History YMMV / ThePowerpuffGirls

* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: That... weird hot dog song in the first episode.

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: Similar to the below mentioned "Beat Alls" example, Cartoon Network actually did manage to get former Beatle Music/RingoStarr to guest star in the 2014 computer animated special as a math themed celebrity named [[PunnyName Fibonacci Sequin]], but he doesn't get many speaking lines (though he does drop a hilarious Beatles reference at one point) and never sings (odd when one remembers that dancing played a part in the special's plot). At the very least, though, CN and Ringo did make a song and music video called "Wish I Was a Powerpuff Girl" that aired during commercial breaks leading up to the special.

** What with the AdultFear he goes through several times, it's hard not to feel bad for Professor Utonium, especially if one is a parent themselves.

** Ms Bellum, since she has to deal with the Mayor's idiocy a lot.

* 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.

* MoralEventHorizon:
** Dick Hardly crosses it in "Knock it Off" by murdering a perfect Buttercup clone for her Chemical X. And later on, he tries to kill the real Girls for more Chemical X, and forces Professor Utonium to watch in horror as they die. This is most likely the main reason why he is only the most evil man in the show to be KilledOffForReal.
** In-Universe example in "'Twas the Fight Before Christmas", after Santa realizes that Princess tricked him into thinking that she was the only nice kid in the world by switching his Nice and Naughty lists around, which allowed her to finally receive her wish to become a Powerpuff Girl and the powers to go with it, while also condemning all the truly nice children who earned their spots on his Nice list to a heartbreaking Christmas of coal (and breaking St. Nick's spirit and faith in humanity in the process), he decides that she has crossed it and puts her on the Permanent Naughty Plaque.
** Speaking of Princess Morebucks, legalizing crime would technically be this if it wasn’t played for laughs.

** Princess Morebucks will mostly be remembered for starting Film/ThePurge.

** In "'Twas the Fight Before Christmas", after Santa realizes that Princess tricked him into thinking that she was the only nice kid in the world by switching his Nice and Naughty lists around, which allowed her to finally receive her wish to become a Powerpuff Girl and the powers to go with it, while also condemning all the truly nice children who earned their spots on his Nice list to a heartbreaking Christmas of coal (and breaking St. Nick's spirit and faith in humanity in the process), he decides that she has crossed it and puts her on the Permanent Naughty Plaque.

** The episode "The City of Clipsville" was going to have a scene where [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/powerpuff/images/c/c7/Ppg_storyboard_by_zombie2-d9ju2gq.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20180731203051 the Powerpuffs become teen pop stars and twerk while smacking butts]], which never made it past the storyboard stages. Then comes the 2016 reboot episode "Painbow", which '''did''' have a scene where Blossom and Bubbles twerk (who are supposed to be '''''minors'''''). This is made even worse when [[https://mobile.twitter.com/pyramidserum/status/1167861424787341312?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1167861424787341312&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fs9e.github.io%2Fiframe%2F2%2Ftwitter.min.html%231167861424787341312 Julia Vickerman]], who co-wrote the episode "Painbow", was revealed to have made several pedophilic posts on her social media.

** Seasons five and six mark a noticeable decline in quality, making the jokes much more cruder than in previous episodes and putting the characters through very noticeable {{Flanderization}}. This is because Craig and most of his crew left to work on ''Foster's Home For Imaginary Friends'', leaving the show to [[ProductionPosse the same showrunner and production team]] that worked on ''Dexter's Laboratory'' during SeasonalRot while Genndy Tartakovsky was working ''Samurai Jack''.

** Rainbow the Clown. He wasn't even in control of his actions while in Mr. Mime mode, so him getting beaten and arrested can come off as harsh.

* TheScrappy: The Mayor after {{Flanderization}}, when he became the worst possible combination of ManChild and TheLoad. He also seemed to be a minor CreatorsPet in the final seasons. Contrast with the earlier seasons where he's ''this'' close to being an EnsembleDarkhorse.

