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* AntiHero: Mojo Jojo, as he is fighting against the discrimination of apes by enslaving the humans.



* TragicVillain: Mojo Jojo. Being outcasted of the society for being a chimpanzee with an exposed brain turned him insane, and so he can't seem to control his madness. he even saved the Powerpuff Girls.

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* TragicVillain: Mojo Jojo. Being outcasted of the society for being a chimpanzee with an exposed brain turned him insane, and so he can't seem to control his madness. he even saved the Powerpuff Girls.insane.



* WellIntentionedExtremist: Mojo Jojo appears to be this. He mutates all apes and monkeys, and manipulates the girls to help him rule the world and enslave humans because he, not only feels like an outsider, but also feels like himself and other apes and monkeys are constantly being ignored and disrespected by the humans.

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* WellIntentionedExtremist: Mojo Jojo appears to be this. He mutates all apes and monkeys, and manipulates the girls to help him rule fight against the world and enslave humans because he, not only feels like an outsider, but also feels like himself and other apes and monkeys are constantly being ignored and disrespected by the humans.for discriminating his race.
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* MadBomber: One of Mojo's chemically enhanced apes, Baboon Kaboom. He piloted a HumongousMecha who produced tossable "Butt Bombs".
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* EarnYourHappyEnding: After the girls defeat Mojo, they are finally accepted by the townspeople and are able to fight crime and save the day.
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* LargeHam: Baboon Kaboom speaks loudly and dramatically when he appears.
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* EvilOldFolks: Pappy Wappy, who is an elderly monkey exposed to Chemical X and is seen weakly attempting to slap a human senior citizen.


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* ThemeNaming: Nearly every primate that Mojo Jojo exposed to Chemical X has a name similar to his, consisting of a pair of two-syllable rhyming words.
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* InsaneForgiveness: At the end of the movie, once the girls have [[spoiler:defeated Mojo Jojo]], the townspeople heap praise on them. Even though they treated the girls extremely cruelly for the majority of the film, the Powerpuff Girls' instantly forgive the townspeople and agree to defend the town from then on.

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Misuse. Batman Cold Open is when an episode shows the hero resolving a minor adventure before the real story begins.


* BadassInCharge: Mojo when he leads his army of apes.
* BatmanColdOpen: Mojo Jojo when he gets introduced by saving the Powerpuff Girls by the Gangreen Gang and running away afterwards.

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* BadassInCharge: Mojo when he leads his army of apes. \n* BatmanColdOpen: Mojo Jojo when he gets introduced by saving the Powerpuff Girls by the Gangreen Gang and running away afterwards.

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* EvilGenius: Mojo Jojo, even more than in the series.

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* EvilGenius: Mojo Jojo, even more than in the series. series.
* EvilVersusEvil: Shortly after Mojo Jojo conquers Townsville with his army of apes exposed to Chemical X, all of them start betraying Mojo and trying to take over Townsville themselves. While they don't exactly fight each other, all of them clearly want to destroy or conquer Townsville and none of them are willing to have anyone other than themselves do the job.



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* RedemptionQuestRedemptionQuest: The Powerpuff Girls have to save the day after Mojo Jojo tricked them into helping with his evil scheme.

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Fixing a case of misuse. Also, how is a chimpanzee having a brain weird? Rephrasing for better context.


* BreakThemByTalking: Mojo Jojo pulls this and a multitude of its {{sub trope}}s.
** NotSoDifferent: "Can't you see? None of them will ever understand you as I can, for we are kindred spirits whose powers spring from the same source! So, girls..."
** DontMakeMeDestroyYou!
** WeCanRuleTogether: "'''And we shall rule!''' All we have to do is work together. Girls, join me!"



* HannibalLecture: Mojo Jojo pulls this and a multitude of its {{sub trope}}s.
** NotSoDifferent: "Can't you see? None of them will ever understand you as I can, for we are kindred spirits whose powers spring from the same source! So, girls..."
** DontMakeMeDestroyYou!
** WeCanRuleTogether: "'''And we shall rule!''' All we have to do is work together. Girls, join me!"



* TragicVillain: Mojo Jojo. Being outcasted of the society for being a chimpanzee with a brain turned him insane, and so he can't seem to control his madness. he even saved the Powerpuff Girls.

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* TragicVillain: Mojo Jojo. Being outcasted of the society for being a chimpanzee with a an exposed brain turned him insane, and so he can't seem to control his madness. he even saved the Powerpuff Girls.
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** He also saved the Powerpuff Girls's life, showing that he isn't completely bad.

