All Chalked Up, when Buttercup destroys the chalk, Bubbles' crying is realistic sounding. OH SWEET JESUS!!! it sounds nothing like it normally does. even worse is that Buttercup IS SMILING THE ENTIRE TIME.
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* GoodIsNotSoft: The three are generally sweet and easy to get along with, even getting along with their various RoguesGallery when said rogues aren't causing trouble... but their general approach to crime-fighting amounts to giving the crooks a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown and then throwing them in jail. The show has even come under criticism because of how brutal the girls can get.
* {{Invincible Hero}}ines: With a few exceptions, such as the Rowdyruff Boys' debut, they've ''never'' been directly defeated.
* {{Badass}}: In Princess' debut episode, Princess gets a suit of PoweredArmor, with which she completely ''[[CurbStompBattle thrashes]]'' Buttercup and Bubbles. Blossom, however, in full TranquilFury mode, not only [[NonchalantDodge dodges all of Princess' attacks]], but completely pounds her all by herself.
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* CompetitiveBalance: In most video games Blossom is JackOfAllStats, Bubbles is [[FragileSpeedster faster but weaker,]] and Buttercup is [[MightyGlacier slower but stronger.]] This is occasionally alluded to in show, such as Blossom doing the speed test and Buttercup the strength test when they wanted to join the Justice Friends. But all of their powers are roughly equal depending on who's trying the hardest. Bubbles has been shown to outfight Buttercup and Buttercup has won races between the three.
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** FighterMageThief: Buttercup is the Fighter, Blossom is the Mage, and Bubbles is the Thief.
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* TheTeam: Blossom is commander and the leader, acting as a headstrong, mastermind type {{Leader}}, a book smart, strategist variety SmartGuy. Bubbles is the 'joy and the laughter' and generally a cutie variant of TheChick. Buttercup is the 'toughest fighter' and is both TheLancer to Blossom's leadership, and TheBigGuy as her designation implies. Between the three of them they hit all the FiveManBand archetypes.
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* PragmaticHero: They treat villains like Mojo very hostile, even when he isn't directly doing evil plans. Most prominently shown in ''Just Another Manic Mojo'' where they beat him up in his own house.
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* {{Badass}}: Everyone knows she's the toughest of the sisters.
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** FighterMageThief: Buttercup is the Fighter, Blossom is the Mage, and Bubbles is the Thief.
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* [[BigBrotherBully Big Sister Bully]]: Buttercup sometimes veers into this territory towards Bubbles, like destroying her chalk in "All Chalked Up," but she shows that she cares for Bubbles. Occasionally, Buttercup merely teases her sisters a bit and sometimes, she doesn't intend to make them feel bad.
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[[folder: The Powerpuff Girls]]
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As depicted in the opening sequence of each episode, the Powerpuff Girls were created by Professor Utonium in an attempt to create the "perfect little girl" using a mixture of sugar, spice, and everything nice. However, [[FreakLabAccident he accidentally spilled Chemical X into the mixture]], granting the girls their superpowers.
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* ActionGirl: They fight to the degree that it's a rite of passage for kaiju to get beaten by them.
* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: At first in the movie. Also, in "Town And Out" when they move into Citiesville, until they decide to move back to Townsville.
* {{Artificial Human}}s: Created in lab. Also leads to an in-universe case of the UncannyValley, since the girls' eyes, hands (or lack thereof), and proportions are often mentioned as being creepy and strange to the people they meet. The reporter in TheMovie actually calls them "little bug-eyed freaks".
* {{Badass}}: They take down Godzilla-sized monsters on a daily basis, and a member of their regular rogues gallery is the universe's resident SatanicArchetype.
* BadassAdorable: They're in kindergarten.
* BadassFamily: Especially so in Powerprof, then the professor himself gets in on the action using PoweredArmor.
* BalloonBelly: The girls and the Mayor eat the whole candy jar and get full, big bellies in the episode "Candy is Dandy".
* CainAndAbel: The Abel to Mojo Jojo's Cain. They are also the Abel to the Rowdyruff Boys' Cain, though they're technically created directly and indirectly, respectively.
* ColorCodedCharacters: Blossom's color is pink, Bubbles' color is blue, and Buttercup's color is green.
* {{Cute Bruiser}}s: Cute little girls who are canonically the most powerful heroes in their world — the fastest, strongest, toughest, and most capable.
* DaddysGirl: All three, especially Bubbles.
* DestructiveSaviour: The girls often play this role especially in "Uh Oh Dynamo". {{Deconstructed}} in "Town and Out" and in TheMovie.
* HeroInsurance: Quite a lot of the fights cause major damage, but never have any consequences for it. The girls ''do'', however, try their best to save and/or clear out innocent civilians. This is Deconstructed when they move to a more realistic town and are chewed out for destroying a bridge to stop two bank robbers.
* {{Kid Hero}}ines: They are physically five years old and temporally about one year old.
* LethallyStupid: They act like this in the Movie. While playing tag, they accidentally cause ''massive'' damage to the school and Townsville, which caused them to get shunned, [[spoiler: until the ending that is.]]
* {{Little Miss Badass}}es: Of course, they are young girls who kick a lot of bad guy butt.
* NonStandardCharacterDesign: Most characters have relatively normal proportions. The girls, on the other hand, have enormous heads, tiny bodies, and fingerless arms. It's even lampshaded in an episode where Buttercup, [[ItMakesSenseInContext in the professor's body]], tried to use the phone without grabbing it.
* NotAllowedToGrowUp: Both Him and Mojo Jojo have mentioned the girls have been fighting crime for years, but they haven't gotten any older.
* TheNoseless: Almost every character in this series has a nose except for the girls. Seems to be because they're {{artificial human}}s.
* OnlyOneName: The girls technically have last names, due to being Professor Utonium's daughters, but this is never acknowledged officially.
* PersonOfMassDestruction: Best illustrated in TheMovie, where the girls play a game of tag and very nearly destroy the whole city, since they had only recently been born and [[DoesNotKnowHisOwnStrength didn't know to limit their powers yet]].
* PowerpuffGirlHands: The TropeNamer. Lampshaded when they accidentally switch bodies with the Professor, Mayor, and Miss Bellum: Buttercup (as the Professor) attempts to pick up the hotline by basically karate-chopping the air next to it, complaining that "your hand doesn't work!" when this accomplishes nothing.
* PowerTrio: They are a trio of girls who have unique superpowers.
** BeautyBrainsAndBrawn: Bubbles, Blossom, and Buttercup. Bubbles, being known as the "sweetest and cutest" one, is the beauty. Blossom, being the most intelligent of the group is the brains, while Buttercup being known as "the toughest fighter" serves as the brawn.
