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* VillainTeamUp: Between Mojo Jojo, Him, Princess Morbucks, and Fuzzy Lumpkins.

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* VillainTeamUp: Between Mojo Jojo, Him, Princess Morbucks, and Fuzzy Lumpkins.Lumpkins (Mojo Jojo is the leader in case you were wondering).
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-->'''Bubbles:''' '''SHUT UP!'''\\
''[The villains stop arguing.]''\\
'''Blossom:''' We're trying to sleep.\\
'''Buttercup:''' We'll kick your butts tomorrow.
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* NoSell: When the Beat-Alls tried to attack the girls after Mojo left, they come out completely undamaged and fine within a few seconds to show that their plan failed.

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* NoSell: When the other three Beat-Alls tried to attack the girls after Mojo left, leaves, they come out completely undamaged and fine within a few seconds to show that their plan failed.seconds.



--> '''Blossom:''' Well, it's like the song says; The love you take is equal to... equal to... pff. Oh, who cares? [[RunningGagged It was by some dumb old band, anyway]]!

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--> '''Blossom:''' -->'''Blossom:''' Well, it's like the song says; The love you take is equal to... equal to... pff. Oh, who cares? [[RunningGagged It was by some dumb old band, anyway]]!



* StunnedSilence: Once the Beat-Alls defeat the Powerpuff Girls for the first time they all just stare at the rock Fuzzy threw on them in silence for awhile, shocked that they actually won so easily.

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* StunnedSilence: Once the Beat-Alls defeat the Powerpuff Girls for the first time time, they all just stare in silence at the rock Fuzzy threw on them in silence for awhile, them, shocked that they actually won so easily.
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* BigShutUp: Delivered by Bubbles to the 4 arguing villains just outside their house.

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* BigShutUp: Delivered by Bubbles to the 4 four arguing villains just outside their house.
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* {{Hypocrite}}: Blossom and Bubbles abhor Buttercup's behavior, yet not are they the ones who arrange for her to suffer the same way.

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* {{Hypocrite}}: Blossom and Bubbles abhor Buttercup's behavior, yet not are they are the ones who arrange for her to suffer the same way.



** While the Professor did not participate in either of his girls' despicable actions, he never stopped them either, and when he did find out about Buttercup's crimes, he never even asks how she feels after the trauma she experienced.

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** While the Professor did not participate in either of his girls' despicable actions, he never stopped them either, and when he did find out about Buttercup's crimes, he never is not even asks seen or heard asking how she feels after the trauma she experienced.



** Mojo also gets away with kidnapping the Mayor to use his phone in the episode and unlike the other incidents where he did this, Blossom and Bubbles treat the kidnapping like it's no big deal.

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** Mojo Jojo also gets away with kidnapping holding the Mayor hostage to use his phone in the episode episode; and unlike the other incidents where he did this, Blossom and Bubbles treat the kidnapping hostage situation like it's no big deal.it is not a problem.



* PlotHole: Professor Utonium, the one one who has been leaving money under Buttercup's pillow for all the teeth, never questions where the teeth came from even though Buttercup leaves more teeth under her pillow than the average human being has and also left a giant fang from a kaiju under the pillow.

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* PlotHole: Professor Utonium, the one one who has been leaving money under Buttercup's pillow for all the teeth, never questions where the teeth came from even though Buttercup leaves more teeth under her pillow than the average human being has and also left a giant fang from a kaiju under the pillow.



** Moko's true form, Michelle, is named after the song of the same name; Judy also references [[{{Mondegreen}} a lyric in French that can sometimes be misheard]]:

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** Moko's true form, Michelle, Michelle (pronounced as "mee-shell"), is named after the song of the same name; Judy also references [[{{Mondegreen}} a lyric in French that can sometimes be misheard]]:
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** The Beatles designs seen in the [[WesternAnimation/TheBeatles 1965 cartoon]] are beaten-up by the Beat-Alls, while their ''WesternAnimation/YellowSubmarine'' designs are seen in a quick montage as Mojo and Moko are screaming.

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** The Beatles designs seen in [[WesternAnimation/TheBeatles1965 the [[WesternAnimation/TheBeatles 1965 cartoon]] are beaten-up by the Beat-Alls, while their ''WesternAnimation/YellowSubmarine'' designs are seen in a quick montage as Mojo and Moko are screaming.
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* BorrowingTheBeatles: Townsville's top four super villains — Mojo Jojo, HIM, Princess Morbucks and Fuzzy Lumpkins — all meet at the Powerpuff Girl's house by coincidence, each of them sick of losing to the girls and wanting to fight them. When they all manage to win when they work together, they team up and call themselves The Beat-Alls.

