The Powerpuff Girls/Characters

The Powerpuff Girls
As depicted in the opening sequence of each episode, the Powerpuff Girls were created by Professor Utonium in an attempt to create the "perfect little girl" using a mixture of sugar, spice, and everything nice. However, he accidentally spilled Chemical X into the mixture, granting the girls their superpowers.


 * Action Girl: All three of them, obviously.
 * Artificial Humans: Also leads to an in-universe case of the Uncanny Valley, since the girls' eyes, hands (or lack thereof), and proportions are often mentioned as being creepy and strange to the people they meet. The reporter in The Movie actually calls them "little bug-eyed freaks".
 * Badass Adorable
 * Badass Family
 * Balloon Belly: "Candy is Dandy"
 * Cute Bruisers
 * Daddy's Girl: All three, especially Bubbles.
 * Destructive Saviour: The girls often play this role especially in "Uh Oh Dynamo". Deconstructed in "Town and Out".
 * Immune to Bullets
 * Kid Heroines
 * Lightning Bruisers
 * Non Standard Character Design
 * The Noseless
 * Person of Mass Destruction: Best illustrated in The Movie, where the girls play a game of tag and very nearly destroy the whole city, since they had only recently been born and didn't know to limit their powers yet.
 * Powerpuff Girl Hands
 * Power Trio
 * Beauty, Brains, and Brawn: Bubbles, Blossom and Buttercup.
 * Blonde, Brunette, Redhead: Bubbles, Buttercup and Blossom.
 * Chromatic Arrangement: Bubbles, Blossom and Buttercup are blue, red and green.
 * Freudian Trio
 * Blossom: Superego
 * Bubbles: Ego
 * Buttercup: Id
 * Same Sex Triplets
 * The Three Faces of Eve
 * Blossom: Mother
 * Bubbles: Child
 * Buttercup: Seductress
 * Town Girls
 * Butch: Buttercup
 * Femme: Bubbles
 * Neither: Blossom
 * Pint-Sized Powerhouse
 * Strong As They Need to Be
 * Super-Deformed
 * Theme Naming: All 3 girls (Plus Bullet and Bunny) have names that start with a B and have double consonant.
 * Uncanny Valley: In verse, no one else is drawn that way, and everyone knows about their huge eyes, lack of hands, feet, noses or ears.

Powers:
 * Eye Beams
 * Flight
 * Flying Bricks
 * Nigh Invulnerable
 * Super Speed
 * Super Strength

B
"Voiced by Cathy Cavadini"

"Commander and the leader"

Blossom is the redhead in the pink outfit and signature red bow. She's the "smart one" and the self-proclaimed leader of the group, although at times she can be bossy or over-analytical. Her unique ability, introduced in the episode "Ice Sore", is ice breath.


 * Arch Enemy: Mojo Jojo, Brick of the Rowdyruff Boys and Princess Morebucks.
 * Big No
 * Break the Cutie: Occasionally
 * Breath Weapon: The only Girl with ice breath.
 * Captain Geographic: Her alternate identity in "Super Zeroes" - Liberty Belle. She's a flag-dressed cross between Wonder Woman and Major Glory and drives a Freedommobile.
 * Drill Sergeant Nasty: A minor example then most.
 * Every Girl Is Cuter With Hair Decs
 * Fiery Redhead: She claims she is, although she's often too nice to be one.
 * Foolish Sibling, Responsible Sibling: The responsible to Bubbles' foolish.
 * The Heroine
 * Heroic BSOD: In The Movie during the girl's Darkest Hour.
 * Iconic Item: "Beauty, brains, and one serious hairbow."
 * The Leader: Type I
 * Meaningful Name: Named by the Professor for being the first girl to open up (like a flower) to him when they were created.
 * Only Sane Girl: At times.
 * Rapunzel Hair: For someone her height at least.
 * The episode 'The Mane Event' shows that she actually has ridiculously long hair for her age, especially when compared to her sisters.
 * Red Oni, Blue Oni: The blue to Buttercup's red.
 * Redheaded Hero
 * Small Name, Big Ego: At her worst.
 * The Smart Girl
 * Soapbox Sadie
 * Team Mom
 * Tranquil Fury: On a few occasions, but most notably in her first fight with Princess.

B
"Voiced by Tara Strong"

"The joy and the laughter"

Bubbles is the one in the blue outfit with the blonde hair and pigtails. She's the most childish, naive, and timid of the three, but also the most gentle, caring, and playful. She's a Friend to All Living Things, and she has the unique ability to talk to animals and speak any language.

