Puuko-chan (Puuko-chan) ["Puuko-chan" is a pun on the word "poke", something you should never do to a balloon :)] (original series)  
Real name: Puuko-chan  
Occupation: Balloon girl; agent of Tiger's Eye; member of the Dead Moon Circus troupe  
Identity: The general populace of Earth is unaware of Puuko-chan's existence  
Legal status: None on Earth, unknown on Dead Moon  
Known aliases: None  
Place of birth: Unrevealed, presumably some unspecified location on the Dead Moon  
Marital Status: Unknown  
Known relatives: Gomu-Mario-kun (cousin, deceased), Elephanto-san (cousin-in-law, deceased) 
Group affiliation: Dead Moon Circus  
Base of operations: The Dead Moon Circus tent, located at a fixed hovering altitude over the city of Tokyo, Japan  
First appearance: Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon Super S Episode 132  
Final appearance: Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon Super S Episode 132  

History: Puuko-chan was one of Tiger's Eye's female Lemures, whom he summoned forth from his shadow after he extracted Saori's Dream Mirror and assigned to eliminate Super Sailor Moon and Super Sailor Chibi Moon, as well as his human target. Cheerfully setting out to accomplish her grim task, Puuko-chan first squashed Super Sailor Chibi Moon beneath her rotund body in an attempt to asphyxiate her. Coming to the conclusion that her would-be victim wasn't beautiful, the Lemure intended to kill Saori first, but finally decided to go after Mamoru Chiba instead, who, being both handsome and pinned to the ground by throwing knives, was a much more appealing target to her.
                Jetting towards Mamoru at an incredible speed, Puuko-chan's plan was foiled after Super Sailor Moon interposed herself between the two of them in a vain attempt to protect him from being killed. While moved to tears by the Sailor Soldier's gesture of sacrificing herself for the man she loved, Puuko-chan nevertheless intended to finish her off first before dispatching her boyfriend. In an act of desperation and determination to the save his girfriend, Mamoru managed to tear his left arm free and angrily stabbed the monster in the side with one of the daggers Tiger's Eye had used to restrain him, puncturing her skin and causing her to rapidly lose air from her body and deflate. Though she managed to repair her wound and attempted to blow herself back up, Puuko-chan ended up being destroyed by Super Sailor Moon's "Moon Gorgeous Meditation". 

Height: Variable
Weight: Variable
Eyes: Violet
Hair: Purple
Skin: Sky blue, with a red stripe down her middle and a row of black diamonds on either side
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Abilities: Aside from being able to emerge from Tiger's Eye's shadow when summoned, Puuko-chan, as befitting her appearance, could inflate her rubbery humanoid body to the point where she resembled a giant balloon. Able to float naturally in this form, she could also release a stream of air from herself, allowing her to shoot through the air like a rocket and land on top of her opponents, whereupon she would crush them beneath her enormous girth in an attempt to suffocate them. Like a real balloon, Puuko-chan was extremely sensitive to puncture wounds, and, if her skin was broken, she would quickly lose the air contained within her body until her normal proportions were reached. 
Paraphernalia: Puuko-chan carried a roll of tape with her to repair any accidentally acquired puncture wounds, as well as a foot-driven air pump to inflate herself in case of emergencies.  

Japanese Voice Actress: Unknown  
North American Voice Actress: Unknown  

This entry first appeared on: March 29, 1998 
This entry was last modified on: December 10, 2000  

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"Hug me! I'm big as life and twice as cute!" :)


"Whoo! I always get all bloated after eating too much Mexican food!" ^^; 


"Dammit, Puuko-chan, you can't kill her! I get first dibs on the little spore!" :)



"Sniff sniff...goodness, was that me?" O_O


Guess who's about to suffer from a terminal case of blowout? ^^;