History Recap / ThePowerpuffGirlsS2E9ImaginaryFiendCootieGras

* DarkReprise: When Pokey Oaks Kindergarten is first scene, we see the children expressing love amongst each other; then when Harry Pitt enters, he runs through said scene and scares the kids away.

* DownerEnding: Harry ends up getting kissed by the three girls, which leaves his face covered in red lipstick marks, only to be left behind in the pit with no means to climb out after the girls fly out to beat up Mojo.

Imaginary Fiend: The new boy in school creates an imaginary friend named Patches who starts causing trouble.

Cootie Gras: The young girls at Pokey Oaks Kindergarten are stalked by Harry Pitts, who is rumored to have cooties. When Mojo Jojo finds out the Powerpuff Girls are also grossed out by Harry, he makes the boy his new ally.

* TheVoiceless: Harry doesn't speak throughout the episode, aside from nonverbal vocalizations such as smooching.

* DownerEnding: Harry ends up getting kissed by the three girls, which leaves his face covered in red lipstick marks, only to left behind in the pit with no means to climb out after the girls fly out to beat up Mojo.

* ChickMagnet: Harry becomes this after the girls realize that cooties aren't real. All three girls develop a crush on him, calling him a cutie. Seconds later, Harry's face is covered in several lipstick marks.

* DownerEnding: Harry ends up getting kissed by the three girls, which leaves his face covered in red lipstick marks, but he is left behind in the pit with no means to climb out after the girls fly out to beat up Mojo.

* TheVoiceless: Harry Pit does not talk aside from his audible gross smooches.

** When Blossom crashes into the coat rack, she's briefly dressed like [[WesternAnimation/SouthPark Eric Cartman]].

* TheVoiceless: Harry Pit does not talk aside from his audible gross smooches

* RememberedICouldFly: When the girls are dropped into a pit with Hardy, they don't realize that they can simply fly out. Instead they run around the pit to avoid getting kissed by Harry. Ironically, after they smooch up Harry, they immediately fly out to beat up Mojo.

* RememberICouldFly: When the girls are dropped into a pit with Hardy, they don't realize that they can simply fly out. Instead they run around the pit to avoid getting kissed by Harry. Ironically, after they smooch up Harry, they immediately fly out to beat up Mojo.

* RememberICanFly: When the girls are dropped into a pit with Hardy, they don't realize that they can simply fly out. Instead they run around the pit to avoid getting kissed by Harry. Ironically, after they smooch up Harry, they immediately fly out to beat up Mojo.

* OnlySaneMan: Bubbles seemed to be the only one suspicious and worried when Mike insists Patches is the one who disrupted the class, she was also the only one who didn't laugh at him when he brings up Patches the first time. In addition, she witnessed Ms. Keane's chair move on its own, allowing her to prove Mike is innocent.

* VillainousCrush: Harry is implied to have one on Blossom, as he primarily targets her when she and her sisters are in the pit with him. Interestingly, Blossom seems to be the one who kisses him the most when she and her sisters give him a smooching. This may imply that Blossom herself developed a little crush on him, too, even if it was for one episode.

* CassandraTruth: At first, nobody believes Mike when he tries to tell them that Patches is behind all the pranks happening in class. He even gets punished for them.

* OverlyLongGag: The "Sit!"/"But...!" exchange, which ends with Buttercup interfering.

* PunnyName: The boy who imagined Patches is named M'''i'''ke Believe.

* AbhorrentAdmirer: Harry serves as this to the girls, due to his unkempt appearance and that he has cooties. Ends up being averted after it is revealed that cooties aren't real, which causes the girls to develop a crush on him before they cover his face with lipstick marks.

* ChickMagnet: When he is revealed to not have cooties, the girls come to think that Harry is actually kinda cute. Seconds later, his face ends up covered in red lipstick marks.
* CoveredInKisses: Happens to Harry at the end. After Blossom gets kissed by Harry and nothing happens, the girls all realize that cooties aren’t real and that they had nothing to be afraid of. With the tables now turned, the girls corner Harry before pinning him down and smooching him up, leaving his face covered in red lipstick marks.

* DownerEnding: For Harry. He ends up getting kissed by the three girls, which leaves his face covered in red lipstick marks, but he is left behind in the pit with no means to climb out after the girls fly out to beat up Mojo.

* ForcefulKiss: Harry spends most of the episode teasing the girls with the intention of kissing them. When he is dropped into a pit with them, he chases them with the intent to kiss the first girl he gets. He succeeds in planting a kiss on a cornered Blossom's cheek, much to her horror. The girls would turn the tables once they realize cooties aren’t real, and subject him to a big smooching, though he is certainly not complaining.

* EarnYourHappyEnding: Harry. After being shunned by his classmates for being a cootie freak, Harry is finally shown affection when the girls kiss him all over the face.

* DownerEnding: For Harry. He ends up getting kissed by the three girls, which leaves his face covered in red lipstick marks, but he is left behind in the pit with no way to climb after the girls fly out to beat up Mojo.