** BlondeBrunetteRedhead: Bubbles is the blonde, Buttercup is the brunette, and Blossom is the redhead.
** ChromaticArrangement: Blossom, Bubbles, and Buttercup are pink, blue, and green.
** FreudianTrio: Blossom (Superego--she is obsessed with rules and the most likely to respect authority figures simply for having authority.), Bubbles (Ego), Buttercup (Id--Short-tempered)
** NiceMeanAndInbetween: Bubbles (nice), Buttercup (mean), Blossom (in-between). This is shown perfectly with Buttercup usually arguing with Blossom, and Bubbles being the nicest out of the trio all the time.
** SameSexTriplets: The girls are sisters who are the same age.
** TownGirls: Bubbles is the Femme, Buttercup is the Butch, Blossom is Neither.
* PintSizedKid: They are 5 year old girls and they are pintsized.
** PintSizedPowerhouse: They are short, but they can lift a lot more than people twice their height can.
* SiblingTeam: The Powerpuff Girls are sisters who work together to save the day before bedtime.
* SiblingYinYang: Buttercup and Bubbles. The former is brash and rough, whereas the latter is sweet and friendly.
* SmashSisters: Working together, the girls beat up the bad guys.
* StrongAsTheyNeedToBe: One episode will have them proving themselves to adult heroes as the mightiest supers in their universe, and another will have all three girls get beaten down by a gang of ordinary thugs. One time an overweight nerd was able to trap them in toy packaging. SERIOUSLY?!
* ThemeNaming: All 3 girls (plus Bullet and Bunny) have names that start with a B and have double consonant. Notably Princess' name starts with a P and her double consonant is at the end instead of the middle of her name, she's the only Powerpuff esque character never to be acknowledged as part of the team or kept Chemical X powers. Lampshaded in the movie where the Professor reveals that the reason why he named Buttercup that name is because it starts with a B.
* YouGotSpunk: All three of them face down villains, monsters and what's basically ''Satan'' on a regular basis, and they're five-year-old girls!
* YoungerThanTheyLook: They were born the age they are, so they're actually (in the series) probably less than a year old, as they started kindergarten shortly after being created.
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* EyeBeams
* FlyingBrick
* SuperSpeed
* {{Telepathy}}: To a degree -- they have the ability to enter and share each other's dreams.
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Blossom is the redhead in the pink outfit and signature red bow. She's the "smart one" and the self-proclaimed leader of the group, although at times she can be bossy or over-analytical. Her unique ability, introduced in the episode "Ice Sore", is [[AnIcePerson ice breath]].
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* ArchEnemy: Mojo Jojo for his focus on intelligence, similar to her, and Brick of the Rowdyruff Boys for being her direct counterpart.
* BadassBookworm: The most knowledge oriented sibling of this crime fighting trio.
* BerserkButton: Don't hurt her sisters, and don't mess with her hair.
* BreakTheCutie: Occasionally, like in the episode "Not So Awesome Blossom". Sometimes it becomes BreakTheHaughty.
* BreathWeapon: The only Girl with [[AnIcePerson ice]] breath.
* CaptainGeographic: Her alternate identity in "Super Zeroes" - Liberty Belle. She's a [[WearingAFlagOnYourHead flag-dressed]] cross between WonderWoman and [[WesternAnimation/DextersLaboratory Major Glory]] and drives a [[{{Eagleland}} Freedommobile]].
* ControlFreak: While she is the leader of the group, she can be more bossy than usual.
* CuteBookworm: Naturally, she is an adorable little girl that always strives to do well academically.
* DrillSergeantNasty: When it involves giving the other girls commands.
* DitzyGenius: There's one time she is extremely stupid, and it involves old heroes and villains.
* EveryGirlIsCuterWithHairDecs: Has a big red bow on her hair.
* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: The responsible to Bubbles' foolish. Blossom is more level-headed while Bubbles is more ditzy.
* GoGetterGirl: Power-Noia reveals that she's rocking a major Complex of an Excellent Student.
* HeroicBSOD: In TheMovie during the girl's DarkestHour. Also, she has this in "Not So Awesome Blossom" when she loses her self-confidence.
* {{Hypocrite}}: She usually calls Buttercup out for picking on Bubbles, but ironically, [[SiblingRivalry she is very quick to argue with Buttercup]], and sometimes teases Bubbles for being babyish herself.
* IconicItem: "Beauty, brains, and one serious hairbow." You rarely see her without it.
* InsufferableGenius: At times, Blossom may think her ideas are the best because she's the most intelligent.
* ItsAllAboutMe: She dips into this behavior sometimes; in her version of events in "The Bare Facts", the story is solely centered around her, and she only grudgingly adds, "Oh, Buttercup and Bubbles were there too, I guess." when they protest this.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: To a lesser degree than Buttercup. Despite her [[InsufferableGenius flaws]], she seems to be a generally good person who only wants to do the right thing.
* TheLeader: Specifically referred to as such in the theme song, a levelheaded variant that forms attack strategies for her sisters and gives orders in combat.
* MeaningfulName: Named by the Professor for being the first girl to open up (like a flower) to him when they were created.
* [[OnlySaneMan Only Sane Girl]]: Out of the three girls, Blossom serves as the voice of reason because of her intelligence.
* ThePerfectionist: Blossom sometimes thinks that she has to be perfect, which led to her losing her confidence in "Not So Awesome Blossom."
* PinkMeansFeminine: Her eyes and dress are pink, and she acts feminine.
* RapunzelHair: For someone her height at least. The episode 'The Mane Event' shows that she actually has [[http://i53.tinypic.com/21abw4o.jpg ridiculously long hair for her age]], especially when compared to her sisters.
* {{Redheaded Hero}}ine: Blossom is a redhead and she's a heroine.
* RedOniBlueOni: The blue to Buttercup's red.
* TheSmartGirl: The smartest of the girls, notably doing the best in school.
* SmugSuper: Blossom knows how tough she can be, and she carries this attitude.
* TemporarilyAVillain: In "A Very Special Blossom" when she steals golf clubs in order to make the Professor happy. It doesn't end well for her, as she had to do community service hours.
* TranquilFury: On a few occasions, but most notably in her first fight with Princess after the latter "thrashes her sisters."
* WiseBeyondTheirYears: She's easily the most mature and level-headed of her sisters, which makes her a strong role model and ideal leader.
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->Voiced by Creator/TaraStrong
Bubbles is the one in the blue outfit with the blonde hair and pigtails. She's the most childish, naive, and timid of the three, but also the most gentle, caring, and playful. She's a FriendToAllLivingThings, and she has the unique ability to [[{{Omniglot}} talk to animals and speak any language]].
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* {{Adorkable}}: Bubbles' childish attitude and love for stuffed animals qualify her for this.
* ArchEnemy: Boomer of the Rowdyruff Boys for being her direct counterpart, and HIM, because, as the most evil being in the show, he is particularly interested in [[BreakTheCutie breaking her innocence ]] (such as in "Oct-Evil").
* BadassAdorable: Just as strong as her sisters, and also the cutest. She's the type that collects stuffed animals and can talk to squirrels.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: While she's the nicest and childish of the three, she also has a very, ''very'' long fuse, but if she gets angry, she's more devastating than Blossom or even Buttercup.
