The Powerpuff Girls Rule!!!

The Powerpuff Girls Rule!!! is an American animated television special based on the The Powerpuff Girls TV series. It aired on January 19, 2009 on Cartoon Network. It was written and directed by series creator, Craig McCracken, as well as voice directed by Collette Sunderman.

Memorable quotes
Narrator: The city of Townsville. Ah, what a nice, calm, beautiful, and peaceful da--(crashing)--Aw, man! Figures! It's Mojo Jojo, the big, dumb ruiner of everything.

Narrator: Uh, wow, just wow. What can I say other than, so, for the first time, and I guess, ultimate time, the day, heck, all the days are saved, thanks to Mojo Jojo! Man, who'd have guessed it, Mojo a good guy after all. Had me fooled, but bravo, Mr. Jojo, bravo. I really love my puppy. Seriously, thank you.

Narrator: The city of Townsville. Ah, what a nice, calm, beautiful, and peaceful day. For reals this time.

Narrator: The city of Townsville on a crazy, tense, and dangerous day. But a day that will be saved thanks to the Powerpuff Girls! Woo-hoo! Go, girls, go!

Characters

 * style="background-color:#clear"| Narrator (voice only)
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Tom Kenny
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Mojo Jojo
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Roger L. Jackson
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Buttercup Utonium
 * style="background-color:#clear"| E.G. Daily
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Blossom Utonium
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Catherine Cavadini
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Bubbles Utonium
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Tara Strong
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Professor Utonium
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Tom Kane
 * style="background-color:#clear"| The Mayor
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Tom Kenny
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Fuzzy Lumpkins
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Jim Cummings
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Bossman
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Slim
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Junior
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Big Billy
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Sedusa
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Ace
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Jeff Glenn Bennett
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Snake
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Femme Fatale
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Roach Coach
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Him
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Tom Kane
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Grubber
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Lil' Arturo
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Princess Morbucks
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Jennifer Hale
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Ms. Bellum
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Jennifer Martin
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Lenny Baxter
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| White cat
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Boogie Man
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Blooregard Q. Kazoo
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Frankie Foster
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Craig McCracken
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Ms. Keane
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Julie Bean
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Harry Pitt
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Mac
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Mitch Mitchelson
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Elmer Skloo
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Talking Dog
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Tom Kane
 * style="background-color:#clear"| The Sun
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Dove
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Tom Kenny
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| President of the United States
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Lauren Faust
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * }
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Frankie Foster
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Craig McCracken
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Ms. Keane
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Julie Bean
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Harry Pitt
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Mac
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Mitch Mitchelson
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Elmer Skloo
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Talking Dog
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Tom Kane
 * style="background-color:#clear"| The Sun
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Dove
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Tom Kenny
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| President of the United States
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Lauren Faust
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * }
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Tom Kane
 * style="background-color:#clear"| The Sun
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Dove
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Tom Kenny
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| President of the United States
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Lauren Faust
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * }
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Lauren Faust
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * }
 * }

Organizations

 * Powerpuff Girls
 * Townsville Police Department
 * Townsville Times (mentioned)
 * Amoeba Boys
 * Gangreen Gang
 * Morbucks Construction

Locations

 * Earth
 * United States
 * Pokey Oaks County
 * Townsville
 * Malph's
 * Townsville Jail
 * Utonium residence
 * Townsville Forest
 * Townsville Hall
 * Townsville Museum
 * Pokey Oaks Kindergarten
 * Townsville Park
 * Townsville Central Park
 * Townsville Volcano Mountain
 * Mojo's residence
 * The Moon
 * The Sun

Objects

 * Mojo's robot
 * Townsville Times newspaper
 * Key to the world
 * Powerpuff Hotline
 * Poodles
 * Global Jojo

Vehicles

 * None

Development
Elements of this story were taken "Whoopass a Go-Go," one of the Whoopass Girls pilots Craig McCracken made in animatic form while at CalArts.

Filming
It was copyrighted in 2008.

Music
The main title theme and the music were composed by James L. Venable, Thomas Chase, and Steve Rucker. Venable and Jennifer Kes Remington were also credited for providing additional music. The music was edited was J. Remington. The end title song was performed by Bis.

