The PowerPuff Girls (1998 animated series)

The Powerpuff Girls
Genre	Superhero Action/Adventure Comedy
Created by	Craig McCracken
Written by	Craig McCracken Jason Butler Rote Amy Keating Rogers Chris Savino Cindy Morrow
Directed by	Craig McCracken (1998–2002) John McIntyre (animation) Randy Myers (animation) Lauren Faust (supervising) Genndy Tartakovsky(recording) Robert Alvarez (animation) Rob Renzetti Chris Savino (2002–2005) Brian Larsen ("Documentary") David P. Smith ("Dance Pantsed")
Voices of	Cathy Cavadini Tara Strong E.G. Daily Tom Kane Tom Kenny Roger L. Jackson
Narrated by	Tom Kenny
Theme music composer	Thomas Chase Steve Rucker James L. Venable
Opening theme	"The Powerpuff Girls (Main Theme)"
Ending theme	"The Powerpuff Girls (End Theme)", performed by Bis
Composer(s)	Thomas Chase Steve Rucker James L. Venable Jennifer Kes Remington  (additional music, seasons 5–6)
Country of origin	United States
Originallanguage(s)	English
No. of seasons	6
No. of episodes	78 (136 segments)(list of episodes)
Production
Executiveproducer(s)	Craig McCracken	Genndy Tartakovsky
Producer(s)	Chris Savino (seasons 5–6) Genndy Tartakovsky  (supervising producer, seasons 1–4)
Running time	22 minutes
Productioncompany(s)	Hanna-Barbera Cartoons[1]  (seasons 1–3) Cartoon Network Studios  (seasons 4–6)
Distributor	Warner Bros. Television Distribution
Release
Original network	Cartoon Network
Picture format	4:3 SDTV 16:9 HDTV (specials)
Audio format	Mono (seasons 1–2) Dolby Surround (seasons 3–4) Dolby Digital 5.1 (seasons 5–6)
Original release	November 18, 1998 – March 25, 2005
Chronology
Related shows	What a Cartoon!

The Powerpuff Girls is an American superhero animated television series created by animator Craig McCracken for Cartoon Network. The show centers on Blossom, Bubbles, and Buttercup, three sisters withsuperpowers, as well as their father, the brainy scientist Professor Utonium, who all live in the city of Townsville. The girls are frequently called upon by the town's naïve mayor to help fight nearby criminals using their powers.

McCracken originally developed the show in 1992 as a cartoon short entitled Whoopass Stew! while in his second year at CalArts. Following a name change, Cartoon Network featured the first Powerpuff Girls pilots in its animation showcase program What a Cartoon! in 1995 and 1996. The series made its official debut as a Cartoon Cartoon on November 18, 1998,^[2] with the final episode airing on March 25, 2005.^[3] A total of 78 episodes were aired in addition to two pilot shorts, a Christmas special, and a feature film. In addition, a tenth anniversary special was made in 2008. A CGI special was also made in 2014 without McCracken's input. From the "Monkey See, Doggie Do / Mommy Fearest" up to "Superfriends" episode from the 1998 Powerpuff Girlsseries, it was produced by Hanna-Barbera Cartoons and Cartoon Network. The rest of the episodes were produced by Cartoon Network Studios.

The series has been nominated for six Emmy Awards, nine Annie Awards, and a Kids' Choice Award during its run. Spin-off media include an anime, three CD soundtracks, a home video collection, and a series of video games, as well as various licensed merchandise. The series has received generally positive reception and won four awards.

Premise

The show revolves around the adventures of three kindergarten aged girls with superpowers: Blossom (pink), Bubbles (blue), and Buttercup (green). The plot of an episode is usually some humorous variation of standard superhero and tokusatsu shows, with the girls using their powers to defend their town from villains and giant monsters. In addition, the girls have to deal with the normal issues that young children face, such as sibling rivalries, loose teeth, personal hygiene, going to school,bed wetting, or dependence on a security blanket. Episodes often contain hidden references to older pop culture (especially noticeable in the episode "Meet the Beat Alls," which is an homage to the Beatles). The cartoon always tries to keep different ideas within each episode with some small tributes and parodies thrown in.^[6]

The show is set mainly in the city of Townsville, USA. Townsville is depicted as a major American city, with a cityscape consisting of several major skyscrapers. In his review of The Powerpuff Girls Movie, movie critic Bob Longino of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution said, "the intricate drawings emanate 1950s futuristic pizzazz like a David Hockneyscenescape," and that the show is "one of the few American creations that is both gleeful pop culture and exquisite high art."

Characters

As depicted in the opening sequence of each episode, the Powerpuff Girls Blossom, Bubbles and Buttercup were created by Professor Utonium in an attempt to create the "perfect little girl" using a mixture of "sugar, spice, and everything nice". However, he accidentally spilled a mysterious substance called "Chemical X" into the mixture, creating three girls and granting all three superpowers including flight, super strength, super speed, near invulnerability, x-ray vision, super senses,heat vision, energy projection, invisibility, and control over lightning. In the original pilot, the accidental substance wasa can of "Whoopass", which was replaced by "Chemical X" in the aired version.^[8]

The Powerpuff Girls from left to right: Bubbles (blue), Blossom (pink) and Buttercup (green)

The three girls all have oval-shaped heads, abnormally large eyes inspired by Margaret Keane's art,^[9] stubby arms and legs, and lack noses, ears, fingers, necks, and flat feet with toes; McCracken preferred them to look more symbolic of actual girls rather than going for a "realistic" look, meaning fewer body parts were needed.^[10] Blossom, Bubbles, and Buttercup normally wear dresses that match the colors of their eyes with black stripes, as well as white tights and black Mary Janes. The closing theme to the cartoon offers a nutshell description of the three Powerpuff Girls' personalities: Blossom, commander and the leader. Bubbles, she is the joy and the laughter. Buttercup, she is the toughest fighter.

• Blossom (voiced by Cathy Cavadini) is the self-proclaimed leader of the Powerpuff Girls. Her personality ingredient is "everything nice", her signature color is pink, and she has long red hair with a red bow.^[11] She was named for having spoken freely and honestly to the Professor shortly after her creation as shown in The Powerpuff Girls Movie. She is often seen as the most level-headed, and composed member of the group and also strong and determined.^[11] Her unique power is freezing objects with her breath as seen in the episode "Ice Sore".
• Bubbles (voiced by Tara Strong in the series and by Kath Soucie in the What a Cartoon! episodes) is the "softest and sweetest" of the three.^[11] Her personality ingredient is "sugar", her signature color is blue, and she has blonde hair in pigtails. Bubbles is seen as kind and very sweet but she is also capable of extreme rage and can fight monsters just as well as her sisters can. Her best friend is a stuffed octopus doll she calls "Octi", and she also loves animals. She exhibits the ability to both understand multiple languages and communicate with various animals (squirrels, cats, monsters), and her unique power is emitting supersonic waves with her voice.
• Buttercup (voiced by E. G. Daily) is described as a "tough hotheaded tomboy".^[11] Her personality ingredient is spice, her signature color is green, and she has black hair in a flip. She loves to get dirty, fights hard and plays rough; she does not plan and is all action.^[11] Buttercup is the only Powerpuff Girl without a unique super power (aside from being able to curl her tongue as shown in the episode "Nuthin' Special").^[12] McCracken originally wanted to name the character "Bud" until a friend suggested the name Buttercup.

Episodes

Whoopass Stew

A short was made by Craig McCracken while he was in college at CalArts. It was submitted to the Cartoon Network, and the name was changed as it was deemed inappropriate for younger audiences. Four of them were created, though only one was finished. The other three pilots are presented on the Complete Series DVD set accompanied by the original storyboards and their original audio.

#	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
Pilot	"A Sticky Situation!"	Craig McCracken	Craig McCracken	1994 (festivals only)[1]
Begins with the same opening sequence as the series, except that the Professor accidentally adds a can of whoopass rather than Chemical X. The Whoopass Girls fight the Amoeba Boys, get stuck to them, and have to fly them into the sun to beat them. This short was only shown in animation conventions and was never aired publicly on television due to the suggestive word, "Whoopass", and other inappropriate themes.

What a Cartoon! shorts

#	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
1	"Meat Fuzzy Lumkins"	Craig McCracken	Craig McCracken	February 20, 1995[2]
After Fuzzy Lumkins loses a jam contest, he creates a meat ray gun that turns anything into raw, butchered meat, leaving it up to the Powerpuff Girls to save the day before everyone and everything in Townsville is turned into a butcher shop.
2	"Crime 101"	Craig McCracken	Craig McCracken	September 30, 1995
The Amoeba Boys fail at being real bad guys, so The Powerpuff Girls teach the Amoeba Boys how to be bad, by robbing a bank, but they get a lesson in what criminals go through when they get arrested.

Season 1 (1998–1999)