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** He also saved the Powerpuff Girls's life, showing that he isn't completely bad.bad.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: It isn't explained what happened to the other monkeys and primates that Mojo Jojo exposed to Chemical X after the Powerpuff Girls beat them up. This is especially jarring considering that this movie is a prequel to the series explaining the origins of the girls and Mojo Jojo.
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They are little girls. We don\'t need this.


* PantyShot: Buttercup.
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* FacePalm: Mitch does this when Bubbles thinks she's been "infected" from a game of tag.

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* BatmanColdOpen: Mojo Jojo when he gets introduced by saving the Powerpuff Girls by the Gangreen Gang and running away afterwards.



* EmpoweredBadassNormal: Mojo when he puts Chemical X in his brain to become a giant gorilla and fights the Powerpuff Girls.



* TragicVillain: Mojo Jojo. Being outcasted of the society for being a chimpanzee with a brain turned him insane, and so he can't seem to control his madness.

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* TragicVillain: Mojo Jojo. Being outcasted of the society for being a chimpanzee with a brain turned him insane, and so he can't seem to control his madness. he even saved the Powerpuff Girls.
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** ''For too long, apes and monkeys have been under the thumb of man. Well, the time has come to oppose that thumb, and take hold of what is rightfully ours.. The woooorld!''
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''I Rock! I Rock so hard! For I, Mojo Jojo, have succeeded in my first, greatest, and most brilliant plan ever! And I, Mojo Jojo, shall be King of the Planet of the Apes!''

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** ''I Rock! I Rock so hard! For I, Mojo Jojo, have succeeded in my first, greatest, and most brilliant plan ever! And I, Mojo Jojo, shall be King of the Planet of the Apes!''
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''I Rock! I Rock so hard! For I, Mojo Jojo, have succeeded in my first, greatest, and most brilliant plan ever! And I, Mojo Jojo, shall be King of the Planet of the Apes!''
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** ... (After the Powerpuff Girls try to cheer him up) Please. You're just trying me feel better. But my pain is not for you to understand. Besides, how could you? For you are pure and innocent, and most certainly loved. How could you know what it is to be cast out into a world that only offers misery? How could you know what its like for people to fear and despise you for the very things that make you special? Because you dont fit in. Because you are a FREEEAK!!!

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** ... (After the Powerpuff Girls try to cheer him up) Please.** ''Please. You're just trying me feel better. But my pain is not for you to understand. Besides, how could you? For you are pure and innocent, and most certainly loved. How could you know what it is to be cast out into a world that only offers misery? How could you know what its like for people to fear and despise you for the very things that make you special? Because you dont fit in. Because you are a FREEEAK!!!FREEEAK!!!''

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** ''No, please. I dare not listen. For I have been lashed by harsh tongues for too long. Alas, my little ones, I do not rock. For I, Jojo, am a monster!... Please. You're just trying me feel better. But my pain is not for you to understand. Besides, how could you? For you are pure and innocent, and most certainly loved. How could you know what it is to be cast out into a world that only offers misery? How could you know what its like for people to fear and despise you for the very things that make you special? Because you dont fit in. Because you are a FREEEAK!!!

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** ''No, please. I dare not listen. For I have been lashed by harsh tongues for too long. Alas, my little ones, I do not rock. For I, Jojo, am a monster!... monster!
**... (After the Powerpuff Girls try to cheer him up)
Please. You're just trying me feel better. But my pain is not for you to understand. Besides, how could you? For you are pure and innocent, and most certainly loved. How could you know what it is to be cast out into a world that only offers misery? How could you know what its like for people to fear and despise you for the very things that make you special? Because you dont fit in. Because you are a FREEEAK!!!
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* AlasPoorVillain: It's hard not to feel sorry
''No, please. I dare not listen. For I have been lashed by harsh tongues for too long. Alas, my little ones, I do not rock. For I, Jojo, am a monster!
''� Please�.You're just trying me feel better.� But my pain is not for you to understand.� Besides, how could you?� For you are pure and innocent, and most certainly loved. How could you know what it is to be cast out into a world that only offers misery? How could you know what its like for people to fear and despise you for the very things that make you special? Because you are a FREEEAK!!!

