Princess Bubblegum

Princess Bubblegum (full name Princess Bonnibel Bubblegum, often abbreviated PB or nicknamed Peables/Peebles/Poibles/Preables) is a main character in the Animated Short, as well as in the series Adventure Time. She is a human DNA-bubblegum hybrid, the benevolent ruler of the Candy Kingdom, and the main love interest for Finn. Her first name is Bonnibel, according to Marceline. From the Animated Short until "Mortal Recoil," she is 18 years old; however, failure to recover enough of her bubblegum after being possessed by The Lich and shattered by the Ice King causes her to revert to a 13-year-old version of herself. In order to reclaim the throne from Lemongrab (an invention gone wrong) in "Too Young," she is restored to her 18-year-old form by a biomass (candy) contribution from the Candy People and a hug & kiss from Finn.

Appearance
Princess Bubblegum dresses as a traditional princess in a flowing, pink gown and a gold tiara with a turquoise stone at the top. Her skin is usually colored lavender or lilac. Her magenta 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 in 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.

As a thirteen-year-old, she wears a white dotted V-neck top and a ballgown bottom with a big, purple ribbon around her waist. While her hair is shorter and curls up at the bottom, her tiara remains the same. When she turns back to eighteen, her outfit also changes back to her original one.

Personality and traits
Princess Bubblegum is an amiable, benevolent ruler. She loves (most of) her subjects unconditionally and has been known to defend them tirelessly when trouble brews. Even beyond her own domain, Princess Bubblegum possesses a strong sense of morality and participates in politics outside the Candy Kingdom.

Princess Bubblegum is a highly cultured and educated ruler with an undying passion for science. In "Slumber Party Panic," she attempts to revive the dead Candy People, accidentally creating a horde of zombie Candy People instead.

Though ordinarily sweet and good-natured, Princess Bubblegum shows a malicious aspect of her personality whenever she is crossed, as toward the Duke of Nuts for eating all of the royal pudding and believing him to have ruined her appearance. Also, during "What Have You Done?," she displays a cruel willingness to torture the Ice King.

When turned 13, some of Finn's tendancies seemed to have rubbed off on her, including making up words (ie Dirt Balls) & is willing to prank someone. Although when returned to her former self she seems to have regained her sophisticated nature.

Finn
Princess Bubblegum is Finn's primary 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," as said in The Duke, and also shown in The Duke, that there is a picture of Finn on her walls. She 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. Although he sometimes angers her, Princess Bubblegum never holds a grudge against Finn. In "The Real You," she gives Finn a kiss on the cheek for saving the Candy Kingdom from the black hole he created. In "Go With Me," though she exiles Finn from the Candy Kingdom after he releases a pack of wolves into her room, the resentment is only temporary because Princess Bubblegum appears to have forgiven Finn by her next appearance.

In "Mortal Folly," she said to Finn, "I care about you," and gives him a pink sweater with a white heart stitch to the left that she made with the power of "liking someone a lot" which ended up helping Finn defeat The Lich. In "Mortal Recoil," Princess Bubblegum ages down to 13. Finn comments that that's how old he is and blushes as the new younger Princess Bubblegum says, "Give me a hug, hero". It is possible that Princess Bubblegum liked Finn before her age reduction hence why her first response was to hug Finn. She may feel the same way about Finn as he feels about her, as exhibited in some episodes and that in "Too Young," when they share a ' love hug ' and a small kiss. However, when Princess Bubblegum is returned to her normal age and Finn asks if they could "hug some more", she replies with "That was like 5 years ago, get over it." Of course she makes this remark with a smile and mutters something about him being a 'silly boy' as she walks back into the castle.While she was 13 she stated that she wanted to hang out with Finn more often.

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

Lumpy Space Princess
Lumpy Space Princess is mostly 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 herself.

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 distrusts him because he eats all the royal pudding.

Marceline
In the original pitch documents, Princess Bubblegum and Marceline are shown to be friendly 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 exiled 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. Bubblegum is generally a women of grace and poise but in Marceline's presence she begins talking in a sarcastic tone and asks on jealously, which is rather unlike her.

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. However, given that she is now eighteen again, he'll probably start chasing her again.

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 , the 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 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 and they both embrace each other happily.

Quotes
See Princess Bubblegum/Quotes

Major appearances

 * Animated Short
 * Slumber Party Panic
 * The Enchiridion!
 * Ricardio the Heart Guy
 * The Duke
 * What Have You Done?
 * The Other Tarts
 * The Real You
 * Go With Me
 * Mortal Folly
 * Mortal Recoil
 * Too Young

Minor appearances

 * Trouble in Lumpy Space
 * Power Animal
 * Video Makers
 * Dungeon
 * Susan Strong
 * Death in Bloom
 * To Cut a Woman's Hair

Trivia

 * In "Mortal Folly", it is revealed that the turquoise stone in Princess Bubblegum's crown protects her and whoever wears it from The Lich's powers.
 * She owns a flying swan that shoots lasers if she presses a joystick on its head forward, as seen in "Dungeon".
 * Princess Bubblegum can speak German, as seen in "What Have You Done?" and "Go With Me".
 * In "To Cut a Woman's Hair," it is revealed that Princess Bubblegum's hair is made of bubblegum and that she loves spaghetti.
 * "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.
 * Princess Bubblegum apparently had a great uncle named Uncle Gumbald, who was mentioned in the episode "Susan Strong."
 * Her fumigation suit resembles an Italian plague doctor's suit when the bubonic plague has spread all over Europe in the 1600's.
 * As confirmed by Natasha Allegri, Princess Bubblegum is 18. (As of August 8th 2011 in the eposoide "Too Young")
 * Princess Bubblegum has a gender-swapped version of herself: Prince Gumball. (Played by Neil Patrick Harris)
 * 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!"
 * Princess Bubblegum is a nervous eater shown in Mortal Folly she ate a candy person made of icecream without knowing it while she was worrying about Finn and Jake.
 * Though Princess Bubblegum is now 13 her voice actress Isabella Acres is only 9.
 * Although in the eposoide "Mortal Recoil" Princess Bubblegum is turned 13 in the eposoide "Too Young" she returns to her former age of 18.
 * In the new season 3 promo, Princess Bubblegum is shown at her regular age of 18, but this is a clip from the season 2 episode "The Other Tarts". On a preview of the episode Too Young, she was shown as 13, thus she will still be 13 until the end of that eposoide.
 * Her first name, Bonnibel means "Fine, Attractive, and Pretty."
 * In "Video Makers" and "Mortal Folly" she is seen consuming other candy people, indicating some cannibalistic tendencies or possibly just nervous eating habbits.
 * In the episode, Susan Strong, PB's skin was actually white instead of her usualy slight pink hue.
 * After reverting back to 18 in Too Young, she acts as if the events of being 13 was "five years ago". It is unknown if she was joking or if the effects of reversing age made her believe that anything that happened when she was 13 was literally "five years ago" when she returned to being 18. (as if her memory makes her think that she was in a particular place five years earlier when in real time it was merely a few minutes or seconds previous) This could explain why her feelings towards Finn were so strong at the end of "Mortal Recoil" and throughout "Too Young", as a 13 year old girl she is naturally attracted to a boy of the same age.