Cartoon Network's fourth Comic-Book Adaptation anthology of their most prominent animated works from The Oughties. It ran from 2004 to 2009. It eventually got merged with the The Powerpuff Girls comic.
The anthology was made by DC Comics.
Not to be confused with the eponymous Party Game, Cartoon Network Block Party.
Cartoons included
- Camp Lazlo
- Chowder
- Codename: Kids Next Door (later moved to Cartoon Network Action Pack)
- Courage the Cowardly Dog
- Cow and Chicken
- Dexter's Laboratory
- Ed, Edd n Eddy
- Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends
- The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy
- Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi
- I Am Weasel
- Johnny Bravo
- My Gym Partner's a Monkey
- The Powerpuff Girls
Tropes:
- Achilles in His Tent: In issue #33 "Sounding Off", Blossom takes a vow of silence as a means to make Bubbles and Buttercup settle their arguments on their own instead of pestering her with them. This vow of silence continues even during a battle with a monster towards the final act, but after the monster knocks away Bubbles and Buttercup, Blossom tries to gain the upper hand but is captured and cannot call for help because now she has lost her voice. Bubbles and Buttercup team up to save her.
- Are We Getting This?: In issue #53 "No Pain, No Game", Billy auditions for an extreme Japanese game show. He has Mandy record his actions with a video camera, none of which gets on tape because Mandy (perhaps deliberately) left the lens cap on.
- The Bad Guy Wins: Mojo Jojo wins in issue #59 "Smart And Smarter", the final story. Blossom lets her ego swell after being admitted to a school for exceptionally smart children to the point where she alienates her sisters and Mojo. In a mano-a-mano battle, Blossom shoots her ice breath at Mojo, who counters with a heat shield. The trail of melted ice reaches Blossom's foot (which she doesn't see) as she emits static electricity from her hands. The result: Blossom gets fried to a frazzle from electrocution. The story ends with Mojo and Buttercup shaking hands.
- Big "NO!": In issue #26 "Steal A Meal", the Powerpuff sisters yell a tearful NO! upon learning that after all the breakfast cereal in town had been stolen the only thing left was oatmeal. It doubles down as a Skyward Scream.
- Birthday Hater: In issue #56 "Time Waits For No Mandy", Mandy hates birthdays because she's a self-proclaimed ageist. Grim conjures up Father Time himself, and Mandy cajoles him into going on vacation so time will stand still and she won't have any more birthdays.
- Cast of Expies: In issue #26 "Steal A Meal", Him brings three cereal mascots to life to steal all the cereal in Townsville. The mascots are expies of the Trix rabbit, Lucky the Leprechaun (Lucky Charms), and Twinkles the Elephant (Twinkles cereal, an obscure 1960s entry).
- Clock Tampering: In issue #44 "Better Luck Next Time", Billy is resetting all the clocks in the house for Daylight Saving Time. When he sets Grim's cursed cuckoo clock, he and Mandy get sucked into a time vortex where a mysterious cloaked figure at the End of Time tries to return them before their presence causes a disaster.
- Comedic Spanking: In issue #54 "Bully For Ya!" Grim, Billy, and Mandy are being mistreated by a bully and his grandmother, so Grim calls upon the grandmother's own grandmother from the afterlife, who gives the bully's grandmother a spanking.Grim: What can I say? I have friends in high places!
- Cosmic Egg: Played for Laughs in issue #51 "Double Negg-ative". Grim is keeping a cosmic egg on him—he says breaking it will cause the end of everything—which Mandy secretly steals and lets Billy, who is taking possession of a regular egg to show he can be careful, take the rap for it. The egg Billy has breaks and Grim is in an egg factory thinking the cosmic egg is lost in there. It ends with the cosmic egg in Mandy's dress pocket which she taps with her hand—and subsequently breaks it.
- Dumb Struck: In issue #37 "Sounding Off", Blossom gives Bubbles and Buttercup the silent treatment as a means to make them solve their own problems. But during a battle with a monster, Blossom is suddenly rendered mute when the monster grabs her.