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* AlasPoorVillain: It's hard not to feel sorry
sorry for Mojo when hearing him talk about being a freak.
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''No, please. I dare not listen. For I have been lashed by harsh tongues for too long. Alas, my little ones, I do not rock. For I, Jojo, am a monster!
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monster!... Please. You're just trying me feel better.� better. But my pain is not for you to understand.� understand. Besides, how could you?� you? For you are pure and innocent, and most certainly loved. How could you know what it is to be cast out into a world that only offers misery? How could you know what its like for people to fear and despise you for the very things that make you special? Because you dont fit in. Because you are a FREEEAK!!!


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* BadassBoast: Mojo makes a good one after ruling the world.

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* AlasPoorVillain: It's hard not to feel sorry
''No, please. I dare not listen. For I have been lashed by harsh tongues for too long. Alas, my little ones, I do not rock. For I, Jojo, am a monster!
''� Please�.You're just trying me feel better.� But my pain is not for you to understand.� Besides, how could you?� For you are pure and innocent, and most certainly loved. How could you know what it is to be cast out into a world that only offers misery? How could you know what its like for people to fear and despise you for the very things that make you special? Because you are a FREEEAK!!!



* TragicVillain: Mojo Jojo. Being outcasted of the society for being a chimpanzee with a brain turned him insane, and so he can't seem to control his madness.



** He also saved the Powerpuff Girls's life, showing that he isn't completely bad.

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* EvilGenius: Mojo Jojo, even more than in the series.



* WellIntentionedExtremist: Mojo Jojo appears to be this. He mutates all apes and monkeys, and manipulates the girls to help him rule the world and enslave humans because he, not only feels like an outsider, but also feels like himself and other apes and monkeys are constantly being ignored and disrespected by the humans.

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* WellIntentionedExtremist: Mojo Jojo appears to be this. He mutates all apes and monkeys, and manipulates the girls to help him rule the world and enslave humans because he, not only feels like an outsider, but also feels like himself and other apes and monkeys are constantly being ignored and disrespected by the humans.
** He also saved the Powerpuff Girls's life, showing that he isn't completely bad.

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** Heck, heck, Mojo gets one by saving the girls from the Gangrene Gang.

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** Heck, heck, Mojo gets one by saving the girls from the Gangrene Gang.Gangreen Gang, and putting up and intense boss fight.
* BadassCape: Mojo Jojo as usually.
* BadassInCharge: Mojo when he leads his army of apes.



-->''"Nooooo! Stop! Cease! Desist! Do not continue with the ramblings, for ''my'' ramblings are the ramblings to be obeyed. For I am king, supreme leader, and all-around dictator. Don't you see? all you monkeys are my plan, so your plans are my plans because you are my plan and my plan was to make you! And I plan to rule the planet! Not to have my plans plan to stop me! I am your creator! I am your king! I am Mojo Jojo! Obey ME!"''

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-->''"Nooooo! Stop! Cease! Desist! Do not continue with the ramblings, for ''my'' ramblings are the ramblings to be obeyed. For I am king, supreme leader, and all-around dictator. Don't you see? all you monkeys are my plan, so your plans are my plans because you are my plan and my plan was to make you! And I plan to rule the planet! Not to have my plans plan to stop me! I am your creator! I am your king! I am Mojo Jojo! Obey ME!"''ME!"''
* WellIntentionedExtremist: Mojo Jojo appears to be this. He mutates all apes and monkeys, and manipulates the girls to help him rule the world and enslave humans because he, not only feels like an outsider, but also feels like himself and other apes and monkeys are constantly being ignored and disrespected by the humans.
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-->''"Nooooo! Stop! Cease! Desist! Do not continue with the ramblings, for ''my'' ramblings are the ramblings to be obeyed. For I am king, supreme leader, and all-around dictator. Don't you see? all you monkeys are my plan, so your plans are my plans because you are my plan and my plan was to make you! And I plan to rule the planet! Not to have my plans plan to stop me! I am your creator! I am your king! I am Mojo Jojo! Obey ME!"''
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->[[EveryEpisodeEnding "And so, for the very first time, the day is saved, thanks to the Powerpuff Girls!"]]

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-->''"Nooooo! Stop! Cease! Desist! Do not continue with the ramblings, for ''my'' ramblings are the ramblings to be obeyed. For I am king, supreme leader, and all-around dictator. Don't you see? all you monkeys are my plan, so your plans are my plans because you are my plan and my plan was to make you! And I plan to rule the planet! Not to have my plans plan to stop me! I am your creator! I am your king! I am Mojo Jojo! Obey ME!"''
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->[[EveryEpisodeEnding "And so, for the very first time, the day is saved, thanks to the Powerpuff Girls!"]]
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The film bombed at the box office due to poor marketing, but is still notable for making ''The Powerpuff Girls'' the only CartoonNetwork property with a big-screen offshoot.

