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* BigNO: Roach Coach screams this when Blossom traps his roach army inside a giant jar.



* CreepyCockroach: An army of roaches are the villains of this episode

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* CreepyCockroach: An army of roaches are the villains of this episodeepisode, led by their nefarious leader Roach Coach. [[spoiler:It later turns out that he himself is also a cockroach.]]
* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Roach Coach is short, has dark combed hair, seeks to wipe out humanity, and goose-steps in front of an army of cockroaches. All of these make him strikingly similar to UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler.
* TheDragon: Cadet Skippy is this to Roach Coach. It is the cockroach Buttercup tries to squash at the beginning of the episode, but in actuality, it was gathering information for Roach Coach to form a plan to defeat the Powerpuff Girls.



* TitleDrop: Done by Bubbles [[spoiler: when Roach Coach is revealed to be a cockroach inside a humanoid robotic body]].

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* StrawHypocrite: Subverted. Roach Coach wants to destroy all of humanity with his roach army when he himself ''is'' a human. [[spoiler: But then it turns out that he's a roach controlling a humanoid robot.]]
* TitleDrop: Done by Bubbles [[spoiler: when [[spoiler:when Roach Coach is revealed to be a cockroach inside a humanoid robotic body]].
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* BrickJoke: Blossom ''did'' try to warn Buttercup that they can't just break out of jail. Apparently, the Mayor would have agreed.

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* MrExposition: Professor Utonium serves this role when learning the girls more about cockroaches.

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* MrExposition: Professor Utonium serves this role when learning teaching the girls more about cockroaches.cockroaches...
* NightmareFuelStationAttendant: ...as well as freaking the stuffing out of them with stories about the world being taken over by a race of bug people [[HumanitysWake long after humanity has been wiped out]].
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'''Original air date:''' 11/25/1998

'''Production code:''' PPG-101
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* CounterpartCombatCoordination: The three criminals and the girls have to resort to this to tell each other apart.
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* ComicallyMissingThePoint: After Miss Bellum explains ''point blank'' to the Mayor that the three convicts were impersonating the Powerpuff Girls, [[BaitAndSwitch he snaps into action and... tells the police to arrest the Powerpuff Girls]]. Ms. Bellum promptly groans in response.

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* ComicallyMissingThePoint: After Miss Ms. Bellum explains ''point blank'' to the Mayor that the three convicts were impersonating the Powerpuff Girls, [[BaitAndSwitch he snaps into action and... tells the police to arrest the Powerpuff Girls]]. Ms. Bellum promptly groans in response.



* PaperThinDisguise: The crooks’ Powerpuff disguises. Despite that it should be extremely obvious that these 3 are ''not'' the real Powerpuff Girls, only Mrs. Bellum manages to see through the deception.

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* PaperThinDisguise: The crooks’ Powerpuff disguises. Despite that it should be extremely obvious that these 3 are ''not'' the real Powerpuff Girls, only Mrs.Ms. Bellum manages to see through the deception.



* WrongfulAccusationInsurance: Subverted. It looks like all is forgiven for the girls once they unmask the real thieves, until the mayor points out that the girls broke out of jail, which is also a crime.

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* WrongfulAccusationInsurance: Subverted. It looks like all is forgiven for the girls once they unmask the real thieves, until the mayor points out that the girls broke out of jail, which is also a crime.crime.
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* ComicallyMissingThePoint: After Miss Bellum explains ''point blank'' to the Mayor that the three convicts were impersonating the Powerpuff Girls, [[BaitAndSwitch he snaps into action and... tells the police to arrest the Powerpuff Girls]].

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* ComicallyMissingThePoint: After Miss Bellum explains ''point blank'' to the Mayor that the three convicts were impersonating the Powerpuff Girls, [[BaitAndSwitch he snaps into action and... tells the police to arrest the Powerpuff Girls]]. Ms. Bellum promptly groans in response.
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* EasyImpersonation: What the three crooks pull throughout the episode, leaving everyone but Ms. Bellum to think the girls were committing crimes, putting them behind bars.
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* TheCameo: [[WesternAnimation/DextersLaboratory Dexter]] can be seen among the students taking a nap at Pokey Oaks before the police bust in and arrest the Powerpuff Girls.
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* EverybodyLaughsEnding: the end of this episode.

