I personally like Cover Up because I found it relatable. My interpretation was more that Buttercup viewed her blanket as a lucky charm that she was weak without more so than a standard comfort item, something she says in the episode. I think it's important to realize your strength comes from within because what if you were to lose your comfort item? That's happened to me once so I think it's important to learn. There's nothing wrong with comfort items but I always felt that we were supposed to see the scenario as more of lucky charm than a comfort item, which felt like the point Blossom was trying to make IMO. Saying she was being abusive seems a bit harsh. Hopefully we can agree to disagree.
I actually like Blossom (Along with Bubbles and Buttercup). Even though she can be bossy, vain, and arrogant at times, she deeply cares for her sisters, and wants to protect them. I think, and correct me if I'm wrong on this one, I think that wanting to protect her sisters is the reason for her bossiness Also, A Very Special Blossom is my worst Powerpuff Girls episode. I know, what Blossom did was wrong, but that ending was too harsh for her! (In my opinion)
Even though Blossom has been my favourite of my girls for as long as I can remember, you brought up some excellent points on her least favourable moments you explained here. I hope that the next reboot will not feature her being a little mean about her sisters' attachments to their comfort objects whilst toning down her uptightness and arrogance.
I think most of these horrible powerpuff girls episodes deserved some better remake. Not just just the show itself, the but the whole writing that need to be improve better. No matter we got some horrible episodes with alot endless explanation of questions, I think it's time to re-script the plot into a different direction.
I'm not even gonna lie, Blossom is a complete female dog half the time, but she's my favorite of the trio still From what I've seen of the show so far, I agree with the daylights savings episode
I disagree with you with Blossom. Sure Blossom can act a little bit of a stuck up at times, but she is at least still however a kind and likable(well likable to me though)character.
Look I don’t intend on being rude or bashing on anyone who does like you. It’s just that you’re my personal least favorite PPG and I’m explaining why. Just my opinion and I’ll respect anyone else’s as long as they’re civil about it.
The "Daylight Savings" episode could've been a stepping stone for something potential. There needs to be a group of supers to lead the night patrol & handle crimes pass the PPGs' bed time. That way the Girls will get plenty of peaceful sleeping knowing that crime is being handled late at night pass curfew.
actually the number one worst episodes moral decay. everybody was totally ooc. buttercup might be a badass but she’d never knock her sisters’ or anybodys teeth out on purpose just 4 money. its an accident when she first knocks bubbles’ out & she feels like crap, apologizes over & over but then all of a sudden she just changes her mind & starts doing it 2 her & everybody else 4 no reason. when she gets beaten up at the end professor doesnt even care. he’d be disappointed too but shes his fucking daughter & he’d be worried sick about her
1:48 Yeah, I didn't like the way Ms. Keen treated the girls either, and I especially hated it when the Powerpuff girls told her that the Gangreen gang started the fight when they were throwing paste, Ms. Keen's response was "It doesn't matter who started it, what matters is that you fought back." It does matter who started it, because: 1) If someone fights you and you fight back, it's called self-dense and self-defense isn't wrong. 2) She should know better than to think that the powerpuff girls would just attack people for no reason. 3) Even when both parties are in the wrong, it's hypocritical to punish one side for retaliation but not the other side who started it and gave them a reason to (especially when they were grown men).
Blossom is a hypocrite when it comes to shaming her sisters for having comfort objects. Just read the official PPG comic "Bow Jest" and you'll see what I mean.
@Rokenrol Bro 2019 No one really mentions this about Bubbles in Octi Gone, but she got away with acting like a brat in that episode. Alice summed it up better than I could so I'll just repost what she wrote on DeviantArt here: _I agree on Bubbles coming off as exceedingly whiny and annoying in “Octi Evil.” After seeing the 2002 movie, I’ve always thought that Octi was so important to her because he was the first gift that her father, Professor Utonium, bought for her. Actually, exploring why Octi had so much sentimental value to her would have been a compelling story. Instead, we get Bubbles being a whiny brat by ruining the dinner party her family was throwing, being irrationally accusatory towards all the guests, and having an excessive attachment to that stuffed animal to the point of ridiculous distraction, even during school lessons and battles with monsters._
"Bow Jest" was pretty messed up with its moral. I know people gave "Cover Up" flack for Buttercup "being forced to" give up her blanket, her sisters laughing at Buttercup for her excuse, etcetera. However, they had no bad intentions, and they at least tried to reassure her that she didn't need the blanket to be a great fighter. When Buttercup did get it back, her sisters were annoyed because they thought she didn't learn her lesson about not needing it. Yes, Blossom's method, while dishonest and morally wrong, did help Buttercup realize that even without her real blanket, she fought as well as ever. Her sisters never really forbade her to have the blanket. Buttercup gave up the blanket because she felt she was caught between either confessing that she just had a soft spot for her blanket, or giving her blanket up and covering her secret. In contrast, the comic "Bow Jest" has Bubbles make fun of Blossom for "needing her bow to fight", and Buttercup stealing her bow the next day, smugly rubbing it in Blossom's face, and no one steps in to solve the issue, at least until Mojo Jojo comes in and takes it from Buttercup. Even when Bubbles gets the bow back from Mojo Jojo and gives it back to Blossom, it's done out of annoyance with the latter. While it's understandable that Blossom is supposed to learn that her abilities don't come from her bow, but from her own self-confidence, it's a bit messed up that the narrative still brushes off Bubbles and Buttercup tormenting Blossom as them "teaching her a lesson".
Also one more thing it’s not gonna be daylight savings forever so what’s gonna happen afterwards?? Are they gonna stick with this stupid curfew thing??
blossom is my favorite ppg and i truly love her but never forget octi evil where she tells bubbles to put her doll away. and how was blossom doing an abuse tactic?
I realize that might’ve been a strong way to describe the fake out she pulled on Buttercup but what I meant to get across was that Blossom was tricking Buttercup psychologically just to prove a selfish point which is something a lot of abusers do. Regardless of age Blossom’s attitude towards comfort objects really irks me on a personal level.
@@HackiePuffs what is with blossoms problem with comfort items? i remember an exempt from a chapter book where blossom told ms keane that she had bubbles put away her octi doll in class and ms keane praised blossom for that irrc
and also theres a chapter book resolving around her which is called "blossoming out" which blossom wants to be an adult and tries to act like one so she tried to drink coffee once and had her own room and her sisters and the professor didnt like t hat and she ends up missing her sisters and the professor at the end.
Let’s not forget that scene in Octi Gone where Bubbles couldn’t find Octi at bedtime and Blossom told her to come to bed because she couldn’t sleep which btw is a bs reason if Buttercup can sleep without her why can’t you Blossom?? And then instead of trying to help Bubbles look for Octi she goes into a tirade about how Bubbles only wants it because she’s insecure and just needs to “get over it” and grow up. First of all you guys are 5 she doesn’t need to grow up, second having a plushy for comfort doesn’t always mean someone is insecure, third if having a plushy cause they are insecure isn’t a bad thing, and fourth telling someone to just “get over it” is one of the most insensitive things you can say to someone going through anything!! And then when Bubbles finds Octi she says “this time but maybe some day you won’t” Blossom are you threatening to do something to Octi?? Freaking wench.
@@HackiePuffs man blossom tries so hard to be the "grown up" one in the trio and blossom lowkey has the vibes of "i exist and i am going to make it everyones elses problem". in one of the comics she told buttercup that bubbles will outgrow her own shows while watching dr blowtop in her own time like dude lol y'all five
Honestly judging by this episode I just wondered what Miss Keene would’ve done during the pandemic would she got forced all the kids to go to class she probably would’ve gotten arrested for that for breaking Covid curfew😫
#5. Mojo Jonesin’ Why it doesn’t work: A disguised Mojo Jojo offers some kids temporary powers, and when they wear off, they of course want more. Mojo agrees, but on the condition that they destroy (aka KILL) the girls! They agree without a moment’s hesitation, and ACTUALLY DO IT! Mojo then reveals himself, but by then it’s too late, and their powers are wearing off again. Then I guess the writers wrote themselves into a corner, so the kids use the last of their temporary powers to revive the girls. Then we get another problem I have with this episode. The girls just blow off the fact that they were basically murdered. If I recall correctly, in the episode Mime For A Change, even when Mr. Mime became Rainbow the Clown again, they didn’t just forgive him, they still beat him up and throw him in jail. In this episode, they basically just say “Oh, haha, don’t do that again.” WITH BIG SMILES ON THEIR FACES!! Yes, I know, these are just kids they’re dealing with, so beating them up in return would a bit too extreme, but they could’ve at least told them off worse than that. Something nice about it: This episode is supposed to be a metaphor for drug addiction, and I would say it at least does that well enough.
