100 Fun Facts About Powerpuff Girls

Which sister do the Powerpuff Girls create for themselves in the episode 'Twisted Sister'?

Bunny came out huge and unstable because the girls swapped in artificial sweetener, dirt and twigs for the proper ingredients, and she exploded soon after rescuing them.

What did Craig McCracken call the CalArts student film that first featured the future Powerpuff Girls?

Whoopass Stew! was his 1992 student short; Cartoon Network would not market a show with 'ass' in its title, and two of his friends separately suggested 'Powerpuff'.

Which Rowdyruff Boy is the counterpart of Blossom?

Brick leads the boys in a backwards red cap where Blossom wears her bow, and HIM later brought him and his brothers back after the girls had destroyed them.

Professor Utonium made the girls from sugar, spice, everything nice and an accidental splash of what?

Chemical X spilled into the mix by accident; the same blast also mutated the Professor's lab assistant, Jojo, into the super-intelligent Mojo Jojo.

In which fictional city do the Powerpuff Girls live?

Townsville's dim Mayor rings the girls on the hotline for emergencies, which for him can mean a jar of pickles he cannot open.

What is the signature colour of the Powerpuff Girl Bubbles?

Blue is the colour of both Bubbles' eyes and her dress, which matters because the three girls are drawn identically apart from their colours and hairstyles.

Which ingredient is Buttercup's 'personality ingredient'?

Spice suits Buttercup, the hot-tempered fighter of the trio, whom McCracken planned to name Bud until a friend came up with Buttercup.

What is Buttercup's one unique power in the original Powerpuff Girls series?

Curling her tongue is the one thing only Buttercup can do, as she finds in 'Nuthin' Special' after her sisters show off ice breath and a gift for languages.

Bubbles can understand various languages, including the language of what?

Animals can chat with Bubbles, the sweet one her family babies; sick of that, she turns so hardcore in 'Bubblevicious' that she shocks even Mojo Jojo.

Mojo Jojo's observatory lair sits on top of what, in the middle of the city park?

A volcano holds up the lair, and the 2002 movie shows who built it: the girls themselves, tricked into helping before they knew he was a villain.

What is the name of the kindergarten the Powerpuff Girls attend?

Pokey Oaks Kindergarten has one firm rule from its patient teacher: no fighting in school, even in a crisis, so the girls must find other ways to solve problems.

Which Powerpuff Girls character's face is almost always hidden by her hair or cut off by the frame?

Sara Bellum, the Mayor's capable assistant, is framed from the neck down or veiled by her red curls; her name puns on cerebellum, because her best feature is her brain.

Mojo Jojo is what kind of animal?

A chimpanzee, Mojo Jojo began as Jojo, the Professor's destructive lab assistant, whose shove caused the very accident that created the girls and swelled his own brain.

Which comic-book reference inspired Mojo Jojo's repetitive, redundant way of speaking?

The DC Superdictionary, a children's dictionary whose entries spelled everything out in plodding full sentences, inspired Mojo Jojo's redundant way of talking.

The Powerpuff Girls' demonic villain Him was designed as a homage to which character from Yellow Submarine?

The Chief Blue Meanie was the model for Him, a demon who would rather play mind games, such as setting the sisters against each other, than fight them head on.

The Powerpuff Girls villain Fuzzy Lumpkins is what kind of monster?

A pink furry hillbilly who mostly keeps to his woods, Fuzzy Lumpkins is usually set off by one thing: someone trespassing on his property, which sends him into a destructive rage.

Mojo Jojo made the Rowdyruff Boys in jail from snips, snails, a puppy dog tail and what?

Toilet water from his cell stood in for the girls' secret ingredient: one flush flooded the prison block and left three super-powered boys standing there.

How did the Powerpuff Girls first destroy the Rowdyruff Boys?

By kissing them, the girls made the boys explode in disgust; when HIM revived the trio he gave them a cootie shot, so later kisses only made them grow.

In the 1996 short 'Crime 101', the Powerpuff Girls try to teach which hapless villains how to rob a bank?

The Amoeba Boys cannot get noticed even for jaywalking and littering, so the girls demonstrate a proper bank robbery and are arrested for it themselves.

Which member of the Gangreen Gang joined Gorillaz as their bassist in 2018?

Ace, the Gangreen Gang's leader, took over on bass for the album The Now Now because the band's own storyline had Murdoc Niccals locked up in prison.

Which Powerpuff Girls villain poses as the sweet Ima Goodlady to date the Professor and get the girls grounded?

Sedusa wore the Ima Goodlady disguise in 'Mommy Fearest' so that, with the girls grounded, nobody could stop her stealing the Mayor's jewels.

