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''For Trivia tropes pertaining to the movie, go [[Trivia/ThePowerpuffGirlsMovie here]].''
''For Trivia tropes pertaining to the 2016 series, go [[Trivia/ThePowerpuffGirls2016 here]].''
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* ActingForTwo:
** Creator/TomKenny voices the Mayor, the Narrator, Mitch Mitchelson, and Snake and Lil' Arturo of the Gangreen Gang.
** Creator/JeffBennett voices Ace, Grubber, Big Billy, and Dick Hardly.
** Creator/TomKane voices the Professor and HIM.
** Creator/RogerLJackson voices Mojo Jojo and Butch of the Rowdyruff Boys.
** Creator/JenniferHale voices Ms. Keane, Princess Morbucks and Sedusa.
** Chuck [=McCann=] voices all three Amoeba Boys.
** Creator/RobPaulsen voices both Brick and Boomer.
** Creator/KathSoucie supplied the voices for Harold Smith's wife Marianne and daughter Julie.
** The three actresses for the girls also voiced one each of the three criminal animals from "Sweet 'N Sour."
* AdoredByTheNetwork: Along with ''WesternAnimation/DextersLaboratory'', it was Creator/CartoonNetwork's flagship series during the "Creator/CartoonCartoons" era of Cartoon Network that was rerun daily until 2002.
* BannedEpisode: The Season 5 episode "See Me, Feel Me, Gnomey" was rumored to be banned in the US for several possible reasons, including the heavy use of strobe effects that could have triggered epileptic seizures in more sensitive viewers, much like the notorious ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' episode "Electric Soldier Porygon", or the episode allegedly having Communist undertones. The official reason for the episode being skipped in the US, according to Craig [=McCracken=] [[http://crackmccraigen.tumblr.com/post/147175691484/a-few-friends-and-i-just-watched-the-apparently himself]] is because "[the network] claimed that the metal beams in the destroyed buildings looked too much like crosses and one of the hippies looked like Jesus. That was never our intention at all, we were really surprised that they banned it." The episode can be seen on the complete series DVD set and was available when it was on Netflix and Hulu, though it is not on HBO Max. It aired in Canada on March 18, 2004.
* BoxOfficeBomb: Warner Bros' marketing for the movie was quite lousy, as stated in the main page, but CN did their part and promoted it to heck and back to the point where even Creator/AdultSwim got involved. Outside the channel, however, there was barely any mention of it. Not helping was it was pitted against ''Film/MenInBlackII'' on the opening weekend, was overshadowed by the surprise hit ''Like Mike'' and Warner Bros focusing their campaign on the ''Film/ScoobyDoo'' live-action movie. As such it performed poorly. Because of this, feature films for ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy'' and ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'' were scaled back to made-for-TV fare rather than made into feature films and the ''WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack'' movie was stuck in DevelopmentHell for decades before being abandoned in favor of the 10-episode revival.
* ChannelHop: Averted, as the show was always a Creator/CartoonNetwork program. However, "Members Only", "Superfriends" and "All Chalked Up" premiered on Creator/KidsWB first after the AOL Time Warner merger moved operational duties for the {{Creator/The WB}} network to Turner Broadcasting and forced them to "play nice" with the Turner networks.
* TheCharacterIceCreamBar: Blue Bunny released a cherry-flavored ice of Bubbles' face and upper body.
* CowboyBebopAtHisComputer: A Russian magazine credited Genndy Tartakovsky as the creator of the series.
* CreatorsApathy: Animation director Randy Myers admitted that, when Craig [=McCracken=] left production, him and the remaining staff were just simply trying to meet the series quota because they were aware that the show was jumping the shark at that point.
* CreatorBacklash: While she stands behinds its message, Creator/LaurenFaust has said that she wasn't happy with how "Equal Fights" turned out, feeling that feminism was too dense a subject to depict in a lighthearted cartoon. It didn't help that she'd had to endure complaints from every side of the argument, from man-hating feminists who thought she was being too soft to men accusing her of male-bashing.
* CreatorsPest: Despite them being some of the show's most popular villains among fans, Creator/CraigMcCracken has a stated dislike of [[ThePsychoRangers the Rowdyruff Boys]]. While he considers their debut episode to be one of the show's best, he also felt that the characters themselves were one-note and that there was nothing further to be done with them by the end of the episode and finds the {{Shipping}} between them and the girls to be incredibly creepy. Despite pressure from fans and [[ExecutiveMeddling executives]], he resisted demand to bring them back, something which ultimately happened anyway once [=McCracken=]'s involvement in the series lessened in later seasons. [=McCracken=] himself still tends to ignore them when he can, and infamously left them out of the show's GrandFinale despite it featuring a VillainTeamUp with every other recurring villain in the series.
* {{Defictionalization}}: The PPG [[http://thumbs3.ebaystatic.com/d/l225/m/m5kQnM-yeV3lqIrsVnQY2Mg.jpg waffle iron]] from "Collect Her." Ironically, the writers put that in because they thought it was too absurd to feel like ProductPlacement for actual PPG stuff.
* DescendedCreator:
** During Seasons 5 and 6, storyboard artists Don Shank and Charlie Bean lent their voices to their caricatures. Shank had the most appearances, including the fourth season premiere "Film Flam".
** Earlier, Craig [=McCracken=] voiced the narrator on the Whoopass Stew shorts. Lou Romano voiced the Amoeba Boys, and the father bird on "A Very Special Blossom" during Season 2, on said short.
* DevelopmentGag: The designs of the Run-of-the-Mill Girls from "Oops, I Did It Again" were based on redesigns Craig [=McCracken=] came up with after the early pilot received negative test audience reactions due to the girls' bug-like designs.
* FranchiseZombie: Craig [=McCracken=] wanted to end the 1998 series after its fourth season (including the movie). The Creator/CartoonNetwork executives at the time said that no one would watch the reruns, so the series continued for two more seasons. The executives actually wanted even more than that, but the new showrunner Creator/ChrisSavino shot down the idea after agreeing with [=McCracken=] to end the series on Season 6. A decade later, Cartoon Network aired a new series for three seasons without any involvement from [=McCracken=] or Savino whatsoever.
* KidsMealToy:
** Subway sold toys of Blossom, Bubbles, Buttercup, and Mojo Jojo in 2000.
** Dairy Queen sold six different toys in 2001.
** Burger King sold toys of Blossom, Bubbles, Buttercup, and Mojo Jojo in 2002. These were paired alongside ''Anime/DragonBallZ''.
* MilestoneCelebration: The 50th issue of the comic book, ''Deja View''.
* TheOtherDarrin:
** The original ''What-A-Cartoon'' era shorts had Creator/ErnieAnderson, best known as either Ghoulardi or the longtime announcer for ABC as well as the voice of ''Series/TheLoveBoat'' and the syndicated run of ''Series/BreakTheBank1976'', as the narrator, but he died of cancer in 1997. Tom Kenny took over the role.
** Bubbles and then-unnamed Ms. Keane were both voiced by Creator/KathSoucie in the ''What-A-Cartoon'' shorts, but when the series went on air, Creator/TaraStrong and Creator/JenniferHale took over the roles, respectively. For Bubbles, Soucie employed her usual “young female child” voice that she used for [[WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}} Lil DeVille]] and [[WesternAnimation/BabyBlues Megan]] and others.