#2. Powerpuff Bluff Why it doesn’t work: Nearly every character in this episode brainless BEYOND ALL BELIEF in this episode! Three criminals disguise themselves as the Powerpuff girls and commit crimes as them. And the main joke of the episode is that no one can tell them apart, despite the fact that they are terrible at it. WHY DID THEY THINK THIS WOULD BE FUNNY??? In any case, they then run into the mayor again, and he invites them to his place. And what’s worse is that Ms. Bellum actually has half a brain and can see through those disguises, but she doesn’t say anything until it’s too late! When she finally tells the mayor, he HAS THE GIRLS ARRESTED!! Ms. Bellum arrives and tells them what’s going on, and the girls break out of jail, which at this point I don’t even blame them for. They then fight them off, but no, even the girls and criminals can’t tell each other apart from their counterpart. So they just fight their counterparts and finally throw the criminals in jail. But no, we have to end on a bad note, and apparently the girls are going back to jail for breaking out. What. Were. They. THINKING??? Something nice about it: Well, I suppose since this is one of the very first episodes, I could chalk this episode up to the crew not yet having found their groove. I’m sure they learned from episode this later on.
the only episodes i like from s5/6 r twas the fight b4 christmas, curses, aspirations, substitute creature, coupe d’etat, lying around the house, little miss interprets, octi gone & oops!…i did it again
3:35 How do you feel about Linus's security blanket in Charlie Brown. One of the running gags is everyone making fun or Linus for using it especially Lucy and she sometimes tries to get rid of it.
The difference with Linus’s security blanket in The Peanuts, though, is that, even though it’s something that Lucy and most of the other kids, except for Charlie Brown, tease him for having, the narrative still allows him to have it. I think they were framing Buttercup’s security blanket as more of a good luck charm that she used for self-confidence before fighting, rather than something that she had to have to talk to and walk around with to feel safe, no matter what, like Octi for Bubbles, or the security blanket for Linus in the Peanuts. For me, again, like with “Moral Decay,” it’s not so much the resolution/lesson that Buttercup was taught at the end of “Cover Up,” it was the needlessly mean-spirited, out of character, and hypocritical way in which Blossom and Bubbles got framed as being in the “right” for bullying and pressuring Buttercup to give it up. The resolution that Buttercup should realize that her strength to be a great fighter comes from within, rather than from her blanket, isn’t the problem in and of itself. It’s the execution that takes away her agency in the choice of whether to keep it or give it up Personally, I don’t see anything wrong with a five year old having a security blanket that they talk to and cuddle with for self-confidence, but I understand that Buttercup’s status quo as the “toughest fighter” had to remain. I get that it’s important to understand that one’s strength come from within, not from a good luck charm, and I get that that was the lesson they were trying to teach Buttercup in “Cover Up.” However, that doesn’t still mean they couldn’t have done it in a better way that didn’t condone sibling bullying to force them to “man up” by pressuring them to give up something they love that makes them feel lucky. Instead of having Buttercup give up the blanket after being bullied and pressured by Blossom and Bubbles to do so, it would have felt like more well-earned and positive character growth that gave her agency, if Professor Utonium had just had a conversation with Buttercup where he gently reminds that her strength comes from within, but if keeping the blanket really made her feel safer, she could keep it for as long as she liked, while still continuing to be the “toughest fighter” as well. *Then,* if the resolution was still that Buttercup gives up her blankie because she realizes that she doesn’t need it as a good luck charm, it would actually have felt like well-earned positive character growth that gave her agency in the matter. While I love the OG PPG cartoon, one of the weaknesses of the show’s writing was Buttercup centrics. They mostly seemed to exist to turn the world against her, even those she loved the most. Granted, there generally were times when she was being a brat, being disobedient, or making bad choices that led her there, but even then, I felt a sense of annoyance at how much the world seemed to be against her in them because it never got this bad for Blossom and Bubbles when they made bad choices or got in trouble in their centrics.
@@Schoolgirl325 Moral Decay is one of my favorite episodes of all time. I think it's a laugh riot. Ploy's are Us is also one of my favorite epsidoes and I love Down and Dirty. Also I don't think its out of character for Blossom and Bubbles to tease Buttercup. Sisters tease each other from time to time its normal. It's been a while since I watched cover up in particular but teaseing someone for having a blanket is a natural reaction. She hid the blanket because she didn't want people to think less of her. If she wasn't teased then she could just keep using her blanket like its no big deal. She would have no reason to get rid of it. I suppose it could have gotten destroyed and she could have needed to fight without it. How can you walk around with a blanket and not get called out by somebody?
@@Schoolgirl325 Why was the professor ok with Buttercup getting beat up. Powerpuff Girls runs on cartoon logic. In cartoons, you tend to exaggerate. You can't blow up a real person with dynamite but a cartoon character can blow up another cartoon character with dynamite. They are usually ok in the end. Also, she is a Powerpuff she can take it. They wrecked the town playing tag. Same with Down and Dirty. In cartoons you tend to exaggerate. A real person can't stink so bad you get kicked out of town.
@@Schoolgirl325 "While I love the OG PPG cartoon, one of the weaknesses of the show’s writing was Buttercup centrics." I didn't get what I wanted isn't really bad writing. Bad writing is the plot contradicting its self and plot holes. The Iffle Tower showing up in Eqypt. You could say the ones where they are hard on Buttercup are my least favorite. Having characters act out of character is also bad writing. None of them were out of character. You might have a case for Moral Decay. I thought the ending was perfect irony.
Film Flam is one of my favorates. *Bubbles:* I am the cutest and everyones favorate and I get to say NOTHING! Schoolhouse Rocked is also one of my favorates. Especially when Grubber transformed.
I actually really liked “Film Flam,” but then I really loved all of the episodes and segments that showed just how much of a caring, kind, protective, reasonably strict, sweet, selfless, and supportive dad Professor Utonium could be to the girls in episodes, such as “Uh Oh Dynamo,” “Collect Her,” “The PowerPuff Girls Best Rainy Day Adventure,” “PowerProf.,” “Knock It Off,” “Meet The Beat Alls,” “Helter Shelter,” “The Mane Event,” “Ploys ‘R Us,” “Boogie Frights,” and the 2002 prequel movie. 99% of this fandom is so obsessed with shipping the girls romantically with the RRB, but the REAL love stories in the OG PPG cartoon were the *family* relationships between the three girls as sisters and Professor Utonium as their father. Yeah, even in early seasons, they had some wildly ooc moments, particularly in “Moral Decay,” Cover Up,” and “Daylight Savings,” which the fans mostly ignore or at the very least, pretend ended in a better way that actually made sense and kept the characters credibility and integrity in tact. However, *for the most part,* all three of the girls really loved and supported each other as sisters, even if they bickered at times, and Professor Utonium loved all of them like daughters. And yeah, one of the flaws in the writing of the OG cartoon was the occasional thing of Buttercup’s centrics existing to get her in trouble, punish her, and/or make her suffer, even if she and/or the other characters had to be derailed to suddenly become unsympathetic to turn the world against her, Buttercup’s punishment for being in the wrong was disproportionate retribution (“Moral Decay”), double standards suddenly seemed to exist for what she could get away with doing versus what her sisters could get away with doing, and/or even when she wasn’t doing anything wrong at all (“Cover Up”). It’s like the writers did not seem to know how else to write centric episodes focused on the “toughest fighter” that weren’t about her failing, getting in trouble, or suffering, even when she didn’t do anything to deserve it. Some people point out that the writers seemed to hate her character because of how they wrote her centrics, but I don’t think that’s it. I think it’s the fact that the writers genuinely did not know how else they were supposed to write stories centered around the little girl who was the “toughest fighter” on a show that wanted to display how badass girly girls could be. Now, of course, the opposite problem in fictional media exists. Tomboys save the day and get the most positive focus all the time in stories, while girly girls are portrayed as weak, annoying, and/or damsels-in-distress.
You definitely hit the nail on the head with the tomboys getting all the attention and the girly girls getting shoved to the side. The reboot of this exact show is a pretty good example of that. That’s always been something that bugged me as a girly girl myself (although I do have some tomboyish tendencies) like I get trying to defy stereotypes of girls but then when you focus solely on defying a stereotype you kinda create a new one.