"Mojo Jojo (letter voiceover): Dear Powerpuff Girls,
 * Arch Enemy: Mojo Jojo, Boomer of the Rowdyruff Boys and HIM.
 * Badass Adorable
 * Beware the Nice Ones: Bubbles has a very, very long fuse, but if she gets angry, she's more devastating then Blossom or even Buttercup.
 * Big No
 * Break the Cutie: More often than the other 2 girls.
 * Cheerful Child
 * The Chick
 * Cloudcuckoolander
 * Cute but Cacophonic: She normally has a very cute voice, but she tends to shreik when frustrated or excited. Plus, she can do a super-scream.
 * Companion Cube: Octi
 * Daddy's Girl
 * The Ditz: Moreso in earliest episodes.
 * Doctor Dolittle
 * Dumb Blonde: Not stupid per se - in Him Diddle Riddle, she scored a 1075 on the SAT whereas Blossom and Buttercup scored a 10 and a 25 respectively - but a bit ditzy. Observe!

I have kidnapped Professor Utonium! I have taken him someplace against his will. If you look for him in the spots he likes to be, you will not find him! He is with me, but not by choice. I took him, and he didn't like it!

This message is from and was written by Mojo Jojo.

Bubbles: Who could've done this?"


 * Fluffy Tamer: In "Three Girls and a Monster".
 * Foolish Sibling, Responsible Sibling: The foolish to Blossom's responsible.
 * Genius Ditz: She can be very ditzy at times. However, as mentioned below, she is an Omniglot and Suddenly Fluent in Gibberish, and scored a 1075 on the SAT, which (despite being impossible) is pretty good for a kindergartener.
 * Girlish Pigtails
 * Hair of Gold
 * Hair-Trigger Temper: Though not as much as Buttercup.
 * The Heart
 * Make Me Wanna Shout: The Super-sonic Scream.
 * Meaningful Name: Named by the Professor for her "bubbly personality".
 * Omniglot: A power unique to Bubbles.
 * The Other Darrin: Bubbles was voiced by Kath Soucie in the What a Cartoon shorts.
 * Panty Shot: "Mommy Fearest"
 * Punctuated for Emphasis: I'M HARDCORE NOW!
 * Suddenly Fluent in Gibberish: Former Trope Namer, for Talks To Squirrels.
 * Surrogate Soliloquy: With Octi
 * Talking the Monster To Death: Okay, not really. After Blossom and Buttercup fail to land a single hit, Bubbles kindly asks the monster to leave Townsville. It works.
 * Tomboy and Girly Girl: Girly Girl to Buttercup's Tomboy.
 * Took a Level In Badass: "Bubblevicious"
 * Took a Level In Jerkass: Again, "Bubblevicious". She beats people to a pulp for things like 'littering'.

B
"Voiced by Elizabeth Daily"

"The toughest fighter"

Buttercup has the green outfit and black hair. She's a tomboy, and the "toughest fighter". She's the most aggressive and confrontational sister, and has gained a reputation among the bad guys of Townsville as the most vicious of the trio. Unlike her sisters, she doesn't have a unique ability (to her chagrin); however, it's eventually revealed in the Season 6 episode "Nuthin' Special" that she's the only member of the team who can.


 * Added Alliterative Appeal: "So we have Blossom, Bubbles, and, hmmm, Buttercup because... it also begins with a B."
 * Anti-Hero: Type III verging on type IV.
 * Arch Enemy: Mojo Jojo, Butch of the Rowdyruff Boys and the Gangrene Gang.
 * Badass Arm-Fold
 * The Berserker
 * The Big Girl: Not literally, but still.
 * Big No
 * Blood Knight
 * Bokukko
 * Compressed Vice: In the episode where the girls must face their greatest fears Bubbles's is the dark, Blossom's is underachiving and Buttercup's is... spiders. Despite the fact that she's been handling bug-themed villains as far back as episode 1!
 * She does react especially violently to insects, though, which is perhaps her way of dealing with it.
 * Determinator
 * Forgot I Could Fly: In "Down D Dirty", she is being chased by a mob of townsfolks for refusing to take a bath, when she abruptly stops and asks, "Wait, what am I doing?" before taking off into the air.
 * Girliness Upgrade: In the infamous teen flashback from "City of Clipsville".
 * Sort-of gets one at the end of "The Rowdyruff Boys" where she kisses Butch.
 * Hair-Trigger Temper
 * Hidden Depths: Although she rushes headfirst into situations and prefers to solve things with violence, she is smarter then she is given credit for and often gives others an Eureka Moment, like in the movie.
 * I Just Want to Be Special: An episode was dedicated to Buttercup being unhappy that she didn't have a unique power like her sisters.
 * Although her special power is to, she was established in "Speed Demon" to be slightly faster then her sisters, and she's generally considered the physically strongest of the three.
 * Jerk With a Heart of Gold
 * The Lancer
 * Leeroy Jenkins
 * Little Miss Badass: Could apply to all the girls, but moreso Buttercup.
 * Middle Child Syndrome: Even though the girls were "born" at the same time. According to the movie's DVD Commentary it started as soon as she was named. While Blossom and Bubbles got Meaningful Names she was named Buttercup because "that also starts with a B".
 * Although in the French dub, she is named Rebelle, which pretty much speaks for itself.
 * Nobody Calls Me Chicken
 * One of the Boys
 * Panty Shot: "The Powerpuff Girls Movie"
 * Perpetual Frowner
 * The Pig Pen: "Down And Dirty"
 * Red Oni, Blue Oni: The red to Blossom's blue.
 * Security Blanket: "Cover Up"
 * Tomboy and Girly Girl: Tomboy to Bubbles' Girly Girl.
 * When She Smiles: Being a Perpetual Frowner means when she's genuinely happy, it stands out nicely.

