The Powerpuff Girls
The Powerpuff Girls intertitle
Genre	Animated television series
Created by	Craig McCracken
Directed by	Genndy Tartakovsky
Creative director(s)	Genndy Tartakovsky
Voices of	Cathy Cavadini Tara Strong Elizabeth Daily Tom Kane Tom Kenny Roger L. Jackson Jennifer Hale Jennifer Martin Jim Cummings Jeff Bennett Kath Soucie
Narrated by	Tom Kenny
Theme music composer	James L. Venable
Ending theme	The Powerpuff Girls!
Country of origin	United States
Language(s)	English
No. An animated cartoon is a short hand-drawn (or made with computers to look similar to something hand-drawn Film for the cinema, Television or computer Craig McCracken (born March 31, 1971 in Charleroi Pennsylvania) is an American Animator mostly known as the creator of the cartoon Genndy Tartakovsky (Геннадий Тартаковский (Gennadiy Tartakovskiy born January 17 1970 is an Emmy Award -winning Russian born Jewish- Genndy Tartakovsky (Геннадий Тартаковский (Gennadiy Tartakovskiy born January 17 1970 is an Emmy Award -winning Russian born Jewish- Catherine Janet "Cathy" Cavadini (born April 21, 1961) is an American voice actress Tara Lynn Charendoff Strong (born February 12 1973 in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian voice actress and Singer Elizabeth Ann Guttman (born September 11, 1961) better known by her Stage names of Elizabeth Daily and E For other people named Tom Kane see Thomas Kane Tom Kane (born April 15, 1962) is a prominent American Voice actor Thomas James Kenny (born July 13, 1962, in East Syracuse New York) is an American Voice actor and Comedian perhaps best For other persons of a similar name see Roger Jackson (disambiguation. Jennifer R Hale (born January 30, 1972 in Goose Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador) is a Canadian -born actress/singer best Jennifer Martin is an American Voice actress. She provides the voice of Ms James Jonah "Jim" Cummings (born November 3, 1952 in Youngstown Ohio) is an American voice actor. Jeff Glenn Bennett (born October 2, 1962) is an American Voice actor in cartoons (most notably those produced by Disney) movies and games Thomas James Kenny (born July 13, 1962, in East Syracuse New York) is an American Voice actor and Comedian perhaps best James L Venable is a Composer, working primarially in American film and television The United States of America —commonly referred to as the English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States of seasons	6
No.  of episodes	80 (List of episodes)
Production
Running time	30 minutes (usually 15 minutes per episode)
Broadcast
Original channel	Cartoon Network
Audio format	English
Original run	November 18, 1998 – March 25, 2005
Chronology
Related shows	Demashita! Powerpuff Girls Z
External links
Official website
IMDb profile
TV.com summary

The Powerpuff Girls is an Emmy award-winning^[1] American animated television series about three little girls in kindergarten who have superpowers. This is a complete listing of episodes from the Cartoon Network Animated television series The Powerpuff Girls. Events 326 - The old St Peter's Basilica is consecrated 1302 - Pope Boniface VIII issues the Papal bull Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) Events 1199 - Richard I is wounded by a crossbow bolt while fighting France which leads to his death on April 6. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. is the name for a Japanese television Anime based upon the American animated television series The Powerpuff Girls. Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The United States of America —commonly referred to as the An animated cartoon is a short hand-drawn (or made with computers to look similar to something hand-drawn Film for the cinema, Television or computer ( German, literally means "children's garden" is a form of education for young children which serves as a transition from home to the commencement of more formal schooling A superpower is a State with a leading position in the international system and the ability to Influence events and project power on a worldwide scale Created by animator Craig McCracken, the program was produced by Hanna-Barbera until 2001 when Cartoon Network Studios took over production for Cartoon Network. An animator is an Artist who creates multiple images called frames and Key frames that form an illusion of movement called Animation when rapidly displayed Craig McCracken (born March 31, 1971 in Charleroi Pennsylvania) is an American Animator mostly known as the creator of the cartoon Cartoon Network Studios is an American Animated cartoon Production company. The series is a spoof on American superheroes as well as Japanese Tokusatsu heroes like Super Sentai. A superhero (sometimes rendered super-hero or super hero) is a Fictional character "of unprecedented physical prowess dedicated to acts of derring-do is a Japanese word that literally means " Special effects " It is primarily used to refer to Live-action Japanese Film and The is the name given to the long running Japanese Superhero team genre of shows produced by Toei Company Ltd As is typical in McCracken's work, the show also makes heavy use of references to older pop culture, particularly the famous English musical group The Beatles. The Beatles were a pop and rock band from Liverpool, England formed in 1960