** Carlos Alazraqui provided Lil' Arturo's voice in his first appearance. In all other episodes, Tom Kenny plays Arturo.
* PlayingAgainstType:
** Creator/TomKane as Him.
** Creator/JenniferHale as SpoiledBrat Princess Morbucks.
* PopCultureUrbanLegends: The ending of the episode "Mime for a Change" is commonly believed to have been mandated by ExecutiveMeddling, with executives demanding that Rainbow the Clown be punished for his actions, while the crew preferred an original ending where he was not. Creator Craig [=McCracken=] has [[https://twitter.com/CrackMcCraigen/status/1546127629014642688?s=20&t=9z0jUXnRbz9gDMk8nplsKw debunked this rumor]] on his Twitter.
* QuietlyCancelled: Creator/CraigMcCracken left the series after Season 4 to work on ''WesternAnimation/FostersHomeForImaginaryFriends'', leaving it to Creator/ChrisSavino to run it. After two more seasons, the show just stopped completely, with no finale or news from Creator/CartoonNetwork on what happened, and it was clear the show was cancelled by then. It only briefly came back for its 10th anniversary special, "The Powerpuff Girls Rule!!!", which Craig stated was the [[GrandFinale proper closeout]] of the original series.
* RelationshipVoiceActor:
** The Latin American Spanish dub has two hilarious cases of this:
*** Creator/CristinaHernandez (Blossom) and Creator/RossyAguirre (Buttercup) voiced [[Anime/SaberMarionetteJ Lime and Cherry]] respectively, two girls from another trio of super-powered girls living with a guy, except their personalities are different between the two series.
*** Also, Cristina Hernandez, along with Enrique Cervantes (Mojo Jojo) and Sergio Gutierrez Coto (The Narrator) voiced [[Film/TheDarkKnightRises Catwoman, Bane]] and [[Film/TheDarkKnightTrilogy Batman]] respectively. That's right, The Narrator is the [[Franchise/{{Batman}} The Dark Knight]] and he's fighting against Blossom and Mojo Jojo!
** Imagine [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Gilda, Fluttershy, and Tree Hugger fighting Discord]]!
** Italian dub: Creator/MonicaBertolotti (Buttercup) and Creator/MonicaWard (Blossom) have also worked together on ''Series/FamilyMatters'', ''WesternAnimation/PAWPatrol'', and ''WesternAnimation/{{Sixteen}}''.
* RomanceOnTheSet: Husband and wife [=Craig McCracken=] and Lauren Faust met and fell in love while working on this show as creator/director and storyboard artist, respectively.
* ScrewedByTheNetwork: The writers and artists on the DC comic book stories did not get royalties for IDW's reprints of them.
* ThrowItIn: A lot of the narrator's closing lines [[https://twitter.com/CrackMcCraigen/status/619252796739600385 were improvised]] by Creator/TomKenny.
* TropeNamer:
** FingerlessHands: Formerly, as the trope used to be called Powerpuff Girl Hands. One of the most notable aspects of the Powerpuff Girls' character designs is that their hands lack fingers and thumbs.
** SoOnceAgainTheDayIsSaved: Nearly every episode ends with the Narrator saying, "So once again, the day is saved thanks to the Powerpuff Girls", with occasional variations.
* UnisexSeriesGenderedMerchandise: WordOfGod is that the series was aimed at a unisex audience. Despite this, almost all merchandise is aimed at girls and women. This was taken to its natural extreme when the series received a MagicalGirl anime and the 2016 reboot was ''explictly'' aimed at girls.
** The case of the reboot was slightly averted since it still had merchandise aimed at both genders.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
** Before the Girls, Craig played around with a luchador superhero character as the star for his thesis film, but after drawing a birthday card for his brother with three cute, Margret Keane-inspired girls, he though the idea of those little girls fighting bad guys was hilarious and chose that instead.
** Buttercup was originally named Bud.
** The original tone of the cartoon was meant to be much more adult and was titled "The Whoopass Girls". One can only imagine what that series would've been like if Craig hadn't made it more kid friendly.
** The show came close to being Creator/CartoonNetwork's first original series, but the network changed their minds at the last minute and chose ''WesternAnimation/DextersLaboratory'' instead.
** One planned episode, ''Deja View'', about the girls visiting an alternate universe ruled by their evil versions, ended up being cancelled due to the visuals requiring the budget to go overboard. It wound up being given to the DC comic book writers and turned into [[MilestoneCelebration the 50th issue]] of the DC comic.
** As said on the main page, Craig wanted Jack Black to voice the Gnome in "See Me, Feel Me, Gnomey", but they couldn't, due to him being too busy and expensive.
** According to Craig on [[http://crackmccraigen.tumblr.com/post/144108197029/if-anything-there-should-be-a-batman-crossover this]] post, one rejected idea the team had considered was doing a [[Franchise/DCAnimatedUniverse DCAU]] crossover. In it, the Joker came to Townsville and started wreaking havoc, only for the girls to be stopped at every turn by the mayor because [[NoSuchThingAsBadPublicity the city's been put on the map for being targeted by an A-list villain.]] They wanted to use Bruce Timm's designs for the characters and have Creator/MarkHamill reprise his role as the Joker as well.
** Cartoon Network wanted a seventh season of the show, maybe more, before Craig [=McCracken=] and Chris Savino both decided that it ran its course and end it after six seasons.
* TheWikiRule: The [[http://powerpuffgirls.wikia.com/wiki/Powerpuff_Girls_Wiki Powerpuff Girls Wiki]], another [[http://powerpuff-base.wikia.com/wiki/Powerpuff_Base_Wiki Powerpuff Girls Wiki]], another [[http://theppgs.wikia.com/wiki/The_Powerpuff_Girls_Wiki Powerpuff Girls Wiki]] (closed), another [[http://the-powerpuff-girls.wikia.com/wiki/The_Powerpuff_Girls_Wiki Powerpuff Girls Wiki]] (redirects to first), and a [[http://ppgfanon.wikia.com/wiki/Powerpuff_Girls_Fanon_Wiki Powerpuff Girls Fanon Wiki]].
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''For Trivia tropes pertaining to the 2016 series, go [[Trivia/ThePowerpuffGirls2016 here]].''
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* ActingForTwo:
** Creator/TomKenny voices the Mayor, the Narrator, Mitch Mitchelson, and Snake and Lil' Arturo of the Gangreen Gang.
** Creator/JeffBennett voices Ace, Grubber, Big Billy, and Dick Hardly.
** Creator/TomKane voices the Professor and HIM.
** Creator/RogerLJackson voices Mojo Jojo and Butch of the Rowdyruff Boys.
** Creator/JenniferHale voices Ms. Keane, Princess Morbucks and Sedusa.
** Chuck [=McCann=] voices all three Amoeba Boys.
** Creator/RobPaulsen voices both Brick and Boomer.
** Creator/KathSoucie supplied the voices for Harold Smith's wife Marianne and daughter Julie.
** The three actresses for the girls also voiced one each of the three criminal animals from "Sweet 'N Sour."
* AdoredByTheNetwork: Along with ''WesternAnimation/DextersLaboratory'', it was Creator/CartoonNetwork's flagship series during the "Creator/CartoonCartoons" era of Cartoon Network that was rerun daily until 2002.
