#like silico or jemoire

[simplysedusa]

Say what you want about the PPG 2016 reboot, but some of the original villains they had are really interesting and would've been cool to see in the 1998 original.

[anjellion-drawthings]

So I did something I wasn’t sure I would ever do, and it’s redesign a character from the 2016 Powerpuff Girls series… because I’ll be honest, outside of Silico and Jemoire, all of the character designs in this reboot are AWFUL.

I decided I would redesign Gothra, who originally looked like this-

For some reason, despite being a reference to Mothra, the character was male?? Not that the PPG 2016 writers actually have knowledge of anything-- they aren’t consistent with their own character and they clearly don’t know how to draw a moth monster.

So basically I switched Gothra back to a female, sticking closer to being a reference to Mothra. I did away with the cliché “my parents don’t understand me” goth teen, and replaced it with an appearance based on Elvira! Rather than being a joke character used in two episodes, I gave her a backstory that fit in with the original series too-

Gothra used to be one protector of Monster Isle, having caused havoc across cities in the past. Now though, she’s retired and acts as a show host, talking about other monsters that have run amuck in Townsville. Gothra is often referred as “Queen of the Monsters” because of all this.

[fly-pow-bye]

Powerpuff Girls 2016 - “The Fog”

Written by: Jake Goldman, Haley Mancini

Written & Storyboarded by: Benjamin P. Carow, Caitlin Vanarsdale

Directed by: Nick Jennings, Bob Boyle

It may be 4/20, but the fog isn't from that.

One of the sad things about the reboot is that newer audiences may associate The Powerpuff Girls with some terrible cartoon that aired in 2016 to 2019. One of the other sad things is that there are moments when the reboot almost gets something actually funny, but is ruined by either a bad performance or just poor timing. This opening joke with Discount Jojo opening his mail is an example of both.

Discount Jojo: Ugh, junk, junk, junk, letter from Aunt Janine? ...junk.

It took me three times to actually see that this was supposed to be a joke, and I can tell because he gets this wide eyed expression once he gets to it. I am sure it was supposed to be Jojo almost looking like he had some sort of soft spot for his aunt that we never heard of, but the line is read just as monotonously as the rest.

It could be likely that Roger L. Jackson is just getting through his lines to get this reboot over with. However, Jojo immediately disproves that as soon as he gets a special letter.

Discount Jojo got a free boat! Yeah, this is just the opening segment of Lisa the Skeptic. They couldn't even be bothered to come up with a different prize than the one Homer was lured in with. All he has to do is go to a hotel called the Doomflower. He walks in, and he falls into a trap door into a conference room, where he meets some other villains who were lured in by this obvious ruse.

He meets the Gnat, who laments that even with his great genius, he was fooled by this too. According to him, he's the greatest foe of the Powerpuff Girls, he should know! Yeah, I guess there's a joke here since Discount is supposed to be their arch enemy, and the Gnat is just...the Gnat. The other villains that will show up are not nearly as fitting as him or, sadly, Discount Jojo, but they're welcome anyway.

The Fashionistas show up, and I'm surprised to say there's a minor bit of continuity here. They actually remembered that Barbarus, the giant pink gorilla, is his ex-girlfriend. It's a plot thread that started in Monkey Love, and, unlike most potential plot threads in this reboot, managed to survive for another episode. Not much else is made of this outside of the one scene, which is a point in this episode's favor, but it was neat to see nonetheless.

Oh yeah, there's also these other guys that we never seen before. Not to say they have bad designs or anything, in fact, I could see potential in that ball of yarn villain, but they barely do anything to even be named in this review. Sorry if you wanted to see anything on the realm of Meet The Beat-Alls, and, if you did, welcome to the reboot. Abandon all hope, ye who enter here. In fact, calling this a "big villain team-up" episode would be an overstatement, as they don't really actually do any team moves.

As they're all wondering where the boat is, the mastermind behind this fake boat scam reveals themselves. It's The Sultan of Steam! The Villain of Vapor! The Cloud of Crime!

...The Fog, a cloud with glowing yellow eyes. This fog wants only one thing: the destruction of the Powerpuff Girls, and this villain is offering a bounty of one million dollars. This gets everyone interested, because they all wanted to do that anyway.

The anvil guy, it doesn't matter what his name is, protests, as he has never heard of this fog villain before. Speak for yourself. The fog then takes him down very easily just by enveloping him in the vapor and beating him up. This instantly gets all the villains to respect this new guy as their new leader. Even Jojo, which is kind of out of character for him. Maybe if it was Him or even Silico, maybe.

