The Powerpuff Girls Movie (2002)

The movie shows the origin of the Powerpuff Girls before the cartoon series. It explains why they were born and why they dedicated their lives to fighting crime and the forces of evil.

Director:

Craig McCracken

Writers:

Charlie Bean, Lauren Faust

Stars:

Cathy Cavadini, Tara Strong, Elizabeth Daily

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Cathy Cavadini	...	Blossom (voice) (as Catherine Cavadini)
Tara Strong	...	Bubbles (voice)
Elizabeth Daily	...	Buttercup (voice) (as E.G. Daily)
Roger Jackson	...	Mojo Jojo (voice) (as Roger L. Jackson)
Tom Kane	...	Professor Utonium (voice)
Tom Kenny	...	Mayor / Narrator / Ka-Ching Ka-Ching (voice)
Jennifer Hale	...	Ms. Keane (voice)
Jennifer Martin	...	Sara Bellum (voice)
Jeff Bennett	...	Ace / Big Billy / Grubber / Baboon Kaboom / Go-Go Patrol / Hacha Chacha (voice) (as Jeff Glen Bennett)
Grey Griffin	...	Linda / Woman at Zoo (voice) (as Grey DeLisle)
Phil LaMarr	...	I.P. Host / Local Anchor (voice)
Rob Paulsen	...	Hota Wata / Killa Drilla / Blah-Blah Blah-Blah / the Doot Da Doot Da Doo Doos (voice)
Kevin Michael Richardson	...	Rocko Socho / Ojo Tango (voice)
Frank Welker	...	Whole Lotta Monkeys (voice)

Storyline

In the city of Townsville, the frustrated Professor Utonium is gathering all the ingredients to make a perfect little girl (sugar, spice, and everything nice). But when his lab assitant, a monkey named Jojo, causes the accidental addition of Chemical X to the mix, the Professor ends up with not one but 3 perfect, powerful little girls. It soon becomes obvious that Blossom, Bubbles, and Buttercup are not normal girls, they have superpowers and have not yet learned to control. The girls are treated like outcasts because they have inadvertently wrecked Townsville in a superpowered game of tag. To win the hearts of the people of Townsville, the girls are tricked into making a deal with Jojo who plans to take over Townsville. As the girls foil this threat and defeat an army of superpowered monkeys, the Powerpuff Girls learn that with great power comes great responsibility.

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Plot Keywords:

cartoon network | cult tv | superhero crying | gender in title | origin of heroine | 

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Taglines:

Good girls. Bad monkey. Big movie.

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Genres:

Animation | Action | Adventure | Comedy | Family | Sci-Fi

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG for non-stop frenetic animated action

Details

Official Sites:

Disney Channel (German)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

3 July 2002 (USA)

Also Known As:

The Powerpuff Girls: The Movie

Box Office

Budget:

$11,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$3,583,114, 7 July 2002

Gross USA:

$11,411,644

Company Credits

Production Co:

Cartoon Network Studios, Cartoon Network

Technical Specs

Runtime:

73 min

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital SDDS

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

According to Craig McCracken, the executives gave him the freedom of creativity and went on to make it the way he wanted to. Then new executives arrived, who saw the completed film and said they should make it a colorful film; he calls this conflict in style as one of the reasons for the film to flop at the box-office.

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Goofs

When building JoJo's machine, Blossom takes a bottle of Chemical X from Professor's laboratory. When she puts the bottle in the machine she flips it upside-down but the words Chemical X are still right side up.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Narrator: The city of Townsville...
[an explosion is heard, and a red hue emanates o.c. down on Townsville streets. An alarm is heard in the distance]
Narrator: ...is in some serious, serious, serious trouble! Day after day, crime, lawlessness and evil are running rampant. Its citizens have lost all hope!. They are utterly helpless and in desperate need of a true hero! But who? Is there no one who can help this forsaken town and make it a better place?
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Crazy Credits

There is a statement in the closing credits: "No apes, monkeys, or talking dogs were injured during the making of this film".

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Connections

Featured in Troldspejlet: Episode #29.13 (2003)

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Soundtracks

The Powerpuff Girls (End Theme)
Performed by Bis
Written by Thomas Chase, John Clark, Steve Clark (as Steven Clark), James L. Venable, Steve Rucker (as Steven Rucker) and Amanda MacKinnon (as Amanda McKinnon)
Published by Ten Fifty Music (BMI), Techwood Music, Inc. (ASCAP), Universal Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS)
© Cartoon Network

User Reviews

Different and interesting animated movie...

1st watched 7/5/2002 - 6 out of 10(Dir-Craig McCracken): Different and interesting animated movie based on the cult-like girl-followed popular television show on the cartoon network. The movie is the story of how they came to be and how they decided to fight crime and evil in Townsville after their first harmless kindergarten game of tag destroyed the town. There is a good message behind this silly superhero story despite the much-publicized violent content. Yes, there is violent content and the evil that they face is `very' evil, but you can't help but love the well-intentioned `Professor' trying to be a parent to these over-achiever kindergartner's and his attempt to make them good little girls made of sugar, and spice and everything nice despite their super-human strengh. Bravo for this very un-Disney like entry by the Cartoon Network!!