History WesternAnimation / ThePowerpuffGirls2016

* PandaingToTheAudience: Allegro, a cheerful, party-loving RealityWarper panda whose hypnotic rainbow powers [[{{Brainwashed}} brainwash]] the Townsville residents into a CloudCuckooland. Debuts in "Painbow", and appears again in "Somewhere Over The Swingset" disguised in a ringmaster costume, urging people to try the Stratospheric Swingset,
which is so dangerous that many of the Townsville kids get hurt trying to ride it.

** '''Allegro''': A fun-loving, [[RealityWarper reality warping]] [[PandaingToTheAudience panda bear]], who [[BrainwashedAndCrazy brainwashes]] others with his rainbow.

* OffModel: Quite often. A few examples are various body parts vanishing or not being colored, Mojo Jojo's dog leash vanishing for several seconds, and layering issues.

[[caption-width-right:350:Who's got the power? '''We''' got the power!!![[note]] From left to right, [[CuteAndPsycho Bubbles]], [[SuperOCD Blossom]], and [[NaughtyIsGood Buttercup.]]]][[/note]]

** Calling [[SuperOCD Blossom]] "disorganized" is a death wish.

* DenserAndWackier: While [[WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls the original series]] had many comedic episodes (especially in the last few seasons), the 2016 reboot ups the antics. Everyone acts more excitably, and the [[CharacterExaggeration exaggerating characterizations are exaggerated]]. Blossom transformer from TheSmartGal of the original to being a NeatFreak with SuperOCD. This series features WingdingEyes often, and frequently mentions memes.

-->'''Bubbles''': I kind of feel bad for him. We didn't mean to do anything to his house.
-->'''Blossom''': Yeah, we really should be more careful. There's nothing we can do about our past mistakes, but we can apologize for our current ones.
-->[to Buttercup] What do you say, Buttercup? Want to right some wrongs?
-->'''Buttercup''': Ugh, dumb superhero cliches.

-->'''Blossom''': Mojo!
-->'''Mojo Jojo''': What? Mojo just fixed that wall! Why don't you use the door when you're going to beat up Mojo for no good reason?
-->'''Blossom''': We're not here to beat you up, we're here to apologize for beating you up. We thought you were cooking kittens.
-->'''Mojo Jojo''': What?! Mojo was not cooking kittens, Mojo was cooking ''for'' kittens!
-->'''Blossom''': Whew, that's a relief.
-->'''Buttercup''': Wait for it...
-->'''Mojo Jojo''': To help them get big and strong... For Mojo's deadly kitten army!

-->'''Mojo Jojo''' [after his ineffectual plan falls apart]: Curses.
-->[pleadingly]: Please, be gentle.
-->[The Powerpuffs punch Mojo as the episode ends]

-->'''Bubbles''': I'm... I'm... I'm a monster!
-->'''Blossom''': What? No.
-->'''Bubbles''' [sadly]: It's true; I'm a monster. An ugly, hideous monster!
-->'''Buttercup''': Dude, this is all in your head!
-->'''Blossom''': Bubbles, you're being kind of crazy.
-->'''Bubbles''': Oh, so now you think I'm ugly ''and'' crazy. I've always just been the "cute" one to you. And now that I'm not cute, you think I'm worthless, right?
-->'''Prof. Utonium''': All right girls, I think it's time to go home now.
-->'''Bubbles''': Home? Home? I'm ''never'' going home, never! Never!

-->'''Mojo Jojo''': Come now, tell Mojo what's on your mind.
-->'''Bubbles''': Well... I want to wreak vengeance on those who have forsaken me! So... I came to the only person who knows what it's like to be rejected for being hideous.
-->'''Mojo Jojo''': [gasps] Mojo is not hideous! He is at least a solid... eight!

