diff.text: {{nihongo|'''Sailor Moon'''|セーラームーン|Sērā Mūn}} is a [[fictional character]] in the ''[[Sailor Moon]]'' [[metaseries]] and the main [[wikipedia:protagonist]] of the franchise, as well as its [[Title role#Title character|title character]]. Her [[wikipedia:Personal name|civilian name]] is {{nihongo|'''Usagi Tsukino'''|月野 うさぎ|Tsukino Usagi|  — '''Serena Tsukino''' in the [[Sailor Moon (English adaptations)|English-language versions]]}}. A carefree schoolgirl, she can transform herself into the ''[[de facto]]'' leader of the series' primary heroines, the [[Sailor Senshi]].
diff.text: Serena, Usagi's [[wikipedia:given name]] in the English-language versions of the series, derives from "Serenity", the name Usagi went by in [[#Princess Serenity|her past life]]. In the English manga she is mostly called by the nickname '''Bunny''', which is the literal meaning of ''usagi''. Her boyfriend for most of the series, [[Tuxedo Mask|Mamoru Chiba]], calls her by the affectionate [[nickname]] "Usako" (which is a [[wikipedia:diminutive]], the suffix ''-ko'' meaning "child").
diff.text: Usagi does not perform well at school, and often seems unintelligent (especially in the anime), though the storyline generally attributes this to naïveté and laziness rather than to actual stupidity. This is because she spends her time eating, playing [[wikipedia:video game|video games]] and reading [[wikipedia:manga|comics]] (including ''[[RunRun]]'', which published the ''Sailor V'' manga in real life) rather than studying.{{Citation needed|date=January 2009}} She is often portrayed as a character that is better at art than science, as with her inability to answer that apples fall from trees because of [[wikipedia:gravitation|gravity]].<ref>Episode 8.</ref>
diff.text: The series shows how Usagi loves sweet foods and how easily they distract her. She loves [[wikipedia:cake|cake]] so much that it is listed as her hobby in the manga, and her favorite subject is listed as [[wikipedia:Family and consumer science|Home Economics]]. She is also said to dislike [[wikipedia:carrot|carrots]] (although she eats them in the anime), and is terrible at both English and [[wikipedia:mathematics|mathematics]]. In addition to being a genuine friend, Usagi is extremely good at brown nosing when it's needed and, of course, crying to get what she wants. She is [[wikipedia:Dental phobia|afraid of dentists]] and [[wikipedia:ghost|ghosts]], and her greatest dream is to be a [[bride]].<ref name="vol 10" /> Usagi loves [[wikipedia:rabbit]]s<ref>From the back of the Irwin boxes, may be dub-only</ref> as well as the colors [[white]] and [[wikipedia:pink]], and is apparently a member of the Manga Drawing Club at school,<ref name="act35">{{cite book |last= Takeuchi |first= Naoko | title= Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon Volume 12 |chapter= Act 34 |publisher= [[Kodansha]] |date= September 6, 1995 |isbn= 4-06-178814-0 }}</ref> though her skill level varies widely when shown in the anime.<ref>The other characters are unable to make out her drawing of Luna once in ''Stars'', but her drawings of Serenity and Endymion in ''R'' are clear enough (though childlike).</ref> She stands 150 centimeters (4&nbsp;ft 11 in) tall.<ref name="animeI">{{cite book |title= Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon album I |publisher= [[Kodansha]] |date= April 1993 |isbn= 4-06-177734-3}}, as noted in {{citeweb|url=http://www.rahul.net/arromdee/sm.faq.4|title=Ken Arromdee's Sailor Moon FAQ}}</ref>