The Powerpuff Girls
TV Show • 1998 • Action
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The Powerpuff Girls is a animated television series about Blossom, Bubbles, and Buttercup, three kindergarten-aged girls with superpowers, as well as their "father", the brainy scientist Professor Utonium, who all live in the fictional city of Townsville, USA. The girls are frequently called upon by the town's childlike and naive mayor to help fight nearby criminals using their powers.
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Is there body horror?
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"Knock It Off"--multiple characters.
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Technically a lot of violence against the PPG who are children, but they're superheroes who can usually fight back. Some episodes put non-super children in danger.
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Is there domestic violence?
National Domestic Violence Hotline (1-800-799-7233)
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Addiction
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Drug metaphors, technically. "Mojo Jonesin" has Mojo Jojo sell Chemical X to children and get them addicted.
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Are there bugs?
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An early episode prominently features a man who can control cockroaches. Said man is revealed to be a cockroach himself.
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Are animals abused?
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They show very briefly that Buttercup and the Gangrene Gang put weights in a cat's feet. On season 3, Mitch Mitchelson tortures a hamster
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Are there spiders?
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Power-Noia reveals that Buttercup is arachnophobic.
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Assault
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Is there pedophilia?
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The episode "Buttercrush" has Buttercup, a five year old girl, develop a crush on Ace of the Gangrene Gang, a grown adult. Ace doesn't reciprocate, but he does exploit her feelings to get her to do illegal and downright dangerous things. If it's any consolation, the episode ends with Buttercup's crush on Ace going up in flames and delivering a beatdown to the entire Gangrene Gang
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Sedusa and Ms. Bellum get into a physical altercation, but they are both females.
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Are there jokes about sexual assault on men?
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Mojo JoJo is looked at by an inmate with a creepy smile (implied sexually, although this is more a kind of double meaning) by the ending of "Cootie Gras". Not to mention the Narrator commenting, "Love is in the air, can you just smell it?"
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Are any teeth damaged?
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Right in the opening sequence you can see teeth flying out.
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Does someone fall to their death?
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E12
Implied at the end of "See Me Feel Me Gnomey"
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Is there eye mutilation?
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It's common for villains to end up with a black eye when the girls are done with them
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Does a kid die?
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Two separate episodes deal with improperly made Powerpuff Girls. Things do not end well for these characters.
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"Twisted Sister."
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Family
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Does a family member die?
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The episode "Twisted Sister" has the girls try to make a 4th sister, who they name Bunny. The episode ends with her exploding (Due to her chemical makeup being unstable) and the girls mourning her (even the narrator is crying at the end), with Bunny never returning.
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Is a child's toy destroyed?
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Bubble’s favorite toy (Octi)’s leg is torn off then sewed back on
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Fear
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Are there clowns?
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Aside from Rainbow the clown (who is friendly, though briefly turned into an evil mime), a creepy clown doll appears in "Power-Noia" as a brief Poltergeist homage.
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Is there a shower scene?
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Powerpuff Girls occasionally bathe. Nothing explicit is shown, and its all very innocent.
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Does someone vomit?
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Ok in the episode where they all switch bodies, a cop became a baby and it definitely didn’t look like drool coming out of his mouth. There’s another episode where the girls are explaining to the mayor what happened during a battle with mojo jojo and during one of bubbles crayon drawn bits, he’s shown hard core throwing up right there. Visual. No audio of it that I can remember.
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Large-scale Violence
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Law Enforcement
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Is there incarceration?
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Many episodes end with the villain(s) of that episode in jail.
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Does someone die by suicide?
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
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Does someone attempt suicide?
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Noxious
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Flashing effects (quick cuts between black and white) are common whenever amy fisticuffs happen. Nowhere near Electric Soldier Porygon levels, but still proceed with caution.
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Is there screaming?
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Bubbles is the worst offender, since her voice is already very high pitched.
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Paranoia
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Narrator is a constant re-occuring character.
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Are there "Man in a dress" jokes?
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Satan is portrayed as a man in a dress or as a transfeminine person. It’s unclear but the character’s name is “Him” to drive it home.
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Is there ableist language or behavior?
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Who the hell said yes wtf
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Is a minority is misrepresented?
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Him is a demonization (literally) of transfeminine people or male femininity.
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Relationships
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In the episode Buttercrush, five year old Buttercup has a crush on the adult leader of the Gangrene Gang.
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Arguably? Him is literally the devil.
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Are there demons or Hell?
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Sex
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Implied, but one prisoner makes a r*pe face towards Mojo Jojo at the end of one episode, and even the narrator makes a joke about it.
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Is someone sexually objectified?
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I'd say it happens to adult women characters several times.
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Are there nude scenes?
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The reveal at the end of "The Bare Facts."
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Are there incestuous relationships?
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Social
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Spoiler
Is Santa (et al) spoiled?
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They depict Santa as real.
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Does it have a sad ending?
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Certain episodes end on bitter-sweet notes, but those are exceptions.
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Vehicular
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Does a car crash?
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Regularly
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Is there gun violence?
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Police are regularly armed. The Powerpuffs themselves are shot at at least twice throughout the show, though the bullets bounce right off them.
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