* BannedEpisode: The Season 5 episode "See Me, Feel Me, Gnomey" was rumored to be banned in the US for several possible reasons, including the heavy use of strobe effects that could have triggered epileptic seizures in more sensitive viewers, much like the notorious ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' episode "Electric Soldier Porygon", or the episode allegedly having Communist undertones. The official reason for the episode being skipped in the US, according to Craig [=McCracken=] [[http://crackmccraigen.tumblr.com/post/147175691484/a-few-friends-and-i-just-watched-the-apparently himself]] is because "[the network] claimed that the metal beams in the destroyed buildings looked too much like crosses and one of the hippies looked like Jesus. That was never our intention at all, we were really surprised that they banned it." The episode can be seen on the complete series DVD set and was available when it was on Netflix and Hulu, though it is not on HBO Max. It aired in Canada on March 18, 2004.
* BoxOfficeBomb: Warner Bros' marketing for the movie was quite lousy, as stated in the main page, but CN did their part and promoted it to heck and back to the point where even Creator/AdultSwim got involved. Outside the channel, however, there was barely any mention of it. Not helping was it was pitted against ''Film/MenInBlackII'' on the opening weekend, was overshadowed by the surprise hit ''Like Mike'' and Warner Bros focusing their campaign on the ''Film/ScoobyDoo'' live-action movie. As such it performed poorly. Because of this, feature films for ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy'' and ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'' were scaled back to made-for-TV fare rather than made into feature films and the ''WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack'' movie was stuck in DevelopmentHell for decades before being abandoned in favor of the 10-episode revival.
* ChannelHop: Averted, as the show was always a Creator/CartoonNetwork program. However, "Members Only", "Superfriends" and "All Chalked Up" premiered on Creator/KidsWB first after the AOL Time Warner merger moved operational duties for the {{Creator/The WB}} network to Turner Broadcasting and forced them to "play nice" with the Turner networks.
* TheCharacterIceCreamBar: Blue Bunny released a cherry-flavored ice of Bubbles' face and upper body.
* CowboyBebopAtHisComputer: A Russian magazine credited Genndy Tartakovsky as the creator of the series.
* CreatorsApathy: Animation director Randy Myers admitted that, when Craig [=McCracken=] left production, him and the remaining staff were just simply trying to meet the series quota because they were aware that the show was jumping the shark at that point.
* CreatorBacklash: While she stands behinds its message, Creator/LaurenFaust has said that she wasn't happy with how "Equal Fights" turned out, feeling that feminism was too dense a subject to depict in a lighthearted cartoon. It didn't help that she'd had to endure complaints from every side of the argument, from man-hating feminists who thought she was being too soft to men accusing her of male-bashing.
* CreatorsPest: Despite them being some of the show's most popular villains among fans, Creator/CraigMcCracken has a stated dislike of [[ThePsychoRangers the Rowdyruff Boys]]. While he considers their debut episode to be one of the show's best, he also felt that the characters themselves were one-note and that there was nothing further to be done with them by the end of the episode and finds the {{Shipping}} between them and the girls to be incredibly creepy. Despite pressure from fans and [[ExecutiveMeddling executives]], he resisted demand to bring them back, something which ultimately happened anyway once [=McCracken=]'s involvement in the series lessened in later seasons. [=McCracken=] himself still tends to ignore them when he can, and infamously left them out of the show's GrandFinale despite it featuring a VillainTeamUp with every other recurring villain in the series.
* {{Defictionalization}}: The PPG [[http://thumbs3.ebaystatic.com/d/l225/m/m5kQnM-yeV3lqIrsVnQY2Mg.jpg waffle iron]] from "Collect Her." Ironically, the writers put that in because they thought it was too absurd to feel like ProductPlacement for actual PPG stuff.
* DescendedCreator:
** During Seasons 5 and 6, storyboard artists Don Shank and Charlie Bean lent their voices to their caricatures. Shank had the most appearances, including the fourth season premiere "Film Flam".
** Earlier, Craig [=McCracken=] voiced the narrator on the Whoopass Stew shorts. Lou Romano voiced the Amoeba Boys, and the father bird on "A Very Special Blossom" during Season 2, on said short.
* DevelopmentGag: The designs of the Run-of-the-Mill Girls from "Oops, I Did It Again" were based on redesigns Craig [=McCracken=] came up with after the early pilot received negative test audience reactions due to the girls' bug-like designs.
* FranchiseZombie: Craig [=McCracken=] wanted to end the 1998 series after its fourth season (including the movie). The Creator/CartoonNetwork executives at the time said that no one would watch the reruns, so the series continued for two more seasons. The executives actually wanted even more than that, but the new showrunner Creator/ChrisSavino shot down the idea after agreeing with [=McCracken=] to end the series on Season 6. A decade later, Cartoon Network aired a new series for three seasons without any involvement from [=McCracken=] or Savino whatsoever.
* KidsMealToy:
** Subway sold toys of Blossom, Bubbles, Buttercup, and Mojo Jojo in 2000.
** Dairy Queen sold six different toys in 2001.
** Burger King sold toys of Blossom, Bubbles, Buttercup, and Mojo Jojo in 2002. These were paired alongside ''Anime/DragonBallZ''.
* MilestoneCelebration: The 50th issue of the comic book, ''Deja View''.
* TheOtherDarrin:
** The original ''What-A-Cartoon'' era shorts had Creator/ErnieAnderson, best known as either Ghoulardi or the longtime announcer for ABC as well as the voice of ''Series/TheLoveBoat'' and the syndicated run of ''Series/BreakTheBank1976'', as the narrator, but he died of cancer in 1997. Tom Kenny took over the role.
** Bubbles and then-unnamed Ms. Keane were both voiced by Creator/KathSoucie in the ''What-A-Cartoon'' shorts, but when the series went on air, Creator/TaraStrong and Creator/JenniferHale took over the roles, respectively. For Bubbles, Soucie employed her usual “young female child” voice that she used for [[WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}} Lil DeVille]] and [[WesternAnimation/BabyBlues Megan]] and others.
** Carlos Alazraqui provided Lil' Arturo's voice in his first appearance. In all other episodes, Tom Kenny plays Arturo.
* PlayingAgainstType:
** Creator/TomKane as Him.
** Creator/JenniferHale as SpoiledBrat Princess Morbucks.
* PopCultureUrbanLegends: The ending of the episode "Mime for a Change" is commonly believed to have been mandated by ExecutiveMeddling, with executives demanding that Rainbow the Clown be punished for his actions, while the crew preferred an original ending where he was not. Creator Craig [=McCracken=] has [[https://twitter.com/CrackMcCraigen/status/1546127629014642688?s=20&t=9z0jUXnRbz9gDMk8nplsKw debunked this rumor]] on his Twitter.
* QuietlyCancelled: Creator/CraigMcCracken left the series after Season 4 to work on ''WesternAnimation/FostersHomeForImaginaryFriends'', leaving it to Creator/ChrisSavino to run it. After two more seasons, the show just stopped completely, with no finale or news from Creator/CartoonNetwork on what happened, and it was clear the show was cancelled by then. It only briefly came back for its 10th anniversary special, "The Powerpuff Girls Rule!!!", which Craig stated was the [[GrandFinale proper closeout]] of the original series.
* RelationshipVoiceActor:
** The Latin American Spanish dub has two hilarious cases of this:
*** Creator/CristinaHernandez (Blossom) and Creator/RossyAguirre (Buttercup) voiced [[Anime/SaberMarionetteJ Lime and Cherry]] respectively, two girls from another trio of super-powered girls living with a guy, except their personalities are different between the two series.
*** Also, Cristina Hernandez, along with Enrique Cervantes (Mojo Jojo) and Sergio Gutierrez Coto (The Narrator) voiced [[Film/TheDarkKnightRises Catwoman, Bane]] and [[Film/TheDarkKnightTrilogy Batman]] respectively. That's right, The Narrator is the [[Franchise/{{Batman}} The Dark Knight]] and he's fighting against Blossom and Mojo Jojo!
