Madama Butterfly

Madama Butterfly
Official artwork of Madama Butterfly from Bayonetta 2.
Universe	Bayonetta
Debut	Bayonetta (2009)
Smash Bros. appearances	SSB4 Ultimate (Bayonetta's smash attacks)
Most recent non-Smash appearance	Bayonetta 3 (2022)
Console/platform of origin	PlayStation 3 Xbox 360
Species	Demon
Gender	Female
Place of origin	Inferno

Madama Butterfly (マダム・バタフライ, Madam Butterfly), also known as the "Mistress of Atrocity", is a demoness from the Bayonetta series. She serves as Bayonetta's primary contracted demon partner. She, in exchange for Bayonetta's soul upon her death, grants Bayonetta her immense size and strength to aid her in battle. As a result of her pact with Madama Butterfly, Bayonetta is capable of performing Wicked Weaves, Witch Walk, and even grants Bayonetta temporary use of her wings when double jumping.

Origin

Madama Butterfly battling Temperantia after being summoned by Bayonetta in Bayonetta 2.

Madama Butterfly is said to be one of the most powerful denizens of Inferno, and is considered among its inhabitants to be a being worthy of fear and respect. It is said that any witch who forms a contract with her is granted immeasurable strength and wisdom. Not much is known about her in the first game, and even her face is left a mystery to those who do not own the game's official art book.

Her role is much larger in Bayonetta 2, as Bayonetta goes from simply summoning her limbs to summoning her head and torso for powerful headbutts and body slams, and occasionally even summoning the demoness in her entirety to fight alongside Bayonetta against massive opponents. She additionally plays a minor role in the story - when Bayonetta ventures to Inferno to save the soul of her friend Jeanne, the demoness Alraune (who was responsible for Jeanne's death outside of her contract) initially shows little care that Bayonetta is intruding in her castle, but attacks Bayonetta upon discovering her connection with Madama Butterfly due to a personal vendetta against the stronger demoness. It is because of Alraune's rashness and desire to fight Madama Butterfly that she would eventually lose to both her and Bayonetta, freeing Jeanne's soul and being able to return it to her body.

In the Super Smash Bros. series

As a moveset element

Bayonetta striking Madama Butterfly's fist in Ultimate.

In Bayonetta's playable appearance in the Super Smash Bros. games, Super Smash Bros. 4 and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, she can summon Madama Butterfly's limbs with her smash attacks (based on the Wicked Weaves from her source games). Madama Butterfly's wings also appear when Bayonetta double jumps, and her shadow takes the shape of Madama Butterfly.

Spirit

Madama Butterfly also appears as a Legend-class support spirit.

In Adventure Mode: World of Light, Madama Butterfly is presumably one of the countless spirits captured by Galeem during his takeover of the universe. After Galeem's defeat, Dharkon takes control of Galeem's spirits, including Madama Butterfly. After Dharkon's defeat, he flees to the final world, with Galeem following soon after. In the final world, Galeem and Dharkon wage war against each other using their captured spirits, with Dharkon taking control of Madama Butterfly.

Madama Butterfly uses a Giant Bayonetta puppet fighter and is fought on the Umbra Clock Tower stage. During the battle, the stage will be covered in a poisonous cloud, referencing the Inferno where Madama Butterfly originates from. Also, Bayonetta will frequently use smash attacks, which summons Madama Butterfly's gigantic limbs to perform the attacks.

Madama Butterfly can be summoned using the cores of Shanoa, Aparoid, a Neutral type, and a support type.

No.	Image	Name	Type	Class	Cost	Ability	Series
1,009		Madama Butterfly		★★★★	3	Poison Heals	Bayonetta Series

Gallery

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  Full body artwork of Madama Butterfly from Bayonetta.

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  Bayonetta using Madama Butterfly's wings in SSB4.

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  Artwork of Bayonetta, Rodin, and Madama Butterfly as posted on the official Japanese PlatinumGames Twitter account.

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  Madama Butterfly's Wicked Weave being used against Isaac's Pound Psynergy.

Names in other languages

Language	Name
Japanese	マダム・バタフライ, Madam Butterfly
English	Madama Butterfly
French	Madama Butterfly
German	Madama Butterfly
Spanish	Madama Butterfly
Italian	Madama Butterfly
Chinese	Madama Butterfly
Korean	Madama Butterfly
Dutch	Madama Butterfly
Russian	Мадам Баттерфляй

External links

• Article on the Bayonetta Wiki