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{{quote|''Nobody realizes that some people expend tremendous energy merely to be normal.''|[[Albert Camus|Camus]]}}

An ongoing [[Powerpuff Girls]] [[Fanfic]] by [http://www.fanfiction.net/u/74176/sbj sbj] published at [[~~Fan Fiction Dot Net|~~Fanfiction.net]] in the beginning of 2009.

An ongoing [[Powerpuff Girls]] [[Fanfic]] by [http://www.fanfiction.net/u/74176/sbj sbj] published at [[Fanfiction.net]] in the beginning of 2009.

The girls have grown up and attend Townsville Highschool as normal teenagers (or at least as normal you can be with a load of [[Badass]] superpowers and superhero publicity). Blossom, Bubbles and Buttercup each have their own cliques and groups of friends and, aside from the various monsters they fight from time to time, have been living a relatively calm and normal teenage lifestyle.

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It can be found [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4831153/1/bMore_b_bThan_b_bHuman_b here]. And [http://essbeejay.livejournal.com/ here].

Do not let the simple and [[High School AU|somewhat familiar]] concept [[Better Than It Sounds|fool you]]. It was created specifically to prove that a well-written PPG/RRB Highschool Fic [[~~Sturgeons~~ Law|could be done]]. It also has ''really'' long chapters, averaging 26k words a chapter; so prepare for a long read.

Do not let the simple and [[High School AU|somewhat familiar]] concept [[Better Than It Sounds|fool you]]. It was created specifically to prove that a well-written PPG/RRB Highschool Fic [[Sturgeon's Law|could be done]]. It also has ''really'' long chapters, averaging 26k words a chapter; so prepare for a long read.

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=== This fanfiction provides examples of: ===

* [[Action Girl]]: The Powerpuff Girls obviously, especially [[The Ladette|Buttercup]], who can get downright brutal when angered.

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* [[Beauty Brains and Brawn]]

* [[Birds of a Feather]]: Considering it's a romance fic, all the couples are pretty much this.

* [[Black and Gray Morality]]: Brick's view of the world. This often brings him at loggerheads with Blossom, whose view is more [[Black and White Morality|absolute]]. Buttercup also shares this view to a slight degree, which allows her to maintain her friendship to Butch, and to a lesser degree, the rest of the boys, {{spoiler|despite knowing they work for [[Evil Inc]]}}

* [[Black and Gray Morality]]: Brick's view of the world. This often brings him at loggerheads with Blossom, whose view is more [[Black and White Morality|absolute]]. Buttercup also shares this view to a slight degree, which allows her to maintain her friendship to Butch, and to a lesser degree, the rest of the boys, {{spoiler|despite knowing they work for [[Evil, Inc.]]}}

* [[Blonde Brunette Redhead]]: Two pairs, opposite genders.

* [[Blood Knight]]: [[The Big Guy|Buttercup and Butch]]. Moreso Butch.

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** While gushing, Buttercup and the Professor mention that the car is worth ''more than their house'', you know, the house with an expansive underground laboratory.

** {{spoiler|It eventually gets destroyed under the foot of a monster, Brick was...displeased. Thankfully, the whole recital thing got Brick brownie points with his boss, so he got a series 2 version as a gift.}}

* [[Corrupt Corporate Executive]]: Darius, who manages to be [[Up to Eleven|more corrupt]] than the {{spoiler|[[Evil Inc]] he apparently took over}}. It was his suggestion (not Smith's, the boys' superior) to give the boys a "vacation" in Townsville, which kicks off the story.

* [[Corrupt Corporate Executive]]: Darius, who manages to be [[Up to Eleven|more corrupt]] than the {{spoiler|[[Evil, Inc.]] he apparently took over}}. It was his suggestion (not Smith's, the boys' superior) to give the boys a "vacation" in Townsville, which kicks off the story.

* [[Cute Bruiser]]: The girls of course, though, [[Your Mileage May Vary|Boomer may count too.]]

* [[Deflector Shields]]: One that protects the entirety of Townsville from the full brunt of monster attacks, built by Professor Utonium. On occasion however, a particularly strong monster would be able to bypass it.

