Spike and Mike's Sick and Twisted Festival of Animation selected the short in 1993 McCracken submitted it to Hanna-Barbera's innovative What A Cartoon! shorts program (eventually to be produced for Cartoon Network as "The Powerpuff Girls in: Meat Fuzzy Lumkins" as part of World Premiere Toons) while working on Dexter's Lab. Cities like LA, New York City, Seattle, Paris, London, Chicago, and Tokyo have been shown throughout the series.Ĭraig McCracken, a student of California Institute of the Arts, created The Whoopass Girls in 1992 in his short film The Whoopass Girls in A Sticky Situation. The physical location of Townsville has never been determined. Townsville is depicted as a major American city, with an impressive cityscape consisting of several major skyscrapers. The show mainly takes place in the fictional city of Townsville, USA. The series composer, James Venable compares the series music to that of a 50's monster movie and big beat techno. For example, Blossom is defined by brass instruments that convey a "heroic" feel, Bubbles has a "belly" cute sound to her, and Buttercup has a rock sound that conveys a strong "actiony" vibe. The show's background music is of the drum and bass genre with McCracken scoring the series like a movie, with the music fitting the mood of a scene and characters having a certain sound accompanying them (similar to how characters in many films have themes or leitmotifs). Movie critic Bob Longino of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution praised the style in his review of The Powerpuff Girls Movie by saying that "the intricate drawings emanate 1950s futuristic pizazz like a David Hockney scenescape," and that The Powerpuff Girls is "one of the few American creations that is both gleeful pop culture and exquisite high art." Starting in Season 4 after the release of the movie, the show would transition to digital ink and paint animation with updated character designs and a brighter color palette. The series also made extensive use of limited animation with it's action sequences taking influence from the MTV series " Stevie and Zoia" and possibly retro anime such as Speed Racer which took advantage of the lack of in-between frames to create action that while very sudden created a fast pace and made hits feel solid. The show primarily had a thick line cel animation style with character designs and settings drawn with angular and/or blocky shapes with an aesthetic akin to that of a classic Hanna-Barbera cartoon mixed with that of 1950's pop art. Ranging from bands such as The Beatles and films like Star Wars. There is often a particular influence from 1950s, 60s, and 70s culture. In addition, the girls also have to deal with normal issues young kids face, such as bed-wetting or dependence on a security blanket. The plot of a typical episode is some humorous variation of standard superhero and/or tokusatsu fare, with the girls using their powers to defend their town from various villains, such as bank robbers, car thieves, gangsters, mad scientists, aliens and giant monsters, amongst others. Powerpuff Girls revolves around the adventures of Blossom, Bubbles, and Buttercup, three kindergarten-aged sisters with super powers. 10 Powerpuff Girls Special: Dance PantsedĪnd so, once again, the day is saved thanks to. 5 Opening and ending themes and sequences.
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