Blossom (1998 TV series)

Blossom is one of the three main protagonists of the animated television series The Powerpuff Girls, along with her sisters Bubbles and Buttercup. She's the Commander and Leader; she's the bright but egocentric leader of the superhero trio.

Appearance and Personality

As the smartest member and self-proclaimed leader of the Powerpuff Girls she is often seen as the most mature, level-headed and composed member of the group. She can also be fussy, overbearing, vain and overly analytical at times. She tends to protect Bubbles and Buttercup, and often tries to play peacemaker between the two if -they fight, but ironically, she is quick to argue with Buttercup who acts on impulse as opposed to her analytical nature. She is naturally caring to mainly her sisters, but also the Professor and others.

In the episode The City of Clipsville, there is a brief scene where the Girls come across a makeup kit, triggering this memory. Along with this, the Girls imagine a scenario in which they are teenagers and have given up their crime fighting habits, causing the city to be full of chaos, as well as a new look. Blossom's teenage counterpart still maintains her long hair in a ponytail only more longer down to her lower legs. Her ponytail is tied up with a red ribbon in place of her younger counterpart's big red bow She is also shown with eyelashes, bright red lipstick, and a curvier figure. She wears a pink tank top, dark pink pants, and pink shoes. The "teenage" Powerpuff Girls also appear to have flat feet, which their 5-year-old counterparts don't have.

In "A Very Special Blossom", a darker side to Blossom is shown when she resorts to stealing the Pro-Excellence 2000 Golf Clubs for the Professor, who later says it's his fault for putting too much value in a material item instead of the love for the Girls. For this, her first (and fortunately only) offense, Blossom was sentenced to 200 hours of community service, which was a harsh reminder to her and to all that crime doesn't pay. This was not the last time she has justified bad behavior with logistical reasoning, such as when Professor Utonium stole toys while sleep-walking and said it was okay because he wasn't doing it consciously, or when she'd keep breaking Mojo out of jail under the premise of them getting rewarded and ultimately putting Mojo back in jail.

Blossom is shown to lavish intellect-enhancing toys and is often seen, in her free time, curled up with a good book. In the episode "Power-Noia" Blossom has nightmares about failing a test for which she forgot to study, only to find out that HIM is behind the girls' nightmares. The same episode establishes that Blossom is the smartest girl in Townsville. In addition, Blossom is also the one behind the strategies and plans that the Girls themselves often use in battle.

After the girls were created in The Powerpuff Girls Movie, Professor named her Blossom for speaking freely and honestly to him, and for being the first to speak. Her personality ingredient is "everything nice," and her signature color is pink. She also stated in an interview for The Powerpuff Girls Movie that she finds inspirations from female superheroes such as Wonder Woman and Hawkgirl.

Like her sisters, Blossom has had her fair share of teasing her sisters, such as when Bubbles had glasses, she called her a dork. Blossom can also be pretty smug and sassy and claims to be the most beautiful of the trio.

Likes and Dislikes

Likes

• Baths
• Reading books
• Her Hair
• The colors red and pink
• Professor Utonium
• Robin Snyder
• Her sisters, Bubbles and Buttercup
• Learning
• Games
• Kissing
• School
• Being a hero
• Constructing team maneuvers
• Crime Fighting
• Being the Leader
• The City of Townsville
• Playing Dress up
• Being a daughter-figure of Professor Utonium
• Keeping Townsville safe
• April
• BEEBO
• Her favorite cereal (Lucky Captain Rabbit King Nuggets)
• The Powerpuff Hotline
• Movies in a really cool theater (as do her sisters)
• Tag
• Her ice breath

Dislikes

• Crime
• Villains
• Being Tricked
• Her ego being hurt
• Defeat
• Arguments
• Being thought of as stupid
• Her hair ruined
• Shrimp (as do her sisters as shown in Child Fearing)
• Bullies
• The idea of killing bad guys
• Liver and Onions
• Bugs
• Spiders
• The Town of Citiesville
• Failing Tests
• Being embarrassed
• Cooties (one-time)
• Disturbance of her sleep
• Buttercup's recklessness
• Silent movies (as do her sisters)
• Animal Abuse (as do her sisters)
• Being the laughing stalk (Shown in A Made Up Story and The Mane Event)

Alter-ego

In Super Zeroes Blossom's alter-ego superheroine is Liberty Belle. She is dressed with a gold-plated eagle

Her mode of transportation is via driving her "Freedom Mobile" designed in red white and blue Stars and Stripes. It is a large blue car with red and white stripes on the hood, big gold wings in back, a white star on each side, and a jet exhaust nozzle mounted on the back of it.

Special Abilities

She uses her ice breath as a last resort in her fight against Princess Morbucks and her super-suit after Bubbles and Buttercup regroup to beat her in a handicap and blows with her Ice Breath to freeze her outfit until it breaks her golden fighting suit into pieces.

Blossom has the unique ability among the Powerpuff Girls to speak Chinese. (revealed in "Little Miss Interprets," contrary to Bubbles's knowledge of many foreign languages). She can also read Chinese (revealed in "The Bare Facts"). Considering she has stated that she needs to "brush up" on said language, it can be assumed to be a learned ability.

Blossom's hair bow is revealed to be a highly explosive timer bomb, seen in Forced Kin. It is considered the Powerpuff Girls' last resort of defeating an enemy.

Many of her unique abilities include:

• Ice Breath
• Pink lightning bolts
• Microscopic vision
• Pink laser eye beams
• Advanced intelligence & knowledge
• Enhanced intuition
• Intuitive aptitude
• Danger Sense
• Expert leadership skills
• Apt planning skills
• Master strategist
• Fire Breath

Blossom, Commander and the Leader

Weaknesses

• All of the Powerpuff Girls have shown a complete weakness to fly-paper (Shown in the episode Stray Bullet).

• The Powerpuff Girls can endure extreme temperatures, such as lava. But they are still vulnerable to extreme exposure of sunlight, which affects them similar to how ordinary people are affected. They can handle much greater exposure than regular humans though.

• Blossom is afraid of not being there enough for everyone, not showing good enough leadership qualities, failing in class, etcetera. This can make her self confidence quite vulnerable at times.

Gallery

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Trivia

• Blossom has the least votes as the most favorite Powerpuff Girl, as proven by polls online.
• In the introduction of the start of every episode, she is always the first to flash by the screen (as a pink girl-shaped blast) and the first to fly.
• Craig McCracken has said that the bow that Blossom wears represents that she is the leader of the bunch.
• Her back hair is designed to resemble a superhero cape.
• Blossom is the only one in her family to wear hair accessories (not counting Bubbles since because hers aren't visible, so it is unsure if she wears them or not).