** Imagine [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Gilda, Fluttershy, and Tree Hugger fighting Discord]]!
** Italian dub: Creator/MonicaBertolotti (Buttercup) and Creator/MonicaWard (Blossom) have also worked together on ''Series/FamilyMatters'', ''WesternAnimation/PAWPatrol'', and ''WesternAnimation/{{Sixteen}}''.
* RomanceOnTheSet: Husband and wife [=Craig McCracken=] and Lauren Faust met and fell in love while working on this show as creator/director and storyboard artist, respectively.
* ScrewedByTheNetwork: The writers and artists on the DC comic book stories did not get royalties for IDW's reprints of them.
* ThrowItIn: A lot of the narrator's closing lines [[https://twitter.com/CrackMcCraigen/status/619252796739600385 were improvised]] by Creator/TomKenny.
* TropeNamer:
** FingerlessHands: Formerly, as the trope used to be called Powerpuff Girl Hands. One of the most notable aspects of the Powerpuff Girls' character designs is that their hands lack fingers and thumbs.
** SoOnceAgainTheDayIsSaved: Nearly every episode ends with the Narrator saying, "So once again, the day is saved thanks to the Powerpuff Girls", with occasional variations.
* UnisexSeriesGenderedMerchandise: WordOfGod is that the series was aimed at a unisex audience. Despite this, almost all merchandise is aimed at girls and women. This was taken to its natural extreme when the series received a MagicalGirl anime and the 2016 reboot was ''explictly'' aimed at girls.
** The case of the reboot was slightly averted since it still had merchandise aimed at both genders.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
** Before the Girls, Craig played around with a luchador superhero character as the star for his thesis film, but after drawing a birthday card for his brother with three cute, Margret Keane-inspired girls, he though the idea of those little girls fighting bad guys was hilarious and chose that instead.
** Buttercup was originally named Bud.
** The original tone of the cartoon was meant to be much more adult and was titled "The Whoopass Girls". One can only imagine what that series would've been like if Craig hadn't made it more kid friendly.
** The show came close to being Creator/CartoonNetwork's first original series, but the network changed their minds at the last minute and chose ''WesternAnimation/DextersLaboratory'' instead.
** One planned episode, ''Deja View'', about the girls visiting an alternate universe ruled by their evil versions, ended up being cancelled due to the visuals requiring the budget to go overboard. It wound up being given to the DC comic book writers and turned into [[MilestoneCelebration the 50th issue]] of the DC comic.
** As said on the main page, Craig wanted Jack Black to voice the Gnome in "See Me, Feel Me, Gnomey", but they couldn't, due to him being too busy and expensive.
** According to Craig on [[http://crackmccraigen.tumblr.com/post/144108197029/if-anything-there-should-be-a-batman-crossover this]] post, one rejected idea the team had considered was doing a [[Franchise/DCAnimatedUniverse DCAU]] crossover. In it, the Joker came to Townsville and started wreaking havoc, only for the girls to be stopped at every turn by the mayor because [[NoSuchThingAsBadPublicity the city's been put on the map for being targeted by an A-list villain.]] They wanted to use Bruce Timm's designs for the characters and have Creator/MarkHamill reprise his role as the Joker as well.
** Cartoon Network wanted a seventh season of the show, maybe more, before Craig [=McCracken=] and Chris Savino both decided that it ran its course and end it after six seasons.
* TheWikiRule: The [[http://powerpuffgirls.wikia.com/wiki/Powerpuff_Girls_Wiki Powerpuff Girls Wiki]], another [[http://powerpuff-base.wikia.com/wiki/Powerpuff_Base_Wiki Powerpuff Girls Wiki]], another [[http://theppgs.wikia.com/wiki/The_Powerpuff_Girls_Wiki Powerpuff Girls Wiki]] (closed), another [[http://the-powerpuff-girls.wikia.com/wiki/The_Powerpuff_Girls_Wiki Powerpuff Girls Wiki]] (redirects to first), and a [[http://ppgfanon.wikia.com/wiki/Powerpuff_Girls_Fanon_Wiki Powerpuff Girls Fanon Wiki]].
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''For Trivia tropes pertaining to the 2016 series, go [[Trivia/ThePowerpuffGirls2016 here]].''
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* ActingForTwo:
** Creator/TomKenny voices the Mayor, the Narrator, Mitch Mitchelson, and Snake and Lil' Arturo of the Gangreen Gang.
** Creator/JeffBennett voices Ace, Grubber, Big Billy, and Dick Hardly.
** Creator/TomKane voices the Professor and HIM.
** Creator/RogerLJackson voices Mojo Jojo and Butch of the Rowdyruff Boys.
** Creator/JenniferHale voices Ms. Keane, Princess Morbucks and Sedusa.
** Chuck [=McCann=] voices all three Amoeba Boys.
** Creator/RobPaulsen voices both Brick and Boomer.
** Creator/KathSoucie supplied the voices for Harold Smith's wife Marianne and daughter Julie.
** The three actresses for the girls also voiced one each of the three criminal animals from "Sweet 'N Sour."
* AdoredByTheNetwork: Along with ''WesternAnimation/DextersLaboratory'', it was Creator/CartoonNetwork's flagship series during the "Creator/CartoonCartoons" era of Cartoon Network that was rerun daily until 2002.
* BannedEpisode: The Season 5 episode "See Me, Feel Me, Gnomey" was rumored to be banned in the US for several possible reasons, including the heavy use of strobe effects that could have triggered epileptic seizures in more sensitive viewers, much like the notorious ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' episode "Electric Soldier Porygon", or the episode allegedly having Communist undertones. The official reason for the episode being skipped in the US, according to Craig [=McCracken=] [[http://crackmccraigen.tumblr.com/post/147175691484/a-few-friends-and-i-just-watched-the-apparently himself]] is because "[the network] claimed that the metal beams in the destroyed buildings looked too much like crosses and one of the hippies looked like Jesus. That was never our intention at all, we were really surprised that they banned it." The episode can be seen on the complete series DVD set and was available when it was on Netflix and Hulu, though it is not on HBO Max. It aired in Canada on March 18, 2004.
* BoxOfficeBomb: Warner Bros' marketing for the movie was quite lousy, as stated in the main page, but CN did their part and promoted it to heck and back to the point where even Creator/AdultSwim got involved. Outside the channel, however, there was barely any mention of it. Not helping was it was pitted against ''Film/MenInBlackII'' on the opening weekend, was overshadowed by the surprise hit ''Like Mike'' and Warner Bros focusing their campaign on the ''Film/ScoobyDoo'' live-action movie. As such it performed poorly. Because of this, feature films for ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy'' and ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'' were scaled back to made-for-TV fare rather than made into feature films and the ''WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack'' movie was stuck in DevelopmentHell for decades before being abandoned in favor of the 10-episode revival.
* ChannelHop: Averted, as the show was always a Creator/CartoonNetwork program. However, "Members Only", "Superfriends" and "All Chalked Up" premiered on Creator/KidsWB first after the AOL Time Warner merger moved operational duties for the {{Creator/The WB}} network to Turner Broadcasting and forced them to "play nice" with the Turner networks.
* TheCharacterIceCreamBar: Blue Bunny released a cherry-flavored ice of Bubbles' face and upper body.