Suddenly, The Fog gets interrupted. This episode's running gag is Marsha of the Doomflower, showing up to make sure everything is going great. She's always acting all cheerful no matter what she's seeing. While I don't remember laughing at this, I certainly would know if I did, I at least find it kind of charming. It actually tying into the plot at one point helps a lot.

Meanwhile, the Powerpuff Girls are enjoying a nice sunny day with their sprinkler from Painbow. Thankfully, this is the only resemblance this episode has with Painbow outside of being a Buttercup-focused episode. Glad to see that the title card colored accordingly, a sad rarity in Season 3.

While the other two are enjoying playing around with the sprinkler, Buttercup is mad that she's not fighting bad guys and rescuing the people. Apparently, this has been one very slow month in Townsville. Thankfully, her wishes come true, as one-by-one, a villain shows up to try to defeat them once and for all.

The Gnat comes first, using a giant boot. He must have connections to that store that sold the giant terrarium and the giant jar, because that's the only place he could have got it. That's my headcanon. Unfortunately, for the Gnat, Buttercup easily punches him out, making him a rotating JPEG in the sky. Wow, that was easy!

The Fashionistas show up next, showing off their fall fashion line. Before they could do much of anything, they too become a rotating JPEG in the sky before long, this time by Bubbles! She actually gives reason to why they're beating her up aside from their threatening bling knuckles and beauty blasters.

Bianca Bikini: Fur coats!

Bubbles: No! (Makes fox aura) Fur is not fashion!

I mean, I'm not against this characterization for Bubbles. The one person who could talk to animals would be more conscious of such things. At least, I think she can still talk to animals, I wish we could have a reminder!

Discount Jojo shows up, too, with a helicopter hat. Blossom doesn't even need to come in to throw a punch, because Discount Jojo's hat ends up taking him to the sky for her. Why didn't I get a screenshot of this? Because it makes me sad.

I would talk about those other villains if they actually did anything. No really, they just forgot about them outside of the conference room moments. As an aside, it's a wonder how all these villains know where the Powerpuff Girls live; it's not like The Fog gave them directions.

Speaking of which, The Fog is not too happy with how none of them even landed a single punch on them. How did this Fog guy even know that they didn't? Hint #2 that something is up.

Bianca: At least our hair stayed in place. (hi-fives Barbarus)

They haven't done that many of those "gags so funny that they have to add in a fistbump as a makeshift laugh track" in season 3, so it took me a while to realize that is indeed a fistbump gag. Maybe that's a good thing, maybe it is not. What I can say is that Bianca's hair isn't even in place, so the joke does not even work.

As this villainous fog turns the crab man, it doesn't matter what his name is, into a Maine crab dinner, The Fog decides to forgo the entire "million dollar" and commands them to defeat the Powerpuff Girls or else. The Fog then gets another interruption from Marsha from the Doomflower Hotel, and we get hint #3 on something being up: she refers to The Fog as Ms. Fog. Well, maybe there's nothing saying The Fog couldn't be female, but as soon as the villains leave, we get our big reveal.

Oh yeah, hint #1 is that The Fog's voice just sounds like Bart Simpson with an even worse cold.

Yeah, The Fog is Buttercup, who was doing this just to get away from all of that boring sprinkler fun! Yes, Buttercup, a girl from a family that needs to shop at discount costume shop, managed to rent a giant conference room with a trap door. I could imagine a hotel called the Doomflower would have cheap rates, but there's no indication whatsoever that their service is poor or that their hotel has an abundance of spiders.

Buttercup knows this ruse will lead to a lot of action, and it sure did and sure will, even if it was far too one-sided. Buttercup says to herself if only Blossom could see her now, even if she knows that she would be in massive trouble if she did.

Blossom: She can.

Whoops! It turns out that Marsha has been giving some house calls to get The Fog to rate their quality service, and Buttercup decided to use the home phone number instead of using her cell phone. See, the running gag ties into the plot! If only more of them did. Buttercup gives her reasoning.

Buttercup: I'm bored! We haven't had a good fight in weeks!

Wow, even Buttercup is aware of how terrible the fight scenes are; it’s been at least 15 years since the last really good one. The two get concerned that these shenanigans will get them into trouble, because even they're aware that these plots just lead them to becoming the damsels in distress for the tomboy of the group to save. Buttercup just brushes them off, as it's not like anything bad is going to happen!