-->'''Blossom''': Bubbles! What are you doing? This isn't you!
-->'''Bubbles''': This is me! You've made me this: a monster!
-->'''Buttercup''': Dude, no! You're the best sister in the world! Remember when I wiped out on my skateboard, and you took care of me?
-->'''Blossom''': Or when I had spinach in my teeth, and everyone made fun of me, so you put spinach in your teeth, too?
-->'''Mojo Jojo''': No, no! Don't listen to them! Drop the hippo, now!
-->'''Blossom''': Bubbles, you're a good person!
-->'''Buttercup''': You're like, the most caring person in the world, Bubbs!

-->'''Bubbles''' [to Mojo]: And you... you're going to pay for this.
-->'''Mojo Jojo''': Me? It was ''your'' idea!
-->'''Bubbles''': Oh... yeah. And that's why I'm gonna let you go this one time: 'cause I got a good team here, and when we get mad, we aren't very cute.
-->'''Mojo Jojo''': Oh, okay, Mojo is on his way. [to the elephant] Come on girl.
-->'''Bubbles''': I'm sorry, guys, I had no idea I'd let my identity become so defined by being cute.
-->'''Blossom''': Yeah, talk about limiting yourself.
-->'''Buttercup''': Under the surface, you're, like, terrfying! So much better than being cute.

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* LighterAndSofter: Despite the above, the series is this compared to the original 1998 series, due to toned down violence and more focus on comedy.

** In the original continuity the girls were explicitly mentally and physically five years old, though chronologically younger due to being artificial humans. In the reboot their ages are far harder to place. They go to an elementary school instead of a kindergarten, but it is mentioned that [[spoiler:Pokey Oaks is uninhabitable]] and their class was transferred. They are shown being taught middle school-level subjects. The Picture Day episode implies that they are ten or eleven years old, due to them having five Picture Days. "The Power of Four" explicitly states that the girls are at least three years old, eight physically. The girls act older and sound older than they used to be. They were also bullied due to "looking like babies", which is an odd thing to say to a five year old. Despite the evidence that they are preteens, there is also evidence for them still being five-years-old. Their human peers such as Robin and Princess still seem to be five, which means the Powerpuff Girls aren't just [[NotAllowedToGrowUp not aging]], and Ms. Keane is still their teacher. This trope is exaggerated in "Toy Ploy" when Blossom's stuffed animal says that he has known Blossom for "many years, decades even".

* {{Oculothorax}}: While the real villains in "Rebel Rebel" are the Beaker Boys, the episode's plot is mainly driven by Mr. Big Eye, a giant tentacled eyeball monster who was created by Professor Utonium while being tricked by the Beaker Boys. He attacks by shooting lasers and walks on the ground with his tentacles.

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* CryingAtYourBirthdayParty: In "Super Sweet 6", the Powerpuff Girls escape from a candle that was going towards the sun during Princess's birthday party. The indignant Princess tries to squirt them with a giant icing bottle, [[HoistByHerOwnPetard only for it to burst and cover her in icing]]. She then starts to wail.

* CryingAtYourBirthdayParty: In "Super Sweet 6", the Powerpuff Girls escape from a candle that was going towards the sun during Princess's birthday party. The indignant Princess tries to squirt them with a giant icing bottle, only for it to burst and cover her in icing. She then starts to wail.

* ItIsPronouncedTroPAY: In "Power of Four", when Mecha-Gnat has the girls trapped on a sheet of flypaper:
-->'''Blossom''': Do your worst, Nate!
-->'''Gnat''': Ugh! It's ''Gnat!''

* PandaingToTheAudience: Allegro, a cheerful, party-loving RealityWarper panda whose hypnotic rainbow powers [[{{Brainwashed}} brainwash]] the Townsville residents into a CloudCuckooland. Debuts in "Painbow", and appears again in "Somewhere Over The Swingset" disguised in a ringmaster costume, urging people to try the Stratospheric Swingset, which is so dangerous that many of the Townsville kids get hurt trying to ride it.

* SeriousBusiness:
** Trash basketball for Buttercup in the short "Air Buttercup". After missing a few shots with regular trash, she starts grabbing everything she can find to make a her shot big enough to go into the trash bin. [[spoiler: She still fails in the end.]]
** Perfect attendance for Blossom. Heck, practically anything academic in this series.

