PowerPuff Girls: Classic Or Dud?

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Classic, of course.

― DG, Wednesday, 11 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Can I be the first to pull the lame 'the pop culture it's OK for indie kids to dig' card?

― Nick, Wednesday, 11 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Classic. Ver Lolleez are frequently described as being just like the Powerpuff Girls, as evidenced by this flyer. The cartoon is GRATE, the gurls are GRATE (more feminist than a football field full of riot grrls) and the soundtrack is ace, as well.

Classic, classic, classic, and if you don't agree with me, then YOU GOT NO SOUL, MUTHA!!!

― masonic boom, Wednesday, 11 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

There's loads of pop culture it's OK for indie kids to dig. Hello, Kitty? Git yer dirty cynical hands off my gurlz.

― masonic boom, Wednesday, 11 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Brill, of course. Those who do not like it are damned. A friend of Kate's and mine, Chelsea, is the PowerPuff Queen. Her house is a combination of decor from that and tiki stuff. The end result is lurvly.

― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 11 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

It's a good cartoon series, but the Cartoon Network shows far too many repeats!...I like Mojo JoJo, Him and Fuzzy Lumpkin...The bad guys they come up with are some of the best around!...

― james e l, Wednesday, 11 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Absolutely brilliant. Full of grown up jokes, as all the best cartoons are. Cute and twee but with enough blood and gore to cancel it out. The bad guys are great. Him is an inspired creation. I am obsessed with Mojo Jojo's pointy boots. I could go on and on. I won't.

― Madchen, Wednesday, 11 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

They're brilliant! It's done with such wit, and the villains are always top notch. There are too many repeats, though.

I think the creator is involved with the new cartoon due out on Cartoon Network later this month -- Samurai Jack -- and that looks purty cool too.

― Nicole, Wednesday, 11 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I'm no indie kid but i still love it. Not as good as courage the cowardly dog but still very good. i am a cartoon junkie so i would really.

― Ed, Wednesday, 11 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

8.30 Saturday is no time to be up JUST IN CASE!! But the Guardian guide runs out on Fridays, and I can only renew it AFTER I'VE GOT UP. D'you know ceefax often hasn't been turned on that early?! Nor have I, usually (I thought people needed LESS sleep as they get older...)

The Babar cartoon before it is amazingly rubbish — tho I am fond of Babar in the books (Alexander Cockburn once wrote a little essay on the politics of Babarismo...) — and the SuperBabiez [?forget title?] afterwards is worse.

― mark s, Wednesday, 11 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

There are some occasions when I wonder if it's for kids at all - there was a really nasty bit in the one where they get addicted to sweets where they beat Mojo to a pulp and his brains are *dribbling out of his head*! Ewww. The baddies are great, and there's something really disturbing about that devil-thingy with the pincer hands, but I can't quite put my finger on it. But anyway, when I grow up I want to be Buttercup. She's so cool!
What about the other recent Hanna Barbera cartoons - Cow & Chicken, Dexter's Lab, I AM WEASEL etc? I love them all, especially I Am Weasel.

― DG, Wednesday, 11 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Cow and Chicken...hate those udders! Makes it unwatchable!

― james e l, Wednesday, 11 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

soloution to that is to by the gruaniad on your way home. There's loadss of places that sell it from about 10 onwards.

― Ed, Wednesday, 11 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I sometimes wonder if kids get I am weasel. Cartoon humour's got very complicated since i was young. It has some wonderful moments. Gotta love Ed, Edd and Eddy if only for for the jazzy soundtrack but the characters are brilliant, especially rolf 'Now I will be able to watch the cheese of my uncle curdle'. Dexter's can be good but is more miss than hit and suffers from being the oldest. Cow and chicken utterly bizzare and has many moments wasted on the kiddies. the devil guy is possibly the best cartoon creation since Warner brothers stopped making cartoons. Johnny Bravo was really good in pilot form and got better once they introduced Pops but is again hit and miss andnothings come close to the original two episodes. Mike Lu and Og on the other hand which seems to be targetted at kids is an utter dud.

― Ed, Wednesday, 11 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

And so campy. Powerpuff girls are so classic.

― anthony, Wednesday, 11 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Cynicism(PPG) >> Cynicism(Hello Kitty). I mean... The PPG were created TO APPEAL TO PRECISELY the hipster-to-cool-for-school demographic, wheras Hello Kitty has sortof an organic cuteness factor.