* ComicallyMissingThePoint: When Mrs. Keane announces she has a little surprise for her class (namely that they have a new student starting this day), Blossom guesses that Mrs. Keane is getting a nosejob, Bubbles guesses that Mrs. Keane will get married, and Buttercup guesses that Mrs. Keane is getting fired).
-->'''Mrs. Keane''' (annoyed) No, not ''that'' kind of surprise.

* Anywhere but Their Lips: With it being a kids show, the girls only kiss Harry's face.

* AbhorrentAdmirer: Harry serves as this to the girls, due to his unkempt appearance and that he has cooties. Ends up being averted after it is revealed that cooties aren't real, which causes the girls to develop a crush on him before covering his face with lipstick marks.

* AffectionateNickname: The girls call Harry a "cutie", which is a pun on the word cootie.
* AnywhereButTheirLips: With it being a kids show, the girls only kiss Harry's face.
* TheBadGuyWins: While not truly a villain, Harry willingly let Mojo use him to scare the girls, thus allowing the villain to almost take over the city. All Harry wanted was to receive some form of affection from a female. In the end, he got his wish when the girls kiss him all over the face after realizing cooties aren't real.
* BodyHorror: The girls' nightmare of being infected by Harry's cooties, which involves warts shaped like him growing all over their body before popping into full, miniature clones of him. All over their body includes coming out of their ''eyes'', dramatically slow too.
* CatapultNightmare: The girls rocket themselves awake after their cooties nightmare.
* ChairReveal: Mojo does this twice: once to the Mayor and then to the girls after luring them to the Townhall, which he has taken over.
* ChickMagnet: When Harry is revealed to not have cooties, the girls come to think that he is actually kinda cute. Seconds later, Harry's face ends up covered in red lipstick marks.
* CoveredInKisses: When nothing happens after Blossom is kissed Harry, the girls realize that cooties aren't real at all and they had nothing to be afraid of. The tables now turned, the girls corner Harry before pinning him down and kissing him repeatedly all over the face. After the girls fly out of the pit to beat up Mojo, Harry's face is shown to be covered in several red lipstick marks, courtesy of the girls.

* DatingCatwoman: Downplayed. Instead of punishing Harry for helping Mojo commit crimes, the girls smooch the boy up until his face is covered in their red lipstick marks.
* DownerEnding: For Harry. He ends up getting kissed by the three girls, which leaves his face covered in red lipstick marks, but the girls fly out to beat up Mojo, leaving Harry trapped in the pit with no means to climb out.
* TheDreaded: Harry is feared by his classmates at Pokey Oak for having cooties.
* DrunkenMontage: A variation on this trope occurs when Mojo goes on a successful crime spree, showing neon signs of the places he robs.
* EasilyForgiven: The girls show absolutely no hostility towards Harry once it is revealed that he doesn't have cooties and give him a big smooching, ignoring the fact that he essentially helped Mojo terrorize the city. It's possible that they realized that Harry actually never really meant any harm and that they felt guilty about shunning him.
* EarnYourHappyEnding: After being shunned by his classmates for being a cootie freak, Harry is finally shown affection when the girls kiss him all over the face.
* ForcefulKiss: Harry spends most of the episode teasing the girls with the intention of kissing them. When he is dropped into a pit with them, he chases them with the intent to kiss the first girl he gets. He succeeds in planting a kiss on a cornered Blossom's cheek, much to her horror.
** When they realize cooties aren't real, the girls turn the tables, pinning Harry down and planting several kisses on him, though he is certainly not complaining.

* IDidntMeanToTurnYouOn: Harry seems to have this effect on the girls after kissing Blossom. Not only does it make the them realize that cooties aren't real, the girls now think that he is actually kind of cute. Seconds later, Harry's face is covered in red lipstick marks.
* {{Irony}}: The girls spend the entire episode afraid of getting kissed by Harry, only to wind up kissing him in the end.
* KarmaHoudini: After almost helping Mojo take over Townsville, Harry avoids any punishment for his actions. He even gets kissed by the girls.
* NightmareSequence: The girls have one in which Harry infects them with cooties. Which, in this nightmare, are warts that look like Harry’s face.

* OutOfCharacterMoment: [[{{Tomboy}} Buttercup]] has no issues with kissing Harry in this episode. It's a stark contrast to "The Rowdyruff Boys," when she doesn't hesitate to show her disgust of kissing.

* StoryBreakerPower: Averted. When they are trapped in a pit with Harry, the girls seem to forget that they can fly out. This might just be that they were filled so much fear of being that close to Harry, the idea never came to them.

* DatingCatwoman: Downplayed. Instead of punishing Harry for helping Mono commit crimes, the girls smooch the boy up until his face is covered in their red lipstick marks.

* AbhorrentAdmirer: Harry serves as this to the girls, due to his unkempt appearance and that he has cooties. Ends up being averted after it is revealed that cooties aren't real, to which causes the girls develop a crush on him before covering his face with lipstick marks.