Powerpuff Girls

The Powerpuff Girls is an American animated television series about three little girls born with superpowers who have dedicated their lives to fighting crime and the forces of evil. more...

The series was created by animator Craig McCracken, and first produced by Hanna-Barbera (now Cartoon Network Studios) for Cartoon Network.

Overview

History

Originally the Whoopass Girls, the Powerpuff Girls were created by CalArts student Craig McCracken in 1992 in his short film The Whoopass Girls! in A Sticky Situation. The short was selected for Spike and Mike's Festival of Animation in 1994; subsequently McCracken submitted it to Cartoon Network while working on Dexter's Laboratory. As Cartoon Network couldn't keep the offending name, the girls were renamed the Powerpuff Girls. Their first appearance on Cartoon Network was the short Meat Fuzzy Lumpkins as part of World Premiere Toons.

Current status

The Powerpuff Girls ended its production as a cartoon on August 30, 2004, although two episodes unaired in the United States aired as promos in the U.S. on March 25, 2005. Until recently, reruns of The Powerpuff Girls have been playing on Cartoon Network in reverse chronological order, but due to bad scheduling and a lack of popularity, it has now been taken off the air as of March 2006. However, episodes still air in Britain in the Cartoon Cartoons hour on the channel, as well as in half-hour compilations on the UK-only Cartoon Network TOO.

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