History ShoutOut / ThePowerpuffGirls

* "Meet the Beat-alls" one long string of [[TheBeatles Beatles]] references. For those who aren't well-versed in Beatles history, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFLZjiYqZBs this video]] can be quite helpful in getting them all.

* In "Boogey Nights", when the Boogie Man eclipses the sun with a giant disco ball, the Power Puff Girls' final assault on the ball is an almost shot-by-shot remake of the assault on the Death Star in ''StarWars Episode IV''.

* "The Powerpuff Girls Rule" makes as many pop culture references as it possibly can in its 30-minute timeslot. Everything from Creator/GeorgeOrwell[[hottip:*:Buttercup has a fantasy where she rules the world with an iron fist; an ImagineSpot shows her giant face on TV screens with the tag "[[{{Pun}} Big Butter Is Watching You]]."]] to VideoGame/MarioKart[[hottip:*:All the characters have a VideoGame/MarioKart-style kart race at one point]] gets its fair share of homage.

* When Buttercup shows off all of her powers in an attempt to find one her sisters don't have, she finally yells out "TheMatrix!" and begins to "dodge" backwards in slow-motion.

* "Imaginary Fiend" has Blossom thrown into a pile of coats, emerging [[http://www.spscriptorium.com/williewestwood/powerpuff_cartman.jpg dressed as]] [[SouthPark Cartman]].

* A scene in the episode "Silent Treatment" has the girls sitting in a movie theater, [[MysteryScienceTheater3000 positioned at the bottom right of the screen making fun of a movie as it plays.]]

* In "Los Dos Mojos", after knocking out Bubbles, who was convinced she was Mojo Jojo, the real Mojo says [[MontyPythonAndtheHolyGrail "One shall be the number of Mojo Jojos in the world, and the number of Mojo Jojos in the world shall be one. Two Mojo Jojos is too many, and three is right out."]]

* In "Boogey Nights", when the Boogie Man eclipses the sun with a giant disco ball, the Power Puff Girls' final assault on the ball is an almost shot-by-shot remake of the assault on the Death Star in ''StarWars Episode IV''.

* "The Powerpuff Girls Rule" makes as many pop culture references as it possibly can in its 30-minute timeslot. Everything from Creator/GeorgeOrwell[[hottip:*:Buttercup has a fantasy where she rules the world with an iron fist; an ImagineSpot shows her giant face on TV screens with the tag "[[AWorldwidePunomenon Big Butter Is Watching You]]."]] to VideoGame/MarioKart[[hottip:*:All the characters have a VideoGame/MarioKart-style kart race at one point]] gets its fair share of homage.

* One episode had the Mayor playing a video game with a character and an HUD that looked suspiciously like those from 3D Zelda titles. The Mayor even ''killed ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime's'' Navi'', [[TakeThatScrappy accomplishing something ''[=OoT=]'' fans could only dream of.]]

* One episode had the Mayor playing a video game with a character and an HUD that looked suspiciously like those from 3D [[TheLegendOfZelda Zelda]] titles. The Mayor even ''killed Navi'', [[TakeThatScrappy accomplishing something ''[=OoT=]'' fans could only dream of.]]

* "The Powerpuff Girls Rule" makes as many pop culture references as it possibly can in its 30-minute timeslot. Everything from GeorgeOrwell[[hottip:*:Buttercup has a fantasy where she rules the world with an iron fist; an ImagineSpot shows her giant face on TV screens with the tag "[[AWorldwidePunomenon Big Butter Is Watching You]]."]] to VideoGame/MarioKart[[hottip:*:All the characters have a VideoGame/MarioKart-style kart race at one point]] gets its fair share of homage.

* "Imaginary Fiend" has Blossom thrown into a pile of coats, emerging [[http://www.spscriptorium.com/williewestwood/powerpuff_cartman.jpg dressed as]] [[SouthPark Cartman]].

* There's a certain scene in the movie with Mojo Jojo holding a newspaper headlining the girl's destruction of Townsville. The back page of the paper has a small poster for a certain [[{{Gorillaz}} ape-based virtual band]] complete with a heading stating that they're headlining Townsville's Music Fest. Cue Troper's head exploding after a second viewing of the film 9 years after watching it in theaters.

* In "Boogey Nights", when the Boogie Man eclipses the sun with a giant disco ball, the Power Puff Girls' final assault on the ball is an almost shot-by-shot remake of the assault on the Death Star in ''StarWars Episode IV''.

* In "Boogey Nights", when the Boogie Man eclipses the sun with a giant disco ball, the Power Puff Girls' final assault on the ball is an almost shot-by-shot remake of the assault on the Death Star in ''[[StarWars]] Episode IV''.

* In the first Rowdy Ruff Boys episode in Season 1, Bubbles crashes through a window and apologizes to the clerk, [[SesameStreet "sorry about your window Mr. Looper."]] with which the clerk states "Its Hooper!! Hooper!!!".

** Don't forget. one of the kids has a bedsheet with dozens of holes on.

** Surprisingly it [[spoiler: comes to life and kidnaps the Professor.]]

** Three of the four names on Santa's Permanent Naughty List have the same surnames as writers on the show. The other is [[AdolfHitler Adolph Schickelgruber]].

* In "'Twas the Fight Before Christmas, there's a scene near the beginning where Buttercup worries that waiting until the last minute to send her wish list to Santa might mean she won't get her "[[AChristmasStory official Red Ryder carbine-action 200 shot range model air rifle]]".