* BreakTheCutie: More often than the other two girls. It's usually Him who tries to do this to her.
* BreathWeapon: In the 2014 series, Bubbles is the one with ice breath.
* CharacterDevelopment: Compare her in season 1 to herself by the final season. At some point she grows a backbone, especially in regards to her sisters' teasing (case in point, she would cry very easily in the early seasons when she got teased. By season 5 she was [[DeadpanSnarker fighting back]]).
* CheerfulChild: Bubbles is described as "the joy and the laughter" in the end credits theme song.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: In the later seasons of the show, she is flanderized into this, and sometimes acts like she's "out of it."
* CuteButCacophonic: She normally has a very cute voice, but she tends to shriek when frustrated or excited. Plus, she can do a super-scream.
* TheCutie: Her innocent personality and her cheerful ways perceive her as this.
* CompanionCube: She can often get very attached to her stuffed animals, Octi in particular. This bites her in "Octi-Evil" when it gets possessed by HIM and starts actually giving her advice.
* DaddysGirl: Out of all the girls, Bubbles is the closest to the Professor.
* DeadpanSnarker: While she is normally a nice girl she does have her moments. Especially against Princess Morbucks. Since it's TaraStrong, it's to be expected.
-->'''Buttercup:''' Ooh, nice bracelets [Handcuffs].
-->'''Bubbles:''' Oh, they'll clash nicely with your new ''prison outfit''!
* TheDitz: She was flanderized into this in later seasons. Also, see DumbBlonde below.
* DumbBlonde: Not stupid per se - in Him Diddle Riddle, she scored a 1075 on the SAT whereas Blossom and Buttercup scored a 10 and a 25 respectively - but a bit ditzy. Observe!
--> '''Mojo Jojo''' ''(letter voiceover)'': Dear Powerpuff Girls,
---> I have kidnapped Professor Utonium! [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment I have taken him someplace against his will. If you look for him in the spots he likes to be, you will not find him! He is with me, but not by choice. I took him, and he didn't like it!]]
---> This message is from [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment and was written by]] Mojo Jojo.
--> '''Bubbles''': [[ComicallyMissingThePoint Who could've done this?]]
** There was also one episode where the Mayor called the Powerpuff hotline during a monster attack, only for Bubbles to answer, "Hi! Bye!" [[RuleOfThree three times]], with Blossom and Buttercup both glaring at her in the background.
* DisguisedInDrag: In one episode she was disguised as Boomer.
* FluffyTamer: In "Three Girls and a Monster" when she's able to tame the monster.
* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: The foolish to Blossom's responsible. While Bubbles is too ditzy, Blossom is more tame in comparison.
* FragileFlower: She's still a kick-ass superhero, but she's easy to scare and is almost always the first of the three to get emotional, which irritates Buttercup no end.
* FriendToAllLivingThings: Bubbles finds herself talking and communicating to animals.
* GeniusDitz: She can be ''very'' ditzy at times. However, as mentioned below, she is an {{Omniglot}} and SuddenlyFluentInGibberish, and scored a 1075 on the SAT, which (despite being impossible) is pretty good for a kindergartener.
* GenkiGirl: Bubbles is easily the most excitable of the three.
* GirlishPigtails: The "joy and the laughter" of the group, so she sports the bounciest hair style.
* GirlsLoveStuffedAnimals: She loves her stuffed Octi.
* GirlyBruiser: Bubbles is girly (into stuffed animals and dolls) and she kicks a lot of ass.
* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: She has blonde hair and is known for being the kindest out of the trio.
* HairTriggerTemper: Though not to the same extent as Buttercup. Sometimes, she can get very angry when provoked.
* TheHeart: Always strives to keep the peace between her sisters whenever they start fighting.
* InnocentBlueEyes: Her blue eyes represent her youth and innocence. She's known as the sweetest, cutest, and nicest of the trio, and her element is sugar.
* KidAppealCharacter: She had a few elements of this trope like acting more childish than usual.
* TheKirk: Whenever Blossom (brains) clashes with Buttercup (brawn).
* MakeMeWannaShout: The Super-sonic Scream.
* MeaningfulName: Named by the Professor for her "bubbly personality".
** OddNameOut: She's the only one of the three not named after a flower.
* NiceGirl: As seen in InnocentBlueEyes and HairOfGoldHeartOfGold.
* {{Omniglot}}: A power unique to Bubbles who is seen speaking Spanish, reading and speaking Japanese, and can also [[SpeaksFluentAnimal communicate with squirrels and other animals.]]
* PluckyComicRelief: As the ending theme song states that she is "the joy and the laughter".
* ThePollyanna: She's the most optimistic and idealistic of the girls.
* PunctuatedForEmphasis: [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome I'M HARDCORE NOW!]]
* ShipTease: Bubbles => Boomer. A rather small, insignificant one perhaps, but she's the only Powerpuff who has ever shown something else other than disdain by this bit:
--> '''Blossom:''' Alright girls. I think we know what we have to do. [[GirlsHaveCooties Let's give 'em some sugar]]!
--> '''Bubbles:''' [eagerly] Ooh, ooh, I want the blond! I think he's cute!
--> '''Buttercup:''' Man, you're weird!
** It helps that her shot still for when she kisses Boomer has her basically hug him towards her while looking happy in comparison to her sisters' distance (they avoid all contact with the exception of the lips to their cheeks) and distaste.
* SuddenlyFluentInGibberish: Former TropeNamer, for Talks To Squirrels. Bubbles uses this to her advantage sometimes.
* SurrogateSoliloquy: With Octi. Bubbles usually finds herself talking to Octi, her stuffed octopus.
* TalkingTheMonsterToDeath: Okay, not really. After Blossom and Buttercup fail to land a single hit, Bubbles kindly asks the monster to leave Townsville. ''It works.''
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Girly Girl to Buttercup's Tomboy. Bubbles likes to play with stuffed animals and dollies, making her girly, whereas Buttercup is more interested in things associated with guys.
* TookALevelInBadass: "Bubblevicious". She starts the episode dealing with training in level 2, and ends up not only taking level eleven on the simulator but also in Mojo's laser beam (right before beating the snot out of him)
* TookALevelInJerkass: Again in "Bubblevicious". [[DisproportionateRetribution She takes her aggression too far and starts to beat people to a pulp for things like]] [[FelonyMisdemeanor ''littering'']].
* TrueBlueFemininity: She wears blue and is the most girly of the trio.
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[[folder: Buttercup]]
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->Voiced by Creator/ElizabethDaily
Buttercup has the green outfit and black hair. She's a tomboy, and the "toughest fighter". She's the most aggressive and confrontational sister, and has gained a reputation among the bad guys of Townsville as the most vicious of the trio. Unlike her sisters, she doesn't have a unique ability (to her chagrin); however, it's eventually revealed in the Season 6 episode "Nuthin' Special" that she's the only member of the team who can [[spoiler:curl her tongue. Well, at least it's something]].