** Blossom, Bubbles, and even the Professor in “Moral Decay.” Yes, Buttercup attempting to knock out Bubbles teeth for profit until the Professor stopped her was awful. Buttercup knocking out the teeth for profit of villains who were doing nothing wrong, was awful, and completely worthy of punishment. But we’re really supposed to believe [[DisproportionateRetribution she deserved to have her sisters team up with Mojo Jojo and the group of 15+ villains she knocked the teeth out of, not all of them illegally in universe, to have the teeth beaten out of her mouth as karma, while they watched it happens from the sidelines in sadistic glee?]] Not to mention the fact that the Professor comes across as an [[CharacterDerailment incredibly out of character indifferent and neglectful bad parent]] in regards to Buttercup’s downfall at the end of this segment, and even if he has valid reasons to be disappointed in Buttercup for her crimes and to punish her, [[OutofCharacterMoment his seeming lack of concern for his daughter’s suffering at the end doesn’t make any sense at all,]] coming from the same parent of the previous episode “PowerProf.,” who [[OverprotectiveDad was so worried about his super-powered little kids getting injured in fights against criminals and monsters when he started fighting crime with the three of them that he even forced Blossom, Bubbles, and Buttercup to wear helmets, elbow-pads, and knee-pads when they went to go battle Mojo Jojo?]] Yeah, Buttercup is a super-powered child in a cartoon where characters easily fully recover and survive from getting horribly beaten up and injured all the time, Buttercup was being a criminal, who deserved to be punished, and the Professor does know this. However, that still doesn’t make his [[OutOfCharacter completely out of character seemingly indifferent attitude towards Buttercup’s suffering at the end of the episode feel any better,]] especially since Blossom and Bubbles aren’t punished for setting their sister up in a trap to get her teeth knocked out by every villain she knocked the teeth from out of. Granted, we could assume that Blossom and Bubbles never told him about their involvement in getting Buttercup beat up, but his seemingly indifferent reaction to Buttercup’s suffering at the end, and the fact that Blossom and Bubbles are never punished for setting their sister up in a trap to get her teeth beaten out of her, implies a lot of unfortunate things.

** The Justice Friends were this as well. They're known as true heroes, but still acted very condescending, and mocked both the Girls and each other. But, with the [[LaserGuidedKarma comeuppance]] [[HumiliationConga they all received]] at the end, this was clearly intentional.

** Blossom, Bubbles, and even the Professor in “Moral Decay.” Yes, Buttercup attempting to knock out Bubbles teeth for profit until the Professor stopped her was awful. Buttercup knocking out the teeth for profit of villains who were doing nothing wrong, was awful, and completely worthy of punishment. But we’re really supposed to believe [[DisproportionateRetribution she deserved to have her sisters team up with Mojo Jojo and the group of 15+ villains she knocked the teeth out of]], not all of them illegally in universe, to have the teeth beaten out of her mouth as karma, while they watched it happens from the sidelines in sadistic glee? Not to mention the fact that the Professor comes across as an [[CharacterDerailment incredibly out of character bad parent to all three of the girls]], and particularly Buttercup in this segment.

** Blossom, Bubbles, and even the Professor in “Moral Decay.” Yes, Buttercup attempting to knock out Bubbles teeth for profit until the Professor stopped her was awful. Buttercup knocking out the teeth for profit of villains who were doing nothing wrong, was awful, and completely worthy of punishment. But we’re really supposed to believe [[DisproportionateRetribution she deserved to have her sisters team up with Mojo Jojo and the group of 15+ villains she knocked the teeth out of, not all of them illegally in universe, to have the teeth beaten out of her mouth as karma, while they watched it happens from the sidelines in sadistic glee?]] Not to mention the fact that the Professor comes across as an [[CharacterDerailment incredibly out of character bad parent to all three of the girls, and particularly Buttercup in this segment.]] The Professor’s character was generally a [[GoodParents good dad, who was involved in his girls lives, and a reasonable authority figure. He was kind, caring, intelligent, protective, and reasonably strict. He checked up on the girls before bed to tell them bedtime stories and tuck them in, cleaned the house, cooked, did the laundry, woke the girls up in the morning, gave them good advice, hung out with them in his free time, packed their lunches, and risked his life to protect them on several occasions before.]] In the few instances when he DID lose focus of the girls as their father because he fell in love with a woman or got obsessed with material objects, such as “Mommy Fearest,” “A Very Special Blossom,” “Keen on Keane,” and “Coupe’detat [[JerkassRealization he would realize that he was wrong, own up to it at the end, take some responsibility for it, and try to make it better.]] Here in “Moral Decay," the audience is supposed to believe that Professor Utonium [[IdiotPlot didn’t realize that one of his daughters was collecting a stash of money for several days, and hiding it under the bed until Blossom and Bubbles tell him.]] Two episodes earlier in “PowerProf,” he was upset about not being able to spend more time with his kids because they had to keep going to save the made Blossom, Bubbles, and Buttercup [[OverprotectiveDad wear helmets, elbow-pads, and knee-pads to go battle Mojo Jojo because he was afraid of the girls getting “boo-boos,”]] but in “Moral Decay” [[OutofCharacterMoment he doesn’t seem to be too concerned that one of his daughters got most of her teeth knocked out, Blossom and Bubbles don’t get chewed out by him at all for setting Buttercup in a trap to get her teeth knocked out, and he doesn’t take any sort of partial responsibility in Buttercup’s crimes and eventual downfall for not figuring out what was going on sooner, so he could put a stop to it.]] He just gives her a cold look after telling her he [[DisappointedInYou he “can’t say he’s proud of her”]] after Buttercup gives him a nervous, largely toothless, grin. Granted, he has good reason to be disappointed in Buttercup here, but he was the parent who seemingly neglected to figure out what Buttercup was doing and put a stop to it sooner in this episode over the course of several days. She just got hurt pretty badly, so you’d think [[OutOfCharacterMoment he’d have more compassion for her, and take at least partial responsibility for her ultimate downfall.]]