@@HackiePuffs Yeah, in the reboot it’s like the writers *overcorrected* the *occasional* flaw in the writing for Buttercup’s centrics in the OG cartoon mostly framing the character in a negative light, and/or giving her the short end of the stick. Thus, they made Blossom and Bubbles mostly irrelevant, weak, and useless in the reboot, and essentially turned Buttercup into a Mary Sue-type tomboy main character, who gets the most focus, and who does most of the saving of the day herself.
@Rokenrol Bro 2019 I think a major problem is that the classic PPG cartoon veered to far into a plot vs character driven cartoon at times, but then also added in nods to continuity. The writer didn’t always feel very strongly connected to consistent characterization because they didn’t have an overarching story, but then they also wanted to follow it at times, too, such as Mojo inadvertently having a hand in creating the girls, Professor Utonium creating the Dynamo robot for his kids to fight crime in, Bullet, the girls having killed the RRB in late S1 with kisses of death, Buttercup’s security blankie, Ms. Bellum and the girls cutting off all of Sedusa’s hair to punish her for her crimes in “Something’s A Ms” in her S6 reappearance, the Professor once getting hypnotized by an evil cat that used him to create a device that forced the entire human race to be slaves to cats, then making him jump off a building, Buttercup once having had a crush on Ace from The GangGreen Gang, the girls having stopped Mojo in “Monkey See-Doggy Doo,” Mojo trying the same plot all over again in “Monkey See Doggy-Doo Two,” the girls having battled HIM before, and Princess having been naughty for Christmas in the past by making crime illegal in “Bought and Scold” in the Christmas special. Granted, consistency and continuity in characterization and plot do not always have to be followed to a T in episodic cartoon sitcoms in order to be good. It worked on SpongeBob for the first three seasons pretty well, after all. However, SpongeBob also never tried to take itself seriously, or have any sort of nods to continuity at all. Each episode was in its own separate universe/timeline.
@Rokenrol Bro 2019 This is true. However, at least in regards to “Moral Decay,” I know it was at least partly written by Craig McCracken, who created the show, so it makes it all the more disappointing that he really flushed his show’s core themes of family and sisterhood between the girls and the Professor in that episode down the drain, so that he could go for cheaply shocking gratuitous violence with unfortunate implications at the end. It’s especially disappointing that it was followed by the really great segment of “Meet The Beat-Alls,” which he also wrote. Granted, I do think the classic PowerPuff Girls, while a good cartoon overall, was Craig McCracken’s first major creation/show when he was just starting out in his twenties to early thirties, so I can understand why his writing and storytelling choices were still occasionally more immature back then. Also, Lauren Faust, who was also involved in the writing of “Moral Decay,”and she was also one of the same writers of the previous episode “PowerProf.” in which the ending involved a twist reveal of the girls having very stupidly and thoughtlessly endangered their father’s safety and well-being by setting up a fight between him and Mojo Jojo, while having them locked away in a cage, all because they were too afraid to tell him that they didn’t want him to fight crime with them anymore because he inadvertently embarrassed them by being a Dad™️
My personal worst episodes of Season 1-4: 5. PowerPuff Bluff 4. Fallen Arches 3. Town and Out 2. Slumbering with the Enemy 1. Daylight Savings Dishonorable mentions: Moral Decay, and A Very Special Blossom.
@@HackiePuffs yeah I only called Very special blossom a guilty pleasure as I find it a bit more tolerable than the others. Slumbering with the Enemy. I guess I didn’t like the ending. And it’s unknown how the PPGs got their powers back after.
Honestly another thing that gets me about daylight savings time is how many people died because miss kean and the professor “s stupidity 😫 no one really thought of the long-term effect of this episode I think Miss kean and the professor got in some kind of comeuppance .
Came back here after 3 years(I'm Kaio the Hedgehog,now with a new name,a new person since 2021 and a MLP and anime fan). Cover Up gets a lot of hate though. No suprise that Buttercup stopped being my favorite Powerpuff as of August 2023(and even before that),and she was stupid on this episode. I used to like the episode back when my interest on the show revived but I stopped liking it after my interest on the show ended on summer 2021 and moved on.
That’s in my worst overall episodes list and not here because this episode was specifically looking at episodes from the first 4 seasons. But that was a pretty bad episode..
#5 Never watched Film Flam actually. #4 Schoolhouse Rocked is mostly good, but Miss Keane is an idiot, and this isn't the only episode where she lost brain cells. Getting Twiggy With It anyone? Yeah, trust the sociopathic school bully to take the class hamster home for a day. #3 Cover Up. Okay, this is an example of an episode that with a few tweaks, could've actually been good. And I'd like to explain some misconceptions. Number 1, the reason why Blossom was upset was because Buttercup would be late RESPONDING TO THE HOTLINE to stop crime. This is actually a big deal. They found her in a closet murmuring affirmations to herself with the blanket. Later on when they laugh, it's not because Buttercup has the blanket. It's because she actually thinks it has the power to make her a "great fighter" when she already _is_ a tough fighter. That's why Blossom says, "You don't need a blanket to _fight."_ An intervention with Buttercup WAS actually necessary, but the Professor is the one who should have gotten involved, not Blossom, and she should not have been forced to give up her blanket cold turkey. Whoa whoa, Blossom wasn't being "abusive" using the fake blanket. She was trying to get Buttercup through the fight. Do you think she hid the real thing or something? No, Buttercup misplaced it by accident and had a complete freakout. I can also explain why Blossom has kind of a "bitchy" attitude around comfort objects. It's because she's not that sentimental. She's the most "mature", so has less need for comfort objects. It doesn't condone her elitism but it's an explanation. #2 Fallen Arches. Hey Blossom, you know who else counts as your "elders"? EVERY SINGLE VILLAIN IN TOWNSVILLE OUTSIDE OF PRINCESS AND THE ROWDYRUFF BOYS! #1 Daylight Savings. The one funny thing about this episode was the Professor's over-dramatic reaction to the dreaded parent-teacher conference meeting, which if you're a parent, you can relate. NOBODY wants to go to those things. Also, when did Miss Keane become Chi-Chi? Education is important, but like saving the world, always takes precedence!
rhonda howard fair points you make on Cover Up but it still sucks the way Buttercup was treated. And by abusive tactic I meant tricking Buttercup psychologically just to prove a selfish point. That’s something that a lot of abusers do. Also it’s fine if Blossom doesn’t need a comfort object of any sorts but her sisters clearly do and she has no right to shame them for it. Buttercup may not have needed it to fight but she feels the need for it for comfort and confidence. That’s why she needs the blanket. Buttercup not showing up when the hotline rang yeah it is a bit of a problem but Blossom escalated it way beyond what was necessary. She could’ve went into battle with the monster and have Bubbles or the professor talk to Buttercup or the other way around with Blossom and Bubbles but instead she just forces Buttercup into battle when Buttercup isn’t in the right state of mind and is basically just like “suck it up”.
Hackie Puffs Yeah that was wrong. She should not have been forced to fight and she should not have been forced to give up her comfort object. That part I agree with.
You forgot to mention the professor and Miss keane faced no consequences for what they did in daylight savings time they just walked off scot-free for that and you think a major mistake like that would result in character development or some major reckoning but they didn’t and blossoms my favorite character in the show because identify with her the most there are some good blossom episodes out there like when she ran away for some thing and she has to prove herself or the eighth power episode where she does take responsibility in the end for her actions unlike what Miss Keane did here
i agree about daylight savings. the worlds a hell of a lot more important than a damn education. they wouldnt even have one if townsville burned 2 the fucking ground
Daylight Savings is an episode I actually thought was funny. I thought it was funny that Ms Keane was all business and doesn’t allow students to slack off. I thought she was being a little unreasonable about the whole falling asleep in class thing, though. Why does she keep brushing off the fact that the girls are SUPERHEROES and have a responsibility to SAVE the world? I get that’s the joke, but it makes the characters come off as ignorant and annoying. But I thought the ending was really funny. Especially the day was saved part.
My least favorates are Catastrophe( The blob lost his cat lame), Live and Let Dynamo all of that (for one joke), and Equal Fights ( I agree with the message but I wish I was watching a funny episode instead of a message one.
icecream hero I don’t mind message or heartfelt episodes but I was debating on if I should put Equal Fights on here or not but I decided not to so I could make a solo review on it sometime later. I didn’t think Catastrophe was that boring and I did like Bubbles a lot in that episode (although I like her a lot in general that’s why she’s my favorite) and I do admit the ending of Live and Let Dynamo was kinda meh but I found the rest of the episode entertaining and it had a really fun action sequence. 💙💖
@Rokenrol Bro 2019 In Equal Fights they didn't do anything other than act rude and they learned their lesson. Femme Fatale robbed Banks, the PPG didn't do their chores. Big difference. Did you watch the episode? Members Only is awesome. Completely flawless.
