History YMMV / ThePowerpuffGirls1998

* AluminumChristmasTrees: In "Meat Fuzzy Lumpkins", Fuzzy's StartOfDarkness is caused by his meat jam losing a contest, and is noted to be digusting (Buttercup complains that it tastes like dog food). [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bacon_jam Bacon Jam]], an actual jam made out of meat, exists in real life, and is generally considered more appetizing than whatever Fuzzy made.

* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForLittleGirls: The series was not originally intended for little girls. Craig [=McCracken=] created it as a parody of the MagicalGirl genre, as he was getting sick of Anime/SailorMoon [[AdoredByTheNetwork playing on Cartoon Network every day]]. As a TakeThat, he set the girls' ages very low, had them do very inelegant things, and made the villains cheesier than Kraft Macaroni and Cheese Dinners. The intended audience for it was the same as Dexter's Laboratory -- animation fans in their teens, 20s, and 30s -- [[AnimationAgeGhetto but it had to be child-appropriate]] (This was in the days before Adult Swim). A show like this naturally attracted little girls anyway.

** In "Town and Out," when chasing criminals, the girls had [[DestructiveSavior destroyed the Citiesville bridge to capture the crooks]], to which the Mayor pointed out that [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome its worth $3 million in property damages]]. In 2024, [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Scott_Key_Bridge_collapse the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore collapsed]], and one of the reasons is a structural flaw that would cause $3 million to take care of.

* DesignatedVillain:
** The [[BlueAndOrangeMorality Hawk]] in "Stray Bullet." It only wanted to eat and possibly [[FridgeHorror feed its young]]. Alas, it bore the unfortunate fate of being [[WhatMeasureisANonCute a predator]] in a children's cartoon and being pit against an archetypical "cute" animal, and, as a result was slated to die.

** The Sandman, sure he used a machine to put everyone to sleep, but all he wanted was some sleep himself since he's up all night taking care of his duties and the girls give him hell by invading his dreams.

** The Sandman, sure he used a machine to put everyone to sleep, but all he wanted was some sleep himself since he's up all night taking care of his duties and the girls give him hell by invading his dreams.

** ...or at the very least they tend to treat [[Recap/ThePowerpuffGirlsSpecial1 The Powerpuff Girls Rule!]] as the GrandFinale of the franchise, [[spoiler: where Mojo creates a peaceful global utopia and end son good terms with girls, becoming hailed as a hero.]], while at the same time, acting like [[spoiler: the final few seconds where Mojo returns to his evil ways never happened, considering it undoes his CharacterDevelopment, just for the sake of StatusQuoIsGod]].

** Bubbles' special power is her sonic screams. Except it's not. Her special power is her ability to speak many different languages (including animal languages like squirrel). Whilst Bubbles has used sonic scream more often then the other girls, it is an ability they all share. Not helping things is that nearly all video games (except Relish Rampage, where she is given a stronger eye beam called "vaporize") give sonic screams as Bubbles's unique power equivalent to Blossom's ice breath. [[note]] And in case you're wondering, the video games tend to give Buttercup either whirlwinds or fireballs has her special power[[/note]]

* GirlShowGhetto: The show's titular characters are very young girls that act are rather stereotypically "girly" in many different ways, from acting, to their wardrobe, etc., all while being the main heroes who fight crime. Because of this, a lot of men mention that as boys they were embarrassed to be seen watching a "girl's show" like ''The Powerpuff Girls'', and treated it as a GuiltyPleasure. This is despite the fact that the show wasn't female-aimed at all; it was an unisex cartoon that had the same aesthetic as other Cartoon Network shows at the time, which wasn't really favoring a specific gender to say the least.[[note]]The show was originally pitched as an over-the-top parody of the MagicalGirl genre, after all.[[/note]] This has faded a lot over the years though, especially going into ''TheNewTwenties'', with works having very "girly" ActionGirl heroines having become a lot more commonplace, and kids who saw the show in their youth have grown up and appreciate how ahead of its time it was for not having other characters mock the heroes for being girls.

* AlternateSelfShipping: There's a small number of fans who ship the girls with their {{Evil Counterpart}}s from an AlternateUniverse, the Powerpunk Girls.

** Even Bubbles is not exempt from this, though she's often liked for her joyful personality, some find her to be an [[ProneToTears annoying crybaby]] who [[Main/DoubleStandard seems to get away with some things just because she's the "cute one"]] (which is subjective).

--->'''Blossom:''' Puppy dogs, [[CuteKitten kitty cats]], swimming through love.

** The same can be said for RRB and their counterparts:[[FanNickname the Rowdy Right Boys]].