Erica the Red

Erica the Red is a one-time villain from the 2016 reiteration of the Cartoon Network original series, The Powerpuff Girls, only appearing in the episode "A Star is Blossom". She is the title character of the fictional play, "The Ballad of Erica the Red". She is characterized as a viking warrior, who lives in the matriarchal kingdom of Galhalla and who's main struggle in life is her search for a husband.

Biography
In "A Star is Blossom", Jared Shapiro read some magical hymn from a book, which caused a whirlwind of dark magic to form in the sky. Out of the portal came Erica the Red, a villainous viking, riding her motorcycle of terror. She entered the scene and grabbed Jared Shapiro, seeing him as a mate. Erica took Jared off to Galhalla, where she'd arrange a forced marriage for themselves. The Powerpuff Girls followed them through the clouds, as they would not allow this to happen.

In Galhalla, Erica the Red and Jared Shapiro's wedding was already starting, and they were being married by a little green demon. The Powerpuff Girls busted in to stop them, and Erica gladly prepared for a fight. She was actually quite happy that they'd be crashing their wedding, as she could use a good thrill. As Galhallian tradition stated, if her opponent were to defeat her in battle, the hand of Jared Shapiro in marriage would go to the winner.

Blossom and Bubbles had an argument, which led to a resolution, and a heartwarming moment. Buttercup fought with Erica the Red, while this happened and eventually, she couldn't do anything else all on her own, so she broke up Blossom and Bubbles' happy little moment and told them that they really needed to take care of Erica the Red.

Bubbles gave Erica the Red a papercut with a cardboard sword, winning the war. Erica the Red admitted defeat and presented Bubbles with Jared Shapiro, as well as her viking hat. Erica stopped her evil ways and sort of became friends with The Powerpuff Girls, even watching the school play of her old life story afterwards and enjoying Bubbles' portrayal of her.

Trivia

 * Erica the Red is a genderbent parody of Erik the Red.
 * Erica's living residence, Galhalla is a parody on Valhalla.