History Recap / ThePowerpuffGirlsSpecial2

* EightiesHair: Professor Utonium had a mullet in the 80s flashback.

* UnwillingRoboticisation: Mojo turns the Powerpuff girls into dancing cyborgs via "Dance Pantsed R'Evil-lution 2" to kidnap [[ItMakesSenseInContext a badger, an opera singer]] and [[MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext a mathematician named Fibonacci Sequins]].

* YouDontLookLikeYou: Downplayed with the girls, who have more angular redesigns but otherwise look the same.

''Dance Pantsed'' uses a different art style from the series itself. Most of the characters look the same, however the titular trio and Mojo Jojo received minor redesigns. The special was done using CGI instead of the traditional animation of the original series, or with UsefulNotes/AdobeFlash, as was used for the previous special, ''Powerpuff Girls Rule!!''.

* SettingUpdate: The girls own a UsefulNotes/{{Wii}} instead of a UsefulNotes/Nintendo64. The special explicitly takes place after 2007.

* AllCGICartoon: In contrast to both the original cartoon and the [[WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls 2016 reboot]], this special uses CGI stylized in a way that resembles 2D animation.

* EndOfAnEra: This was the final special in which the girls were voiced by their original actresses before they were replaced in the 2016 reboot for being "too old".

* DarkSkinnedBlond: The unnamed woman who makes fun of the Professor's dance skills is one.

''The Powerpuff Girls: Dance Pantsed'' is a 2014 special for ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls''.

* MeaningfulName: Lampshaded when Utonium is told that with his surname being a scientist will be easy.

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* SilentTreatment: Ms. Bellum apparently spent six months giving the Mayor this due to something he said earlier in the special.

The premise of the special is that Mojo Jojo kidnaps three celebrities visiting Townsville. He creates a trap where he replaces one of the girls' video games (a rhythm game) with a contraption that transforms them into dancing, mind controlled robots. After all three are transformed, Professor Utonium has to save the girls by doing a dance off with Ms. Bellum and the Mayor.

* BaconAddiction: Utonium's idea of a "nutritious breakfast" is feeding the girls nothing but meat, even in their beverages.

* MultipleChoicePast: This version of Utonium's past is in conflict with the one from ''Get Mojo Back'', where the girls travel back in time to his childhood to find Mojo Jojo and the Professor decides to become a scientist after his daughters save him.

* SilentTreatment: Ms. Bellum apparently spent six months giving the Mayor this due to something he said earlier in the special.

** ''Series/SoulTrain'' gets a reference in ''Soul Hayride''

''The Powerpuff Girls: Dance Pantsed'' is a 2012 special for ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls''.

The premise of the special is that Mojo Jojo kidnaps three celebrities visiting Townsville to [[spoiler:create a softball team]]. He creates a trap where he replaces one of the girls' video games (a rhythm game) with a contraption that transforms them into dancing, mind controlled robots. After all three are transformed, Professor Utonium has to save the girls by doing a dance off with Ms. Bellum and the Mayor.

** Bubbles' hair is a softer shade of blonde.

''Dance Pantsed'' uses a different art style from the series itself. Most of the characters look the sae however the titular trio and Mojo Jojo received minor redesigns. The special was done using CGI instead of Flash the traditional animation of the original series.

The premise of the special is that Mojo Jojo kidnaps three celebrities visiting Townsville to [[spoiler:create a softball team]]. He creates a trap where he replaces one of the girls video games (a rhythm game) with a contraption that transforms them into dancing, mind controlled robots. After all three are transformed, Professor Utonium has to save the girls by doing a dance off with Ms. Bellum and the Mayor.

* DitzyGenius: Blossom is normally very smart but somehow she can't figure out how to get a pickle jar off a shelf without Bubbles.

* GoodAngelBadAngel: Buttercup and Blossom appear as figments of Bubbles' conscious. Bubbles being [[TheDitz Bubbles]] worries that they're dead. Subverted in that they're both the "good angel" and they both give her bad advice.

* MeaningfulName: Lampshaded when Utonium is told yhat with his surname being a scientist will be easy.
* MessyHair: It's less noticeable then in the 2016 reboot however Buttercup's hair is messy. It signifies her as the most rambunctious sister.

* AddictedToBacon: Utonium's idea of a "nutritious breakfast" is feeding the girls nothing but meat, even in their beverages.

* MessyHair: It's less noticeable then in the 2016 reboot however Buttercup!s hair is messy. It signifies her as the most rambunctious sister.

* AllCGICartoon: In contrast to both the original cartoon and the 2016 reboot, this special uses CGI stylized in a way that resembles 2D animation.

* WackierAndZanier: While the original show was comedic, dance battling wasn't really something that came up.