The Powerpuff Girls

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 | 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
 | language = English
 | country = USA
 | network = Cartoon Network
 | first_aired = November 18, 1998
 | last_aired = October 1, 2004
 | num_episodes = 78

|}} 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.

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Characters

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The Powerpuff Girls

  • Blossom (voiced by Cathy Cavadini): Red-haired, pink-eyed, and dressed in pink. According to the theme song, she is "the commander and the leader" (i.e. the bookish, drill instructor-ish one). Her special superpower is Ice Breath.
  • Bubbles (voiced by Kath Soucie in the What-a-Cartoon! episodes and Tara Strong in the series): Blonde, blue-eyed, and dressed in blue. She is "the joy and the laughter" (i.e. the charming one). She speaks every language from Spanish to Squirrel.
  • Buttercup (voiced by E.G. Daily): Black-haired, green-eyed, and dressed in green. She is "the toughest fighter" (i.e. the violent one). Her 'special power' is the ability to roll her tongue (Blossom and Bubbles cannot do this).

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 assistant, Mojo 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.

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

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. Bunny appears to be retarded. She was at an unstable composition, and she exploded on the same episode she was created, leving behind a piece of her dress.

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Townsville citizens

Friends and allies of the Girls include:

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Enemies of the Powerpuff Girls

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Major recurring villains

  • Mojo Jojo: A mad scientist chimp with vast intelligence. He has been known to go completely berserk and howl and rage like a ravenous chimp. (voiced by Roger L. Jackson)
  • Fuzzy Lumpkins: A large, husky, furry pink redneck that loves his hunting gun like a spouse, and 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)
  • 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.
  • The Rowdyruff Boys: Male versions of the Powerpuff Girls created by Mojo Jojo. They have bully-like personalities and are very violent.
  • 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 and Medusa. (voiced by Jennifer Hale)
  • Him: (His-Infernal-Majesty aka Satan): A mysterious, super powerful, red-skinned, and effeminate devil. 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.
  • Princess Morbucks: A spoiled little rich girl. Her name is a play on Daddy Warbucks from Annie. (voiced by Jennifer Hale)

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.

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Guest enemies

One-time villain appearances include:

  • Femme Fatale
  • Talking Cat
  • Abracadaver
  • Roach Coach
  • The Smiths: Their next-door neighbors. These actually appeared twice in the show (second time as Maryanne's personal revenge)
    • Harold: The Father
    • Maryanne: The Mother
    • Julie: The Daughter
    • Bud: The Son
  • The Dooks of Doom
  • The Boogie Man
  • The Giant Fishballoon
  • Mr. Mime (not to be confused with Pokémon's Mr. Mime)
  • The Ministry of Pain
    • Mastermind
    • Cohort
    • Counterpart
  • Mask Scara
  • Bernie Bernstein
  • Donnie
  • Dick Hardly
  • Lenny Baxter
  • Officer Mike Brikowski
  • The Salami Swami (cut scene only)
  • Robber Dude
  • Steve the Monster
  • 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.

Furthermore, a group of unsuccessful bank robbers is often seen suffering the consequences of their deeds.

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Miscellaneous

  • Narrator: The series' narrator who says "The city of Townsville!" at the beginning of nearly every episode and "So once again, the day is saved! Thanks to The Powerpuff Girls!" at the end. Sometimes, he breaks the fourth wall, both with the viewers at home and the characters in the show. (voiced by Tom Kenny)
  • 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.
  • 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, and the Girls made him leave Townsville.
  • 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 Kenny)
  • 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.
  • Twiggy The class's pet hamster. Was mutated in one episode and almost ate Mitch (who was in charge of caring for Twiggy, but mistreating the hamster instead). Was supposedly restored its normal state.
  • 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.
  • The Powerpunk Girls: Alternate evil versions of the girls named Bezerk, 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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Episodes

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.
  • An anime version of this series, Demashita! Powerpuff Girls Z is in production and scheduled to air in Japan in 2006.
  • There was an hour-long Christmas episode "Twas the Fight Before Christmas," where Princess switches Santa's naughty and nice lists.
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Trivia

  • The end credits theme tune is performed by Scottish band Bis.
  • In the "Power Prof" episode, it is revealed that Bubbles has a bedwetting problem.
  • In the "Crazy Mixed-up Puffs" episide, there is a scene in which Buttercup farts.[1]
  • 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.
  • 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 The Life and Times of Juniper Lee, Jody Irwin, one of Juniper's best friends, claims there are over three hundred episodes. (Despite the fact above)
  • The monsters that occasionally attack Townsville are a nod to the famous Godzilla series and films. As such, the name of Monster Isle is said to be a take-off of the Godzilla series' "Monster Island."
  • 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 the episode where nano-bites eat all the carbon in the city and it starts raining, Dexter (from Dexter's Laboratory) appears.
  • 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.
  • The third-season episode "Child Fearing," features the Mayor playing a game very similar to The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time[2].
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Titles in other languages

  • Arabic: الفتايات (simply 'The Girls', although in show they tend to be called 'الفتايات الخأرقات ' 'The Amazing Girls')
  • Bulgarian: Реактивните момичета which can be translated as The Jet-proppelled Girls
  • Chinese: Literally: "Flying Tiny Female Cops", Pronounce: fēi tiān xiǎo nǚ jǐng
  • Croatian: Supercure (lit. Supergirls)
  • Finnish: Tehotytöt (Lit. Powergirls)
  • French: Les Super Nanas (The Super Chicks)
  • Hebrew: בנות הפאוורפאף (B'not Ha-Powerpuff) ("The Girls of Powerpuff")
  • Hungarian: Pindúr Pandúrok (Literally "Tiny cops")
  • Icelandic: Stuðboltastelpurnar ("the energetic girls", literally "the energy-ball girls")
  • Italian: Le Superchicche
  • Latvian: Detektīvmeitenes (Literally "Detective girls")
  • Lithuanian: Super Mergaitės (Literally "Super Girls")
  • Japanese: パワーパフガールズ (Pawāpafugāruzu) (Powerpuff Girls)
  • Korean: 파워퍼프 걸 (R.R.: paweopeopeu geol) (Powerpuff Girl)
  • Norwegian: "Powerpuffjentene"
  • Polish: Atomówki (Literally "Little atomic girls")
  • Portuguese:
    • Brazil: As Meninas Super-Poderosas (Literally "The superpowerful girls")
    • Portugal: As Powerpuff Girls
  • Russian: Крутые девчонки (Krutie Devchonki, literally "Kick-ass Girls")
  • Spanish: Las Chicas Coquetas or Las Chicas Super Poderosas
    • Latin America: Las Chicas Superpoderosas
      • NOTE: Originally (in the "World Premiere Toon" times), they were called "Las Chicas Coquetas". ("The Fashionable Girls" or "The Flirty Girls".) This was changed before the series started. (the first season were originally aired as "Chicas Coquetas", reruns were re-dubbed.)
    • Spain: Las Supernenas
  • Swedish: Powerpuffpinglorna
    • NOTE: Originally (in the "World Premiere Toon" times), they were called Powerpuff-flickorna.
  • Danish: Powerpuff Pigerne
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Current Status

The Powerpuff Girls ended its production as a cartoon on August 30, 2004, although two episodes unaired in the United States aired as promos in the U.S. on March 25, 2005. Until recently, reruns of The Powerpuff Girls have been playing on Cartoon Network in reverse chronological order, but due to a lack of popularity and the additions of many new series, it has now been taken off the air as of March 2006.

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See also

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External links

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