History Trivia / ThePowerpuffGirlsMovie

* StillbornFranchise: The movie was intended to kickstart a series of movies based on Cartoon Network's other successful shows, most notably a ''WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack'' film. However, the movie's poor box office returns resulted in CN shuttering their plans for further films. Only two theatrical films based on Cartoon Network shows have been made since: ''WesternAnimation/AquaTeenHungerForceColonMovieFilmForTheaters'' (technically an Creator/AdultSwim property produced entirely by the show's team on a modest budget and given a limited theatrical release by an independent distributor), and ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGoToTheMovies'' (which is really based on a Creator/WarnerBrosAnimation/[[Creator/DCComics DC Entertainment]] [[WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGo property]] rather than a CN Original). An ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'' theatrical film was going to be made at one point, but fell into DevelopmentHell. [[WesternAnimation/RegularShowTheMovie Any]] [[WesternAnimation/StevenUniverseTheMovie other]] movies based on CN shows have all been either [[MadeForTVMovie made for TV]] or [[WesternAnimation/WeBareBearsTheMovie sent straight to digital platforms/retailers]], and even ''TTG! to the Movies'''s [[WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGoVsTeenTitans sequel]] went DirectToVideo.

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: For unknown reasons, the film is unavailable for streaming or digital download, and has not been released to Blu-ray or any HD viewing. While the DVD is easy to find, it's an ancient 2002 disc with a pan-and-scan fullscreen presentation, with the original widescreen aspect ratio being unavailable.

* DoingItForTheArt: Creator/CraigMcCracken wanted this to be an "animator's film" and insisted that the writing staff be made up exclusively of people who were capable of drawing.

* DVDCommentary: Done by Creator & Director Creator/CraigMcCracken, Art Director Mike Moon, and Bubbles, Blossom, Buttercup, The Mayor, and Mojo Jojo. Why were Professor Utonium, Ms. Sarah Bellum, and Ms. Keene left out?

* AcclaimedFlop: Though the film was a box office flop, it gained decent reviews from critics, garnering a 63% on Rotten Tomatoes.

* StillbornFranchise: The movie was intended to kickstart a series of movies based on Cartoon Network's other successful shows, most notably a ''WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack'' film. However, the movie's poor box office returns resulted in CN shuttering their plans for further films. Only two theatrical films based on Cartoon Network shows have been made since: ''WesternAnimation/AquaTeenHungerForceColonMovieFilmForTheaters'' (technically an Creator/AdultSwim property), and ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGoToTheMovies'' (which is really based on a Creator/WarnerBrosAnimation/[[Creator/DCComics DC Entertainment]] [[WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGo property]] rather than a CN Original). An ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'' theatrical film was going to be made at one point, but fell into DevelopmentHell. [[WesternAnimation/RegularShowTheMovie Any]] [[WesternAnimation/StevenUniverseTheMovie other]] movies based on CN shows have all been either [[MadeForTVMovie made for TV]] or [[WesternAnimation/WeBareBearsTheMovie sent straight to digital platforms/retailers]], and even ''TTG! to the Movies'''s [[WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGoVsTeenTitans sequel]] went DirectToVideo.

* BoxOfficeBomb: Performed horribly at the box office due to very little advertising for the film outside the Cartoon Network channel (largely the fault of Warner Bros). As well being paired against ''Film/MenInBlackII'', a hotly anticipated sequel at the time, on opening weekend plus waning interest in the series. In some countries, such as Japan, it was released DirectToVideo.

** [=McCracken=] has stated through his social media that he originally intended for the movie to be even darker, originally shooting for a PG-13 rating. This was actually due to Cartoon Network and Warner Bros. going through the early phases of their experimental "adult animation" period that would lead to the creation of Creator/AdultSwim (other products of this including the likes of the Creator/JohnKricfalusi-esque ''The Flintstones on the Rocks'' and the live action ''Film/ScoobyDoo'' movie originally being intended for older audiences with an R rating). However Warner Bros. later backed down from this idea and requested the film be toned down to a PG rating (the ''Scooby Doo'' movie was similarly affected by having much of the adult humor cut out of the final film in order to get a PG rating).
EDIT: Where did he say this? All I can find is this Tweet, where he denies this: https://twitter.com/CrackMcCraigen/status/904173992155557888
EDIT #2: Alright I think I found it: https://tmblr.co/Z6ewvq25VJy4s
"PG-13 rating" isn't mentioned, just "encouraged by CN to make the movie for '25 year old guys.'"

* CreatorKiller: The film's failure was one of the many which caused WB's parent company, AOL Time Warner, to sell off AOL the year after the film's release.
* DistancedFromCurrentEvents: The fact that the film was released about a year after the 9[=/=]11 attacks is often believed to be a contributor to its financial failure, seeing as how the film features the destruction of a big city and as well as a lot of general violence.

* StillbornFranchise: The movie was intended to kickstart a series of movies based on Cartoon Network's other successful shows, most notably a ''WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack'' film. However, the movie's poor box office returns resulted in CN shuttering their plans for further films. Only two theatrical films based on Cartoon Network shows have been made since: ''WesternAnimation/AquaTeenHungerForceColonMovieFilmForTheaters'' (technically an Creator/AdultSwim property), and ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGoToTheMovies'', which, while a modest success both critically and commercially, is really based on a Creator/WarnerBrosAnimation/[[Creator/DCComics DC Entertainment]] [[WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGo property]] rather than a CN Original. An ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'' theatrical film was going to be made at one point, but fell into DevelopmentHell. [[WesternAnimation/RegularShowTheMovie Any]] [[WesternAnimation/StevenUniverseTheMovie other]] movies based on CN shows have all been either [[MadeForTVMovie made for TV]] or [[WesternAnimation/WeBareBearsTheMovie sent straight to digital platforms/retailers]], and even ''TTG! to the Movies'''s [[WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGoVsTeenTitans sequel]] went DirectToVideo.

* StillbornFranchise: The movie was intended to kickstart a series of movies based on Cartoon Network's other successful shows, most notably a ''WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack'' film. However, the movie's poor box office returns resulted in CN shuttering their plans for further films. Only two theatrical films based on Cartoon Network shows have been made since: ''WesternAnimation/AquaTeenHungerForceColonMovieFilmForTheaters'' (technically an Creator/AdultSwim property), which [[OvershadowedByControversy accidentally caused a bomb scare]] with its ViralMarketing that led to the shakeup at CN which [[NetworkDecay briefly led to the infamous addition of live-action shows to the channel]], and ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGoToTheMovies'', which, while a modest success both critically and commercially, is really based on a Creator/WarnerBrosAnimation/[[Creator/DCComics DC Entertainment]] [[WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGo property]] rather than a CN Original. An ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'' theatrical film was going to be made at one point, but fell into DevelopmentHell. [[WesternAnimation/RegularShowTheMovie Any]] [[WesternAnimation/StevenUniverseTheMovie other]] movies based on CN shows have all been either [[MadeForTVMovie made for TV]] or [[WesternAnimation/WeBareBearsTheMovie sent straight to digital platforms/retailers]], and even ''TTG! to the Movies'''s [[WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGoVsTeenTitans sequel]] went DirectToVideo.

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* AcclaimedFlop: Though the film was a box office flop, it gained mostly good reviews from critics, garnering a 63% on Rotten Tomatoes.