Who voiced both the Mayor and the Narrator in the original Powerpuff Girls series?

Tom Kenny took over as Narrator from Ernie Anderson, the voice of the two pilot shorts, who died in 1997, the year before the series began.

Which actor voiced both Professor Utonium and Him?

Tom Kane voiced the girls' doting father and the demon who torments them, then followed the show's creator to his next series to play Mr. Herriman, a strict, rule-loving rabbit.

Mojo Jojo's voice actor is also the voice of which horror-film killer?

Ghostface speaks with Roger L. Jackson's voice in every Scream film, whoever is under the mask, because each killer hides behind the same voice changer.

Tara Strong, the voice of Bubbles, also voices which My Little Pony?

Twilight Sparkle came years after Bubbles, which McCracken called probably the trickiest part to cast, because a cute-girl voice so easily turns saccharine.

E. G. Daily, the voice of Buttercup, also voices which Rugrats baby?

Tommy Pickles is Daily's other signature role, and Tara Strong voices his baby brother Dil, so the two play brothers on Rugrats and sisters on The Powerpuff Girls.

Which actress voiced Blossom, the red-haired leader, in the original Powerpuff Girls series?

Cathy Cavadini had voiced Blossom since the 1995 pilot short; McCracken called her perfect for a leader who needed sincerity and strength as well as cuteness.

Which villain did the Powerpuff Girls fight in their first Cartoon Network short, shown in 1995?

Fuzzy Lumpkins lost a jam contest the girls were judging, so he built a ray gun to turn the whole city into meat.

Powerpuff Girls creator Craig McCracken went on to create which Cartoon Network series?

Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends arrived in 2004; by then McCracken had handed The Powerpuff Girls to Chris Savino, who ran the last two of its six seasons.

The first Powerpuff Girls short premiered in 1995 during an episode of which show?

Space Ghost Coast to Coast premiered it in a 'World Premiere Toon-In' special, with the superhero host interviewing the animators while his villains judged each cartoon.

On which show did McCracken work as art director while re-pitching The Powerpuff Girls?

Dexter's Laboratory helped win him a second chance: an executive loved his storyboards for it, fans kept asking after the two shorts, and its crew then moved across to the new show.

The Powerpuff Girls' big, sad eyes were humorously based on the paintings of which artist?

Margaret Keane painted the big-eyed waifs that her husband Walter passed off as his own, until a courtroom paint-off he refused to join established that they were hers.

The Powerpuff Girls' opening theme speeds up a much-sampled break from which James Brown recording?

Funky Drummer's break was improvised by Clyde Stubblefield, who got no songwriting credit and so earned no royalties from the many records that sampled it.

Which Scottish band performed the closing theme of The Powerpuff Girls?

Bis sing the end theme, and McCracken put a longer version on Heroes & Villains, the 2000 album he filled with bands that had influenced him, Devo among them.

The Powerpuff Girls Movie opened in July 2002 on the same day as which blockbuster sequel?

Men in Black II took a record Fourth of July weekend while the girls' film debuted ninth; its creator later said many boys who were fans did not want to be seen buying a ticket.

In The Powerpuff Girls Movie, the newly created girls are shunned for wrecking the city while doing what?

Playing tag at super-speed, the new girls smash up the city and are shunned by the townspeople, which is how Mojo Jojo wins their trust.

Powerpuff Girls Z, the 2006 Japanese series, was made to mark the 50th anniversary of which studio?

Toei Animation remade the heroines as three unrelated, ordinary schoolgirls in their early teens who transform into Hyper Blossom, Rolling Bubbles and Powered Buttercup.

Bliss, the 'fourth Powerpuff Girl' introduced in 2017, is what relation to the original three?

Their older sister Bliss was the Professor's first attempt, made years before the trio; she fled after her powers blew up his house, returning in 'The Power of Four'.

Which actress was cast as Blossom in The CW's cancelled live-action Powerpuff series?

Chloe Bennet was to star with Dove Cameron and Yana Perrault, but after The CW's chief called the first pilot 'a miss' and ordered a reshoot, scheduling conflicts forced her out.

From July 2000, which airline flew a Boeing 737 painted with the Powerpuff Girls?

Delta flew the Powerpuff 737 through Delta Express, its low-fare arm serving Florida, and in 2002 repainted the jet to promote The Powerpuff Girls Movie.

Powerpuff Girls creator Craig McCracken got his first animation job as art director on which Hanna-Barbera series?

2 Stupid Dogs hired him on a friend's recommendation while he was still studying at CalArts, and he left school to take the job.

