Princess Bubblegum

Princess Bonnibel Bubblegum (often abbreviated as PB or Peables/Peebles) is a main character in the Animated Short, as well as in the series Adventure Time. She is the benevolent ruler of the Candy Kingdom and the main love interest for Finn. Her first name is Bonnibel, according to Marceline.

Originally 18 years old, she became 13 in the episode "Mortal Recoil" because her body could not completely be reassembled after being accidentally shattered by the Ice King while she was possessed by The Lich. An image from the storyboard of the season three episode "Door Jam" suggests a possibility that she might return to being eighteen later in the series. Writer Adam Muto has said that this will be reconciled, but did not explain further.

Appearance
Princess Bubblegum dresses as a traditional princess in a flowing, pink gown with and a gold tiara with a turquoise stone at the top. Her skin and hair are varying shades of pink. Her hair is made of bubblegum, as she is a hybrid of human DNA and bubblegum. A scientist at heart, Princess Bubblegum is often seen wearing a white lab coat and goggles when she is performing experiments or solving equations. Princess Bubblegum has at least fifteen outfits, and according to Natasha Allegri's formspring, she will have more outfits during season 3. These outfits range in color and style from an orange T-shirt and white shorts to a fluffy powder blue dress and pink cardigan.

In the episode "Mortal Recoil," she became 13 years old. She now has hair that falls to her shoulders and curls up at the ends. She also wears a small pink dress with a bow around the waist and is shorter than Finn.

Personality and traits
Princess Bubblegum is a kind-hearted person, and a beloved ruler. She seems to love all of her subjects unconditionally, and is known to protect them ceaselessly when trouble brews. Even beyond her own domain, Princess Bubblegum possesses a strong sense of morality and participates in politics outside of the Candy Kingdom. Princess Bubblegum is a very cultured and educated ruler and has an undying passion for science. In "Slumber Party Panic," she tries to make the dead candy kingdom people come back to life, but ends up accidentally creating a horde of zombie candy people.Though usually sweet and good-natured, Princess Bubblegum has a malicious aspect of her personality that is shown whenever she is crossed, seen when she believed the Duke of Nuts ruined her appearance, and also in her willingness to torture the Ice King in "What Have You Done?."

Finn
Princess Bubblegum is Finn's love interest. Though seemingly unaware of his love, Princess Bubblegum cites the hero as a great friend and will never hesitate to call on him for aid in royal matters. Finn and Princess Bubblegum share the same moralistic nature, and often work together to right any wrongs in the Land of Ooo. The princess sees Finn as her "flawless champion," and invests a lot of respect and faith in the young boy. In "To Cut a Woman's Hair," she said, without doubt, that she likes Finn, although it can just mean she likes him as a friend. Princess Bubblegum never gets mad at Finn. In "The Real You," she gives Finn a kiss on the cheek for saving the Candy Kingdom from the black hole he created. However, In "Go With Me," she exiles him from the Candy Kingdom after he releases a pack of wolves into her room. Then again, it was just temporarily, and he must have apologized and explained why, after the events of said episode. In "Mortal Folly," she said to Finn, "I care about you," and gives him a pink sweater that she made with the power of "love (or liking someone a lot, as Finn put it)" which ended up helping Finn defeat The Lich. In "Mortal Recoil," Princess Bubblegum becomes 13 years old. Finn comments that that's how old he is and blushes as the new younger Princess Bubblegum gives him a hug.

Finn has a few nicknames for her, such as PB, Bubblegum, Peebles or just Princess.

Jake
Princess Bubblegum knows that when you call Finn, getting Jake is part of the deal. Though they're good friends, sometimes Jake has problems telling her the truth, like in "The Duke" when Princess Bubblegum was turned green. Jake knows that Finn has a crush on Princess Bubblegum and enjoys mildly torturing him about said crush.

Lumpy Space Princess
Lumpy Space Princess is Princess Bubblegum's best friend. Despite their drastically different personalities, the two are often together and L.S.P. is a frequent visitor to the Candy Kingdom during many of its parties and ceremonies. In "Video Makers," PB takes L.S.P's seat and she gets mad at her, but that's probably L.S.P being L.S.P.

Lady Rainicorn
Lady Rainicorn is Princess Bubblegum's mighty helper and one of the creatures seen to have provided transportation when needed, alongside her swan and The Morrow. In "Video Makers," she is seen talking to her before Finn serves the drinks, meaning that Princess Bubblegum may be able to speak Korean or just understand her in a way similar to Jake. She is half unicorn and half rainbow, she also has love of the viola that her boyfriend Jake plays.

Duke of Nuts
Princess Bubblegum has an outright hatred for the Duke of Nuts. Though this is all explained to be a relationship between the two in "The Duke," Princess Bubblegum still loathes the Duke and doesn't trust him because he eats all the royal pudding.

Marceline
In the original pitch documents, Princess Bubblegum and Marceline are shown to be friends and rivals. Though having been in the same place at the same time in several occasions, their relationship with one another wasn't fully disclosed until "Go With Me," where we see Marceline trying to be civil towards Bubblegum while the princess shows rather displeasure in being around her. Bubblegum's perspective makes her see Marceline as wild to the point of corrupting Finn into being kicked out of her kingdom, showing that she tries to minimize contact with her as best as possible. Bubblegum sees Marceline as wild and crazy, and Marceline sees Bubblegum as boring and stiff.

