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The Powerpuff Girls

Left to right: Blossom, Bubbles, Professor Utonium and Buttercup
Genre Animated television series
Running time 30 minutes (usually 15 minutes per episode)
Creator(s) Craig McCracken
Starring Cathy Cavadini

E.G. Daily
Tara Strong
Tom Kane
Tom Kenny
Roger L. Jackson
Jennifer Hale
Jennifer Martin
Jim Cummings
Jeff Bennett
Kath Soucie
Narrated by Tom Kenny
Country of origin Flag of United States United States
Language(s) English
Original channel Cartoon Network
Original run November 18, 1998–March 25, 2005
No. of episodes

78 (List of episodes)

The Powerpuff Girls is an American animated television series created by animator Craig McCracken, and first produced by Hanna-Barbera until 2001 when Cartoon Network Studios took over production for Cartoon Network.

The animation director is Genndy Tartakovsky, of Dexter's Laboratory and Samurai Jack fame. He has also directed many of the shows themselves.

The series is a spoof on American superheroes as well as Japanese Tokusatsu heroes like Super Sentai.

The end credits theme tune is performed by Scottish band Bis.

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[edit] Overview

[edit] History

Originally the Whoopass Girls (with the intention of having a gag where the "ass" part of the name would always sound as a bleep censor), the Powerpuff Girls were created by CalArts student Craig McCracken in 1992 in his short film Nikki's Ninja Fighting Superpowered Girls! in A Sticky Situation. The short was selected for Spike and Mike's Sick and Twisted Festival of Animation in 1994; subsequently McCracken submitted it to Cartoon Network while working on Dexter's Laboratory [1]. As Cartoon Network couldn't keep the offending name, the girls were renamed the Powerpuff Girls. Their first appearance on Cartoon Network was the short Meat Fuzzy Lumkins as part of World Premiere Toons.

[edit] Current status

As of March of 2006, The Powerpuff Girls continues to play on Cartoon Network as part of the Cartoon Cartoon show. However, episodes still air in Britain in the Cartoon Cartoons hour on the channel, as well as in half-hour compilations on the UK-only Cartoon Network TOO, and new stories featuring the Girls are printed regularly in Cartoon Network Block Party. While many believe that the series is canceled, Craig McCracken denies this. He is currently busy working on Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends, and most of the crew who worked on the series are busy with other projects. McCracken states that he will eventually make a few more episodes of The Powerpuff Girls.[citation needed]

An anime adaptation of this series, Demashita! Powerpuff Girls Z, began airing in Japan on July 1, 2006.

[edit] Opening sequence

Opening narration reveals that the girls were made by Professor Utonium out of sugar, spice and everything nice plus the accidental addition of 'Chemical X'. The opening of the program pays homage to the animated beginning of 1960s Batman live-action television series, as both shows feature a pan across a gallery of villains, with the animated heroes running toward the viewer while striking the villains, who are tossed away in slow motion. The show also shares the grandiose narration style of the Batman series.

[edit] Characters

[edit] The Powerpuff Girls

They live in the fictional city of Townsville (not to be confused with Townsville in Queensland, Australia). They were created by Professor Utonium, who was attempting to make the perfect little girls by combining sugar, spice, and everything nice, when he accidentally knocked a glass of "Chemical X" into the mixture.

The girls are drawn with physical traits to make them "super-cute". They have large eyes, and, although they are able to hear, smell, and hold, their bodies are drawn without noses, ears, fingers, or toes. The girls are very aware of that, and it is shown that they cannot use their fingers, and instead, their fingerless hands can pick things up at will.

All of girls' names are start with the letter "B" and have a double consonant within their name.