Professor Utonium
"Voiced by Tom Kane"

Professor Utonium is the brilliant scientist who created the girls in his lab. He acts as a father figure, caring for them as a single parent would. He's enthusiastic about his work, and cooks up all sorts of inventions and experiments in his lab.


 * Amazingly Embarrassing Parents: "Powerprof"
 * Big No
 * Distinguished Gentleman's Pipe
 * Distressed Dude
 * Fatherly Scientist
 * Non-Action Guy
 * Omnidisciplinary Scientist
 * Overprotective Dad: Every once in a while, it really hits the Professor that his three daughters are out laying their lives on the line to fight crime. His attempts to assist them, like in "Powerprof" and "Uh Oh Dynamo", usually end up not so good.
 * The Professor: Duh
 * Team Dad
 * Totally Radical: "Powerprof"
 * Truly Single Parent
 * TV Genius

The Mayor Of Townsville
"Voiced by Tom Kenny"

The mayor of Townsville wears a trademark hat, monocle, and huge bushy mustache, and is referred to only as "Mayor" (even campaigning with the slogan "vote for Mayor for Mayor"). He is neither bright nor mature, and relies heavily on his secretary and personal assistant, Ms. Sara Bellum, to do the real work around the place. The Mayor seems to have his job only because no one bothers to run against him; The Narrator once refers to him as "The Pity of Townsville." Also, he really like pickles.

"Mayor: "... Or it could be there's an ice cream truck on fire somewhere. Have a nice day, girls!"
 * Adult Child
 * Balloon Belly: "Candy is Dandy"
 * Berserk Button: In "Impeach Fuzz", Fuzzy Lumpkins finds out the hard way what happens when you wear the Mayor's hat.
 * Cloudcuckoolander
 * Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass: Despite being portrayed as incompetent and immature, the Mayor has shown to have the potential of being one of the most badass mayors in existence:
 * In the episode "Him Diddle Riddle", the Mayor successfully decodes Him's riddle "Where is boiling and freezing at the same time?" as coordinates in a matter of seconds through rapid explaination to the trio of dumbstruck girls, along with a more simple alternative.

The Girls: [Beat] [Fly off to the location]"

"Mayor: "FUZZY! No one wears my hat!" [Suddenly rips his vest off, becoming RIPPED]
 * Also in the episode "Impeach Fuzz", Villain of the Week Fuzzy Lumpkins becomes the new mayor. The Mayor doesn't really care about this until he learns Fuzzy is wearing his hat and accepts a challenge to wrestle him for the hat and his title as mayor again. He's easily tossed around by Fuzzy and his kin until during a pin, Fuzzy mockingly puts the Mayor's hat on in front of him. Suddenly, the tables were turned in a matter of a second.

Fuzzy: ]

Mayor: "Let's get it on.""

"Mayor: This techno music is dope!"
 * The Ditz: In one episode he puts a CD on a record player and starts snapping his fingers as it blares scratching noises.


 * Everyone Calls Him Mayor: Though in "Boogie Frights", his wife does call him Barney.
 * Flanderization: The Mayor has always been somewhat dumb and childish, but he becomes even more screwed up in the later seasons.
 * Nice Hat
 * Permanent Elected Official: Despite being an idiot, he never really gets replaced.
 * Psychopathic Manchild: In "Toast of the Town".
 * Stupid Boss
 * Too Dumb to Live
 * Trademark Favorite Food: Pickles.
 * Ultimate Authority Mayor
 * You Don't Look Like You: The Mayor was drastically different in "Meat Fuzzy Lumpkins". But that could be a different mayor.

