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List of The Powerpuff Girls characters

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 original TV series, as well as the anime adaptation and the 2016 reboot series.

Secondary characters include Professor Utonium, the girls' father who created them in his lab; The Mayor, the goodhearted, but dimwitted mayor of Townsville who frequently calls the girls via hotline to ask for help to protect the city; Ms. Bellum, the mayor's secretary who acts as the voice of reason when he makes decisions; and Ms. Keane, the girls' kindergarten teacher at Pokey Oaks school. The series' primary 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; the Gangreen Gang, five green-skinned hoodlums; Sedusa, a Gorgon-like seductress; the Amoeba Boys, three dimwitted amoebas and the Rowdyruff Boys, three male evil versions of the Powerpuff Girls.


Series creator Craig McCracken originally conceived the characters while attending the California Institute of the Arts in 1991. McCracken fleshed-out the premise as a short pilot called The Whoopass Girls in Whoopass Stew. 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. High viewer approval ratings convinced the network to approve a full series, which premiered in 1998 and ended in 2005.

Origin[edit]

In June 1991, Craig McCracken, a student of the animation program of CalArts,[1] initially created a drawing of three girls on a small sheet of orange construction paper as a birthday card design for his brother.[2][1][3] The following year he included the three girls as the main characters of his short film Whoopass Stew! The Whoopass Girls in: A Sticky Situation.[4] This was intended to be part one of four Whoopass Girls shorts, but only one was produced.[1][4][5] McCracken felt that he wanted to make a superhero student film but felt that the muscular guy standard was already played out. Then after drawing the three little girls he started imagining them in superhero situations.[2] McCracken's Whoopass Girls short was picked up for a series by Cartoon Network in 1993. 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.[1][6]

The Powerpuff Girls

"Sideline Dad" (2019)

Craig McCracken

The Powerpuff Girls/artificial humans

Female

Students
Superheroines

American

  • "A Sticky Situation!" (1992, prototype)
  • "Monkey See, Doggie Do" (1998)
  • "The Stayover" (2016)

  • "Octi Lost" (2005)
  • "Sideline Dad" (2019)

Craig McCracken

Tom Kane

Human

Male

Scientist

Eugene Utonium (brother)

Townsville, U.S.A.

American

Craig McCracken

Roger L. Jackson

Chimpanzee

Male

Mad scientist

Professor Utonium (owner, formerly) Unnamed mother (only in the 2016 reboot)

The Rowdyruff Boys (created sons) (only in 1999)

Townsville, U.S.A.

Ace (voiced by ): A mean-spirited and opportunistic rogue with a slick-back haircut, a colored vest-jacket, a peach-fuzz mustache, a pair of shades, and also has fangs. As the Gang's leader and their smartest member, he is the instigator of most of their antisocial activities, and does possess a certain charismatic charm that allows him to sweet-talk people who ought to know better, such as Ms. Keane in the episode "School House Rocked" and even Buttercup in the episode "Buttercrush". He speaks in a nasally Italian/New Yorker accent. In 2018, Ace temporarily became the replacement bassist of the virtual band Gorillaz while Murdoc Niccals was in prison.[16]

Jeff Bennett

Snake (voiced by ): A slippery character with a forked tongue, skinny body and a hissing voice. He is the Gang's second-in-command, but this mostly makes him a yes-man to Ace. He does have a personality of his own, but it is usually silenced due to Ace punching him when he speaks out of line (or asks a foolish question). It is revealed in "School House Rocked" that his real name is Sanford D. Ingleberry.

Tom Kenny

Lil' Arturo (voiced by and by Carlos Alazraqui in his first appearance): A malevolent Mexican little boy, Lil' Arturo seems to take the most amusement from the Gang's activities. In the episode "School House Rocked" he carries around a switchblade-styled comb he calls "Maria", a treasured gift from his incarcerated father. He has a rather prominent underbite. His full name is Arturo de la Guerra, which is Spanish for "Arthur from the War". His small size allows him to sneak through cramped spaces and passages that the rest of the gang cannot reach.

Tom Kenny

Grubber (voiced by ): A disfigured, barefoot hunchback with untidy hair, grubby clothes and protruding eyes. He also appears to be mostly mute, communicating instead through blowing a raspberry. He does, however, occasionally demonstrate unexpected talents, such as playing the violin, speaking eloquently or performing impersonations. When attending the girls' school for a short time, Grubber showed that he was able to horribly contort his body, making him briefly resemble a well-spoken and handsome-looking young man before snapping back to his normal self.

Jeff Bennett

Big Billy (voiced by ): A hulking, dimwitted colossus who acts as the Gang's muscle. Though he does at times display a childlike innocence, he mostly just does the bidding of his more savvy and vindictive friends. In the episode "School House Rocked", it is revealed that his real name is William W. Williams and that he is a cyclops, with his single eye hidden beneath his shaggy red hair. Although he rarely fares any better in combat against the girls than the rest of the gang, he has the muscular power to stop a speeding train from running down citizens from the track and tackle monsters to the ground with his bare hands. He is fiercely loyal to anyone he considers to be a friend, and briefly tried to help the Powerpuff Girls after they saved him from being run over by a train. However, his clumsiness and lack of intelligence made him more destructive as a hero than he was as a villain.

Jeff Bennett