― Sterling Clover, Wednesday, 11 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

"The PPG were created TO APPEAL TO PRECISELY the hipster-too-cool-for-school demographic": this is why it TICKS ME OFF that they are broadcast at 8.30 on Saturday mornings on UK Terrestrial!!!

― mark s, Wednesday, 11 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Yeah, classic, but gets a tad samey after a while. Classic for Mojo Jojo alone though. He should have his own show. My favourite is Bubbles. Er, is she the blond one?

― Ally C, Wednesday, 11 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

again, i am embarrassed to admit that, i have never heard roxy music, i have never been to the tate modern and i don't know what the powerpuff girls are. much less embarrassingly i didn't know anything about that canadian thread on ilm

― gareth, Thursday, 12 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Bubbles is of course the blonde one with the pigtails who DRARWS. She is, of course, also the coolest. So there.

Gareth, now I know why you're so knowledgable about music. You've COMPLETELY NEGLECTED the rest of your cultural edification.

― masonic boom, Thursday, 12 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

And to think I used to think of you as the fount of pop cultural knowledge.

― Ed, Thursday, 12 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

no, don't dismiss me, come back...

i haven't neglected everything else, honest.

not neglected:

books, films, going out, pop culture (apart from power puff girls) neglected:

art. i would like to do something about this soon though
roxy music. i am borrowing some lps at the weekend

― gareth, Thursday, 12 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

bad formatting...

no, don't dismiss me, come back...

i haven't neglected everything else, honest.

not neglected:

books, films, going out, pop culture (apart from power puff girls)

neglected:

art. i would like to do something about this soon though
roxy music. i am borrowing some lps at the weekend

― gareth, Thursday, 12 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Gareth, when did you turn into doompatrol?

― masonic boom, Thursday, 12 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

!?!

― gareth, Thursday, 12 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Your multiple posting and strange formatting just *looked* like a DP post, for a minute there, my heart stopped. :-)

― masonic boom, Thursday, 12 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

The angry riot-grrl lesbian with short black hair: the one who gave up bathing, until her stench made a sea-monster cry... Buttercup? She is the best.

― mark s, Thursday, 12 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

no worries. wow, kate, you sure know how to insult someone don'tcha ;)

― gareth, Thursday, 12 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Heh heh heh.

Argh, I *hate* Buttercup!!! Probably because she reminds me too much of her counterpart within our band. I do have a soft spot for Blossom, though. But Bubbles is clearly the best.

― masonic boom, Thursday, 12 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

No buttercup rules, especially for having her own side of beef to punch. I sense a male female split here and noone has owned up to liking Blossom the best yet.

― Ed, Thursday, 12 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

We need to get Jane, our bassist, over here. She liked Blossom cause Blossom is A) in charge and B) ginger. So that's Jane in a nutshell.

And there's not a male/female split. Paul actually likes Bubbles best. (Clearly, why he's with me.)

(And sorry, Nick, yes, I brought up our relationship on this board again.)

― masonic boom, Thursday, 12 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

NO! BUTTERCUP IZ BESTEST!

― DG, Thursday, 12 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Buttercup's my favourite, but I do like Bubbles when crayons or a pair of spectacles feature in the episode. Blossom reminds me of Geri Halliwell for some reason.

― Madchen, Thursday, 12 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

The whole Bubbles episode with the glasses = me. Completely.

― masonic boom, Thursday, 12 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

four months pass...

YOU ALL STINK what NON keyword non sense are u talkingf here ppg is for your infantile minds only anyone with a iq higher than 56 would hate it

― KiIla ---------, Saturday, 17 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Haha you are Mojo Jojo and I claim my Buttercup bumbag

― mark s, Saturday, 17 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

two years pass...

Never has a phrase filled me with more creeping horror than "Buttercup bumbag" has just now. RANDOM THREAD I CURSE THEE

― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Friday, 19 December 2003 20:49 (twenty-one years ago)

Classique. Bonus points: movie = most dead monkeys EVER

― ermes marana, Friday, 19 December 2003 21:20 (twenty-one years ago)

eleven years pass...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEmxgsSupRY

― DJP, Friday, 5 June 2015 13:53 (ten years ago)

two months pass...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdBDbGEdyEM

Beautiful.

― :wq (Leee), Sunday, 16 August 2015 00:08 (ten years ago)

five months pass...

Annnd we're back. Series restarts in April.

https://www.facebook.com/CartoonNetwork/videos/10153374981348372/

― Ned Raggett, Friday, 12 February 2016 16:49 (nine years ago)

Oh, this is the one with the new voices, innit?