** Many fans also pretend the episode “Moral Decay” never happened because the writing made everyone in the Utonium family come across as [[JerkassBall very uncharacteristically unlikable at one point or another ]] in order to turn Buttercup into a [[CompressedVice very uncharacteristically greedy and sadistic villain] and the [[UnintentionallySympathetic punching bag]]. Sure, Buttercup was a greedy little monster in “Moral Decay,” but [[DisproportinateRetribution she didn’t deserve to get set up by her sisters in a trap where most of her teeth knocked out at the hands of the villains she knocked the teeth out of, not all of them illegally in universe either.]] Mojo Jojo, Fuzzy Lumpkins, HIM, and The GangGreen Gang were innocents in “Moral Decay” when Buttercup knocked out their teeth for profit, but the other villains she knocked the teeth out of were actively committing crimes that she and her sisters were stopping, so it was considered fair game within universe to knock out theirs. Technically, Buttercup only committed crimes in universe against seven villains, but there were more than just the seven villains she wronged in that crowd of people. Not to mention the fact that [[DoubleStandards Blossom and Bubbles are actually framed as being in the “right” for selling out their sister to get most of her teeth knocked out, while they watch on sadistically]] and Professor Utonium [[OutofCharacterMoment doesn’t seem too concerned that one of his daughters got injured at the end.]] Even if we assume that he never found out what Blossom and Bubbles did to set Buttercup up in a trap to get beat up, and even if he has good reason to be disappointed in Buttercup for the [[DrivenToVillainy dark lengths her greediness drove her to,]] the [[OutOfCharacterMoment the seemingly indifferent reaction he has to one of his daughters being physically injured is so wildly out of character of a reaction from the same dad,]] who just two episodes earlier before in “Powerprof.,” made [[OverprotectiveDad Blossom, Bubbles, and Buttercup wear helmets, elbow-pads, and knee-pads to go battle Mojo Jojo when he was fighting crime with them because he was afraid of them getting “boo-boos.”]] Thus, many fans despised this episode, seeing it as [[SadistShow just too mean-spirited]] and [[CharacterDerailment entirely out of character]] for the entire Utonium family, so they [[FanonDiscontinuity pretend it never happened]].

** Blossom, Bubbles, and even the Professor in “Moral Decay.” Yes, Buttercup attempting to knock out Bubbles teeth for profit until the Professor stopped her was awful. Buttercup knocking out the teeth for profit of villains who were doing nothing wrong, was awful, and completely worthy of punishment. But we’re really supposed to believe [[DisproportionateRetribution she deserved to have her sisters team up with Mojo Jojo and the group of 15+ villains she wronged to have her teeth beaten out of her mouth, while they watched it happens from the sidelines in sadistic glee?]] Not to mention the fact that the Professor comes across as an [[CharacterDerailment incredibly out of character bad parent to all three of the girls, and particularly Buttercup in this segment.]] The Professor’s character was generally a [[GoodParents good dad, who was involved in his girls lives, and a reasonable authority figure. He was kind, caring, intelligent, protective, and reasonably strict. He checked up on the girls before bed to tell them bedtime stories and tuck them in, cleaned the house, cooked, did the laundry, woke the girls up in the morning, gave them good advice, hung out with them in his free time, packed their lunches, and risked his life to protect them on several occasions before.]] In the few instances when he DID lose focus of the girls as their father because he fell in love with a woman or got obsessed with material objects, such as “Mommy Fearest,” “A Very Special Blossom,” “Keen on Keane,” and “Coupe’detat [[JerkassRealization he would realize that he was wrong, own up to it at the end, take some responsibility for it, and try to make it better.]] Here in “Moral Decay," the audience is supposed to believe that Professor Utonium [[IdiotPlot didn’t realize that one of his daughters was collecting a stash of money for several days, and hiding it under the bed until Blossom and Bubbles tell him.]] Two episodes earlier in “PowerProf,” he was upset about not being able to spend more time with his kids because they had to keep going to save the made Blossom, Bubbles, and Buttercup [[OverprotectiveDad wear helmets, elbow-pads, and knee-pads to go battle Mojo Jojo because he was afraid of the girls getting “boo-boos,”]] but in “Moral Decay” [[OutofCharacterMoment he doesn’t seem to be too concerned that one of his daughters got most of her teeth knocked out, Blossom and Bubbles don’t get chewed out by him at all for setting Buttercup in a trap to get her teeth knocked out, and he doesn’t take any sort of partial responsibility in Buttercup’s crimes and eventual downfall for not figuring out what was going on sooner, so he could put a stop to it.]] He just gives her a cold look after telling her he [[DisappointedInYou he “can’t say he’s proud of her”]] after Buttercup gives him a nervous, largely toothless, grin. Granted, he has good reason to be disappointed in Buttercup here, but he was the parent who seemingly neglected to figure out what Buttercup was doing and put a stop to it sooner in this episode over the course of several days. She just got hurt pretty badly, so you’d think [[OutOfCharacterMoment he’d have more compassion for her, and take at least partial responsibility for her ultimate downfall.]]