It turns out, the Destructo-Saur knows that there's a million dollars on the heads of those tiny little sugar pumpkins, and he wants it all! He says that The Fog sent him, even though Buttercup has never heard of this villain nor did she invite him with a boat that would be too small for him to enjoy. Something is up already, but there's no time to suspect anything.

Blossom starts the battle by doing what she does best: use her ice breath. Sure, the reboot has made some terrible decisions, but at least it knows Blossom's the only one who could do that! She also says a line that channels the spirit of Mr. Freeze from Batman & Robin. They may as well have done a direct quote; that movie is one of the few things this reboot could compare favorably to!

It doesn't work, of course. After seeing this dinosaur resist Blossom's ice breath, and not even making a single attempt to punch him, Bubbles comes to the obvious conclusion.

Bubbles: This guy's unstoppable!

Yeah, if only Erica The Red was still around! Thankfully for this episode, she’s not here.

After Buttercup fails to defeat him with a crossbow aura and her sisters get hit by a truck full of barbells, she gets stuck in a alleyway. Buttercup begs for mercy, and then another twist happens. It's actually a good twist here; it's one of the few decent moments out of a character that I usually dislike.

However, it does raise a few questions. I will spoil that the Powerpuff Girls end up being okay, even though they got hit by a truck full of barbells. I find it hard to just accept that they could survive getting hit by it, considering how easily they get defeated by things far less capable of defeating ordinary people.

Still in their bandages, the villains show up to finally do a team-up beatdown against the Powerpuff Girls for that sweet cash they were promised, and Buttercup ends the episode with this line:

Buttercup: If you start something...you have to end it!

This does makes me wonder if this episode was actually meant to be a season finale. I mean, we have a partial villain team-up, and the final shot is the Powerpuff Girls flying towards the villains. Well, I don't know what Bubbles is doing there, but I'd imagine the Gnat would get defeated by a stick.

Does the title fit?

Out of all the "name of a character" episodes, this one could at least represent that The Fog was this mysterious entity that nobody knew.

How does it stack up?

I was taken aback by this episode at first, but the less I saw this as a villain team-up and more of a Buttercup lesson episode, the more I grew to appreciate it. It's definitely one of the better Buttercup lesson episodes. It helps that this doesn't exactly turn into a "Buttercup has to save her sisters from a scheme she made", even if that's what it seems to imply at first.

I do wish they could have put in better fight scenes and actually did anything with those throwaway villains, but that's just a general feeling with the reboot. Other than that, a decent second twist, a running gag that fits in with the episode, and some potentially funny moments make this one of the better episodes in general. it's a fog I'm actually not unhappy to be in.

Next, a crucifixion. Seriously.

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[akumath]

Special little essay after the news of Craig McCracken making a new Powerpuff Reboot.

Yes, I know people don’t like the 2016 Reboot. Yes, I know that despite being a fan of it there are problems. No, the show runner did not insert himself into the series as Blossom’s Boyfriend, the animators did it. But there are good things in this series that under McCracken’s hands could be a benefit to this new reboot. So here they are...

1 - The Bikini Sisters

Every new villain introduced in this reboot is pretty bad. Manboy is basically Sedusa except for a guy and more screen time. Packrat is unmemorable and they had a character whose gimmick is being unmemorable. And Silico is such a disappointment. The only exception is the Bikini Sisters, who feel like they could have been recurring villains in the original series. Under Craig’s hands, I bet they would be better received than their 2016 version.

2 - Bubbles the Programmer

A flaw I see in the original series is that the girls have basically superficial differences between each other. When they’re not fighting because of generic “I should be the leader” and the occasional one shot, they basically share the same thought. With the 2016 series they introduced more ways the girls are different from each other. One of my personal favorites is them being smart in their own way. No “Blossom is the smart one, so she does the smart things” like the original, now they have their own fields of expertise. While Buttercup being good at Math one I felt was dumb, Bubbles as a Programmer makes perfect sense. Her ability is knowing all sorts of language and her being knowledgeable of Computer Languages makes so much sense. Plus it adds to her original creative mind in a new and modern way.

3 - Have their own Social Circles

How many kids in the original series have an importance in the series for more than one episode? Butch and Judy Smith. How many kids do the girls know in 2016? The Derbytantes, Jemoire, Barry, the boring one… Even including the mistake the girls are shown to have an actual social life beyond being a good guy. Heck, Robin made more appearances in the Reboot than she did after her introducing episode. To go with the above “let the girls be their own selves”, let them have their own group of friends. There are a ton of one shots in the original so they don’t even need to use 2016 or even make new ones.

