![]() After the name Whoopass was dropped for Powerpuff to include it in the What a Cartoon! showcase, the Powerpuff Girls then appeared in two What a Cartoon! shorts before receiving their own series. McCracken's Whoopass Girls short was picked up for a series by Cartoon Network in 1993. Then after drawing the three little girls he started imagining them in superhero situations. McCracken felt that he wanted to make a superhero student film but felt that the muscular guy standard was already played out. This was intended to be part one of four Whoopass Girls shorts, but only one was produced. The following year he included the two girls as the main characters of his short film Whoopass Stew! The Whoopass Girls in: A Sticky Situation. In June 1991, Craig McCracken, a student of the animation program of CalArts, initially created a drawing of three girls on a small sheet of orange construction paper as a birthday card design for his brother. After the original series ended in 2005, a reboot began airing in 2016. High viewer approval ratings convinced the network to approve a full series, which premiered in 1998. ![]() After a name change and character redesigns, a new pilot, called "The Powerpuff Girls: Meat Fuzzy Lumkins", aired on Cartoon Network's World Premiere Toons animation showcase in 1995. McCracken fleshed-out the premise as a short pilot called The Whoopass Girls in Whoopass Stew. Series creator Craig McCracken originally conceived the characters while attending the California Institute of the Arts in 1991. The series' villains include Mojo Jojo, a hyper-intelligent, megalomaniacal ape HIM, a mysterious demonic being Fuzzy Lumpkins, a Bigfoot-like hillbilly Princess Morbucks, a wealthy, spoiled girl and the Gangreen Gang, five green-skinned hoodlums. Keane, the girls' kindergarten teacher at Pokey Oaks school. Bellum, Mayor's secretary who acts as the voice of reason when he makes decisions and Ms. Secondary characters include Professor Utonium, the girls' father who created them in his lab Mayor, the goodhearted but dimwitted mayor of Townsville who frequently calls the girls via hotline to ask for help to protect the city Ms. The first official look at Blossom, Bubbles, and Buttercup comes to us from The CW.The Powerpuff Girls is an American animated television series franchise that takes place in the fictional city of Townsville and stars the titular Powerpuff Girls, Blossom, Bubbles, Buttercup, who appear in the 1998 The Powerpuff Girls series, as well as the 2006 Powerpuff Girls Z series and the 2016 The Powerpuff Girls series. News of the reboot and the first look images have brought about a variety of mixed opinions from fans of the series, but in any case, as McCracken believes, it's going to be interesting to see how the project turns out exactly. But we'll see what they do with it."Īs of now, Powerpuff hasn't been given a premiere date. The initial concept of Powerpuff Girls was the idea that they were little kids being superheroes, so the fact that they're making them grow up, that sort of changes that initial concept. He then added: "I'm curious to see what they do with it. It's one of those companies that owns the rights, so they can do what they want with it." "It's one of these things where I don't own those characters are owned by.well, I don't even know who owns it now because of the Warner Bros. Yeah, I'm not part of that production in any way," McCracken said. "I kind of found out that they were considering doing that like a year ago, and that's all I know about it. In an interview with Syfy in January, McCracken detailed his thoughts on the Powerpuff series. Still, McCracken admits that he's intrigued by the concept and will be checking out the series to see how it turns out. The original Cartoon Network animated series was created by Craig McCracken, who won't be involved in the upcoming live-action reboot. Also exec producing are Greg Berlanti, Sarah Schechter, David Madden, and Kiley. Diablo Cody and Heather Regnier are writing and executive producing with Maggie Kiley directing. Powerpuff is produced by Berlanti Productions and Vita Vera Films in association with Warner Bros. It seems likely that additional characters from the original cartoon series will also be making special appearances. The cast also includes Nicholas Podany as Jojo Mondel, Robyn Lively as Sara Bellum, and Tom Kenny reprising his role as the narrator. Also joining Bennet, Cameron, and Perrault in the cast is Scrubs star Donald Faison as their father and creator, Professor Utonium.
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