No. in series	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Storyboarded by	Original air date[3]	Prod. code
1	1	"Monkey See, Doggie Do / Mommy Fearest"	Monkey See, Doggie Do:Genndy Tartakovsky andCraig McCracken Mommy Fearest: John McIntyre and Craig McCracken	Jason Butler Rote& Michael Ryan	Monkey See, Doggie Do: Don Shank Mommy Fearest: Chris Savino	November 18, 1998[4]	102
Monkey See, Doggie Do: Mojo Jojo robs a magical Anubis Dog Head and unleashes a curse that turns everyone into dogs, including the Powerpuff Girls, but the three sniff out a solution and show Mojo Jojo that their bite is worse than his bark. Mommy Fearest: Professor Utonium falls head-over-heels in love for the lovely Ima Goodlady. Unfortunately, she's really the sinister Sedusa, out to keep the girls grounded for the first time ever while she commits crimes around Townsville, such as making off with the Mayor's jewels.
2	2	"Insect Inside / Powerpuff Bluff"	Genndy Tartakovsky and Craig McCracken	Jason Butler Rote & Michael Ryan	Insect Inside:Craig McCracken Powerpuff Bluff: Cindy Banks	November 25, 1998[5]	101
Insect Inside: Vile villain Roach Coach plots to infest Townsville with his army of cockroaches. The girls quickly overcome their squirms to squash Roach Coach's scheme and force him to bug off. Powerpuff Bluff: Three escaped convicts, repeatedly beaten by the girls, fashion themselves new identities when they find grown-up-sized Powerpuff Girls costumes inside Townsville Jail. Using their pseudo-superhero status, they glamour civilians of money and jewellery while the Mayor mistakenly calls the police and has the real Powerpuff Girls thrown into prison.
3	3	"Octi Evil / Geshundfight"	Genndy Tartakovsky and Craig McCracken	John McIntyre & Zeke Kamm	Octi Evil: Kevin Kaliher Geshundfight:Dan Krall	December 2, 1998[4]	103
Octi Evil: The heinous Him toys with Bubbles' mind by speaking to her through Octi, her favorite stuffed animal. Following it's instruction, Bubbles provokes a fight between her sisters that prompts the Professor to issue a time-out until the girls can make amends and make squid-meat out of the giant, Him-controlled Octi. Geshundfight: The Amoeba Boys' ill-conceived plan to stand in front of the "Keep off the Grass" sign at Townsville Park all night in the rain leaves them with a terrible virus. When they infect the Townsville population, it's up to the girls to find the antidote.
4	4	"Buttercrush / Fuzzy Logic"	Genndy Tartakovsky and Craig McCracken	Michael Ryan & Jason Butler Rote	Buttercrush:David Smith Fuzzy Logic:Michael Stern	December 9, 1998[4]	104
Buttercrush: Buttercup becomes smitten with Ace, the leader of the Ganggreen Gang. However, when the gang exploits her infatuation and lures Blossom and Bubbles into danger, Buttercup quickly comes to her sisters' rescue and shows the boys the real meaning of the word "crush." Fuzzy Logic: The beastly bumpkin Fuzzy Lumpkins goes wild in Townsville and only the Powerpuff Girls with some help from a flying squirrel can teach him to respect other people's property.
5	5	"Boogie Frights / Abracadaver"	Boogie Frights:Genndy Tartakovsky and Craig McCracken Abracadaver:John McIntyre and Craig McCracken	Michael Ryan & Jason Butler Rote	Boogie Frights:Paul Rudish Abracadaver:John McIntyre	December 16, 1998[6]	105
Boogie Frights: Bubbles must face her fear of the Boogie Man, after he blocks out the sun and allow his monster friends to party all the time. This episode is based on Star Wars A New Hope. Abracadaver: Al Lusion, the old-time Townsville magician, pulls off his greatest magical stunt when he comes back from the dead as the zombie Abracadaver. Luckily, Blossom also has a special trick up her sleeve.
6	6	"Telephonies / Tough Love"	Genndy Tartakovsky and Craig McCracken	Craig McCracken & Michael Ryan	Telephonies:Clayton Morrow Tough Love:Chris Savino	December 23, 1998[7]	106
Telephonies: The Ganggreen Gang gets hold of the Mayor's hotline to the Powerpuff Girls and makes prank calls, sending the Girls on a wild goose chase all over town. However, when it's the notorious villains Mojo Jojo, Fuzzy, and Him that the gang disturbs, they learn the price of making prank calls. Tough Love: Everyone in Townsville loves the Powerpuff Girls, but the citizens have a sudden change of heart when Him sends out an evil gas that turns the entire town angry and hate their least favorite superheroines. The girls' must fight the ones they love to get them back to normal.
7	7	"Major Competition / Mr. Mojo's Rising"	Genndy Tartakovsky and Craig McCracken	Rob Renzetti	Major Competition:Cindy Morrow Mr. Mojo's Rising: Rob Renzetti	January 6, 1999[8]	107
Major Competition: There's a new man in town: Major Man, an impossibly perfect superhero who cuts in on the Girls' turf. Unfortunately, Major Man isn't as perfect as he is supposed to be as the girls investigate until he reveals the sham in the midst of being crushed by a monster. Mr. Mojo's Rising: When Mojo Jojo kidnaps the Professor, it's a blast from the past—a blast of Chemical X, that is. After Mojo Jojo reveals he was once the Professor's "beloved" assistant the Professor is coerced into giving Mojo the same superpowers as the Girls. However, once empowered, the true evolution of this super-villain chimp comes to light, a fact Mojo Jojo will certainly regret (he caused Professor to add Chemical X to the perfect little girl formula, creating the Powerpuff Girls).
8	8	"Paste Makes Waste / Ice Sore"	Paste Makes Waste: Genndy Tartakovsky and Craig McCracken Ice Sore: John McIntyre and Craig McCracken	Craig McCracken & Michael Ryan	Paste Makes Waste: Don Shank Ice Sore: Kevin Kaliher	January 13, 1999[9]	108
Paste Makes Waste: Buttlecup teases paste-eating classmate Elmer. When the fly with atomic chemicals enters into the paste, Elmer turns into a destructive Paste Monster. Buttercup has to get out of a sticky situation by doing something against her tough nature—apologizing. Ice Sore: During a heat wave, Blossom discovers that she has a new power: ice breath, but when she doesn't use her new gift wisely, she gets a chilly reception from her sisters until a fireball aims at Townsville, affecting her decision in using the new power.
9	9	"Bubblevicious / The Bare Facts"	Bubblevicious:Genndy Tartakovsky and Craig McCracken The Bare Facts:John McIntyre and Craig McCracken	Jason Butler Rote & Amy Rogers	Bubblevicious:Mike Stern The Bare Facts: Cindy Morrow	January 20, 1999[10]	109
Bubblevicious: Bubbles is tired of people dismissing her as more sugar than spice, especially the professor and her sisters, who treat her like a baby. When she sets out to prove she's hardcore, she takes everyone by surprise, even Mojo Jojo. The Bare Facts: After Mojo Jojo kidnaps and blindfolds him, the Mayor has to rely on the Girls' very different individual accounts of the crime to figure out exactly what happened. However, he's still at a loss to explain why the girls keep giggling at him; the end reveals that his clothes were stolen.
10	10	"Cat Man Do / Impeach Fuzz"	Cat Man Do:Genndy Tartakovsky and Craig McCracken Impeach Fuzz:John McIntyre and Craig McCracken	Jason Butler Rote & Amy Keating Rogers	Cat Man Do:David Smith Impeach Fuzz:John McIntyre and Chris Savino	January 27, 1999[11]	110
Cat Man Do: Bubbles saves a seemingly innocent little cat from the clutches of an evil villain, but when the girls discover it's actually the cat who is evil, they must save the Professor from becoming the "purr-fect" victim. Impeach Fuzz: When Fuzzy Lumpkins throws his hat into the mayoral ring and claims a surprise victory, it's up to the Mayor to wrestle the office (and the Mayor's actual hat) back from him.
11	11	"Just Another Manic Mojo / Mime for a Change"	Genndy Tartakovsky and Craig McCracken	Amy Keating Rogers & Zeke Kamm	Just Another Manic Mojo:Genndy Tartakovsky Mime for a Change: David Smith	February 3, 1999[12]	111
Just Another Manic Mojo: After the Powerpuff Girls lose their baseball in Mojo Jojo's window it seems to offer the evil villain the perfect opportunity to destroy the pesky superheroes. Unfortunately he gets more than he bargains for when the Girls treats it like a visit to his house, just to cause trouble over a baseball. Mime for a Change: An accidental bleach spill turns Rainbow the Clown into the malevolent Mr. Mime, and he proceeds to eliminate Townsville of its color, sound and movement. Features the song "Love Makes the World Go 'Round", with Bubbles on drums and lead vocals, Buttercup on bass guitar and vocals, and Blossom on guitar and vocals.
12	12	"The Rowdyruff Boys"	Genndy Tartakovsky and Craig McCracken	Michael Ryan	Paul Rudish and Clayton Morrow	April 7, 1999[13]	112
Mojo Jojo creates the ultimate weapons against the Powerpuff Girls. They're Brick, Boomer, and Butch: The Rowdyruff Boys, male equivalents. When regular fighting does not work against the Boys, the Girls have to use their feminine wiles to seal a victory.
13	13	"Uh Oh Dynamo"	Genndy Tartakovsky and Craig McCracken	Jason Butler Rote	Don Shank	May 27, 1999[14]	113
Worried about the Girls' safety from the Eye Fish Balloon, the Professor creates Powerpuff Dynamo, a state-of-the-art giant robot, to help them in battle. Yet, Blossom, Bubbles, and Buttercup have no reason in using Dynamo in dealing with regular emergencies. But when the Giant Fish Balloon Monster outmatch the Powerpuff Girls, Professor force them to use Dynamo to defeat a very powerful foe. Though they succeeded, the Mayor and Townsville people condemn the Professor and Dynamo for the destruction it caused to the town.

Season 2 (1999–2000)

