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Buttercup (PPG)
1998Z2016
Next to you two, I'm the only one with any strength.
~ Powered Buttercup

Summary

Kaoru Matsubara (松原 かおる, Matsubara Kaoru) also know to her alter ego as Powered Buttercup, is the fighter of the The Powerpuff Girls Z and is one of the main characters. She originated from the show The Powerpuff Girls and has been adopted by the Japanese animation production, Toei Animation. The original creators of the characters and the show is Craig McCracken. From the Powerpuff Girls Z, She is represented as a Star and her weapon is a Hammer.

Powers and Stats

Tier: 10-A | Likely 8-B | Low 5-B | Unknown

Key: Kaoru Matsubara | Super Great Amazing Ninja Clothing | Powered Buttercup | Dynamo Z

Name: Kaoru Matsubara, Powered Buttercup, Mange

Origin: Powerpuff Girls Z

Gender: Female

Age: 13

Classification: Human, student

Powers and Abilities:

Resistance to:


Attack Potency: Athlete level (Broke through ten stone slabs with one punch) | Likely City Block level (Activated all abilities to fire a barrage of projectiles of every kind) | Small Planet level (Accidentally shot a huge hole through the Earth and far into space) | Unknown (Is not built for combat, but does retain basic combat capabilities, overpowered Mojo's mech)

Speed: Athletic Human with Relativistic reactions via powerscaling | Supersonic (Flew this fast), Relativistic reactions | At least Relativistic (Is this fast) | Massively FTL+ via warp (Accelerated well past the speed of light and enter hyperspace)

Lifting Strength: Athletic Human | Unknown (Can jump very high) | At least Class Z (Mended the Moon in an instant, stronger than the other two who couldn't manage to lift her hammer) | Class M (Lifted the Sphinx back into place after it was knocked down[1])

Striking Strength: Athlete level | Wall level (Knocked Rowdyruff Boys far into the skies) | Small Planet level | Unknown

Durability: Athlete level | Unknown | Small Planet level (Tanked Blossoms' attacks) | Unknown

Stamina: Athletic | Superhuman | Superhuman, but over-exerting oneself over long periods drains power | Unknown

Range: Standard Melee Range | Likely Kilometers | Planetary (Is this far) | Interdimensional (Can communicate from another timeline or universe)

Standard Equipment:

  • Chemical Analyzer (Belt Compact): A belt that is wrapped around the waist of Kaoru, and contains a round compact with the letter "P" on the part of the belt buckle.
    The color of the compact matches each person's image color, and it flashes with the sound in response to Peach's barking voice to let you know that you are ready to transform. In some cases, this state also has the meaning of notifying that a call has been made. The compact can be opened during the transformation process or when communicating with the laboratory because it has communication functions. There is also a monitor, so you can communicate like a video phone. However, communication is not possible in places such as underground and outer space. Also, in episode 48, it is revealed that she can unlock her transformation by herself by controlling the compact.
    It was later improved by Dr. Utonium and allowed the girls to transform at their own will (at which time, the belt buckle glows). The belt itself can be removed, but it is rarely removed due to their mission.
  • Powerpuff Z Ring
  • Powerpuff Z Clothing
  • Daruma Otoshi Hammer
Optional Equipment:
  • Super Great Amazing Ninja Clothing: Appears in episode 42. A spare outfit for Powerpuff Girls Z that Dr. Utonium was developing in an emergency. The color of the clothes is similar to the belt compact, which matches the image color of each person, and the compact is stored in the chest.
    It is used when Powerpuff Girls Z is robbed of their clothes and weapons by The Rowdyruff Boys, but the design was unpopular with Momoko and Miyako (Kaoru accepts the design because it is "better than a skirt").
    As the name suggests, you can use 48 secret weapons by pressing buttons hidden throughout the ninja-modeled clothing, and use jet wings when flying. Secret weapons include a makibi, fishing rod, smoke screen, tornado attack, small bombs, shurikens, and escape devices.
  • Spider shoes
  • Super glue
  • Electro box
  • Bag of Kennainium/white light
Can Summon/Pilot:
  • Dynamo Z: A giant robot that appears in the second opening and appears in episode 51 in the main story.
    It was created by Dr. Utonium and others. The three aircraft merge into three different forms and transform into a humanoid form, but they are not used for combat, but as a time machine, they do not carry any weapons. The reason why it was built this way is "because it is cool".
    The motif is the Powerpuff Girls when separated, and the design after the union is based on the Powerpuff Girls Z.
    The height at the time of the merger has not been officially announced, but it seems that it is more than 10 meters depending on the comparison of the person. When time warping, a super space-time field is generated from the belt buckle, and in the case of Blossom form, the eyes of the upside-down face of the Bubbles machine on the butt open and the booster is activated. Originally, it could not be on autopilot, but it was activated autonomously by the miracle of white light collected by the girls, defeating the giant Mojorobo in a melee battle, saving the girls from a pinch.
    It once came to Townsville, in a different world, due to my boyfriend's interference. However, since it returns to the original world normally after that, it is unknown whether it has the function to go to another world.
  • Skateboard

Intelligence: Average, but talented in athletics

Standard Tactics: Transforming | Firing projectiles | Using her Hammer to fight | Time/dimensional travelling

Weaknesses: Communication with compact is not possible in places such as underground and outer space | Unknown

  • Afraid of ghosts
  • Can get angry if provoked and can lose her temper rather quickly
  • Her family and friends; she's shown protecting them on multiple occasions, and an antagonist from a later episode confirmed they're her weakness

Feats:

Show/Hide

Kaoru Matsubara is an athletic and tomboyish middle schooler with two brothers who's father is a pro-wrestler.

Strength

Misc.

Kaoru transforms into Buttercup and acts as the muscle of the trio.