  • Blossom (voiced by Cathy Cavadini): Has long red hair, pink eyes, and dressed in pink. The ending theme refers to her as "commander and the leader", and she is therefore the most mature, level-headed and composed member of the group, which helps hold the group together, although her personality can spill over into being fussy, overbearing and overly analytical. Her special superpower is Ice Breath, though she has been known to breathe fire (then again, so has Bubbles).[citation needed]
  • Bubbles (Voiced by Tara Strong in the series and Kath Soucie in the What-a-Cartoon! ): Has blonde hair in pigtails, blue eyes, and dressed in blue. The ending theme refers to her as "the joy and the laughter", meaning that she acts as the baby of the group (despite being the same age) and is defined by her innocence, playfulness and gentle demeanour. She does, however, have a tendency to be naive, submissive and overemotional, leading to her often being (unfairly) regarded, by friends and foes alike, as the group's weak link. However, she can become very independent and aggressive when pushed. Her special superpower is that she can speak many languages, including Spanish, and communicate with animals, such as Cats and most notably Squirrels (as revealed in one episode[episode needed]).
  • Buttercup (voiced by E.G. Daily): Has short black hair, green eyes, and dressed in green. Referred to in the ending theme as "the toughest fighter", she is the group's tomboy. She has a habit, though, of letting her aggression get the better of her, making her reckless, stubborn and overly-aggressive, and she can be said to possess a mean, vindictive streak not shared by her sisters. Her special superpower is the ability to roll her tongue (Blossom and Bubbles cannot do this, and nor can anyone else in Townsville. The narrator claims he can, but we cannot see him, and we cannot be sure if Miss Bellum can (the Mayor claims she can't)[episode needed]).

They also have many superpowers similar to those possessed by Superman, including:

  • Super-strength
  • Flight
  • Super-speed
  • Ability to project a variety of energy blasts
  • Limited invulnerability

In some cases, they utilize special team maneuvers to take down their foes. These Include:

  • Ferocious Fiery Feline (the girls combine to create a cat of pure fire)
  • A triple attack from side to side and front
  • Creating after-image doubles (who can also fight)
  • Morphing into a ball to save people or strike them out
  • A twister with devastating after-effects

In one episode, there was a fourth Powerpuff Girl named Bunny (voiced by Christine Cavanaugh), who had brown hair in a ponytail, purple eyes, and dressed in purple. When the three original girls couldn't handle all their crime-fighting activities any more, they decided to create a new Powerpuff Girl themselves, but she didn't turn out exactly as planned. Instead of following the recipe for a perfect little girl properly, the girls instead used imitation items of all the recipes: articifial sweetener instead of sugar, twigs and leaves instead of spice, and everything the girls enjoyed as "everything nice". Bunny appears to be mentally disabled, and is also rather deformed. She was also extremely naive; she thought that having a gun made a person a criminal, and when she confronted two cops taking in a couple of crooks and brandishing guns, she threw the cops into jail, and started to release criminals, thinking they were good. When all the criminals in town attacked the girls, Bunny redeemed herself and beat every criminal soundly. She was an unstable composition and exploded during the same episode she was created, leaving behind a piece of her dress. She could be considered the Bizarro of the group, as both are not villains, just those who mean well and mess up as a result.[episode needed] Like the Powerpuff Girls, her name start with the letter "B" and have a double consonant in the middle (nn).

[edit] Main Townsville citizens

Friends and allies of the Girls include:

  • Professor Utonium (voiced by Tom Kane): A scientist who creates the Powerpuff Girls in this series. The Professor is very "square" and old-fashioned, and he is unlucky in love (which perhaps explains why he created the girls through science, rather than by marriage). He is fiercely protective of the girls, sometimes to a fault. He is a very affectionate and supportive father whose pep talks often bring the girls around when they are discouraged.
  • Ms. Keane (voiced by Kath Soucie in the "What-A-Cartoon" episodes and by Jennifer Hale in the series): Kindergarten-Teacher of Pokey Oaks. she is patient, understanding and very protective of her students, making her a well-liked figure. Her name is a tribute to Margaret Keane, an artist whose paintings feature children with huge eyes. She may also represent a nod to cartoonist Bil Keane, creator of The Family Circus, as she closely resembles that cartoon's character Mommy (Thel), with dark hair and flip hairdo.
  • Mayor of Townsville (voiced by Tom Kenny): An empty-headed mayor who is referred throughout only as "Mayor", though in the episode "Boogie Frights", his wife is seen identifying his name as "Barney". The mayor is very fond of pickles, and his little hat. The mayor is almost infantile in his stupidity, and without the Powerpuff Girls, Townsville would have been destroyed long ago. The Mayor is married (to a woman who is shown in pictures looking a lot like he does), although apparently their marriage is a troubled one and he rarely mentions her. In an episode, he is willing to trade his wife in exchange for a porcelain poodle.[episode needed]
  • Ms. Sara Bellum (voiced by Jennifer Martin): Mayor's very competent assistant, the statuesque redheaded person. She handles things the Mayor cannot, which is practically everything. She has never revealed her face onscreen. Whenever she appears, an object would either block her face or the camera would "cut off" everything above her neck. Whenever she is the center of attention (like when Blossom took over her body or when she fought Sedusa) her hair would often cover her face. Other onscreen characters often claim that she is very beautiful. She is named after the cerebellum.