No. in series	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Storyboarded by	Original air date	Prod. code
14	1	"Stuck Up, Up and Away / Schoolhouse Rocked"	John McIntyreand Craig McCracken	Jason Butler Rote &Amy Keating Rogers	Stuck Up, Up and Away:Paul Rudish Schoolhouse Rocked: Cindy Morrow	June 25, 1999[15]	201
Stuck Up, Up and Away: The new girl in school, Princess Morbucks, wants to be a Powerpuff Girl after discovering they have superpowers, one thing she doesn't have. However, when Princess is denied the opportunity to join the Girls, they make a very snobbish new enemy, intent on destroying them. Schoolhouse Rocked: The Gangreen Gang run into a truant officer named Jack Wednesday who sends them back to school. Unfortunately, that school is Pokey Oaks, where the Powerpuff Girls attend and where a no-fighting rule means the Girls can do little to stop the Ganggreen Gang from taking over the playground. Except for dodge ball.
15	2	"Collect Her / Supper Villain"	Collect Her:John McIntyre and Craig McCracken Supper Villain:Genndy Tartakovskyand Craig McCracken	Michael Ryan & Amy Keating Rogers	Collect Her:Chris Savino Supper Villain:David Smith	August 6, 1999[16]	202
Collect Her: A comic book geek named Lenny Baxter goes too far to complete his superhero collection when he traps the girls inside his power packages. Now, it's up the people of Townsville to save the day. Supper Villain: The Powerpuff Girls' new next door neighbors, The Smiths, seem very nice and average—until the father Harold Smith reveals his ill-fated aspiration of becoming a super villain, and takes Professor hostage.
16	3	"Birthday Bash / Too Pooped to Puff"	Birthday Bash: Genndy Tartakovsky and Craig McCracken Too Pooped to Puff: Randy Myers and Craig McCracken	Amy Keating Rogers	Birthday Bash:Clayton Morrow Too Pooped to Puff: Cindy Morrow	August 20, 1999[17]	203
Birthday Bash: While in prison, Mojo Jojo, Princess Morbucks, and the Amoeba Boys all come up with plans to destroy the Girls at their television-covered birthday party. Later on, Him tries a plan of his own, using the pinata featured at the party. Too Pooped to Puff: When Townsville begins taking the Powerpuff Girls for granted over little things, the girls vow not to get involved until Townsville starts taking care of themselves. Therefore, when a monster attacks the town, the girls decides to stay put on the cloud. Unfortunately, the towns people are not as smart as they appear to be and were blatantly adamant for the girls to take care for them. Therefore the girls has to teach them into using the basics to take care of the monster.
17	4	"Beat Your Greens / Down n' Dirty"	Beat Your Greens: Randy Myers and Craig McCracken Down n' Dirty:John McIntyre and Craig McCracken	John McIntyre & Amy Keating Rogers	Beat Your Greens: Paul Rudish Down n' Dirty:Charlie Bean	September 10, 1999[18]	204
Beat Your Greens: Broccoli aliens land in Townsville with a plan to harvest all the Earth's vegetables, and the only way to beat the broccoli is to eat it. The girls are able to defeat their most detested side dish with help from other kids in town. Down n' Dirty: Buttercup fails to see the reason she should bathe each day, as her sisters do, when the time in the bathtub could be better spent fighting more bad guys. Nevertheless, Buttercup soon learn the hard way, that personal hygiene is more important when she finds criminals (and monsters) hard to come by while the mayor and the towns people adds pressure to her decisions.
18	5	"Dream Scheme / You Snooze You Lose"	John McIntyre and Craig McCracken	John McIntyre & Chris Savino	Dream Scheme: Chris Savino You Snooze You Lose:Lynne Naylor	September 24, 1999[19]	205
Dream Scheme: The Sandman wants to get some sleep, but can't as long as half the world is awake at any given time, so he builds a machine that will sprinkle the world with his sand and put the everyone to sleep, leaving it to The Powerpuff Girls to fight the Sandman in his dreams to make him wake up. It's the only episodes where "rhyming" like a poem plays a major role in the story. You Snooze You Lose: When Mojo Jojo loses his most evil plan ever, it falls into the clutches of the inept Amoeba Boys, who cannot make heads or tails of it. The Powerpuff Girls agree to help the simple minded Amoebas with what they think is a scavenger hunt.
19	6	"Slave the Day / Los Dos Mojos"	Genndy Tartakovsky and Craig McCracken	John McIntyre	Slave the Day:Genndy Tartakovsky Los Dos Mojos: Chris Savino	October 8, 1999[20]	206
Slave the Day: After being saved from a rushing train by the girls, Big Billy defects from the Ganggreen Gang and pledges his loyalty to the girls. Unfortunately, this leads to him getting in the way of their crime fighting. Los Dos Mojos: When Bubbles gets hit on the head and knocked out unconscious in battle, she wakes up withamnesia and believes that she is Mojo Jojo. Nevertheless, Blossom and Buttercup help get her memory back and take on the real Mojo. But Mojo is able to knock some sense back to Bubbles with a construction bar.
20	7	"A Very Special Blossom / Daylight Savings"	A Very Special Blossom:Randy Myers and Craig McCracken Daylight Savings: John McIntyre and Craig McCracken	John McIntyre & Amy Keating Rogers	A Very Special Blossom: Lou Romano Daylight Savings: Chris Savino	November 26, 1999[21]	207
A Very Special Blossom: After a big battle, Blossom discovers the perfect (and otherwise impossibly priced)Father's Day gift for the Professor among the rubble, leading to feelings of guilt and suspicion of theft from Bubbles and Buttercup. When Professor gets arrested, Blossom realizes she must confess after failing to convince them that Mojo did the stealing. Daylight Savings: When the Girls' school work suffers from their late night crimefighting, Ms. Keane convinces the Professor that they need a 7:30 nightly curfew, which is good news for the villains of Townsville until the Professor watches the Clock channel. Unfortunately, this adds tension which as Professor keeps changing channels to avoid news alert of crime happening not realizing that the daylight savings is already past by.
21	8	"Mo Job / Pet Feud"	Genndy Tartakovsky and Craig McCracken	Amy Rogers	Mo Job: Don Shank Pet Feud:Lynne Naylor	February 18, 2000[22]	208
Mo Job: Princess Morbucks is tired of failing to come up with a good plot to destroy the Powerpuff Girls, so she hires Mojo Jojo to create a brilliant plan which is strip the Powerpuff Girls of their powers. However, the plan failed, and Princess Morbucks and Mojo are sent to jail. Pet Feud: After the Professor genetically engineers a new pet—the fluffy and cuddly Beebo—he instructs the Girls feed their new pet only once. When the three Powerpuff Girls each feeds him a separate time without the knowledge of one another, the furry Beebo becomes a ravenous monster and starts eating everyone and everything in the city.
22	9	"Imaginary Fiend / Cootie Gras"	Imaginary Fiend: Randy Myers and Craig McCracken Cootie Gras:John McIntyre and Craig McCracken	Amy Keating Rogers & John McIntyre	Imaginary Fiend: Cindy Morrow Cootie Gras:Charlie Bean	March 17, 2000[23]	209
Imaginary Fiend: The new boy in school creates an imaginary friend named Patches who starts causing trouble. The solution is another imaginary friend from the Powerpuff Girls. Cootie Gras: The young girls at Pokey Oaks Kindergarten are stalked by Harry Pitts, who is rumored to have cooties. Seeing the power of repulsion Harry has on the girls, Mojo Jojo turns the piggish boy into the ultimate weapon. The girls have avoided Harry until he finally kisses them when their trap on the small tunnel area.
23	10	"The Powerpuff Girls Best Rainy Day Adventure Ever / Just Desserts"	Randy Myers and Craig McCracken	Amy Keating Rogers	David Smith	April 28, 2000[24]	210
The Powerpuff Girls Best Rainy Day Adventure Ever: On a rainy day, because there isn't a crime to be found in the city, the Girls make their own crime fighting adventure using the power of their imagination. Just Desserts: In this sequel to "Supper Villain", the Smiths plan their revenge on the Powerpuff Girls for ruining their dinner after Harold Smith returns from prison.
24	11	"Twisted Sister / Cover Up"	Twisted Sister: John McIntyre and Craig McCracken Cover Up:Genndy Tartakovsky and Craig McCracken	Amy Keating Rogers & John McIntyre	Twisted Sister:Clayton Morrow Cover Up:Chris Reccardi	May 26, 2000[25]	211
Twisted Sister: The Girls need an extra hand at saving the day and attempt to create a fourth Powerpuff Girl, named "Bunny." However, when they don't quite duplicate the famous ingredients that Powerpuff Girls are made of, Bunny comes out less than expected, releasing villains from jail and fighting the police. The Girls eventually tell her that she's doing everything wrong, and when they subsequently get into more trouble than they can handle, Bunny saves them. Unfortunately, she explodes at the end of the episode due to being unstable. Cover Up: Buttercup believes her lucky blanket gives her the strength to be a good fighter, but her sisters quickly get on her case.
25	12	"Speed Demon / Mojo Jonesin'"	Speed Demon: Randy Myers and Craig McCracken Mojo Jonesin': John McIntyre and Craig McCracken	Amy Keating Rogers	Speed Demon:Charlie Bean Mojo Jonesin':Kevin Kaliher	June 2, 2000[26]	212
Speed Demon: A race home from school finds the girls breaking the speed of light and traveling to an alternate future, where the day they had traveled to the future meant they mysteriously disappeared from history, leaving the world for 50 years with their absence, as well as everything and everyone in the clutches of their most evil enemy—Him. Mojo Jonesin': A quartet of kids from the Powerpuff Girls school discuss their thoughts on having superpowers like the Girls, when they are approached by a "stranger" (Mojo Jojo in disguise) who offers them Chemical X. Unfortunately, the quartet of kids decides to take the strangers request to take down the girls. But realizing they were tricked by Mojo, they use their remaining energy to revitalize the girls.
26	13	"Something's a Ms. / Slumbering with the Enemy"	Randy Myers and Craig McCracken	Amy Keating Rogers	Something's a Ms.: Chris Savino Slumbering with the Enemy: Lynne Naylor-Reccardi	June 30, 2000[27]	213
Something's a Ms.: Ms. Bellum begins using her feminine wiles to coax the Mayor into giving her time off, but it turns out she wants to commit crimes. When something seems amiss, the Powerpuff Girls investigate and find out that Ms. Bellum is Sedusa in disguise, whom they must defeat and get back the real Ms. Bellum. This episode, alongside "Slumbering with the Enemy", aired during the British premiere of Peter Lord and Nick Park's Chicken Run. Slumbering with the Enemy: The Powerpuff Girls throw a slumber party and invite every girl in their school to come. Mojo Jojo steals the final invitation and comes to the party dressed up as Mojesha. When the girls catch on, "Mojesha" seems like she just wants to party, but he's really planning a ruse to get rid of them.

Season 3 (2000–2001)

