Brickercup

Brickercup is the het ship between Brick and Buttercup Utonium from the The Powerpuff Girls fandom.

Canon
While this ship doesn't have much to go off of in canon, as they barely have interacted at all in-universe; there is minor basis for this ship.

They first meet in the season 1 episode "The Rowdyruff Boys". The powerpuff Girls & Rowdyruff Boys quickly become enemies, as the Rowdyruff Boys are evil and The Powerpuff Girls are not. Brick & Buttercup take quite a disliking to each other. In one action scene, Brick & Buttercup are scene trying to punch each other, tugging on each other's shirts. In another, Buttercup chooses to go for Brick and shoves him into a trashcan, get a multitude of hits on him.

They meet again in the season 5 episode "The Boys Are Back Town". In the episode, the boys get new looks after being revived by the villain Him. Although they don't have any individual reaction in this episode, some things can be interpreted as interactions. Buttercup is particularly aggressive to Brick & Butch, as well as generalizing the Rowdyruff Boys negatively. Buttercup tells Brick & The Rowdyruff Boys that she's going to kick their butts, leading to Brick responding with "Oh, you are, are ya? Well then, it's rumble time!" Brick in this episode mainly responds to Buttercups aggression in general.

Past this episode, there is practically no content for them in show, despite the Rowdyruff Boys appearing in many episodes after. Despite that, there is still the comics. In The Cartoon Network action pack comic "Root Of All Cooties" The Rowdyruff Boys discover an egg that is the root of all cooties in the museum they are browsing in. The girls take the egg from them and get the ultimate cootie power of lips, in which Buttercup says the line of dialogue "Gimme a little sugar, Brick." She says Brick rather than her counterpart, Butch, which has led some fans to ship them.

Fanon
This ship is one of, if not the most popular non-color code (Blossick, Boomubbles, Butchercup) ships. This ship has gained popularity from many sides of the fandom. People who are annoyed and tired of the color coded ships taking up the fandom. As well as people who ship it to be contrarian. And finally, People who genuinely want to explore the dynamic. This ship has many popular arts and is even shipped by larger artists and people in the fandom.

This ship also has a notable hatedom, from people who ship Butchercup & Blossick, or people who think it's overrated and nothing to write home about. This has led some shippers to fill the tags and/or search with negativity towards the ship, which Brickercup shippers respond with aggression towards the Blossick & Butchercup shippers. This has led this ship to have a notoriously toxic fanbase in the fandom, especially in the older days like Livejournal & Deviantart. Despite that, the ship is mainly a rarepair, leading the shippers to be lowkey.

The fanon perception of the ship is one of bickering enemies-to-lovers. This has mainly come from how aggressive both parties seem to be. As well as their more egotistical traits. These two also have other similarities, like having no unique/special power unlike thier siblings. Though in some fanworks, they also become close friends fast due to their outstanding similarities on the surface. It is currently tied for Buttercup's second most popular ship on ao3 with Boomercup.

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