History YMMV / ThePowerpuffGirls1998

* FandomEnragingMisconception: Don't you ''ever'' mispronounce the show's name as "The Powderpuff Girls" in the presence of the fans.

* GirlShowGhetto: 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.

* {{Narm}}: In "Cover Up", the scene where Buttercup gets beat up by a monster not much bigger than her loses all its suspense when Buttercup gives a LittleNo. It's just the ''way'' she says it that makes it so narmful. And the fact that without context, [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything the whole thing just looks like a rape scene]] just adds to its narmy factor.

* EvilIsSexy:
** Sedusa, for being a MsFanservice, a Femme Fatale, and for being a fairly attractive [[EveryoneLovesBlondes blonde]] as Ima Goodelady.
** Ace of the Gangreen Gang is surprisingly popular among [[AllGirlsWantBadBoys the female fans]].

* CharacterRerailment: Many fans despised the Mayor after the later seasons {{flanderiz|ation}}ed him into being an idiotic manchild, but the 2014 special has him back to being the kindhearted and only slightly ditzy goof that he was at the start of the show. He even encourages Professor Utonium not to give up on snapping the girls out of Mojo Jojo's mind control and expresses remorse for insulting Ms. Bellum for refusing to open his jar of pickles.

* [[Memes/ThePowerpuffGirls Memetic Mutation]]

** Despite the only name he can be referred to is a male pronoun, HIM is occasionally mistaken for a female because of the way he dresses. However, it's occasionally said in the show that HIM doesn't really have a gender.

** Despite being referred to as a male pronoun, HIM is occasionally mistaken for a female because of the way he dresses. However, it's occasionally said in the show that HIM doesn't really have a gender.

** During "HIM Diddle Riddle," the girls are tasked with taking down a giant monster without using their powers. Buttercup runs off and comes back in a helicopter with a gatling gun. Where did that come from, how did she get it, and how does she know how to pilot it?

** Each girl has her own popular, cracky pairing in the fandom: Bubbles x Him, Blossom x Mojo, and Buttercup x Ace — though the last one was actually canon [[PrecociousCrush for one episode]]. Each of these [[FoeYayShipping pairs one of the girls with her]] ArchEnemy.

** Him is occasionally mistaken for a female because of the way he dresses. However, it's occasionally said in the show that Him doesn't really have a gender.

** Mexico also cherishes PPG to no end as well, no matter which iteration it is, merchandising (Both official and unofficial) is very big in the country, [[Anime/PowerpuffGirlsZ the anime iteration aired in the country]] and brought back the localized dub’s voice cast to reprise their roles…[[TheOtherDarrin Except for Buttercup’s for some reason.]]

* FirstInstallmentWins: The original 1998 series is by far the most beloved part of the franchise, while both the [[Anime/PowerpuffGirlsZ anime adaptation]] and especially the[[WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls2016 sequel series]] are highly [[ContestedSequel contested]] at best and outright [[{{Sequelitis}} inferior]] at worst.

* FirstInstallmentWins: The original 1998 series is by far the most beloved part of the franchise, while both the [[Anime/PowerpuffGirlsZ anime adaptation]] and especially [[WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls2016 sequel series]] are highly [[ContestedSequel contested]] at best and outright [[{{Sequelitis}} inferior]] at worst.

** Mexico also cherishes PPG to no end as well, no matter which iteration it is, merchandising (Both official and unofficial) is very big in the country, [[Anime/PowerpuffGirlsZ the anime iteration aired in the country]] and brought back the localized dub’s voice cast to reprise their roles, [[TheOtherDarrin Except for Buttercup for some reason.]]

** Mexico also cherishes PPG to no end as well, no matter which iteration it is, merchandising (Both official and unofficial) is very big in the country, [[Anime/PowerpuffGirlsZ the anime iteration aired in the country]] and brought back the localized dub’s voice cast to reprise their roles, [[TheOtherDarin Except for Buttercup for some reason.]]

