History Trivia / ThePowerpuffGirlsMovie

* CreatorKiller: Zigzagged. Both Creator/CraigMcCracken and Cartoon Network survived and continue producing cartoons to this day, but the film's failure convinced both parties not to venture out to features any further, instead choosing to stick with television. As of this writing, an ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'' movie has been in DevelopmentHell since it's seventh season.

* CreatorKiller: Zigzagged. Both Creator/CraigMcCracken and Cartoon Network survived and continue producing cartoons to this day, but the film's failure convinced both parties not to venture out to features any further, instead choosing to stick with television. (As of this writing, an ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'' movie is development.)

* CreatorKiller: Zigzagged. Both Creator/CraigMcCracken and Cartoon Network survived and continue producing cartoons to this day, but the film's failure convinced both parties not to venture out to features any further, instead choosing to stick with television.

** It was planned for shows such a ''WesternAnimation/KidsNextDoor'' and ''WesternAnimation/EdEddAndEddy'' to have theatrical films following this movie. But due to the film underperforming, CN backed away from feature films and stuck with Made for TV movies for their shows. This is also why the ''WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack'' GrandFinale movie was never produced.

** [=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 a PG-13 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).

* CreatorKiller: Zigzagged.
** Creator/CraigMcCracken's career as an animator survived, but this film's failure convinced him not to venture out to features any further, instead choosing to stick with television.
** Cartoon Network, of course, continues strong to this day, but again, only on television. They've yet to take another crack at feature films.

** It was planned for shows such a ''WesternAnimation/KidsNextDoor'' and ''WesternAnimation/EdEddAndEddy'' to have theatrical films following this movie. But due to the film underperforming, CN backed away from feature films and stuck with Made for TV movies for their shows.

** [=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 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 a PG-13 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).

* TooSoon: Unfortunately, a movie that cranked up the violence of a show with a metropolitan setting didn't sit well with too many people post-9/11, which is often cited as a reason it bombed.

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

* CreatorKiller: Zigzagged. Creator/CraigMcCracken's career as an animator survived, but this film's failure convinced him not to venture out to features any further, instead choosing to stick with television.

* OfficialFanSubmittedContent: CartoonNetwork held a contest in which fans were encouraged to send in their own drawings of the girls and the Professor for a chance for it to appear in the movie. The two winning pieces show up as the crayon drawing Bubbles made that the Professor picks up after she falls asleep and the "wanted" poster that appears on the news.

* 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 as waning interest in the series. In some contries, such as Japan, it was released DirectToVideo.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Craig [=McCracken=] originally pitched the movie to have the show's regular villains argue over who would rule Townsville. Craig found that it left little screen time for the girls, so he pitched the origin story.

* OfficialFanSubmittedContent: CartoonNetwork had a promotional stunt in which fans were encouraged to send in their own drawings of the girls and the Professor for a chance for it to appear in the movie. The winner's drawing shows up as the drawing Bubbles does that the Professor picks up after she falls asleep.

** [=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 AdultSwim (other products of this including the likes of ''The Flintstones on the Rocks'' by Creator/JohnKricfalusi and the live action Film/ScoobyDoo movie originally being intended for older audiences with a PG-13 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).

* BoxOfficeBomb: The movie, as stated in the main page. Warner Bros marketing for it was quite lousy, but CN did their part and promoted it to heck and back (even Creator/AdultSwim got involved). Outside the channel, however, there was barely any mention of it. Not helped at all was that 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. Only diehard fans saw the movie, leading to bad box office numbers. It's because of this failure that the series finale movies for ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy'' and ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'' were scaled back to made-for-TV fare rather than feature film.

* BoxOfficeBomb: The movie, as stated in the main page. Warner Bros marketing for it was quite lousy, but CN did their part and promoted it to heck and back (even AdultSwim got involved). Outside the channel, however, there was barely any mention of it. Not helped at all was that 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. Only diehard fans saw the movie, leading to bad box office numbers. It's because of this failure that the series finale movies for ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy'' and ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'' were scaled back to made-for-TV fare rather than feature film.

* WriterRevolt: When the film was green lit, Creator/CraigMcCracken had become increasingly frustrated at the MisaimedMarketing, which passed PPG off as any other "girly" girls' show, with tie-in products such as makeup kits and jewelry, and sought to return to the shows roots as ''The Whoop Ass Girls'' by making the film as violent as possible.

* WriterRevolt: When the film was green lit, Creator/CraigMcCracken had become increasingly frustrated at the MisaimedMarketing, which passes PPG off as any only "girly" girls' show, with tie-in products such as makeup kits and jewelry, and sought to return to the shows roots as ''The Whoop Ass Girls'' by making the film as violent as possible.

* WriterRevolt: At the time the movie was green-lit, CraigMcCraggen was getting fed up with how "girly" the tie-in products for the show were getting (make up kits, jewelry, etc.) and sought to crank up the violence and return it to it's former glory when it was know as ''The Whoop Ass Girls''.

* BoxOfficeBomb: The movie, as stated in the main page. Warner Bros marketing for it was quite lousy, but CN did their part and promoted it to heck and back (even AdultSwim got involved). Outside the channel, however, there was barely any mention of it. Not helped at all was that 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. Only diehard fans saw the movie, leading to bad box office numbers. It's because of this failure that the series finale movies for ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy'' and ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'' were scaled back to made-for-TV fare rather than feature film.

* BoxOfficeBomb: The movie, as stated in the main page. Warner Bros marketing for it was quite lousy, but CN did their part and promoted it to heck and back (even AdultSwim got involved). Outside the channel, however, there was barely any mention of it. Not helped at all was that it was pitted against ''Film/MenInBlack2'' 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. Only diehard fans saw the movie, leading to bad box office numbers. It's because of this failure that the series finale movies for ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy'' and ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'' were scaled back to made-for-TV fare rather than feature film.