[edit] Enemies

[edit] Major recurring villains

Mojo JoJo
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Mojo JoJo
  • Mojo Jojo: A mad scientist chimp with vast intelligence, notable for his cod-Japanese accent and his overly convoluted manner of speaking. He has been known to go completely berserk and rage like a ravenous chimp. He used to be Professor Utonium's pet before Professor Utonium created the Powerpuff Girls. It was Mojo who caused Chemical-X to be spilled into the mixture that created the Powerpuff Girls.[episode needed] He is the Powerpuff Girls' most recurring villain and the relationship between him and Him (see below) is reminiscent of the relationship between the Evil Queen and Maleficent in the Disney universe. His appearance was based on Darth Vader from Star Wars and Jafar from Aladdin (voiced by Roger L. Jackson)
  • Fuzzy Lumpkins: A large, husky, furry pink hillbilly monster who loves his hunting gun (or "boomstick") and his banjo (nicknamed "Joe"), and who will shoot anything he finds "on his property." He is well-known for his insane anger and possessing immense physical strength. It is unknown what species Fuzzy actually is, though the Professor speculated that he is the missing link between humans and apes. (voiced by Jim Cummings) There is also an entire tribe of "Fuzzies" who share his appearance in most ways. Fuzzy also has three nephews who are the same age as the Girls.[episode needed]
  • Him: A mysterious, super powerful, red-skinned, and effeminate devil-like creature with crab-like hands. He is so evil that his real name can never be said. He often disguises himself or creates psychological events or catastrophes which he uses as an attempt to cause the Powerpuff Girls to break mentally. When forced to fight, he is a force to be reckoned with, as he heralds doom in every direction. He has shown numerous satanic forms, most of which are revealed in hell or apocalyptic situations or realms. His voice and character were inspired by the Chief of the Blue Meanies in Yellow Submarine. Him is undoubtedly the most powerful villain of all, as Mojo Jojo fears him and it was Him who, in an alternate future without the Powerpuff Girls, controlled Townsville. The scene in the episode "Tough Love" that depicts Him hovering above Townsville sowing the seeds of hatred in the minds of the citizens is probably a parody or a tribute to the scene in FW Murnau's 1926 adaptation of Faust which depicts Mephistopheles hovering above the sleeping town sowing the seeds of plague. Based on the fact he wears a red suit with white puffy fringe, a wide black buckled belt, and thigh high black boots, and sports a pair of Crab-like claws for hands, it's possible that Him's unspeakable name is "Satan Claws"[episode needed] a play on Santa Claus. (Voiced by Tom Kane.)
  • The Gangreen Gang: A gang of hoodlums that are green-skinned and unhealthy looking (as if suffering from gangrene). They have the personality of juvenile delinquents and have been known to form a good strategem or two. Grubber communicates entirely through raspberry sounds, though on a number of occasions he has demonstrated the ability to talk quite eloquently, or even perform perfect impersonations. Buttercup dates Ace from the Gangreen Gang in one episode, and joins their group for a brief while.[episode needed]
  • The Rowdyruff Boys: Male evil versions of the Powerpuff Girls created by Mojo Jojo. They have bully-like personalities and are very violent. Although the Girls destroyed them in their first appearence[episode needed], the Boys were later resurrected by Him.[episode needed] Like the Powerpuff Girls, their names start with the letter "B".
  • Sedusa: A woman considered to be a master of disguise. When her identity is revealed, she often fights with her whip-like hair which she can control. In one episode, she had the ability to whip off globs of uber-sticky hair gel adhering people to walls. Her name is a combination of seduce, which she does quite often, and Medusa. Her appearance was based on The Wicked Witch of the West from The Wizard of Oz. (voiced by Jennifer Hale)
  • The Amoeba Boys: The harmless pack of amoebae who first appeared in the World Premiere Toons "Crime 101," are somewhere in between enemies and friends. That is, their crimes are as primitive as their species (they considered stealing a discarded orange to be their greatest crime ever[episode needed]), and they have some ties with the Powerpuff Girls.
  • Princess Morbucks: Voiced by Jennifer Hale, she is a spoiled, insecure little rich girl, whose hatred of the Powerpuff Girls stems from her rebuffed attempt to become one of them. Her name is a play on Daddy Warbucks from Annie.

