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{{quote|''Sugar... spice... and everything nice. These were the ingredients chosen to create [[Artificial Human|the perfect little girls]]. But Professor Utonium accidentally added an extra ingredient to the concoction: [[Applied Phlebotinum|Chemical X]]! Thus, the Powerpuff Girls were born! Using their [[Flying Brick|ultra-superpowers]], Blossom, Bubbles, and Buttercup have dedicated their lives to fighting crime and the forces of evil!''}}

 

 

The series' heroines are Blossom, "commander and the leader," who often acts the [[Drill Sergeant Nasty]]; Bubbles, "the joy and the laughter," whose personality is very similar to that of her namesake from ''[[Jabberjaw]]'' (but not quite a [[Dumb Blonde]]), and Buttercup, "the toughest fighter," and the tomboyish [[Action Girl]] with a bad temper. Their simian [[Arch Enemy]] Mojo Jojo wears a helmet to cover his enlarged brain and speaks in a manner [[Intentional Engrish for Funny|reminiscent of bad anime dubbing]]. Aside from the obvious [[Anime]] influences, most of the series' supporting characters are drawn in the style of ''[[Two Stupid Dogs]]'' (not surprisingly, as the creator of the show worked on that cartoon).

* [[Agony Beam]]

* [[Alphabetical Theme Naming]]: All three girls have names beginning with B. This even extends to temporary members (Bunny, Bullet) as well as both sets of [[Evil Counterpart|evil counterparts]], the Rowdyruff Boys (Brick, Boomer, and Butch) and the Powerpunk Girls (Berserk, Brat, and Brute).

* [[Amazing Technicolor Population]]: The Gangreen Gang. [[Visual Pun|They're green, and they're a gang]].

* [[Amen Break]]: The theme song.

* [[Humongous Mecha]]: The D.Y.N.A.M.O.

* [[Hurricane of Puns]]:

** "I See A Funny Cartoon In Your Future".

* [[Hyperspace Is a Scary Place]]: Travel through the fifth dimension.

* [[Miracle-Gro Monster]]: B.E.E.B.O.

* [[Misplaced Kindergarten Teacher]]: Ms. Keane inverts this in "Speed Demon", where she goes from a math problem with apples to Einstein's Theory of Relativity and how it pertains to potential [[Time Travel]]. It was relevant to the plot, but the class just kinda stared blankly.

* [[Moral Dissonance]]: The Brocolli Aliens' invasion of earth could be justified by the humanity constantly consuming his "kin", and the girls respond with a vicious genocide on the invaders. Mojo Jojo frequently attempts to kill the girls for reasons which are far harder to justify, and he gets beat up and jailed.

** In ''Not So Awesome Blossom'', Mojo issues an ultimatum to Blossom in exchange for the lives of her sisters and the Professor, an ultimatum of servitude. Blossom asks "How do you know I won't lie?," to which Mojo responds "Because you're Blossom." They must have forgotten ''A Very Special Blossom,'' where she steals a set of golf clubs to give the Professor for Father's Day then lies not only about how she got them but when cornered tried to frame Mojo for it.

** The first time they use the [[Humongous Mecha|Dynamo]], they end up causing more damage then the monster they were fighting, causing the Mayor to demand that they never use it again.

* [[Nice Job Fixing It, Villain]]: In "Forced Kin" Mojo Jojo helps the girls fight an alien, only to find the alien is seemingly using all his own ideas! When the alien defeats the girls, Jojo literally goes ape and physically forces the alien to submit, driving off the threat and becoming the reluctant hero.

** Mojo is also responsible for the afforementioned [[Stable Time Loop]].

* [[No Celebrities Were Harmed]]:

* [[Powerpuff Girl Hands]]: The [[Trope Namer]]. [[Lampshaded]] in "Criss Cross Crisis" when Buttercup switches bodies with Professor Utonium. When she tries to pick up the phone, she can't figure out how his fingers are supposed to work.

* [[Power Trio]]: The Powerpuff Girls and The Rowdyruff Boys.

* [[Precision F-Strike]]: Two comic book story titles: "Hell Toupee" (issue #16—also counts as an [[Incredibly Lame Pun]]), and "Helliday" (issue #29). Also, in "Shutter Thug" (issue #11), Blossom says "Oh...dam" after said structure collapses on said villain. And finally in "Trick Or Beatings" (#31), the girls are laying a smackdown on the Gangreen Gang on Halloween. Blossom, dressed as a witch, originally had the line "Prepare to be ''witch-slapped''!" before it was changed to a more kid-friendly line.

* [[Precocious Crush]]: Buttercup develops one on [[All Girls Want Bad Boys|Ace]] in "Buttercrushed".

* [[Rule of Three]]: The episode "Super Zeroes" with the line, "Better heroes, huh?" (Said by Utonium, the Mayor, and even the [[Monster of the Week]] itself!)

* [[Rule 63]]: Inverted with the Rowdyruff Boys.

 

== S-Z ==

* [[Screams Like a Little Girl]]: Mojo Jojo after [[Yoko Oh No|Moko Jono]] is revealed to be {{spoiler|a chimp from the zoo}}.

* [[Screw the Rules, I Have Money]]: Princess Morbucks.

* [[Screw This, I'm Outta Here]]: Mojo Jojo in The Powerpuff Girls Rule after having victory literally swept from under his nose.

* [[Second-Person Attack]]: Used and abused; in certain cases, the viewer can suffer the virtual effects of getting punched and kicked DOZENS OF TIMES IN A ROW.

* [[Shout-Out]]: So many, it has its own page! See [[The Powerpuff Girls/Shout Out]].

* [[Sickeningly Sweethearts]]: Professor Utonium and Miss Keane in "Keen on Keane".

* [[Sissy Villain]]: '''HIM'''.

* [[Sixth Ranger]]: The girls ''try'' to create one with Bunny. [[The Ditz|It doesn't really work out.]]

** Towards the end of "Slumbering with the Enemy", Mojo Jojo douses the Powerpuffs with the Antidote X to remove their powers. They're back to normal without explaination in the next episode.

** Mojo Jojo is turned into a dog twice. No explanation is given as to how he turned himself back into an ape.

* [[Space Is Noisy]]: The few times the girls go into space, they can communicate with each other just fine.

* [[Spear Counterpart]]: The Rowdyruff Boys, Brick (red color scheme), Boomer (blue color scheme), and Butch (dark green color scheme) to the Powerpuff Girls, Blossom (pink color scheme), Bubbles (cyan color scheme), and Buttercup (green color scheme).

 

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