* CowboyBebopAtHisComputer: A Russian magazine credited Genndy Tartakovsky as the creator of the series.
* CreatorsApathy: Animation director Randy Myers admitted that, when Craig [=McCracken=] left production, him and the remaining staff were just simply trying to meet the series quota because they were aware that the show was jumping the shark at that point.
* CreatorBacklash: While she stands behinds its message, Creator/LaurenFaust has said that she wasn't happy with how "Equal Fights" turned out, feeling that feminism was too dense a subject to depict in a lighthearted cartoon. It didn't help that she'd had to endure complaints from every side of the argument, from man-hating feminists who thought she was being too soft to men accusing her of male-bashing.
* CreatorsPest: Despite them being some of the show's most popular villains among fans, Creator/CraigMcCracken has a stated dislike of [[ThePsychoRangers the Rowdyruff Boys]]. While he considers their debut episode to be one of the show's best, he also felt that the characters themselves were one-note and that there was nothing further to be done with them by the end of the episode and finds the {{Shipping}} between them and the girls to be incredibly creepy. Despite pressure from fans and [[ExecutiveMeddling executives]], he resisted demand to bring them back, something which ultimately happened anyway once [=McCracken=]'s involvement in the series lessened in later seasons. [=McCracken=] himself still tends to ignore them when he can, and infamously left them out of the show's GrandFinale despite it featuring a VillainTeamUp with every other recurring villain in the series.
* {{Defictionalization}}: The PPG [[http://thumbs3.ebaystatic.com/d/l225/m/m5kQnM-yeV3lqIrsVnQY2Mg.jpg waffle iron]] from "Collect Her." Ironically, the writers put that in because they thought it was too absurd to feel like ProductPlacement for actual PPG stuff.
* DescendedCreator:
** During Seasons 5 and 6, storyboard artists Don Shank and Charlie Bean lent their voices to their caricatures. Shank had the most appearances, including the fourth season premiere "Film Flam".
** Earlier, Craig [=McCracken=] voiced the narrator on the Whoopass Stew shorts. Lou Romano voiced the Amoeba Boys, and the father bird on "A Very Special Blossom" during Season 2, on said short.
* DevelopmentGag: The designs of the Run-of-the-Mill Girls from "Oops, I Did It Again" were based on redesigns Craig [=McCracken=] came up with after the early pilot received negative test audience reactions due to the girls' bug-like designs.
* FranchiseZombie: Craig [=McCracken=] wanted to end the 1998 series after its fourth season (including the movie). The Creator/CartoonNetwork executives at the time said that no one would watch the reruns, so the series continued for two more seasons. The executives actually wanted even more than that, but the new showrunner Creator/ChrisSavino shot down the idea after agreeing with [=McCracken=] to end the series on Season 6. A decade later, Cartoon Network aired a new series for three seasons without any involvement from [=McCracken=] or Savino whatsoever.
* KidsMealToy:
** Subway sold toys of Blossom, Bubbles, Buttercup, and Mojo Jojo in 2000.
** Dairy Queen sold six different toys in 2001.
** Burger King sold toys of Blossom, Bubbles, Buttercup, and Mojo Jojo in 2002. These were paired alongside ''Anime/DragonBallZ''.
* MilestoneCelebration: The 50th issue of the comic book, ''Deja View''.
* TheOtherDarrin:
** The original ''What-A-Cartoon'' era shorts had Creator/ErnieAnderson, best known as either Ghoulardi or the longtime announcer for ABC as well as the voice of ''Series/TheLoveBoat'' and the syndicated run of ''Series/BreakTheBank1976'', as the narrator, but he died of cancer in 1997. Tom Kenny took over the role.
** Bubbles and then-unnamed Ms. Keane were both voiced by Creator/KathSoucie in the ''What-A-Cartoon'' shorts, but when the series went on air, Creator/TaraStrong and Creator/JenniferHale took over the roles, respectively. For Bubbles, Soucie employed her usual “young female child” voice that she used for [[WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}} Lil DeVille]] and [[WesternAnimation/BabyBlues Megan]] and others.
** Carlos Alazraqui provided Lil' Arturo's voice in his first appearance. In all other episodes, Tom Kenny plays Arturo.
* PlayingAgainstType:
** Creator/TomKane as Him.
** Creator/JenniferHale as SpoiledBrat Princess Morbucks.
* PopCultureUrbanLegends: The ending of the episode "Mime for a Change" is commonly believed to have been mandated by ExecutiveMeddling, with executives demanding that Rainbow the Clown be punished for his actions, while the crew preferred an original ending where he was not. Creator Craig [=McCracken=] has [[https://twitter.com/CrackMcCraigen/status/1546127629014642688?s=20&t=9z0jUXnRbz9gDMk8nplsKw debunked this rumor]] on his Twitter.
* QuietlyCancelled: Creator/CraigMcCracken left the series after Season 4 to work on ''WesternAnimation/FostersHomeForImaginaryFriends'', leaving it to Creator/ChrisSavino to run it. After two more seasons, the show just stopped completely, with no finale or news from Creator/CartoonNetwork on what happened, and it was clear the show was cancelled by then. It only briefly came back for its 10th anniversary special, "The Powerpuff Girls Rule!!!", which Craig stated was the [[GrandFinale proper closeout]] of the original series.
* RelationshipVoiceActor:
** The Latin American Spanish dub has two hilarious cases of this:
*** Creator/CristinaHernandez (Blossom) and Creator/RossyAguirre (Buttercup) voiced [[Anime/SaberMarionetteJ Lime and Cherry]] respectively, two girls from another trio of super-powered girls living with a guy, except their personalities are different between the two series.
*** Also, Cristina Hernandez, along with Enrique Cervantes (Mojo Jojo) and Sergio Gutierrez Coto (The Narrator) voiced [[Film/TheDarkKnightRises Catwoman, Bane]] and [[Film/TheDarkKnightTrilogy Batman]] respectively. That's right, The Narrator is the [[Franchise/{{Batman}} The Dark Knight]] and he's fighting against Blossom and Mojo Jojo!
** Imagine [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Gilda, Fluttershy, and Tree Hugger fighting Discord]]!
** Italian dub: Creator/MonicaBertolotti (Buttercup) and Creator/MonicaWard (Blossom) have also worked together on ''Series/FamilyMatters'', ''WesternAnimation/PAWPatrol'', and ''WesternAnimation/{{Sixteen}}''.
* RomanceOnTheSet: Husband and wife [=Craig McCracken=] and Lauren Faust met and fell in love while working on this show as creator/director and storyboard artist, respectively.
* ScrewedByTheNetwork: The writers and artists on the DC comic book stories did not get royalties for IDW's reprints of them.
* ThrowItIn: A lot of the narrator's closing lines [[https://twitter.com/CrackMcCraigen/status/619252796739600385 were improvised]] by Creator/TomKenny.
* TropeNamer:
** FingerlessHands: Formerly, as the trope used to be called Powerpuff Girl Hands. One of the most notable aspects of the Powerpuff Girls' character designs is that their hands lack fingers and thumbs.
** SoOnceAgainTheDayIsSaved: Nearly every episode ends with the Narrator saying, "So once again, the day is saved thanks to the Powerpuff Girls", with occasional variations.
* UnisexSeriesGenderedMerchandise: WordOfGod is that the series was aimed at a unisex audience. Despite this, almost all merchandise is aimed at girls and women. This was taken to its natural extreme when the series received a MagicalGirl anime and the 2016 reboot was ''explictly'' aimed at girls.