Sara Bellum
"Voiced by Jennifer Martin"

Ms. Bellum is the mayor's much-more-competent personal assistant, helping him out with whatever he can't handle on his own (i.e. just about everything). She's tall and has long, bushy red hair, but her face has never been shown--it's always blocked by the top of the frame, a conveniently-placed obstacle, or something like that.


 * Action Girl: She is one of the most accomplished martial artist in the series, capable of go toe to toe with Sedusa.
 * Badass Normal: She managed to defeat Sedusa in a fight.
 * The Commissioner Gordon: Even moreso compared to the Mayor.
 * Dark-Skinned Redhead
 * Everyone Went to School Together: Along with Professor Utonium, Ms. Keane, Sedusa and Femme Fatale.
 * The Faceless: Until the 10th anniversary special, you have to look very carefully.
 * Hypercompetent Sidekick
 * Impossible Hourglass Figure
 * Male Gaze
 * Meaningful Punny Name: Cerebellum, a region of the brain that plays an important part in motor control. In comparison to the Mayor, she seems more like the person who would be more fit to run Townsville.
 * : A possible interpretation.
 * Sexy Secretary
 * Statuesque Stunner
 * Tall, Dark and Bishoujo
 * Undying Loyalty: If all her interactions with the Mayor were not enough clues, during the Bad Future episode, an old Ms. Bellum is shown holding the Mayor hat years after he passed away, and when the girls try to come close, she.

The Narrator
"Voiced by Tom Kenny"

The series' enthusiastic narrator is never seen at any point in the series, though he is a person and not just a disembodied voice--for example, in "Monkey See, Doggie Do", he's turned into a dog along with the rest of Townsville, and in "Simian Says", Mojo Jojo kidnaps him and takes his place as the narrator. As the narrator, he, of course, has the ability to break the fourth wall.


 * Catch Phrase: "The city of Townsville!"
 * Interactive Narrator
 * Large Ham
 * Lemony Narrator
 * So Once Again the Day Is Saved: Trope Namer.

Miss Keane
"Voiced by Jennifer Hale"

The kindergarten teacher of Pokey Oaks Kindergarten. She is patient, understanding and very protective of her students, making her a well-liked, motherly figure.


 * Cool Teacher
 * Crazy Prepared
 * Hartman Hips
 * Kindhearted Cat Lover

Mojo Jojo
"Voiced by Roger L. Jackson"

A Mad Scientist chimp with great intelligence, notable for his pseudo-Japanese accent and his convoluted, repetitive manner of speaking (inspired by the speech patterns of characters in the English dub of Speed Racer). As revealed in the episode "Mr. Mojo's Rising", and expanded upon in The Powerpuff Girls Movie, Mojo Jojo was Professor Utonium's reckless lab assistant, Jojo, before Professor Utonium created the Powerpuff Girls, and it was he who caused the Professor to accidentally add Chemical X to the mixture, thus making him responsible for their creation. The reason he hates the girls so much is out of jealousy of the affection they received from the Professor that he did not, though he never deserved it due to his destructive nature. According to a countdown of the 10 worst villains in the series held by Cartoon Network, he's the number 1 worst villain in the series.


 * Arch Enemy: Particularly to Blossom.
 * Big Bad: He is the most well-known villain and the Big Bad of The Movie.
 * Big No
 * Catch Phrase: "CURSES!"
 * Department of Redundancy Department: He speaks this way all the time, which is to say that the manner in which he vocally expresses himself is extremely roundabout and repetitive, containing long and elaborate sentences which tend to reiterate their own subjects constantly. This is taken to extreme levels in "Mo' Linguish", where he's forced to teach a beginner's English class at Townsville Community College and ends up re-teaching the entire city to speak this way.
 * Everything's Better With Monkeys
 * Evil Counterpart: To Professor Utonium.
 * Evil Genius
 * From Nobody to Nightmare: He was originally just Professor Utonium's lab assistant, constantly wrecking and destroying the lab, but after starting the accident which made the Powerpuff Girls, he got an incredibly high IQ, had the girls create his lab through trickery, and has since established himself as the Arch Enemy of the girls.
 * Genius Bruiser: Mojo is capable of building complex machinery in mere days. He also once defeated an alien invasion singlehandedly using only his gloved hands and a stale loaf of bread.
 * Hannibal Lecture: From The Movie, including:
 * Not So Different: "None of them will ever understand you as I can, for we are kindred spirits whose powers spring from the same source!"
 * We Can Rule Together: "All we have to do is work together. Girls, join me!"
 * Resulting in... Shut UP, Hannibal
 * Large Ham
 * Luke, You Are My Father: Professor Utonium pointed out to Mojo, had he not pushed him as he was mixing the batch to create the perfect little girl, the Powerpuff Girls would never have been created. Meaning that Mojo Jojo is, on a strange technicality, the father of the girls.
 * Mad Scientist
 * Manipulative Bastard: In the movie.
 * Still shows it at times in the series. For example, tricking a group of kids who idolized the Powerpuff Girls into allowing him to grant them powers. Turned out the Chemical X was spiked with something that made them go Drunk With Power and do anything to get more, including destroying the Powerpuff Girls.
 * One-Winged Angel:
 * Redemption Promotion: Twice.
 * Shout-Out: His character is a reference to Dr. Gouri, the main villain of Spectreman.
 * Superpower Lottery:
 * Victory Is Boring in the 10th anniversary special.
 * Villainous Crossdresser: In "Slumbering With the Enemy", he attends the girls' slumber party as a girl. The Powerpuff Girls, naturally, treated the situation with hostility towards him, but once they see that he isn't doing bad things to anyone, it becomes Go-Karting With Bowser. Once eveyone goes to sleep, however, Mojo sets on his real mission: to get the Antidote X.
 * Villains Never Lie: Averted.

