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Recap / The Powerpuff Girls 2016 S 01 Ep 02 Princess Buttercup

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During a lunch break at school, the girls meets a roller derby/Deathball (dodgeball on roller skates) team called the Derby-tantes who invite Buttercup to join their team. She quickly accepts but in doing so, neglects Blossom and Bubbles in the process. Princess, seizing the opportunity, tries to convince the two that Buttercup has abandoned them and to let her be a replacement for her.


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  • Big Damn Heroes: The Derby-tantes arrive to come help the girls when Princess is on the verge of beating them.
  • Classically-Trained Extra: The monster that Princess summons treats his rampage as more of a acting job.
  • Friendship Bribe: Princess Morbucks bribed the Derby tantes to let Buttercup into their team, and they agreed because they needed the money for new equipment. Subverted when in the end they come to genuinely llike her as a member.
  • Heel–Face Turn: The Derby-tantes were initially paid off by Princess to distract Buttercup, but come to genuinely like and respect her after Buttercup remains loyal to her sisters, and turn on Princess as a result.
  • Hoist by His Own Petard: Twofold for Princess. 1) The Derby-tantes she paid off turning on her and coming to the girls aid, and 2) The crystal she trapped Blossom and Bubbles in being used to destroy her robot.
  • Make My Monster Grow: The monster Princess hires has this ability.
  • Near-Villain Victory: If it wasn't for the Derby-tantes turning on Princess, she certainly would have won.
  • Ocular Gushers: Bubbles of the Tears of Joy variety when Buttercup comes to help them at the last minute.
  • Only in It for the Money: The initial motivation of the Derby-tantes, who explain they needed the money to keep funding their team.
  • Say My Name: Bubbles to Buttercup when the latter comes back to them.
  • Tears of Joy: Bubbles after Buttercup comes to rescue her and Blossom.
  • There Can Only Be One: Princess's new motive in this series. She doesn't just want to be a Powerpuff Girl, she wants to be the only Powerpuff Girl.
  • Xanatos Gambit: How Princess's plan goes about. She separates Buttercup from her sisters and puts Blossom and Bubbles into a position where they need help via a monster attack. If they don't accept Princess, then no biggie, the competition will be out of the way regardless. If they do (which did happen), Princess will "save" the girls, and then take care of them herself. Even when Buttercup discovered the ploy, Princess had a mecha on hand that would be more then enough to destroy Buttercup. She only lost because the Derby-tantes interfered.

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