4 - Let Him Be behind the Unexplained Monsters

Remember that Lie Monster that showed up in that one episode for no reason other than to push the lesson “don’t lie”? Did it bother you that it basically happened for no reason? That’s where 2016 comes in with their own take: Him is behind it because he likes to torture. Him being the explanation behind any random attacks not from Monster Island would be great to show just how much of a threat Him is beyond episodes where he is the main villain.

5 - The Morbucks Development

Ignoring the one episode that teased a face turn for Morbucks but never went anywhere with it, I do enjoy the fact she’s no longer trying to be a Powerpuff Girl but instead is trying to prove she’s better than them. It really changes the dynamic of their rivalry and can make Morbucks attack physically with her varying machines or socially by making herself more popular than the girls. 

6 - Bubblevicious 2.0

In the original, people love Bubblevicious. But for me, Bubblevicious was a sharp rocked while 2016’s Octi-Father made it into a shiv. It's a level of threat-ness that creates fear with barely any action. Because you know you pushed Bubbles too far and if you ain’t trying to make it up to her before her time limit, you ain’t waking up.

7 - Have a Love Interest that won’t ruin the Powerpuff Girls’ job

In the original, the Professor had two dates: Sedusa who used him to keep the girls out of her hair and Mrs. Keane who tied up the hotline for days. Sapna just liked the Professor. While she was annoying to them hanging out, she didn’t stop them from doing their jobs as superheroes. And it was nice to see the Professor actually have a love interest that won’t put Townsville in danger. It doesn’t have to be Sapna, just someone the Professor can perform chemistry with.

8 - The Emotional Episodes

Two episodes in the 2016 series I would say are great episodes: Home, Sweet Homesick and Bubbles the Blue. The first is Blossom trying to learn in a camp she thought was educational only to learn that you only have one childhood so enjoy it. The other is Bubbles feeling sad for some reason and knowing that sometimes it's just okay to be sad. These episodes I consider the best of the series and would put them on the same tier as the originals. If the new reboot can do episodes like these, I think it would be great.

9 - Specific Connections with Each other

Yes, the Professor is definitely dumber than the original. And yes, there are plenty of times they showed family bonds in the original. But one thing I liked in the 2016 ones are the specific ways each one loves each other. Road Trippin’, for example, shows the Professor enjoying monster movies with Buttercup, doing science with Blossom and learning about the artists Bubbles likes to get to be closer with her. Blossom and Buttercup appreciate when one has a cool line. Buttercup and Bubbles enjoy having fun together. Blossom acts like the older sister to both of them. It’s nicer than your typical Sitcom Family love the original I felt had.

10 - Have a Sort of Ongoing Story

While Silico was a terrible disappointment, he did have a sort of ongoing story as you see in modern cartoons. I think, if done right, an ongoing story through a season of PPGs to build to a finale would be great to do. And as seen with McCracken’s work prior to the new PPG Reboot, he definitely can do the job better than the original.

[martosi231234]

My take on the series finale of the Powerpuff girls reboot.

The Powerpuff Girls (2016) series also known as PPG 2016  is a series hated by the fans of the original series because it's not like the original, It is considered a cash cow, it has too many controversies and most people say it has low ratings (especially other cartoon network shows)

But what happens if a series finale happens  in season 2 or 3 or 4, It will go something like this, It will be similar to the Sonic Boom season 1 finale It Takes a Village to Defeat a Hedgehog, It will be a half hour finale, There will be many characters from the previous seasons and it will be considered a combination of the original and the reboot series.

Also, it will be inspired and loosely based on a thread  written by  a member from Toonzone: http://www.toonzone.net/forums/threads/my-take-on-the-series-finale-of-the-powerpuff-girls-reboot.5606341/