** Blossom, Bubbles, and even the Professor in “Moral Decay.” Yes, Buttercup attempting to knock out Bubbles teeth for profit until the Professor stopped her was awful. Buttercup knocking out the teeth for profit of villains who were doing nothing wrong, was awful, and completely worthy of punishment. But we’re really supposed to believe [[DisproportionateRetribution she deserved to have her sisters team up with Mojo Jojo and the group of 15+ villains she wronged to have her teeth beaten out of her mouth, while they watched it happens from the sidelines in sadistic glee?]] Not to mention the fact that the Professor comes across as an [[CharacterDerailment incredibly out of character bad dad to all three of the girls, and particularly Buttercup in this segment.]] The Professor’s character was generally a [[GoodParents good dad, who was involved in his girls lives, and a reasonable authority figure. He was kind, caring, intelligent, protective, and reasonably strict. He checked up on the girls before bed to tell them bedtime stories and tuck them in, cleaned the house, cooked, did the laundry, woke the girls up in the morning, gave them good advice, hung out with them in his free time, packed their lunches, and risked his life to protect them on several occasions before.]] In the few instances when he DID lose focus of the girls as their father because he fell in love with a woman or got obsessed with material objects, such as “Mommy Fearest,” “A Very Special Blossom,” “Keen on Keane,” and “Coupe’detat [[JerkassRealization he would realize that he was wrong, own up to it at the end, take some responsibility for it, and try to make it better.]] Here in “Moral Decay," the audience is supposed to believe that Professor Utonium [[IdiotPlot didn’t realize that one of his daughters was collecting a stash of money for several days, and hiding it under the bed until Blossom and Bubbles tell him.]] Two episodes earlier in “PowerProf,” he was upset about not being able to spend more time with his kids because they had to keep going to save the made Blossom, Bubbles, and Buttercup [[OverprotectiveDad wear helmets, elbow-pads, and knee-pads to go battle Mojo Jojo because he was afraid of the girls getting “boo-boos,” but in “Moral Decay” [[OutofCharacterMoment he doesn’t seem to be too concerned that one of his daughters got most of her teeth knocked out, Blossom and Bubbles don’t get chewed out by him for setting Buttercup in a trap to get her teeth knocked out, and he doesn’t take any sort of partial responsibility in Buttercup’s crimes and eventual downfall for not figuring out what was going on sooner, so he could put a stop to it.]] He just gives her a cold look after telling her he [[DisappointedInYou he “can’t say he’s proud of her”]] after Buttercup gives him a nervous, largely toothless, grin. Granted, he has good reason to be disappointed in Buttercup here, but he was the parent who seemingly neglected to figure out what Buttercup was doing and put a stop to it sooner in this episode over the course of several days. She just got hurt pretty badly, so you’d think [[OutOfCharacterMoment he’d have more compassion for her, and take at least partial responsibility for her ultimate downfall.]]

