History WesternAnimation / ThePowerpuffGirls1998

* MyNameIsNotDurwood: The girls would sometimes encounter people who call them the Powderpuff Girls or something similar.
** Major Glory in paricular not only calls them by that name, but he also uses "Sugarpuffs" twice. He also calls the individual girls "Butterdish", "Caboodles", "Blaze'em", and "Bless'em".

* TheCityVsTheCountry: In "Town and Out", the Utonium family moves to the metropolis of Cytysville, only to realize that it can't compare to Townsville, their original home.

* HoYay: In the episode called "The City of Clipsville," Professor Utonium is about to marry Ms. Bellum. But then when he takes off her veil to see her face, it turns out to be [[spoiler: Mojo Jojo]] who reveals that he has always loved the professor. This is also a serious example of GettingCrapPastTheRadar.

* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Buttercup and Bubbles, respectively.

* AlternativeForeignThemeSong: The show has [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XYexfaVDtrM a couple]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EE2Ck59tYSw opening]] [[http://nicoviewer.net/nm13169305 and]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMF6-6Zvq8M ending]] songs in Japan. Most of them were written by Power Puff Soul, a band of singers who joined together for this series, and one of the members includes MegumiHayashibara!

** The entirety of [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9EuPr6K_bW8 "Bubblevicious"]] is dedicated to Bubbles going on a rampage after her button (being treated as harmless and weak by everyone, even her own family) is pressed one time too many. She calms down at the end, [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown but then Mojo zaps her with a laser (again)...]]

* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: Mojo Jojo. That is to say, he speaks in a manner that is highly repetitive and frequently says things that he has already said at an earlier point in time and is now redundantly saying again, thus causing the audience to wonder if they are hearing the same thing multiple times, for they are hearing dialogue that they have already been exposed to, for he has already said it.
** He does go the extra mile to deny it:

* SlippySlideyIceWorld: Blossom turns Pokey Oaks Kindergarten into one through [[BlowYouAway Exhalation of]] [[AnIcePerson chilly air]].

** Blossom might end up in the middle, however.

* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Buttercup and Bubbles.

->''Sugar...spice...and everything nice. These were the ingredients chosen to create [[ArtificialHuman the perfect little girls]]. But Professor Utonium accidentally added an extra ingredient to the concoction: [[AppliedPhlebotinum Chemical X]]! Thus, the Powerpuff Girls were born! Using their [[FlyingBrick ultra-superpowers]], Blossom, Bubbles, and Buttercup have dedicated their lives to fighting crime and the forces of evil!''

* Satire: It's a series about three little girls with super powers who solve every problem with punching people really hard. So, yeah, it's a satire of children's cartoons and the super hero genre.

* AttackOfTheFiftyFootWhatever: OneWingedAngel!Mojo Jojo at the climax of TheMovie.

* TheBeatles: "Meet The Beat-Alls".

* CuteKitten: The episode "Catastrophe", in which the Powerpuff Girls have to find one of the kittens for a [[AttackOfThe50FootWhatever giant monster]] in order to help him leave Townsville alone.

* FreudWasRight: Entire episodes like "Members Only" and "The Boys Are Back In Town" are ''[[GettingCrapPastTheRadar beyond disturbing]]''.

* EverythingsCuterWithKittens: The episode "Catastrophe", in which the Powerpuff Girls have to find one of the kittens for a [[AttackOfThe50FootWhatever giant monster]] in order to help him leave Townsville alone.

* {{Foil}}: The girls are foils to each other in different ways.
** FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: Bubbles and Blossom.
** RedOniBlueOni: Buttercup and Blossom. Their personal colors may not match this trope, but their personalities sure do.
** TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Buttercup and Bubbles.

InnocentSwearing: In the episode "Curses", the girls overhear Professor Utonium using a naughty word and start using it themselves. Many {{Sound Effect Bleep}}s ensue.

* Satire: It's a series of three little girls with super powers who solve every problem with punching people really hard. Yeah it's a super hero satire.

** The girls can fly [[BeyondTheImpossible faster than the speed of light]].