The girls frequently combat a wide assortment of giant monsters, all of which seem to visit Earth solely for the purpose of demolishing Townsville. In one episode, a giant monster explains to the girls that going to Townsville and encountering the Powerpuff Girls is a symbol of honor on Monster Isle, whose very name is a reference to Monster Island in the Godzilla series. Ironically, they fought a giant monster that had powers and body structure very similar to Godzilla. It is the only monster they cannot beat without diplomacy, as demonstrated by Bubbles when she nicely asks the monster to leave -- and he complies. This monster is literally invulnerable to any attack they throw at it.[episode needed]

[edit] Guest enemies

One-time villain appearances include:

  • The Kat — A white cat that hypnotized Professor Utonium into doing his evil deeds. He is left stuck in a tree after the girls rescue the Professor and defeat the cat.[episode needed] Voiced by Mark Hamill.
  • Abracadaver — A zombie magician who tried to wreak revenge on Townsville after dying in an Iron Maiden. Hypnotized Blossom, believing that she was a reincarnation of the little girl that led him to his death.[episode needed]
  • Roach Coach — A disgusting old man who commands an army of roaches that the Powerpuff Girls hate so much. Is actually a cockroach himself, commandeering a robotic body.[episode needed] (voiced by Roger L. Jackson)
  • The Broccoloids - Alien invaders who resemble broccoli.They sought to control Townsville through mind control spores in vegetables. The Powerpuff Girls, along with the children of Townsville, defeated the Broccoloids by eating them up.[episode needed]
  • The Dooks of Doom — A trio of troublemaking biker characters who speaks in complete jibberish.[episode needed]
  • Major Man — An archetypical superhero who came to Townsville trying to take the Girls' place as town heroes. However it was discovered he was nothing but a big fraud- he set up his own crimes, and the Girls made him leave Townsville.[episode needed] (voiced by Jeff Bennett).
  • The Boogie Man — A legendary monster who tried to block out the sun with a giant disco ball. He rides in a white limo that changed into a spaceship when he chased them into space. Bubbles destroys the ball with her laser vision and Blossom and Buttercup sends Boogie Man's ship spinning out of control.[episode needed] (voiced by Kevin Michael Richardson)
  • Mr. Mime (not to be confused with Mr. Mime, of Pokémon) — An evil mime bent on making the world silent and without color. His alter-ego's imprisonment is considered the most controversial issue in the series.[citation needed][episode needed]
  • Lou Gubrious: Villain from the episode "Frownsville"; Inventor of the "Miseray", his name is a homophone of the word "lugubrious" which means mournful.
  • The Ministry of Pain — A trio of evildoers from the old days who were beaten by Captain Righteous and his sidekick Lefty. The incident left them in intensive care.[episode needed]
    • Mastermind: the leader
    • Cohort: the short but deadly man
    • Counterpart: the muscleman