** Blossom, Bubbles, and even the Professor in “Moral Decay.” Yes, Buttercup attempting to knock out Bubbles teeth for profit until the Professor stopped her was awful. Buttercup knocking out the teeth for profit of villains who were doing nothing wrong, was awful, and completely worthy of punishment. But we’re really supposed to believe [[DisproportionateRetribution she deserved to have her sisters team up with Mojo Jojo and the group of 15+ villains she wronged to have her teeth beaten out of her mouth, while they watched it happens from the sidelines in sadistic glee?]] Not to mention the fact that the Professor comes across as an [[CharacterDerailment incredibly out of character bad dad to all three of the girls, and particularly Buttercup in this segment. [[DoubleStandards Unless we assume that Blossom and Bubbles didn’t tell the Professor that they set Buttercup up in a trap to get her teeth knocked out, how is it fair that they aren’t at all in trouble for getting their sister beat up?]] The Professor’s character was generally a [[GoodParents good dad, who was involved in his girls lives, and a reasonable authority figure. He was kind, caring, intelligent, protective, and reasonably strict. He checked up on the girls before bed to tell them bedtime stories and tuck them in, cleaned the house, cooked, did the laundry, woke the girls up in the morning, gave them good advice, hung out with them in his free time, packed their lunches, and risked his life to protect them on several occasions before.]] In the few instances when he DID lose focus of the girls as their father because he fell in love with a woman or got obsessed with material objects, such as “Mommy Fearest,” “A Very Special Blossom,” “Keen on Keane,” and “Coupe’detat [[JerkassRealization he would realize that he was wrong, own up to it at the end, take some responsibility for it, and try to make it better.]] Here in “Moral Decay," the audience is supposed to believe that Professor Utonium [[IdiotPlot didn’t realize that one of his daughters was collecting a stash of money for several days, and hiding it under the bed until Blossom and Bubbles tell him.]] Two episodes earlier in “PowerProf,” he was upset about not being able to spend more time with his kids because they had to keep going to save the made Blossom, Bubbles, and Buttercup [[OverprotectiveDad wear helmets, elbow-pads, and knee-pads to go battle Mojo Jojo because he was afraid of the girls getting “boo-boos.”]] Despite this, in “Moral Decay” [[OutofCharacterMoment he doesn’t seem to be too concerned that one of his daughters got most of her teeth knocked out, Blossom and Bubbles don’t get chewed out by him for setting Buttercup in a trap to get her teeth knocked out, and he doesn’t take any sort of partial responsibility in Buttercup’s crimes and eventual downfall for not figuring out what was going on sooner, so he could put a stop to it.]] He just gives her a cold look after telling her he [[DisappointedInYou he “can’t say he’s proud of her”]] after Buttercup gives him a nervous, largely toothless, grin. Granted, he has good reason to be disappointed in Buttercup here, but he was the parent who neglected to figure out what Buttercup was doing and put a stop to it sooner, so it [[OutOfCharacterMoment doesn’t make any sense that he wouldn’t feel at least PARTIALLY responsible for her criminal activity and ultimate downfall]].

** Blossom, Bubbles, and even the Professor in “Moral Decay.” Yes, Buttercup attempting to knock out Bubbles teeth for profit until the Professor stopped her was awful. Buttercup knocking out the teeth for profit of villains who were doing nothing wrong, was awful, and completely worthy of punishment. But we’re really supposed to believe [[DisproportionateRetribution she deserved to have her sisters team up with Mojo Jojo and the group of 15+ villains she wronged to have her teeth beaten out of her mouth, while they watched it happens from the sidelines in sadistic glee?]] Not to mention the fact that the Professor comes across as an [[CharacterDerailment incredibly out of character [[BadDad bad parent in regards to all three of the girls, and particularly Buttercup in this segment. [[DoubleStandards Unless we assume that Blossom and Bubbles didn’t tell the Professor that they set Buttercup up in a trap to get her teeth knocked out, how is it fair that they aren’t punished for getting their sister beat up?]] The Professor’s character was generally a [[GoodParents good dad, who was involved in his girls lives, and a reasonable authority figure. He was kind, caring, intelligent, protective, and reasonably strict. He checked up on the girls before bed to tell them bedtime stories and tuck them in, cleaned the house, cooked, did the laundry, woke the girls up in the morning, gave them good advice, hung out with them in his free time, packed their lunches, and risked his life to protect them on several occasions before.]] In the few instances when he DID lose focus of the girls as their father because he fell in love with a woman or got obsessed with material objects, such as “Mommy Fearest,” “A Very Special Blossom,” “Keen on Keane,” and “Coupe’detat [[JerkassRealization he would realize that he was wrong, own up to it at the end, take some responsibility for it, and try to make it better.]] Here in “Moral Decay," the audience is supposed to believe that Professor Utonium [[IdiotPlot didn’t realize that one of his daughters was collecting a stash of money for several days, and hiding it under the bed until Blossom and Bubbles tell him.]] Two episodes earlier in “PowerProf,” he was upset about not being able to spend more time with his kids because they had to keep going to save the made Blossom, Bubbles, and Buttercup [[OverprotectiveDad wear helmets, elbow-pads, and knee-pads to go battle Mojo Jojo because he was afraid of the girls getting “boo-boos.”]] Despite this, in “Moral Decay” [[OutofCharacterMoment he doesn’t seem to be too concerned that one of his daughters got most of her teeth knocked out, or take any sort of partial responsibility in Buttercup’s crimes and eventual downfall for not figuring out what was going on sooner, so he could put a stop to it.]] He just gives her a cold look after telling her he [[DisappointedInYou he “can’t say he’s proud of her”]] after Buttercup gives him a nervous, largely toothless, grin. Granted, he has good reason to be disappointed in Buttercup here, but he was the parent who neglected to figure out what Buttercup was doing and put a stop to it sooner, so it [[OutOfCharacterMoment doesn’t make any sense that he wouldn’t feel at least PARTIALLY responsible for her criminal activity and ultimate downfall]].