** The case of the reboot was slightly averted since it still had merchandise aimed at both genders.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
** Before the Girls, Craig played around with a luchador superhero character as the star for his thesis film, but after drawing a birthday card for his brother with three cute, Margret Keane-inspired girls, he though the idea of those little girls fighting bad guys was hilarious and chose that instead.
** Buttercup was originally named Bud.
** The original tone of the cartoon was meant to be much more adult and was titled "The Whoopass Girls". One can only imagine what that series would've been like if Craig hadn't made it more kid friendly.
** The show came close to being Creator/CartoonNetwork's first original series, but the network changed their minds at the last minute and chose ''WesternAnimation/DextersLaboratory'' instead.
** One planned episode, ''Deja View'', about the girls visiting an alternate universe ruled by their evil versions, ended up being cancelled due to the visuals requiring the budget to go overboard. It wound up being given to the DC comic book writers and turned into [[MilestoneCelebration the 50th issue]] of the DC comic.
** As said on the main page, Craig wanted Jack Black to voice the Gnome in "See Me, Feel Me, Gnomey", but they couldn't, due to him being too busy and expensive.
** According to Craig on [[http://crackmccraigen.tumblr.com/post/144108197029/if-anything-there-should-be-a-batman-crossover this]] post, one rejected idea the team had considered was doing a [[Franchise/DCAnimatedUniverse DCAU]] crossover. In it, the Joker came to Townsville and started wreaking havoc, only for the girls to be stopped at every turn by the mayor because [[NoSuchThingAsBadPublicity the city's been put on the map for being targeted by an A-list villain.]] They wanted to use Bruce Timm's designs for the characters and have Creator/MarkHamill reprise his role as the Joker as well.
** Cartoon Network wanted a seventh season of the show, maybe more, before Craig [=McCracken=] and Chris Savino both decided that it ran its course and end it after six seasons.
* TheWikiRule: The [[http://powerpuffgirls.wikia.com/wiki/Powerpuff_Girls_Wiki Powerpuff Girls Wiki]], another [[http://powerpuff-base.wikia.com/wiki/Powerpuff_Base_Wiki Powerpuff Girls Wiki]], another [[http://theppgs.wikia.com/wiki/The_Powerpuff_Girls_Wiki Powerpuff Girls Wiki]] (closed), another [[http://the-powerpuff-girls.wikia.com/wiki/The_Powerpuff_Girls_Wiki Powerpuff Girls Wiki]] (redirects to first), and a [[http://ppgfanon.wikia.com/wiki/Powerpuff_Girls_Fanon_Wiki Powerpuff Girls Fanon Wiki]].
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* NamesTheSame:
** Mr. Mime shares his name with a significantly happier and far more colorful Franchise/{{Pokemon}}.
** Sara Bellum shares her name with a recurring EvilGenius of [[Franchise/CarmenSandiego another famous lady in red]].
** Townsville shares its name with a city in Queensland, Australia.
** Mr. Mime shares his name with a significantly happier and far more colorful Franchise/{{Pokemon}}.
** Sara Bellum shares her name with a recurring EvilGenius of [[Franchise/CarmenSandiego another famous lady in red]].
** Townsville shares its name with a city in Queensland, Australia.
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* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: "See Me, Feel Me, Gnomey" has never been shown in the U.S., not even in the current runs on Boomerang or on HBO Max. It ''is'' on the complete series DVD set and was on Netflix, though.
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* ActingForTwo:
** Creator/TomKenny voices the Mayor, the Narrator, Mitch Mitchelson, and Snake and Lil' Arturo of the Gangreen Gang.
** Creator/JeffBennett voices Ace, Grubber, Big Billy, and Dick Hardly.
** Creator/TomKane voices the Professor and HIM.
** Creator/RogerLJackson voices Mojo Jojo and Butch of the Rowdyruff Boys.
** Creator/JenniferHale voices Ms. Keane, Princess Morbucks and Sedusa.
** Chuck [=McCann=] voices all three Amoeba Boys.
** Creator/RobPaulsen voices both Brick and Boomer.
** Creator/KathSoucie supplied the voices for Harold Smith's wife Marianne and daughter Julie.
** The three actresses for the girls also voiced one each of the three criminal animals from "Sweet 'N Sour."
** Creator/TomKenny voices the Mayor, the Narrator, Mitch Mitchelson, and Snake and Lil' Arturo of the Gangreen Gang.
** Creator/JeffBennett voices Ace, Grubber, Big Billy, and Dick Hardly.
** Creator/TomKane voices the Professor and HIM.
** Creator/RogerLJackson voices Mojo Jojo and Butch of the Rowdyruff Boys.
** Creator/JenniferHale voices Ms. Keane, Princess Morbucks and Sedusa.
** Chuck [=McCann=] voices all three Amoeba Boys.
** Creator/RobPaulsen voices both Brick and Boomer.
** Creator/KathSoucie supplied the voices for Harold Smith's wife Marianne and daughter Julie.
** The three actresses for the girls also voiced one each of the three criminal animals from "Sweet 'N Sour."
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** Creator/TomKenny voices the Mayor, the Narrator, Mitch Mitchelson, and Snake and Lil' Arturo of the Gangreen Gang.
** Creator/JeffBennett voices Ace, Grubber, Big Billy, and Dick Hardly.
** Creator/TomKane voices the Professor and HIM.
** Creator/RogerLJackson voices Mojo Jojo and Butch of the Rowdyruff Boys.
** Creator/JenniferHale voices Ms. Keane, Princess Morbucks and Sedusa.
** Chuck [=McCann=] voices all three Amoeba Boys.
** Creator/RobPaulsen voices both Brick and Boomer.
** Creator/KathSoucie supplied the voices for Harold Smith's wife Marianne and daughter Julie.
** The three actresses for the girls also voiced one each of the three criminal animals from "Sweet 'N Sour."
** Creator/TomKenny voices the Mayor, the Narrator, Mitch Mitchelson, and Snake and Lil' Arturo of the Gangreen Gang.
** Creator/JeffBennett voices Ace, Grubber, Big Billy, and Dick Hardly.
** Creator/TomKane voices the Professor and HIM.
** Creator/RogerLJackson voices Mojo Jojo and Butch of the Rowdyruff Boys.
** Creator/JenniferHale voices Ms. Keane, Princess Morbucks and Sedusa.
** Chuck [=McCann=] voices all three Amoeba Boys.
** Creator/RobPaulsen voices both Brick and Boomer.
** Creator/KathSoucie supplied the voices for Harold Smith's wife Marianne and daughter Julie.
** The three actresses for the girls also voiced one each of the three criminal animals from "Sweet 'N Sour."
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* KidsMealToy:
** Subway sold toys of Blossom, Bubbles, Buttercup, and Mojo Jojo in 2000.
** Dairy Queen sold six different toys in 2001.
** Burger King sold toys of Blossom, Bubbles, Buttercup, and Mojo Jojo in 2002. These were paired alongside ''Anime/DragonBallZ''.
** Subway sold toys of Blossom, Bubbles, Buttercup, and Mojo Jojo in 2000.
** Dairy Queen sold six different toys in 2001.
** Burger King sold toys of Blossom, Bubbles, Buttercup, and Mojo Jojo in 2002. These were paired alongside ''Anime/DragonBallZ''.