  • The Smiths: The Girls' apprently dull and ordinary but covertly bitter and evil next-door neighbors. They actually appeared twice in the show, the first time when Harold was so incensed by the perfection of Utonium and the girls that he became an inept super-villain hoping to defeat them. When his wife, Maryanne, invited the Girls and Utonium over for dinner, Harold took the opportunity to try to destroy them, but all he really did was cause a ruckus and ruin the meal.[episode needed] The second time was when Harold's family joined him as a team of super-villains, as Maryanne's payback for their ruined dinner.[episode needed]
  • Mask Scara- A crazy woman who wears purple spandex and far too much make-up with grayish frazzled hair and uses make-up based weapons.[episode needed] Some observers claim she's based on Joan Rivers[citation needed], but it is more likely Phyllis Diller, who coincidentally provides Mask Scara's voice. Her name is a pun on "mascara", a type of makeup.
  • Donnie — A criminal posing as Bernie's assistant director. Bears a cartoon resemblance to one of the show's animators, Don Shank, who provides the voice for 'Donnie'.[episode needed]
  • Dick Hardly — Professor Utonium's former roommate in high school, and always takes advantage of Utonium and comes up with get-rich-quick schemes. He tricked the Powerpuff Girls into giving him Chemical X, and created the Powerpuff Girlz Xtreme, commercialized, mass-produced versions of the Powerpuff Girls. He accidentally drank Chemical X, turning into a monster, and was destroyed. Coincidentally, his name can be taken as a rather explicite innuendo if reversed. [episode needed]
  • Lenny Baxter — A Powerpuff Girls memorabillia collector who looks and acts like a stereotypical otaku.[episode needed]
  • Officer Mike Brikowski — A fat, lazy police officer who, when fired, blames the Girls because they were "taking away the work of good cops". Ends up arrested and jailed. Loves and can't get enough doughnuts.[episode needed]
  • Robber Dude - An inept and somewhat lucky jewel thief who accidentally hid a priceless diamond in a box of Lucky Captain Rabbit King Nuggets, the girls' favorite cereal. Once he recovered the diamond, the girls sent him to jail.[episode needed]
  • Steve the Monster — He is actually the PPG's friend and helped them rid of Major Man.[episode needed]
  • K.A.R.R. — A car with artificial intelligence and loads of hi-tech functions, probably a tribute to Knight Rider, where another K.I.T.T.-like car named K.A.R.R. appears twice. (voiced by Tom Kenny).[episode needed]
  • Powerpuff Bluffs -Three criminals that disguised themselves as the Powerpuff Girls to escape from prison. They commit various crimes, and everyone in Townsville actually believes they are the Powerpuff Girls.[episode needed]
  • The Gnome — An unnamed gnome who is sent by the elder spirits of the Earth to answer the Powerpuff Girls' wish for peace, in exchange for their powers. However, he then turns the entire city of Townsville into his followers, taking away their freedom. He is defeated by the Powerpuff Girls, who got their powers back since the Gnome went back on his deal by allowing his own evil into the world. (voiced by Jack Black).[episode needed]
  • Furthermore, a group of unsuccessful bank robbers is often seen suffering the consequences of their deeds.

