The Powerpuff Girls (film)
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| Directed by | Craig McCracken |
| Produced by | Donna Castricone |
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The Powerpuff Girls by Craig McCracken |
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| Narrated by | Tom Kenny |
| Music by | James L. Venable |
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| Edited by | Rob Desales |
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| Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures |
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73 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $11 million |
| Box office | $16.4 million |
The Powerpuff Girls Movie is an American animated action film based on the Cartoon Network animated television series of the same name. The film was directed by series creator Craig McCracken, and was originally released in theaters on July 3, 2002. It is a prequel to the series that tells the origin story of how the Powerpuff Girls were created, and how they came to be the defenders of Townsville. In theaters, a Dexter's Laboratory short titled "Chicken Scratch" was shown prior to the film, which later aired as part of the series' fourth season.
The film received mixed to positive reviews from critics, but was a box office failure. The film made its television debut on Cartoon Network on May 23, 2003.
Professor Utonium creates a mixture of sugar, spice and everything nice in hope of producing the perfect little girl to improve Townsville, a city plagued by crime and injustice. He is shoved by his laboratory assistant, the destructive chimpanzee Jojo, causing him to accidentally break a nearby flask of a mysterious substance called Chemical X, which spills into the mixture and explodes in Jojo's face. The experiment is successful, producing three little girls whom the Professor names Blossom, Bubbles, and Buttercup. He discovers that the girls also have superpowers from the added Chemical X. Despite the girls' recklessness with their powers, they all immediately grow to love each other as a family.
During their first day of school, the girls learn about the game tag and begin to play among themselves, which quickly grows destructive once they use their powers. The girls take their game downtown, accidentally causing massive damage to the city until the Professor calms them down. The next day, the girls are treated as outcasts by the citizens of Townville as a result of the destruction they have caused, and the Professor is arrested for creating the girls. Realizing that using their powers again will only anger the townspeople more, the girls try to make their way home from school on foot. They become lost in an alleyway and are ambushed by the Gangreen Gang, only to be rescued by Jojo, whose brain has been mutated by the Chemical X explosion, which gives him superintelligence.
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