The animation director is Genndy Tartakovsky, of Dexter's Laboratory and Samurai Jack fame, who also directed many of the show's episodes himself. Genndy Tartakovsky (Геннадий Тартаковский (Gennadiy Tartakovskiy born January 17 1970 is an Emmy Award -winning Russian born Jewish- Dexter's Laboratory ( Dexter's Lab for short is an Annie Award -winning American animated series created by Genndy Tartakovsky Samurai Jack is a 4-time Emmy Award -winning American Animated television series created by animator Genndy Tartakovsky that aired

Overview

The Powerpuff Girls revolves around the adventures of Blossom, Bubbles, and Buttercup, three cute little girls with super powers. The plot of a typical episode is some humorous variation of standard superhero and/or tokusatsu fare, with the girls using their powers to defend their town from various villains, such as bank robbers, mad scientists, aliens, or giant monsters. is a Japanese word that literally means " Special effects " It is primarily used to refer to Live-action Japanese Film and In addition, the girls also have to deal with normal issues young children face, such as bed wetting or dependence on a security blanket. A security blanket is any familiar object whose presence provides comfort or security to its owner such as the literal Blankets often favoured by small children The series is one in a long line of cartoons that derives a great deal of humor from pop culture references and parody. There is often a particular emphasis on cultural phenomenons and art styles from the 1950s, 60s, 70s, and 80s. For instance, the characters' dialogue often contain allusions to various classic rock and pop songs from these eras; there was even an entire episode whose dialogue consisted almost solely of lyrics from Beatles songs, while the episode's plot was a loose retelling of the Beatles career (featuring the show's villains in roles alluding to the original band members).

The show has a highly stylized, minimalistic visual look, reminiscent of 1950s and 60s pop art. Pop Art is a visual Art movement that emerged in the mid 1950s in Britain and in parallel in the late 1950s in the United States. Movie critic Bob Longino of the The Atlanta Journal-Constitution praised the style in his review of The Powerpuff Girls Movie by saying that "the intricate drawings emanate 1950s futuristic pizazz like a David Hockney scenescape", and that The Powerpuff Girls is "one of the few American creations that is both gleeful pop culture and exquisite high art". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution is the only major daily Newspaper in Atlanta Georgia, USA and its suburbs. The Powerpuff Girls Movie (also known as The Powerpuff Girls) is animated feature-length film based on the Cartoon Network David Hockney, CH, RA, (born 9 July 1937 is an English Artist, based in Los Angeles California, United States ^[2]

The show has been hailed for showing young girls as active and capable heroines. However, it has also come under criticism for its rather excessive violence (including images of characters gushing blood from their mouths when hit), and for what have been perceived as morally questionable actions on part of the main characters, such as sometimes using more brutal force than necessary. ^[3]

History

Craig McCracken, a student of California Institute of the Arts, created The Whoopass Girls in 1992 in his short film The Whoopass Girls in A Sticky Situation. The California Institute of the Arts, commonly referred to as CalArts, is located in Valencia California, a suburb of Los Angeles California. Spike and Mike's Sick and Twisted Festival of Animation selected the short in 1994; McCracken submitted it to Hanna-Barbera's innovative What A Cartoon! shorts program (eventually to be produced for Cartoon Network as "The Powerpuff Girls in: Meat Fuzzy Lumkins" as part of World Premiere Toons) while working on Dexter's Laboratory. Mellow Manor Productions Inc was founded by Craig ‘Spike’ Decker and Mike Gribble popularly known as “Spike & Mike Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) World Premiere Toons (later known as What a Cartoon! Show, now known as The Cartoon Cartoon Show) is the mid-1990s Animation World Premiere Toons (later known as What a Cartoon! Show, now known as The Cartoon Cartoon Show) is the mid-1990s Animation ^[4] As the word "whoopass" was deemed inappropriate for younger audiences, the word was replaced by "powerpuff. "