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* EverybodyLaughsEnding: the The end of this episode.
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* ComicallyMissingThePoint: Roach Coach threatens to the citizens of Townsville that it is only a matter of time before they meet their demise,causing a man out with his girlfriend to think he wanted to know what time it was.


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* FunnyBackgroundEvent: Ms Bellum dancing over the cockroaches while the mayor frantically speaks to Bubbles on the phone.

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* EverybodyLaughsEnding: Subverted. In the end, Mayor jokingly tells the girls they have to go back to jail for breaking out in the first place, and everyone shares a laugh...then he says, "I'm serious," causing everyone to shut up stunned.

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* EverybodyLaughsEnding: Subverted. In the end, Mayor jokingly tells the girls they have to go back to jail for breaking out in the first place, and everyone shares a laugh... then he says, "I'm serious," causing everyone to shut up stunned.stunned.
* HaHaHaNo: The afore-mentioned subversion of the EverybodyLaughsEnding, as the Mayor joins in everyone's hearty chortle about having to send the Girls back to jail for breaking out... then says he wasn't joking.
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* LoopholeAbuse: The Girls promise the Professor not to squish any of the cockroaches under the proviso that they're "only yucky on the outside." However, when trapped inside the giant cockroach made of cockroaches, Blossom decides that it's ok to beat up this one because it's yucky on the ''inside'' as well.
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* [[spoiler: MobileSuitHuman: Roach Coach uses one to get around Townsville, though this does not become clear [[RoboticReveal until the girls accidentally drop him to the ground]]. ]]

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* [[spoiler: MobileSuitHuman: [[spoiler: Roach Coach uses one to get around Townsville, though this does not become clear [[RoboticReveal until the girls accidentally drop him to the ground]]. ]]

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* MirrorMatch: When fighting the 3 crooks, Blossom suggests that everyone only fights his/her counterpart to avoid any confusion (earlier in the fight, both the crooks and the girls accidently hit each other).

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* MirrorMatch: When fighting the 3 crooks, Blossom suggests that everyone only fights his/her counterpart to avoid any confusion (earlier in the fight, both the crooks and the girls accidently accidentally hit each other).



* SkewedPriorities: The Mayor would rather have the crooks take his ''wife'' over a glass poodle.



* WrongfulAccusationInsurance: Subverted. It looks like all is forgiven for the girls once they unmask the real thieves, until the mayor points out that the girls broke out of jail, which is also a crime. Fortunately for the girls, nobody takes him seriously.

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* WrongfulAccusationInsurance: Subverted. It looks like all is forgiven for the girls once they unmask the real thieves, until the mayor points out that the girls broke out of jail, which is also a crime. Fortunately for the girls, nobody takes him seriously.
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--> '''Professor:''' ...Sorry. Spiders just really creep me out.

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--> '''Professor:''' ...Sorry. '''Professor:''' Spiders just really creep me out.



* OnlySaneMan: Mrs. Bellum is the only one who knew the crooks in disguise were not the real girls.

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* OnlySaneMan: Mrs.Ms. Bellum is the only one who knew the crooks in disguise were not the real girls.
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* PaperThinDisguise: The crooks’ Powerpuff disguises. Despite that it should be extremely obvious that these 3 are not the real Powerpuff Girls, only Mrs. Bellum manages to see through the deception.

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* PaperThinDisguise: The crooks’ Powerpuff disguises. Despite that it should be extremely obvious that these 3 are not ''not'' the real Powerpuff Girls, only Mrs. Bellum manages to see through the deception.
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* ComicallyMissingThePoint: After Miss Bellum explains ''point blank'' to the Mayor that the three convicts were impersonating the Powerpuff Girls, he snaps into action and... tells the police to arrest the Powerpuff Girls.

