History YMMV / ThePowerpuffGirlsMovie

** Some think that the movie was unnecessary, since they found it was an origin story. This is most likely because they knew the origin story right off the bat when they watched the intro of the show many, many times on TV. Others think that the movie did a good job expanding on the girls as characters (after all, they weren't heroes when they first came, and they learned that with great power ComesGreatResponsibility).

* EnsembleDarkhorse: Mojo's treacherous minions are minor characters, but are fairly popular for their increasingly ridiculous and bizarre plans to TakeOverTheWorld and their distinctive designs and personalities. Amongst them, the most popular are Hacha Chacha, a HarmlessVillain whose plan is to just [[PokeThePoodle make people slip on banana peels]] and elaborates on his plan through a VillainSong, and Blahblah Blahblah, a NervousWreck who hastily improvises a surprisingly effective scheme on the fly.

** Many people think that the movie was really good, and that the DarkerAndEdgier tone is a nice change of pace from the LighterAndSofter tone of the show they were used to (which would be embraced in [[Recap/ThePowerpuffGirlsSpecial1 ''The Powerpuff Girls Rule!!!'']]). Others think that the tone was too dark and scary; even Creator/CraigMcCracken thought so, and thought he should make it a little lighter and sillier next time.

** Some think that the movie was unnecessary, since they found it was an origin story. This is most likely because they knew the origin story right off the bat when they watched the intro of the show many, many times on TV. Others think that the movie did a good job expanding on the PPGs as characters (after all, they weren't heroes when they first came, and they learned that with great power ComesGreatResponsibility.

* EvilIsCool: Mojo Jojo played this role in the most epic way imaginable. He creates an army of mutated simians to get revenge on Townsville for discriminating monkeys, and turned himself into a Kong-sized monster where he held his own against The Powerpuff Girls.

* SpecialEffectsFailure: The show's flat, graphic design does ''not'' translate well to the big screen. The first time we see Professor Utonium, it's a worm's eye view and he looks like a cardboard cut-out.

** The Doot Da Doot Da Doos, a troop of spider monkeys, plan to take over the world by spitting on the people below. Mojo even lampshades this with an "Ewww."

* SugarWiki/VisualEffectsOfAwesome: While some of the original designs' appeal is lost in translation to the big screen, the art direction and effects animation are top-notch, especially the distinct color schemes of the girls on the asteroid and Mojo's ape army taking over the city. The final showdown with Mojo is one of the few scenes which uses a beefier animation budget to the movie's benefit.

** The ad for ''Music/{{Gorillaz}} Live'' is much funnier now that Ace is temporarily playing bass for the band.

* CatharsisFactor: A dark one. After the way the people of Townsville treated the girls, it feels deserving for them to be terrorized by Mojo Jojo's army of mutated primates.

* {{Squick}}: The Doot Da Doot Da Doos, a troop of spider monkeys, plan to take over the world by spitting on the people below. Mojo even lampshades this with an "Ewww."

* SignatureScene: The montage of Mojo's [[TheStarscream minions]] introducing their own supervillain personas, while getting progressively more ridiculous with their schticks.

* IdiotPlot: The girls would've never gotten mixed up with Mojo Jojo if the city officials just cancelled school for the day at the ''heavily'' damaged Pokey Oaks Kindergarten so that they could make repairs. Though considering [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} who's in charge]] of Townsville, this was probably a given.

* EnsembleDarkhorse: Mojo's monkey army for being memorable one-shot villains that nearly took over Townsville and providing some of the best scenes in the film.

* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: At what point did Mojo decide he was going to use the girls to help him with his master plan? When he saved the three from the Gangreen Gang in the alley, did he know he was gaining the gratitude of three very powerful and special people? Evidence suggests otherwise, as he only seemed to be surprised to find that they could fly, and it was only then that he showed them his (skewed) plans to make the city a better place. Additionally, were the tears he shed upon finding common ground with the girls genuine?

* SugarWiki/VisualEffectsOfAwesome: While some of the original designs' appeal is lost in translation to the big screen, the art direction and effects animation are top-notch, especially the distinct color schemes of the girls on the asteroid and Mojo's ape army taking over the city. The final showdown with Mojo is one of the few scenes which uses a beefier animation budget to the movie's benefit.
* WhatAnIdiot: After The Powerpuff Girls are born, Professor Utonium discovers that not only do they have superpowers, but they're also quite reckless with them, and he's very worried about how the people of Townsville would react to them.
** '''You'd Expect:''' That the Professor would warn the girls not to use their powers in public before he takes them to school or until he decides to train them outside of Townsville, so they can control their powers.
** '''Instead:''' He doesn't tell them anything, and the girls unknowingly cause massive destruction in the city while they're playing tag.
** '''As A Result:''' The girls are considered as a menace to society and Utonium gets arrested for creating them.

* EvilIsCool: Mojo played this role in the most epic way imaginable. He creates an army of mutated simians to get revenge on Townsville for discriminating monkeys, and turned himself into a Kong-sized monster where he held his own against The Powerpuff Girls.

** Mojo being a mutated chimpanzee who leads other mutated apes to rebel against humans, that he helped mutate is fairly prophetic of the 2011 film, ''Film/RiseOfThePlanetOfTheApes''.

** People have compared the SceneryGorn of the movie to the more recent ''Film/ManOfSteel''.