[edit] Miscellaneous

  • Narrator: The series' enthusiastic but unseen narrator, known for opening nearly every episode with "The city of Townsville!" and ending them with "So once again, the day is saved, thanks to...The Powerpuff Girls!". He will often comment on the proceedings of the episode, and frequently breaks the fourth wall. He is never seen at any point in the series. He's also seems to be the only connection between the audience and the girls, as he can "talk" to both. His name is also apparently "Narrator". (voiced by Tom Kenny)
  • The Talking Dog: He mostly appears as a background character, but always has something to say, and once had his own episode. (Voiced by Tom Kane)
  • Mitchel "Mitch" Mitchelson: The bully at Pokey Oaks Kindergarten. Usually talks in a gruff voice and can be seen tormenting the kids in the class in a few episodes though not an overly major threat. His laugh is almost the same as Popeye. Buttercup has a crush on him.
  • Elmer Sglue: A classmate of the Girls who is constantly made fun of for eating paste. His name is a play on Elmer's Glue, a famous brand of adhesive for schools. Upon eating a radioactive fly, Elmer turns into a giant paste-monster, who is only calmed down when Buttercup apologizes for being mean to him. Later in the series Elmer is seem as a background character in non-glue monster form.[episode needed]
  • Twiggy The class's pet hamster. Was mutated in one episode and almost ate Mitch (who was in charge of caring for Twiggy, but mistreated the hamster instead). Was supposedly restored its normal state.[episode needed]
  • Mr. Green: A substitute teacher for Ms. Keane, with green skin similar to the Gangreen Gang. Is at first mistaken for an evil monster by the Powerpuff Girls.[episode needed]
  • The Steamypuff Girls: The past/western versions of the Powerpuff Girls, who have huge steamers on their backs that also represent their "powers." They need coal to keep running.[episode needed]
  • Powerpuff Girlz Xtreme: Commercialized and mass-produced versions of the Powerpuff Girls, created by Professor Dick, who marketed these girls internationally to fight off local crime. Originally they resemble the Powerpuff Girls, but later on Professor Dick reduced their ingredients and created deformed versions. They turned against him after seeing Professor Utonium showing love for the Powerpuff Girls, something Professor Dick never showed them.[episode needed]
  • The "Run Of The Mill" Girls:
  • Bullet the Squirrel: A small squirrel who possesses much of the same powers as the Powerpuff Girls. The Powerpuffs first meet Bullet when they find him injured on the ground and take him home. During the night, Bubbles feeds the squirrel a few drops of Chemical X in hopes that it will help him heal faster, which soon leads to Bullet developing his powers. Bullet spends some time with the girls as a pet and ally, but eventually returns to the wild out of homesickness. Bullet currently resides in the forests outside Townsville, where he protects the animal community, but he returns to help the Powerpuff Girls from time to time.[episode needed] Like the Powerpuff Girls, its name start with the letter "B"
  • The Powerpuff DYNAMO (DYnamic NAnotectronic MOnobot) is the robot designed and created by Professor Utonium to help the girls save little Tokyo Townsville from the evil Giant Fishballoon. Despite being created to help the girls save Townsville, it does more harm than good. It is adopted from the super heroes Ultraman.[episode needed]

[edit] Only appears in PPG comicbook

  • The Micropuff Girls: A trio of miniature look-alikes of the Girls who have only appeared occasionally in the comic book. They continually distract the girls by either criticizing what they're doing or encouraging them to show off.
  • The Powerpunk Girls: Alternate, evil versions of the Girls named Berserk, Brat, and Brute (which of course follows the "B" naming scheme for the Girls). Unlike the girls, they cause nothing but destruction. They are the daughters of Oppressor Plutonium, the alternate evil version of Professor Utonium. Seen in the 50th issue of the Powerpuff Girls comic.

[edit] Episodes

Main article: List of The Powerpuff Girls episodes
  • 78 episodes in six seasons, and one self-titled movie have been made. No more episodes have been planned.
  • There is an hour-long Christmas episode, "Twas the Fight Before Christmas", where Princess Morbucks switches Santa Claus's naughty and nice lists.