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* AddedAlliterativeAppeal: "So we have Blossom, Bubbles, and, hmmm, Buttercup because... it also begins with a B."
* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: She spends an episode attracted to Ace, of the Gangrene Gang.
* ArchEnemy: Butch of the Rowdyruff Boys for being her direct counterpart, and the Gangrene Gang for having similar attitude problems and sharing the color green.
* {{Badass}}: Everyone knows she's the toughest of the sisters.
** BadassArmFold: Her default position appears to be with her arms folded.
** LittleMissBadass: Just like her sisters, she may just seem like a cute little girl but everyone knows her superhuman strength
* TheBerserker: Eventually gets some much-needed professional help with her anger-management issues in the episode "Makes Zen To Me."
* TheBigGirl: Not literally, but still, considering she is the toughest out of the three and has the most brute strength.
* [[BigBrotherBully Big Sister Bully]]: Buttercup sometimes veers into this territory towards Bubbles, like destroying her chalk in "All Chalked Up," but she shows that she cares for Bubbles. Occasionally, Buttercup merely teases her sisters a bit and sometimes, she doesn't intend to make them feel bad.
* BloodKnight: Buttercup is always excited when she's getting ready to fight, to the point of refusing to take a bath in "Down N Dirty" because she's rather fight evil monsters instead.
* TheBully: Drops into this occasionally, most notably with Elmer Sglue, going so far as to chuck a gluey popsicle stick project in his face. She does eventually apologize to him though.
* CompressedVice: In the WhatDoTheyFearEpisode Bubbles's fear is [[PrimalFear the dark]], Blossom's is [[HiddenDepths underachieving]] and Buttercup's is... [[OutOfCharacter spiders]]. Despite the fact that she's been handling bug-themed villains as far back as episode 1!
** Her greediness in "Moral Decay" when she knocks people's teeth out for money can be this.
* CuteBruiser: Although Buttercup would hate to be called "cute," she can kick serious ass.
* DeadpanSnarker: Buttercup can be the most sarcastic when she shows disdain for things she doesn't like.
* {{Determinator}}: This is shown very well in the episode "The Boys Are Back In Town" when she refuses to give up against the boys, even though she was obviously outmatched.
* DumbMuscle: She's the toughest of the 3, but also BookDumb
* EmbarrassingNickname: The Professor calls her "Butterbear" in "Powerprof", and Blossom calls her "Butterfingers" after dropping Femme Fatale in "Equal Fights".
* TheFirstCutIsTheDeepest: She...[[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown doesn't react well ]] when she finds out Ace was just using her in "Buttercrush".
* ForgotICouldFly: In "Down And Dirty", she is being chased by a mob of townsfolks for refusing to take a bath, when she abruptly stops and asks, "Wait, what am I doing?" before taking off into the air.
* GirlinessUpgrade: In the infamous teen flashback from "City of Clipsville" when she wears girly things and acts girly.
** She sort-of gets one at the end of "The Rowdyruff Boys" where she kisses Butch. Followed by a downgrade back to normal when Buttercup's reaction to having kissed a boy is to start spitting repeatedly in disgust.
* GlowingEyesOfDoom: Buttercup gets glowing green eyes in the {{Spawn}} expy Mange in ''Super Zeroes''.
* GoodIsNotNice: Fights crime and evil like her sisters, but is the rudest and most violent.
* {{Greed}}: In "Moral Decay" when she knocks out teeth from super villains for cash.
* HairTriggerTemper: Buttercup has quite a temper and it's not that hard to make her angry.
* HatesBaths: Is a central plot point in "Down N' Dirty."
* HeartbrokenBadass: After she realizes Ace was lying to her in "Buttercrush". She gets over it pretty quickly, though. Or not, considering she brings it up in a later episode, still sounding bitter about it.
* HiddenDepths: Although she rushes headfirst into situations and prefers to solve things with violence, she is smarter than she is given credit for and often gives others an EurekaMoment, like in TheMovie.
** Also in "Makes Zen To Me", when she goes to a temple to learn how to control her anger, she finds she actually ''likes'' doing things like lighting candles and meditating.
* HotBlooded: Buttercup can also get pumped, especially when it involves fighting.
* HypocriticalHeartwarming: Sure she can be a bully to Bubbles and she can be a jerk to Blossom sometimes, [[BerserkButton but she doesn't tolerate]] ''anyone else'' acting like that towards them.
* IJustWantToBeSpecial: An episode was dedicated to Buttercup being unhappy that she didn't have a unique power like her sisters.
** Although her special power is to [[spoiler: curl her tongue]], she was established in "Speed Demon" to be ''slightly'' faster then her sisters, and she's generally considered the physically strongest of the three.
*** In TheMovie when the Professor named them, Blossom and Bubbles both got [[MeaningfulName meaningful names]]; Buttercup waited excitedly for hers, but he named her Buttercup simply because "it also begins with a B."
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Buttercup may act brash and she may be a jerk and a bully sometimes to her sisters or other, but she's still a good-hearted girl who admits her mistakes and she loves her sisters. It's [[MamaBear probably not a good idea to harm her sisters.]]
** JerkassFacade: A few episodes imply Buttercup is quite insecure and acts the way she does because she feels like she isn't as beloved as her sisters.
* TheLadette: The tomboy of the sisters who hates anything cute and loves sports and violence the most.
* TheLancer: As the more rebellious and HotBlooded foil to Blossom.
* LeeroyJenkins: Her first instinct when confronted with a threat is usually to charge straight after it. More often than not, it works.
* LoveMakesYouDumb: In "Buttercrush" when she becomes infatuated with Ace, which he uses to his advantage to manipulate Buttercup and to destroy her sisters.
* MiddleChildSyndrome: Even though the girls were "born" at the same time. According to the movie's DVDCommentary it started as soon as she was named. While Blossom and Bubbles got {{Meaningful Name}}s she was named Buttercup because "[[AddedAlliterativeAppeal that also starts with a B]]".
** Although in the French dub, she is named Rebelle, which pretty much speaks for itself.
* NobodyCallsMeChicken: Buttercup hates when people assume she is scared in situations.
* NotSoAboveItAll: At first she doesn't want to keep Kitty in "Cat Man Do", but [[CutenessProximity she's soon gushing over it with her sisters.]]
** In "Boogie Frights", Buttercup teases Bubbles for being afraid of the Boogie Man, but when they actually encounter the Boogie Man's minions, they both get so scared that they hug one another, which Bubbles immediately points out.
* OneOfTheBoys: At school, she hangs out with the boys in the class.
* PrecociousCrush: Gets one on Ace in "Buttercrush." She's physically a kindergartner and he's at least a teenager.
* ThePigPen: "Down And Dirty". She refuses to bathe after each battle ''despite the fact that she was sent through a septic tank'' and ends up becoming so smelly that she's kicked out of town. ''Even monsters don't want to deal with the stink.''
* RedOniBlueOni: The red to Blossom's blue.