- End-of-Series Awareness: On the cover of the final issue, #59, all CN characters who have appeared in any storyline stand on a stage and, in the case of the Powerpuff Girls, take their last bows.
- Extreme Sports Plot: In issue #35 "Scout's Dishonor", Billy enlists in an Extreme Scouts troop where he and Grim (who gets enlisted through Mandy exercising power of attorney) deal with a Drill Sergeant Nasty as well as their perilous obstacle courses.
- Fourth-Wall Observer: In issue #36 "Future Tense", Grim conveniently uses his scythe to find out what Nostradamus is talking about, prompting Mandy to turn to the reader and comment "Doesn't this comic have any standards?"
- Freudian Excuse: In issue #37, it's revealed why Mr. Herriman is obsessed with things being neat and tidy; because Madame Foster once blamed him for a mess she made and he didn't want to get into trouble by continuing to neglect messes.
- Giant Foot of Stomping: In issue #23 "The MP3", the Micro-Puffs' mischief causes Blossom to grow giant size. She defeats the Micro-Puffs by trapping them under her foot.
- Gosh Dang It to Heck!: In issue #59 "Smart And Smarter", Blossom alienates her sisters by trying to show how intellectually inferior they are to her. When she asks Buttercup what her motivation for fighting Mojo is, Buttercup replies, "Usually it's to beat the puckey out of him... but right now it's to get you to shut up!!
- Harmless Electrocution: In issue #59 "Smart And Smarter", Blossom is facing off against Mojo Jojo, who uses his heat ray to counter Blossom's ice breath. Blossom then produces static electricity from her hands, not noticing that the trail of melted ice has trickled to her foot which subsequently electrocutes her. The end panel has her burnt to a crisp and rather befuddled.
- Here We Go Again!: In issue #52 "Get Lost", a dazed Billy is found by a policeman who goes through white heat to find Billy's home. When he does return Billy home, Grim and Mandy appear to have had a bet on how long it would take Billy to return. After debating the time, Grim uses his scythe to zap Billy back to where the story started.
- Hopeless Auditionees: Issue #24 "Kaz Superstar" lampoons the William Hung act on American Idol. The girls' manager Kaz auditions at a talent show and is so awful he is kicked out of the studio by all three judges. But his act gets noticed and soon he's in high demand while Ami and Yumi are relegated to has-been status.
- Ice-Cream Koan: In issue #36 "Future Tense", Grim fears his demise is imminent, so he goes to the Otherworld to seek advice from Nostradamus. His answer is totally nonsensical yet phrased as if it were a metaphor-ridden prediction.Nostradamus: (meditating) A boney hand taps the legs of the iron tripod. Bubbling oil troubles his hood and his heart. Fear: He trembles in his robes. Divided attention; the gods never sleep.
- If You Won't, I Will: In issue #37 "Sounding Off", Blossom invoking this and takes a vow of silence after once too many times Bubbles and Buttercup pester her because Bubbles won't stop crying and Buttercup won't stop bellyaching.
- Improvised Cross: In issue #38 "Count Gerbil", a vampire gerbil sucks juices out of various produce items. Mandy forms a cross with two carrots to stave it off.
- Inept Talent Show Contestant: In issue #24 "Kaz Superstar", the girls' manager goes on an American Idol-type talent show and is unilaterally kicked out of the studio, but becomes a sensation that even overshadows the girls.
- Like an Old Married Couple: In issue #45 "Better Luck Next Time", Grim's cursed cuckoo clock sends Billy and Mandy through time. In one scenario, they're in the future where they come across their senior citizen selves. Mandy still belittles Billy, even saying the same things present Mandy is saying at the same time.
- Luckily, My Powers Will Protect Me: In issue #36 "Future Tense", Grim seeks advice from Nostradamus as to his fate. When Nostradamus' sage turns out to be too enigmatic, Grim says that luckily he can figure out what he's saying with his Scythe.Mandy: (to us) Oh, that's not too convenient, is it? Doesn't this comic have any standards?