Ice King
As one of the main characters in the series, the Ice King particularly has targeted his time to capture a princess to marry, he mostly targets Bubblegum. Bubblegum takes great annoyance with the Ice King's actions but generally seems to put up with it mostly due to having Finn around to rescue her whenever he targets her. One of the few times that Bubblegum showed particular anger towards the Ice King was in "What Have You Done?", mostly due to the Ice King's attempt at a kind gesture to make it snow ends up making nearly the entire kingdom sick, forcing her to make Finn and Jake capture him at all costs even without telling them why she wants him imprisoned. His obsession with Bubblegum nearly leads to the destruction of Ooo due to capturing her just as Finn fought The Lich, leading to her being dropped by him into his evil power source; yet he still was loyal enough towards her to help save her life after her broken body was possessed by The Lich to destroy Ooo. It is unknown if Bubblegum's age change as of "Mortal Recoil" will change his interest in her, though once he learns that she's now 13 he leaves through the window saying, "Well, I'm out of here. Goodbye everyone," making it seem like he will no longer be romantically interested in her.

Biography
Princess Bubblegum is the beloved ruler of the Candy Kingdom. Though not much is said about her past, it is known that many of her relatives are famous (suggested in the episode "Susan Strong"). It is implied that Finn has saved Princess Bubblegum many times (and vice versa as seen in the episode "Dungeon"). It also seems that she has had previous run-ins with Marceline, the Vampire Queen (possibly from childhood). She spends most of her time in Ooo sending Finn and Jake on different quests that generally vary in difficulty. In the first part of season two's two-part finale, "Mortal Folly," she sends Finn and Jake on a quest to stop the evil Lich from killing everyone in Ooo. She gives Finn "The Gauntlet of the Hero Billy" as the weapon necessary to destroy him once and for all. The first part ends with the Ice King, who decides to capture her until Finn and Jake give him their blessing to marry her, accidentally dropping the Princess into a fiery, green pit. She is soon melted into a pile of pink-brown goo. The second part of the two-part finale, "Mortal Recoil," opens with Finn, Jake, Ice King, Candy people, and other princesses going with her as she is rushed to the hospital. It is soon revealed that the spirit of The Lich possessed the princess earlier and The Lich eventually warps her into an eldritch abomination that nearly tears apart the Candy Kingdom. Finn realizes that his 'like like' of the Princess might not be enough to save her and the Kingdom, so he enlists the power of the Ice King to immobilize her. Unfortunately, the frozen princess topples over and smashes to pieces. The doctors reassemble her, but lack all the necessary pieces, reducing her age to 13; the same age as Finn. When the Ice King realizes she is now underage, he loses his interest in Princess Bubblegum. Then she walks up to Finn and tells him to give her a hug.

Quotes
See Princess Bubblegum/Quotes

Major appearances

 * Animated Short
 * Slumber Party Panic
 * The Enchiridion!
 * Ricardio the Heart Guy
 * Dungeon
 * The Duke
 * What Have You Done?
 * The Other Tarts
 * The Real You
 * Death in Bloom
 * Susan Strong
 * Go With Me
 * Mortal Folly
 * Mortal Recoil

Minor appearances

 * Trouble in Lumpy Space
 * Power Animal
 * To Cut a Woman's Hair
 * Video Makers

Trivia

 * Princess Bubblegum was first voiced in the series by Hynden Walch, best known for her role as Starfire from Teen Titans.
 * She owns a flying swan that shoots lasers if she presses a joystick on its head forward, as seen in "Dungeon".
 * Princess Bubblegum also speaks German, as seen in "What Have You Done?" and "Go With Me".
 * There is a picture of herself as an infant on her wall, seen in "The Duke."
 * In "To Cut a Woman's Hair," it is revealed that Princess Bubblegum's hair is made of bubblegum and that she loves spaghetti.
 * According to Natasha Allegri, Princess Bubblegum cannot have children.
 * "Go With Me" is the first episode that features Bubblegum and Marceline interacting with each other, but the two of them do appear to have had some previous relationship with one another prior to this episode based upon their actions to one another.
 * Princess Bubblegum has many means of traveling by flight, including Lady Rainicorn, the Swan and The Morrow.
 * Even as an infant, she had her own crown.
 * Princess Bubblegum apparently had an uncle named Uncle Gumbald, who was mentioned in the episode "Susan Strong."
 * Her fumigation suit resembles a plague doctor's.
 * There is a picture on her bedroom wall of what appears to be her mother, a human woman with short orange hair and a small crown, and in the episode "Susan Strong", she had a picture of her and an old woman on her wall, maybe her grandmother.
 * She, Finn and Jake are the only (known) people who know the password to the secret wall in the Candy Kingdom. (one must tickle the cheek on the wall's face).
 * Marceline is thinner than Princess Bubblegum. However, it is also known that Princess Bubblegum is fairly thin as well.
 * As confirmed by Natasha Allegri, Princess Bubblegum was 18.
 * Princess Bubblegum has a gender-swapped version of herself: Prince Gumball.
 * It is confirmed by Adam Muto that Princess Bubblegum will have a musical number in season 3.
 * Princess Bubblegum's telephone looks as if it's made out of peppermint.
 * Princess Bubblegum has a bio suit in Project Exonaut.
 * Princess Bubblegum loves pink as seen in in "The Real You" Finn gives her a pink tray and she says, "It's pink! I love pink!"
 * She doesn't wear her crown when she goes to sleep in "Go With Me."
 * Her crown has a special jewel in it that keeps her safe from The Lich. However, The Lich was still able to possess her, even though she had her crown on. The jewel might only prevent mind control and not possession.