* SecurityBlanket: "Cover Up." She says that it helps her do well in battles.
* SourSupporter: To Blossom, when she's being particularly bossy.
* TemporarilyAVillain: In "Moral Decay" when she starts most of the trouble in the episode by knocking the villains teeth out, even when they weren't bothering her.
* {{Tomboy}}: Buttercup loves fighting, playing with action figures, and hanging out with guys at the playground.
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Tomboy to Bubbles' Girly Girl. Buttercup is short-tempered and interested in things associated with guys, whereas Bubbles is girly and interested in stuffed animals and dolls.
* TheUnapologetic: In both "Paste Makes Waste" and "All Chalked Up".
** For the former, she teases Elmer Sglue for eating paste. When Elmer turns into a giant radioactive monster as a result of eating a fly that swam in toxic waste and landed in his paste, Blossom and Bubbles get trapped in him, leaving Buttercup to apologize to him the only option of saving them. Of course, Buttercup is reluctant to do so.
** In the latter episode, Buttercup destroys Bubbles' chalk, leading Bubbles to get a new set from a butterfly that is really a disguised Him. The chalk transforms her drawings into giant monsters. At the end of the episode, Buttercup reluctantly tries to apologize, but Bubbles accepts her apology before she can give it.
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[[foldercontrol]]
[[folder: The Powerpuff Girls]]
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As depicted in the opening sequence of each episode, the Powerpuff Girls were created by Professor Utonium in an attempt to create the "perfect little girl" using a mixture of sugar, spice, and everything nice. However, [[FreakLabAccident he accidentally spilled Chemical X into the mixture]], granting the girls their superpowers.
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* ActionGirl: They fight to the degree that it's a rite of passage for kaiju to get beaten by them.
* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: At first in the movie. Also, in "Town And Out" when they move into Citiesville, until they decide to move back to Townsville.
* {{Artificial Human}}s: Created in lab. Also leads to an in-universe case of the UncannyValley, since the girls' eyes, hands (or lack thereof), and proportions are often mentioned as being creepy and strange to the people they meet. The reporter in TheMovie actually calls them "little bug-eyed freaks".
* {{Badass}}: They take down Godzilla-sized monsters on a daily basis, and a member of their regular rogues gallery is the universe's resident SatanicArchetype.
* BadassAdorable: They're in kindergarten.
* BadassFamily: Especially so in Powerprof, then the professor himself gets in on the action using PoweredArmor.
* BalloonBelly: The girls and the Mayor eat the whole candy jar and get full, big bellies in the episode "Candy is Dandy".
* CainAndAbel: The Abel to Mojo Jojo's Cain. They are also the Abel to the Rowdyruff Boys' Cain, though they're technically created directly and indirectly, respectively.
* ColorCodedCharacters: Blossom's color is pink, Bubbles' color is blue, and Buttercup's color is green.
* {{Cute Bruiser}}s: Cute little girls who are canonically the most powerful heroes in their world — the fastest, strongest, toughest, and most capable.
* DaddysGirl: All three, especially Bubbles.
* DestructiveSaviour: The girls often play this role especially in "Uh Oh Dynamo". {{Deconstructed}} in "Town and Out" and in TheMovie.
* HeroInsurance: Quite a lot of the fights cause major damage, but never have any consequences for it. The girls ''do'', however, try their best to save and/or clear out innocent civilians. This is Deconstructed when they move to a more realistic town and are chewed out for destroying a bridge to stop two bank robbers.
* {{Kid Hero}}ines: They are physically five years old and temporally about one year old.
* LethallyStupid: They act like this in the Movie. While playing tag, they accidentally cause ''massive'' damage to the school and Townsville, which caused them to get shunned, [[spoiler: until the ending that is.]]
* {{Little Miss Badass}}es: Of course, they are young girls who kick a lot of bad guy butt.
* NonStandardCharacterDesign: Most characters have relatively normal proportions. The girls, on the other hand, have enormous heads, tiny bodies, and fingerless arms. It's even lampshaded in an episode where Buttercup, [[ItMakesSenseInContext in the professor's body]], tried to use the phone without grabbing it.
* NotAllowedToGrowUp: Both Him and Mojo Jojo have mentioned the girls have been fighting crime for years, but they haven't gotten any older.
* TheNoseless: Almost every character in this series has a nose except for the girls. Seems to be because they're {{artificial human}}s.
* OnlyOneName: The girls technically have last names, due to being Professor Utonium's daughters, but this is never acknowledged officially.
* PersonOfMassDestruction: Best illustrated in TheMovie, where the girls play a game of tag and very nearly destroy the whole city, since they had only recently been born and [[DoesNotKnowHisOwnStrength didn't know to limit their powers yet]].
* PowerpuffGirlHands: The TropeNamer. Lampshaded when they accidentally switch bodies with the Professor, Mayor, and Miss Bellum: Buttercup (as the Professor) attempts to pick up the hotline by basically karate-chopping the air next to it, complaining that "your hand doesn't work!" when this accomplishes nothing.
* PowerTrio: They are a trio of girls who have unique superpowers.
** BeautyBrainsAndBrawn: Bubbles, Blossom, and Buttercup. Bubbles, being known as the "sweetest and cutest" one, is the beauty. Blossom, being the most intelligent of the group is the brains, while Buttercup being known as "the toughest fighter" serves as the brawn.
** BlondeBrunetteRedhead: Bubbles is the blonde, Buttercup is the brunette, and Blossom is the redhead.
** ChromaticArrangement: Blossom, Bubbles, and Buttercup are pink, blue, and green.
** FreudianTrio: Blossom (Superego--she is obsessed with rules and the most likely to respect authority figures simply for having authority.), Bubbles (Ego), Buttercup (Id--Short-tempered)
** NiceMeanAndInbetween: Bubbles (nice), Buttercup (mean), Blossom (in-between). This is shown perfectly with Buttercup usually arguing with Blossom, and Bubbles being the nicest out of the trio all the time.
** SameSexTriplets: The girls are sisters who are the same age.
** TownGirls: Bubbles is the Femme, Buttercup is the Butch, Blossom is Neither.
* PintSizedKid: They are 5 year old girls and they are pintsized.
** PintSizedPowerhouse: They are short, but they can lift a lot more than people twice their height can.
* SiblingTeam: The Powerpuff Girls are sisters who work together to save the day before bedtime.
* SiblingYinYang: Buttercup and Bubbles. The former is brash and rough, whereas the latter is sweet and friendly.
* SmashSisters: Working together, the girls beat up the bad guys.
* StrongAsTheyNeedToBe: One episode will have them proving themselves to adult heroes as the mightiest supers in their universe, and another will have all three girls get beaten down by a gang of ordinary thugs. One time an overweight nerd was able to trap them in toy packaging. SERIOUSLY?!