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The film bombed at the box office office, likely due to poor marketing, but is still notable for making ''The Powerpuff Girls'' the only CartoonNetwork property with a big-screen offshoot.
severe loss in popularity beginning in early 2001.
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* BodyHorror: In TheMovie, the Chemical X transforms the monkeys into superpowered mutants, making their brains ''grow out of their skulls.''

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* BodyHorror: In TheMovie, the The Chemical X transforms the monkeys into superpowered mutants, making their brains ''grow out of their skulls.''
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''WesternAnimation/ThePowerPuffGirls Movie'', released in 2002, serves as an [[SuperheroOrigin origin story]] for the titular girls, showing not just how they got their powers but how they came into their own as crime fighters.

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''WesternAnimation/ThePowerPuffGirls ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls Movie'', released in 2002, serves as an [[SuperheroOrigin origin story]] for the titular girls, showing not just how they got their powers but how they came into their own as crime fighters.

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** Heck heck Mojo gets one by saving the girls from the Gangrene Gang.

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** Heck heck Heck, heck, Mojo gets one by saving the girls from the Gangrene Gang.



* EveryEpisodeEnding: Carried over from the series, with "so once again" replaced with "for the first time" and the Narrator musing over pitching the Girls on the name he's coined for them.



-->'''Mojo:''' Yes, it is--''for me!''
* FreakOut: How the girls realize they can effectively use their powers as initially they were just trying to save the townspeople. However Buttercup gets frustrated when a dog she keeps saving winds up in another perilous situation that she mindlessly just attacks the assaulter. To which Blossom and Bubbles realize they can do it too.
* HannibalLecture: Mojo Jojo pulls this and a multitude of its suptropes.

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-->'''Mojo:''' Yes, it is--''for is -- ''for me!''
* FreakOut: How the girls realize they can effectively use their powers as as, initially they ,they were just trying to save the townspeople. However However, Buttercup gets so frustrated when a dog she keeps saving winds up in another perilous situation that she mindlessly just attacks the assaulter. To which Blossom and Bubbles then realize they can do it it, too.
* HannibalLecture: Mojo Jojo pulls this and a multitude of its suptropes.{{sub trope}}s.



* ShooOutTheClowns: The Narrator preforms the usual opening and closing, but is otherwise completely absent from the film.

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* ShooOutTheClowns: The Narrator preforms performs the usual opening and closing, closing but is otherwise completely absent from the film.



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''WesternAnimation/ThePowerPuffGirls Movie'', released in 2002, serves as an [[SuperheroOrigin origin story]] for the titular girls, showing not just how they got their powers but how they came into their own as crime fighters.

The first few minutes show things going as they do in the opening sequence--using sugar, spice, everything nice, and an accidental dose of Chemical X, Professor Utonium brings his daughters into the world, as well as unknowingly imbuing his primate assistant Jojo with enhanced intelligence. After a disastrous game of tag wrecks their home, the City of Townsville, Utonium is carted off to prison, leaving the girls to wander the streets. Jojo finds the girls, takes them under his wing, and has them help build his base as well as a secret machine, having convinced them he only wants to help make the City a better place. Naturally, disaster ensues.

The film bombed at the box office due to poor marketing, but is still notable for making ''The Powerpuff Girls'' the only CartoonNetwork property with a big-screen offshoot.