No. in series	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Storyboarded by	Original air date	Prod. code
27	1	"Fallen Arches / The Mane Event"	Fallen Arches:John McIntyreand Craig McCracken The Mane Event: Genndy Tartakovsky and Craig McCracken	TBA	Fallen Arches:Dave Smith The Mane Event: Lynne Naylor-Reccardi	July 28, 2000[28]	301
Fallen Arches: A trio of old villains return, and the girls intend to fight them, but Blossom claims that fighting their elders is the wrong way to approach the situation. She finds a possible situation: recruit the former heroes who fought against the trio. Unfortunately, the former heroes cannot agree with each other. And Blossom's solution has her sisters really disappointed. The Mane Event: After Bubbles and Buttercup mistakenly give Blossom a botched haircut, she gets made fun of by everybody in the city, when an all-seeing monster appears. Blossom now has to help her sisters stop this monster and deal with the humiliation.
28	2	"Town and Out / Child Fearing"	Town and Out:John McIntyre and Craig McCracken Child Fearing:Randy Myersand Craig McCracken	TBA	Town and Out: Charlie Bean Child Fearing:Chris Reccardi	August 18, 2000[29]	302
Town and Out: The girls and the Professor move to the town of Citiesville, and the girls are quick to offer their help to the city; however, the high degree of property damage that they cause prompts the Mayor of Citiesville to reject the use of super powers. They then try to convince the Professor to come back to Townsville, because Townsville is nothing without the Powerpuff Girls. Thus the Professor was convinced and they move back to Townsville. Child Fearing: When the Professor runs late for an event, he quickly calls the Mayor, who then calls up for a babysitter for the girls. It turns out that the baby sitter is actually Mojo Jojo, who wants the girls to help him conquer Townsville, but they make it a hilarious challenge for him.
29	3	"Criss Cross Crisis"	Genndy Tartakovsky and Craig McCracken	TBA	Don Shank	September 8, 2000[30]	303
One of Professor Utonium's failed experiments causes everyone in the city to switch bodies. He must find a solution whilst the girls (in different bodies) fight Mojo Jojo, in the body of an old woman.
30	4	"Bubblevision / Bought and Scold"	Bubblevision:Genndy Tartakovsky and Craig McCracken Bought and Scold: John McIntyre and Craig McCracken	TBA	Bubblevision:Kevin Kaliher Bought and Scold: Cindy Morrow andPaul Rudish	September 15, 2000[31]	304
Bubblevision: When Bubbles can't take a direct hit at The Giant Ant. The Professor does some tests and it turns out that her eye vision has gone blurry as she looks in all directions even when talking to someone face to face. As she gets glasses, she gets made fun of by Blossom and Buttercup, who call her things like "dork" and "nerd". Bought and Scold: Daddy Morbucks buys Townsville from the Mayor for "a room full of Turkish delight", and as her first act, "Mayor Princess" legalizes crime with similar of dystopia. However, the Girls show her that repealing crime was a double-edged sword when Daddy Morbucks is robbed and the girls now have leverage over Princess, unless she gives back Townsville.
31	5	"Gettin' Twiggy With It / Cop Out"	Gettin' Twiggy With It: John McIntyre and Craig McCracken Cop Out:Robert Alvarezand Craig McCracken	TBA	Gettin' Twiggy With It: Chris Reccardi Cop Out:Kevin Kaliher	September 22, 2000[33]	305
Gettin' Twiggy With It: Mitch Mitchelson is an evil pet sitter for the class hamster Twiggy. He pretends to be nice to her around the others, but the girls see through Mitch's superficial niceness and soon Twiggy is turned into a monster. Note: Speed Buggy makes a cameo appearance as a remote control car.[32] Cop Out: Mike Brokowski is one of the worst officers on the Townsville Police Force. When his lazy habits get him fired, he blames his troubles on the girls and tries to destroy them only for him to get thrown in jail for his arrogance.
32	6	"Three Girls and a Monster / Monkey See, Doggy Two"	Three Girls and a Monster:Randy Myers and Craig McCracken Monkey See, Doggy Two:Genndy Tartakovsky, Robert Alvarez, and Craig McCracken	Kevin Kaliher, Chris Savino, Chris Reccardi, Don Shank &Jason Butler Rote	Three Girls and a Monster:Kevin Kaliher and Chris Savino Monkey See, Doggy Two:Chris Reccardi and Don Shank	October 6, 2000[34]	307
Three Girls and a Monster: An undefeatable monster comes to Townsville, with Blossom (using team tactics) and Buttercup (using direct action) disagreeing on how to defeat the monster. On the other hand, Bubbles uses her "sugar" personality, by asking the monster to leave, which surprisingly ends up working well. Monkey See, Doggy Two: Mojo Jojo steals the Anubial Jewels and the Anubis head again to change the world into dogs. This time, he runs a tape to show the girls what happened the first time, and not make those mistakes. Nevertheless, he ends up making an even bigger mistake and fails again.
33	7	"Jewel of the Aisle / Super Zeroes"	Jewel of the Aisle: Randy Myers and Craig McCracken Super Zeroes:John McIntyre and Craig McCracken	Dave Smith & Clay Morrow	Jewel of the Aisle: Dave Smith Super Zeroes:Clay Morrow	October 20, 2000[35]	306
Jewel of the Aisle: A clumsy robber gets away from the girls with a diamond, but ends up losing it in a box of 'Lucky Captain Rabbit King' cereal. It just so happens that Professor Utonium happened to buy the box the diamond is in. The robber disguises himself as the character Lucky Captain Rabbit King, but his 'costumed attempts' meet with failure. Super Zeroes: When the girls read comic books, they believe that they will be better superheroes if they copy the comics. Instead, they end up wasting time with their ridiculous outfits and characteristics that fails to impress the monsters.
34	8	"Candy Is Dandy / Catastrophe"	Candy Is Dandy: Randy Myers and Craig McCracken Catastrophe:John McIntyre and Craig McCracken	Clay Morrow & Steven Fonti	Candy Is Dandy: Clay Morrow Catastrophe:Steven Fonti	November 10, 2000[36]	308
Candy Is Dandy: The girls get a reward for saving the day: candy, which they quickly grow an addiction to. When nothing happens in Townsville, they convince Mojo Jojo to do crimes so they can get awarded and then the girls will bust him out the next day. When Mojo steals the Mayor's candy, the Girls learn what the extra sugar has done to them. Catastrophe: The girls fight a giant blob monster who proves impervious to all their attacks. When they find that it was only looking for its cat, they help it look for it before the monster destroys Townsville.
35	9	"Hot Air Buffoon / Ploys R' Us"	Hot Air Buffoon: John McIntyre and Craig McCracken Ploys R' Us:Robert Alvarez and Craig McCracken	Mike Stern, Chris Savino & Cindy Morrow	Hot Air Buffoon: Mike Stern and Chris Savino Ploys R' Us:Cindy Morrow	December 1, 2000[37]	309
Hot Air Buffoon: The Mayor tries to save Townsville after being criticized by the nighttime cleaning staff woman that he just sits there and do nothing. He then causes destruction which the girls have to quickly find him before he inaverdently destroys the city in a hot air balloon and Ms Bellum trying to cool the mayor down. Ploys R' Us: The girls wake up to find their room filled with toys. They soon figure out that the Professor has been sleepwalking, and stealing. Instead of reporting it, the girls take advantage of the situation. Until Professor ends up setting them up.
36	10	"The Headsucker's Moxy / Equal Fights"	Randy Myers and Craig McCracken	Lynne Naylor-Reccardi &Lauren Faust	The Headsucker's Moxy: Lynne Naylor-Reccardi Equal Fights:Lauren Faust	January 5, 2001[38]	311
The Headsucker's Moxy: A little leech man sucks information from other people's brains. People find it hard to remember what happened after this, so the girls then use the Mayor as a defense to give the leech nothing. Equal Fights: A female villain and radical feminist named Femme Fatale teaches the girls to hate men, so she can get away with crimes and steal all of the Susan B. Anthony dollars in the city. Miss Bellum and Ms. Keane encourage the girls to protect everyone (including the men) after other women reveal that Fatale doesn't follow her preaches. The girls soon teach Femme Fatale a harsh lesson for both her misandry and defamation of Susan B. Anthony for what she stood up for.
37	11	"Powerprof."	Randy Myers and Craig McCracken	Lauren Faust	Lauren Faust	February 9, 2001[39]	310
Professor Utonium wants to spend quality time with the Powerpuff Girls. However, due to the fact that peace doesn't last long in Townsville, the Powerpuff Girls can't really go anywhere. Professor Utonium decides to become a superhero to spend time with the Powerpuff Girls. Unfortunately, when the Professor embarrasses the girls with his baby talk in public, the girls realize they must make him quit by allowing a one on one battle between the Professor and Mojo Jojo.
38	12	"Moral Decay / Meet the Beat Alls"	Moral Decay:Robert Alvarez and Craig McCracken Meet the Beat Alls: John McIntyre and Craig McCracken	Craig McCracken & Lauren Faust	Moral Decay:Craig McCracken and Lauren Faust Meet the Beat Alls: Craig McCracken	February 9, 2001[41]	312
Moral Decay: After the girls do chores around the house, The Professor awards them with a Sacagawea dollareach. Buttercup is so ecstatic that she accidentally knocks out one of Bubbles' teeth. However, her sadness turns to greed when Bubbles receives a dollar from the tooth fairy. Buttercup then proceeds to knock out the teeth of numerous villains, and starts hoarding the money she receives. As it comes to a head, Mojo Jojo, Fuzzy Lumpkins, Him, the Gang Green Gang, and countless thugs decide to teach her by breaking her teeth and using her money savings with the Professor to pay for her dentist bills. Meet the Beat Alls: When Mojo Jojo, Him, Princess Morbucks, and Fuzzy Lumpkins become tired of the girls, they all meet each other and start arguing over at the girls' house. When they are about to go back to bed, they are zapped by three lasers coming from Mojo Jojo, Him, and Princess Morbucks, and then they are crushed by Fuzzy's boulder. While standing there looking at where the rock landed, they can't believe what happened and then they form the quartet villain group "The Beat-Alls." Fortunately, the girls found a way to creatively break up the band by one female monkey that belongs to the female owner that Mojo loves that leaves the "Beat-Alls" group in stitches.Note: This episode itself is a homage to The Beatles. About 65 Beatles songs (such as "With a Little Help from My Friends" and "Eight Days a Week") and events (such as the band's reunions) are mentioned and/or heard throughout this episode.[40]
39	13	"Helter Shelter / Power Lunch"	John McIntyre and Craig McCracken	Cindy Morrow, Chris Savino & Genndy Tartakovsky	Helter Shelter:Cindy Morrow Power Lunch:Chris Savino and Genndy Tartakovsky	April 6, 20011	313
Helter Shelter: Bubbles' love for animals goes too far. After the Professor finds animals in the closet, she is told to stop bringing these animals home. She now has to keep her newest animal, a baby whale, out of the Professor's eyes, but her chance starts to drown when the whale dries up. Power Lunch: After feeling a side effect from eating and drinking sweets combined with the Girls' heat ray, the Ganggreen Gang then get superpowers. Ace has ice powers, Snake has stretching powers, Lil' Arturo has fast speed, Grubber has a loud belch that can tear bricks off of walls, and Big Billy is a rock. Now, it's superpowered good girls versus the superpowered bad teens.

Season 4 (2001–2002)

No. in series	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Storyboarded by	Original air date	Prod. code
40	1	"Him Diddle Riddle"	John McIntyre andCraig McCracken	Dave Smith &Chris Savino	Dave Smith and Chris Savino	April 14, 2001[42]	403
Him has given the girls a set of nine riddles to solve in a time limit. The various tasks test both the girls' physical and mental faculties. However, if they fail to complete them all on time, Him promises them that "the professor will pay", meaning they would lose him forever. Only to find it wasn't like that at all in the end.
41	2	"Film Flam"	John McIntyre and Craig McCracken	Charlie Bean	Charlie Bean	April 20, 2001[43]	401
When a film director named Bernie Bernstein wants to come make a movie on the PowerPuff Girls saving the day. It goes all wrong on the red carpet when he is disrespectful to Bubbles, leading the Professor to overhear that the movie is a scam because Bernie wants to steal money from Townsville bank. Now, he must alert the girls to the scam and cut the movie short before it's too late.
42	3	"All Chalked Up"	Randy Myers and Craig McCracken	Cindy Morrow &Clay Morrow	Cindy Morrow and Clay Morrow	April 27, 2001[44]	407
After Buttercup destroys her chalk, Bubbles is offered a new set by a butterfly (Him in disguise). However, her drawings come to life, which attack Pokey Oaks and defeat her sisters. Now Bubbles must stop these creatures, using chalk and duster as weapons.
43	4	"Get Back Jojo"	Randy Myers and Craig McCracken	Kevin Kaliher	Kevin Kaliher	May 4, 2001[45]	402
Career Day at Pokey Oaks goes awry when Mojo Jojo arrives and jumps into the time machine. Now the girls must travel to the past to keep Mojo from preventing their creation by hurting a younger version of the professor.
44	5	"Members Only"	Randy Myers and Craig McCracken	Paul Rudish	Paul Rudish	May 25, 2001[46]	404
The girls try to join the superhero organization, the Justice Friends, but they must prove themselves to do so by tests of strength, speed, and smarts. But the only flaw about the organization is it doesn't allow "little girls" into the group and it's centered around men. However, when an enemy attacks the organization, the girls must come to their rescue.
45	6	"Nano of the North"	Rob Renzetti and Craig McCracken	Mark Andrews & Rob Renzetti	Mark Andrews	June 1, 2001[47]	408
Nanobots— microscopic robots— rain on Townsville to eat all the carbon in it, including clothes. The solution is to have the girls shrink to microscopic size to defeat them. However, they are too powerful for the girls and they are defeated. It is by the intervention of Professor Utonium that Townsville is saved.
46	7	"Stray Bullet"	Rob Renzetti and Craig McCracken	Lauren Faust & Shellie Kvilvang	Lauren Faust and Shellie Kvilvang	June 8, 2001[48]	409
Bubbles saves a squirrel from an eagle. They take her home, and before Bubbles sleeps, she gives a few drops of Chemical X. After getting trapped on a sticky floor by Mojo Jojo, the squirrel speeds through to save the girls, naming her Bullet. The four work working together protecting Townsville, but Bullet finally decides to return to the woods to protect the animals.
47	8	"Forced Kin"	Robert Alvarez and Craig McCracken	Chris Reccardi & Chris Mitchell	Chris Reccardi and Chris Mitchell	June 22, 2001	410
A destructible alien life force predicts the Powerpuff Girls' every move. All their efforts are futile and the girls are ultimately defeated. Mojo Jojo has to team up with the Powerpuff Girls to save the day.
48	9	"Knock It Off"	Robert Alvarez and Craig McCracken	Charlie Bean & Chris Mitchell	Charlie Bean and Chris Mitchell	July 13, 2001	405
Dick Hardly is a college friend of Professor Utonium. However, upon seeing the girls, Dick sees them as a key to fame and fortune. He then talks to the girls, and with the proper ingredients (including some stolen 'Chemical X'), creates the Powerpuff Girls X-Treme. Dick mass-produces them and soon the cheaply made knock-offs are in every corner of the globe. The girls try to stop Dick, who ingests the remainder of the 'Chemical X' he has on hand. The substance then turns Dick into a monster, who then tries to steal the 'Chemical X' from the girls themselves. When the Professor finds out, his love causes the spiteful Dick to lose control of the clones. Note: Wally Gator makes a cameo appearance in this episode.[49]
49	10	"Superfriends"	Randy Myers and Craig McCracken	Cindy Morrow & Clay Morrow	Cindy Morrow and Clay Morrow	May 18, 2002[50]	406
The girls make a new friend named Robin, but their friendship is strained by the girls' constant need of aid of protecting Townsville. This leaves her in Princess' agenda, and the girls must try to reaffirm Robin's friendship. Note: Animated guest appearance by The Apples in Stereo performing Signal in the Sky (Let's Go!).
50	11	"Keen on Keane / Not So Awesome Blossom"	Keen on Keane:Lauren Faust and Craig McCracken Not So Awesome Blossom: Robert Alvarez, Lauren Faust, and Craig McCracken	Lauren Faust & David A. Dunnet	Keen on Keane: Lauren Faust Not So Awesome Blossom:Dave Dunnet	December 6, 2002	501
Keen on Keane: The Professor and Miss Keane go out on a date set up by the girls, though Ms. Keane and Professor get distracted from using the hotline so much that the Mayor cannot reach the girls. Not So Awesome Blossom: When Blossom loses confidence in herself, believing she is a jinx. After Buttercup defeats Mojo Jojo's robots, she replaces Blossom as the leader while Mojo Jojo comes up with a plan to destroy the girls and the Professor. Blossom is put to the test when Mojo challenges her to deal with his hazardous balancing traps.
51	12	"Power-Noia"	Randy Myers, Lauren Faust, and Craig McCracken	Justin Thompson	Justin Thompson	December 13, 2002	502
After defeating a monster, the girls return home for some well-deserved sleep, but are unaware of the evil that lurks above them as it turns out that Him has used the girls' own fears against them. The girls must face their greatest fears and bring down the monstrous Him.