@Rokenrol Bro 2019 "Where no male superhero can look good or outshine them, they have to be changed into sexist jerks" I don't think it's that. I don't recall Major Man being sexist, Or the Mayor in Hot Air Buffoon LOL. I think its more that other superheroes rarely showed up because they didn't need to most of the time. You don't see that many female superheroes in PPG either.
@Rokenrol Bro 2019 Well how eles where they going to stop him? Also its like Looney Tunes nobody dies in Powerpuff Girls. Also maybe they told the monster not to hurt anyone. You don't know.
@Rokenrol Bro 2019 Huh? you're right that would have worked. They could have followed him around all day, did a stakeout, and then gave the footage to the news then they could play it on tv. So once again the day is saved thanks to the Powerpuff Girls. I still like the episode though.
film flams awesome! it makes me lmao that professor dresses up like a lady. i love that hes not even embarrassed about it & only cares about warning the girls bernies a fraud & punches him out at the end. hes my favorite character. get well soon tom kane aka professor & him :(
I consider, "A very special Blossom" is the worse. If Blossom was being sentence to Community Service, then PPG will be useless to fight the villains. Need a proper sequel or else more wicked things erupts the city.
I’m like 99 percent sure she would have been allowed to do her super hero duties and if not maybe Bubbles and Buttercup were able to handle it themselves. Also 200 hours is a little over a week so I say she got a light punishment given she stole an expensive item and tried to falsely accuse someone else of what she did. Also this might be an unpopular opinion but I actually really like that episode. It teaches a lesson that no matter how good your intentions are actions with still have consequences and good intentions won’t let you get off Scott free. A VERY good lesson!!!
Honestly I have a head cannon where it turned out the sheriff committed a worse crime than she did and he got fired that’s why we don’t see him another episodes 😊
For #1 Risking for cur-view is a risk of people dying, not proposing having right to save the people, so theatrically, saving people, AND having power is a better Responsibility.
neither did i. i felt sorry 4 her at the end of a very special blossom. town & out was a bad episode but it wasnt horrible like the other ones on this list except film flam. i like that one. i never realized how bad schoolhouse rocked was when i was little
I’m interested in how Paste Makes Waste and Ice Sore are not mentions for the worst episodes of Seasons 1-4, as the Powerpuff Girls are pretty unlikable in both episodes, especially Buttercup.
Nobody talks about this with Paste Makes Waste but why is Buttercup the only one called out for bullying Elmer when the whole class was doing it, including Mitch? But Mitch gets no repercussions whatsoever. And Ice Sore seemed to have everything backwards with the girls. Bubbles and Buttercup get mad at Blossom for literally saving kids from heat stroke? Why?
@@rhondahoward8025 "Paste Makes Waste" - To Ms. Keane's credit, she does her best to stop most of the children from bullying Elmer, and she didn't expect Buttercup to participate in it because she and her sisters are superheroes. And to be fair to Buttercup, she just thought they were all having fun, and she did feel guilty when Elmer cried (who wouldn't if you had glue and sticks thrown at you in at high speed). Though Ms. Keane should have also told Elmer about how unhealthy it was to eat paste, instead of just saying it was because eating paste was "an imitatable act". "Ice Sore" - I think it's Bubbles and Buttercup were just jealous that Blossom had a superpower that they didn't, and because all three girls were superheroines who only fought against criminals and/or incoming dangers, the Girls were most likely under the impression that the "emergencies" only referred to crimes going on in Townsville. To add on to the point, example, in "Geshundfight", Blossom _did_ dismiss the Mayor's call for an illness as "not a real emergency" and gave him the best advice she could to make sure he got better. To be fair, the Powerpuff Girls were crime-fighters, not doctors or pharmacists. Only when they got sick too did they now take the issue more seriously. Edit: I rewatched the episode, and Blossom did indeed know everyone else was sick, and told the Mayor to tell everyone to get rest. Sorry about the mistake.
@@yunidai16Thanks for giving your thoughts on the situation. I’m a lot nicer towards Paste Makes Waste now. I originally saw no positive things in Buttercup as a character.
I honestly 100% agree with you on Blossom! She makes me REALLY mad particularly in the episodes you demonstrated in the video! She’s honestly a low key Karen! I also NEVER liked Miss Keane (I don’t care if I got her name wrong) she was just unprofessional and unfair in some episodes IMO! Also Moral Decay is my least favorite episode! Yes Buttercup did a bad thing and was out of character and I am not saying she shouldn’t get punished for what she did however the way her family was to her at the end was heartless and EXTREMELY unnecessary!
2:22 It's ironic consider blossom's prize object is her bow! Also Bubbles is hypocrite as she has Octi! It's normal for her age. Why not Buttercup? Why does they have against her? 3:00 God dang it! 5:46 Please no. The PPG are needed to save the city. "They dedicate their life to fight crime", as the intro say. And it's Ms Keane, of all people, who prevent them to fight a city in need. She is putting life in danger!
3:38 Idk what Blossom’s on about? I mean there’s nothing wrong with having a comfort object. I mean Buttercup is still a child anyways, and even if she wasn’t, she shouldn’t make a big deal out of it. I mean just because she’s a superhero doesn’t mean she’s a serious one.
@@HackiePuffs Honestly i think i would've been fine with the episode if they would've made it where the girls apologize to the boys they wronged or at least tell them how they felt at the end (maybe they did but only off screen) or maybe make a future episode or comic showing how the girls felt after on how they treated the boys
Guys I made a typo it’s gonna be the Top 5 Best Powerpuff Girls episodes of seasons 5-6!! 💙💖
I personally like Cover Up because I found it relatable. My interpretation was more that Buttercup viewed her blanket as a lucky charm that she was weak without more so than a standard comfort item, something she says in the episode.
I think it's important to realize your strength comes from within because what if you were to lose your comfort item? That's happened to me once so I think it's important to learn.
There's nothing wrong with comfort items but I always felt that we were supposed to see the scenario as more of lucky charm than a comfort item, which felt like the point Blossom was trying to make IMO.
Saying she was being abusive seems a bit harsh.
Hopefully we can agree to disagree.
Blossoms: you need to grow up!!
Me: bubbles is child!!... Blossoms.
IKR!!!
I actually like Blossom (Along with Bubbles and Buttercup). Even though she can be bossy, vain, and arrogant at times, she deeply cares for her sisters, and wants to protect them. I think, and correct me if I'm wrong on this one, I think that wanting to protect her sisters is the reason for her bossiness
Also, A Very Special Blossom is my worst Powerpuff Girls episode. I know, what Blossom did was wrong, but that ending was too harsh for her! (In my opinion)
Even though Blossom has been my favourite of my girls for as long as I can remember, you brought up some excellent points on her least favourable moments you explained here. I hope that the next reboot will not feature her being a little mean about her sisters' attachments to their comfort objects whilst toning down her uptightness and arrogance.
I think most of these horrible powerpuff girls episodes deserved some better remake. Not just just the show itself, the but the whole writing that need to be improve better. No matter we got some horrible episodes with alot endless explanation of questions, I think it's time to re-script the plot into a different direction.
I'm not even gonna lie, Blossom is a complete female dog half the time, but she's my favorite of the trio still
From what I've seen of the show so far, I agree with the daylights savings episode
I disagree with you with Blossom. Sure Blossom can act a little bit of a stuck up at times, but she is at least still however a kind and likable(well likable to me though)character.
Totally fair!! I might not like Blossom but I can see why other people would her arrogance just sticks out like a sore thumb for me.
she was my favorite girl when i was little & still is
How could you say such mean things about me???
Look I don’t intend on being rude or bashing on anyone who does like you. It’s just that you’re my personal least favorite PPG and I’m explaining why. Just my opinion and I’ll respect anyone else’s as long as they’re civil about it.
Hackie Puffs don’t worry about it.
Hey, Blossom
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@@blossomutonium8878 Keep up the awesome work of keeping Townsville safe :)
The "Daylight Savings" episode could've been a stepping stone for something potential.
There needs to be a group of supers to lead the night patrol & handle crimes pass the PPGs' bed time.
That way the Girls will get plenty of peaceful sleeping knowing that crime is being handled late at night pass curfew.
All girls have a comfort item blossom has her bow bubbles has octi buttercup has her blanket
True one could make that argument but wouldn’t that make Blossom a hypocrite to shame Bubbles and Buttercup for theirs??