* ThemeNaming: All 3 girls (plus Bullet and Bunny) have names that start with a B and have double consonant. Notably Princess' name starts with a P and her double consonant is at the end instead of the middle of her name, she's the only Powerpuff esque character never to be acknowledged as part of the team or kept Chemical X powers. Lampshaded in the movie where the Professor reveals that the reason why he named Buttercup that name is because it starts with a B.
* YouGotSpunk: All three of them face down villains, monsters and what's basically ''Satan'' on a regular basis, and they're five-year-old girls!
* YoungerThanTheyLook: They were born the age they are, so they're actually (in the series) probably less than a year old, as they started kindergarten shortly after being created.
''Powers:''
* EyeBeams
* FlyingBrick
* SuperSpeed
* {{Telepathy}}: To a degree -- they have the ability to enter and share each other's dreams.
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[[folder: Blossom]]
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->Voiced by Cathy Cavadini
Blossom is the redhead in the pink outfit and signature red bow. She's the "smart one" and the self-proclaimed leader of the group, although at times she can be bossy or over-analytical. Her unique ability, introduced in the episode "Ice Sore", is [[AnIcePerson ice breath]].
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* ArchEnemy: Mojo Jojo for his focus on intelligence, similar to her, and Brick of the Rowdyruff Boys for being her direct counterpart.
* BadassBookworm: The most knowledge oriented sibling of this crime fighting trio.
* BerserkButton: Don't hurt her sisters, and don't mess with her hair.
* BreakTheCutie: Occasionally, like in the episode "Not So Awesome Blossom". Sometimes it becomes BreakTheHaughty.
* BreathWeapon: The only Girl with [[AnIcePerson ice]] breath.
* CaptainGeographic: Her alternate identity in "Super Zeroes" - Liberty Belle. She's a [[WearingAFlagOnYourHead flag-dressed]] cross between WonderWoman and [[WesternAnimation/DextersLaboratory Major Glory]] and drives a [[{{Eagleland}} Freedommobile]].
* ControlFreak: While she is the leader of the group, she can be more bossy than usual.
* CuteBookworm: Naturally, she is an adorable little girl that always strives to do well academically.
* DrillSergeantNasty: When it involves giving the other girls commands.
* DitzyGenius: There's one time she is extremely stupid, and it involves old heroes and villains.
* EveryGirlIsCuterWithHairDecs: Has a big red bow on her hair.
* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: The responsible to Bubbles' foolish. Blossom is more level-headed while Bubbles is more ditzy.
* GoGetterGirl: Power-Noia reveals that she's rocking a major Complex of an Excellent Student.
* HeroicBSOD: In TheMovie during the girl's DarkestHour. Also, she has this in "Not So Awesome Blossom" when she loses her self-confidence.
* {{Hypocrite}}: She usually calls Buttercup out for picking on Bubbles, but ironically, [[SiblingRivalry she is very quick to argue with Buttercup]], and sometimes teases Bubbles for being babyish herself.
* IconicItem: "Beauty, brains, and one serious hairbow." You rarely see her without it.
* InsufferableGenius: At times, Blossom may think her ideas are the best because she's the most intelligent.
* ItsAllAboutMe: She dips into this behavior sometimes; in her version of events in "The Bare Facts", the story is solely centered around her, and she only grudgingly adds, "Oh, Buttercup and Bubbles were there too, I guess." when they protest this.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: To a lesser degree than Buttercup. Despite her [[InsufferableGenius flaws]], she seems to be a generally good person who only wants to do the right thing.
* TheLeader: Specifically referred to as such in the theme song, a levelheaded variant that forms attack strategies for her sisters and gives orders in combat.
* MeaningfulName: Named by the Professor for being the first girl to open up (like a flower) to him when they were created.
* [[OnlySaneMan Only Sane Girl]]: Out of the three girls, Blossom serves as the voice of reason because of her intelligence.
* ThePerfectionist: Blossom sometimes thinks that she has to be perfect, which led to her losing her confidence in "Not So Awesome Blossom."
* PinkMeansFeminine: Her eyes and dress are pink, and she acts feminine.
* RapunzelHair: For someone her height at least. The episode 'The Mane Event' shows that she actually has [[http://i53.tinypic.com/21abw4o.jpg ridiculously long hair for her age]], especially when compared to her sisters.
* {{Redheaded Hero}}ine: Blossom is a redhead and she's a heroine.
* RedOniBlueOni: The blue to Buttercup's red.
* TheSmartGirl: The smartest of the girls, notably doing the best in school.
* SmugSuper: Blossom knows how tough she can be, and she carries this attitude.
* TemporarilyAVillain: In "A Very Special Blossom" when she steals golf clubs in order to make the Professor happy. It doesn't end well for her, as she had to do community service hours.
* TranquilFury: On a few occasions, but most notably in her first fight with Princess after the latter "thrashes her sisters."
* WiseBeyondTheirYears: She's easily the most mature and level-headed of her sisters, which makes her a strong role model and ideal leader.
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[[folder: Bubbles]]
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->Voiced by Creator/TaraStrong
Bubbles is the one in the blue outfit with the blonde hair and pigtails. She's the most childish, naive, and timid of the three, but also the most gentle, caring, and playful. She's a FriendToAllLivingThings, and she has the unique ability to [[{{Omniglot}} talk to animals and speak any language]].
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* {{Adorkable}}: Bubbles' childish attitude and love for stuffed animals qualify her for this.
* ArchEnemy: Boomer of the Rowdyruff Boys for being her direct counterpart, and HIM, because, as the most evil being in the show, he is particularly interested in [[BreakTheCutie breaking her innocence ]] (such as in "Oct-Evil").
* BadassAdorable: Just as strong as her sisters, and also the cutest. She's the type that collects stuffed animals and can talk to squirrels.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: While she's the nicest and childish of the three, she also has a very, ''very'' long fuse, but if she gets angry, she's more devastating than Blossom or even Buttercup.
* BreakTheCutie: More often than the other two girls. It's usually Him who tries to do this to her.
* BreathWeapon: In the 2014 series, Bubbles is the one with ice breath.
* CharacterDevelopment: Compare her in season 1 to herself by the final season. At some point she grows a backbone, especially in regards to her sisters' teasing (case in point, she would cry very easily in the early seasons when she got teased. By season 5 she was [[DeadpanSnarker fighting back]]).
* CheerfulChild: Bubbles is described as "the joy and the laughter" in the end credits theme song.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: In the later seasons of the show, she is flanderized into this, and sometimes acts like she's "out of it."
* CuteButCacophonic: She normally has a very cute voice, but she tends to shriek when frustrated or excited. Plus, she can do a super-scream.
* TheCutie: Her innocent personality and her cheerful ways perceive her as this.
* CompanionCube: She can often get very attached to her stuffed animals, Octi in particular. This bites her in "Octi-Evil" when it gets possessed by HIM and starts actually giving her advice.
* DaddysGirl: Out of all the girls, Bubbles is the closest to the Professor.
* DeadpanSnarker: While she is normally a nice girl she does have her moments. Especially against Princess Morbucks. Since it's TaraStrong, it's to be expected.