Song

 * "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" - Roger L. Jackson

Crew credits

 * Storyboard artist: Craig McCracken
 * Art director: Sue Mondt
 * Animation directors: Robert Alvarez, Eric Pringle
 * Producer: Ryan Slater
 * Production manager: Tammy List
 * Production coordinators: Keith Mack, Susy Campos
 * Production assistants: Brent Tanner, Gursimran Sandhu, Steph Gortz
 * Additional storyboard artist: Vaughn Tada
 * Story editor: Craig McCracken
 * Story by: Craig McCracken, Lauren Faust, Darrick Bachman, Rob Renzetti, Craig Lewis, Amy Keating Rogers
 * Character designers: Chris Battle, "C" Raggio IV, Shannon Tindle, Shane Prigmore, Craig McCracken, Craig Kellman, Marc Perry, Andy Bialk
 * Prop designers: "C" Raggio IV, Chris Battle, Mike Camarillo, Ben Balistreri
 * Background designer: Chris Tsirgiotas
 * Background painting and color stylists: Leticia Lacy, Su Moon, Sue Mondt
 * Background clean up artists: Mike Collins, Dave DiMatteo, Joseph Giardina
 * Design clean up artists: Erik Elizarrez, Mike Collins, Dave DiMattio, Camille Stancin, Robert Romero, Alex Campos, Joseph Giardina
 * Casting director: Collette Sunderman
 * Recording studio manager: Karie Gima Pham
 * Recording engineer: Robert Serda
 * Supervising editor: Paul Douglas
 * Dialogue editor: Jim Hearn
 * Sound editor: Twenty First Century Entertainment
 * Re-recording mixers: Eric Freeman, Timothy J. Borquez
 * Post production supervisor: Tony Tedford
 * Post production coordinator: Alicia Parkinson
 * Machine room operator: Chris Heotger
 * Production accountant: Cecilia Rheins
 * Director production technology: Antonio Gonella
 * Animation studio: Cartoon Network Studios
 * Animation producer: Michelle Papandrew
 * Technical directors: Don Devine, C. Staples
 * Compositer: Steve Wilson
 * BG supervisor: Ruben Chavez
 * Background artists: Robert Romero, Jeff Logue
 * Animation supervisor: Shawn Toshikian
 * Animation layout artist: Steffen Vala
 * Lead animator: Stephen Sawran
 * Animation processors: Jason S. Flowers, Sara Anderson
 * Animators: Marius Alecse, Greg Araya, Nick Bertonazzi Jr., Jason Bierut, Sam Chi, Scott Graham, Bob Harper, Rob Lilly III, Hal Newman, Elaine Reali, Joel Reid, Leo Riley, Dave Wolfe, Jeffrey J. Zikry
 * Executive producer for Cartoon Network Studios: Brian A. Miller
 * Supervising producer for Cartoon Network Studios: Jennifer Pelphrey
 * Executive in charge of production for Cartoon Network: Khaki Jones
 * Executive producer: Craig McCracken

Release
Dates are in order of release:


 * United States: September 3, 2009 on Cartoon Network
 * United Kingdom and Ireland: July 18, 2010 at 7 am on Cartoon Network Too

Behind the scenes

 * Despite being a special, it has the show's opening.
 * The first three inmates seen when Mojo is taken to jail, are the ones who impersonated the girls with bad costumes in "Powerpuff Bluff."
 * The alien saucer is from "Beat Your Greens."
 * The eyeball monster is from "The Mane Event."
 * The balloon fish monster is from "Uh Oh Dynamo."
 * The three headed dragon is from "Octi Evil."
 * Some of the monsters were copied from ones seen in Professor Utonium's hologram room in "Bubblevicious."
 * When Mojo is blasted out of his suit, he holds up a sign that reads "Curses" in a similar manner that the silent Wile E. Coyote would do when he held up a sign that read "Ouch" after getting hurt from a fall or explosion.
 * Blossom gained her ice breath in "Ice Sore."
 * The truck driver that Blossom saves is from "Mime for a Change."
 * Lenny Baxter was the villain in "Collect Her."
 * The unnamed white cat was the villain in "Cat Man Do."
 * The Boogie Man was the villain in "Boogie Frights."
 * The Mayor's priceless porcelain poodle is from "Powerpuff Bluff."
 * Writer and director Craig McCracken inserted cameos of Bloo, Frankie, and Mac from his second series created for Cartoon Network, Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends.
 * One of Ms. Bellum's bonus checks is dated November 18, 1998, the day the series first aired with the episodes "Monkey See, Doggie Do" and "Mommy Fearest."
 * The car race is a parody of Hanna-Barbera's TV series Wacky Races.
 * Mojo's tank resembles Dick Dastardly's Mean Machine.
 * Fuzzy's race car is a parody of Lazy Luke's Arkansas Chuggabug.
 * Princess's race car is a parody of Peter Perfect's Turbo Terrific.
 * A turtle shell is launched from the Powerpuff Girls' dune buggy like in the Mario Kart video games which began in 1992.
 * "Big Butter is watching you" is a reference to the slogan, "Big Brother is watching you," in George Orwell's 1949 novel, Nineteen Eighty-Four.
 * Ms. Bellum's face is partially revealed when the citizens are ashamed of how the girls are fighting over the key to the world.
 * The Talking Dog's line," I have nothing to say," is what Oliver Hardy said in the 1933 Laurel and Hardy film Dirty Work.

Everlasting influence

 * The character designs were reused for "TTG v PPG," a crossover episode between Teen Titans Go! and The Powerpuff Girls reboot.

Home availability

 * In the United States:
 * January 20, 2009: Warner Home Video releases The Powerpuff Girls: The Complete Series: 10th Anniversary Collection on DVD.
 * In Australia:
 * December 2, 2015: Madman Entertainment releases The Powerpuff Girls: The Complete Series on DVD.
 * October 17, 2018: Madman Entertainment releases The Powerpuff Girls: 20th Anniversary Edition on DVD.