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* [[Estrogen Brigade Bait]]: Brick, to a [[Up to Eleven|ridiculous degree.]] [[All Women Are Lustful|None of the girls]] at the beach (save Blossom) even ''try'' to hide their attraction to him once his shirt comes off. Hilarious version of every male's pants-busting crush on Blossom, as it's ''Buttercup'' who lusts after him with the most intensity.

* [[Even Evil Has Standards]]: Mojo Jojo finds cursing very disrespectful.

* [[Evil Inc]]: {{spoiler|JS, Inc., known for their banking. [[Hired Guns|The boys]] are employed under their Special Cases unit, which deals in weaponry, espionage, [[Career Killers|assassinations]] and more.}}

* [[Evil, Inc.]]: {{spoiler|JS, Inc., known for their banking. [[Hired Guns|The boys]] are employed under their Special Cases unit, which deals in weaponry, espionage, [[Career Killers|assassinations]] and more.}}

* [[Eye Scream]]: Buttercup blinds Butch in one eye during their fight using her [[Eye Beams]]. He recovers.

* [[Fog of Doom]]: {{spoiler|A product of Him, which is attracted to (and attacks) ones with conflicted hearts}}.

* [[Fiery Redhead]]: Blossom, moreso here than in the original series.

* [[Friendly Enemy]]: Butch and Buttercup's friendship to a degree. {{spoiler|Buttercup is the only one of the girls that ''knows'', and not merely suspects, that the boys are still villains, working for an [[Evil Inc]], since Butch told her. She is able to rationalize their disparate alignments when Butch comments that the people they kill are more than evil than [[But Not Too Evil|they]] are.}}

* [[Friendly Enemy]]: Butch and Buttercup's friendship to a degree. {{spoiler|Buttercup is the only one of the girls that ''knows'', and not merely suspects, that the boys are still villains, working for an [[Evil, Inc.]], since Butch told her. She is able to rationalize their disparate alignments when Butch comments that the people they kill are more than evil than [[But Not Too Evil|they]] are.}}

* [[Green Eyes]]: Buttercup and Butch.

* [[Green Eyed Monster]]: Princess is still clearly jealous of (and angry at) the Powerpuffs.

* [[Green-Eyed Monster]]: Princess is still clearly jealous of (and angry at) the Powerpuffs.

* [[Hair Trigger Temper]]: Buttercup and Butch, though Butch more often spends some time triggering Buttercup's temper.

* [[Hair-Trigger Temper]]: Buttercup and Butch, though Butch more often spends some time triggering Buttercup's temper.

* [[Healing Factor]]: Near-fatal injuries given to the girls or the boys generally heal much faster than for a regular human thanks to the Chemical X. This is also what allows Butch's eye to heal from being blinded by Buttercup's eye beams in a matter of days.

* [[Hero Insurance]]: The destruction of city property is offset by higher taxes since they couldn't possibly charge the girls for their years of service defending the city against giant, horrible monsters. Now PERSONAL punishment, however...

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* [[Macho Masochism]]: More evident in Brick than his brothers believe it or not. Even when he gets deathly ill in Chapter 8, he still tries to go to school and insist he's not sick. Later when he faints in front of everyone, he insists it was a manly faint.

* [[Meaningful Echo]]: In the first chapter, Blossom tells her sisters they were better than humans, and thus should be more responsible. In Chapter 3, Brick tells Blossom the exact same thing, in regards on how he could punish his brother any way he wanted.

* [[Mugging the Monster]]: [[What an Idiot|The criminals]] {{spoiler|who took over the school gymnasium while taking hostages}}. Yeah, pointing a gun at ''Brick'' and threatening him is not the most solid of plans.

* [[Mugging the Monster]]: [[What an Idiot!|The criminals]] {{spoiler|who took over the school gymnasium while taking hostages}}. Yeah, pointing a gun at ''Brick'' and threatening him is not the most solid of plans.

* [[Nice Hat|Nice Cap]]: Brick's, which he apparently rarely takes off in public (or at all).