** Many fans also pretend the episode “Moral Decay” never happened because the writing made everyone in the Utonium family come across as [[JerkassBall very uncharacteristically unlikable at one point or another ]] in order to turn Buttercup into a [[CompressedVice very uncharacteristically greedy and sadistic villain] and the [[UnintentionallySympathetic punching bag]]. Sure, Buttercup was a greedy little monster in “Moral Decay,” but [[DisproportinateRetribution she didn’t deserve to get set up by her sisters in a trap where most of her teeth knocked out at the hands of the villains she knocked the teeth out of, not all of them illegally in universe either.]] Mojo Jojo, Fuzzy Lumpkins, HIM, and The GangGreen Gang were innocents in “Moral Decay” when Buttercup knocked out their teeth for profit, but the other villains she knocked the teeth out of were actively committing crimes that she and her sisters were stopping, so it was considered fair game within universe to knock out theirs. Technically, Buttercup only committed crimes in universe against seven villains, but there were more than just the seven villains she wronged in that crowd of people. Not to mention the fact that [[DoubleStandards Blossom and Bubbles are actually framed as being in the “right” for selling out their sister to get most of her teeth knocked out, while they watch on sadistically]] and Professor Utonium [[OutofCharacterMoment doesn’t seem too concerned that one of his daughters got injured at the end.]] Even if we assume that he never found out what Blossom and Bubbles did to set Buttercup up in a trap to get beat up, and even if he has good reason to be disappointed in Buttercup for the [[DrivenToVillainy dark lengths her greediness drove her to,]] the [[OutOfCharacterMoment the seemingly indifferent reaction he has to one of his daughters being physically injured is so wildly out of character of a reaction from the same dad,]] who just two episodes earlier before in “Powerprof.,” made [[OverprotectiveDad Blossom, Bubbles, and Buttercup wear helmets, elbow-pads, and knee-pads to go battle Mojo Jojo when he was fighting crime with them because he was afraid of them getting “boo-boos.”]] Many fans thought this episode was [[SadistShow just too mean-spirited]] and [[CharacterDerailment entirely out of character]] for the entire Utonium family, so they [[FanonDiscontinuity pretend it never happened]].

** Blossom, Bubbles, and even the Professor in “Moral Decay.” Yes, Buttercup attempting to knock out Bubbles teeth for profit until the Professor stopped her was awful. Buttercup knocking out the teeth for profit of villains who were doing nothing wrong, was awful, and completely worthy of punishment. But we’re really supposed to believe [[DisproportionateRetribution she deserved to have her sisters team up with Mojo Jojo and the group of 15+ villains she wronged to have her teeth beaten out of her mouth, while her sisters watched it happens from the sidelines in sadistic glee?]] Not to mention the fact that the Professor comes across as an incredibly out of character bad parent in regards to all three of the girls, and particularly Buttercup here. [[{{Hypocrite}} Unless we assume that Blossom and Bubbles didn’t tell the Professor that they set Buttercup up in a trap to get her teeth knocked out, how is it fair that they aren’t punished for getting their sister beat up?]] The Professor’s character was generally a [[GoodParents good dad, who was involved in his girls lives, and a reasonable authority figure. He was kind, caring, intelligent, protective, and reasonably strict. He checked up on the girls before bed to tell them bedtime stories and tuck them in, cleaned the house, cooked, did the laundry, woke the girls up in the morning, gave them good advice, hung out with them in his free time, packed their lunches, and risked his life to protect them on several occasions before.]] In the rare instances when he DID lose focus of the girls as their father because he fell in love or got obsessed with material objects, such as “Mommy Fearest,” “A Very Special Blossom,” “Keen on Keane,” and “Coupe’detat,” he would realize that he was wrong, and snap out of it at the end. Here in “Moral Decay," the audience is supposed to believe that Professor Utonium didn’t realize that one of his daughters was collecting a stash of money, or wonder how she got it within several days until Blossom and Bubbles tell him. Two episodes earlier in “PowerProf,” he made Blossom, Bubbles, and Buttercup [[OverprotectiveDad wear helmets, elbow-pads, and knee-pads to go battle Mojo Jojo because he was afraid of the girls getting “boo-boos,”]] and the same dad from “A Very Special Blossom” and “Ploys R’ Us” wanted to make sure that the girls didn’t get in trouble with the law for committing crimes. Despite this, he doesn’t seem to be too concerned that one of his daughters got most of her teeth knocked out, or take any sort of partial responsibility in Buttercup’s crimes and downfall for not figuring out what was going on sooner and just shrugged Buttercup's injuries off.