Strength

Hammer

Other

Speed

Durability

Powers

Graviton Drive
A move where Buttercup slams her hammer into the ground to create a shockwave that travels in a line and launches things it hits upwards.

Swing Sonic
A move where Buttercup creates a shockwave projectile by swinging her hammer.

Hurricane Lutz
Spins rapidly with her hammer outstretched.

Other/One-Off

Misc.

Feats that involve all of the girls.

Strength

Speed

Durability

Abilities

Triple Science Attack

A one-use combo attack that let them combine their abilities into a beam that lit up the sky and reduced a skyscraper-sized mummy into a few scraps of linen.
Love Love Beam
With an accompanying song and dance they can launch a beam that makes the thing it hits love them.

Finishes

When two of the girls empower the third they can use an ultimate attack.

The professor built a flying mech for each of the girls, the thirds can combine into a larger form.

Notable Attacks/Techniques:

  • Powered Buttercup: A technique used by Kaoru Matsubara for her transformation.
  • The Super Great Amazing Ninja clothing has 48 different abilities and techniques.
  • Smash Block: Buttercup swings the hammer to redirect or reflect an attack with the shock wave generated by the momentum of swinging the hammer.
  • Swing Sonic: Buttercup basically swings the hammer and hit the opponent generating a sonic boom, sometimes sendind energy projectiles or having them diffused into ripples. You can also shock your opponent or scaffold directly to stop moving or lose your balance.
    • Swing Sonic Flash: A version of Swing Sonic.
    • Swing Sonic Two: A variation of Swing Sonic.
    • Swing Sonic Christmas Special: An enhanced version of Swing Sonic which is later changed to something that fires the hammer's energy.
    • Post-brush Minty Swing: A clean swing after a full-blown toothbrush.
  • Swing Sonic Rush: Fires a wide range of Swing Sonic waves like a shot, and aims at multiple opponents at the same time.
  • Energy Ball: After learning to use her weapon Buttercup throws powerful white energy balls with her hammer.
  • Graviton Drive: Buttercup smashes the ground to hit each object involving a shock wave. Later it also projects energy attacks.
    • Graviton Five Drive: A variation of Graviton Drive.
  • Rush Ball
  • Megaton Dunk: Buttercup smashes the ground with an intense energy attack and hit the opponent with the hammer.
    • Megaton Home Run: Buttercup smashed the ground to release more energy through the ground. Used to pop the inflated Amoeba Boy member Lady.
  • Hurricane Lutz: Buttercup basically spins like a tornado with the hammer while rotating at high speed, and hits the opponent. It is also possible to hit the opponent with a tornado that occurred by throwing a hammer while rotating, or to raise a tornado around yourself. However, because it is a technique that rotates itself, it is a drawback that eyes turn.
    • Hurricane Lutz II: A variation of Hurricane Lutz.
    • Hurricane Lutz Revenge: A reinforced Hurricane Lutz with energy on both sides of the hammer.
  • ??? Beam: A powerful beam that is irradiated from the eyes used during the training of the Love-Love Beam. In the second generation opening, there is a beam technique that shoots from the hair ornament, but it is not used in the main part.

Combined

  • Miracle Fighting Kick: Blossom, Bubbles and Buttercup flies high in the sky turning their backs to the Sun, with the opponent's movement sealed, all three in a row kicks the target.
  • Triple Science Attack: A combination attack that combines the techniques of Blossom's yo-yo and Bubbles' wand and fires off energy blasts.
  • Congrats! Repeal of the PPGZ Ban Punch: Blossom, Bubbles and Buttercup fly towards the opponent and punch them at the same time.
  • Love-Love Beam (Happy Thought Blaster): A new technique for undoing monsters evil thought by Dr. Utonium. A combination technique that combines the power of the white light with Blossoms and Bubbles into a white heart beam. A ray of light with the same effect as a chemical particle beam was supposed to be fired along with a particular song and choreography, but in reality it was a failure technique that would make the creatures that bathed in it to become huge and fall in love with the girls.
  • Unnamed kiss: Buttercup blows a kiss that sends a heart shaped aroma blast. Used to defeat the Rowdyruff Boys who were already amped with the black Z-ray particles.
  • Buttercup Finish: A killer attack which Blossom sends the energy ball from the yo-yo into the ring of the bubble rod, and Bubbles hammers it into the tip of Buttercup's hammer. Then the hammer becomes huge, and it attacks the enemy.

Note: Not to be confused with her alternate reality counterparts.

Explanations

As Powered Buttercup, Kaoru sports a yellow vest with green edges. She also uses a Daruma Otoshi hammer. Her weapon is mainly a close range weapon, although she can also send energy projectiles and extend her hammer to attack at long range.[3] Her hammer is considered the heaviest of the three and only she can carry it with ease. Momoko and Miyako can't lift it even together (which also shows she is the strongest of the three. Blossom saying in the English dub "How can Buttercup lift this?").[4] Her attacks include Megaton Dunk, Swing Sonic, Hurricane Lutz, Post-brush Minty Swing, Graviton Drive, Rush Ball, Swing Sonic Flash, Smash Block and Buttercup Finish. She also has Laser eyes which is revealed in episode 49.[5] When it comes to a team attack, Buttercup can fill the power of the hammer and slash the bad guy and lead to her final attack, Buttercup Finish.

Gallery

Others

Notable Victories:

Marcy Wu (Amphibia) Marcy's Profile (8-B versions used and speed was equalized)

Notable Losses:

Inconclusive Matches:

References

  1. Episode 51: Only a Matter of Time
  2. Episode 39: Wild Moon Chase
  3. Episode 51: Only a Matter of Time
  4. Episode 10: Gigi the Great
  5. Episode 49: The Happy Thought Blaster

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