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The Powerpuff Girls TV debut in 1998 was the highest rated premiere in Cartoon Network's history. For several seasons, the series consistently scored the highest rating each week for the network across a wide range of demographics -- from young children to adults. ^[5] In October 2000, Cartoon Network credited the Powerpuff Girls for its Friday night prime time ratings win among cable networks. Prime Time is the major News analysis current affairs and Politics programme broadcast on Radio Telefís Éireann in Ireland Radio cable and broadcast television programming measure their performance via ratings. ^[6] By 2001, merchandising based on The Powerpuff Girls encompassed everything from T-shirts, toys and video games to lunchboxes and dishware. There was also a CD entitled Heroes and Villains, featuring original songs about the Powerpuff Girls characters by a number of artists, including the New Wave group Devo. Devo (pronounced DEE-vo (IPA /'diːvoʊ/) or dee-VO (IPA /diː'voʊ/) often spelled "DEVO" or "DEV-O" is an American ^[5] Concerning the Powerpuff Girls success, Craig McCracken has stated "I thought it would get on Cartoon Network and college kids would watch it and there would be a few random T-shirts out there in the rave scene or in record shops. But I had no idea that it would take off to this extent. " ^[5]

In April 2005, plans for an anime version, Demashita! Powerpuff Girls Z were announced and the series premiered in Japan the following year. is the name for a Japanese television Anime based upon the American animated television series The Powerpuff Girls. The series deviates highly from its American predecessor in terms of style, storyline, and characterization. Cartoon Network in the US currently has no plans to air this show.

Characters

Main article: List of characters in The Powerpuff Girls

Setting

The Show mainly takes place in fictional the City of Townsville, USA. This is a list of characters who appear in the Cartoon Network Animated television series The Powerpuff Girls. Townsville is depicted as a major American city, with an impressive cityscape consisting of several major skyscrapers. A skyscraper is a tall continuously habitable Building. There is no official definition or a precise cutoff height above which a building may clearly be classified as a skyscraper The physical location of Townsville has never been determined, but the city does have a Financial District, Museum, City Hall, Police station, Fire Department, Seaport, Retirement home, Little Tokyo District, a Times Square themed district, Suburbs, Observation tower, Schools, Nuclear Power Plant, and a Volcano in the middle of a large Park. A museum is a "permanent institution in the service of society and of its development open to the public which acquires conserves researches communicates and exhibits the A city hall or town hall is the chief administrative building of a City or Town 's administration and usually houses the city or A police station (also called stationhouse) is a Building which serves as the Headquarters of a Police force or unit which serves a specific Firefighters are rescuers extensively trained primarily to put out hazardous Fires that threaten civilian populations and property to rescue people from car accidents collapsed ||-||-|-||-||-||-||-||-||-|} A port is a facility for receiving Ships and transferring cargo A retirement home is a multi-residence housing facility intended for the Elderly. Times Square is a major intersection in Manhattan, New York City at the junction of Broadway and Seventh Avenue and stretching from West South San Jose (cropjpg||thumb|A suburban development in San Jose California. An observation tower is a structure used to view events from a long distance and to create a full 360 degree range of vision A school (from Greek σχολεῖον - scholeion) is an Institution designed to allow and encourage Students (or "pupils" Nuclear power is any Nuclear technology designed to extract usable Energy from atomic nuclei via controlled Nuclear reactions Plate tectonics and hotspots Divergent plate boundaries At the A park is a protected area of Land and Water, usually in its natural or semi-natural (landscaped state and set aside for some purpose often to do with human

Cities like Los Angeles, New York City, Paris, London and Tokyo have been shown throughout the series. Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West The City of New York Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. officially, is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan and located on the eastern side of the main island Honshū.

Opening and ending themes and sequences

James L. Venable composed the opening theme of the series and Scottish band Bis performed the ending theme song, as played during the credits. James L Venable is a Composer, working primarially in American film and television BIS (Believe in Style is a Japanese Rock band formed in July 2004 and originally signed to the Free-Will sub-division of PS Company Tom Kenny narrated the introduction, and also acted as narrator through the series era. Veteran announcer Ernie Anderson (more well known as "The Voice of ABC" in the 1970s and 80's) was the narrator of the pilot episode and would have likely continued to narrate. Ernie Anderson ( November 12 1923 &ndash February 6 1997) was an American Television and Radio, voice announcer The American Broadcasting Company ( ABC) is an American Television network. However, Anderson passed away in 1997, before the show became a series.