Mojo Jojo's dialogue rhythms were inspired by the English dub of which anime?

Speed Racer's English dub was written, directed and partly voiced by one man, Peter Fernandez, and McCracken borrowed the rhythm of its dialogue for Mojo Jojo.

In The Powerpuff Girls, what floats a few inches above the Mayor's head?

A top hat hovers over the Mayor because McCracken wanted the stock picture of a turn-of-the-century mayor, sash and monocle included, much like McDonaldland's Mayor McCheese.

In The Powerpuff Girls, why does Princess, a spoiled rich girl, become the heroes' enemy?

They refused to let her join, and Princess does not take no for an answer: she turns her family's near-limitless money on destroying the girls instead.

In 'Mime for a Change', how do the Powerpuff Girls bring colour back to the city?

By playing a song as a band, the girls undo the work of Rainbow the Clown, whom a bleach spill had turned into a mime who drained the city of colour and sound.

Who voiced the Powerpuff Girls' kindergarten teacher in the original series?

Jennifer Hale voiced the girls' gentle teacher and, in the same series, one of their enemies: the spoiled, scheming Princess Morbucks.

Which musician voiced the mathematician Fibonacci Sequins in the 2014 Powerpuff Girls special?

Ringo Starr played Fibonacci Sequins, whom Mojo Jojo kidnaps in 'Dance Pantsed', and promoted the special with a new song, 'I Wish I Was a Powerpuff Girl'.

Which Powerpuff Girls episode won a 2001 Annie Award for its music score?

Meet the Beat Alls has four of the show's villains form a supergroup, in an episode laden with Beatles references from its title onwards.

In The Powerpuff Girls Movie, where do the dejected girls exile themselves?

An asteroid is where the girls hide after the city blames them for Mojo Jojo's takeover; they fly back when they hear him attacking the Professor.

Who voiced Blossom in the 2016 reboot of The Powerpuff Girls?

Amanda Leighton led an all-new trio with Kristen Li and Natalie Palamides, although the original voices of the Mayor, the Professor and Mojo Jojo all returned.

The Powerpuff Girls began as a student superhero parody inspired by which 1960s TV series?

Batman, the 1966 series, was the model for the parody, and the finished student short was screened at Spike and Mike's Sick and Twisted Festival of Animation in 1994.

What does the dim-witted Mayor use to summon the Powerpuff Girls whenever his city is in danger?

A telephone hotline connects the Mayor to the girls, and the Gangreen Gang once got hold of it and sent them chasing prank calls all over the city.

Which of these did Craig McCracken choose to omit when he designed the Powerpuff Girls?

Fingers and noses were both left off because McCracken wanted the girls to read as simple symbols of children, and when he later tried adding fingers he felt they looked wrong.

Before he became a supervillain, what was Mojo Jojo to Professor Utonium in The Powerpuff Girls?

His lab assistant, then known simply as Jojo, was so reckless that he shoved the Professor at the worst possible moment and caused the accident that created the girls.

Which special power belongs only to Blossom, the self-proclaimed leader of the Powerpuff Girls?

Ice breath first shows up during a heatwave, and Blossom flaunts it until the other two girls are fed up, right up to the moment a fireball heads for the city.

Which vegetable do the alien invaders resemble in the Powerpuff Girls episode 'Beat Your Greens'?

Broccoli aliens invade, and the only way to beat them is to eat them, so the girls enlist the city's children to chew through the invasion.

Which Cartoon Network series shared a 2016 crossover episode with the rebooted Powerpuff Girls?

Teen Titans Go! hosted the meeting in the summer of 2016, less than three months after the reboot launched with an entirely new voice cast for the three girls.

The demon Him turns the Powerpuff Girls against each other by speaking to Bubbles through what?

Her stuffed toy Octi becomes Him's mouthpiece, and on its advice Bubbles provokes a fight between the other two girls until the Professor sends them all to time-out.

The Powerpuff Girls villain Femme Fatale steals only dollar coins that carry which woman's portrait?

Susan B. Anthony dollars are all Femme Fatale wants, and she talks the girls into resenting men so she can get away, until they learn she ignores what Anthony stood for.

What does Blossom, the leader of the Powerpuff Girls, always wear on top of her long ponytail?

A red bow is Blossom's trademark, and her counterpart among the Rowdyruff Boys mirrors it with a backwards red baseball cap.

Mojo Jojo transforms the Powerpuff Girls and their whole city with a magical head of which Egyptian god?

Anubis is the source of the curse, which turns the whole city and its heroes into dogs, and Mojo liked the scheme enough to steal the head again in a later sequel.