Him
"Voice by Tom Kane"

A mysterious, supernatural, red-skinned, effeminate (apparently androgynous) and immortal caricature of Satan. He is the ultimate embodiment of pure evil, and talks in a chilling voice that echoes at all times as if in a cave; the voice itself can vary from a high pitched falsetto voice, to a deep, booming, demonic voice. He is also the Girl's most dangerous foe as well as the hardest villain to defeat. He's one of the girl's main enemies, but in particular an enemy for Bubbles.


 * As Long As There Is Evil
 * The Bad Guy Wins: In "Speed Demon", we're shown what would happen if he did. It's not pretty!
 * Beware the Silly Ones: Despite all his comical attributes, he's the girls most dangerous and vile enemy who consistantly comes close to victory with his plans. And then there's the Bad Future we see were he won...
 * Bigger Bad
 * Big No
 * Big Red Devil
 * Camp Gay: He's based off the head Blue Meanie from Yellow Submarine, who's equally Camp Gay.
 * Creepy Crossdresser
 * Dangerously-Short Skirt: Which raises his creep factor even further.
 * Dystopia Justifies the Means: Implies by "Speed Demon", where the Bad Future ruled by Him is very much this.
 * Emotion Eater: Hatred and despair make him stronger.
 * Evil Cannot Comprehend Good: "I don't understand! You are supposed to..."
 * Evil Is Petty: Him could win at any given time, but simply seeks to inconvenience the girls.
 * Evil Sounds Deep: Sometimes. His voice fluctuates between a girlish falsetto and a deep, reverberating growl, making him all the more unsettling.
 * Expy: Word of God says he's based on the Blue Meanies from Yellow Submarine.
 * Flaming Devil
 * For the Evulz: The only reason He does anything.
 * He Who Must Not Be Named: In His introductory episode, the Narrator states that "Him" is the only designation that is safe to describe Him with. According to Tom Kane, saying his real name causes you to explode.
 * Humanoid Abomination
 * Large Ham
 * Laughably Evil
 * Manipulative Bastard: Especially towards Bubbles.
 * Natural Weapon: His pincers. He also can apparently breath fire in "Prank Calls".
 * Never Recycle Your Schemes: He even admits in his debut episode that he "Never repeat performances".
 * One-Winged Angel: In a Bad Future were he conquered Townsville (at least we hope it was just Townsville), he eventually turns into a giant demonic monster. He also performs this in "Power Noia" were he turns into an insect-like monster embodying the Girl's fears.
 * Punch Clock Villain: When he isn't the enemy of the episode, he's surprisingly polite, and even owns a diner with delicious, if a bit overpriced, flapjacks. Main example: in "Prank Calls," the girls broke into his house as he was jazzercising and he chatted rather affably to them.
 * Reality Warper
 * Resurrective Immortality: He was seemingly vaporized in his first appearance and suffered a Disney Villain Death into a bottomless pit in another, but always comes back.
 * Satan
 * Thigh-High Boots: High-heeled version, which makes him even freakier.
 * Ultimate Evil: Actually called this by name by Princess Morebucks in one episode, though he concedes to her claim that her "cold hard cash" trumps that.
 * Villainous Crossdresser
 * Voice of the Legion
 * What an Idiot!: In Universe. In a demonstration of how evil he is, Him knocked the Earth out of its orbit, heading straight for the sun. Mojo Jojo went on a rant about how stupid that was, since Him will be destroyed along with everyone else. This gets subverted during the actual rant, as Him, not taking his eyes off Mojo, raises his hand in a stopping motion towards the sun, and it moves away. Or, the Earth moved back, it's all a matter of perspective.
 * Zettai Ryouiki: ...yeah.