Yeah when she's no better
actually the number one worst episodes moral decay. everybody was totally ooc. buttercup might be a badass but she’d never knock her sisters’ or anybodys teeth out on purpose just 4 money. its an accident when she first knocks bubbles’ out & she feels like crap, apologizes over & over but then all of a sudden she just changes her mind & starts doing it 2 her & everybody else 4 no reason. when she gets beaten up at the end professor doesnt even care. he’d be disappointed too but shes his fucking daughter & he’d be worried sick about her
3:42 Not to mention the fact that they *are* children, so for Blossom to tell Bubbles to grow up was not only uncalled for, it was also out of place.
1:48 Yeah, I didn't like the way Ms. Keen treated the girls either, and I especially hated it when the Powerpuff girls told her that the Gangreen gang started the fight when they were throwing paste, Ms. Keen's response was "It doesn't matter who started it, what matters is that you fought back." It does matter who started it, because:
1) If someone fights you and you fight back, it's called self-dense and self-defense isn't wrong.
2) She should know better than to think that the powerpuff girls would just attack people for no reason.
3) Even when both parties are in the wrong, it's hypocritical to punish one side for retaliation but not the other side who started it and gave them a reason to (especially when they were grown men).
The Gangreen Gang are actually teenagers but yeah you get the point
*My List:*
1.Out of Town (S03E02)
2.Cover Up (S01E04)
3.Paste Makes Waste (S01E08)
4.Fallen Arches (S03E01)
5.Forced Kin'(S04E07)
Cover up is S02E11
town and out, not out of town
Blossom is a hypocrite when it comes to shaming her sisters for having comfort objects. Just read the official PPG comic "Bow Jest" and you'll see what I mean.
I think I saw a few snippets of it and that makes it even worse..
I don't think comics are canon to be fair.
@Rokenrol Bro 2019 No one really mentions this about Bubbles in Octi Gone, but she got away with acting like a brat in that episode.
Alice summed it up better than I could so I'll just repost what she wrote on DeviantArt here:
_I agree on Bubbles coming off as exceedingly whiny and annoying in “Octi Evil.” After seeing the 2002 movie, I’ve always thought that Octi was so important to her because he was the first gift that her father, Professor Utonium, bought for her. Actually, exploring why Octi had so much sentimental value to her would have been a compelling story. Instead, we get Bubbles being a whiny brat by ruining the dinner party her family was throwing, being irrationally accusatory towards all the guests, and having an excessive attachment to that stuffed animal to the point of ridiculous distraction, even during school lessons and battles with monsters._
"Bow Jest" was pretty messed up with its moral. I know people gave "Cover Up" flack for Buttercup "being forced to" give up her blanket, her sisters laughing at Buttercup for her excuse, etcetera. However, they had no bad intentions, and they at least tried to reassure her that she didn't need the blanket to be a great fighter. When Buttercup did get it back, her sisters were annoyed because they thought she didn't learn her lesson about not needing it. Yes, Blossom's method, while dishonest and morally wrong, did help Buttercup realize that even without her real blanket, she fought as well as ever. Her sisters never really forbade her to have the blanket. Buttercup gave up the blanket because she felt she was caught between either confessing that she just had a soft spot for her blanket, or giving her blanket up and covering her secret.
In contrast, the comic "Bow Jest" has Bubbles make fun of Blossom for "needing her bow to fight", and Buttercup stealing her bow the next day, smugly rubbing it in Blossom's face, and no one steps in to solve the issue, at least until Mojo Jojo comes in and takes it from Buttercup. Even when Bubbles gets the bow back from Mojo Jojo and gives it back to Blossom, it's done out of annoyance with the latter.
While it's understandable that Blossom is supposed to learn that her abilities don't come from her bow, but from her own self-confidence, it's a bit messed up that the narrative still brushes off Bubbles and Buttercup tormenting Blossom as them "teaching her a lesson".
Daylight savings bothered me as well. No, education is not more important than keeping Townsville safe
Also one more thing it’s not gonna be daylight savings forever so what’s gonna happen afterwards?? Are they gonna stick with this stupid curfew thing??
yeah I don’t understand that, Miss Keene was completely dumb in this episode.
& right after she says school is & he just agrees with her all of a sudden. at least he realizes the clocks were wrong at the end & so was she
I love Powerpuff Girls
blossom is my favorite ppg and i truly love her but never forget octi evil where she tells bubbles to put her doll away. and how was blossom doing an abuse tactic?
I realize that might’ve been a strong way to describe the fake out she pulled on Buttercup but what I meant to get across was that Blossom was tricking Buttercup psychologically just to prove a selfish point which is something a lot of abusers do. Regardless of age Blossom’s attitude towards comfort objects really irks me on a personal level.
@@HackiePuffs what is with blossoms problem with comfort items? i remember an exempt from a chapter book where blossom told ms keane that she had bubbles put away her octi doll in class and ms keane praised blossom for that irrc
and also theres a chapter book resolving around her which is called "blossoming out" which blossom wants to be an adult and tries to act like one so she tried to drink coffee once and had her own room and her sisters and the professor didnt like t hat and she ends up missing her sisters and the professor at the end.
Let’s not forget that scene in Octi Gone where Bubbles couldn’t find Octi at bedtime and Blossom told her to come to bed because she couldn’t sleep which btw is a bs reason if Buttercup can sleep without her why can’t you Blossom?? And then instead of trying to help Bubbles look for Octi she goes into a tirade about how Bubbles only wants it because she’s insecure and just needs to “get over it” and grow up. First of all you guys are 5 she doesn’t need to grow up, second having a plushy for comfort doesn’t always mean someone is insecure, third if having a plushy cause they are insecure isn’t a bad thing, and fourth telling someone to just “get over it” is one of the most insensitive things you can say to someone going through anything!! And then when Bubbles finds Octi she says “this time but maybe some day you won’t” Blossom are you threatening to do something to Octi?? Freaking wench.
@@HackiePuffs man blossom tries so hard to be the "grown up" one in the trio and blossom lowkey has the vibes of "i exist and i am going to make it everyones elses problem". in one of the comics she told buttercup that bubbles will outgrow her own shows while watching dr blowtop in her own time like dude lol y'all five
IMO
Favourite seasons:
1. Season 1
2. Season 2
3. Season 3
Least favourite seasons:
3. Season 4
2. Season 5
1. Season 6
I have a hard time ranking the seasons honestly 🤣
Honestly judging by this episode I just wondered what Miss Keene would’ve done during the pandemic would she got forced all the kids to go to class she probably would’ve gotten arrested for that for breaking Covid curfew😫
I actually like Schoolhouse Rocked! It was a pretty good episode, but I don’t think Miss Keane wasn’t the most intelligent in this episode…
She was way worse in daylight savings time 😤
Daylight saving was a pretty forgettable episode in my opinion
,However i did find the ending pretty hilarious tbh 😂
I guess it was pretty funny how over the top the professor acted at some areas but the stupid plot line is still there at the end
Alright, my list here is back up.
TLDR
#5. Mojo Jonesin’
#4. Moral Decay
#3. Bought and Scold
#2. Powerpuff Bluff
#1. The Headsucker’s Moxy
#5. Mojo Jonesin’
Why it doesn’t work: A disguised Mojo Jojo offers some kids temporary powers, and when they wear off, they of course want more. Mojo agrees, but on the condition that they destroy (aka KILL) the girls! They agree without a moment’s hesitation, and ACTUALLY DO IT! Mojo then reveals himself, but by then it’s too late, and their powers are wearing off again. Then I guess the writers wrote themselves into a corner, so the kids use the last of their temporary powers to revive the girls. Then we get another problem I have with this episode. The girls just blow off the fact that they were basically murdered. If I recall correctly, in the episode Mime For A Change, even when Mr. Mime became Rainbow the Clown again, they didn’t just forgive him, they still beat him up and throw him in jail. In this episode, they basically just say “Oh, haha, don’t do that again.” WITH BIG SMILES ON THEIR FACES!! Yes, I know, these are just kids they’re dealing with, so beating them up in return would a bit too extreme, but they could’ve at least told them off worse than that.
Something nice about it: This episode is supposed to be a metaphor for drug addiction, and I would say it at least does that well enough.