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* ComicallyMissingThePoint: After Miss Bellum explains ''point blank'' to the Mayor that the three convicts were impersonating the Powerpuff Girls, [[BaitAndSwitch he snaps into action and... tells the police to arrest the Powerpuff Girls.Girls]].
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* EverybodyLaughsEnding: Subverted. In the end, Mayor jokingly tells the girls they have to go back to jail for breaking out in the first place, and everyone shares a laugh...then he says, "I'm serious," causing everyone to shut up stunned.
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* OnlySaneMan: Mrs. Bellum is the only one who knew the crooks in disguise were not the real girls.
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* SomethingOnlyTheyWouldSay: The girls realize exactly who their imposters are when Ms. Bellum says that one of them called her "sweet cheeks", which the lead burglar had repeatedly called both Blossom and Ms. Bellum earlier in the episode.
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* ComicallyMissingThePoint: After Miss Bellum explains ''point blank'' to the Mayor that the tree convicts were impersonating the Powerpuff Girls, he snaps into action and... tells the police to arrest the Powerpuff Girls.

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* ComicallyMissingThePoint: After Miss Bellum explains ''point blank'' to the Mayor that the tree three convicts were impersonating the Powerpuff Girls, he snaps into action and... tells the police to arrest the Powerpuff Girls.
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* HypocriticalHumor: Professor Utonium makes an effort to teach his girls the value of insects and why you shouldn't squish them just because they're icky. But then at the end of the episode, he sees a spider dangling from the ceiling and ''squishes'' it.
--> '''Professor:''' ...Sorry. Spiders just really creep me out.
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* ScreamsLikeALittleGirl: The Mayor screams like this when the convicts decide to rob his place and hold him and Ms. Bellum hostage.

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* [[spoiler: MobileSuitHuman: Roach Coach uses one to get around Townsville, though this does not become clear [[RoboticReveal until the girls accidently drop him to the ground]]. ]]

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* [[spoiler: MobileSuitHuman: Roach Coach uses one to get around Townsville, though this does not become clear [[RoboticReveal until the girls accidently accidentally drop him to the ground]]. ]]



* BlatantItemPlacement; The disguises the 3 convicts use to dress up as the girls were literally right there, in their prison cell. Seriously, how did they get there?

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* BlatantItemPlacement; The disguises the 3 convicts use to dress up as the girls were literally right there, in their prison cell. Seriously, [[RuleOfFunny how did they get there?there]]?


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* ComicallyMissingThePoint: After Miss Bellum explains ''point blank'' to the Mayor that the tree convicts were impersonating the Powerpuff Girls, he snaps into action and... tells the police to arrest the Powerpuff Girls.
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* IWasJustJoking: "What are you gonna do, put 'em in a giant jar?!"
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* MadnessMnatra: Bubbles gets one as the Girls are stuck inside of a huge cockroach made of cockroaches.

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* MadnessMnatra: MadnessMantra: Bubbles gets one as the Girls are stuck inside of a huge cockroach made of cockroaches.
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* MadnessMnatra: Bubbles gets one as the Girls are stuck inside of a huge cockroach made of cockroaches.
-->'''Bubbles:''' Gross gross gross gross gross gross....

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* CreepyCockroach: an army of roaches are the villains of this episode

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* CreepyCockroach: an An army of roaches are the villains of this episode



* GiantFootOfStomping: repeatedly happens to the roach during Professor Utonium’s explanation. Of course, Giant is only relative here since roaches are so small.

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* GiantFootOfStomping: repeatedly Repeatedly happens to the roach during Professor Utonium’s explanation. Of course, Giant is only relative here since roaches are so small.



* TitleDrop: done by Bubbles [[spoiler: when Roach Coach is revealed to be a cockroach inside a humanoid robotic body]].

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* TitleDrop: done Done by Bubbles [[spoiler: when Roach Coach is revealed to be a cockroach inside a humanoid robotic body]].



* ZergRush: the roach army’s main tactic.


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* ZergRush: the The roach army’s main tactic.




