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* Rainbow the Clown was originally not going to be beaten up by the Powerpuffs at the end of "Mime for a Change". The executives wanted the Girls to beat him like they would with any normal villain.
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* The original tone of the cartoon was meant to be much more adult and was titled [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qsx0uF80n8U "The Whoopass Girls,"]]. One can only imagine what that series would've been like if Craig hadn't made it more kid friendly.
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* The original tone of the cartoon was meant to be much more adult and was titled [[https://www.''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qsx0uF80n8U "The Whoopass Girls,"]].Stew!]]''. One can only imagine what that series would've been like if Craig hadn't made it more kid friendly.
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* The German dub was commisioned in early 2000 for KIKA, but they never ended up airing it, and the show went to Supe4 RTL instead.
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* Music/DavidByrne was due to appear on the ''Heroes & Villains'' album, duetting with his daughter Malu on a song entitled "Buttercup, Blossom, and Bubbles Say", but for unknown reasons the song was cut.
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* The original tone of the cartoon was meant to be much more adult and was titled [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qsx0uF80n8U "The Whoopass Girls".Girls,"]]. One can only imagine what that series would've been like if Craig hadn't made it more kid friendly.
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* Buttercup was originally named Bud.
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* Also (in [=McCracken=]'s first sketch), [[http://cmcc.deviantart.com/art/1st-PPG-Drawing-75162491 the Girls originally had slightly different designs]] such as different dress styles, having lines drawn on their hands to represent fingers (as opposed to the fingerless nubs they currently have), their hair being drawn slightly different, etc. However the biggest design change was that Bubbles was originally the green one and Buttercup the blue. No one knows whether that design would have an impact on their names and personalities (or even the show itself).
* Buttercup's name was originally going to be [[TomboyishName Bud]], to accentuate her tomboy attitude. The reason it didn't stick was because one of [=McCracken=]'s friends found the name too short and abrupt when compared to the other two. The current name was suggested and taken as it had a nice ring to it, and while also keeping the B ThemeNaming.
* Buttercup's name was originally going to be [[TomboyishName Bud]], to accentuate her tomboy attitude. The reason it didn't stick was because one of [=McCracken=]'s friends found the name too short and abrupt when compared to the other two. The current name was suggested and taken as it had a nice ring to it, and while also keeping the B ThemeNaming.
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!''Franchise/ThePowerpuffGirls''
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!!''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls1998''
* Before the Girls, Craig played around with a luchador superhero character as the star for his thesis film, but after drawing a birthday card for his brother with three cute, Margret Keane-inspired girls, he though the idea of those little girls fighting bad guys was hilarious and chose that instead.
* Buttercup was originally named Bud.
* The original tone of the cartoon was meant to be much more adult and was titled "The Whoopass Girls". One can only imagine what that series would've been like if Craig hadn't made it more kid friendly.
* The show came close to being Creator/CartoonNetwork's first original series, but the network changed their minds at the last minute and chose ''WesternAnimation/DextersLaboratory'' instead.
* One planned episode, ''Deja View'', about the girls visiting an alternate universe ruled by their evil versions, ended up being cancelled due to the visuals requiring the budget to go overboard. It wound up being given to the DC comic book writers and turned into [[MilestoneCelebration the 50th issue]] of the DC comic.
* As said on the main page, Craig wanted Jack Black to voice the Gnome in "See Me, Feel Me, Gnomey", but they couldn't, due to him being too busy and expensive.
* According to Craig on [[http://crackmccraigen.tumblr.com/post/144108197029/if-anything-there-should-be-a-batman-crossover this]] post, one rejected idea the team had considered was doing a [[Franchise/DCAnimatedUniverse DCAU]] crossover. In it, the Joker came to Townsville and started wreaking havoc, only for the girls to be stopped at every turn by the mayor because [[NoSuchThingAsBadPublicity the city's been put on the map for being targeted by an A-list villain.]] They wanted to use Bruce Timm's designs for the characters and have Creator/MarkHamill reprise his role as the Joker as well.
* Cartoon Network wanted a seventh season of the show, maybe more, before Craig [=McCracken=] and Chris Savino both decided that it ran its course and end it after six seasons.
!!''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirlsMovie''
* Craig [=McCracken=] originally pitched the movie to have the show's regular villains argue over who would rule Townsville. Craig found that it left little screen time for the girls, so he pitched the origin story.
* The movie bore the secondary titles "First Flight" and "Maiden Voyage" during production.