#2. Powerpuff Bluff
Why it doesn’t work: Nearly every character in this episode brainless BEYOND ALL BELIEF in this episode! Three criminals disguise themselves as the Powerpuff girls and commit crimes as them. And the main joke of the episode is that no one can tell them apart, despite the fact that they are terrible at it. WHY DID THEY THINK THIS WOULD BE FUNNY??? In any case, they then run into the mayor again, and he invites them to his place. And what’s worse is that Ms. Bellum actually has half a brain and can see through those disguises, but she doesn’t say anything until it’s too late! When she finally tells the mayor, he HAS THE GIRLS ARRESTED!! Ms. Bellum arrives and tells them what’s going on, and the girls break out of jail, which at this point I don’t even blame them for. They then fight them off, but no, even the girls and criminals can’t tell each other apart from their counterpart. So they just fight their counterparts and finally throw the criminals in jail. But no, we have to end on a bad note, and apparently the girls are going back to jail for breaking out. What. Were. They. THINKING???
Something nice about it: Well, I suppose since this is one of the very first episodes, I could chalk this episode up to the crew not yet having found their groove. I’m sure they learned from episode this later on.
6:05 good thing that i watched that video! So i get the reference >:3
Pikavee PPGxRRB yeah I love Let Me Explain studios 💙💖
Same here, but I watched that video earlier this week.
Yes, I know the show went bad around S5/6, but honestly the cracks started to show around season 3 or 4 (in my opinion)
Just goes to show that even during prime time no show is perfect
Exactly
Honestly, after marathoning seasons 3 and 4 I’d honestly have to agree with that statement.
the only episodes i like from s5/6 r twas the fight b4 christmas, curses, aspirations, substitute creature, coupe d’etat, lying around the house, little miss interprets, octi gone & oops!…i did it again
5:29 I feel bad for blossom
3:35 How do you feel about Linus's security blanket in Charlie Brown. One of the running gags is everyone making fun or Linus for using it especially Lucy and she sometimes tries to get rid of it.
icecream hero I’m not the biggest Charlie Brown fan but based off of what you’re telling me if I was I would probably feel the same way
The difference with Linus’s security blanket in The Peanuts, though, is that, even though it’s something that Lucy and most of the other kids, except for Charlie Brown, tease him for having, the narrative still allows him to have it. I think they were framing Buttercup’s security blanket as more of a good luck charm that she used for self-confidence before fighting, rather than something that she had to have to talk to and walk around with to feel safe, no matter what, like Octi for Bubbles, or the security blanket for Linus in the Peanuts.
For me, again, like with “Moral Decay,” it’s not so much the resolution/lesson that Buttercup was taught at the end of “Cover Up,” it was the needlessly mean-spirited, out of character, and hypocritical way in which Blossom and Bubbles got framed as being in the “right” for bullying and pressuring Buttercup to give it up. The resolution that Buttercup should realize that her strength to be a great fighter comes from within, rather than from her blanket, isn’t the problem in and of itself. It’s the execution that takes away her agency in the choice of whether to keep it or give it up
Personally, I don’t see anything wrong with a five year old having a security blanket that they talk to and cuddle with for self-confidence, but I understand that Buttercup’s status quo as the “toughest fighter” had to remain. I get that it’s important to understand that one’s strength come from within, not from a good luck charm, and I get that that was the lesson they were trying to teach Buttercup in “Cover Up.”
However, that doesn’t still mean they couldn’t have done it in a better way that didn’t condone sibling bullying to force them to “man up” by pressuring them to give up something they love that makes them feel lucky.
Instead of having Buttercup give up the blanket after being bullied and pressured by Blossom and Bubbles to do so, it would have felt like more well-earned and positive character growth that gave her agency, if Professor Utonium had just had a conversation with Buttercup where he gently reminds that her strength comes from within, but if keeping the blanket really made her feel safer, she could keep it for as long as she liked, while still continuing to be the “toughest fighter” as well.
*Then,* if the resolution was still that Buttercup gives up her blankie because she realizes that she doesn’t need it as a good luck charm, it would actually have felt like well-earned positive character growth that gave her agency in the matter.
While I love the OG PPG cartoon, one of the weaknesses of the show’s writing was Buttercup centrics. They mostly seemed to exist to turn the world against her, even those she loved the most. Granted, there generally were times when she was being a brat, being disobedient, or making bad choices that led her there, but even then, I felt a sense of annoyance at how much the world seemed to be against her in them because it never got this bad for Blossom and Bubbles when they made bad choices or got in trouble in their centrics.
@@Schoolgirl325 Moral Decay is one of my favorite episodes of all time. I think it's a laugh riot. Ploy's are Us is also one of my favorite epsidoes and I love Down and Dirty. Also I don't think its out of character for Blossom and Bubbles to tease Buttercup. Sisters tease each other from time to time its normal. It's been a while since I watched cover up in particular but teaseing someone for having a blanket is a natural reaction. She hid the blanket because she didn't want people to think less of her. If she wasn't teased then she could just keep using her blanket like its no big deal. She would have no reason to get rid of it. I suppose it could have gotten destroyed and she could have needed to fight without it. How can you walk around with a blanket and not get called out by somebody?
@@Schoolgirl325 Why was the professor ok with Buttercup getting beat up. Powerpuff Girls runs on cartoon logic. In cartoons, you tend to exaggerate. You can't blow up a real person with dynamite but a cartoon character can blow up another cartoon character with dynamite. They are usually ok in the end. Also, she is a Powerpuff she can take it. They wrecked the town playing tag. Same with Down and Dirty. In cartoons you tend to exaggerate. A real person can't stink so bad you get kicked out of town.
@@Schoolgirl325 "While I love the OG PPG cartoon, one of the weaknesses of the show’s writing was Buttercup centrics." I didn't get what I wanted isn't really bad writing. Bad writing is the plot contradicting its self and plot holes. The Iffle Tower showing up in Eqypt. You could say the ones where they are hard on Buttercup are my least favorite. Having characters act out of character is also bad writing. None of them were out of character. You might have a case for Moral Decay. I thought the ending was perfect irony.
Film Flam is one of my favorates. *Bubbles:* I am the cutest and everyones favorate and I get to say NOTHING! Schoolhouse Rocked is also one of my favorates. Especially when Grubber transformed.
icecream hero I just found Film Flam kinda unpleasant and forgettable. And as for the scene where grubber transformed... *shudder*
The worst episode ever was a very special blossom how could they do this to my favorite powerpuff girl
*man, I have not seen these type of people in a very long time*
What types? Like blossom?
I actually really liked “Film Flam,” but then I really loved all of the episodes and segments that showed just how much of a caring, kind, protective, reasonably strict, sweet, selfless, and supportive dad Professor Utonium could be to the girls in episodes, such as “Uh Oh Dynamo,” “Collect Her,” “The PowerPuff Girls Best Rainy Day Adventure,” “PowerProf.,” “Knock It Off,” “Meet The Beat Alls,” “Helter Shelter,” “The Mane Event,” “Ploys ‘R Us,” “Boogie Frights,” and the 2002 prequel movie. 99% of this fandom is so obsessed with shipping the girls romantically with the RRB, but the REAL love stories in the OG PPG cartoon were the *family* relationships between the three girls as sisters and Professor Utonium as their father.
Yeah, even in early seasons, they had some wildly ooc moments, particularly in “Moral Decay,” Cover Up,” and “Daylight Savings,” which the fans mostly ignore or at the very least, pretend ended in a better way that actually made sense and kept the characters credibility and integrity in tact. However, *for the most part,* all three of the girls really loved and supported each other as sisters, even if they bickered at times, and Professor Utonium loved all of them like daughters.
And yeah, one of the flaws in the writing of the OG cartoon was the occasional thing of Buttercup’s centrics existing to get her in trouble, punish her, and/or make her suffer, even if she and/or the other characters had to be derailed to suddenly become unsympathetic to turn the world against her, Buttercup’s punishment for being in the wrong was disproportionate retribution (“Moral Decay”), double standards suddenly seemed to exist for what she could get away with doing versus what her sisters could get away with doing, and/or even when she wasn’t doing anything wrong at all (“Cover Up”). It’s like the writers did not seem to know how else to write centric episodes focused on the “toughest fighter” that weren’t about her failing, getting in trouble, or suffering, even when she didn’t do anything to deserve it. Some people point out that the writers seemed to hate her character because of how they wrote her centrics, but I don’t think that’s it. I think it’s the fact that the writers genuinely did not know how else they were supposed to write stories centered around the little girl who was the “toughest fighter” on a show that wanted to display how badass girly girls could be. Now, of course, the opposite problem in fictional media exists. Tomboys save the day and get the most positive focus all the time in stories, while girly girls are portrayed as weak, annoying, and/or damsels-in-distress.
