The Powerpuff Girls
The Powerpuff Girls is an
American animated television series about three little girls born with
superpowers who have dedicated their lives to fighting crime and the forces of evil. The series was created by
animator Craig McCracken, and first produced by
Hanna-Barbera (now
Cartoon Network Studios) for
Cartoon Network.
History
Originally the
Whoopass Girls, 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 [http://www.cartoonnetwork.com/tv_shows/ap/cmccracken.html]. 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 Lumpkins as part of
World Premiere Toons.
Current status
As of March of
2006,
The Powerpuff Girls has been taken off the air due to bad scheduling and a lack of popularity. 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 is busy with other projects. McCracken states that in time, he will make a few more episodes of
The Powerpuff Girls.
An
anime adaptation of this series,
Demashita! Powerpuff Girls Z, began airing in Japan on
July 1,
2006.
The Powerpuff Girls
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Blossom (voiced by
Cathy Cavadini): Red-haired, pink-eyed, 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.
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Bubbles (Voiced by
Tara Strong in the series and
Kath Soucie in the
What-a-Cartoon! ): Blonde, blue-eyed, 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. She speaks every language from
Spanish to Squirrel.
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Buttercup (voiced by
E.G. Daily): Black-haired, green-eyed, and dressed in green. Referred to in the ending theme as "the toughest fighter", she is the group's tomboy, meaning that she is fierce, proud, and always ready for a fight. 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 power' 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).
Trivia:They live in the fictional city of Townsville, USA (not to be confused with
Townsville in
Australia). They were created by
Professor Utonium, who was attempting to make the perfect little girls by combining sugar, spice, and everything nice, when (courtesy of his monkey assistant,
Jojo) he accidentally knocked a glass of "Chemical X" into the mixture.
In the series, the girls are drawn with physical traits to make them "super-
cute". They have large eyes and are drawn without noses, ears, fingers, or toes. The animation director is
Genndy Tartakovsky, of
Dexter's Laboratory and
Samurai Jack fame. He has also directed many of the shows themselves.
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, such as Ferocious Fiery Feline (the girls combine to create a cat of pure fire).
Others include:
* 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 was brown-haired, purple-eyed, 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". Also, the Chemical X was not added accidentally. 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. Unfortunately she was at an unstable composition, and she exploded on the same episode she was created, leaving behind a piece of her dress. There is also a giant robot Powerpuff girl named Dynamo, created by Professor Utonium. It was used to defeat a giant blowfish monster, destroying Tokyo Townsville in the process. The Mayor ordered the girls to never use the Dynamo again, in a later episode, the Dynamo was destroying the city and, ironically, the Mayor was the culprit. She could be considered the
Bizarro of the group, as both are not particurally villains, just those who mean well and mess up as a result.
Main Townsville citizens
Friends and allies of the Girls include:
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Professor Utonium: 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 getting married and having kids). He is fiercely protective of the girls, sometimes to a fault. (voiced by
Tom Kane).
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Ms. Keane: Teacher of Pokey Oaks, she is patient, understanding and very protective of her students, making her a well-liked figure.
Kindergarten (voiced by
Kath Soucie in the "What-A-Cartoon" episodes and by
Jennifer Hale in the series).
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Mayor of Townsville: An empty-headed mayor who is referred throughout only as "Mayor." (In one episode where he was forced to run for re-election as Mayor, he ran with the campaign slogan "Vote for Mayor for Mayor!"). The mayor is very, 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.(voiced by
Tom Kenny)
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Ms. Sara Bellum: Mayor's very competent assistant, the statuesque redheaded person, whose face is always either
just out of shot or otherwise obscured (most likely a homage to the initial appearance of redhead
Mary Jane Watson in the
Spider-Man comic book series). She handles things the Mayor can't, which is practically everything. She is named after the
cerebellum (voiced by
Jennifer Martin).
Enemies
Major recurring villains
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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 howl and rage like a ravenous chimp. He used to be Professor Utonium's pet before Professor Utonium created the Powerpuff Girls. His appearance was based off of
Darth Vader from
Star Wars and
Jafar from
Aladdin (voiced by
Roger L. Jackson)
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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. (voiced by
Jim Cummings)
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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 but it can be written "Satan Claws". 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 universe without the Powerpuff Girls, controlled Townsville. Him and Mojo's parts in the Powerpuff universe could be matched to that of
Maleficent and
The Evil Queen in the Disney Villain universe. This means that while Maleficent is normally seen as the most powerful, The Evil Queen is normally seen as the leader. (voiced by
Tom Kane)
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The Gangreen Gang: A gang of green-skinned (hence the name) hoodlums that are somewhat mutated looking. They have the personality of juvenile delinquents and have been known to form a good stratagem 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. Big Billy's name is a takeoff on Big Bill - a nickname applied to President
William Howard Taft. (voiced by
Jeff Bennett (Ace, Grubber, and Big Billy),
Tom Kenny (Snake & Lil' Arturo), and
Carlos Alazraqui (Lil' Arturo (two episodes))) Buttercup dates Ace from the Gangreen Gang in one episode, and joins their group for a brief while.