!!''The Powerpuff Girls Movie'' provides examples of:
* AdultFear: There is a brief scene in which a robot operated by one of the ManiacMonkeys is spewing bombs around a baby carriage. Blossom rescues the baby just before the bombs go off, but still...
** Also, the Professor gets sent to jail for creating the girls, and he has no idea where the girls are.
* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: The girls and Mojo Jojo were this, until the end when the girls save the town from Mojo. Unlike the girls, Mojo actually ''deserved'' this trope as he became a recurring villain.
* ArcWords: "Make [the town] a better place."
* AttackOfThe50FootWhatever: [[spoiler:Mojo Jojo loads himself up on Chemical X at the film's climax.]]
* {{Badass}}: The Girls, of course.
** Blossom is running from a storm of needles when she sees a dog about to be hit by them. [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome So she turns on her heels and punches every single one out of the air, screaming the entire time.]]
** Heck heck Mojo gets one by saving the girls from the Gangrene Gang.
* BetweenMyLegs: Discussed by Craig [=McCracken=] in the commentary.
* BigDamnHeroes: Mojo introduces himself to the girls by fighting off the Gangrene Gang as they're about to attack them.
* BodyHorror: In TheMovie, the Chemical X transforms the monkeys into superpowered mutants, making their brains ''grow out of their skulls.''
* ComicBookAdaptation: Had one as most movie adaptation do, made by the staff who was working on the DC Comic at the time.
* CrapsackWorld: Townsville, pre-Powerpuff Girls. Crime is pretty much rampant and uncontrolled.
* CreditsGag: "No apes, monkeys, or talking dogs were harmed in the production of this motion picture."
* CueTheRain: When the girls think they've been abandoned by the Professor and are walking home, crying, a rainstorm kicks up. [[FromBadToWorse And then they have the misfortune to run into the Gangrene Gang]] (this was before they knew how to really use their powers).
* CurseCutShort:
--> '''Hotta Watta:''' For I don't give a--\\
'''Mojo Jojo:''' Watch your mouth!
* DarkReprise: A blink-and-you'll-miss-it example, as Mojo finally sees his ultimate plan coming together, a sinister rendition of the theme song can be heard.
* DarkerAndEdgier: Compared to the series.
* DarkestHour: The climax.
* EveryEpisodeEnding: Carried over from the series, with "so once again" replaced with "for the first time" and the Narrator musing over pitching the Girls on the name he's coined for them.
* EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys: The purpose of Mojo Jojo's secret machine is to create an army of superpowered monkeys to do his bidding.
* FalseReassurance: Mojo tries to do this to the girls, but Bubbles causes him to pause and tell a bold-faced lie in order to keep reassuring them. Not that he sees it that way...
-->'''Bubbles:''' This isn't making the town a better place!
-->'''Mojo:''' Yes, it is--''for me!''
* FreakOut: How the girls realize they can effectively use their powers as initially they were just trying to save the townspeople. However Buttercup gets frustrated when a dog she keeps saving winds up in another perilous situation that she mindlessly just attacks the assaulter. To which Blossom and Bubbles realize they can do it too.
* HannibalLecture: Mojo Jojo pulls this and a multitude of its suptropes.
** NotSoDifferent: "Can't you see? None of them will ever understand you as I can, for we are kindred spirits whose powers spring from the same source! So, girls..."
** DontMakeMeDestroyYou!
** WeCanRuleTogether: "'''And we shall rule!''' All we have to do is work together. Girls, join me!"
* IronicEcho: When the girls meet Mojo for the very first time, he says that he's a monster, to which Blossom replies that he's not a monster, because "Monsters are evil"; in the final battle, they tell him that he ''is'' evil, and ''is'' a monster.
* ManipulativeBastard: Mojo Jojo for manipulating the girls into helping him take over Townsville.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Mojo wouldn't have been able to set his plan in motion without help from the girls. Heck the fact that he even has his volcano lair is because of them.
* OhCrap: After Bubbles and Buttercup save Blossom from a needle attack by Mo'Mojo by putting a bus in front of her, the attack stops and Bubbles nervously asks, "Do you think he's finished?" before they hear Mo'Mojo say, "No." and get an OhCrap expression, just as Mo'Mojo adds, "But you are!"
* OneWingedAngel: Mojo's monster ape form.
* PantyShot: Buttercup.
* PowerNullifier: Antidote X.
* RearrangeTheSong: BIS performed [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhbL2HvoFBo a punk rendition of their theme for the show]].
* RedemptionQuest
* SceneryGorn: Townsville is ''utterly'' devastated.
* ShooOutTheClowns: The Narrator preforms the usual opening and closing, but is otherwise completely absent from the film.
* ShutUpHannibal: The girls' epic speech after Mojo tries forcing them to join him. All the while they talk back to him, they kick his ass all over the place.
* StartOfDarkness: As mentioned, the Girls aren't the only ones with an origin story.
* VillainousBreakdown: Up until Mojo Jojo's monkey army rebels against him, he speaks in a very straightforward manner. Once it becomes apparent that the Chemical X-enhanced simians have their own plots for world domination, he flips out, and starts ranting in his trademark redundant speech-style;
-->''"Nooooo! Stop! Cease! Desist! Do not continue with the ramblings, for ''my'' ramblings are the ramblings to be obeyed. For I am king, supreme leader, and all-around dictator. Don't you see? all you monkeys are my plan, so your plans are my plans because you are my plan and my plan was to make you! And I plan to rule the planet! Not to have my plans plan to stop me! I am your creator! I am your king! I am Mojo Jojo! Obey ME!"''
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