Princess Bonnibel Bubblegum (also called Bonnie or PB, occasionally Peebles or P-bubs)[4][5] is a fictional character in the American animated television series Adventure Time and resulting franchise, created by Pendleton Ward.

She is good friends with the series' protagonists Finn the Human and Jake the Dog, first appearing alongside them in Ward's 2008 pilot.

A gender-swapped version of Princess Bubblegum called Prince Gumball appeared in the third-season episode "Fionna and Cake".

[7] Bubblegum is highly protective of the Candy People and cares deeply for their safety, but is secretly strained by the pressures of ruling and expresses a desire for freedom from responsibility for her actions.

At the end of the sixth season, Bubblegum is deposed as ruler following an election, where she realizes she has made the Candy People too unintelligent.

Her usual outfit is a puffy-sleeved pink gown with purple trim, and her golden circlet crown with a turquoise jewel.

Additionally, Princess Bubblegum's crown and matching earrings have magic properties which protect her from the Lich's mind-controlling powers as seen in the episode "Mortal Folly.".

Being made of candy, Bubblegum can deform and reform her biomass, through which she can regain lost body parts and fluctuate her biological age.

Finn has a crush on Bubblegum in early episodes, often saving her from Ice King, though he eventually realizes she is too old for him and that she sees him like a little brother.

But once they did kiss to make her older Finn is implied to have some residual feelings for a time afterward, over which his lack of closure causes some conflict as he starts a romantic relationship with Flame Princess.

Bubblegum eventually trades the shirt for Marceline's beloved childhood toy, Hambo, in the episode "Sky Witch".

In the season seven episode "Varmints", Bubblegum and Marceline reminisce about a past in which they would hang out and go on adventures together with more freedom, which they had eventually stopped doing.

As such, reviewers have argued she is either bisexual,[15] non-binary,[16] queer,[16] lesbian,[17] or a combination of the previously mentioned, as both live in a world where "sexuality is somewhat fluid.

Ice King has a strange fascination with Bubblegum and she is often the target of his kidnapping schemes and romantic advances; it is revealed that she reminds him of his fiancée Betty, whom he often referred to as his "princess."

Bubblegum has a younger brother named Neddy, a "candy dragon" spawned alongside her from the Mother Gum.

The two end up stealing Bubblegum's formula of life and create their own subjects in "All Your Fault", with the original Lemongrab becoming a powerful and cruel ruler as shown in "Another Five More Short Graybles".

Prince Gumball is voiced by Neil Patrick Harris and Andrew Rannells in Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake.