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** The Mayor was likely a corrupt official, and he used the bridges destruction as an excuse to prevent the girls from using their powers to expose him.
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* In "The City of Frownsville", why did Lou Gubrious' "Miseray" machine take a long time to affect Bubbles, while everyone else was affected almost instantly?
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** Craig the creator excluded them from the finale because he was tired of fans whitewashing them.
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*Mojo proved himself to be a brilliant sushi chef,yet he's a criminial? Think of the wasted potential!

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----** The name on the list is actually Bill [=McCracken=]. Him having the same last name as the creator was just an easter egg. Another person on the list has the last name Faust, in reference to Creator/LaurenFaust.



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* It bugs me that the Rowdyruff Boys didn't show up at all in "Powerpuff Girls Rule!!!". You can't tell me they wouldn't like to rule the world, so why didn't they at least appear in the background of a fight scene or something?

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* It bugs me that How comes the Rowdyruff Boys didn't show up at all in "Powerpuff Girls Rule!!!". Rule!!!"? You can't tell me they wouldn't like to rule the world, so why didn't they at least appear in the background of a fight scene or something?



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* It bugs ''me'' that the Rowdyruffs were nowhere to be seen in "See me, Feel me, Gnomey." They're all about senseless wanton destruction, so you'd think they'd be all over it.

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* It bugs ''me'' that How come the Rowdyruffs were nowhere to be seen in "See me, Feel me, Gnomey." Gnomey"? They're all about senseless wanton destruction, so you'd think they'd be all over it.



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* It bugs me that the villains only attack Townsville. I mean, if they know the Powerpuff Girls are going to stop their plans if they know about it, and most of their plans involve world domination, why not start dominating the world anywhere else, preferably in a different country or something?

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* It bugs me that Why do the villains only attack Townsville. Townsville? I mean, if they know the Powerpuff Girls are going to stop their plans if they know about it, and most of their plans involve world domination, why not start dominating the world anywhere else, preferably in a different country or something?



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* A minor one but This Troper thinks that the music in "Boogie Frights" (especially when we are first introduced to the Boogie Man) Sounds more like 1970's porno music rather than disco music
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* A minor one but This Troper thinks that the music in "Boogie Frights" (especially when we are first introduced to the Boogie Man) Sounds more like 1970's porno music rather than disco music
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* The girls have a tendency to cause a lot of collateral damage while fighting crime--an episode in which they move to another city has its mayor [[WhatTheHellHero call them out on]] blowing up a bridge (which will cost millions of dollars to fix) just to catch two bank robbers--but nobody in Townsville seems to complain about this. Why? Well, "Mommy Fearest" shows them cleaning their bedroom in just a couple of seconds, and "Paste Makes Waste" ends with them patching up the city, so it's possible they speed-clean any places/buildings/doors/etc. they damage after each battle is over.

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* The girls have a tendency to cause a lot of collateral damage while fighting crime--an episode in which they move to another city has its mayor [[WhatTheHellHero call them out on]] blowing up a bridge (which will cost millions of dollars to fix) just to catch two bank robbers--but nobody in Townsville seems to complain about this.
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Why? Well, "Mommy Fearest" shows them cleaning their bedroom in just a couple of seconds, and "Paste Makes Waste" ends with them patching up the city, so it's possible they speed-clean any places/buildings/doors/etc. they damage after each battle is over.
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** Because it's always nice to see the little guy have something nice happen to him...even if he had a rather...''interesting'' way of wanting affection. And who better to give him affection than the coolest girls he'll ever meet?

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** Because it's always nice to see the little guy have something nice happen to him...even if he had a rather...''interesting'' way of wanting affection. And who better to give him affection than the coolest girls he'll ever meet?
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** Because it's always nice to see the little guy have something nice happen to him...even if he had a rather...''interesting'' way of wanting affection. And who better to give him affection than the coolest girls he'll ever meet?
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* Why did the girls kiss Harry in the Cootie Grad episode?

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* Why did the girls kiss Harry in the Cootie Grad Gras episode?
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** Buttercup probably ripped the cubes open.

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* Why did the girls kiss Harry in the Cootie Grad episode?
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* How were Blossom and Bubbles extricated from the crushed car cubes at the end of "Buttercrush"?
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*** As for going to jail, have a difference in mind: Princess has all the money ''that her daddy gives her'', but daddy has all the money, ''period''. He will never be in prison because he can pay his way out. She can be in prison anytime his daddy does not feel like giving her money.

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*** As for going to jail, have a difference in mind: Princess has all the money ''that her daddy gives her'', but daddy has all the money, ''period''. He will never be in prison because he can pay his way out. She can be in prison anytime his her daddy does not feel like giving her money.



** He probably wasnt ''okay'' with it, but he probably felt that the villains deserved a measure of payback, since they werent even doing anything wrong when Buttercup jumped them, and there's not anything they can do to REALLY hurt any of the girls.

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** He probably wasnt wasn't ''okay'' with it, but he probably felt that the villains deserved a measure of payback, since they werent weren't even doing anything wrong when Buttercup jumped them, and there's not anything they can do to REALLY hurt any of the girls.



*** Mind you, Mayor wasnt actually a bad mayor, the voters were just tired of his grating re election campaign, which is why Fuzzy's lazy approach to running for office was such a hit.

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*** Mind you, Mayor wasnt wasn't actually a bad mayor, the voters were just tired of his grating re election campaign, which is why Fuzzy's lazy approach to running for office was such a hit.




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** If the Mayor was smart, he probably ''would'' have given the girls community service to do, but he's extremely stupid, hence the ban on superpowers.
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** There is also the possibility that Blossom and Bubbles never actually told the Professor that they set Buttercup up in a trap to get beat up, and just made up a story by saying she got beaten up by the villains she wrongfully beat up to steal the teeth from in a cruel twist of fate. Either way, his seeming lack of concern for Buttercup’s well-being at the end of “Moral Decay” is [[OutofCharacterMoment incredibly out of character]] for the same dad from two episodes earlier in “Powerprof,” who made Blossom, Bubbles, and Buttercup [[OverProtectiveDad wear helmets, elbow-pads, and knee-pads to go battle Mojo Jojo because he was terrified of them getting “boo-boos]]. This is another one of the reasons why “Moral Decay” is one of those episodes that fans [[FanonDiscontinuity don’t consider to be canon]]. It was [[CharacterDerailment incredibly out of character ]] and [[SadistShow mean-spirited]] writing for Blossom, Bubbles, Buttercup, and even the Professor in order to turn Buttercup into the villain and the punching bag.
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** It’s simply because she has likely spent her entire life getting whatever she wanted, being spoiled rotten by her very wealthy father the minute she starts throwing a temper tantrum. For the first time, she wanted something that she couldn’t have.

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** It’s simply because she has likely spent her entire life getting whatever she wanted, being spoiled rotten by her very wealthy father the minute she starts throwing a temper tantrum. For the first time, she wanted something that she couldn’t have.



** Though absent-minded, he GENERALLY was portrayed as being very intelligent in the original series, though there were some instances where he got [[IdiotPlot the idiot ball]] in the series. In the reboot, he’s been flanderdized into a [[BumblingDad total idiot, who screws up experiments and inventions all the time, and recklessly endangers both himself, the girls, and society at large more often than not when he appears on screen]].

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** Though absent-minded, he GENERALLY was portrayed as being very intelligent in the original series, though there were some instances where he got [[IdiotPlot the idiot ball]] in the series. In the reboot, he’s been flanderdized into a [[BumblingDad total idiot, who screws up experiments and inventions all the time, and recklessly endangers both himself, the girls, and society at large more often than not when he appears on screen]].



** Yeah, while I did love the Professor’s backstory reveal of being a little brat back kindergarten and the sweet family moment between the girls and him at the end when they returned back through the time portal to the present,Mojo Jojo really was given [[IdiotPlot a major case of the idiot ball]] in “Get Back Jojo” for the plot to work.

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** Yeah, while I did love the Professor’s backstory reveal of being a little brat back kindergarten and the sweet family moment between the girls and him at the end when they returned back through the time portal to the present,Mojo Jojo really was given [[IdiotPlot a major case of the idiot ball]] in “Get Back Jojo” for the plot to work.



** Yeah, the girls do follow a code of retributive physical justice against criminals within the series that actually evolves and grows over the course of the series. They learn about intent, and become more lenient and understanding towards criminals who commit crimes under duress and/or sympathetically motivated. While I’ll always love the series, though, one of the problems with the writing was that they didn’t always address it as wrong in the narrative when physical retributive justice against criminals turned into [[DisproportianateRetribution needless cruelty]], and even framed it as [[WarpedAesop justified at times]] in the narrative, such as in episodes like “Slave The Day,” “Moral Decay,” and “Mime for a Change.”

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** Yeah, the girls do follow a code of retributive physical justice against criminals within the series that actually evolves and grows over the course of the series. They learn about intent, and become more lenient and understanding towards criminals who commit crimes under duress and/or sympathetically motivated. While I’ll always love the series, though, one of the problems with the writing was that they didn’t always address it as wrong in the narrative when physical retributive justice against criminals turned into [[DisproportianateRetribution needless cruelty]], and even framed it as [[WarpedAesop justified at times]] in the narrative, such as in episodes like “Slave The Day,” “Moral Decay,” and “Mime for a Change.”
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** Chemical X seems to be a sort of liquid "enhancer" for anyone who uses it--Mojo gets smarter, kids can fly, etc. I think it just bound itself to the girls' DNA at the moment they were created, making them superpowered instead of making a whole other person.
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** It might boil down to the nature of the objects in question. Octi is a toy based on an animal, with a face and body and all. Bubbles can play pretend he's her little friend who keeps her safe and comfortable, and talk to him like he's talking back. Blankie, on the other hand, is a rectangle of fabric--you can't even pretend it's a creature/person, so the attachment of "this looks like a friendly little creature" isn't there. It's like if you said you loved your old dog and couldn't live without him, then someone else said the same thing about a napkin they carried around in their pocket. ''They'' might get the attachment, but to you it's just weird.
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** It’s simply because she has likely spent her entire life getting whatever she wanted, being spoiled rotten by her very wealthy father the minute she starts throwing a temper tantrum. For the first time, she wanted something that she couldn’t have.




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** Though absent-minded, he GENERALLY was portrayed as being very intelligent in the original series, though there were some instances where he got [[IdiotPlot the idiot ball]] in the series. In the reboot, he’s been flanderdized into a [[BumblingDad total idiot, who screws up experiments and inventions all the time, and recklessly endangers both himself, the girls, and society at large more often than not when he appears on screen]].




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** Yeah, while I did love the Professor’s backstory reveal of being a little brat back kindergarten and the sweet family moment between the girls and him at the end when they returned back through the time portal to the present,Mojo Jojo really was given [[IdiotPlot a major case of the idiot ball]] in “Get Back Jojo” for the plot to work.




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** Yeah, the girls do follow a code of retributive physical justice against criminals within the series that actually evolves and grows over the course of the series. They learn about intent, and become more lenient and understanding towards criminals who commit crimes under duress and/or sympathetically motivated. While I’ll always love the series, though, one of the problems with the writing was that they didn’t always address it as wrong in the narrative when physical retributive justice against criminals turned into [[DisproportianateRetribution needless cruelty]], and even framed it as [[WarpedAesop justified at times]] in the narrative, such as in episodes like “Slave The Day,” “Moral Decay,” and “Mime for a Change.”
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** There is also the possibility that Blossom and Bubbles never actually told the Professor that they set Buttercup up in a trap to get beat up, and just made up a story by saying she got beaten up by the villains she wrongfully beat up to steal the teeth from in a cruel twist of fate. Either way, his seeming lack of concern for Buttercup’s well-being at the end of “Moral Decay” is [[OutofCharacterMoment incredibly out of character]] for the same dad from two episodes earlier in “Powerprof,” who made Blossom, Bubbles, and Buttercup [[OverProtectiveParent wear helmets, elbow-pads, and knee-pads to go battle Mojo Jojo because he was terrified of them getting “boo-boos]]. This is another one of the reasons why “Moral Decay” is one of those episodes that fans [[FanonDiscontinuity don’t consider to be canon]]. It was [[CharacterDerailment incredibly out of character ]] and [[SadistShow mean-spirited]] writing for Blossom, Bubbles, Buttercup, and even the Professor in order to turn Buttercup into the villain and the [[DoubleStandards punching bag.]]

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** There is also the possibility that Blossom and Bubbles never actually told the Professor that they set Buttercup up in a trap to get beat up, and just made up a story by saying she got beaten up by the villains she wrongfully beat up to steal the teeth from in a cruel twist of fate. Either way, his seeming lack of concern for Buttercup’s well-being at the end of “Moral Decay” is [[OutofCharacterMoment incredibly out of character]] for the same dad from two episodes earlier in “Powerprof,” who made Blossom, Bubbles, and Buttercup [[OverProtectiveParent [[OverProtectiveDad wear helmets, elbow-pads, and knee-pads to go battle Mojo Jojo because he was terrified of them getting “boo-boos]]. This is another one of the reasons why “Moral Decay” is one of those episodes that fans [[FanonDiscontinuity don’t consider to be canon]]. It was [[CharacterDerailment incredibly out of character ]] and [[SadistShow mean-spirited]] writing for Blossom, Bubbles, Buttercup, and even the Professor in order to turn Buttercup into the villain and the [[DoubleStandards punching bag.]]
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** There is also the possibility that Blossom and Bubbles never actually told the Professor that they set Buttercup up in a trap to get beat up, and just made up a story by saying she got beaten up by the villains she wrongfully beat up to steal the teeth from in a cruel twist of fate. Either way, his seeming lack of concern for Buttercup’s well-being at the end of “Moral Decay” is [[OutofCharacterMoment incredibly out of character]] for the same dad from two episodes earlier in “Powerprof,” who made Blossom, Bubbles, and Buttercup [[OverProtectiveParent wear helmets, elbow-pads, and knee-pads to go battle Mojo Jojo because [[AdultFear he was terrified of the girls getting hurt]]. This is another one of the reasons why “Moral Decay” is one of those episodes that fans [[FanonDiscontinuity don’t consider to be canon]]. It was [[CharacterDerailment incredibly out of character ]] and [[SadistShow mean-spirited]] writing for Blossom, Bubbles, Buttercup, and even the Professor in order to turn Buttercup into the villain and the [[DoubleStandards punching bag.]]