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* BorrowingTheBeatles: Townsville's top four super villains — Mojo Jojo, HIM, Princess Morbucks and Fuzzy Lumpkins — all meet at the Powerpuff Girl's house by coincidence, each of them sick of losing to the girls and wanting to fight them. When they all manage to win when they work together, they team up and call themselves The Beat-Alls. Their subsequent crime spree contains several references to the Beatles' career.



* ProfoundByPopSong: The epsiode plays with this, with quotes from, of all things, songs from Music/TheBeatles throughout the episode. At the end, Blossom tries to summarize [[AnAesop the lesson]] by saying:

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* ProfoundByPopSong: The epsiode episode plays with this, with quotes from, of all things, songs from Music/TheBeatles throughout the episode. At the end, Blossom tries to summarize [[AnAesop the lesson]] by saying:
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Also giving an idea unwittingly to someone doesn't make you responsible for what they choose to do with it.

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In order to talk of standards, a character, a villain even, needs to demonstrate revulsion towards acts that aren't harmful to them or even to those dear to them, but rather to other parties with whom they have no personal attachment.


* EvenEvilHasStandards: The villains don't take to kindly to Buttercup knocking their teeth out when none of them were even doing anything evil, just minding their own business when she breaks into their homes and beats them up. Blossom and Bubbles don't like it when they find out either, and help the villains get revenge by tricking Buttercup into going to their trap and refusing to help her.



* {{Hypocrite}}: Blossom and Bubbles abhor Buttercup's behavior, yet not are they the ones who arrange for her to suffer the same way, but also the same ones who indirectly gave her the idea of knocking out teeth for money in the first place.

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* {{Hypocrite}}: Blossom and Bubbles abhor Buttercup's behavior, yet not are they the ones who arrange for her to suffer the same way, but also the same ones who indirectly gave her the idea of knocking out teeth for money in the first place.way.
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* PlotHole: Professor Utonium, the one one who has been leaving money under Buttercup’s pillow for all the teeth, never questions where the teeth came from as not only did Buttercup leave more teeth under her pillow than the average human being has but she also left a giant fang from a kaiju under the pillow.

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* PlotHole: Professor Utonium, the one one who has been leaving money under Buttercup’s pillow for all the teeth, never questions where the teeth came from as not only did even though Buttercup leave leaves more teeth under her pillow than the average human being has but she and also left a giant fang from a kaiju under the pillow.



* BoringButPractical: While Mojo and Princess have access to advanced laser-technology and HIM is basically {{Satan}}, Fuzzy's contribution is just [[BoulderBludgeon throwing a big rock at the girls]]. That said, it still does its job with the former three paralyze the girls, leaving the rock to finish them off.

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* BoringButPractical: While Mojo and Princess have access to advanced laser-technology and HIM is basically {{Satan}}, Fuzzy's contribution is just [[BoulderBludgeon throwing a big rock at the girls]]. That said, it still does its job with when the former three paralyze the girls, leaving the rock to finish them off.
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'''Moral Decay''': When Bubbles receives a dollar from the Tooth Fairy after Buttercup accidently knocked one of her teeth out, Buttercup proceeds to knock out the teeth of numerous villains, and starts hoarding the money she receives.

'''Meet the Beat Alls''': Mojo Jojo, Him, Princess Morbucks, and Fuzzy Lumpkins team up as the Beat Alls in this homage to Music/TheBeatles, and proceed to defeat the Powerpuff Girls.

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'''Moral Decay''': When Bubbles receives a dollar from the Tooth Fairy after Buttercup accidently accidentally knocked one of her teeth out, Buttercup proceeds to knock out the teeth of numerous villains, and starts hoarding the money she receives.

'''Meet the Beat Alls''': Beat-Alls''': Mojo Jojo, Him, Princess Morbucks, and Fuzzy Lumpkins team up as the Beat Alls Beat-Alls in this homage to Music/TheBeatles, and proceed to defeat the Powerpuff Girls.



!!Meet the Beat Alls provides examples of
* AbbeyRoadCrossing: The Beat Alls do this early on as they walk to the National Trust.
* AllYourBaseAreBelongToUs: The Beat Alls first meet when they attack the Powerpuff Girls at their own home, in the middle of the night.

