Friday 16 October 2015

The Powerpuff Girls



  The Powerpuff Girls aired for 6 seasons from 1998 to 2005 and was one of many series that went by the "two 11 minutes segments per episode" format that grew more and more popular around its time. The series, despite having a very girly seeming name, was packed with action and plenty popular with boy's crowd too (myself included). It is considered to have gotten worse with the later seasons (particularly season 5 and 6) and i'd be inclined to agree, but that's not to say it wasn't still GOOD, just not as much so.


 
  The series followed the lives of Blossom (the intelligent, responsible one), Bubbles (the innocent, childish one), and Buttercup (the angry tomboyish one), three girls who would spend their days in kindergarten, and their afternoons and weekends fighting crime on the streets of Townsville, They had been created by Professor Utonium, who just was lonely and wanted some daughters but who accidentally created superheroes.



  There was no lack of villains in the series, with Mojo Jojo (a previous experiment of the Professor's who was a hyper-intelligent monkey now bent on taking over the world) as the most recurring. Besides him, we had Fuzzy Lumpkins, The Gangreen Gang, Princess Morbucks, and *shivers* HIM. Him was the gayest and yet also darkest villain the show had to offer. His flamboyant nature could be switched to an angry, dangerous menace and the drop of the hat, and that was oddly captivating.


  But without a doubt my favourite villains (and also the most underused) would be the Rowdyruff Boys, male dopplegangers of the PPG created by Mojo Jojo and later brought back by HIM. Brick, Boomer, and Butch were hilarious in their interactions with each other, and how they contrasted with the girls, they stole the show every time they appeared, which was not often enough. 


  Besides just the villains, the girls had support from their kindergarten teacher, Ms. Keane. And The (bumbling) Mayor and his assistant, Ms. Bellum (WHO'S FACE WE NEVER GOT TO SEE)


  Overall, the series was hilarious as we saw the girls go through the struggles of your average kid, while having to deal with guys like HIM and Mojo Jojo. Action-packed, yet light-hearted, this one is a classic that definitely deserves the reboot that it's apparently getting next year. 87/100. 





LEMME REPEAT, PPG IS GETTING A REBOOT....AND IT'S NOT GOING TO BE IN SHITTY CGI LIKE THE LAST TV SPECIAL WAS. WOO HOO.....also, next week is Dexter's Labratory. 




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