Things were different the last time we hung out with The Powerpuff Girls. Not only are the '90s back hello, DuckTales reboot! It is, in other words, the perfect time for Powerpuff Girls to come back. The team behind the resurrected Powerpuff Girls , debuting tonight on Cartoon Network, knows this.
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Latest Issue. Past Issues. The old-timey reference to "sugar, spice, and everything nice" mentioned in the opening credits may feel fitting nearly 10 years after Cartoon Network canceled the wildly popular show. After all, The Powerpuff Girls relied on a slew of tropes that may come off as a touch regressive, if mostly harmless, namely an occasionally cloying cutesiness, and stereotypically feminine visual elements like hearts, flowers, and stars. This laboratory mishap didn't render the girls shapeless blobs like their villains The Amoeba Boys ; rather, the blunder gave them superpowers. In other words, they were better than perfect little girls.
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The show centers on Blossom, Bubbles, and Buttercup, three kindergarten -aged girls with superpowers. The girls all live in the fictional city of Townsville, USA with their father and creator, a scientist named Professor Utonium, and are frequently called upon by the city's mayor to help fight nearby criminals and other enemies using their powers. McCracken originally developed the show in as a cartoon short entitled Whoopass Stew! Following a name change, Cartoon Network featured the first Powerpuff Girls pilots in its animation showcase program What a Cartoon! The series made its official debut as a Cartoon Cartoon on November 18, , with the final episode airing on March 25,
The three characters you now recognize as Blossom, Bubbles and Buttercup of "The Powerpuff Girls" made their debut in with a different, more aggressive team moniker -- "The Whoopass Girls. Creator Craig McCracken was a college student at CalArts at the time he sent the original short to Cartoon Network, the company that ended up purchasing the show with the stipulation of a name change to widen the appeal. This balance between "The Powerpuff Girls" being a kids show at the forefront with adult humor in the background continued throughout the series' run.