Gwendolin

Overview

BTD6

Bloons Pop!

BTDB2

“	With enough fuel and air, everything burns!	”
	~ BTD6 Gwendolin when placed

Gwendolin is a Hero who first appears in the Bloons TD 6 Generation, starting with Bloons TD 6. She is the second character to be released for that game generation. She has since subsequently appeared in later games. In games within the Bloons TD 6 Generation (except Bloons Adventure Time TD), Gwendolin generally serves as the first introduced female character, with Quincy as the first introduced male character. She always is introduced as the second named character, second to Quincy.

This page overviews the subject in a generalistic manner, including relevant history of the subject, the lore surrounding that subject, and any related miscellaneous information. Find more detailed information about Gwendolin in games she appears in by looking at the following articles:

• Gwendolin (BTD6)
• Gwendolin (Bloons Pop!)
• Gwendolin (BTDB2)
• Gwendolin (BCS)

History

In Bloons TD 6

Main article: Gwendolin (BTD6)

Gwendolin makes a debut in the game Bloons TD 6. She is the second base hero to be introduced for that game. She automatically unlocks at Level 14.

Gwendolin rapidly shoots flames within her moderate range to pop the bloons. She eventually gains activated abilities that incinerate the bloons on demand.

In Bloons Pop!

Main article: Gwendolin (Bloons Pop!)

Gwendolin returns in Bloons Pop! as the second unlocked hero. When used, she bounces around the screen and burns nearby bloons and randomly throws cocktails that spew 8 fireballs horizontally, vertically, and diagonally.

In Bloons TD Battles 2

Main article: Gwendolin (BTDB2)

Gwendolin returns in Bloons TD Battles 2. She is the second hero to be unlocked, and she is Quincy's rival in the official Battle School tutorials. She is unlocked after beating the final tutorial in Battle School.

In Bloons Card Storm

Main article: Gwendolin (BCS)

Gwendolin will return in Bloons Card Storm, as implied by Ninja Kiwi's announcement of the game.

In other games

Gwendolin is mentioned in one item in the game Bloons Adventure Time TD. Gwen's Flamethrower is a gun weapon that can be equipped by Princess Bubblegum.

Description

Appearance

Gwendolin's ordinary appearance is how she looks like at Level 1 in BTD6. Gwendolin has dyed hair in the shape of a very cartoonish fire, with pinkish red and yellow stripes, She wears a red bandanna that wraps around part of her hair and her forehead. She has a band aid stuck next to her left eye, with part of it on her eye. She wears a blue overall with pockets on a pink T-shirt and red wristbands. She has a belt strapped to her waist, carrying two yellow bottles (Possibly flasks of oil for molotovs) and she wears purple sneakers with white shoelaces. Gwendolin wields a pyrogun, which looks like a simplified and adapted version of the Pyro's stock weapon from Team Fortress 2. It has a gray gun muzzle with several holes for emitting fire and a red bottle attached as a magazine for ammo. It has a brown handle and a yellow-black striped line, signifying that the pyrogun is to be handled with caution.

Personality

Gwendolin is a pyromaniac. She is very enthusiastic about fire, and is very tomboyish, as she has a sports showcase in BTDB2 and has a masculine appearance to the point where people mistake her for a male, to the extent that she always communicates about fire in her vocabulary and actions. A lot of her personality originates from a pun on "hot". She is prone to short temper, making her "hot-headed". She is also a little flirty, as shown by her kissing taunt from BTDB2.

She adores eating spicy foods. She is not vegetarian, as shown by her animation of eating a flame-cooked drumstick.

Her voice is energetic but simultaneously a bit goofy.

Other information

Gwendolin has a patented hot sauce with her face on it.

Gwendolin's true ethnicity is unknown, and has so far not been hinted by Ninja Kiwi. Her nationality is speculated to be Mexican or Texan-American because of her affinity towards spicy foods and barbecuing. Gwendolin also has an American accent, as indicated by her pronunciation of the letter "Z" for "ZOMG".

In terms of favorite foods, Gwendolin is known to enjoy spicy foods. She also doesn't drink energy drinks because she doesn't want the excess sugar to enhance her already full amount of energy.

Hero Skins

As of present, Gwendolin has a total of three Hero Skins. Two of them appear in Bloons TD 6, one in Bloons TD Battles 2, and two in Bloons Pop!.

Scientist Gwendolin

“	I like blue hair... and blue fire!	”
	~ BTD6 Scientist Gwendolin when selected

Scientist Gwendolin is Gwendolin's first skin, first released to Bloons TD 6 on Version 6.0. Scientist Gwendolin is the second Hero skin released.

Scientist Gwendolin returns to Bloons TD Battles 2 as a Hero Alt of Gwendolin. She was released in initial release alongside normal Gwendolin herself. Scientist Gwendolin's attacks and abilities center around empowering fiery capabilities with stronger stats at the downside of worse uptime.

Scientist Gwendolin has blue hair instead of the iconic red/yellow hair that Gwendolin has. Her hair also initially starts with double pigtails (name?). She also wears a white labcoat and a blue jumpsuit underneath. She wears blue gloves and fully white shoes. She retains her belt but with conical flasks of purple liquid instead of mason jars of oil. She also wears glasses. She sounds higher-pitched.

