History WesternAnimation / ThePowerpuffGirls1998

[[https://www.deadline.com/2022/07/powerpuff-girls-fosters-home-for-imaginary-friends-animated-series-reboots-craig-mccracken-hanna-barbera-studios-europe-1235071571/ In July 2022]], it was announced that Craig [=McCracken=] would be returning to spearhead a revival of the series with Hanna-Barbera Europe, Cartoon Network's UK-based animation studio.

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One of Creator/CartoonNetwork's most popular [[Creator/CartoonCartoons original series]] and the first entry in [[Franchise/ThePowerpuffGirls its eponymous franchise]], ''The Powerpuff Girls'' is an action-comedy series revolving around a PowerTrio of {{Little Miss Badass}}es who fight crime and evil forces in the fictional city of Townsville. These ArtificialHuman girls, who have no fingers, toes, flat feet, ears, or noses, were created when Professor Utonium (Creator/TomKane) accidentally added a mutagenic substance called Chemical X to his mixture of sugar, spice, and everything nice while trying to "create the perfect little girls."

One of Creator/CartoonNetwork's most popular [[Creator/CartoonCartoons original series]] and the first entry in [[Franchise/ThePowerpuffGirls its eponymous franchise]], ''The Powerpuff Girls'' is an action-comedy series revolving around a PowerTrio of {{Little Miss Badass}}es who fight crime and evil forces in the fictional city of Townsville. These ArtificialHuman girls, who have no fingers, toes, flat feet, ears, or noses, were created when Professor Utonium accidentally added a mutagenic substance called Chemical X to his mixture of sugar, spice, and everything nice while trying to "create the perfect little girls."

The series' heroes are Blossom, "commander and the leader," Bubbles, "the joy and the laughter," whose personality is very similar to that of her namesake from ''WesternAnimation/{{Jabberjaw}}'' (but not quite a DumbBlonde), and Buttercup, "the toughest fighter," and a tomboy with a bad attitude. Their simian ArchEnemy Mojo Jojo wears a helmet to cover his enlarged brain and speaks in a manner [[IntentionalEngrishForFunny reminiscent of bad anime dubbing]].

->''"Sugar... spice... and everything nice. These were the ingredients chosen to create the perfect little girls. But Professor Utonium accidentally added an extra ingredient to the concoction: Chemical X!

Thus, the Powerpuff Girls were born! Using their ultra-superpowers, Blossom, Bubbles, and Buttercup have dedicated their lives to fighting crime and the forces of evil!"''

->''"Sugar... spice... and everything nice. These were the ingredients chosen to create the perfect little girls. But Professor Utonium accidentally added an extra ingredient to the concoction: Chemical X! Thus, the Powerpuff Girls were born! Using their ultra-superpowers, Blossom, Bubbles, and Buttercup have dedicated their lives to fighting crime and the forces of evil!"''

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The original series was [[EndOfAnEra the final production to be created under]] Creator/HannaBarbera's name. The studio's assets were absorbed into Cartoon Network Studios following Bill Hanna's death at the end of Season 4.

It has been recently announced that Craig [=McCracken=] is rebooting the series in a joint venture of Cartoon Network and Hanna-Barbera Europe.

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The concept began life as creator Creator/CraigMcCracken's [=CalArts=] thesis film, titled "The Whoopass Girls" (they were created with "sugar, spice, everything nice," and a can of Whoopass) and was then adapted, with a slightly safer-for-work name, into two pilots for the ''WesternAnimation/WhatACartoonShow''. Cartoon Network decided to go with [[WesternAnimation/DextersLaboratory one of the other shorts]], created by [=McCracken=]'s friend and former ''WesternAnimation/TwoStupidDogs'' colleague Creator/GenndyTartakovsky, as their first series, giving Craig a little more experience before his show finally went to series in 1998. Both artists worked on one another's respective shows.[[note]]It's widely believed that both shows [[SharedUniverse exist in the same universe]], with multiple character, such as Major Glory and [[ShowWithinAShow "TV Puppet Pals"]], appearing in both.[[/note]]

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!!!'''This is the page for the original 1998 series. If you're looking for the 2016 revival, [[WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls2016 go here]].'''

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One of Creator/CartoonNetwork's most popular [[Creator/CartoonCartoons original series]] and the first entry in [[Franchise/ThePowerpuffGirls its eponymous franchise]], ''The Powerpuff Girls'' is an action-comedy series revolving around a PowerTrio of {{Little Miss Badass}}es who fight crime and evil forces in the fictional city of Townsville. These ArtificialHuman girls, who have no fingers, toes, flat feet, ears, or noses, were created when Professor Utonium accidentally added a mutagenic substance called Chemical X to his mixture of sugar, spice, and everything nice in an attempt to "create the perfect little girls."

One of Creator/CartoonNetwork's most popular [[Creator/CartoonCartoons original series]] and the first entry in [[Franchise/ThePowerpuffGirls its eponymous franchise]], ''The Powerpuff Girls'' is an action-comedy series revolving around a PowerTrio of {{Little Miss Badass}}es who fight crime and evil forces in the fictional city of Townsville. These ArtificialHuman girls, who have no fingers, toes, flat feet, ears, or noses, were created when Professor Utonium accidentally added Chemical X to his mixture of sugar, spice, and everything nice.

The original series was [[EndOfAnEra the final production to be created under]] Creator/HannaBarbera's name. The studio's assets were absorbed into Cartoon Network Studios following Bill Hanna's death at the end of season 4.