You definitely hit the nail on the head with the tomboys getting all the attention and the girly girls getting shoved to the side. The reboot of this exact show is a pretty good example of that. That’s always been something that bugged me as a girly girl myself (although I do have some tomboyish tendencies) like I get trying to defy stereotypes of girls but then when you focus solely on defying a stereotype you kinda create a new one.
@@HackiePuffs Yeah, in the reboot it’s like the writers *overcorrected* the *occasional* flaw in the writing for Buttercup’s centrics in the OG cartoon mostly framing the character in a negative light, and/or giving her the short end of the stick. Thus, they made Blossom and Bubbles mostly irrelevant, weak, and useless in the reboot, and essentially turned Buttercup into a Mary Sue-type tomboy main character, who gets the most focus, and who does most of the saving of the day herself.
@Rokenrol Bro 2019 I think a major problem is that the classic PPG cartoon veered to far into a plot vs character driven cartoon at times, but then also added in nods to continuity. The writer didn’t always feel very strongly connected to consistent characterization because they didn’t have an overarching story, but then they also wanted to follow it at times, too, such as Mojo inadvertently having a hand in creating the girls, Professor Utonium creating the Dynamo robot for his kids to fight crime in, Bullet, the girls having killed the RRB in late S1 with kisses of death, Buttercup’s security blankie, Ms. Bellum and the girls cutting off all of Sedusa’s hair to punish her for her crimes in “Something’s A Ms” in her S6 reappearance, the Professor once getting hypnotized by an evil cat that used him to create a device that forced the entire human race to be slaves to cats, then making him jump off a building, Buttercup once having had a crush on Ace from The GangGreen Gang, the girls having stopped Mojo in “Monkey See-Doggy Doo,” Mojo trying the same plot all over again in “Monkey See Doggy-Doo Two,” the girls having battled HIM before, and Princess having been naughty for Christmas in the past by making crime illegal in “Bought and Scold” in the Christmas special.
Granted, consistency and continuity in characterization and plot do not always have to be followed to a T in episodic cartoon sitcoms in order to be good. It worked on SpongeBob for the first three seasons pretty well, after all. However, SpongeBob also never tried to take itself seriously, or have any sort of nods to continuity at all. Each episode was in its own separate universe/timeline.
@Rokenrol Bro 2019 This is true. However, at least in regards to “Moral Decay,” I know it was at least partly written by Craig McCracken, who created the show, so it makes it all the more disappointing that he really flushed his show’s core themes of family and sisterhood between the girls and the Professor in that episode down the drain, so that he could go for cheaply shocking gratuitous violence with unfortunate implications at the end. It’s especially disappointing that it was followed by the really great segment of “Meet The Beat-Alls,” which he also wrote.
Granted, I do think the classic PowerPuff Girls, while a good cartoon overall, was Craig McCracken’s first major creation/show when he was just starting out in his twenties to early thirties, so I can understand why his writing and storytelling choices were still occasionally more immature back then. Also, Lauren Faust, who was also involved in the writing of “Moral Decay,”and she was also one of the same writers of the previous episode “PowerProf.” in which the ending involved a twist reveal of the girls having very stupidly and thoughtlessly endangered their father’s safety and well-being by setting up a fight between him and Mojo Jojo, while having them locked away in a cage, all because they were too afraid to tell him that they didn’t want him to fight crime with them anymore because he inadvertently embarrassed them by being a Dad™️
@@Schoolgirl325 so did i. i love that hes not embarrassed about dressing up like a woman & only cares about warning his kids the movie was fake
Make a video of the best Powerpuff episodes.
Kaio The Hedgehog next video 😉💙💖
@@HackiePuffs OK. Make also your best Simpsons and Dexter´s Lab episodes, because i love these shows.
Kaio The Hedgehog I don’t watch those shows sorry
And moral decay is the worst
Yeah I was considering putting moral decay on here but I decided not to so I could save it for a solo review.
cover up is my least favorite episode :/
Its Gigi Luna number 3!! 💙💖👍🏻
Personally I would replace schoolhouse rock with moral decay
I was considering putting Moral Decay on this list but I decided to save it for its own video
My personal worst episodes of Season 1-4:
5. PowerPuff Bluff
4. Fallen Arches
3. Town and Out
2. Slumbering with the Enemy
1. Daylight Savings
Dishonorable mentions: Moral Decay, and A Very Special Blossom.
The only ones I really disagree with are A Very Special Blossom and Slumbering with the Enemy but either way I respect your opinions 💙💖
@@HackiePuffs yeah I only called Very special blossom a guilty pleasure as I find it a bit more tolerable than the others.
Slumbering with the Enemy. I guess I didn’t like the ending. And it’s unknown how the PPGs got their powers back after.
I’m guessing antidote x is only temporary or the professor just gave them a dose of chemical x to balance it out
@@HackiePuffs yeah the second option sounds right.
Honestly another thing that gets me about daylight savings time is how many people died because miss kean and the professor “s stupidity 😫 no one really thought of the long-term effect of this episode I think Miss kean and the professor got in some kind of comeuppance .
Came back here after 3 years(I'm Kaio the Hedgehog,now with a new name,a new person since 2021 and a MLP and anime fan).
Cover Up gets a lot of hate though. No suprise that Buttercup stopped being my favorite Powerpuff as of August 2023(and even before that),and she was stupid on this episode. I used to like the episode back when my interest on the show revived but I stopped liking it after my interest on the show ended on summer 2021 and moved on.
What about Moral Decay or A Very Special Blossom?
The worst episode was the sunburn thing
That’s in my worst overall episodes list and not here because this episode was specifically looking at episodes from the first 4 seasons. But that was a pretty bad episode..
#5 Never watched Film Flam actually.
#4 Schoolhouse Rocked is mostly good, but Miss Keane is an idiot, and this isn't the only episode where she lost brain cells. Getting Twiggy With It anyone? Yeah, trust the sociopathic school bully to take the class hamster home for a day.
#3 Cover Up.
Okay, this is an example of an episode that with a few tweaks, could've actually been good. And I'd like to explain some misconceptions. Number 1, the reason why Blossom was upset was because Buttercup would be late RESPONDING TO THE HOTLINE to stop crime. This is actually a big deal. They found her in a closet murmuring affirmations to herself with the blanket. Later on when they laugh, it's not because Buttercup has the blanket. It's because she actually thinks it has the power to make her a "great fighter" when she already _is_ a tough fighter. That's why Blossom says, "You don't need a blanket to _fight."_
An intervention with Buttercup WAS actually necessary, but the Professor is the one who should have gotten involved, not Blossom, and she should not have been forced to give up her blanket cold turkey.
Whoa whoa, Blossom wasn't being "abusive" using the fake blanket. She was trying to get Buttercup through the fight. Do you think she hid the real thing or something? No, Buttercup misplaced it by accident and had a complete freakout.
I can also explain why Blossom has kind of a "bitchy" attitude around comfort objects. It's because she's not that sentimental. She's the most "mature", so has less need for comfort objects. It doesn't condone her elitism but it's an explanation.
#2 Fallen Arches.
Hey Blossom, you know who else counts as your "elders"? EVERY SINGLE VILLAIN IN TOWNSVILLE OUTSIDE OF PRINCESS AND THE ROWDYRUFF BOYS!
#1 Daylight Savings.
The one funny thing about this episode was the Professor's over-dramatic reaction to the dreaded parent-teacher conference meeting, which if you're a parent, you can relate. NOBODY wants to go to those things.
Also, when did Miss Keane become Chi-Chi? Education is important, but like saving the world, always takes precedence!
rhonda howard fair points you make on Cover Up but it still sucks the way Buttercup was treated. And by abusive tactic I meant tricking Buttercup psychologically just to prove a selfish point. That’s something that a lot of abusers do. Also it’s fine if Blossom doesn’t need a comfort object of any sorts but her sisters clearly do and she has no right to shame them for it. Buttercup may not have needed it to fight but she feels the need for it for comfort and confidence. That’s why she needs the blanket. Buttercup not showing up when the hotline rang yeah it is a bit of a problem but Blossom escalated it way beyond what was necessary. She could’ve went into battle with the monster and have Bubbles or the professor talk to Buttercup or the other way around with Blossom and Bubbles but instead she just forces Buttercup into battle when Buttercup isn’t in the right state of mind and is basically just like “suck it up”.
Hackie Puffs Yeah that was wrong. She should not have been forced to fight and she should not have been forced to give up her comfort object. That part I agree with.