-->'''Buttercup:''' Ooh, nice bracelets [Handcuffs].
-->'''Bubbles:''' Oh, they'll clash nicely with your new ''prison outfit''!
* TheDitz: She was flanderized into this in later seasons. Also, see DumbBlonde below.
* DumbBlonde: Not stupid per se - in Him Diddle Riddle, she scored a 1075 on the SAT whereas Blossom and Buttercup scored a 10 and a 25 respectively - but a bit ditzy. Observe!
--> '''Mojo Jojo''' ''(letter voiceover)'': Dear Powerpuff Girls,
---> I have kidnapped Professor Utonium! [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment I have taken him someplace against his will. If you look for him in the spots he likes to be, you will not find him! He is with me, but not by choice. I took him, and he didn't like it!]]
---> This message is from [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment and was written by]] Mojo Jojo.
--> '''Bubbles''': [[ComicallyMissingThePoint Who could've done this?]]
** There was also one episode where the Mayor called the Powerpuff hotline during a monster attack, only for Bubbles to answer, "Hi! Bye!" [[RuleOfThree three times]], with Blossom and Buttercup both glaring at her in the background.
* DisguisedInDrag: In one episode she was disguised as Boomer.
* FluffyTamer: In "Three Girls and a Monster" when she's able to tame the monster.
* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: The foolish to Blossom's responsible. While Bubbles is too ditzy, Blossom is more tame in comparison.
* FragileFlower: She's still a kick-ass superhero, but she's easy to scare and is almost always the first of the three to get emotional, which irritates Buttercup no end.
* FriendToAllLivingThings: Bubbles finds herself talking and communicating to animals.
* GeniusDitz: She can be ''very'' ditzy at times. However, as mentioned below, she is an {{Omniglot}} and SuddenlyFluentInGibberish, and scored a 1075 on the SAT, which (despite being impossible) is pretty good for a kindergartener.
* GenkiGirl: Bubbles is easily the most excitable of the three.
* GirlishPigtails: The "joy and the laughter" of the group, so she sports the bounciest hair style.
* GirlsLoveStuffedAnimals: She loves her stuffed Octi.
* GirlyBruiser: Bubbles is girly (into stuffed animals and dolls) and she kicks a lot of ass.
* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: She has blonde hair and is known for being the kindest out of the trio.
* HairTriggerTemper: Though not to the same extent as Buttercup. Sometimes, she can get very angry when provoked.
* TheHeart: Always strives to keep the peace between her sisters whenever they start fighting.
* InnocentBlueEyes: Her blue eyes represent her youth and innocence. She's known as the sweetest, cutest, and nicest of the trio, and her element is sugar.
* KidAppealCharacter: She had a few elements of this trope like acting more childish than usual.
* TheKirk: Whenever Blossom (brains) clashes with Buttercup (brawn).
* MakeMeWannaShout: The Super-sonic Scream.
* MeaningfulName: Named by the Professor for her "bubbly personality".
** OddNameOut: She's the only one of the three not named after a flower.
* NiceGirl: As seen in InnocentBlueEyes and HairOfGoldHeartOfGold.
* {{Omniglot}}: A power unique to Bubbles who is seen speaking Spanish, reading and speaking Japanese, and can also [[SpeaksFluentAnimal communicate with squirrels and other animals.]]
* PluckyComicRelief: As the ending theme song states that she is "the joy and the laughter".
* ThePollyanna: She's the most optimistic and idealistic of the girls.
* PunctuatedForEmphasis: [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome I'M HARDCORE NOW!]]
* ShipTease: Bubbles => Boomer. A rather small, insignificant one perhaps, but she's the only Powerpuff who has ever shown something else other than disdain by this bit:
--> '''Blossom:''' Alright girls. I think we know what we have to do. [[GirlsHaveCooties Let's give 'em some sugar]]!
--> '''Bubbles:''' [eagerly] Ooh, ooh, I want the blond! I think he's cute!
--> '''Buttercup:''' Man, you're weird!
** It helps that her shot still for when she kisses Boomer has her basically hug him towards her while looking happy in comparison to her sisters' distance (they avoid all contact with the exception of the lips to their cheeks) and distaste.
* SuddenlyFluentInGibberish: Former TropeNamer, for Talks To Squirrels. Bubbles uses this to her advantage sometimes.
* SurrogateSoliloquy: With Octi. Bubbles usually finds herself talking to Octi, her stuffed octopus.
* TalkingTheMonsterToDeath: Okay, not really. After Blossom and Buttercup fail to land a single hit, Bubbles kindly asks the monster to leave Townsville. ''It works.''
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Girly Girl to Buttercup's Tomboy. Bubbles likes to play with stuffed animals and dollies, making her girly, whereas Buttercup is more interested in things associated with guys.
* TookALevelInBadass: "Bubblevicious". She starts the episode dealing with training in level 2, and ends up not only taking level eleven on the simulator but also in Mojo's laser beam (right before beating the snot out of him)
* TookALevelInJerkass: Again in "Bubblevicious". [[DisproportionateRetribution She takes her aggression too far and starts to beat people to a pulp for things like]] [[FelonyMisdemeanor ''littering'']].
* TrueBlueFemininity: She wears blue and is the most girly of the trio.
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[[folder: Buttercup]]
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->Voiced by Creator/ElizabethDaily
Buttercup has the green outfit and black hair. She's a tomboy, and the "toughest fighter". She's the most aggressive and confrontational sister, and has gained a reputation among the bad guys of Townsville as the most vicious of the trio. Unlike her sisters, she doesn't have a unique ability (to her chagrin); however, it's eventually revealed in the Season 6 episode "Nuthin' Special" that she's the only member of the team who can [[spoiler:curl her tongue. Well, at least it's something]].
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* AddedAlliterativeAppeal: "So we have Blossom, Bubbles, and, hmmm, Buttercup because... it also begins with a B."
* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: She spends an episode attracted to Ace, of the Gangrene Gang.
* ArchEnemy: Butch of the Rowdyruff Boys for being her direct counterpart, and the Gangrene Gang for having similar attitude problems and sharing the color green.
* {{Badass}}: Everyone knows she's the toughest of the sisters.
** BadassArmFold: Her default position appears to be with her arms folded.
** LittleMissBadass: Just like her sisters, she may just seem like a cute little girl but everyone knows her superhuman strength
* TheBerserker: Eventually gets some much-needed professional help with her anger-management issues in the episode "Makes Zen To Me."
* TheBigGirl: Not literally, but still, considering she is the toughest out of the three and has the most brute strength.
* [[BigBrotherBully Big Sister Bully]]: Buttercup sometimes veers into this territory towards Bubbles, like destroying her chalk in "All Chalked Up," but she shows that she cares for Bubbles. Occasionally, Buttercup merely teases her sisters a bit and sometimes, she doesn't intend to make them feel bad.
* BloodKnight: Buttercup is always excited when she's getting ready to fight, to the point of refusing to take a bath in "Down N Dirty" because she's rather fight evil monsters instead.