* RealityEnsues: Just like the original, the 2016 version has some episodes where the Powerpuff Girls are put in more realistic situations. ''Run Blossom Run'' has Blossom try to maintain her perfect attendance record and getting an achievement. In other shows or situations, not only the character had gotten to a place in time, despite being nearly late with other things to do, they were also greatly rewarded at that convenient time by somebody for their effort during that particular episode. [[spoiler:Not here. Despite getting to school in time, after helping several people of Townsville, when Blossom tries to open the school doors, they were completely locked. And it's not because the others in school were inconveniently kidnapped or were hiding somewhere to surprise Blossom. Blossom also did not arrive too late. But Blossom forgot the actual day, after she overslept. She assumed that it was a Saturday. Bubbles immediately corrects her sister by informing her that the current day is ''Sunday''. Buttercup then informs Blossom that she did this yesterday too. Blossom sighs and decides to go back to bed.]]

* QueerColors: The episode "Horn Sweet Horn" ends with the heart colored in pink, white, and blue rather than different shades of pink as normal, very reminiscent of the {{transgender}} flag. The episode (about a horse who wants to become a unicorn) was originally promoted as a transgender allegory; though WordOfGod would later claim this wasn't the case, there's no other reason for the flag to be colored that way.

* AdaptedOut: Most of the minor and background characters from the original have been either outright replaced or DemotedToExtra. There is a boy who looks a lot like Mitch, except with a slight redesign and a plain black shirt, but he is a voiceless background character.
** Miss Bellum and Sedusa are not part of the main cast.

* DodgeballIsHell: In "Princess Buttercup", the Derby-Tantes are a gang of tough girls who play "deathball", which is ''very'' rough dodgeball with rollerblades and skateboards. (Meaning it's Buttercup [[BloodKnight kind of game]], although TheStinger suggests Bubbles starts liking it too.)

* FluffyTamer: The Mayor is able to manipulate the monsters on Monster Island easily once he finds out they love pickles. (Fortunately, the Girls rescue him when he's down to the last one.)

** '''The Fashionistas''': A pair of [[TheFashionista fashion0obsessed]] criminal [[SiblingsInCrime sisters]].

* MerchandiseDriven: Toys and other merchandise for the reboot were announced and showcased months before the first episode even aired. However with the original series, merchandise was only produced ''[[CashCowFranchise after]]'' it turned out to be a success.

* OohMeAccentsSlipping: In "Frenemy," Buttercup's British accent (forced upon her by the episode's antagonist) is poorly done, though that may have been [[AccentSlipup intentional]] for comedic affect.

** Not only did the Professor create a child years before the Powerpuff Girls, but another scientist created a little boy even before that. In the original show, the girls are the first known artificial humans.

* RockMeAsmodeus : The episode "Electric Buttercup" centers around the demon [[SatanicArchetype HIM]] manipulating Buttercup into unknowingly selling her sisters' souls for a guitar. The girls would be forced to be part of his rock band forever. Of course, it ends with an epic guitar duel between HIM and Buttercup.
* RockPaperScissors: PlayedForLaughs, since none of the girls have fingers:
** The girls play a round to decide who answers the hotline; Bubbles throws scissors and loses. This is likely a CallBack to the episode "Curses" from the original series, where Bubbles lost after throwing paper.
** DC Comics issue #23, "Amoeba Las Vegas," had a similar instance. To win Townsville back from the Amoeba Boys, Bubbles challenges them to Rock Paper Scissors. (Buttercup calls that Bubbles threw Rock to the Amoebas' scissors, and even though, true, the girls have no fingers, the Amoebas were dumb enough to buy it.)

* ShaggyDogStory: ''Run Blossom Run'' has Blossom trying to get to school to keep her perfect attendance record, and she gets there with a second to spare. [[spoiler: Only to find out that this is the weekend, a ''Sunday'' in fact.]]