->[[TheStinger So,]] [[SoOnceAgainTheDayIsSaved once again,]] [[TVTropesWillRuinYourLife your life is ruined, thanks to TV Tropes!]]

''Note: This is the page for the original 1998 series. If you're looking for the 2016 revival, [[WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls2016 go here]].''

One of Creator/CartoonNetwork's most popular [[Creator/CartoonCartoons original series]], ''The Powerpuff Girls'' is an action-comedy series revolving around a PowerTrio of {{Little Miss Badass}}es who fight crime and evil forces in the fictional city of Townsville. These ArtificialHuman girls, who have no fingers, toes, flat feet, ears, or noses, were created when Professor Utonium accidentally added Chemical X to his mixture of sugar, spice, and everything nice.

Eight years after the show ended (and five after ''Powerpuff Girls Rule'' special). The series came back in the form of a CGI special in January of 2014. Most likely as a test pilot for a reboot (though oddly this was ''after'' Craig had left Cartoon Network to work with Disney on ''WesternAnimation/WanderOverYonder'', and even before then he had left the show after season 4). Supporting this is the that [[http://read.idwpublishing.com/Powerpuff-Girls/comics-series/11436 the girls returned to comic book format in September 2013,]] this time under the IDW brand as part of a deal to allow classic Cartoon Network cartoons to be told in new adventures. Sure enough, [[http://www.eonline.com/news/551366/the-powerpuff-girls-returning-with-new-series-on-cartoon-network a reboot of the series was announced for a 2016 release.]] It eventually premiered in April 2016, for tropes on that show, check its [[WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls2016 trope page.]]

[[https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/powerpuff-girls-live-action-series-cw-1234746828/ A live-action adaptation was announced to be in the works for]] Creator/TheCW on August 24, 2020, seemingly [[AdaptationTitleChange retitled]] to simply ''Series/{{Powerpuff}}''. Creator/DiabloCody and Creator/GregBerlanti are set to lead the creative team, while Creator/ChloeBennet, Creator/DoveCameron, and [[Music/JaggedLittlePill Yana Perrault]] were cast as Blossom, Bubbles, and Buttercup, respectively; meanwhile, Creator/TomKenny is set to [[RoleReprise reprise his role]] as [[InteractiveNarrator The Narrator]]. The show was controversial from the very beginning, as fans objected to the fact that one of the girls (Buttercup) was now Black[[note]]raising unfortunate implications of her being turned into an "angry black woman", as Buttercup is the most aggressive of the trio[[/note]], [[https://www.teenvogue.com/story/powerpuff-girls-live-action-costumes-reactions images of the girls' costumes were met with near-universal derision]], and finally, after a [[https://tvweb.com/powerpuff-girls-script-leak-fan-reactions/ rather disastrous leak]] of what was allegedly the show's script, it was announced that the pilot would be scrapped and the whole thing would be begun anew.

The Girls have appeared in two IDW CrisisCrossover comic book events: ''ComicBook/CartoonNetworkSuperSecretCrisisWar'' (with Mojo Jojo; 6 issues, June-November 2014), and ''Super Smash-Up'' (5 issues, January-May 2015).

[[https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/powerpuff-girls-live-action-series-cw-1234746828/ A live-action adaptation was announced to be in the works for]] Creator/TheCW on August 24, 2020, seemingly [[AdaptationTitleChange retitled]] to simply ''Series/{{Powerpuff}}''. Creator/DiabloCody and Creator/GregBerlanti are set to lead the creative team, while Creator/ChloeBennet, Creator/DoveCameron, and [[Music/JaggedLittlePill Yana Perrault]] were cast as Blossom, Bubbles, and Buttercup, respectively; meanwhile, Creator/TomKenny is set to [[RoleReprise reprise his role]] as [[InteractiveNarrator The Narrator]]. The show was controversial from the very beginning, as fans objected to the fact that one of the Girls (Buttercup) was now Black[[note]]raising unfortunate implications of her being turned into an AngryBlackWoman, as Buttercup is the most aggressive of the trio[[/note]], [[https://www.teenvogue.com/story/powerpuff-girls-live-action-costumes-reactions images of the girls' costumes were met with near-universal derision]], and finally, after a [[https://tvweb.com/powerpuff-girls-script-leak-fan-reactions/ rather disastrous leak]] of what was allegedly the show's script, it was announced that the pilot would be scrapped and the whole thing would be begun anew.

[[https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/powerpuff-girls-live-action-series-cw-1234746828/ A live-action adaptation was announced to be in the works for]] Creator/TheCW on August 24, 2020, seemingly [[AdaptationTitleChange retitled]] to simply ''Series/{{Powerpuff}}''. Creator/DiabloCody and Creator/GregBerlanti are set to lead the creative team, while Creator/ChloeBennet, Creator/DoveCameron, and [[Music/JaggedLittlePill Yana Perrault]] were cast as Blossom, Bubbles, and Buttercup, respectively; meanwhile, Creator/TomKenny is set to [[RoleReprise reprise his role]] as [[InteractiveNarrator The Narrator]].

One of Creator/CartoonNetwork's most popular [[Creator/CartoonCartoons original series]], ''The Powerpuff Girls'' is an action-comedy series revolving around a PowerTrio of {{Little Miss Badass}}es who fight crime in the fictional city of Townsville. These ArtificialHuman girls, who have no fingers, toes, flat feet, ears, or noses, were created when Professor Utonium accidentally added Chemical X to his mixture of sugar, spice, and everything nice.