| Bud Smith | |
| Name: | Bud Smith |
| Nickname: | Buddy (by Harold Smith) |
| Gender: | Male |
| Age: | 13 |
| First appearance: | Supper Villain |
| Last appearance: | Night Mayor |
| Episode count: | 4 |
| Voice actor: | Christine Cavanaugh |
| Family: | Harold Smith (father) Marianne Smith (mother) Julie Smith (sister) |
Bud Smith is a character in The Powerpuff Girls. He is the oldest child of the Smith Family. He made his first appearance in the episode "Supper Villain". Bud Smith is usually in an unimpressed mood, and claims to hate everything; this serves as his motivation to join the rest of the Smiths when they turn to villainy together.
Profile[]
Appearance[]
Bud Smith has a vertically shaped head, a pointed nose that protrudes from the side of his face, and ears that are level with his mouth. He has such a sizeable overbite that his top teeth are always visible, and he has braces which are presumably intended to correct this. His hair is green, and it is thicker at the top of his head than it is at the back. Bud wears a white t-shirt with red sleeves, and blue pants.
Personality[]
Bud Smith is shown to be perpetually resentful, remarking that "[his] family stinks" and that "no one understands" him, much like a stereotypical angsty teenager archetype. He particularly expresses being unimpressed with Harold Smith for his uninteresting lifestyle. After Harold becomes a villain, however, Bud decides he is "the coolest".
Bud appears to be somewhat impressed by the Powerpuff Girls' duties, having talked with them about how they "really took care of Mojo Jojo". However, after Harold, Marianne, and Julie declare their motivations for seeking revenge on the Powerpuff Girls, Bud simply adds that he hates everything (which would include the Powerpuff Girls) to justify joining his family's cause.
Biography[]
In "Supper Villain", Bud Smith is shown to live every day of his family's average life being unamused, making a sulky remark every morning when his mother Marianne serves pancakes for breakfast — until one night when Marianne invites the Powerpuff Girls and the Professor over for dinner. It is then that his father Harold finally reveals himself as "Super Villain Harold Smith", much to Bud's delight.
After a food fight begins and the police subsequently come and arrest Harold, Marianne is shown to be upset and angry for the Girls "ruining" her dinner. Bud is first seen in "Just Desserts" when he runs up to his family declaring that he will join their motive for revenge because he hates everything. Bud is subsequently featured in a short action sequence with his family, changing his clothes to supervillain attire.
Bud is then seen siding with the rest of his family to destroy the Powerpuff Girls, starting with ruining their house. While they succeed in destroying everything in the home, and Bud predicts that the Powerpuff Girls and the Professor are all sad, it turns out they remain happy to have each other. Upon hearing this, Bud and his family begin chasing after the Powerpuff Girls in their car, which leads to the Smiths' defeat; Bud and his family are arrested and imprisoned.
Bud and his family have not been heard from since. Robin moves into their house in "Superfriends", which would mean that either the Smiths' imprisonment made the house available for sale or the family voluntarily moved away after being released.
Quotes[]
- "This family stinks!"
- "No one understands me!"
- "Leave me alone!"
- "I hate you!"
- "That's right. You really took care of Mojo Jojo, huh?"
- "Okay dad, let's talk about your amazing day. How many mustard jars did you fill?"
- "They're probably all sad."
- "Dad, you're the coolest!"
Trivia[]
- Bud along with his mother and father (though not together and without Julie) appeared in The Powerpuff Girls issue #5 "Little" comic magazine cover, alongside various characters from the show including Ms. Keane, Princess Morbucks, Ms Bellum, Mayor, Professor Utonium, Robin Snyder (to whom he happens to be the closest, being a few inches behind her).
- Bud was voiced by the late Christine Cavanaugh, who voiced Chuckie Finster from Rugrats Dexter on Dexter's Lab and also voiced Bunny in the episode "Twisted Sister".
- "Bud" was also the original name for Buttercup during the development of the series. Series creator Craig McCracken felt the name did not fit; Miles Thompson, a friend of Craig McCracken, came up with Buttercup's current name.