Season 5 (2003–2004)

No. in series	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Storyboarded and Written by	Original air date	Prod. code
52	1	"Monstra-City / Shut the Pup Up"	Monstra-City:Randy Myers Shut the Pup Up:Robert Alvarez	Monstra-City: Carey Yost and Lauren Faust Shut the Pup Up:Cindy Morrow	September 5, 2003[51]	504
Monstra-City: When the Mayor finds the deed to Monster Isle, the monsters move to Townsville causing havoc between monsters and humans. The girls try to keep the peace and let everyone in Townsville live in harmony, but when Townsville gets far too crowded, the girls trick the Mayor into giving back Monster Isle to all the monsters. Shut the Pup Up: After witnessing a crime, Talking Dog stays at the Powerpuff Girls house for a while as part of a witness protection program. The girls try to get him to tell them about the crime he witnessed, but all he does is just insult everyone by mistake.
53	2	"Toast of the Town / Divide and Conquer"	Toast of the Town:Randy Myers Divide and Conquer: John McIntyre	Toast of the Town:Chris Reccardi Divide and Conquer: Paul McEvoy	September 12, 2003[51]	506
Toast of the Town: When the Mayor’s toaster is broken, he gives it to the Professor to fix it, but he accidentally discovers the Professor's secret stash of Chemical X, believing it's a hair growth formula. The Chemical X instead makes the Mayor grow huge and it is up to the Powerpuff Girls to calm him down and return him down to size without constantly telling him that he's a "baby". Divide and Conquer: After stealing a tangerine and watching it split up into different pieces, the Amoeba Boys learn how to multiply and make duplicates of themselves. Meanwhile, at Pokey Oaks, Ms. Keane teaches the kids math and the Powerpuff Girls must use math to stop the Amoeba Boys.
54	3	"Burglar Alarmed / Shotgun Wedding"	Burglar Alarmed:Randy Myers Shotgun Wedding:John McIntyre	Burglar Alarmed:Mark O'Hare Shotgun Wedding:Alex Almaguer	September 19, 2003[51]	507
Burglar Alarmed: The girls realize that the Professor is tired after preparing for his dissertation tomorrow, so when a burglar new to Townsville tries to rob them, the girls try to stop him without waking up the Professor. Shotgun Wedding: The Professor tries to figure out just what kind of species Fuzzy Lumpkins is, but when he accidentally gets covered in mud and flowers, it makes him look like a Lumpkin, which Fuzzy falls in love with and tries to marry. When the girls realize the Professor is missing, they have to fight through Fuzzy's entire family to find the Professor before things get complicated.
55	4	"Save Mojo / Substitute Creature"	Save Mojo: Randy Myers Substitute Creature: John McIntyre	Save Mojo: Greg Colton Substitute Creature: Mark O'Hare	September 26, 2003[51]	508
Save Mojo: When the Powerpuff Girls try to stop Mojo Jojo from doing a crime, an animal activist group comes to his rescue protesting that the Powerpuff Girls can't harm him because he is an endangered animal. With this knowledge, Mojo takes advantage of their protest and commits more crimes, until a loophole in the law puts Mojo into the woods full of monkeys and apes. Substitute Creature: When Ms. Keane gets sick, she hires a substitute teacher named Mr. Green to run the class in her absence. Unfortunately, because of his monstorous appearance, the girls assume he is a bad guy and try to save their classmates from him.
56	5	"The Boys Are Back in Town"	Randy Myers and John McIntyre	Brian Larsen and Chris Reccardi	November 6, 2003[51]	509
Him is sick and tired of all of the villains (including himself) failing in their neverending plot to destroy the Powerpuff Girls, so he brings the Rowdyruff Boys back to life and makes them more powerful than ever. The Powerpuff Girls try to defeat them by kissing them again, but this time instead of the kisses destroying them it only makes them "bigger and more powerful." After Buttercup has finally had enough of their "games" she makes Butch bite his tongue, causing his brothers to laugh and make him shrink, thus exposing their new weakness, as Blossom puts it, "whenever their masculinity is threatened, they shrink in size." And so the Powerpuffs do various things to embarrass their counterparts.
57	6	"See Me, Feel Me, Gnomey"	Chris Savino and John McIntyre	Chris Savino and Dave Smith	March 18, 2004 (YTV)[51]	510
In this musical episode in the style of rock operas Jesus Christ Superstar and Tommy, the girls are overwhelmed with the crime in Townsville. An evil gnome (Jess Harnell) grants them the wish of peace in exchange for their powers and ends up inducting the people of Townsville into a cult. But when the girls realize the need for balance in the world, they themselves end the deal and send the gnome into nonexistence, returning Townsville back to normal.
58	7	"Pee Pee G's / Boy Toys"	Pee Pee G's & Boy Toys: Randy Myers	Pee Pee G's: Cindy Morrow Boy Toys: Brian Larsen	November 13, 2003[51]	511
Pee Pee G's: The girls find their bed soaking wet, but they refuse to admit that they did it, quickly distracting them with fear, not knowing that Mojo Jojo is just passing by accident. Boy Toys: Princess Morbucks finally meets the Rowdyruff Boys as they fight the Powerpuff Girls. When she tries to prove herself to the boys, they reject her. The girls realize they need better firepower to stop the boys, so they temporarily recruit Princess. However, Princess is surprised that the girls allow the boys to take their powerful vehicles.
59	8	"Seed No Evil / City of Clipsville"	Seed No Evil:Randy Myers City of Clipsville:John McIntyre	Seed No Evil: Mike Bell City of Clipsville:Chris Reccardi	November 25, 2003[51]	512
Seed No Evil: A frozen caveman at the museum thaws out and goes out to steal the seeds of Townsville, which makes the Mayor his top target. City of Clipsville: A clip show episode of the past four seasons, which features some clips that actually did not happen. Clips are shown from "Cover Up", "Monkey See, Doggie Do", and "Monkey See, Doggy Two".
60	9	"Lying Around the House / Bubble Boy"	Lying Around the House & Bubble Boy Randy Myers	Lying Around the House: Chris Savino Bubble Boy: Cindy Morrow	January 9, 2004[51]	513
Lying Around the House: The girls' (and Professors') little white lies turn into a big problem when a monster starts to grow and make trouble around the house. Bubble Boy: Bubbles goes undercover with the Rowdyruff Boys by pretending to be Boomer (having been ambushed by the girls). Unfortunately, she is not exactly cut out to be Rowdyruff material.
61	10	"Documentary / Girls Gone Mild"	Documentary:Brian Larsen Girls Gone Mild:John McIntyre	Documentary: Brian Larsen Girls Gone Mild:Chris Reccardi	January 16, 2004[51]	514
Documentary: A filmmaker makes a documentary on the Powerpuff Girls, but can't get a good clip of them. Girls Gone Mild: Stanley and Sandra Practice of P.A.P.P. (Parents Against PowerPuffs) threaten the Prof. to take legal action to make sure that the girls never use their powers again, but they soon learn the hard way that Townsville is completely defenseless without them. Also, they get to meet a monster up close and personal!
62	11	"Curses / Bang for Your Buck"	Curses: Randy Myers Bang for Your Buck: John McIntyre	Curses: Tim Parsons Bang for Your Buck: Alex Almaguer	April 2, 2004[51]	515
Curses: Bubbles overhears a bad word from the Professor. Then her sisters start to use it, too, and cause a shocking reaction around Townsville. When a giant potty mouth comes to attack, the Professor tells the girls what the "word" means and the girls teach the potty mouth a lesson. Bang for Your Buck: The girls and the Gang Green Gang (who want more recognition) compete to raise enough money to buy a giant laser from Mojo Jojo.
63	12	"Silent Treatment / Sweet 'n' Sour"	Silent Treatment:John McIntyre Sweet 'n' Sour:Randy Myers	Silent Treatment:Bobby London Sweet 'n' Sour:Cindy Morrow	April 9, 2004[51]	516
Silent Treatment: At the silent movie theater the girls reluctantly attend, a silent film star captures the Professor. The girls must go inside the black and white film (without sound) and bring him back to the real world (with sound), without their powers. Sweet 'n' Sour: After the Powerpuff Girls beat Mojo Jojo, Fuzzy Lumpkins, and the Ganggreen Gang the girls see a new group of criminals, a group of cute little animals, rob Townsville blind. The girls try to stop them, but because of their innocent looks, the animal criminals have the advantage. The girls have to figure out a way to put an end to their crime streak by getting children involved.