** Mexico also cherishes PPG to no end as well, no matter which iteration it is, merchandising (Both official and unofficial) is very big in the country, [[Anime/PowerpuffGirlsZ the anime iteration aired in the country]] and brought back the localized dub’s voice cast to reprise their roles.

* FirstInstallmentWins: The original 1998 series is by far the most beloved part of the franchise, while both the [[Anime/PowerpuffGirlsZ anime adaptation]] and [[WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls2016 sequel series]] are highly [[ContestedSequel contested]] at best and outright [[{{Sequelitis}} inferior]] at worst.

** [=McCracken=]'s college assignment that spawned the series, Whoopass Stew (the title alone should make it clear which demographic he wasn't shooting for), went as follows. Girls beat the crap out of the Ganggreen Gang. Amoeba Boys rob a bang. Girls try to stop them but get stuck in their bodies. Girls prevail by flying to the sun, which kills the Amoeba Boys in seconds. Yeah. Not exactly tote bag-friendly icons, huh?

** [=McCracken=]'s college assignment that spawned the series, Whoopass Stew (the title alone should make it clear which demographic he wasn't shooting for), went as follows. Girls beat the crap out of the Ganggreen Gang. Amoeba Boys rob a bang. Girls try to stop them but get stuck in their bodies. Girls prevail by flying to the sun, which kills the Amoeba Boys in seconds. Yeah. Not exactly tote bag-friendly icons, huh?

** [[StrawFeminist Femme Fatale]], like Sedusa, is another female villain with a curvy body, [[{{Irony}} despite the fact that she's a extreme misandrist]].

** Blossom is a CuteBookworm with obsessive compulsive tendencies. Especially when she gets endearingly excited when Dr. Kenzington comes to school. Then there's how she acts when around her crush Jared Shapiro or whenever somebody talks about him.

** Boomer and Butches unique powers are the ability to create a baseball bat out of energy and make an energy shield, respectively. Powers they use in "The Boys Are Back in Town". Whilst Boomer and Butch are the only characters to display these powers, it is unclear if these are their special powers, especially since Bubbles and Buttercup also display new powers in that same episode.

** Blossom's EvilCounterpart is called "Boomer", which in the late 2010s became synonymous with grumpy old men who stereotypically loathed headstrong girls for next to no reason.

* DesignatedMonkey: Buttercup comes off as this at times. She gets put on the receiving end of humiliation and seems to get less respect compared to her sisters. Some examples include in "Nuthin' Special", wherein she spends the entire episode sad and angry over how she doesn't have a special power [[spoiler:if you don't count tongue rolling]], "Cover Up", when she was forced to give up her SecurityBlanket [[DoubleStandard despite the fact she is also 5 and Bubbles has Octi]], and in "Down And Dirty" where she gets kicked out of the house and is chased by villagers with pitchforks [[DisproportionateRetribution just because she was unwilling to bathe.]] Not to mention, compare and contrast "Moral Decay" and "Bubblevicious" -- in each episode, Buttercup and Bubbles both go OffTheRails and start attacking people, Buttercup for {{Greed}} and Bubbles to prove she's "hardcore". However, the treatment they receive is different and wildly unfair -- Buttercup attacks villains so she can steal their teeth for money, which is bad. What do her sisters do? [[DisproportionateRetribution They get every villain in Townsville to beat her up and the episode ends with Buttercup having to use the money to pay for dental bills.]] How does Bubbles get punished for beating up villains ''and'' civilians? Nothing -- she storms off when Blossom and Buttercup give her a WhatTheHellHero, Mojo Jojo kidnaps her for unrelated reasons and zaps her with a laserbeam to lead her sisters into a DeathTrap, and when her sisters come to rescue her, they get knocked out by Mojo and Bubbles beats him up and apologises for running away, so ultimately, [[DoubleStandard Bubbles gets away with exactly the same behaviour Buttercup doesn't, because she's the "joy and the laughter."]]