I'm suprised Town N Out isn't on here
Agreed
You forgot to mention the professor and Miss keane faced no consequences for what they did in daylight savings time they just walked off scot-free for that and you think a major mistake like that would result in character development or some major reckoning but they didn’t and blossoms my favorite character in the show because identify with her the most there are some good blossom episodes out there like when she ran away for some thing and she has to prove herself or the eighth power episode where she does take responsibility in the end for her actions unlike what Miss Keane did here
miss keane was the one who deserved all the blame. professor realizes she was wrong when he sees he 4got 2 change the clocks
i agree about daylight savings. the worlds a hell of a lot more important than a damn education. they wouldnt even have one if townsville burned 2 the fucking ground
For #4 that's true that unidentifiable knowledge of following rules of school though, people have right saving people's life's.
Daylight Savings is an episode I actually thought was funny. I thought it was funny that Ms Keane was all business and doesn’t allow students to slack off. I thought she was being a little unreasonable about the whole falling asleep in class thing, though. Why does she keep brushing off the fact that the girls are SUPERHEROES and have a responsibility to SAVE the world? I get that’s the joke, but it makes the characters come off as ignorant and annoying. But I thought the ending was really funny. Especially the day was saved part.
My least favorates are Catastrophe( The blob lost his cat lame), Live and Let Dynamo all of that (for one joke), and Equal Fights ( I agree with the message but I wish I was watching a funny episode instead of a message one.
icecream hero I don’t mind message or heartfelt episodes but I was debating on if I should put Equal Fights on here or not but I decided not to so I could make a solo review on it sometime later. I didn’t think Catastrophe was that boring and I did like Bubbles a lot in that episode (although I like her a lot in general that’s why she’s my favorite) and I do admit the ending of Live and Let Dynamo was kinda meh but I found the rest of the episode entertaining and it had a really fun action sequence. 💙💖
@Rokenrol Bro 2019 In Equal Fights they didn't do anything other than act rude and they learned their lesson. Femme Fatale robbed Banks, the PPG didn't do their chores. Big difference. Did you watch the episode? Members Only is awesome. Completely flawless.
@Rokenrol Bro 2019 "Where no male superhero can look good or outshine them, they have to be changed into sexist jerks" I don't think it's that. I don't recall Major Man being sexist, Or the Mayor in Hot Air Buffoon LOL. I think its more that other superheroes rarely showed up because they didn't need to most of the time. You don't see that many female superheroes in PPG either.
@Rokenrol Bro 2019 Well how eles where they going to stop him? Also its like Looney Tunes nobody dies in Powerpuff Girls. Also maybe they told the monster not to hurt anyone. You don't know.
@Rokenrol Bro 2019 Huh? you're right that would have worked. They could have followed him around all day, did a stakeout, and then gave the footage to the news then they could play it on tv. So once again the day is saved thanks to the Powerpuff Girls. I still like the episode though.
Honestly Schoolhouse Rocked Isn’t That Bad But Then Again I Like Ganggreen Gang Episodes
film flams awesome! it makes me lmao that professor dresses up like a lady. i love that hes not even embarrassed about it & only cares about warning the girls bernies a fraud & punches him out at the end. hes my favorite character. get well soon tom kane aka professor & him :(
I consider, "A very special Blossom" is the worse. If Blossom was being sentence to Community Service, then PPG will be useless to fight the villains. Need a proper sequel or else more wicked things erupts the city.
I’m like 99 percent sure she would have been allowed to do her super hero duties and if not maybe Bubbles and Buttercup were able to handle it themselves. Also 200 hours is a little over a week so I say she got a light punishment given she stole an expensive item and tried to falsely accuse someone else of what she did. Also this might be an unpopular opinion but I actually really like that episode. It teaches a lesson that no matter how good your intentions are actions with still have consequences and good intentions won’t let you get off Scott free. A VERY good lesson!!!
@@HackiePuffs I rather stick what happened during A very special blossom. She doesn't deserved this way, until the next dawn. A new terror is coming.
Honestly I have a head cannon where it turned out the sheriff committed a worse crime than she did and he got fired that’s why we don’t see him another episodes 😊
For some reason I find the bad episodes of The Powerpuff Girls episodes funny just because of how stupid it gets with its logic and reason...
Nuthin Special and Cover Up are just squidward torture episodes, but with Buttercup instead of Squidward.
Agreed 👍🏿
For #1 Risking for cur-view is a risk of people dying, not proposing having right to save the people, so theatrically, saving people, AND having power is a better Responsibility.
Randy Worden exactly
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Nice!! 👍🏻💙💖
Hackie Puffs thx
I never liked Cover Up or A Very Special Blossom. Town and Out too
neither did i. i felt sorry 4 her at the end of a very special blossom. town & out was a bad episode but it wasnt horrible like the other ones on this list except film flam. i like that one. i never realized how bad schoolhouse rocked was when i was little
You’re giving major incel vibes with the Blossom hatred. Lol
I don't like Blossom much either. She used to piss me off.
I’m interested in how Paste Makes Waste and Ice Sore are not mentions for the worst episodes of Seasons 1-4, as the Powerpuff Girls are pretty unlikable in both episodes, especially Buttercup.
Nobody talks about this with Paste Makes Waste but why is Buttercup the only one called out for bullying Elmer when the whole class was doing it, including Mitch? But Mitch gets no repercussions whatsoever.
And Ice Sore seemed to have everything backwards with the girls. Bubbles and Buttercup get mad at Blossom for literally saving kids from heat stroke? Why?
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"Paste Makes Waste" - To Ms. Keane's credit, she does her best to stop most of the children from bullying Elmer, and she didn't expect Buttercup to participate in it because she and her sisters are superheroes. And to be fair to Buttercup, she just thought they were all having fun, and she did feel guilty when Elmer cried (who wouldn't if you had glue and sticks thrown at you in at high speed). Though Ms. Keane should have also told Elmer about how unhealthy it was to eat paste, instead of just saying it was because eating paste was "an imitatable act".
"Ice Sore" - I think it's Bubbles and Buttercup were just jealous that Blossom had a superpower that they didn't, and because all three girls were superheroines who only fought against criminals and/or incoming dangers, the Girls were most likely under the impression that the "emergencies" only referred to crimes going on in Townsville.
To add on to the point, example, in "Geshundfight", Blossom _did_ dismiss the Mayor's call for an illness as "not a real emergency" and gave him the best advice she could to make sure he got better. To be fair, the Powerpuff Girls were crime-fighters, not doctors or pharmacists. Only when they got sick too did they now take the issue more seriously.
Edit: I rewatched the episode, and Blossom did indeed know everyone else was sick, and told the Mayor to tell everyone to get rest. Sorry about the mistake.
@@yunidai16Thanks for giving your thoughts on the situation. I’m a lot nicer towards Paste Makes Waste now. I originally saw no positive things in Buttercup as a character.
l *so agree* with you on Cover Up❕That episode hits waaay too cIose to home !
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I honestly 100% agree with you on Blossom! She makes me REALLY mad particularly in the episodes you demonstrated in the video! She’s honestly a low key Karen! I also NEVER liked Miss Keane (I don’t care if I got her name wrong) she was just unprofessional and unfair in some episodes IMO!
Also Moral Decay is my least favorite episode! Yes Buttercup did a bad thing and was out of character and I am not saying she shouldn’t get punished for what she did however the way her family was to her at the end was heartless and EXTREMELY unnecessary!
It'll probably be frustrating for you when you realize that the creator and his wife made that episode.
2:22 It's ironic consider blossom's prize object is her bow! Also Bubbles is hypocrite as she has Octi! It's normal for her age. Why not Buttercup? Why does they have against her?
3:00 God dang it! 5:46 Please no. The PPG are needed to save the city. "They dedicate their life to fight crime", as the intro say. And it's Ms Keane, of all people, who prevent them to fight a city in need. She is putting life in danger!
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Idk what Blossom’s on about? I mean there’s nothing wrong with having a comfort object.
I mean Buttercup is still a child anyways, and even if she wasn’t, she shouldn’t make a big deal out of it. I mean just because she’s a superhero doesn’t mean she’s a serious one.
Claude Scruggs: milky hi milky hey hackie puffs rules and blossom is gross
Earl filter: cool one claude
My worst and hated episode to me is the feminist episode "equel fights"
I honestly debated putting that episode on here but after really thinking about it some more I decided I have mixed feelings about it
@@HackiePuffs Honestly i think i would've been fine with the episode if they would've made it where the girls apologize to the boys they wronged or at least tell them how they felt at the end (maybe they did but only off screen) or maybe make a future episode or comic showing how the girls felt after on how they treated the boys