Season 6 (2004–2005)

No. in series	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Storyboarded by	Original air date	Prod. code
64	1	"Prime Mates / Coupe D'Etat"	Prime Mates:John McIntyre Coupe D'Etat:Randy Myers	Prime Mates:Mike Kim Coupe D'Etat:Chris Reccardi	Prime Mates:Mike Kim Coupe D'Etat:Chris Reccardi	April 16, 2004[52]	601
Prime Mates: Back when Mojo tried to take over the world with primates (during the events of The Powerpuff Girls Movie) there was one monkey who didn't get his due: Mopey Popo. Now, Mopey is back to try and be evil just as Mojo intended, if only he could get something right. Coupe D'Etat: When Professor Utonium tries to upgrade his car, the girls realize that it is taking the Professor away from them, both figuratively and literally.
65	2	"Makes Zen to Me / Say Uncle"	Makes Zen to Me: John McIntyre Say Uncle:Randy Myers	Makes Zen to Me: Bryan Andrews Say Uncle:Craig Lewis	Makes Zen to Me: Bryan Andrews Say Uncle:Craig Lewis	April 23, 2004[52]	602
Makes Zen to Me: Buttercup has to find inner peace after she is accused of being way too aggressive on Fuzzy Lumpkins. Say Uncle: The girls' uncle comes to visit, but they mistakenly take a taffy-loving Sasquatch home, causing an identity misunderstanding.
66	3	"Reeking Havoc / Live & Let Dynamo"	Reeking Havoc: Robert Alvarez Live & Let Dynamo:Randy Myers	Reeking Havoc: Cindy Morrow Live & Let Dynamo:Bryan Andrews	Reeking Havoc: Cindy Morrow Live & Let Dynamo: Bryan Andrews	April 30, 2004[52]	603
Reeking Havoc: Realizing the need for the Professor to win the chili contest, they each unknowingly add Chemical X to give it an extra kick. After the Professor wins the contest and having everyone tasting the chili, they all let out the gas which causes the gas monster to come out of the sewers and makes an awful stench around Townsville, affecting the civilians and its up to the Girls to save the day from that monster stench. Live & Let Dynamo: Dynamo is back and destroying Townsville again, so the girls must figure out who's controlling it.
67	4	"Mo' Linguish / Oops, I Did It Again"	Mo' Linguish:Randy Myers Oops, I Did It Again: John McIntyre	Mo' Linguish:Amy Keating Rogers Oops, I Did It Again: Brian Larsen	Mo' Linguish:Mike Kim Oops, I Did It Again: Brian Larsen	May 7, 2004[52]	604
Mo' Linguish: When Mojo agrees to do some community service in lieu of jail-time by teaching at the Townsville Community College, he teaches his lengthy speeches to the people of Townsville, putting the city in a total stand still unless the girls can find someone with simple English to end the long winding conversations. Oops, I Did It Again: The Professor dreams he had made three normal little girls after realizing all of his successes are mere accidents.
68	5	"A Made Up Story"	John McIntyre and Randy Myers	Chris Reccardi	Chris Reccardi	May 14, 2004[52]	605
The villainess Mask Scara (Phyllis Diller) defaces the posters, billboards, and people of Townsville after the Dull look replaces the Trashy look, effecting everyone except Blossom, who is one step ahead.
69	6	"Little Miss Interprets / Night Mayor"	Little Miss Interprets:John McIntyre Night Mayor:Randy Myers	Little Miss Interprets:Cindy Morrow Night Mayor:Chris Reccardi	Little Miss Interprets:Cindy Morrow Night Mayor:Chris Reccardi	June 25, 2004[52]	606
Little Miss Interprets: The girls misinterpret the Professor's plans for a surprise party, instead assuming that he is making new Powerpuff Girls. Night Mayor: The girls enter the Mayor's dream world to find the source of his nightmares.
70	7	"Custody Battle / City of Nutsville"	Custody Battle: John McIntyre City of Nutsville:Randy Myers	Custody Battle: Chris Reccardi City of Nutsville: Mark O'Hare	Custody Battle:Chris Reccardi City of Nutsville: Mark O'Hare	July 2, 2004[52]	607
Custody Battle: When Mojo discovers that the Rowdyruff Boys have returned, he competes with Him to determine who's the more evil father. City of Nutsville: Bubbles gets stung in the throat by a bee just as a bunch of squirrels start attacking Townsville. Bullet returns to deal with the Major's statue and the pothole full of nuts.
71	8	"Aspirations"	John McIntyre and Randy Myers	Bryan Andrews	Bryan Andrews	July 9, 2004[52]	608
The Ganggreen Gang is committing brilliant crimes for Sedusa so she can get her revenge on the girls for making her bald.
72	9	"That's Not My Baby / Simian Says"	That's Not My Baby: John McIntyre Simian Says:Randy Myers	That's Not My Baby: Thurop Van Orman Simian Says:Mike Kim	That's Not My Baby: Thurop Van Orman Simian Says:Mike Kim	July 16, 2004[52]	609
That's Not My Baby: The girls rescue a baby from a monster and are forced to care for it when they can't find its mother. Simian Says: Mojo takes over as the narrator. He commands the girls to do what he wants until it's revealed in the end what happened to the narrator.
73	10	"Sun Scream / City of Frownsville"	Sun Scream:John McIntyre City of Frownsville:Randy Myers	Sun Scream:Thurop Van Orman City of Frownsville:Bobby London	Sun Scream:Thurop Van Orman City of Frownsville:Bobby London	July 23, 2004[52]	610
Sun Scream: The Powerpuff Girls get sunburned fighting a solar flare and are unable to fight even the lowly street criminals. City of Frownsville: A miserable scientist named, Lou Gubrious uses his machine to switch everyone's happiness with his crying depression, making him the happiest man in Townsville. The girls has to find a way to make to make the people of Townsville happy again before they drown in their sorrow. Also the giant fish eye returns as a comic relief cameo.
74	11	"West in Pieces"	Randy Myers and Robert Alvarez	Chris Reccardi	Chris Reccardi	July 30, 2004[52]	611
After Mojo the Kid robs the first bank in the town of Townsville, Professor Utonium creates the Steamypuff Kids to deal with him. This take place during the fictional cowboy era.
75	12	"Crazy Mixed Up Puffs / Mizzen in Action"	Crazy Mixed Up Puffs: John McIntyre Mizzen in Action: Randy Myers	Crazy Mixed Up Puffs: Mike Kim Mizzen in Action: Bryan Andrews	Crazy Mixed Up Puffs: Mike Kim Mizzen in Action: Bryan Andrews	August 20, 2004[52]	612
Crazy Mixed Up Puffs: Mojo Jojo manages to attach the Powerpuff Girls to each other, worsening the arguments they often have. Mizzen in Action: Pirate Crack McCraigen (an anagram of series creator Craig McCracken) and his crew mistake Chemical X for treasure when they are mysteriously transported to the present, leaving the girls to fight these powered pirates to get the professor back and the pirates back into the past.
76	13	"Roughing It Up / What's the Big Idea?"	Roughing It Up & What's the Big Idea? John McIntyre	Roughing It Up: Thurop Van Orman What's the Big Idea?: Ken Allen	Roughing It Up: Thurop Van Orman What's the Big Idea?: Ken Allen	August 27, 2004[52]	613
Roughing It Up: The Professor takes the girls on a camping trip to teach them to relax, but they are interrupted by Fuzzy Lumpkins and his three nephews and not even he can keep peace. What's the Big Idea?: Mojo makes the girls giants so that they cannot stop his crimes without causing massive collateral damage, and it is up to the Professor to save the day.
77	14	"Nuthin' Special / Neighbor Hood"	Nuthin' Special: Randy Myers Neighbor Hood: Robert Alvarez	Nuthin' Special: Brian Larsen Neighbor Hood: Chris Reccardi	Nuthin' Special: Brian Larsen Neighbor Hood: Chris Reccardi	March 25, 2005[53]	503
Nuthin' Special: Buttercup tries to figure out her special ability, jealous of Bubbles' many languages and Blossom's ice breath. Fortunately, only Buttercup is able to curl her tongue. Neighbor Hood: A children's show tries to convince its viewers to send them money, and Bubbles gives the show the town's treasury. Buttercup and Blossom must show her what really goes on behind the cameras.
78	15	"I See a Funny Cartoon in Your Future / Octi-Gone"	I See a Funny Cartoon in Your Future:Chris Savino Octi-Gone:Randy Myers	I See a Funny Cartoon in Your Future:Chris Savino Octi-Gone:Mucci Fassett	I See a Funny Cartoon in Your Future: Chris Savino Octi-Gone:Mucci Fassett	March 25, 2005[54]	505
I See a Funny Cartoon in Your Future: The girls try to catch a pickpocketing false psychic (June Foray) that stole the Mayor's key. Story structure set up like a Rocky and Bullwinkle episode. Octi-Gone: Bubbles tries to figure out who dismembered Octi on the night of a major party at her house.

Specials

10th Anniversary

A special 22-minute episode was produced for the 10th anniversary, dating from the series' original airing on November 18, 1998. The episode aired on January 19, 2009, and is included as a bonus feature from the 10 anniversary DVD box set.

Title	Directed by	Written by	Storyboarded by	Original air date
"The Powerpuff Girls Rule!!![55]"	Craig McCracken Robert Alvarez and Eric Pringle(animation)	Craig McCracken	Craig McCracken Vaughn Tada(additional)	January 19, 2009[56]
The Powerpuff Girls try to stop the villains of Townsville from obtaining the Key to the World, which actually gives its possessor the right to rule the world, and surprisingly enough, Mojo Jojo obtains the key, and actually makes the world a better place. However, he later finds that peace (to him) is boring, and makes Townsville the same old crime filled town again. The show ends with the girls beating Mojo and saving the day.

Christmas Special/TV movie

Title	Animation direction by	Written by	Storyboarded by	Original air date
"The Powerpuff Girls: 'Twas the Fight Before Christmas"	Robert Alvarez, John McIntyre, and Randy Myers	Lauren Faustand Craig Lewis	Lauren Faust, Greg Colton, Brian Larsen, and Paul McEvoy	December 12, 2003[57]
On Christmas Eve, The City of Townsville preps their homes for Christmas and awaits the arrival of Santa Claus. The Powerpuff Girls warn Princess Morbucks that she will not get any thing but coal in her stocking if she does not check her attitude. Princess, after evaluating their opinion and every close to her, she hatches a devious plan by going to the North Pole and switches the nice list with the naughty list (which only had her name on it), thereby making every other kid in Townsville seem naughty, while she looked nice, thereby allowing her to get what she wants: to be a Powerpuff Girl. Meanwhile, The Powerpuff Girls decorate their house in a race for who puts the star on the tree, which Blossom wins. Later on that night, Bubbles hears reindeer on the roof, indicating Santa’s arrival at their house, she tries to wake her sisters but to no avail. Bubbles tip toes downstairs and looks at their tries with no presents around it, then when she looks at her stocking and then Blossom and Bubbles stockings, there was coal. Bubbles is shocked by this, since saving the day is their daily responsibility, why would they get coal. Bubbles then decides to investigate by going to the neighboring houses to find nothing under their tree and uses her X-ray vision to find coal in their stocking. Bubbles returns home to tell her sisters about the false presents and they believe Santa made a mistake and that they must head to the north pole to tell Santa that he didn't check his list twice and save Christmas. Before the girls leave home, they are greeted by Princess Morbucks, who has gotten her present, which is being a Powerpuff Girl. The girls are shocked to believe that Santa would think that Princess is nice. The girls now make it a mission to right this wrong, but Princess tells them that they will have to beat her to the North Pole before they can tell Santa what she did or she will tell him a lie that they are coming to destroy the workshop to get revenge for getting coal. The race is on to get to the North Pole but the PPGs are on a poor start because Princess uses weapons like her superpowers, trees, and ice to get ahead of them but falls victim to their powers as well. The girls make it to the North Pole and destroy the workshop while fighting and they end up in Santa’s office. An angry Santa takes his anger out on them after delivering coal all night and the girls try to approach him on the mistake he make but gets rebuffed with his super long “naughty” list. Santa then realizes who the girls are and acknowledges their heroism, which infuriates Princess, who says that since she is better than everyone then she should get whatever she wants for Christmas and is very rude to Santa. Santa responds by pointing out Princess’ demonic attitude and put some her on the Permenant Naughty Plaque, making her naughty for the rest of her life. Upset, she threatens to tell her father, but before she can fly home, Santa strips her of her powers. Santa tries to formulate a plan to get the nice kids presents, but with his workshop destroyed, he asks the PPGs to deliver the presents. The girls accept the task and at lightning speed, deliver the presents to children all over the world and return home exhausted. The Professor tries to wake them up and tells them that Santa came and that there is presents downstairs. The girls decline saying that they are tired but change their mind and rush downstairs to open their presents with The Professor.