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The Rowdyruff Boys: Male evil versions of the Powerpuff Girls created by
Mojo Jojo. They have bully-like personalities and are very violent.
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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 off of
The Wicked Witch of the West from
The Wizard of Oz (particularly, the witch played by the actress before
Margaret Hamilton).(voiced by
Jennifer Hale)
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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), and they have some ties with the Powerpuff Girls.
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Princess Morbucks: 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. (voiced by Jennifer Hale)
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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, and the second time when Harold's family joined him as a team of super-villains.
**Harold: The Father (voiced by
Jeff Bennett)
**Maryanne: The Mother (voiced by
Kath Soucie)
**Julie: The Daughter (voiced by
Kath Soucie)
**Bud: The Son (voiced by
Christine Cavanaugh)
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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 girls also 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, which is in turn a spoof of Monster Island in the
Godzilla series. Ironically, they fought a giant monster that had a body structure very similar to
Godzilla, and just as powerful. It is the only monster they can't beat without being nice to, as shown by Bubbles. This monster is literally invulnerable to any attack they throw at it.
Guest enemies
One-time villain appearances include:
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Femme Fatale â€" A feminist, but petty criminal who hates men to a fault, especially on dollar bills and coins. She prefers to steal
Susan B. Anthony coins. However she has no idea who
Susan B. Anthony really is, or what she truly stood for. She was voiced by
Grey DeLisle.
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The Kat â€" A white cat that hypnotized Proffesor Utonium into doing his evil deeds. He is left stuck in a tree after the girls rescue the Professor and defeat the cat. Voiced by
Mark Hamill.
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Abracadaver â€" A zombie magician who tried to reek revenge on Townsville after dying in a needle coffin. Hypnotized Blossom, believing that she was a
reincarnation of the little
girl that led him to his death.
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Roach Coach â€" 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. (voiced by
Roger L. Jackson)
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The Dooks of Doom â€" A trio of troublemaking biker characters.
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Major Man â€" 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. (voiced by
Jeff Bennett).
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The Boogie Man â€" A legendary monster who tried to block out the sun with a giant disco ball. He rides in a white limo that changes 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. This episode has many references to late 70s disco & funk, and The Boogie Man is a facsimile of
George Clinton's
Dr. Funkenstein. (voiced by
Kevin Michael Richardson).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.
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The Giant Fishballoon â€" A giant fish monster representing
Godzilla.
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Mr. Mime (not to be confused with
Pokémon's
Mr. Mime) â€" 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.
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Lou Gubrious: Villain from the episode "Frownsville"; Inventor of the "Miseray", his name is a homophone of the word "lugubrious" which means mournful.
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The Ministry of Pain â€" A trio of evildoers from the old days (1930's) who were beaten by Captain Righteous and his sidekick Lefty. The incident left them in intensive care.
** Mastermind: the leader
** Cohort: the short but deadly man
** Counterpart: the muscleman
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Mask Scara- A crazy pshyco woman who wears purple spandex and far too much make-up with grayish frazzeled hair. and uses make-up based weapons. She's based on Joan Rivers.
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Bernie Bernstein â€" A criminal posing as a
film director.
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Donnie â€" A criminal posing as Bernie's assistant director.
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Dick Hardly â€" 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.
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Lenny Baxter â€" A Powerpuff Girls memorabillia collector who looks and acts like a stereotypical
otaku. A creepy version of
The Comic Book Guy from
The Simpsons.
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Officer Mike Brikowski â€" 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.
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The Salami Swami (cut scene only)
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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.
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Steve the Monster â€" He is actually the PPG's friend and helped them rid of Major Man.
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K.A.R.R. â€" 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).
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Powerpuff Bluffs -Three criminals that (badly) disguised themselves as the Powerpuff Girls to escape from prison. They commit various crimes, and everyone in Townsville actually believe they are the Powerpuff Girls.
Furthermore, a group of unsuccessful bank robbers is often seen suffering the consequences of their deeds.
Miscellaneous
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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, both with the viewers at home and the characters in the show. (voiced by
Tom Kenny)
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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)
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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.
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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. Though later on in the series Elmer is seem as a background character in non glue moster form.
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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.
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Mr Green: A substitute teacher for Ms Keane, with green skin similar to the Gangreen Gang. Was mistaken for an evil monster by the Powerpuff Girls, but was not.
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Major Glory: From
Dexter's Laboratory, who also appears with
Val Hallen and other national superheroes as the Association of World Super Men. In the episode "Members Only" they rejected the Powerpuff Girls' membership for their organization, despite passing the entrance tests, as they don't accept female members. However later they were attacked by a supervillain, and has to call the girls for help.
