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PowerPuff Girls History | |
POWERPUFF GIRLS HISTORY The Powerpuff Girls were created by Craig McCracken as a project for his animation class at the California Institute for the Arts. McCracken’s original film was titled “Whoopass Stew” and the girls were called “The Whoopass Girls”. (The name “Powerpuff Girls” came later.) In the film, a character named Professor Utonium decided to create perfect little girls by combining sugar, spice and everything nice with a can of Whoopass. Thus, it was a can of Whoopass, and not Chemical X that led to the original creation of the Powerpuff Girls. McCracken then made another animated film, called “A Sticky Situation”, which featured the Amoeba Boys and The Whoopass Girls. The names of the Whoopass Girls were Bubbles, Blossum and Buttercup, the same names that are used today. Here’s where Hanna Barbara comes in… Hanna Barbara saw McCracken’s Whoopass Girls and decided it would make a successful television cartoon series. In order to make the series more appropriate for television, the name was changed to “The Powerpuff Girls”. In 1995, Cartoon Network premiered the Powerpuff Girls in “World Premiere Toons” . The first episodes were “Meat Fuzzy Lumpkins” in 1995, and “Crime 101” in 1996. The Powerpuff Girls were an instant success, which led to more episodes and finally to the creation of the “The Powerpuff Girls” cartoon series in 1998. The first episodes of “The Powerpuff Girls” were “Monkey See, Doggie Doo” and “Mommy Fearest”. The Powerpuff Girls are super heros. They use their ultra-super powers to fight crime and the forces of evil. Blossum is the leader of the Powerpuff Girls and runs the hotline phone. As a Powerpuff Girl, she has the powers of laser vision, super strength, ability to fly, ice breath and fire breath. Her element is “everything nice’, her color is pink, and she is smart, loyal and dependable. Bubbles is the sensitive Powerpuff Girl. Her role is to cheer up the Powerpuff Girls and to come up with alternate plans. She has the powers of laser vision, and super strength. She has the ability to fly, and speaks Squirrel and Spanish. Her element is “sugar”, her color is blue, and she is bubbly, sweet, and cute. The last Powerpuff Girl is Buttercup who is the toughest Powerpuff Girl. She has the powers of laser vision, super strength, and the ability to fly. Her element is “spice”, her color is green, and she is tough and grouchy. All three Powerpuff Girls are 4 or 5 years old, and attend Pokey Oaks Kindergarten. “The Powerpuff Girls” are now one of the highest rated shows on Cartoon Network. Interesting trivia about the Powerpuff Girls:
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