CGI Special

On January 28, 2013, it was announced that a new CGI special titled "Dance Pantsed" starring the girls would premiere late 2013.^[58] By the end of the year however, it was announced that the special would air on January 20, 2014.^[59] Craig McCracken did not participate in the production and has had no say regarding the special.

Title	Directed by	Written and Storyboarded by	Story by	Original air date
"The Powerpuff Girls: Dance Pantsed[60]"	David P. Smith	Chris Mitchell, David P. Smith, and Will Mata	Dave Tennant and David P. Smith	January 20, 2014
Mojo Jojo kidnaps an opera singer, a flamboyant mathematician, and a somehow famous badger. After being humiliated yet again by the Powerpuff Girls, he devises a new plan, by creating a game similar to a different game which Bubbles seemed to enjoy. He sends it to Bubbles by pretending that it the successor to 'Dance Pantsed Revolution', which is called 'Dance Pantsed REVILution 2' which turns out to be a trap turning Bubbles into a dancing robot. The other Powerpuff Girls eventually follow, and are forced to capture the hostages Mojo Jojo previously captured, which Professor Utonium presumes that he is using them to get Chemical X. After the Powerpuff Girls defeat Mojo, he claims that his plan was not to get Chemical X, but rule Townsville by becoming a celebrity by starting a successful softball team including the girls. Eventually, Professor Utonium, the Mayor, Ms. Bellum, and the Powerpuff Girls agree to be part of the softball team, just so they can win trophies. However, they end up tricking Mojo and he is eventually taken to jail at the end.

Home video releases

The following is a list of DVD and VHS releases for The Powerpuff Girls. Eight VHS tapes and five DVDs were released in all, not including the complete series releases. Season one was first released in 2007 on Region 1 (US) and Region 4 (Australia); no other seasons where released separately in the United States, though seasons 2 and 3 were released in Australia. To mark the 10th anniversary of the show in 2009, the complete series DVD box set containing all the seasons, the Christmas TV movie, and "The Powerpuff Girls Rule!!!" special was released in the US; in 2015, the complete series was released on DVD in Australia.

Note: The Powerpuff Girls Movie was not a part of the series as shown originally on the air and as a result is not listed.

Title	Episodes	Release date			Description
		Region 1	Region 2	Region 4
Bubblevicious(VHS)	5	May 30, 2000[61]	June 18, 2001	N/A	Includes "Uh Oh Dynamo", "Mr. Mojo's Rising", "Powerpuff Bluff", "Cat Man Do", and "Bubblevicious". Also includes a 16-page booklet of character biographies, interviews, stickers, and games.[62]
Monkey See, Doggie Do(VHS)	5	May 30, 2000[63]	March 11, 2002	N/A	Includes "Monkey See, Doggie Do", "Mommy Fearest", "Telephonies", "Mime for a Change", and "The Bare Facts". Also includes a 16-page booklet of character biographies, interviews, stickers, and games.[62]
Birthday Bash(VHS)	5	November 7, 2000[64]	March 11, 2002[65]	N/A	Includes "Birthday Bash", "Beat Your Greens", "Paste Makes Waste", "Schoolhouse Rocked", and "Los Dos Mojos".
Dream Scheme (VHS)	5	November 7, 2000[66]	N/A	N/A	Includes ", "Dream Scheme", "Just Another Manic Mojo", "Down n' Dirty", "Mo Job" and Major Competition" as well as the Courage the Cowardly Dogepisode "Journey to the Center of Nowhere".
Powerpuff Bluff (DVD)	10	November 7, 2000[67]	N/A	September 3, 2001[68]	Includes all episodes from the "Bubblevicious" and "Monkey See, Doggie Do" VHS releases as well as a bonusSheep in the Big Cityepisode.
Down 'n' Dirty(DVD)	10	November 7, 2000[69]	N/A	N/A	Includes all episodes from the "Birthday Bash" and "Dream Scheme" VHS releases.
Twisted Sister(VHS)	5	April 3, 2001[70]	N/A	N/A	Includes "Twisted Sister", "Something's a Ms.", "The Mane Event", "Criss Cross Crisis", and "Power Lunch" as well as a preview of Samurai Jack and the Dexter's Laboratory episode "Dexter's Lab: A Story".
Boogie Frights (VHS)	5	April 3, 2001[71]	N/A	N/A	Includes "Boogie Frights", "Slumbering with the Enemy", "Ice Sore", "The Rowdyruff Boys", and "Helter Shelter".
The Mane Event (DVD)	8	April 3, 2001[72]	May 15, 2006[73]	February 11, 2003[74]	Includes all episodes from the "Twisted Sister" and "Boogie Frights" VHS releases except "Criss Cross Crisis" and "The Rowdyruff Boys".
Meet the Beat-Alls (VHS & DVD)	5 (VHS) 7 (DVD)	October 23, 2001[75] December 4, 2001[76](DVD re-release)[77]	August 21, 2006[78]	N/A	Includes "Meet the Beat-Alls", "Jewel of the Aisle", "Equal Fights" (DVD), "Bubblevision", "Collect Her", "Bought and Scold", and "Buttercrush" (DVD) in addition to two music videos and special DVD-ROM features (DVD).
'Twas the Fight Before Christmas (VHS & DVD)	1	October 7, 2003[79][80]	N/A	November 8, 2005[81]	Includes the special episode "'Twas the Fight Before Christmas" as well as the Dexter's Laboratory episode "Dexter vs. Santa's Claws" and two music videos.
Complete Season 1 (U.S. version)	13	June 19, 20071	N/A	N/A	This two-disc release includes all 13 episodes from the first season as well as the original pilot.
Complete Season 1 (Australian version)	13	N/A	N/A	April 16, 2007[82]	This two-disc release includes all 13 episodes from the first season as well as the original pilot, an interview with McCracken, the What a Cartoon! shorts, and episode animatics.
Complete Season 2	13	N/A	N/A	April 9, 2008[83]	This two-disc release includes all 13 episodes from the second season.
Complete Season 3	13	N/A	N/A	June 3, 2009[84]	This two-disc release includes all 13 episodes from the third season in addition to two music videos and a promotional video for the series.
The Complete Series 10th Anniversary Collection	78	January 20, 20092	N/A	N/A	This six-disc release includes all 78 episodes from the series as well as a documentary with McCracken, theWhoopass Girls pilot, both What a Cartoon!shorts, music videos, series promos, the "'Twas the Fight Before Christmas" movie, and the "Powerpuff Girls Rule!!!" special, and a panoramic poster designed by McCracken.
The Complete Series(Australian version)	78	N/A	N/A	December 2, 2015[85]	This twelve-disc release includes all 78 episodes from the series as well as a documentary with McCracken, theWhoopass Girls pilot, both What a Cartoon!shorts, music videos, series promos, the "'Twas the Fight Before Christmas" movie, and the "Powerpuff Girls Rule!!!" special.
The Powerpuff Girls and Friends	8	May 6, 2014[86]	N/A	N/A	Includes "Monkey See, Doggie Do/Mommy Fearest", "Insect Inside/Powerpuff Bluff", "Octi Evil/Geshundfight", "Buttercrush/Fuzzy Logic", "Boogie Frights/Abracadaver", "Telephonies/Tough Love", "Major Competition/Mr. Mojo's Rising", and "Paste Makes Waste/Ice Sore".
The Powerpuff Girls - Dance Pantsed And More!	7	N/A	N/A	January 7, 2015[87][88]	Includes the "Dance Pantsed" special and 6 episodes from the series.

Production

During Craig McCracken's first year in the character animation program ofCalArts,^[13] he created a series of short cartoons based on a character called "No Neck Joe".^[5] In June 1991, he created a drawing of three girls on a small sheet of orange construction paper as a birthday card design for his brother.^[5][14] The following year he included the three girls as the main characters of his short film Whoopass Stew! The Whoopass Girls in: A Sticky Situation.^[15] Initially, McCracken wanted to animate four Whoopass Girlsshorts, but only one came to be.^[5] McCracken's shorts were selected to be shown at Spike and Mike's Sick and Twisted Festival of Animation in 1994.

While working on 2 Stupid Dogs in 1992, McCracken's Whoopass Girls short was picked up for a series by Cartoon Network. However, the name Whoopass had to be dropped for the channel to include it as part of its new What a Cartoon! animated shorts showcase. McCracken explained it was because many executives at Cartoon Network didn't think that anyone would make toys for kids with the word "ass" in it. The Whoopass Girls then became The Powerpuff Girls, and the "can of whoop ass" was renamed "Chemical X".^[5] McCracken's new short, entitled "The Powerpuff Girls in: Meat Fuzzy Lumpkins", aired as part the network'sWorld Premiere Toon-In on February 20, 1995.^[17] The short was not as popular as Dexter's Laboratory, a project McCracken and former classmate Genndy Tartakovsky (who also directed many episodes of Powerpuff Girls) worked on together; being the most popular of the shorts, Dexter's Laboratory was the first to be greenlit by the network.^[5][18] Cartoon Network executive Mike Lazzo (who later serve as the executive producer for Williams Street in the fifth season of Samurai Jack) allowed McCracken to produce a new Powerpuff Girls short titled "Crime 101", which aired on What a Cartoon! in early 1996. Announcer Ernie Anderson, the narrator of the pilot episodes, died of cancer in 1997, and he was replaced by Tom Kenny for the remainder of the series.^[19]

The Powerpuff Girls series debut on November 18, 1998, was the highest rated premiere in Cartoon Network's history at the time. During its run, the series consistently scored the highest rating for an original series each week for the network across a wide range of demographics—from young children to adults.^[8][20] In October 2000, Cartoon Network credited the series for its Friday night prime time ratings win among cable networks.^[21] By the end of 2000, merchandising based on the series encompassed a whole variety of products, including T-shirts, toys, video games, lunchboxes, and dishware.^[8] Concerning the show's success, Craig McCracken has stated, "I thought it would get on Cartoon Network and college kids would watch it and there would be a few random T-shirts out there in the ravescene or in record shops. But I had no idea that it would take off to this extent."^[8] Following the series' fourth season, the closing of Hanna-Barbera Productions and the death of its executive William Hanna in 2001, McCracken left it to focus on his new animated series, Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends, leaving Chris Savino to take his place and the production of The Powerpuff Girls was moved to Cartoon Network Studios.^[5] The show's last original run episode was on March 25, 2005; in all, six seasons were made.^[22] Cartoon Network had offered to give McCracken and Savino a seventh season of the series, but they believed the series had run its course.^[5]

All of the original episodes were hand-drawn and produced at Rough Draft Studios in South Korea,^[23] except theWhat a Cartoon! shorts, with the first one being animated at Animal House in Japan and the second being animated at Fil Cartoons in the Philippines. James L. Venable, Thomas Chase, & Stephen Rucker composed the opening theme of the series, and Scottish band Bis performed the ending theme song,^[24] as played during the credits. The opening theme uses a sped-up drum break sample of "Funky Drummer" performed by Clyde Stubblefield.^[25]

Tenth anniversary special

In August 2008, McCracken revealed on his DeviantArt account, as had been announced in that year's Comic Con, that he was working with Cartoon Network on a new half-hour Powerpuff Girls special to celebrate the series' tenth anniversary.^[26] The special, titled "The Powerpuff Girls Rule!!!", aired on the Pan-Euro Cartoon Network on November 29, 2008, on the Powerpuff Girls Birthday Marathon, and in the United States on January 19, 2009, as part of its 10th anniversary marathon. Unlike previous episodes in the series, the anniversary special was animated using Adobe Flash at Cartoon Network Studios.^[27] In March 2012, the series returned to Cartoon Network in reruns on the revived block, Cartoon Planet.