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!!Meet the Beat Alls Beat-Alls provides examples of
* AbbeyRoadCrossing: The Beat Alls Beat-Alls do this early on as they walk to the National Trust.
* AllYourBaseAreBelongToUs: The Beat Alls Beat-Alls first meet when they attack the Powerpuff Girls at their own home, in the middle of the night.



* BorrowingTheBeatles: Townsville's top four super villains — Mojo Jojo, HIM, Princess Morbucks and Fuzzy Lumpkins — all meet at the Powerpuff Girl's house by coincidence, each of them sick of losing to the girls and wanting to fight them. When they all manage to win when they work together, they team up and call themselves The Beat Alls.

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* BorrowingTheBeatles: Townsville's top four super villains — Mojo Jojo, HIM, Princess Morbucks and Fuzzy Lumpkins — all meet at the Powerpuff Girl's house by coincidence, each of them sick of losing to the girls and wanting to fight them. When they all manage to win when they work together, they team up and call themselves The Beat Alls.Beat-Alls.



* ContrivedCoincidence: The formation of the Beat Alls wasn’t planned; all four villains independently from each other decided to attack the Powerpuff Girls at their house, and through sheer coincidence they all picked the same night to do so.
* CurbStompBattle: The girls constantly suffer this against the Beat Alls in every encounter, so much that they stop showing up after awhile because they know they'll just lose again. Once the Beat Alls lose Mojo though, the tide quickly turns.

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* ContrivedCoincidence: The formation of the Beat Alls Beat-Alls wasn’t planned; all four villains independently from each other decided to attack the Powerpuff Girls at their house, and through sheer coincidence they all picked the same night to do so.
* CurbStompBattle: The girls constantly suffer this against the Beat Alls Beat-Alls in every encounter, so much that they stop showing up after awhile because they know they'll just lose again. Once the Beat Alls Beat-Alls lose Mojo though, the tide quickly turns.



* HeroicBSOD: The girls eventually stop showing up to save the day because they know they will just lose to the Beat Alls again. The Professor is able to lift their spirits though and they think of a plan to break up the Beat Alls.

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* HeroicBSOD: The girls eventually stop showing up to save the day because they know they will just lose to the Beat Alls Beat-Alls again. The Professor is able to lift their spirits though and they think of a plan to break up the Beat Alls.Beat-Alls.



** The Professor tries to explain to the girls that the Beat-Alls are just "a rock band." Because Fuzzy attacks them with a rock.
** While carrying Mojo off to jail, Blossom tries to quote "The End," but can't remember the whole quote and just shrugs it off by saying "It's by some dumb old band."
* TheMole: Moko Jono is eventually revealed to be just a regular monkey named Michelle, who agreed to help the Powerpuff Girls break up the Beat Alls by starting a relationship with Mojo (whom she hates since he gives monkeys a bad name).

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** The Professor tries to explain to the girls that the Beat-Alls are just "a rock band." band". Because Fuzzy attacks them with a rock.
** While carrying Mojo off to jail, Blossom tries to quote "The End," End", but can't remember the whole quote and just shrugs it off by saying [[RunningGagged "It's by some dumb old band."
"]]
* TheMole: Moko Jono is eventually revealed to be just a regular monkey named Michelle, who agreed to help the Powerpuff Girls break up the Beat Alls Beat-Alls by starting a relationship with Mojo (whom she hates since he gives monkeys a bad name).



* NoSell: When the Beat Alls tried to attack the girls after Mojo left, they come out completely undamaged and fine within a few seconds to show that their plan failed.

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* NoSell: When the Beat Alls Beat-Alls tried to attack the girls after Mojo left, they come out completely undamaged and fine within a few seconds to show that their plan failed.



* ThePowerOfLove: The girls use this against the Beat Alls by introducing Mojo Jojo to Moko Jono. Soon, he is so smitten by her that [[LoveMakesYouDumb he forgets the Beat Alls and even leaves the group]].

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* ThePowerOfLove: The girls use this against the Beat Alls Beat-Alls by introducing Mojo Jojo to Moko Jono. Soon, he is so smitten by her that [[LoveMakesYouDumb he forgets the Beat Alls Beat-Alls and even leaves the group]].



--> '''Blossom:''' Well, it's like the song says; The love you take is equal to... equal to... pff. Oh, who cares? [[Recap/ThePowerpuffGirlsS3E12MoralDecayMeetTheBeatAlls It was by some dumb old band, anyway!]]

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--> '''Blossom:''' Well, it's like the song says; The love you take is equal to... equal to... pff. Oh, who cares? [[Recap/ThePowerpuffGirlsS3E12MoralDecayMeetTheBeatAlls [[RunningGagged It was by some dumb old band, anyway!]]anyway]]!



