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Recap / The Powerpuff Girls 2016 S 01 Ep 09 Strong Armed

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The girls confront Packrat at a museum, but Bubbles' arm gets broken during the fight, so she's given a cybernetic cast by the Professor so she can continue fighting crime while her arm heals. While initially reluctant to use it, Bubbles come to like having a bionic arm. Unfortunately, the power eventually goes to her head, and she refuses to take it off when her arm heals.


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  • Acquired Situational Narcissism: Bubbles as a result of the robotic cast making her more powerful.
  • Artificial Limbs: Sorta, the bionic cast acts as one for Bubbles' arm while it heals.
  • Attack of the 50-Foot Whatever: Packrat gets covered in toxic waste and becomes a goo-covered monster.
  • Drunk with Power: Bubbles, after she comes to like the newfound power of the cast.
  • I Call It "Vera": Bubbles calls the cast "Armsie".
  • Nice Job Breaking It, Hero: Bubbles hitting the ground in rage causes an earthquake near the dump, which causes toxic waste to fall on Packrat, and mutates him into a giant goo covered monster.
  • Sequel Hook: Packrat is still alive, and takes the broken bionic cast for himself.
  • Unexplained Recovery: Bubbles can be overlooked since she's a superhero and probably could survive the cast explosion, but how exactly did Packrat both survive and turn back to normal from it?
  • We Are Not Going Through That Again: At the end of the episode, Bubbles ends up breaking her leg. However, Blossom and Buttercup refuse to have her get a bionic leg cast.

 
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When Bubbles hurts her arm, Buttercup sarcastically thinks it's not broken. Cut to the professor declaring that it's broken.

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