** Trash basketball for Buttercup. After missing a few shots with regular trash, she starts grabbing everything she can find to make a her shot big enough to go into the trash bin. [[spoiler: She still fails at the end.]]

** In "Viral Spiral", Bubbles tells Buttercup the ramifications of the Internet being destroyed. Buttercup is entirely unconcerner, until Bubbles informs her that it will also cause Buttercup to lose all her weapons in a video game.

* TraumaticHaircut: Bubbles in "Bubbles of the Opera". After her appearance seems ruined, she goes through shift in personality.

** In the original continuity the girls were explicitly mentally and physically five years old, though chronologically younger due to being artificial humans. In the reboot their ages are far harder to place. They go to an elementary school instead of a kindergarten, but it is mentioned that [[spoiler:Pokey Oaks is uninhabitable]] and their class was transferred. They are shown being taught middle school-level subjects. The Picture Day episode implies that they are ten or elevenyears old, due to them having five Picture Days."The Power of Four" explicitly states that the girls are at least three years old, eight physically. The girls act older and sound older than they used to be. They were also bullied due to "looking like babies", which is an odd thing to say to a five year old. Despite the evidence that they are preteens, there is also evidence for them still being five-years-old. Their human peers such as Robin and Princess still seem to be five (which means the Powerpuff girls aren't just [[NotAllowedToGrowUp not aging]]) and Ms. Keane is still their teacher. This trope is exaggerated in "Toy Ploy" when Blossom's stuffed animal says that he has known Blossom for "many years, decades even".

** Mojo Jojo was friends with Bliss when he was little. Several years passed between Bliss' creation and her sisters, yet Mojo Jojo was still the same age.

** The show adds onto the Professors confusing age from the original cartoon. He looks no older than his late 40s but a childhood flashback shows him listening to a radio show in the 1940s or 1950s, despite the show taking place in the 2010s.
** Bliss is a teenager. Her exact age is never specified. If she was created at the same age as the others, however, then she's fifteen.

* TestosteronePoisoning: The lumberjack villain, Man-Boy, is pretty much this, not even seeing Buttercup as a threat simply because she's a girl. Even when she beats him silly and throws him into the distance, he continues to mock her.

* TraumaticHaircut: Bubbles in "Bubbles of the Opera".

** In the original continuity the girls were explicitly mentally and physically five years old (though chronologically younger due to being artificial humans). In the reboot their ages are far harder to place. They go to an elementary school instead of a kindergarten, though it's mentioned that [[spoiler:Pokey Oaks is uninhabitable]] so their class transferred, and they're shown being taught middle school-level subjects. The Picture Day episode implies they're ten or eleven (due to them having five Picture Days) and "The Power of Four" explicitly states that the girls are at least three years old (eight physically). The girls act older and sound older than they used to be. They were also bullied due to "looking like babies", which is an odd thing to say to a five year old. Despite the evidence that they're preteens, there's also a lot for them being five. Their human peers such as Robin and Princess still seem to be five (which means the Powerpuff girls aren't just [[NotAllowedToGrowUp not aging]]) and Ms. Keane is still their teacher. This trope is exaggerated in "Toy Ploy" when Blossom's stuffed animal says that he's known Blossom for "many years, decades even".

** "Escape from Monster Island" is all about this. Blossom and Buttercup are arguing so much over who gets to go with Bubbles, that they forget they're on Monster Island to save the Mayor, and nearly get killed.
** In "Painbow", Blossom's more upset that everyone received an A+ with their dioramas, even though they didn't work as hard as she did, rather than the obvious effect the rainbow is having on everyone.
** In "Viral Spiral", when Bubbles tells Buttercup the ramifications of the Internet being destroyed, Buttercup shows no concern until Bubbles informs her that it will also cause her to lose all her weapons in the Baby Bunny game Bubbles created.