Fuzzy Lumpkins
"Voiced by Jim Cummings"

A large, husky, furry pink bear-like hillbilly monster with a wide jaw, a green nose, two antennae on his head, bib blue overalls and brown countryman shoes. He talks with a Southern accent, and will shoot anything he finds trespassing on his property and is otherwise harmless. He lives in the woods next to the city of Townsville. He is also prone to destructive fits of rage during in which these times, gaining enough physical strength to overpower (and sometimes intimidate) the girls, to which they must outsmart him to beat him.


 * Affably Evil: He almost never gets involved in the plot unless somebody annoys him. Otherwise, he's happy to just sit on his porch strumming his banjo.
 * Berserk Button: Don't mess with his property!
 * The Brute
 * Corrupt Hick
 * Dumb Muscle
 * Jerkass
 * Large Ham: "Git owf mah pro-per-TY!"
 * Took a Level In Dumbass: In the pilot, Fuzzy was smart enough to make a gun that turned things into meat, plus he had an overall calm demenor. In the rest of the show he's an anti-social hick who goes ballistic when you touch his stuff and can't invent a glass of water to save his life.
 * Characterization Marches On

The Gangreen Gang
"Voiced by Jeff Bennett (Ace/Big Billy/Grubber), Tom Kenny (Lil' Arturo/Snake)"

A gang of teenaged hoodlums that are green-skinned and unhealthy looking (as if suffering from gangrene). They do not have powers, nor are they truly a threat in many ways.


 * Amazing Technicolor Population
 * Ambiguously Human: It's never specified if they're humanoid monsters or weird-looking teenage boys.
 * Cool Shades: Ace
 * The Charmer: Ace can be very charismatic when he wants to be.
 * Cyclops: Billy is one under his Blinding Bangs
 * Dumb Muscle: Big Billy
 * Mr. Fanservice: Ace gets a lot of fan girls. The episode where Buttercup is infatuated with him probably helped.
 * Five-Bad Band
 * Big Bad: Ace
 * The Dragon: Snake
 * Evil Genius: Grubber...kind of.
 * The Brute: Big Billy
 * Dark Chick: Lil' Arturo
 * Gratuitous Spanish: Lil' Arturo
 * The Grotesque: Grubber
 * Hulk Speak: Big Billy, at times.
 * Mistreatment-Induced Betrayal: In "Aspirations", when they team up with Sedusa, who makes them much more formidable in exchange for some artifacts that'll . However, once they bring her the artifacts and she becomes all powerfull, she kicks them to the curb. They tell the struggling Powerpuffs how to de-power her and even get the last insult in by knocking Sedusa into a mud puddle when she comes begging for their help.
 * Only Known By Their Nickname: Snake. His real name was revealed to be Sanford D. Ingleberry, so it’s understandable.
 * The Other Darrin: In the Gang's first appearance, Lil' Arturo was voiced by Carlos Alazraqui.
 * Peek-a-Bangs: Lil' Arturo.
 * Snake Talk: Snake, of course.
 * Stock Super Powers: The gang temporarily had powers in Power Lunch.
 * An Ice Person: Ace
 * Dishing Out Dirt: Big Billy (Sort of. He actually turns into a rock)
 * Make Me Wanna Shout: Grubber (In the form of burps)
 * Rubber Man: Snake
 * Super Speed: Lil' Arturo
 * Talking to Himself: See above.
 * The Unintelligible: Grubber...ppphhhttthhh! In "School House Rocked", however, he did show the ability to physically re-form himself and said "Hello, I'm Grubber, very nice to meet you all" before turning back into his normal self, if only for a few seconds.

Princess Morbucks
"Voiced by Jennifer Hale"

""If I can't be a Powerpuff Girl, than there won't be any Powerpuff Girls!""

A spoiled rich girl, whose partially unseen and mostly mute "Daddy" allows her to finance various evil plots to destroy the Powerpuff Girls. Her hatred of the girls stems from her deluded rebuffed attempt to become one of them. She is also the only female villain in the series who is not an adolescent or young adult woman; she is approximately the same age as the Powerpuff girls.


 * Alpha Bitch
 * Ambiguously Jewish
 * Bratty Half-Pint
 * Dark Chick
 * Evil Redhead
 * Green-Eyed Monster
 * Kneel Before Zod: "Prepare to bow to your princess!"
 * It's All About Me
 * Power Armor
 * Rich Bitch
 * Screw the Rules, I Have Money
 * The Sociopath: Cares only for herself, with a disturbing Lack of Empathy for anyone else. For that matter, her father likely qualifies too, as he shows no care whatsoever for his daughter outside of just casually giving her whatever she wants.
 * Spoiled Brat
 * The Team Wannabe

Sedusa
"Voiced by Jennifer Hale"

A master (or rather, mistress) of disguise who uses her cunning and her sex appeal to trick powerful men into doing her bidding. True to her Punny Name, she has Prehensile Hair, which is her greatest asset in combat.