In The Powerpuff Girls, why does the Sandman build a machine to knock out the entire world?

To get some sleep is all the Sandman wants: he cannot rest while half the world is awake, so the girls have to fight him inside his own dreams to make him wake up.

What do the other Powerpuff Girls tease Bubbles for wearing after she keeps missing a giant ant?

Glasses fix the blurry vision that the Professor's tests uncover, but Blossom and Buttercup greet them by calling Bubbles a dork and a nerd.

What everyday chore does the Powerpuff Girl Buttercup give up to spend more time fighting crime?

Taking a bath strikes Buttercup as time better spent fighting bad guys, but she ends up so filthy that the Mayor and the whole city pressure her to wash.

In The Powerpuff Girls, which lucky object does Buttercup believe gives her the strength to fight?

A blanket is the toughest girl's secret: Buttercup is convinced it makes her a good fighter, and the other two quickly get on her case about it.

Mojo Jojo dresses up as a girl called Mojesha to sneak into which Powerpuff Girls gathering?

A slumber party for every girl at their school is the target: Mojo steals the last invitation and turns up in disguise, seemingly only wanting to enjoy himself.

Which Scrubs star was cast as Professor Utonium in The CW's live-action Powerpuff pilot?

Donald Faison was cast in March 2021 as Professor Drake Utonium, which gave the character a first name, but the pilot was sent back for rewrites and the series was cancelled.

The Powerpuff Girls' ally Bullet, rescued from a bird of prey by Bubbles, is what kind of creature?

A squirrel is what Bubbles brings back with her, and Bullet gains powers, frees the girls from Mojo Jojo's sticky trap and finally returns to the woods to protect the wildlife there.

In an early Powerpuff Girls focus test, a group of 11-year-old boys said its creator should be what?

Fired was the boys' verdict, since they felt little girls should not be superheroes, and a rattled McCracken tried a more realistic redesign before an executive talked him out of it.

How does Princess trick Santa into granting her wish in the Powerpuff Girls Christmas special?

She swaps his lists by switching the naughty and nice headings, because hers was the only name marked naughty, and every other child wakes up to coal.

Which Powerpuff Girls villain blocks out the sun so that his monster pals can stay out all the time?

The Boogie Man gives his monsters an endless night, and Bubbles has to conquer her own fear of him before the girls can put things right.

A race back from school flings the Powerpuff Girls where, after they fly faster than light itself?

Fifty years ahead is where they land, in a world that had to manage without them and where everything and everyone has fallen into the clutches of Him.

What does Princess Morbucks' father pay the Mayor to buy the Powerpuff Girls' entire city?

Turkish delight, a whole room of it, buys the city, and as mayor Princess promptly legalises crime, a law she regrets as soon as her own father is robbed.

What is the name of the giant robot Professor Utonium builds to help the Powerpuff Girls in battle?

Dynamo was built after the Professor watched the girls struggle against a giant fish-balloon monster, though they saw little reason to use it for ordinary emergencies.

Which new wave band recorded an original track for the Powerpuff Girls album Heroes & Villains?

Devo appeared on the 2000 album even though their singer Mark Mothersbaugh had auditioned to score the series and been turned down, for fear he would quit to write for films.

A Powerpuff Girls-sponsored car lined up for which famous American motor race in 2000?

Daytona 500 exposure was one part of a merchandising boom that took the franchise's retail sales to $350 million by 2000 and nearly $1 billion by 2002.

Which Oscar-winning screenwriter co-wrote The CW's unaired live-action Powerpuff pilot?

Diablo Cody, who won her Oscar for Juno, wrote the pilot with Heather Regnier, reimagining the heroines as disillusioned twentysomethings who resent having lost their childhoods to fighting crime.

Which animator, once Craig McCracken's roommate, co-directed episodes of the original Powerpuff Girls?

Genndy Tartakovsky, later the creator of Samurai Jack, was McCracken's CalArts classmate and roommate, then a director on the first three seasons.

'See Me, Feel Me, Gnomey', the Powerpuff Girls episode never aired in the US, takes what form?

A rock opera in the style of Jesus Christ Superstar and Tommy, it was pulled from the American schedule, reportedly over imagery that could be read as religious, though it did air in Canada.

'Daddy' Morbucks, father of the Powerpuff Girls' rival Princess, spoofs a tycoon from which comic?

Little Orphan Annie has Daddy Warbucks, and Daddy Morbucks is just as rich, giving his daughter almost unlimited funds, though it is implied that even his patience has limits.

What unusual feature is the Gangreen Gang's Big Billy revealed to have in The Powerpuff Girls?