Merchandise and media

Film

The Powerpuff Girls Movie was released in the United States on July 3, 2002, by Warner Bros. and Cartoon Network.^[41] The movie, a prequel to the series, tells the story of how the Powerpuff Girls were created, and how Mojo Jojo became a supervillain. After Blossom, Bubbles and Buttercup were created by Professor Utonium to help the city against crime, they end up only causing chaos in Townsville. Down about how everyone refers to them as freaks, they turn to Mojo Jojo, a monkey who says he is there to help make people like them again. Unknown to the girls, Mojo Jojo was Professor Utonium's lab chimp helper who was mutated as a cause from the Powerpuff Girls being made and has become super smart as a result and jealous of them. Mojo Jojo ends up tricking the girls into helping him make a machine to mutate other chimps. Seeing what they have done the kids run away in shame but come back after seeing Professor Utonium in trouble, and Blossom, Bubbles and Buttercup end up beating Mojo Jojo and his army of mutated smart chimps and saving the day, thus becoming Townsville's new defenders.^[42] The movie received a rating of 63% at Rotten Tomatoes^[43] and received some criticism for the violence involved.^[44] In all, the movie grossed $16 million worldwide with an $11 million budget.^[45]

Music

Main article: List of The Powerpuff Girls soundtracks

Three CD soundtracks were officially released for the series. The first, entitled Heroes & Villains, features original songs about the Powerpuff Girls characters by a number of artists, including the new wave group Devo, Bis, The Apples in Stereo and Frank Black.^[46] The first album did well, topping the Billboard's children's music chart for six weeks.^[6] Another album entitled, The City of Soundsville, features electronica-style character themes and also did well with critics.^[47][48] The third album, entitled Power Pop, features a more teen-oriented variety of pop songs. The album was considered a "big disappointment" and not received as well.^[49]

Parodies and comics

A crossover parody of The Powerpuff Girls and 2 Broke Girls was done in Cartoon Network's TV series MAD's second season known as "2 Broke Powerpuff Girls". The parody which aired on January 30, 2012, is of Bubbles and Buttercup, who are broke and work for "Him" in a diner after the show got placed on permanent hiatus. Tara Strong(Bubbles) and Tom Kane ("Him") reprised their roles here.^[50] The MAD episode with the parody ranked #26/30 for the week with 1.903 million viewers.^[51] In February 2013, IDW Publishing announced a partnership with Cartoon Network to produce comics based on its properties and this series was one of the titles announced to be published.^[52]

A fan-produced webcomic series called PowerPuff Girls Doujinshi was created in 2004 and released through Snafu Comics. The girls are shown to be a bit older, but with the same personalities as, their T.V. counterparts, and the comic includes many characters from other cartoon shows. The story has the kids now going to school in a neighboring city of Townsville known as Megaville.^[53] The comic was the "Outstanding Superhero Comic" and "Outstanding Character Art" winner on the Web Cartoonist's Choice Awards in 2005.^[54]

Shortly after the 2014 CGI special's release, a comic which was published by IDW Publishing was withdrawn after retailers complained that they wanted to boycott the issue. The comic, which shows the Powerpuff Girls with breastsand dressed in latex, was designed by an artist who works for Cartoon Network. The artist was "thinking of it more along the lines of 'female empowerment' than the kind of thing you guys are talking about". Cartoon Network said in a statement: "We recognise some fans' reaction to the cover and, as such, will no longer be releasing it at comic book shops."^[55]

Toys

From August 21 to October 1, 2000, Subway promoted the series with four toys in their kids' meals.^[56] A set of six kids' meal toys was available as part of an April 2001 Dairy Queen promotion, which also included a sweepstakes offering the Powerpuff Girls VHS Boogie Frights.^[57] Jack in the Box released six Powerpuff Girls toys in July 2002 as a tie-in for The Powerpuff Girls Movie.^[58] On February 10, 2003, Burger King began a four-week promotion featuringThe Powerpuff Girls and Dragon Ball Z toys as well as special codes to redeem online for Cartoon Network's Cartoon Orbit.^[59]

Video games

Main article: List of The Powerpuff Girls video games

Several video games were made for this show all being action in genre. The Powerpuff Girls: Bad Mojo Jojo, released on November 14, 2000, follows Blossom as she tries to beat Mojo Jojo.^[60] The game was called "simple and boring" by GameSpot and was a failure critically.^[61][62] The Powerpuff Girls: Paint the Townsville Green, another game released in November 2000, follows Buttercup as she fights crime.^[63] The Powerpuff Girls: Battle HIM follows Bubbles in her fight against HIM and was released in February 2001.^[64] The Powerpuff Girls: Chemical X-traction was released in October 2001, where the girls battle enemies in a variety of settings in order to reclaim Chemical X and track down Mojo Jojo, who fed the material to all the villains in Townsville. IGN gave the game a positive review while giving the PSone version a 2.0/10 bad review.^[65][66] The Powerpuff Girls: Relish Rampage was released in November 2002. All three girls are playable in a 3D world, and the game received mixed reviews.^[67] The Powerpuff Girls: Mojo Jojo A-Go-Go released in 2001 centers around the name of the Powerpuff Girls' mission to stop Mojo Jojo and his minions. The game received mixed reviews.^[68][69] The Powerpuff Girls: HIM and Seek was released in 2002 where the girls battle their variety of enemies through Townsville while on a scavenger hunt. The game received mostly positive reviews.^[70] PC games were also made for the series. These include: The Powerpuff Girls: Mojo Jojo Clone Zone, The Powerpuff Girls: Princess Snorebucks, The Powerpuff Girls: Mojo Jojo's Pet Project, and The Powerpuff Girls: Gamesville.

Reception

Critical reception

In a 2000 Entertainment Weekly review, Marc Bernadin complimented the show on its "spot-on pop-culture acumen" and "unparalleled sense of fun", giving it a warm welcome from earlier "lame" superhero cartoons that he grew up with.^[75] Peter Marks of The New York Times noted the show's use of adult humor and pop culture references, declaring it "the sort of playful satire that can appeal as much to a viewer of 37 as 7."^[76] Joly Herman of Common Sense Media describes the show as a "cute, highly stylized series thrills the senses with its strange characters, funny situations, and lots of lowbrow humor". She goes on to say, however, that the show does go from innocent to violent in no time and that there is not much protecting young viewers against the violent undertones.^[77] Robert Lloyd of theLA Times said that the series might be "transgressive" based on little violence but "also cute".^[78]

TV Guide chose the Powerpuff Girls as No. 13 in a list of the 50 Greatest cartoon characters of all time.^[79] IGNranked the series 18th in its Top 25 Primetime Animated Series of All Time list in 2006.^[80]

Delta Express promoted the series by having a Boeing 737-200 jet painted with a special livery featuring the characters Blossom, Bubbles, and Buttercup on its exterior.^[81] The plane's inaugural flight was held at Logan International Airport in Boston, Massachusetts, on July 17, 2000.^[82] In 2002 the aircraft was repainted with a differentPowerpuff Girls theme to promote The Powerpuff Girls Movie.^[83] The Powerpuff Girls series has won two Primetime Emmys, two Annie Awards, and including those four wins, has been nominated a total of sixteen times for various awards.

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Nominee(s)	Result	1999	Annie Awards	Outstanding Individual Achievement for Production Design in an Animated Television Production[84]	Craig Kellman (for "Uh Oh Dynamo")	Nominated
Outstanding Individual Achievement for Directing in an Animated Television Production[84]	John McIntyre (for "Mommie Fearest")	Nominated
Outstanding Individual Achievement for Voice Acting in an Animated Television Production[84]	Tara Strong (as Bubbles)	Nominated
Primetime Emmys	Outstanding Achievement in Animation[85]	Craig McCracken, John McIntyre, Amy Keating Rogers, Jason Butler Rote, and Genndy Tartakovsky (for "Bubblevicious/The Bare Facts")	Nominated
2000	Annie Awards	Outstanding Individual Achievement for Writing in an Animated Television Production[86]	Chris Savino (for "Dream Scheme")	Nominated
	Primetime Emmys	Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation[87]	Don Shank (for "Twisted Sister/Cover Up")	Won
		Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming One Hour or Less)[87][88]	Robert Alvarez, Craig McCracken, John McIntyre, Randy Myers, Amy Keating Rogers, and Genndy Tartakovsky (for "Beat Your Greens/Down 'N Dirty")	Nominated
2001	Annie Awards	Outstanding Individual Achievement for Music Score an Animated Television Production[89]	James L. Venable, Thomas Chase, and Steve Rucker (for "Meet the Beat Alls")	Won
		Outstanding Individual Achievement for Production Design in an Animated Television Production[89]	Don Shank	Won
	Primetime Emmys	Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming Less Than One Hour)[87][90]	Robert Alvarez, Lauren Faust, Craig McCracken, John McIntyre, Amy Rogers, and Genndy Tartakovsky (for "Moral Decay/Meet the Beat Alls")	Nominated
	Kids' Choice Awards	Favorite Cartoon[91]	The Powerpuff Girls	Nominated
2002	Annie Awards	Outstanding Character Design in an Animated Television Production[92]	Paul Rudish (for "Members Only")	Nominated
2003		Outstanding Character Design in an Animated Television Production[93]	Andy Bialk (for "Save Mojo")	Nominated
2004	Annie Awards	Character Design in an Animated Television Production[94]	Chris Reccardi (for "West in Pieces")	Nominated
	Primetime Emmys	Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming One Hour Or More)[95][96]	Robert Alvarez, Lauren Faust, et al. (for "'Twas the Fight Before Christmas")	Nominated
2005		Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation[87]	Frank Gardner (for "West in Pieces")	Won