* [[No Holds Barred Beatdown]]: Brick delivers one to Butch after the latter, ignoring Brick's orders to not pick a fight with the Powerpuffs or cause any havoc in town, deliberately provokes Buttercup into attacking him. The brutality of Brick's beatdown, and his subsequently removal of Butch's powers (temporarily) to prevent Butch's [[Healing Factor]] from fixing his injuries (though there were other considerations involved in Butch having his powers removed) horrifies Blossom. Brick justifies his actions by pointing out that Butch [[The Sociopath|is a borderline psychopath]], and violence is the [[Violence Really Is the Answer|only way to keep him in line at times]].

* [[Non Idle Rich]]: Mrs. Morbucks, who constantly travels the world while dealing with renowned corporations, the traveling stops though when she comes back to Townsville to put Princess into a boarding school and clear the Morbucks' reputation.

* [[Non-Idle Rich]]: Mrs. Morbucks, who constantly travels the world while dealing with renowned corporations, the traveling stops though when she comes back to Townsville to put Princess into a boarding school and clear the Morbucks' reputation.

* [[Not So Stoic]]: Brick, when he gets ''really pissed off''.

* [[Obligatory Swearing]]: It's not shocking for them to curse casually (especially [[Sir Swearsalot|Butch]]), given that they ''are'' teenagers, though Blossom has a stern stance against vulgar language. When they get right pissed off however, the expletives get [[Precision F Strike|MUCH]] [[Cluster F Bomb|more pronounced]].

* [[Obligatory Swearing]]: It's not shocking for them to curse casually (especially [[Sir Swearsalot|Butch]]), given that they ''are'' teenagers, though Blossom has a stern stance against vulgar language. When they get right pissed off however, the expletives get [[Precision F-Strike|MUCH]] [[Cluster F-Bomb|more pronounced]].

* [[Omniglot]]: Bubbles, who speaks no less than 4 different languages: English, Spanish, French, and Japanese. She's even been called "Little Miss Rosetta Stone" by her friends.

** Mrs. Morbucks even moreso with the addition of Chinese.

* [[One of the Boys]]: Buttercup was this, but after her and Mitch's break-up she slowly drifts apart from them and Butch seemingly takes her place, much to her chagrin.

** However, she seems to be this again after {{spoiler|she and Butch get on more friendly terms with each other.}}

* [[Painted On Pants]]: Bubbles' outfit at Princess' party. Brick was happy to [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshade]] it.

* [[Painted-On Pants]]: Bubbles' outfit at Princess' party. Brick was happy to [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshade]] it.

* [[Person of Mass Destruction]]: In their fight in Chapter 2, Buttercup and Butch damaged fifteen city blocks, a large public parking structure, all the windows of an office building, a water main, as well as a big part of the school.

* [[Put On a Bus]]: Princess.

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* [[Villain By Default]]: Blossom's view on the boys, even when they haven't done anything worth noting. {{spoiler|This opinion sort of changes after the hostage incident though.}}

* [[Vitriolic Best Buds]]: Type 2. Buttercup and Butch, out of all people, are the first of either group to actually become good friends. However, this isn't to say that the insults stop for a ''second.''

* [[What the Hell Hero|What The Hell]] [[Anti Villain]]: Blossom and Buttercup react violently when Brick {{spoiler|forced Bubbles into taking an attack from the black fog. They calm down a little when he attempted to [[I Can Explain|justify his reasoning]]. Boomer's reaction to it was more discreet.}}

* [[What the Hell, Hero?|What The Hell]] [[Anti-Villain]]: Blossom and Buttercup react violently when Brick {{spoiler|forced Bubbles into taking an attack from the black fog. They calm down a little when he attempted to [[I Can Explain|justify his reasoning]]. Boomer's reaction to it was more discreet.}}

* [[Win Your Freedom]]: The reason the Rowdyruffs were no longer under Him was because {{spoiler|Brick won their freedom by answering HIM's riddle, [[Unwinnable By Design|one so complex and involved]] that it had actually taken him weeks to get through it.}}