** Many fans also pretend the episode “Moral Decay” never happened because the writing made everyone in the Utonium family come across as [[JerkassBall very uncharacteristically unlikable at one point or another ]] in order to turn Buttercup into a [[CompressedVice very uncharacteristically greedy and sadistic villain] and the [[UnintentionallySympathetic punching bag]]. Sure, Buttercup was a greedy little monster in “Moral Decay,” but [[DisproportinateRetribution she didn’t deserve to get all her teeth knocked out at the hands of the villains she wronged, who her sisters set her up in a trap to get beat up by, while they watched on sadistically.]] Not to mention the fact that [[DoubleStandards Blossom and Bubbles are actually framed as being in the “right” for selling out their sister to get most of her teeth knocked out,]] and Professor Utonium [[OutofCharacterMoment doesn’t seem too concerned that one of his daughters got injured at the end.]] Even if we assume that he never found out what Blossom and Bubbles did to set Buttercup up in a trap to get beat up, and even if he has good reason to be disappointed in Buttercup for the [[DrivenToVillainy dark lengths her greediness drove her to,]] the [[OutOfCharacterMoment the seemingly indifferent reaction he has to one of his daughters being physically injured is so wildly out of character of a reaction from the same dad,]] [[Adultfear who built a giant robot for the girls to battle in the episode “Uh Oh, Dynamo,” and forced them to use to fight a giant fish balloon monster because he was terrified of losing them when he saw them losing back in S1]]. Even just two episodes earlier before “Moral Decay” in “Powerprof.,” Professor Utonium made [[OverprotectiveDad Blossom, Bubbles, and Buttercup wear helmets, elbow-pads, and knee-pads to go battle Mojo Jojo when he was fighting crime with them because he was afraid of them getting “boo-boos.”]] Many fans thought this episode was [[SadistShow just too mean-spirited]] and [[CharacterDerailment entirely out of character]] for the entire Utonium family, so they [[FanonDiscontinuity pretend it never happened]].

* NeverLiveItDown: While Buttercup is in fact a JerkWithAHeartOfGold and has proven herself to be a decent person despite her violent and rude ways, a few fans refuse to forget about episodes where she is particularly deplorable such as knocking villains' teeth out just so she can get money in "Moral Decay" and making Bubbles cry in "All Chalked Up".

** Many fans also pretend the episode “Moral Decay” never happened because the writing made everyone in the Utonium family come across as [[JerkassBall very uncharacteristically unlikable at one point or another ]] in order to turn Buttercup into a [[CompressedVice very uncharacteristically greedy and sadistic villain] and the [[UnintentionallySympathetic punching bag.]] The worst part, though, is that Blossom and Bubbles sell her out at the end of the episode, are framed as [[DoubleStandardds “justified” in the narrative setting up to get beat up by the 15+ villains Buttercup wrongfully stole the teeth from for profit, only to sadistically watch from the sidelines. ]] Many fans thought this episode was [[SadistShow just too mean-spirited]] and [[CharacterDerailment entirely out of character]] for the entire Utonium family, so they [[FanonDiscontinuity pretend it never happened]].

** Many fans also pretend the episode “Moral Decay” never happened because the writing made everyone in the Utonium family come across as [CharacterDerailment very uncharacteristically unlikable at one point or another ]] in order to turn Buttercup into a [[CompressedVice very uncharacteristically greedy and sadistic villain]]. The worst part, though, is that Blossom and Bubbles sell her out at the end of the episode, are framed as [[DoubleStandardds “justified” in the narrative setting up to get beat up by the 15+ villains Buttercup wrongfully stole the teeth from for profit, only to sadistically watch from the sidelines. ]] Many fans felt this episode was [[SadistShow just too mean-spirited]] and [[CharacterDerailment out of character]] for the entire Utonium family.

