Princess Bubblegum
| Princess Bubblegum | |
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| Adventure Time character | |
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| First appearance |
Adventure Time (rough-cut) "Slumber Party Panic" (official) |
| Created by | Pendleton Ward |
| Voiced by |
Hynden Walch Paige Moss (pilot) Isabella Acres (young) |
| Information | |
| Full name | Princess Bonnibel Bubblegum |
| Nickname(s) | "PB" , "Peebles" , "P-Bubs", "Bonnie" |
| Species | Gum Golem (Candy Elemental) |
| Gender | Female |
| Occupation |
Monarch of the Candy Kingdom Life scientist |
| Title | Princess of the Candy Kingdom |
| Children | Goliad (created) |
| Nationality | the Earth (later The Land of Ooo) |
Princess Bonnibel Bubblegum of the Candy Kingdom (voiced by Hynden Walch) is a fictional character in the Adventure Time animated series on the Cartoon Network. She is a Gum Golem, comparable to the inhabitants of the Candy Kingdom, who are all composed of types of desserts and candies. In the season 7 episode "Elemental," Princess Bubblegum was revealed to be the current Candy Elemental (in the Adventure Time universe, the Elementals are the embodiments of the four main elements that make up the world: ice, fire, candy and slime. They have existed since the beginning of life, living, dying and reincarnating for eons and millennia). She rules over the Candy Kingdom, but in the Season 6 episode "Hot Diggity Doom" (the first part of the season's finale), an election was held and she lost to the King of Ooo by a landslide. As a result, she no longer ruled the Candy Kingdom and the King of Ooo replaced her as the new ruler, until a rebellion against King of Ooo allowed her to reclaim the throne in "The Dark Cloud". Her proficiency in science and fluency in Korean are a testament to her high intelligence. In 2014, Olivia Olsen (the voice actress of Marceline the Vampire Queen) alleged at a book signing that the show's creator Ward had confirmed that Marceline and Princess Bubblegum dated but were unable to put any official confirmation in the show due to controversy. However, Olsen seemed to redact the statement in a Tweet that same day by stating "I like to make things up at panels. Ya'll take my stories way too seriously".
While Princess Bubblegum is typically kind, good-hearted, and well-mannered or temperamental, her temper can be a powerful force when provoked. Marceline reveals that Bubblegum's first name is "Bonnibel" in "Go with Me". In the Season 2 finale "Mortal Recoil", after being possessed by The Lich, she is accidentally shattered and returned to life as a 13-year-old due to the doctors not having enough gum to work with — though it appears that her memories have remained intact. In "Too Young", she becomes 18 again by absorbing the parts sacrificed by her candy subjects in order to reclaim her kingdom from the Earl of Lemongrab. In the season 4 episode "Goliad", the events have shown to have an effect on Princess Bubblegum, as she begins to feel very vulnerable, and makes a clone-Sphinx of herself named Goliad. She also begins exhibiting strong authoritarian behavior, as she starts spying on all her subjects, and begins taking more assertive actions from then onwards.
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