 * Attack of the Fifty Foot Whatever:
 * Batter Up: Says this when she hits the Powerpuff Girls with her scepter when she grows into a giant.
 * Big No
 * Child-Hater
 * Gorgeous Gorgon:
 * Guess Who I'm Marrying: With Professor Utonium in disguise.
 * Prehensile Hair
 * Red and Black And Evil All Over: Most of her outfit is red, and her hair and pantyhose are black.
 * Shape Shifter
 * Stripperiffic: Femme Fatale dubs her "That chick in the underwear."
 * The Vamp: Almost literally in her third appearence as the animators added fangs to her teeth.
 * The Woman Behind The Gang
 * The Vamp: Almost literally in her third appearence as the animators added fangs to her teeth.
 * The Woman Behind The Gang

The Amoeba Boys
"Voiced by Chuck McCann"

The Amoeba Boys are a trio of human-sized anthropomorphic protozoan gangsters. They'd like to be the greatest criminals Townsville has ever seen, but their brains aren't developed enough to come up with any schemes more evil than petty shoplifting or littering. The Powerpuff Girls consider them harmless, to their dismay--they'd consider it a badge of honor if they were evil enough to get beaten up by the Girls. Ironically, they've come closer to destroying Townsville and defeating the Powerpuff Girls than most of the other villains combined--all by accident, of course.


 * Blob Monster
 * Goldfish Poop Gang
 * Harmless Villain
 * Ineffectual Sympathetic Villain
 * Poke the Poodle: The most evil thing they could think of to do was to stand on the grass in front of a "Keep Off Grass" sign.
 * Not So Harmless: Unintentionally, but when they get sick, they accidentally infect the entire town and almost bring the girls to their knees.
 * What Do You Mean It's Not Awesome?: The dramatic way they toss a piece of paper onto the ground in an attempt to commit a crime.
 * Talking to Himself: All three Amoeba boys are voiced by Chuck McMann.
 * Terrible Trio

The Rowdyruff Boys
"Voiced by Rob Paulsen (Brick/Boomer), Roger L. Jackson (Butch)"

A team of male counterparts of the Powerpuff Girls, created by Mojo Jojo out of snips, snails, and puppydog tails. They love causing mayhem, mischief, and chaos. They were originally one-off villains, killed off in the same episode they were introduced, but they were a fan favorite and were later resurrected by Him to become recurring members of the Rogues Gallery.


 * Anti-Hero: In the anime version, and implied when they're adult.
 * Back From the Dead: Return when Him brings them back to life.
 * Character Tic: Butch often twitches, like he's had too much caffiene.
 * Dumb Blonde: Boomer.
 * Evil Counterparts
 * Evil Knockoff
 * Evil Redhead: Brick
 * Fartillery: "Good thing we had those burritos for lunch!"
 * Gang of Bullies
 * Girls Have Cooties: They were defeated after being kissed. It even made them explode.
 * Nice Cap: Brick
 * Power Trio
 * Same Sex Triplets
 * The Psycho Rangers
 * Something Else Also Rises: After they're brought back, the girl's kisses no longer defeat them, they make them grow larger. And when their masculinity is threatened they shrink.
 * Spear Counterpart: To the Powerpuff Girls.
 * Talking to Himself: Brick and Boomer are voiced by Rob Paulsen, while Butch is voiced by Mojo's actor.
 * Theme Twin Naming: Just like their female counterparts (Brick, Boomer and Butch).

Dick Hardly
"Voiced by Jeff Bennett"

A one-shot villain in the show, appearing only in the Season 4 episode "Knock it Off", he used to be Professor Utonium's college roommate. He discovers the formula for creating the Powerpuff Girls and abuses it to mass-produce Shoddy Knockoff Product versions of them on an assembly line. Despite being only a one shot villain, he manages to be one of the most evil and memorable characters on the show.