** Blossom, Bubbles, and even the Professor in “Moral Decay.” Yes, Buttercup attempting to knock out Bubbles teeth for profit until the Professor stopped her was awful. Buttercup knocking out the teeth for profit of villains who were doing nothing wrong, was awful, and completely worthy of punishment. But we’re really supposed to believe [[DisproportionateRetribution she deserved to have her sisters team up with Mojo Jojo and the group of 15+ villains she wronged to have her teeth beaten out of her mouth, while her sisters watched it happens from the sidelines in sadistic glee?]] Not to mention the fact that the Professor comes across as an [[CharacterDerailment incredibly out of character bad dad]] in regards to all three of the girls, and particularly Buttercup here. [[{Hypocrisy} Unless we assume that Blossom and Bubbles didn’t tell the Professor that they set Buttercup up in a trap to get her teeth knocked out, how is it fair that they aren’t punished for getting their sister beat up?]] According to the wiki, Buttercup was collecting money from knocking out teeth for 12 days? The Professor’s character was generally a [[GoodDad good dad, who was involved in his girls lives, and a reasonable authority figure. He was kind, caring, intelligent, protective, and reasonably strict. He checked up on the girls before bed to tell them bedtime stories and tuck them in, cleaned the house, cooked, did the laundry, woke the girls up in the morning, gave them good advice, hung out with them in his free time, packed their lunches, and risked his life to protect them on several occasions before.]] In the rare instances when he DID lose focus of the girls as their father because he fell in love or got obsessed with material objects, such as “Mommy Fearest,” “A Very Special Blossom,” “Keen on Keane,” and “Coupe’detat,” he would realize that he was wrong, and snap out of it at the end. Here in “Moral Decay,” we’re really supposed to believe that Professor Utonium didn’t realize that one of his daughters was collecting a stash of money, or wonder how she got it for roughly 12 days until Blossom and Bubbles tell him? You’re telling me that 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 afraid of the girls getting “boo-boos,”]] and the same dad from “A Very Special Blossom” and “Ploys R’ Us,” who wanted to make sure that the girls didn’t get in trouble with the law for committing crimes, [[OutofCharacterMoment doesn’t seem to be too concerned that one of his daughters got most of her teeth knocked out, or take any sort of partial responsibility in Buttercup’s crimes and downfall for not figuring out what was going on sooner? ]] I hate how the writers sometimes [[CharacterDerailment derailed either Buttercup, her friends, the city, and/or even her own family]] to frame her in a negative light, make her the butt-monkey, make her suffer, and/or make her a recipient of double standards and disproportionate retribution that got framed as “justified.” It’s like the writers hated her character.

** Blossom, Bubbles, and even the Professor in “Moral Decay.” Yes, Buttercup attempting to knock out Bubbles teeth for profit until the Professor stopped her was awful. Buttercup knocking out the teeth for profit of villains who were doing nothing wrong, was awful, and completely worthy of punishment. But we’re really supposed to believe [[DisproportionateRetribution she deserved to have her sisters team up with Mojo Jojo and the group of 15+ villains she wronged to have her teeth beaten out of her mouth, while her sisters watched it happens from the sidelines in sadistic glee?]] Not to mention the fact that the Professor comes across as an [[CharacterDerailment incredibly out of character bad dad]] in regards to all three of the girls, and particularly Buttercup here. [[Hypocrisy Unless we assume that Blossom and Bubbles didn’t tell the Professor that they set Buttercup up in a trap to get her teeth knocked out, how is it fair that they aren’t punished for getting their sister beat up?]] According to the wiki, Buttercup was collecting money from knocking out teeth for 12 days? The Professor’s character was generally a [[GoodDad good dad, who was involved in his girls lives, and a reasonable authority figure. He was kind, caring, intelligent, protective, and reasonably strict. He checked up on the girls before bed to tell them bedtime stories and tuck them in, cleaned the house, cooked, did the laundry, woke the girls up in the morning, gave them good advice, hung out with them in his free time, packed their lunches, and risked his life to protect them on several occasions before.]] In the rare instances when he DID lose focus of the girls as their father because he fell in love or got obsessed with material objects, such as “Mommy Fearest,” “A Very Special Blossom,” “Keen on Keane,” and “Coupe’detat,” he would realize that he was wrong, and snap out of it at the end. Here in “Moral Decay,” we’re really supposed to believe that Professor Utonium didn’t realize that one of his daughters was collecting a stash of money, or wonder how she got it for roughly 12 days until Blossom and Bubbles tell him? You’re telling me that 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 afraid of the girls getting “boo-boos,”]] and the same dad from “A Very Special Blossom” and “Ploys R’ Us,” who wanted to make sure that the girls didn’t get in trouble with the law for committing crimes, [[OutofCharacterMoment doesn’t seem to be too concerned that one of his daughters got most of her teeth knocked out, or take any sort of partial responsibility in Buttercup’s crimes and downfall for not figuring out what was going on sooner? ]] I hate how the writers sometimes [[CharacterDerailment derailed either Buttercup, her friends, the city, and/or even her own family]] to frame her in a negative light, make her the butt-monkey, make her suffer, and/or make her a recipient of double standards and disproportionate retribution that got framed as “justified.” It’s like the writers hated her character.