* RousingSpeech: The Professor gives the girls one after they sink into a HeroicBSOD due to constantly losing to the Beat Alls.

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* RousingSpeech: The Professor gives the girls one after they sink into a HeroicBSOD due to constantly losing to the Beat Alls.Beat-Alls.



** HIM originally proposes the group be named the Silver Beat Alls, alluding to what the band was called before it was simplified.

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** HIM originally proposes the group be named the Silver Beat Alls, Beat-Alls, alluding to what the band was called before it was simplified.



* StunnedSilence: Once the Beat Alls defeat the Powerpuff Girls for the first time they all just stare at the rock Fuzzy threw on them in silence for awhile, shocked that they actually won so easily.

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* StunnedSilence: Once the Beat Alls Beat-Alls defeat the Powerpuff Girls for the first time they all just stare at the rock Fuzzy threw on them in silence for awhile, shocked that they actually won so easily.



* VillainsOutShopping: We actually get to see the Beat Alls go shopping.

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* VillainsOutShopping: We actually get to see the Beat Alls Beat-Alls go shopping.
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* ProfoundByPopSong: The epsiode plays with this, with quotes from, of all things, songs from Music/TheBeatles throughout the episode. At the end, Blossom tries to summarize [[AnAesop the lesson]] by saying:
--> '''Blossom:''' Well, it's like the song says; The love you take is equal to... equal to... pff. Oh, who cares? [[Recap/ThePowerpuffGirlsS3E12MoralDecayMeetTheBeatAlls It was by some dumb old band, anyway!]]
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* ScreamsLikeALittleGirl: This is Mojo's reaction when he sees "Moko" is actually a regular monkey named Michelle.
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** Mojo also gets away with kidnapping the Mayor to use his phone in the episode and unlike the other incidents where he did this, Blossom and Bubbles treat the kidnapping like it’s no big deal.

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* BetrayalByInaction: Blossom and Bubbles in their betrayal of Buttercup refuse to help Buttercup when they lure her into a trap where she would be beaten up by all the villains.



* LuredIntoATrap: Upon learning of Buttercup’s wrongdoing, Blossom and Bubbles decide to secretly help the villains set up a trap for Buttercup where they trick her into going to a museum where she would be beaten up



* PlotHole: Professor Utonium, the one one who has been leaving money under Buttercup’s pillow for all the teeth, never questions where the teeth came from as not only did Buttercup leave more teeth under her pillow than the average human being has but she also left a giant fang from a kaiju under the pillow.




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* WhatTheHellHero: Averted. When Blossom and Bubbles learn that Buttercup had been beating people up and stealing their teeth for money, they never confront her and call her out for her actions. Instead, Blossom and Bubbles decide to betray Buttercup by luring her into a museum, having her beaten up to a pulp by the villains, refusing to help, and ratting out Buttercup’s money stash to the Professor so he would use it for Buttercup’s dental bills.
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* TokenHuman: Princess is the only human member of the Beat-Alls.

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** Early on they rob a bank called the National Trust, taken from the song "Happiness is a Warm Gun" off ''Music/TheWhiteAlbum''.

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** Early on they rob a bank called the National Trust, taken from the British parks and estate management charity mentioned in the song "Happiness is a Warm Gun" off ''Music/TheWhiteAlbum''.
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* KarmaHoudini: Unlike the example below, Blossom and Bubbles get off scot-free for their cruel actions.

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* KarmaHoudini: Unlike the example below, Blossom and Bubbles get off scot-free for their cruel actions.

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* KarmaHoudini: Unlike the example below, Blossom and Bubbles get off scot-free for their cruel actions.



** While carrying Mojo off to jail, Blossom tries to quote "The End," but can't remember the whole quote and just shrugs it off by saying "It's by some old band."

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** While carrying Mojo off to jail, Blossom tries to quote "The End," but can't remember the whole quote and just shrugs it off by saying "It's by some dumb old band."
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* {{Hypocrite}}: Blossom and Bubbles abhor Buttercup's behavior, yet are also the ones who arrange for her to suffer the same way.

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* {{Hypocrite}}: Blossom and Bubbles abhor Buttercup's behavior, yet not are also they the ones who arrange for her to suffer the same way.way, but also the same ones who indirectly gave her the idea of knocking out teeth for money in the first place.
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* MusicalEpisode: While the whole episode isn't a musical, it does has an overdose of Beatles references.

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