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A tad late but maybe it was an episode of Powerpuff Girls or even the PBS kids show Word Girl? Idk. They’re the two shows that would match at the top of my head.
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Nope, it wasn't The Powerpuff Girls, already checked all episodes of the original series and none of them have anything similar.
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Maybe try looking at the PBS show Word Girl? I think they might’ve had something like that.
I remember being 8 years old back when i saw this, don't remember the name of the show or even the characters since i was playing in my Nintendo DS while everything happened. What i DO remember is the central plot of the show and it's I Must Scream situation which has haunted me ever since.
The main character is captured by a girl who seems to be the main villain or at least a important bad guy and is strapped to a bed while she explains that she captured many kids and is using them as power source to a suit of sorts by sucking them with some sort of vaccum cleaner and were kept still alive inside small cells. If i remember correctly the character avoids this fate by tricking the vaccum to suck a piece of paper in his place, but i can't remember the rest because the scene actually scared me and i went to my bedroom to stop watching it. Does anyone have any idea where this is from?