Harlegwen

“	Let the madness begin!	”
	~ BTD6 Harlegwen when selected

Harlegwen is Gwendolin's second skin, first released to Bloons TD 6 on Version 17.0, and the second Hero Skin to be a second skin of any hero. She makes appearance in Bloons TD 6 and Bloons Pop!. In Bloons Pop!, she was added in Version 3.0. She appears somewhat different between the games she appears in.

Harlegwen is a huge reference to Harley Quinn (a batman villain who also looks like a jester), except being pink and white, etc.

Punk Rock Gwendolin

Punk Rock Gwendolin is exclusive to Bloons Pop!, introduced on Version 7.0. She is the second Hero Skin for Gwendolin in that game.

Punk Rock Gwendolin has blue and violet hair, sunglasses, and the bandaid in on her head, and just like all the other female monkeys, she has a ponytail.

Merchandise

Gwendolin Plush

Twitter promotion

Gwendolin Plush is a plush. Ninja Kiwi made an announcement about this plush on Twitter. It is hosted by Makeship, and currently runs from 17th December 2021 till 15th January 2022 on 1:00pm NZDT. She costs $25.99 USD. After the campaign ended, 1409 Gwendolin Plushes were sold, funding up to 704% of the campaign. Her campaign can be found here.

Manufacturing began on January 15th 2022, shipping on April 10th 2022.

Gallery

Gwendolin Artwork

Level 1

Level 3

Level 10

Level 20

Hero icon

Scientist Gwendolin Artwork

Scientist Gwen Level 1

Scientist Gwen Level 3

Scientist Gwen Level 10

Scientist Gwen Level 20

Hero icon

Harlegwen Artwork

Harlegwen Level 1

Harlegwen Level 3

Harlegwen Level 10

Harlegwen Level 20

Hero icon

Gwendolin Plush

Standing front view

Side-left view

Back view

Side view

Sitting front view

Trivia

• Gwendolin is always the second hero to be introduced, appearing after Quincy for Bloons TD 6, Bloons Pop!, and Bloons TD Battles 2.
• Although not appearing in Bloons Adventure Time TD herself, Gwendolin is the subject of the weapon Gwen's Flamethrower.
• She is one of the few female monkeys to not have a ponytail. However, she does gain one at lvl 20, and her skins also have ponytails. She even gets one when having a certain cosmetic in Bloons Pop.
• Gwendolin had made appearance in one of Ninja Kiwi's Facebook account posts regarding July 4th 2019. She is seen roasting grilled pineapples on the barbecue at night. She also holds a spatula and a glass of orange juice while a fireworks display is set. This could be a reference to the premium upgrade in BTD5. Link (Facebook Post).
• Gwendolin is actually the second female in the bloons franchise, with the Monkey Princess being the first.

Ninja Kiwi Blogs

• According to Ninja Kiwi's 18th March 2022 blog, Gwen can withstand the world's hottest pepper.
• According to Ninja Kiwi's 6th August 2018 blog, Ninja Kiwi acknowledges that some players have mistaken Gwendolin for a guy.
• According to Ninja Kiwi's 15th February 2019 blog, in a comment about Gwendolin's yellow-and-red hair color coloration, Ninja Kiwi does not wish to talk about it, rather hinting that it may be involved with a Molotov cocktail accident.
• According to Ninja Kiwi's 18th October 2019 blog, Gwendolin has signed up for an annual subscription of Apple Arcade and greatly enjoys playing Hot Lava and "Reign of Red" (presumably Red Reign, a game also made by Ninja Kiwi).
• In a blog post released on February 28 2020, in response to a user question, it was suggested that Gwendolin likes to roller skate.
• According to Ninja Kiwi's 8th May 2020 blog, Gwen "just really loves" fire, as part of her backstory.
• According to Ninja Kiwi's 4th June 2021 blog, Gwendolin is confirmed to be a tomboy (i.e. a female who behaves in a masculine way).
  • From the same blog, Gwen once popped bloons with firecrackers, but they are no longer used since she got too enthusiastic with them.
  • Gwen would play the pyro class in Team Fortress 2.
• According to Ninja Kiwi's 18th June 2021 blog, Gwen denies responsibility over the destruction of the Bloonchipper blueprints in a fire.
• According to Ninja Kiwi's July 30th 2021 blog, Gwendolin really enjoys spicy food, to the extent that she puts Carolina Reapers as a garnish to everything she eats.
• According to Ninja Kiwi's October 29th 2021 blog, Gwendolin's favorite musician is Johnny Cash.
• According to Ninja Kiwi's December 10th 2021 blog, Gwen hates losing, and thus throws tantrums.
• According to Ninja Kiwi's 20th October 2023 blog, Gwendolin likes mangonadas, except she loves to "add a little extra spice" to her mangonadas.

Cultural references

• One of Gwendolin's in-game quotes, "With enough fuel and air, everything burns!" is a possible reference to the Joker's quote from The Dark Knight; "Everything burns!"
• The "Its all on fire now" poster is reference to meme known as "disaster girl" where a small girl is evilly smiling in front of burning house in background.
• Scientist Gwendolin's quotes "That looks very flammable!" and "Aww.. no hydrogen!" when popping a MOAB-Class Bloon are a reference to the Hindenburg disaster, which used hydrogen as the lifting gas for airships, which is highly flammable.