 * Big No
 * Big Yes
 * Collapsing Lair
 * Consummate Liar
 * Death Cry Echo
 * Establishing Character Moment: In flashbacks, his lecherous and greedy tendencies were made all too apparent. Made even more apparent when he looks through the professor's mail and calls him a geek (albeit not in front of his face), almost as if they just wanted to make sure you know he's still not a nice guy.
 * Evil Counterpart: To Professor Utonium, in that he's a man of science (though with slightly less "science"), but has none of the compassion and legitimate love the Professor has for the girls.
 * From Nobody to Nightmare: He was originally just a sleazy jerk who took advantage of Professor Utonium, but by the end of "Knock It Off", he's more or less a literal monster.
 * Getting Crap Past the Radar: His name, in a way.
 * Greed
 * Hoist By His Own Petard: When the replicas saw the Professor's love for the real girls, they questioned why they weren't loved to Dick. He told them to back off. Simply put, it didn't end well for Dick.
 * Jeff Bennett
 * Jerkass: Even before he came up with his con, he was still a douche only putting on the nice facade when in front of the Professor.
 * Karmic Death
 * Killed Off for Real:  Notable as he's the only villain in the entire series to actually die.
 * Manipulative Bastard: YES.
 * Meaningful Name: Maybe not an intentional one, but he is, well, a dick.
 * One Episode Wonder
 * One-Winged Angel: After swallowing a whole vial of Chemical X.

Femme Fatale
"Grey Delisle"

The third notable female villain in the series, next to Princess Morebucks and Sedusa, despite being a minor villain. She only appears in the episode "Equal Fights" as a man-bashing Straw Feminist who only stole coins with Susan B. Anthony's portrait on them.


 * Badass Normal
 * Did Not Do the Research: She certainly didn't, or else she'd have known about Susan B. Anthony's fight for equal gender rights.
 * Knight Templar
 * Straw Feminist

Mr. Mime
"Voiced by Tom Kenny"

Appears only in the episode "Mime for a Change." He is what you get when you douse the local smiling birthday entertainer Rainbow the Clown in bleach.


 * Deliberately Monochrome: He has the ability to drain color and sound from anything he touches or steps on, and himself appears purely black and white.
 * Face Heel Turn => Heel Face Turn
 * Name's the Same: No, he's not a Pokémon.
 * Not Himself: Yet when he's turned back to normal, the girls still beat him up and send him to jail. He apparently made parole since he was seen at the Powerpuff Girls' birthday party.
 * The Power of Rock: The only way to defeat him and change him back to normal, apparently.
 * Split Personality Takeover: This happens when Rainbow gets doused in bleach.
 * Super-Powered Evil Side

Boogie Man
"voiced by Kevin Michael Richardson"

Appears only in the episode "Boogie Frights." He hatches a plan to blanket the world in perpetual night by blocking out the sun with a giant disco ball, so that he and his fellow night-terrors can wreak havoc forever.


 * Ace Pilot: He pilots a space-ship to confront the girls when they attempt to shoot down his disco ball.
 * Everythings Funkier With Disco
 * Man of Wealth and Taste: How he dresses prior to unveiling his grand master plan.
 * Punny Name: He's the lead bogeyman, and he and his cohorts utilize a disco theme.
 * Scary Black Man: His overall design hints at this. It helps that his voice actor is Kevin Michael Richardson.
 * Sinister Shades
 * Things That Go Bump in The Night

The Smiths
"Harold Smith voiced by Jeff Bennett

Mary Anne and Julie Smith voiced by Kath Soucie

Bud Smith voiced by Christine Cavanaugh"

"Narrator: Uh-oh, looks like evil runs in the family."

Appear only in the episodes "Supper Villain" and "Just Desserts". The Smiths were an average family living next door to the Powerpuff Girls. Harold Smith had become sickened by his routine life and menial job at a mustard factory. Inspired by Mojo Jojo, he began to embrace the life of a supervillain. Unfortunately, he chose to do this on the night his wife Mary Anne invited Professor Utonium and the PPGs to dinner. Everything eventually devolved into a food fight, and the police arrest Harold. Mary Anne, however, put a lot of effort into the dinner, and upon seeing it get ruined, she vowed to destroy the Powerpuff Girls.

"Bud: Okay Dad, let's talk about your amazing day. How many mustard jars did you fill?"
 * Berserk Button: Do not ruin Mary Anne's dinner. It's eventually not just pressed, but stabbed in about 100 times.
 * Blondes Are Evil: Mary Anne and Julie.
 * Dark-Skinned Blond: Mary Anne.
 * Deadpan Snarker: Bud.

"Harold: Oh, criminy. How come you guys get cool supervillain stuff?
 * Drop the Hammer: Mary Anne, with meat tenderizers.
 * Red Eyes, Take Warning: Mary Anne when Harold reunites with her at the beginning of "Just Deserts".
 * Rummage Sale Reject: Harold, who wears a Blankman-like uniform. This makes him stand out when the rest of the family reveal their own supervillain uniforms.

Mary Anne: We've had more time to prepare, dear."


 * Stepford Smiler: Mary Anne.
 * Super Family Team
 * Superheroes Wear Capes: Both Harold and Bud wear capes.
 * Teens Are Monsters: Bud.
 * Thememobile: The Smith family minivan.
 * You Gotta Have Blue Hair: Bud has green hair.