― La Lechazunga (Leee), Friday, 12 February 2016 18:06 (nine years ago)

Yus.

― Ned Raggett, Friday, 12 February 2016 18:06 (nine years ago)

one month passes...

https://www.powerpuffyourself.com/#!/en/my-powerpuff/create

― Jenny Ondioleeene (Leee), Wednesday, 6 April 2016 19:48 (nine years ago)

http://i.imgur.com/7vWTqbj.jpg?1

― Ludo, Wednesday, 6 April 2016 20:02 (nine years ago)

ack

http://i.imgur.com/7vWTqbj.jpg

― Ludo, Wednesday, 6 April 2016 20:03 (nine years ago)

another 2 minutes gone in joyful bliss

what's next. Little Ponyionize yourself

― Ludo, Wednesday, 6 April 2016 20:03 (nine years ago)

The guy who did (and still does) the voice of Mojo Jojo is the voice of the "killer" in the Scream films, mind blown

The new series is just OK so far, hard to live up to the original I guess

― Nhex, Saturday, 16 April 2016 20:43 (nine years ago)

http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e174/conedust/wallpaper_sm.jpg

uncanny, really

― Keks + Nuss (contenderizer), Saturday, 16 April 2016 21:49 (nine years ago)

What could live up to this?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qdo5vu2wBRU
xp

― tsrobodo, Saturday, 16 April 2016 22:30 (nine years ago)

four years pass...

Hahah NO

https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/powerpuff-girls-live-action-series-cw-1234746828/

“The Powerpuff Girls” could soon fly again. Variety has learned that a live-action version of the classic Cartoon Network series is in development at The CW.
In the updated version of the series, the titular superheroes are now disillusioned twentysomethings who resent having lost their childhood to crime fighting. Will they agree to reunite now that the world needs them more than ever?

GRIMDARK POWERPUFF GIRLS JUST WHAT WE NEEDED.

― Ned Raggett, Monday, 24 August 2020 19:51 (five years ago)

As has already been said elsewhere, when you already have The Umbrella Academy...

― Ned Raggett, Monday, 24 August 2020 19:58 (five years ago)

wait i DO want this

― mark s, Monday, 24 August 2020 19:59 (five years ago)

Madness

― Ned Raggett, Monday, 24 August 2020 20:12 (five years ago)

written by Diablo Cody and the woman behind SMILF

― shout-out to his family (DJP), Monday, 24 August 2020 20:21 (five years ago)

I'm fine with this. I have a low bar for entertainment now.

― akm, Monday, 24 August 2020 20:22 (five years ago)

Another round of executives believe that saving the Cartoon Network requires live-action shows, again... brilliant
The last PPG reboot was not very good

― Nhex, Monday, 24 August 2020 20:23 (five years ago)

This really curdles my cheese! I've always been baffled why the idealized trajectory for fiction is to always culminate with a live-action cinematic adaptation.

― Ruth Bae Ginsburg (Leee), Monday, 24 August 2020 21:12 (five years ago)

written by Diablo Cody and the woman behind SMILF

And I didn't realize this wasn't DJP taking the piss.

― Ruth Bae Ginsburg (Leee), Monday, 24 August 2020 21:14 (five years ago)

It’s so perfect

― shout-out to his family (DJP), Monday, 24 August 2020 21:27 (five years ago)

I never officially gave it my blessing I just understood the business reality that I had no power to stop it from being made.
— Craig McCracken (@CrackMcCraigen) May 27, 2016

― Elvis Telecom, Monday, 24 August 2020 23:43 (five years ago)

the only thing supplying my dog shit soft serve brain w/ dopamine anymore is my favorite intellectual properties getting "Surprisingly Dark"
— wint (@dril) August 23, 2020

― ciderpress, Tuesday, 25 August 2020 01:37 (five years ago)

What I take from this is I should probably check out The Umbrella Academy?

― beef stannin’ (gyac), Tuesday, 25 August 2020 13:16 (five years ago)

I would rather have an Umbrella Academy prequel done PPG-style.

(Alternatively, I will take RPattz playing Buttercup.)

― Roz, Tuesday, 25 August 2020 13:44 (five years ago)

lol virtually all of the kid sequences in show aside from a funeral scene are close to PPG-style already

― shout-out to his family (DJP), Tuesday, 25 August 2020 15:10 (five years ago)

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