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* QuietlyCancelled: Creator/CraigMcCracken left the series after Season 4 to work on ''WesternAnimation/FostersHomeForImaginaryFriends'', leaving it to Creator/ChrisSavino to run it. After two more seasons, the show just stopped completely, with no finale or news from Creator/CartoonNetwork on what happened, and it was clear the show was cancelled by then. It only briefly came back for its 10th anniversary special, "The Powerpuff Girls Rule!!!", which Craig stated was the proper closeout of the original series.
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* QuietlyCancelled: Creator/CraigMcCracken left the series after Season 4 to work on ''WesternAnimation/FostersHomeForImaginaryFriends'', leaving it to Creator/ChrisSavino to run it. After two more seasons, the show just stopped completely, with no finale or news from Creator/CartoonNetwork on what happened, and it was clear the show was cancelled by then. It only briefly came back for its 10th anniversary special, "The Powerpuff Girls Rule!!!", which Craig stated was the [[GrandFinale proper closeout closeout]] of the original series.
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** According to Craig on [[http://crackmccraigen.tumblr.com/post/144108197029/if-anything-there-should-be-a-batman-crossover this]] post, one rejected idea the team had considered was doing a [[Franchise/DCAnimatedUniverse DCAU]] crossover. In it, the Joker came to Townsville and started wreaking havoc, only for the girls to be stopped at every turn by the mayor because [[NoSuchThingAsBadPublicity the city's been put on the map for being targeted by an A-list villain.]] They wanted to use Bruce Timm's designs for the characters as well.
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** According to Craig on [[http://crackmccraigen.tumblr.com/post/144108197029/if-anything-there-should-be-a-batman-crossover this]] post, one rejected idea the team had considered was doing a [[Franchise/DCAnimatedUniverse DCAU]] crossover. In it, the Joker came to Townsville and started wreaking havoc, only for the girls to be stopped at every turn by the mayor because [[NoSuchThingAsBadPublicity the city's been put on the map for being targeted by an A-list villain.]] They wanted to use Bruce Timm's designs for the characters and have Creator/MarkHamill reprise his role as the Joker as well.
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* FranchiseZombie: Craig [=McCracken=] wanted to end the 1998 series after its fourth season (including the movie). The Creator/CartoonNetwork executives at the time said that no one would watch the reruns, so the series continued for two more seasons. The executives actually wanted even more than that, but the new showrunner Creator/ChrisSavino shot down the idea after agreeing with [=McCracken=] to end the series on Season 6. A decade later, Cartoon Network aired a new series for three years without any involvement from [=McCracken=] or Savino whatsoever.
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* FranchiseZombie: Craig [=McCracken=] wanted to end the 1998 series after its fourth season (including the movie). The Creator/CartoonNetwork executives at the time said that no one would watch the reruns, so the series continued for two more seasons. The executives actually wanted even more than that, but the new showrunner Creator/ChrisSavino shot down the idea after agreeing with [=McCracken=] to end the series on Season 6. A decade later, Cartoon Network aired a new series for three years seasons without any involvement from [=McCracken=] or Savino whatsoever.
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* PopCultureUrbanLegends: The ending of the episode "Mime for a Change" is commonly believed to have been mandated by ExecutiveMeddling, with executives demanding that Rainbow the Clown be punished for his actions, while the crew preferred an original ending where he was not. Creator Craig [=McCracken=] has [[https://twitter.com/CrackMcCraigen/status/1546127629014642688?s=20&t=9z0jUXnRbz9gDMk8nplsKw debunked this rumor]] on his Twitter.
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** Italian dub: Creator/MonicaBertolotti (Buttercup) and Creator/MonicaWard (Blossom) have also worked together on ''Series/FamilyMatters'', ''WesternAnimation/PAWPatrol'', and ''WesternAnimation/{{Sixteen}}''.
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** Earlier, Craig [=McCracken=] voiced the narrator on the Whoopass Stew shorts. Lou Romano voiced the Amoeba Boys, and the father bird on "A Very Special Blossom" during season 2, on said short.
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* FranchiseZombie: Craig [=McCracken=] wanted to end the 1998 series after its fourth season (including the movie). The Creator/CartoonNetwork executives at the time said that no one would watch the reruns, so the series continued for two more seasons. The executives actually wanted even more than that, but the new showrunner Creator/ChrisSavino shot down the idea after agreeing with [=McCracken=] to end the series on Season 6. A decade later, Cartoon Network aired a new series for three years without any involvement from [=McCracken=] or Savino whatsoever.
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** EasyImpersonation ("Powerpuff Bluff")
** EatingTheEnemy ("Beat Your Greans")
** [[FamilyUnfriendlyViolence/WesternAnimation Family-Unfriendly Violence.Western Animation]] ("Candy is Dandy")
** FingerlessHands ("Mime for a Change")
** GameShowAppearance (bumper)
** HarmlessVillain ("Geshundfight")
** HisNameReallyIsBarkeep ("Impeach Fuzz")
** LegalizedEvil ("Bought and Scold")
** LetXBeTheUnknown (fan-art)
** LostToyGrievance ("Octi-Gone")
** MadeOfGood (fan-art)
** MyBrainIsBig ("Mr. Mojo's Rising")
** NiceJobFixingItVillain ("Just Another Manic Mojo")
** NotSoHarmlessVillain (top half: "Mo Job")
** PrisonRape ("Cootie Gras")
** [[ReferencedBy/SouthPark Referenced by....South Park]] (top-right)
** SissyVillain (fan-art)
** [[VillainTeamUp/WesternAnimation Villain Team-Up.Western Animation]] ("Meet the Beat Alls")
** WickedStepmother ("Mommy Fearest")
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** [[BadassAdorable/WesternAnimation Badass Adorable.Western Animation]]
** NotSoHarmlessVillain (bottom half)
* [[ComicBook/ThePowerpuffGirls Comic books]]:
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** DrivenByEnvy
** EvilDoppelganger
** UpliftedAnimal
** WeatherDissonance
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** Bubbles and then-unnamed Ms. Keane were both voiced by Creator/KathSoucie in the ''What-A-Cartoon'' shorts, but when the series went on air, Creator/TaraStrong and Creator/JenniferHale took over the roles, respectively.
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* CreatorBacklash: While she stands behinds its message, Creator/LaurenFaust has said that she wasn't happy with how "Equal Fights" turned out, feeling that feminism was too dense a subject to depict in a lighthearted cartoon. It didn't help that she'd had to endure complaints from pretty much every side of the argument, from real man-hating feminists who thought she was being too soft to men accusing her of male-bashing.
* CreatorsPest: Despite them being some of the show's most popular villains among fans, Creator/CraigMcCracken has a stated dislike of [[ThePsychoRangers the Rowdyruff Boys]]. While he considers their debut episode to be one of the show's best, he also felt that the characters themselves were rather one-note and there was nothing further to be done with them by the end of the episode, and finds the {{Shipping}} between them and the girls to be incredibly creepy. Despite pressure from fans and [[ExecutiveMeddling executives]], he resisted demand to bring them back, something which ultimately happened anyway once [=McCracken=]'s involvement in the series lessened in later seasons. [=McCracken=] himself still tends to generally ignore them when he can, and infamously left them out of the show's GrandFinale despite it featuring a VillainTeamUp with every other recurring villain in the series.
* {{Defictionalization}}: The PPG [[http://thumbs3.ebaystatic.com/d/l225/m/m5kQnM-yeV3lqIrsVnQY2Mg.jpg waffle iron]] from "Collect Her." Ironically, the writers put that in so the episode because they thought it was too absurd to feel like ProductPlacement for actual PPG stuff.
