PERLE:
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click for larger version Perle is a fairy who appears only in the Sailor Moon SuperS movie who protects the Sugar Energy of children. His older brother, Poupelin, as well as two other fairies, Banane and Orangeat, work for Queen Badiane. She orders the three to bring the children of Earth to her, telling them that if the children are with her, they will never grow old and never be harmed. In reality, her plan is to gather the children of the world, place them in Dream Coffins to make them sleep, and then steal the Sugar Energy from their sweet dreams to nurture her Black Dream Hole, a giant black hole of energy. Once the Black Dream Hole is large enough, she plans to use it to swallow the Earth, causing everyone to enter Dream Coffins, confined to eternal sleep, and thus taking over ther world. Perle meets ChibiUsa in the beginning of the SuperS movie in front of a sweets shop. He impresses her with his ability to play his flute to make cookies in the store appear to dance, and she gives him a bag of her homemade cookies as a gift. When Poupelin uses his flute later to place children click for larger version in a trance-like state and cause them to follow him (to later be put into Dream Coffins), ChibiUsa is almost captured. Perle joins the senshi in their fight against Badiane. They board a flying ship (the way in which the fairies take children to Marzipanu Castle to be placed in Dream Coffins) to go to Marzipanu Castle to attempt to save the children and destroy Badiane. Queen Badiane is eventually defeated, stopping her evil plan. Perle cannot stay with ChibiUsa and the senshi, because he must protect the Sugar Energy of children. She asks if he is leaving, but he tells her that he will always be with her. He gives her his glass flute in order to remember him. Perle's seiyuu is Chika Sakamoto.



NAME ORIGIN


Perle's name seems to be one of the most often disputed among Sailor Moon fans. According to the Materials Collection, the romanization of Perle's name is literally "Peruru." is what we see in the Materials Collection. is "pe" and is "ru," so we have "Peruru." "Peruru" is the Japanese approximation of the French word "Perle," meaning "Pearl." A word meaning "pearl" makes sense as Perle's name. In the Materials Collection, it tells us that pearls are one of the main attributes of the character. It says that "the idea is pearls, liqueur, and bonbons." He wears pearl earrings, has pearl-colored hair and wings, wears pearl ornaments, and his flute has pearls inside of it.



EXTRAS


    Pearls - Perle's namesake
    Chika Sakamoto - Perle's Anime Seiyuu