The Powerpuff Girls is an animated series starring three little girls with superpowers who have dedicated their lives to fight crime and the forces of evil, though there are criticisms about their actions. The series was created by animator Craig McCracken.

The show began as a project for Craig McCracken's college class at California Institute of the Arts in 1992, titled The Whoop-Ass Girls. Three years later, Cartoon Network gave it its first two television shorts on What-A-Cartoon!, and finally a full TV series in 1998. A movie was released in 2002.

The Powerpuff Girls are:

• Blossom: (red-haired, pink-eyed, dressed in pink (voiced by Cathy Cavadini )
• Bubbles: (blond-haired, blue-eyed, dressed in blue (voiced by Kath Soucie in the What-A-Cartoon! episodes, and Tara Strong in the series)
• Buttercup: (black-haired, green-eyed, dressed in green (voiced by Elizabeth Daily)

They live in the fictional city of Townsville, USA (not to be confused with Townsville, Australia). They were created by Professor Utonium, who was attempting to make the perfect little girl by combining sugar, spice, and everything nice, when he accidentally knocked a glass of Chemical X into the mixture. The girls are super-cute and super-powerful.

Enemies include the mad scientist monkey Mojo Jojo, Fuzzy Lumpkins , The Gangreen Gang , the spoiled little rich girl Princess Morbucks (the name is a play on Daddy Warbucks from Annie), The Rowdyruff Boys (male versions of the Powerpuff girls made by Mojo Jojo), and the mysterious superpowerful red-skinned and horned cross-dressing devil referred to only as Him. One-time appearances include Femme Fatale, Abracadaver, Roach Coach, and The Dooks of Doom; furthermore, a group of unsuccessful bank robbers is often seen suffering the consequences of their actions.

Friends and allies of the Girls include the Pokey Oaks kindergarten teacher Miss Keane, the empty-headed Mayor of Townsville (whose name is, apparently, "Mayor": in one episode where he was forced to run for re-election as Mayor, he ran with the campaign slogan 'Vote for Mayor for Mayor!') and his very competent assistant, the statuesque redheaded Ms. Sara Bellum (named after the cerebellum), whose face is always just out of shot (most likely a reference to the initial appearance of redhead Mary Jane Watson in Spider-Man).

The Amoeba Boys, the harmless pack of amoebas who first appeared in the "World Premiere Toon" "Crime 101," are somewhere in between enemies and friends. That is, their crimes are as primitive as their species, and they have some ties with the Powerpuff Girls.

Six seasons (78 episodes) have been made. There are no plans for any future episodes.

On March 31 2005 it was revealed in Japan that work was beginning on a new anime adaption of the series. See Demashita! Powerpuff Girls Z.

See Also

• The Powerpuff Girls Movie

External links

• Cartoon Network's Powerpuff Girls page
• The Powerpuff Girls at the Big Cartoon DataBase

The Powerpuff Girls in other languages

• Finnish : Tehotytöt
• Portuguese:
  • As Meninas Super-Poderosas (in Brazil)
  • As Powerpuff Girls (in Portugal)
• Spanish:
  • Las Chicas Superpoderosas (in Latin America)
  • Las Super Nenas (in Spain)
• French: Les Super Nanas
• Italian: Le Superchicche
• Chinese: Literally: "Little Flying Cop Girls"
  • 飛天小女警; fēi tīan xǐao nǚ jǐng (Traditional Chinese)
  • 飞天小女警; fēi tīan xǐao nǚ jǐng (Simplified Chinese)
• Japanese: パワーパフガールズ (Po-wa pa-fu ga-ru-s)
• Hungarian: Pindúr Pandúrok (Literally "Tiny cops")
• Hebrew: בנות הפאוורפאף (B'not Ha-Powerpuff)