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** There is also the possibility that Blossom and Bubbles never actually told the Professor that they set Buttercup up in a trap to get beat up, and just made up a story by saying she got beaten up by the villains she wrongfully beat up to steal the teeth from in a cruel twist of fate. Either way, his seeming lack of concern for Buttercup’s well-being at the end of “Moral Decay” is [[OutofCharacterMoment incredibly out of character]] for the same dad from two episodes earlier in “Powerprof,” who made Blossom, Bubbles, and Buttercup [[OverProtectiveParent wear helmets, elbow-pads, and knee-pads to go battle Mojo Jojo because [[AdultFear he was terrified of the girls them getting hurt]].“boo-boos]]. This is another one of the reasons why “Moral Decay” is one of those episodes that fans [[FanonDiscontinuity don’t consider to be canon]]. It was [[CharacterDerailment incredibly out of character ]] and [[SadistShow mean-spirited]] writing for Blossom, Bubbles, Buttercup, and even the Professor in order to turn Buttercup into the villain and the [[DoubleStandards punching bag.]]
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** There is also the possibility that Blossom and Bubbles never actually told the Professor that they set Buttercup up in a trap to get beat up, and just made up a story by saying she got beaten up by the villains she wrongfully beat up to steal the teeth from in a cruel twist of fate. Either way, his seeming lack of concern for Buttercup’s well-being at the end of “Moral Decay” is [[OutofCharacterMoment incredibly out of character]] for the same dad from two episodes earlier in “Powerprof,” who made Blossom, Bubbles, and Buttercup [[OverProtectiveParent wear helmets, elbow-pads, and knee-pads to go battle Mojo Jojo because [[AdultFear he was terrified of the girls getting hurt]]. This is another one of the reasons why “Moral Decay” is one of those episodes that fans [[FanonDiscontinuity don’t consider to be canon]]. It was [[CharacterDerailment incredibly out of character ]] and [[SadistShow mean-spirited]] writing for Blossom, Bubbles, Buttercup, and even the Professor in order to turn Buttercup into the villain and the [[DoubleStandards punching bag.]]
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* On that same note, while it is a funny and fitting enough punishment in the immediate moment, how literal should we take the "Permanent Naughty List" proclamation? If the show didn't go by NotAllowedToGrowUp rules, then eventually Princess would most likely grow out of her bratty attitude. (Sure, it's not guaranteed, but it is easy to imagine.) Knowing this, would it be more so that Santa is putting her on the 'permanent naughty list' symbolically?
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*** Adding to this, the kids were probably on the scale of NotEvilJustMisunderstood.

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*** Adding to this, the kids were probably Mitch was definitely on the scale of NotEvilJustMisunderstood.NotEvilJustMisunderstood. He HAS done some good in some episodes, last I recall. While offscreen he could be doing some good like help out his family or commit other good deeds that we just don't get to see.
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*** Adding to this, the kids were probably on the scale of NotEvilJustMisunderstood.
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*** Chemical X is also a fictional thing. That's just what it does.
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** It's also implied that Mike B. Leeve (the kid in question) didn't invent Patches (the jester) himself--rather, he's on the playground, looks up in surprise, and asks "Who said my name?" I took that to mean that Patches was some kind of invisible spirit (originally birthed from someone else's imagination) who latched onto Mike because he was lonely and already quite imaginative. Mike later says that he tried to make Patches be good, which ties into the "lost control" theory.
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** Depends. If you want to stay strictly to the plot then they would be 0 years old by the time of their creation. However you could easily say that they have the body of 9-year old girls, as they were born as a baby or a fetus or something.

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** Depends. If you want to stay strictly to the plot then they would be 0 years old by the time of their creation. However you could easily say that they have the body of 9-year old girls, as they were weren't born as a baby or a fetus or something.something. How old they're supposed to be is literally up to your interpretation.

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