** "Memory Lane Of Pain" acts as if Bubbles is in her sisters' shadows. Unlike in "Bubblevicious", it's not all in her head, as newspaper headlines poke fun at Bubbles and simply call her "pigtails". This contradicts not only the original show but the reboot itself, where Bubbles is the most popular Powerpuff.
** Mojo Jojo mentions having a mother in his life more than once. There's no sign that he knows his parents in the original series.

** In the extended intro, the ''Professor'' himself breaks the beaker. Mojo Jojo isn't involved, which contradicts the origin in the original series.

* ShaggyDogStory: ''Run Blossom Run'' has Blossom trying to get to school to keep her perfect attendance record, she gets there with a second to spare. [[spoiler: Only to find out it's the weekend, a ''Sunday'' in fact.]]

* RockMeAsmodeus : The episode "Electric Buttercup" centers around [[SatanicArchetype HIM]] manipulating Buttercup into unknowingly selling her sisters' souls for a guitar, so they'd be part of his rock band forever. Of course, it ends with an epic guitar duel between HIM and Buttercup.

* SameCharacterButDifferent: The girls themselves, compared to the original show. In "Bubbles of the Opera", Bubbles describes herself as 'the cute one', Blossom as 'the smart one', and Buttercup as 'the cool one'. In the original, though, Blossom was both the smart one '''and''' the cute one due to her incredible tactical skills and leadership abilities coupled with an insufferable ego and haughtiness, Bubbles was the painfully innocent and naïve one because of her very childish outlook coloring her view of life, and Buttercup was the bitter, angry one whose sarcasm came from a deep wellspring of rage masking some serious self-esteem issues. In this version, some of those traits have survived if a little tone down. Blossom is now a bit more order-obsessed, worrying more about her grades, how to handle messes and cleanliness. Bubbles is mostly the same, in fact having gotten smarter in some cases, though her fixation on cute things can sometimes reach disturbing levels. Buttercup tomboyishness is likewise present, she not as action heavy as she once was (though still loves it) and tends to be more of a DeadpanSnarker now. She also seems to serve more of a Big Sister role now in a few episodes too. Though likewise can make just as many mistakes due to immature decisions.
* ScrewTheMoneyIHaveRules: Princess hired the Derby-Tantes to keep Buttercup away from her sisters, but they reject Princess because they like Buttercup better - she's tougher. And to them, smashing stuff (like Princess' mecha) is worth more than cash.

* RealityEnsues: Just like the original, the 2016 version has some episodes where the Powerpuff Girls are put in more realistic situations. ''Run Blossom Run'' has Blossom try to maintain her perfect attendance record and getting an achievement. In other shows or situations, not only the character had gotten to a place in time, despite being nearly late with other things to do, they were also greatly rewarded at that convenient time by somebody for their effort during that particular episode. [[spoiler:Not here. Despite getting to school in time, after helping several people of Townsville, when Blossom tries to open the school doors, they were completely locked. And it's not because the others in school were inconveniently kidnapped or hiding somewhere to surprise Blossom, and not because she was too late. But because she forgot the actual day after she overslept, she assumed it was a Saturday. Bubbles immediately corrects her sister that it's ''Sunday'', and Buttercup informs Blossom that she did this yesterday too. Blossom sighs and decides to go back to bed.]]

The third major entry in ''Franchise/ThePowerpuffGirls'' franchise, following the [[WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls original 1998 animated series]] and the [[Anime/PowerpuffGirlsZ 2006 anime adaptation]], ''The Powerpuff Girls (2016)'' serves as a {{soft reboot}} to the Creator/CartoonNetwork show. Announced in June 2014 following the positive reception of the ''[[Recap/ThePowerpuffGirlsSpecial2 Dance Pantsed]]'' special, this incarnation is executive produced by Bob Boyle (''WesternAnimation/YinYangYo'') and Nick Jennings.[[note]]Cartoon Network did consider having franchise creator Creator/CraigMcCracken return as showrunner, but his contract with Creator/DisneyTelevisionAnimation at the time (producing ''WesternAnimation/WanderOverYonder'') prevented this.[[/note]]