* [=McCracken=] has stated through his social media that he originally intended for the movie to be even darker, aiming to make it for "25-year-old guys". This was actually due to Cartoon Network and Warner Bros. going through the early phases of their experimental "adult animation" period that would lead to the creation of Creator/AdultSwim (other products of this including the likes of the Creator/JohnKricfalusi-esque ''The Flintstones on the Rocks'' and the live action ''Film/ScoobyDoo'' movie originally being intended for older audiences with an R rating). However Warner Bros. later backed down from this idea and requested the film be toned down to a PG rating (the ''Scooby Doo'' movie was similarly affected by having much of the adult humor cut out of the final film in order to get a PG rating).
* It was planned for other shows such as ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'' and ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy'' to have theatrical films following this movie. But due to the film underperforming, Cartoon Network backed away from feature films and have since stuck with made-for-TV movies for their shows. This is also why the ''WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack'' GrandFinale movie languished in development hell for over a decade, before it was decided to produce a fifth season.
* Craig asked Music/{{Gorillaz}} if they could do a song for the film. But that never came to pass due to scheduling conflicts. They ended up making a cameo on a newspaper that Mojo is reading.
!!''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls2016''
* While they could go ahead with or without him, Craig [=McCracken=] was given the option to return for the reboot, but was under contract to Disney at the time and was too busy with ''WesternAnimation/WanderOverYonder''.
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!!''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls1998''
* Before the Girls, Craig played around with a luchador superhero character as the star for his thesis film, but after drawing a birthday card for his brother with three cute, Margret Keane-inspired girls, he though the idea of those little girls fighting bad guys was hilarious and chose that instead.
* Buttercup was originally named Bud.
* The original tone of the cartoon was meant to be much more adult and was titled "The Whoopass Girls". One can only imagine what that series would've been like if Craig hadn't made it more kid friendly.
* The show came close to being Creator/CartoonNetwork's first original series, but the network changed their minds at the last minute and chose ''WesternAnimation/DextersLaboratory'' instead.
* One planned episode, ''Deja View'', about the girls visiting an alternate universe ruled by their evil versions, ended up being cancelled due to the visuals requiring the budget to go overboard. It wound up being given to the DC comic book writers and turned into [[MilestoneCelebration the 50th issue]] of the DC comic.
* As said on the main page, Craig wanted Jack Black to voice the Gnome in "See Me, Feel Me, Gnomey", but they couldn't, due to him being too busy and expensive.
* According to Craig on [[http://crackmccraigen.tumblr.com/post/144108197029/if-anything-there-should-be-a-batman-crossover this]] post, one rejected idea the team had considered was doing a [[Franchise/DCAnimatedUniverse DCAU]] crossover. In it, the Joker came to Townsville and started wreaking havoc, only for the girls to be stopped at every turn by the mayor because [[NoSuchThingAsBadPublicity the city's been put on the map for being targeted by an A-list villain.]] They wanted to use Bruce Timm's designs for the characters and have Creator/MarkHamill reprise his role as the Joker as well.
* Cartoon Network wanted a seventh season of the show, maybe more, before Craig [=McCracken=] and Chris Savino both decided that it ran its course and end it after six seasons.
!!''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirlsMovie''
* Craig [=McCracken=] originally pitched the movie to have the show's regular villains argue over who would rule Townsville. Craig found that it left little screen time for the girls, so he pitched the origin story.
* The movie bore the secondary titles "First Flight" and "Maiden Voyage" during production.
* [=McCracken=] has stated through his social media that he originally intended for the movie to be even darker, aiming to make it for "25-year-old guys". This was actually due to Cartoon Network and Warner Bros. going through the early phases of their experimental "adult animation" period that would lead to the creation of Creator/AdultSwim (other products of this including the likes of the Creator/JohnKricfalusi-esque ''The Flintstones on the Rocks'' and the live action ''Film/ScoobyDoo'' movie originally being intended for older audiences with an R rating). However Warner Bros. later backed down from this idea and requested the film be toned down to a PG rating (the ''Scooby Doo'' movie was similarly affected by having much of the adult humor cut out of the final film in order to get a PG rating).
* It was planned for other shows such as ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'' and ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy'' to have theatrical films following this movie. But due to the film underperforming, Cartoon Network backed away from feature films and have since stuck with made-for-TV movies for their shows. This is also why the ''WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack'' GrandFinale movie languished in development hell for over a decade, before it was decided to produce a fifth season.
* Craig asked Music/{{Gorillaz}} if they could do a song for the film. But that never came to pass due to scheduling conflicts. They ended up making a cameo on a newspaper that Mojo is reading.
!!''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls2016''
* While they could go ahead with or without him, Craig [=McCracken=] was given the option to return for the reboot, but was under contract to Disney at the time and was too busy with ''WesternAnimation/WanderOverYonder''.