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The Steamypuff Girls: The past/western versions of the Powerpuff Girls with huge steamers on their backs that also represent their "powers." Needs coal to keep running however.
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The Powerpunk Girls: Alternate evil versions of the girls named Berserk, Brat, and Brute (Blossom, Bubbles, and Buttercup respectively). Unlike the girls, they cause nothing but destruction. Seen in the 50th issue of the Powerpuff Girls comic.
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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 for them.
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Captain Righteous: He only appeared in one episode before the Powerpuffs were on the scene he was the protector of Townsville but now he is retired and living at the Pokey Folks
retirement home in Townsville. Captain Righteous is a parody of
Captain Marvel and he is similar to
Mermaid Man and
Barnacle Boy in
Spongebob Squarepants as they live in a retirement home.
Main article: List of Powerpuff Girls episodes
* 78 episodes in 6 seasons, and 1 self-titled movie called
The Powerpuff Girls 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.
* The end credits theme tune is performed by Scottish band
Bis.
* The show's opening pays homage to the animated opening of
1960s Batman live-action television series; both feature a pan across a gallery of villians, animated heroes running toward the viewer, the heroes striking the villans, and injured villians tossed away in slow motion. Powerpuff Girls also shares the grandiose narration style of the Batman series.
* Powerpuff Girls is a spoof on American
superheroes as well as Japanese
Tokusatsu heroes like
Super Sentai* In the "Power Prof." episode, it is revealed that Bubbles has a
bedwetting problem.
* In the "Crazy Mixed-up Puffs" episode, there is a scene in which Buttercup
farts.[
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* In the "Boogie Frights" episode, the last sequence is a remake of the
Death Star trench run at the end of
Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope.
* The Ferocious Fiery Feline attack is an obvious homage to the Japanese anime show
Gatchaman, in which the Gatchaman team uses their spacecraft to defeat enemies with an attack called "The Fiery Phoenix" (the ship literally transforms into a firebird-shape).
* The "Cat Man Do" episode 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.
Katmandu is also the capital city of
Nepal a country in Asia.
* 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.
* Whenever Bubbles cries, it's
Russi Taylor (voice of Minnie Mouse), doing her crying voice.
* In
The Life and Times of Juniper Lee, Jody Irwin, one of
Juniper's friends, claims there are over three hundred episodes. (Despite the fact
above)
* 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 last 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 professor Utonium steals toys for the girls, one of the toys that Bubbles picks up is a Dexter toy.
* 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 "Hot Air Buffoon", two robbers dressed as
Fred Flintstone and
Barney Rubble can be seen.
* The
closing logo seen at the end of this cartoon through
2002 is an update of the
1986 CGI variation of
Hanna-Barbera's "Swirling Star" logo (which originally was used by the company in
1979), except that the company name referenced here is of
Hanna-Barbera Cartoons, and has appeared with the "A
Time Warner Company" byline.
* In the Cat Man Do when you see the laser the Professor built, the shadow has the shape of the jewel in it, but he hasn't stolen the jewel yet.
* In various episodes, a character resembling
Hanna-Barbera's George Jetson is seen.
* The name of the girls' teacher, Ms. Keane, is a tribute to
Margaret Keane, an artist whose paintings feature children with huge eyes very similar to the Powerpuff Girls. Ms. Keane 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.
* All the Powerpuff Girls' names start with the letter "B", including their powerpuff chipmunk (Bullet), and the Rowdyruff Boys.
* 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 an episode of "X Presidents" (from
TV Funhouse on
Saturday Night Live) the Powerpuff Girls come to rescue
SpongeBob SquarePants from being held prisoner for refusing to star in a pro-
Gulf War II propaganda commercial. The X Presidents proceed to beat the Girls up, and
President George W. Bush takes the liberty of making the Girls look like
Muslim terrorists in a video of the fight, using
CGI.
* In episode 14 of the anime,
Excel Saga, Blossom is seen flying out of a time bomb as it is being disarmed.
* 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.
* A pregnant-looking Bubbles can be seen in the "
Foxxy vs. the Board of Education" episode of
Drawn Together.
* 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.
* The girls were referenced in another Cartoon Network show. In an episode of
The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy,
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.
*Although it's not always obvious because of her green hoodie, the character
Frankie Foster in
Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends wears a t-shirt with the Powerpuff Girls in silhouette.
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List of The Powerpuff Girls episodes*
The Powerpuff Girls Movie, a
theatrical feature-length film*
Demashita! Powerpuff Girls Z, a
spin-off anime series*
Powerpuff Girls Doujinshi, a fan-created comic
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Official site at
Cartoon Network (USA)
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The Powerpuff Girls at the
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