It will be called  Big Villain 12(a Parody title of Big Hero Six)  The half-hour series finale begins with 11 of the villains of the PPG reboot Mojo Jojo, Princess Morbucks and her henchmen , The bikini sisters-Bianca and Barbarus, Him,Manboy,Sporde, Janitaur,Gnat, Pug-Faced Paulie and his gang,Jemoire,and Packrat receive their invitation from a mysterious person and to meet each other at a rendezvous point. At the rendezvous point which might literally be a fancy restaurant since this is a cartoon, The villains meet and argue who sent them these invitations and order them fancy meals but then the mysterious person who has gathered them all here appears and he is none other than Silico himself,Which excites Mojo because SIlico is his idol,his role model and he is also believed to be SIlico’s biggest fan. He has gathered all the villains here because they have a common enemy The Powerpuff Girls because the heroes foiled their plans in every episode (which for the fans isn’t because this series doesn’t involve their super heroics just a slice of life thing ) ,So Silico decided that if they work together as a team they might defeat the Girls once and for all and also conquer the city of Townsville, The villains agree and so an alliance is formed .And just before the villains leave, Silico has to pay the waiter for the meals he ordered but he  realises he forgot his wallet back home but fortunately Mojo Jojo has a credit card which is a parody of the American Express with a tagline "Don't leave home without it",

Seeing Mojo's generosity Silico offer him a partnership which excites Mojo, not the villains though they still made an alliance with SIlico since they have a grudge against the Powerpuff Girls. And so Mojo and Silico make a combined power mecha for themselves which can be used to defend and fight against the Powerpuff Girls as Mojo tries to tell Silico that using too much capacity on the mecha will cause it to overload and will no longer function, He ignores Mojo as this will be considered the running joke throughout the episode as Mojo tries to warn Silico about overloading their mecha robot.

Then we see the Powerpuff girls going to do their daily life as usual by  hanging out with  Bubbles friend Donny the Unicorn for example who is helping for his class project in looking around the city of townsville  since this is the reboot cartoon not the original when they are shocked that Janitaur ,Packrat and Gnat the minor villains kidnapped Professor Utonium, So the girls rush out to rescue him from Packrat and Gnat and Donny follow them to see the action.

After the girls defeated Janituar,Packrat and Gnat, The professor however, reveals his true form, He turns out to be of the disguised form of Silico and this was all a trap to lure the Powerpuff girls here as 10 of the villains appear out of nowhere The Girls attempt to defeat them but they can’t fight them all because they are too many of them and that Silico and Mojo's Mecha zap them with a laser cannon.With the Girls defeated the villains stand in triumph that they decided to announce their victory to the City of Townsville.

Meanwhile, Donny who escaped from the villains attacks panicked because the villains capture the girls and are about to destroy them in front of millions of Townsville citizens, So he decided to gather the other allies of the Girls to form an army to defeat the villains and rescue them. We then see a montage showing Donny using his magic to gather the good guys from the PPG reboot like their dad the real Professor Utonium and Sapna who are going on a dinner date,Blossom’s crush (and hatred to the PPG fandom) Jared, Erica the Red, Princess Bluebelle, The Derbytantes,Bliss and Green wing and after the gang is formed they set out to save the girls.

We then see a scene where the 10 main villains announce to the mayor and the citizens of Townsville (and Barry) that they have defeated the girls as shown with them getting trapped in some jail like thing and that there is nothing they can do to  save their town but to bow in front of them as their rulers, all feels lost but then appearing out of nowhere Donny and the cavalry appears and charge towards the villains and save the day,They defeated some of the villains but not the rest and the good guys who are going to rescue the Powerpuff girls are defeated, The villains then mock them with evil laughter as the team feels hopeless in defeat.

Then the girls who witness this realize that their friends must have risked their lives to save them and with that the Girls are finally freed from their prison and begin to attack the villains one by one which leaves only Silico and Mojo in their combined mecha suit, Silico charge the mecha suit despite Mojo’s attempt to warn him which irritates silico that he eject Mojo from the mecha and decides to do it by himself and to ignore what Mojo is trying to  tell him, As Silico is overcharging the Mecha to defeat the girls, It begins to overload and then becomes powerless which Mojo tries to warn him, This gives the girls a chance to destroy the mecha suit while Silico attempts to escape but they caught and beat him with a punch ending up with the rest of the defeated villains.

The girls stand triumph in front of Donny, their allies and the rest of the citizens of Townsville as they cheer them for saving the day but then the girls realize they forgot about Mojo as he is shown escaping from his Eject seat, They caught him but thanked him for his unexpected role in defeating Silico, Mojo confused but is appreciated by the girls ask if they can let him go so he might try to rebuild the Mecha to defeat them once more and conquer Townsville ,The Girls changed their minds and decided to beat up Mojo anyway with a punch. And then we are treated to the last scene which is finally the end scene similar to the original with the iconic ending hearts picture and the Narrator saying ‘And so once again the day is saved, thanks to the Powerpuff girls!’

What do you think?