* BlatantItemPlacement; the disguises the 3 convicts use to dress up as the girls were literally right there, in their prison cell. Seriously, how did they get there?
* ClearMyName: what the girls have to do after the crooks commit several crimes while disguised as them.
* MirrorMatch: when fighting the 3 crooks, Blossom suggests that everyone only fights his/her counterpart to avoid any confusion (earlier in the fight, both the crooks and the girls accidently hit each other).
* PaperThinDisguise: the crooks’ Powerpuff disguises. Despite that it should be extremely obvious that these 3 are not the real Powerpuff Girls, only Mrs. Bellum manages to see through the deception.
* WrongfulAccusationInsurance: subverted. It looks like all is forgiven for the girls once they unmask the real thieves, until the mayor points out that the girls broke out of jail, which is also a crime. Fortunately for the girls, nobody takes him seriously.

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* BlatantItemPlacement; the The disguises the 3 convicts use to dress up as the girls were literally right there, in their prison cell. Seriously, how did they get there?
* ClearMyName: what What the girls have to do after the crooks commit several crimes while disguised as them.
* MirrorMatch: when When fighting the 3 crooks, Blossom suggests that everyone only fights his/her counterpart to avoid any confusion (earlier in the fight, both the crooks and the girls accidently hit each other).
* OcularGushers: Bubbles sheds these after she and the other two are falsely accused of crime.
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PaperThinDisguise: the The crooks’ Powerpuff disguises. Despite that it should be extremely obvious that these 3 are not the real Powerpuff Girls, only Mrs. Bellum manages to see through the deception.
* WrongfulAccusationInsurance: subverted.Subverted. It looks like all is forgiven for the girls once they unmask the real thieves, until the mayor points out that the girls broke out of jail, which is also a crime. Fortunately for the girls, nobody takes him seriously.
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'''Insect Inside''': Vile villain Roach Coach plots to infest Townsville with his army of cockroaches.

'''Powerpuff Bluff''': Three escaped convicts, repeatedly beaten by the girls, fashion themselves new identities when they find grown-up-sized Powerpuff Girls costumes inside Townsville Jail.

!!Insect Inside provides examples of
*CreepyCockroach: an army of roaches are the villains of this episode
*EverybodyLaughsEnding: the end of this episode.
*FriendToBugs: Professor Utonium makes no attempt to harm the cockroach in his house, and instead tells the girls why these insects are so important. On a smaller note, Blossom did not approve of Buttercup trying to crush the roach either.
*GiantFootOfStomping: repeatedly happens to the roach during Professor Utonium’s explanation. Of course, Giant is only relative here since roaches are so small.
*[[spoiler: MobileSuitHuman: Roach Coach uses one to get around Townsville, though this does not become clear [[RoboticReveal until the girls accidently drop him to the ground]]. ]]
*MrExposition: Professor Utonium serves this role when learning the girls more about cockroaches.
*TitleDrop: done by Bubbles [[spoiler: when Roach Coach is revealed to be a cockroach inside a humanoid robotic body]].
*TheWormThatWalks: Roach Coach and his entire army eventually fuse into a gigantic cockroach.
*ZergRush: the roach army’s main tactic.


!!Powerpuff Bluff provides examples of

*BlatantItemPlacement; the disguises the 3 convicts use to dress up as the girls were literally right there, in their prison cell. Seriously, how did they get there?
* ClearMyName: what the girls have to do after the crooks commit several crimes while disguised as them.
*MirrorMatch: when fighting the 3 crooks, Blossom suggests that everyone only fights his/her counterpart to avoid any confusion (earlier in the fight, both the crooks and the girls accidently hit each other).
*PaperThinDisguise: the crooks’ Powerpuff disguises. Despite that it should be extremely obvious that these 3 are not the real Powerpuff Girls, only Mrs. Bellum manages to see through the deception.
*WrongfulAccusationInsurance: subverted. It looks like all is forgiven for the girls once they unmask the real thieves, until the mayor points out that the girls broke out of jail, which is also a crime. Fortunately for the girls, nobody takes him seriously.

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