The opening narration reads as follows: "Sugar, spice, and everything nice. These were the ingredients chosen to create the perfect little girl. But Professor Utonium accidentally added an extra ingredient to the concoction: Chemical X! Thus the Powerpuff girls were born! Using their ultra super powers, Blossom, Bubbles, and Buttercup have dedicated their lives to fighting crime and the forces of evil!"

As the narration reveals, Professor Utonium created the girls out of sugar, spice, and everything nice, a reference to the nursery rhyme "What Are Little Girls Made Of?", plus the accidental addition of Chemical X. A nursery rhyme is a traditional Song or Poem taught to young children originally in the nursery. What Are Little Boys Made Of? is a popular Nursery rhyme dating from the early nineteenth century What are little boys made of? The opening of the series pays homage to the animated beginning of 1960s live-action television series, Batman, as both shows feature a pan across a gallery of villains, with the animated heroes running toward the viewer while striking the villains, who are tossed away in slow motion. Batman is a 1960s American Television series, based on the DC Comic book character of the same name.

In the Japanese dub version, the first Opening Song, It's Up To You, was performed by The Brilliant Green, while the second Opening Song, Cream Puff Shuffle, performed by P. The Brilliant Green is a Japanese Pop rock band formed in 1997 and signed to Sony Music Entertainment Japan. P. S. (Power Puff Soul).

Episodes

Main article: List of The Powerpuff Girls episodes

78 episodes (one of which was never shown in the U. This is a complete listing of episodes from the Cartoon Network Animated television series The Powerpuff Girls. S. A. ) spanning six seasons and one self-titled movie have been made. There was also an episode that was in production entitled "Deja View" that was never finished.

TV Movie

In an interview with The Big Spoon on March 20, 2008, Tara Strong announced that a "Powerpuff Girls" TV movie is in the works. [4]^[7] According to "C" Raggio's blog it will use Flash animation. ^[8] Nothing is known about the plot of the movie or its airdate as of now.

Awards

The show has been nominated for an Emmy five times in 1999, 2000, 2001, 2004 & 2005 for "Outstanding Achievement in Animation". In 1999 the show won the Emmy for episode 1. 09 - "Bubblevicious & The Bare Facts". In 2000 & 2005 the show also won Emmys, both juried for non-nominated selections. ^[1]

The show has also been nominated for an Annie award nine times, winning it twice. ^[1]

DVD releases

Episode highlights

Television specials

Seasonal release

The entire first season of the show was released in America on a 2-disc set on June 19, 2007. DVD video discs may be encoded with a region code restricting the area of the world in which they can be played DVD video discs may be encoded with a region code restricting the area of the world in which they can be played DVD video discs may be encoded with a region code restricting the area of the world in which they can be played Events 1492 - The Ensisheim Meteorite the oldest Meteorite with a known date of impact strikes the Earth around noon in a Wheat 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. Events 660 BC - Traditional founding date of Japan by Emperor Jimmu. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1043 - Edward the Confessor is crowned King of England. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Events 660 BC - Traditional founding date of Japan by Emperor Jimmu. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. "December 4th" redirects here For the song by Jay-Z, see December 4th (song. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Events 1492 - The Ensisheim Meteorite the oldest Meteorite with a known date of impact strikes the Earth around noon in a Wheat 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. Events 1251 BC - A Solar eclipse on this date might mark the birth of legendary Heracles at Thebes Greece. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Events 3761 BC - The epoch (origin of the modern Hebrew calendar ( Proleptic Julian calendar) Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1519 - Hernán Cortés enters Tenochtitlán and Aztec ruler Moctezuma welcomes him with great a Celebration Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1179 - The Norwegian Battle of Kalvskinnet outside Nidaros. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. ^[9] Bonus features include the original pilot pitch and never before seen animatics. It was released in Australia April 16, 2007. Events 1178 BC - A Solar eclipse may have marked the return of Odysseus, legendary King of Ithaca, to his kingdom Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. ^[10]

References

See also

• The Powerpuff Girls Movie, a feature-length film
• Demashita! Powerpuff Girls Z, an anime spin-off

External links

• Official site
• The Powerpuff Girls at the Big Cartoon DataBase