[edit] Trivia

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  • The episode "Cat Man Do" includes a white cat on the knees of a well-dressed criminal who supervises operations and pets the feline. That is a reference to Ernst Stavro Blofeld's famous pose in the James Bond movies, although in this case it's the cat that makes the orders. The title of the episode puns on Kathmandu, the capital city of Nepal.
  • In "Imaginary Fiend," when Blossom falls into a pile of clothes, she comes out dressed in a large red jacket, a round blue cap and yellow gloves, which make her look just like Eric Cartman from South Park. However, this is the only reference to an adult cartoon made in the show in that season.
  • In "Collect Her," while trying to find who captured the Powerpuff Girls by naming off all the citizens of Townsville, the Mayor says "Genndy McCracken" as one of the names, a nod to the creator, Craig McCracken, and another cartoonist, Genndy Tartakovsky, the creator of Dexter's Laboratory.
  • In "Nano of the North", Dexter from Dexter's Laboratory appears. Dexter is also shown attending Pokey Oaks kindergarten in "Powerpuff Bluff".
  • In one episode where a sleepwalking Professor Utonium steals toys for the girls, one of the toys that Bubbles picks up is a Dexter toy.[episode needed]
  • The episode "Meet the Beat-Alls" was purposely saturated with references to The Beatles, from an intro to their songs playing as background music to song titles slipping into dialogue. Another Beatles reference was in the episode "Mime for a Change" when Mr. Mime colors Townsville a depressing grey and how the girls used music to give the town back its color. This is similar to how in the animated film, Yellow Submarine, the Blue Meanies overtook Pepperland and how The Beatles thwarted their evil plan.
  • In the episode "Members Only", Major Glory, from Dexter's Laboratory, appears with Val Hallen, and other national superheroes, as the "Association of World Super Men". Despite the Powerpuff Girls passing the entrance tests, they reject the girls' membership for their organization, because they don't accept female members. However, later they are attacked by a supervillain, and end up having to call the girls for help.
  • In one episode that a monster named The Boogie Man apppears has many references to late 70s disco & funk, and The Boogie Man is a facsimile of George Clinton's Dr. Funkenstein. The Explosion of the disco ball also has a marked simillarity to the destruction of the Death Star in Star Wars: Episode IV: A New Hope.[episode needed]
  • Spawn was spoofed by Buttercup, who wore an outfit similar to his and attempted to be a more anti-hero in vein with Spawn.[episode needed]
  • In one episode the bank was being robbed by the Jack-Hammer Brothers, who are a parody of Mario and Luigi.[episode needed]
  • An ad on Cartoon Network showed the Powerpuff Girls save Aquaman and Wonder Woman from Lex Luthor and the Legion of Doom. Luthor incorrectly calls them "The Powderpuff Girls" which gets the girls angry. They proceed to bring down the Legion and save the heroes, who the girls refer to as "Old School". Wonder Woman says that the girls are developing into good super heroines to which Bubbles replies "Someday we will be as developed as you!", which prompts laughter from everyone in the room while an embarrassed Wonder Woman covers her breast with one of her hands.

[edit] In other media

  • In the beginning of the book Cell by Stephen King the protagonist, Clay, notices that a pair of girls have hairstyles resembling the Powerpuff Girls.
  • A young character watches the Powerpuff Girls upside-down while channel surfing in the film Unbreakable (2000).
  • A scene in the film Blade II (2002) depicts Blade's assistant, Scud, watching an episode of The Powerpuff Girls.
  • In episode 14 of the anime, Excel Saga, Blossom is seen flying out of a time bomb as it is being disarmed.
  • At the end of volume 2 chapter 5 of the Yume Tsukai manga they talk about how Rinko could be turned into a Powerpuff Girl.
  • In one of the episodes of Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Oglethorpe of the Plutonians is holding a t-shirt with a picture of Remonster and Blossom having a mohawk and riding in a wheelchair while holding a drink in her hand.[episode needed]
  • In The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy episode "My Fair Mandy", Billy, Mandy, and Grim are shown in Powerpuff outfits, flying the way the girls do in the theme song. Grim says they never speak of that again, while the others agree. This was caused when Mandy smiled, which destroyed the natural balance of the universe and warped reality. During the credits of that episode, it's also revealed that their friend Irwin now plays the part of Mojo Jojo.
  • In the Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends pilot "House of Bloo's", Wilt shows Mac and Bloo an "unimaginary friend", made by kids with no imagination and just copy what they see on TV. One of them is Mojo Jojo. Also, at the epilouge of this episode, Bloo is seen channel-surfing, and finally sits back, pleased, while the opening theme of the Powerpuff Girls is heard.
  • In Samurai Jack Episode II, the talking dogs are uncovering ancient arhitecture and in the background in a frame you can see the 'Spike the Talking Dog' billboard.

[edit] References

  1. ^ http://www.cartoonnetwork.com/tv_shows/ap/cmccracken.html

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

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