* TheBully: Drops into this occasionally, most notably with Elmer Sglue, going so far as to chuck a gluey popsicle stick project in his face. She does eventually apologize to him though.
* CompressedVice: In the WhatDoTheyFearEpisode Bubbles's fear is [[PrimalFear the dark]], Blossom's is [[HiddenDepths underachieving]] and Buttercup's is... [[OutOfCharacter spiders]]. Despite the fact that she's been handling bug-themed villains as far back as episode 1!
** Her greediness in "Moral Decay" when she knocks people's teeth out for money can be this.
* CuteBruiser: Although Buttercup would hate to be called "cute," she can kick serious ass.
* DeadpanSnarker: Buttercup can be the most sarcastic when she shows disdain for things she doesn't like.
* {{Determinator}}: This is shown very well in the episode "The Boys Are Back In Town" when she refuses to give up against the boys, even though she was obviously outmatched.
* DumbMuscle: She's the toughest of the 3, but also BookDumb
* EmbarrassingNickname: The Professor calls her "Butterbear" in "Powerprof", and Blossom calls her "Butterfingers" after dropping Femme Fatale in "Equal Fights".
* TheFirstCutIsTheDeepest: She...[[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown doesn't react well ]] when she finds out Ace was just using her in "Buttercrush".
* ForgotICouldFly: In "Down And Dirty", she is being chased by a mob of townsfolks for refusing to take a bath, when she abruptly stops and asks, "Wait, what am I doing?" before taking off into the air.
* GirlinessUpgrade: In the infamous teen flashback from "City of Clipsville" when she wears girly things and acts girly.
** She sort-of gets one at the end of "The Rowdyruff Boys" where she kisses Butch. Followed by a downgrade back to normal when Buttercup's reaction to having kissed a boy is to start spitting repeatedly in disgust.
* GlowingEyesOfDoom: Buttercup gets glowing green eyes in the {{Spawn}} expy Mange in ''Super Zeroes''.
* GoodIsNotNice: Fights crime and evil like her sisters, but is the rudest and most violent.
* {{Greed}}: In "Moral Decay" when she knocks out teeth from super villains for cash.
* HairTriggerTemper: Buttercup has quite a temper and it's not that hard to make her angry.
* HatesBaths: Is a central plot point in "Down N' Dirty."
* HeartbrokenBadass: After she realizes Ace was lying to her in "Buttercrush". She gets over it pretty quickly, though. Or not, considering she brings it up in a later episode, still sounding bitter about it.
* HiddenDepths: Although she rushes headfirst into situations and prefers to solve things with violence, she is smarter than she is given credit for and often gives others an EurekaMoment, like in TheMovie.
** Also in "Makes Zen To Me", when she goes to a temple to learn how to control her anger, she finds she actually ''likes'' doing things like lighting candles and meditating.
* HotBlooded: Buttercup can also get pumped, especially when it involves fighting.
* HypocriticalHeartwarming: Sure she can be a bully to Bubbles and she can be a jerk to Blossom sometimes, [[BerserkButton but she doesn't tolerate]] ''anyone else'' acting like that towards them.
* IJustWantToBeSpecial: An episode was dedicated to Buttercup being unhappy that she didn't have a unique power like her sisters.
** Although her special power is to [[spoiler: curl her tongue]], she was established in "Speed Demon" to be ''slightly'' faster then her sisters, and she's generally considered the physically strongest of the three.
*** In TheMovie when the Professor named them, Blossom and Bubbles both got [[MeaningfulName meaningful names]]; Buttercup waited excitedly for hers, but he named her Buttercup simply because "it also begins with a B."
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Buttercup may act brash and she may be a jerk and a bully sometimes to her sisters or other, but she's still a good-hearted girl who admits her mistakes and she loves her sisters. It's [[MamaBear probably not a good idea to harm her sisters.]]
** JerkassFacade: A few episodes imply Buttercup is quite insecure and acts the way she does because she feels like she isn't as beloved as her sisters.
* TheLadette: The tomboy of the sisters who hates anything cute and loves sports and violence the most.
* TheLancer: As the more rebellious and HotBlooded foil to Blossom.
* LeeroyJenkins: Her first instinct when confronted with a threat is usually to charge straight after it. More often than not, it works.
* LoveMakesYouDumb: In "Buttercrush" when she becomes infatuated with Ace, which he uses to his advantage to manipulate Buttercup and to destroy her sisters.
* MiddleChildSyndrome: Even though the girls were "born" at the same time. According to the movie's DVDCommentary it started as soon as she was named. While Blossom and Bubbles got {{Meaningful Name}}s she was named Buttercup because "[[AddedAlliterativeAppeal that also starts with a B]]".
** Although in the French dub, she is named Rebelle, which pretty much speaks for itself.
* NobodyCallsMeChicken: Buttercup hates when people assume she is scared in situations.
* NotSoAboveItAll: At first she doesn't want to keep Kitty in "Cat Man Do", but [[CutenessProximity she's soon gushing over it with her sisters.]]
** In "Boogie Frights", Buttercup teases Bubbles for being afraid of the Boogie Man, but when they actually encounter the Boogie Man's minions, they both get so scared that they hug one another, which Bubbles immediately points out.
* OneOfTheBoys: At school, she hangs out with the boys in the class.
* PrecociousCrush: Gets one on Ace in "Buttercrush." She's physically a kindergartner and he's at least a teenager.
* ThePigPen: "Down And Dirty". She refuses to bathe after each battle ''despite the fact that she was sent through a septic tank'' and ends up becoming so smelly that she's kicked out of town. ''Even monsters don't want to deal with the stink.''
* RedOniBlueOni: The red to Blossom's blue.
* SecurityBlanket: "Cover Up." She says that it helps her do well in battles.
* SourSupporter: To Blossom, when she's being particularly bossy.
* TemporarilyAVillain: In "Moral Decay" when she starts most of the trouble in the episode by knocking the villains teeth out, even when they weren't bothering her.
* {{Tomboy}}: Buttercup loves fighting, playing with action figures, and hanging out with guys at the playground.
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Tomboy to Bubbles' Girly Girl. Buttercup is short-tempered and interested in things associated with guys, whereas Bubbles is girly and interested in stuffed animals and dolls.
* TheUnapologetic: In both "Paste Makes Waste" and "All Chalked Up".
** For the former, she teases Elmer Sglue for eating paste. When Elmer turns into a giant radioactive monster as a result of eating a fly that swam in toxic waste and landed in his paste, Blossom and Bubbles get trapped in him, leaving Buttercup to apologize to him the only option of saving them. Of course, Buttercup is reluctant to do so.
** In the latter episode, Buttercup destroys Bubbles' chalk, leading Bubbles to get a new set from a butterfly that is really a disguised Him. The chalk transforms her drawings into giant monsters. At the end of the episode, Buttercup reluctantly tries to apologize, but Bubbles accepts her apology before she can give it.
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