A single eye makes Big Billy a cyclops, a fact that comes out in the same school episode that gives his full name as William W. Williams.

How does Buttercup finally stop the Paste Monster, a Powerpuff Girls classmate she had been teasing?

By apologising to him, the last thing her tough nature allows, Buttercup calms Elmer, who became a monster when an atomically contaminated fly got into the paste he ate.

How does Bubbles beat an unbeatable monster while the other Powerpuff Girls argue over tactics?

She asks it to leave, and to everyone's surprise that works, where Blossom's team tactics and Buttercup's direct action had only led to arguments.

Why do the Powerpuff Girls persuade Mojo Jojo to commit crimes during a quiet spell in the city?

To earn candy rewards: sweets had become their prize for saving the day, and the hooked girls promise to bust Mojo out of jail the next day if he plays along.

Which oversized pet does Bubbles try to hide from Professor Utonium in The Powerpuff Girls?

A whale calf is the newest of the strays Bubbles keeps bringing back, smuggled in after the Professor finds a closet full of creatures and bans any more.

Which seemingly perfect superhero stages his own disasters to upstage the Powerpuff Girls?

Major Man looks impossibly perfect until the girls realise he sets up every emergency himself, so they hire a monster to attack and expose him as a fraud.

In 'Save Mojo', activists stop the Powerpuff Girls from fighting Mojo Jojo on what grounds?

He is an endangered species, the protesters insist, and Mojo exploits their protection to commit even more crimes until a legal loophole sees him released into the wild.

A contract with which studio kept Craig McCracken from working on the 2016 Powerpuff Girls reboot?

Disney had McCracken under contract, and he later said he had never given the reboot his blessing and wished Cartoon Network had dropped its plans for one.

Craig McCracken first planned to give the Powerpuff Girl Buttercup which shorter name?

Bud was McCracken's choice until a friend suggested Buttercup, and in the 2002 film the character herself dislikes the name she ends up with.

An early pitch for The Powerpuff Girls went to a development director at which TV network?

Nickelodeon's Linda Simensky liked the idea but felt superhero cartoons were not what her bosses wanted; she later moved to Cartoon Network Studios and helped McCracken pitch it again.

Which veteran stand-up comedian voiced the villain Mask Scara in a late Powerpuff Girls episode?

Phyllis Diller played Mask Scara, who defaces the city's posters, billboards and even its people after a dull look comes into fashion in place of a trashy one.

Which voice legend guested as the fake psychic Madame Argentina in a late Powerpuff Girls episode?

June Foray, the voice of Cindy Lou Who, played Madame Argentina, a pickpocket who steals the Mayor's key, in a villain role inspired by the Jay Ward cartoons in which Foray herself had starred.

El Fuego, the hero Craig McCracken dropped for the Powerpuff Girls, was what kind of character?

A Mexican wrestler was his first idea for a sophomore-year superhero short, but he gave superpowers to three small girls from an earlier drawing and used them instead.

Professor Utonium of The Powerpuff Girls was partly modelled on which parody religion's figurehead?

Church of the SubGenius stencils of its figurehead J. R. 'Bob' Dobbs were sprayed around McCracken's town, and they led him to draw the Professor in straight lines and stark monochrome.

Which studio's Korean division hand-drew every episode of the original Powerpuff Girls series?

Rough Draft Studios kept the show on traditional cels until the fourth season, when it moved to digital ink and paint despite McCracken's wish to stay with the earlier method.

Which Adventure Time voice star played Bliss when she arrived in the Powerpuff Girls reboot in 2017?

Olivia Olson, the voice of Marceline the Vampire Queen, played Bliss, who was introduced in the five-part special The Power of Four.

Which Powerpuff Girls classmate's cruel pet-sitting turns the class hamster Twiggy into a monster?

Mitch Mitchelson, the kindergarten's resident bully, acts sweet to Twiggy whenever anyone is watching, but the girls see through the niceness.

The Powerpuff Girls Rule!!!, the tenth-anniversary special, was animated with which software?

Adobe Flash replaced the series' hand-drawn animation, so McCracken's crew studied the first season and tested the software until they could preserve the traditional look.

A robber's stolen diamond ends up inside what in one episode of The Powerpuff Girls?

A cereal box bought by the Professor hides the gem, so the clumsy robber dresses up as the brand's rabbit mascot to get it back, and fails every time.

In the Powerpuff Girls anniversary special, what does Mojo Jojo do once he finally rules the world?

He improves it, turning the world into a peaceful place, then finds peace so boring that he returns the city to its old crime-filled self.