* In Los Dos Mojos, after knocking out Bubbles, who was convinced she was Mojo Jojo, the real Mojo says [[MontyPythonAndtheHolyGrail "One shall be the number of Mojo Jojos in the world, and the number of Mojo Jojos in the world shall be one. Two Mojo Jojos is too many, and three is right out."]]

* In "'Twas the Fight Before Christmas", three of the four names on Santa's Permanent Naughty List have the same surnames as writers on the show. The other is [[AdolfHitler Adolph Schickelgruber]].

* In "Birthday Bash", Bubbles defeats one of Mojo's HumongousMecha by very casually kicking one of its legs, just like [[ProjectAKo A-Ko Megami]] did.

* In "'Twas the Fight Before Christmas", three of the four names on Santa's Permanent Naughty List have the same surnames as writers on the show. The other is [[AdolfHitler Adolph Schickelgruber]].

* In "Jewel of the Aisle", the girls watch a cartoon called ''[[BeastMachines Mech-Animals]]''.

* In "'Twas the Fight Before Christmas", three of the four names on Santa's Permanent Naughty List have the same surnames as writers on the show. The other is [[AdolfHitler Adolph Schickelgruber]].

* "Meet the Beat-alls" is built around references to TheBeatles. For those who aren't well-versed in Beatles history, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFLZjiYqZBs this video]] can be quite helpful in getting them all.

* In "Something's A Ms.", when the Mayor receives a ransom note claiming to have kidnapped Ms. Bellum, he quotes the "Strong men also cry" dialogue from ''TheBigLebowski''. The episode also features a reference to using the Mayor's "whites" as a ringer for ransom money. Also in "Bought and Scold," when hooligans are robbing the Professor's house, he shouts, "This is a private residence, man!" One of them also steals a rug, which the Professor says "really tied the room together."

* In "Boogie Frights," the scene in which Bubbles destroys the giant disco ball blocking the sun closely follows [[StarWars Luke Skywalker destroying the Death Star]].

* In "Cootie Gras", we have this quote of Mojo Jojo's: "By the way, [[{{Scarface}} have you said hello to my little friend]]?
* In "Silent Treatment" the girls [[MSTing riff on a movie]] {{MST3K}}-style, complete with their upper bodies shown in silhouette.

* The whole "happy paper" callout from ''[[ShowWithinAShow The Wondrous World of Whimsical Willy]]'' in the episode "Neighbour Hood" is likely a reference to the infamous New Year's episode of ''Soupy Sales'', where the performer asked his children audience to send him the "green pieces of paper with pictures of guys in beards" from their parents' wallet.

* The episode "Jewel of the Aisle" centers around a robber disguised as the Lucky Captain Rabbit King trying to steal the girls' Lucky Captain Rabbit King Nuggets cereal using various disguises. See CerealViceReward.
* Also in Jewel of the Aisle, the girls watch a cartoon called [[BeastMachines Mech-Animals]].
* The entire plot of "I See a Funny Cartoon in Your Future" is structured to resemble a RockyAndBullwinkle episode, right down to the endless array of [[AWorldWidePunomenon puns.]] (They even got June Foray, the voice of Natasha, to play the villain!)

* In the first Rowdy Ruff Boys episode in Season 1, Bubbles crashes through a window and apologizes to the clerk, [[SesameStreet "sorry about your window Mr. Looper."]] with which the clerk states [[TheyCallMeMisterTibbs "Its Hooper!! Hooper!!!"]]

* In the season 2 episode, ''Pet Fued,'' The Professor creates the perfect pet, a fluffy cute furry creature, and has only one rule, to [[Gremlins2TheNewBatch "only feed it once!"]]

* In the first Rowdy Ruff Boys episode in Season 1, Bubbles crashes through a window and apologizes to the clerk, [[SesameStreet "sorry about your window Mr. Looper."]] with which the clerk states [[TheyCallMeMisterTibbs "Its Hooper!! Hooper!!!"]]

* In Los Dos Mojos, after knocking out Bubbles, who was convinced she was Mojo Jojo, the real Mojo says [[MontyPythonAndtheHolyGrail "One shall be the number of Mojo Jojos in the world, and the number of Mojo Jojos in the world shall be one. Two Mojo Jojos is too many, and three is right out."]]

* The entire plot of "I See a Funny Cartoon in Your Future" is structured to resemble a RockyAndBullwinkle episode, right down to the endless array of [[AWorldWidePunomenon puns.]] (They even got June Foray, the voice of Natasha, to play the villain!)

* Also in Jewel of the Aisle, the girls watch a cartoon called [[BeastMachines Mech-Animals]].

* The girls' big eyes were inspired by the art of Margaret Keane. Ms. Keane is named after her.

* In the Christmas special, the moment where Princess lifts a bit of glacier with the power of her mind is strongly reminiscent of [[JusticeLeague Star Sapphire]].

* In "Silent Treatment" the girls [[MSTing riff on a movie]] {{MST3K}}-style, complete with their upper bodies shown in silhouette. Not to mention shout-outs to silent film legends like CharlieChaplin, HaroldLloyd & the KeystoneKops.

* The title of the episode "A Very Special Blossom" alludes to the NBC sitcom ''Blossom'' (starring Mayim Bialik) in which every other episode was "a very special" episode.

* The episode "Jewel of the Aisle" centers around a robber disguised as the Lucky Captain Rabbit King trying to steal the girls' Lucky Captain Rabbit King Nuggets cereal using various disguises. See the CerealViceReward example above.