- Multiple Head Case: In issue #58 "Triple Threat", Mojo Jojo uses a ray that initially seems to have destroyed the girls, but actually makes them grow into a three-headed entity in a single body.
- My Future Self and Me: In issue #36 "Future Tense", Billy accidentally takes him and Mandy through time after he messes with Grim's cursed cuckoo clock. A shrouded figure meets them and tries to get them back to their own time as facing their past and future selves poses dire consequences. Billy meets himself as an infant (who is depicted as smart and tidy only to turn stupid and destructive after being influenced by present Billy) then they later come across themselves as elderly citizens.
- Never Trust a Hair Tonic: In issue #41 "Nose No Bounds", Grim lets Billy use some otherworldly hair tonic. He inhales it, and it causes his nose hairs to grow and gain sentient life.
- Oh, Crap!: In issue #51 "Double Negg-ative", Mandy steals Grim's cosmic egg (which would cause an apocalypse if cracked) and lets Billy take the rap for it. In the end, Mandy reveals she kept the egg in her dress pocket. She taps it to make sure it's safe—and breaks it.Mandy: (eyes wide open in shock) Uh oh.
- Oh No You Didn't: In issue #31 "Mayor Minor", Buttercup says this in enraged disbelief after the Mayor recruits the girls to escort him to the shopping mall where a costumed pickle mascot is appearing.
- Pride Before a Fall: In issue #59 "Smart And Smarter", Blossom lets admittance to a school for especially smart children go to her head to the point that she not only alienates her sisters but also arch-foe Mojo Jojo. During a face-to-face battle, Mojo cuts Blossom down to size, with Bubbles and Buttercup's blessings.
- Read the Fine Print: In issue #35 "Scout's Dishonor", a mousy scoutmaster gets Billy to sign up for the Extreme Scouts. It's after he signs that the scoutmaster becomes a General Ripper. Mandy claims bossing Billy around is her privilege but the scoutmaster shows her the fine print: all rights revert to him. So Mandy, through power of attorney, adds Grim's name to the contract.
- Seers: In issue #36 "Future Tense", Grim thinks his days are numbered when a carnival fortune teller runs off in fear of him, making him believe the teller saw something in Grim's future. He goes into the netherworld to seek advice from Nostradamus, who sees a future for Grim no better than he's got now.
- Stopped Clock: In issue #56 "Time Waits For No Mandy", Mandy, who hates celebrating her birthday, tricks Father Time into going on vacation. It causes a loop in time to the point where it becomes monotonous. Grim, Billy, and Mandy try to find a way to get Father Time back on the job.
- Team Rocket Wins: In issue #59 "Smart And Smarter", Mojo Jojo outwits Blossom, with her sisters' blessings! Blossom (who let her ego swell after being admitted to a special school) blows her ice breath which Mojo counters with a heat shield. The trail of melted ice reaches Blossom's foot (which she doesn't see) and she emits static electricity from her hands which in turn fries her to a frazzle. The ending panel has Buttercup shaking hands with Mojo.
- Thanking the Viewer: The cover of the final issue features all the CN stars who appeared in the book, with the Powerpuff Girls in front taking bows, on a stage.
- Time Stands Still: In issue #56 "Time Waits For No Mandy", Mandy sends Father Time on a permanent vacation so time will stand still and, ageist as she claims to be, she won't have to go through another birthday.
- Time Travel: In issue #45 "Better Luck Next Time", Billy messes with Grim's demonic cuckoo clock. It sends him and Mandy through time where they meet a mysterious cloaked figure that tells them to return to where they started. It backfires thanks to Billy's blundering. The cloaked figure turns out to be Grim in the future, resigned to being consigned to the two forever.
- We Want Our Jerk Back!: In issue #24 "Kaz Superstar", Kaz goes on the talent show "International Idol" and is so awful that he's kicked out of the studio. But he starts getting offers upon his appearance and strikes out on his own, relegating the girls to has-beens. But Kaz gets bored with the good life and returns to the girls who welcome him back with open arms.