* CreatorsPest: Despite them being some of the show's most popular villains among fans, Creator/CraigMcCracken has a stated dislike of [[ThePsychoRangers the Rowdyruff Boys]]. While he considers their debut episode to be one of the show's best, he also felt that the characters themselves were rather one-note and there was nothing further to be done with them by the end of the episode, and finds the {{Shipping}} between them and the girls to be incredibly creepy. Despite pressure from fans and [[ExecutiveMeddling executives]], he resisted demand to bring them back, something which ultimately happened anyway once [=McCracken=]'s involvement in the series lessened in later seasons. [=McCracken=] himself still tends to generally ignore them when he can, and infamously left them out of the show's GrandFinale despite it featuring a VillainTeamUp with every other recurring villain in the series.
* {{Defictionalization}}: The PPG [[http://thumbs3.ebaystatic.com/d/l225/m/m5kQnM-yeV3lqIrsVnQY2Mg.jpg waffle iron]] from "Collect Her." Ironically, the writers put that in so the episode because they thought it was too absurd to feel like ProductPlacement for actual PPG stuff.
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* CreatorBacklash: While she stands behinds its message, Creator/LaurenFaust has said that she wasn't happy with how "Equal Fights" turned out, feeling that feminism was too dense a subject to depict in a lighthearted cartoon. It didn't help that she'd had to endure complaints from pretty much every side of the argument, from real man-hating feminists who thought she was being too soft to men accusing her of male-bashing.
* CreatorsPest: Despite them being some of the show's most popular villains among fans, Creator/CraigMcCracken has a stated dislike of [[ThePsychoRangers the Rowdyruff Boys]]. While he considers their debut episode to be one of the show's best, he also felt that the characters themselves wererather one-note and that there was nothing further to be done with them by the end of the episode, episode and finds the {{Shipping}} between them and the girls to be incredibly creepy. Despite pressure from fans and [[ExecutiveMeddling executives]], he resisted demand to bring them back, something which ultimately happened anyway once [=McCracken=]'s involvement in the series lessened in later seasons. [=McCracken=] himself still tends to generally ignore them when he can, and infamously left them out of the show's GrandFinale despite it featuring a VillainTeamUp with every other recurring villain in the series.
* {{Defictionalization}}: The PPG [[http://thumbs3.ebaystatic.com/d/l225/m/m5kQnM-yeV3lqIrsVnQY2Mg.jpg waffle iron]] from "Collect Her." Ironically, the writers put that inso the episode because they thought it was too absurd to feel like ProductPlacement for actual PPG stuff.
* CreatorsPest: Despite them being some of the show's most popular villains among fans, Creator/CraigMcCracken has a stated dislike of [[ThePsychoRangers the Rowdyruff Boys]]. While he considers their debut episode to be one of the show's best, he also felt that the characters themselves were
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** Carlos Alazraqui provided Lil' Arturo's voice in his first appearance. In all other episodes, Arturo is voiced by Tom Kenny.Kenny plays Arturo.
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* QuietlyCancelled: Creator/CraigMcCracken left the series after Season 4 to work on ''WesternAnimation/FostersHomeForImaginaryFriends'', leaving it to Creator/ChrisSavino to run it. After two more seasons, the show just stopped completely, with no finale or news from Creator/CartoonNetwork on what happened and it was clear the show was cancelled by then. It only briefly came back for its 10th anniversary special, "The Powerpuff Girls Rule!!!", which Craig stated was the proper closeout of the original series.
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* QuietlyCancelled: Creator/CraigMcCracken left the series after Season 4 to work on ''WesternAnimation/FostersHomeForImaginaryFriends'', leaving it to Creator/ChrisSavino to run it. After two more seasons, the show just stopped completely, with no finale or news from Creator/CartoonNetwork on what happened happened, and it was clear the show was cancelled by then. It only briefly came back for its 10th anniversary special, "The Powerpuff Girls Rule!!!", which Craig stated was the proper closeout of the original series.
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** SoOnceAgainTheDayIsSaved: Nearly every episode ends with the Narrator saying "So once again, the day is saved thanks to the Powerpuff Girls", with occasional variations.
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** SoOnceAgainTheDayIsSaved: Nearly every episode ends with the Narrator saying saying, "So once again, the day is saved thanks to the Powerpuff Girls", with occasional variations.
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** The case of the reboot was slightly averted due to the fact that it still had merchandise aimed at both genders.
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** The case of the reboot was slightly averted due to the fact that since it still had merchandise aimed at both genders.
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** The original tone of the cartoon was meant to be much more adult; it was called "The Whoopass Girls" after all. One can only imagine what that series would've been like if Craig hadn't made it more kid-friendly.
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** The original tone of the cartoon was meant to be much more adult; it adult and was called titled "The Whoopass Girls" after all. Girls". One can only imagine what that series would've been like if Craig hadn't made it more kid-friendly.kid friendly.
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** According to Craig on [[http://crackmccraigen.tumblr.com/post/144108197029/if-anything-there-should-be-a-batman-crossover this]] post, one rejected idea the team had considered was doing a [[Franchise/DCAnimatedUniverse DCAU]] crossover. In it, the Joker came to Townsville and started wreaking havoc, only for the girls to be stopped at every turn by the Mayor because [[NoSuchThingAsBadPublicity the city's been put on the map for being targeted by an A-list villain.]] They wanted to use Bruce Timm's designs for the characters as well.
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** According to Craig on [[http://crackmccraigen.tumblr.com/post/144108197029/if-anything-there-should-be-a-batman-crossover this]] post, one rejected idea the team had considered was doing a [[Franchise/DCAnimatedUniverse DCAU]] crossover. In it, the Joker came to Townsville and started wreaking havoc, only for the girls to be stopped at every turn by the Mayor mayor because [[NoSuchThingAsBadPublicity the city's been put on the map for being targeted by an A-list villain.]] They wanted to use Bruce Timm's designs for the characters as well.
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** Cartoon Network wanted a seventh season of the show, maybe more, before Craig McCracken and Chris Savino both decided that it ran its course and end it after six seasons.
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** Cartoon Network wanted a seventh season of the show, maybe more, before Craig McCracken [=McCracken=] and Chris Savino both decided that it ran its course and end it after six seasons.
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''For Trivia tropes pertaining to the movie, go [[Trivia/ThePowerpuffGirlsMovie here]].''
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** [[FamilyUnfriendlyViolence/WesternAnimation Family-Unfriendly Violence.Western Animation]] ("Candy is Dandy")
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** [[BadassAdorable/WesternAnimation Badass Adorable.Western Animation]]
** NotSoHarmlessVillain (bottom half)
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** Cartoon Network wanted a seventh season of the show, maybe more, before Craig McCracken and Chris Savino both wanted it to end.
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** Cartoon Network wanted a seventh season of the show, maybe more, before Craig McCracken and Chris Savino both wanted decided that it to end.ran its course and end it after six seasons.
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** One planned episode, ''Deja View'', about the girls visiting an alternate universe ruled by their evil versions, ended up being cancelled due to the visuals requiring the budget to go overboard. It wound up being given to the comic book writers and turned into [[MilestoneCelebration the 50th issue]].
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** One planned episode, ''Deja View'', about the girls visiting an alternate universe ruled by their evil versions, ended up being cancelled due to the visuals requiring the budget to go overboard. It wound up being given to the DC comic book writers and turned into [[MilestoneCelebration the 50th issue]].issue]] of the DC comic.
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** NotSoHarmlessVillain (top half: "Mo Job")
