List of The Powerpuff Girls characters#Blossom

In June 1991, Craig McCracken, then a student of the animation program of CalArts,{{Cite AV media |title=The Powerpuff Girls: Who, What, Where, How, Why... Who Cares? |year=2009}} created a drawing of three girls on a sheet of orange construction paper as a birthday card design for his brother.{{Cite news |last=Wineman |first=Daniel |date=November 15, 1998 |title=SIGNOFF; Never Underestimate the Power of a Puff |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/11/15/tv/signoff-never-underestimate-the-power-of-a-puff.html |url-status=live |access-date=May 27, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921062743/http://www.nytimes.com/1998/11/15/tv/signoff-never-underestimate-the-power-of-a-puff.html |archive-date=September 21, 2013}}{{Cite web |last=McCracken |first=Craig |date=January 20, 2008 |title=1st PPG Drawing |url=http://cmcc.deviantart.com/gallery/#/d18qzqz |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110813184706/http://cmcc.deviantart.com/gallery/#/d18qzqz |archive-date=August 13, 2011 |access-date=May 31, 2011 |website=CMcC's DeviantArt Gallery}} The following year, he made the characters protagonists of the short film Whoopass Stew! The Whoopass Girls in: A Sticky Situation.{{Cite book |last=Lenburg |first=Jeff |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FVShFCjVzvIC&q=tartakovsky%20calarts&pg=PA230 |title=Who's Who in Animated Cartoons: An International Guide to Film & Television's Award-winning and Legendary Animators |publisher=Hal Leonard Corporation |year=2006 |isbn=978-1-55783-671-7 |page=231 |access-date=May 31, 2011}} Though it was intended to be the first part of four Whoopass Girls shorts, only one short was produced.{{Cite web |date=July 3, 2011 |title=Spike and Mike's – A Brief History |url=http://spikeandmike.com/sitepages/press.php |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110703084323/http://spikeandmike.com/sitepages/press.php |archive-date=July 3, 2011 |access-date=January 14, 2014 |website=SpikeandMike.com}} McCracken felt that he wanted to make a superhero student film, but that the muscular guy standard was already played out. After coming up with the concept, he started imagining them in superhero situations. McCracken's Whoopass Girls short was picked up for a series by Cartoon Network in 1993, with the Powerpuff Girls appearing in two What a Cartoon! shorts before receiving their own series.{{Cite web |title=Animator Profile: CRAIG McCRACKEN |url=http://www.cartoonnetwork.com/tv_shows/ap/cmccracken.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070310030357/http://www.cartoonnetwork.com/tv_shows/ap/cmccracken.html |archive-date=March 10, 2007 |access-date=March 26, 2007 |website=CartoonNetwork.com}}

{{Infobox character

| name = The Powerpuff Girls

| multiple = yes

| series = The Powerpuff Girls

| image = Powerpuff Girls 2016 reboot main characters.svg

| caption = From top to bottom: Bubbles, Blossom and Buttercup as they appear in The Powerpuff Girls (2016 TV series)

| first = {{Plainlist|

• "A Sticky Situation!" ({{small|1992 pilot}})
• "Monkey See, Doggie Do" ({{small|1998}})
• "Escape from Monster Island" ({{small|2016}})

}}

| last = {{Plainlist|

• "Octi Gone" ({{small|2005}})
• "Sideline Dad" ({{small|2019}})

}}

| creator = Craig McCracken

| voice = {{Plainlist|

• Whoopass Stew: Jennifer Fried
• What a Cartoon!:
• Blossom: Cathy Cavadini
• Bubbles: Kath Soucie
• Buttercup: E. G. Daily
• 1998 original:
• Blossom: Cathy Cavadini
• Bubbles: Tara Strong
• Buttercup: E. G. Daily
• 2016 reboot:
• Blossom: Amanda Leighton
• Bubbles: Kristen Li
• Buttercup: Natalie Palamides}}

| species = Artificial humans

| gender = Female

| occupation = Students
Superheroines

| family = {{Plainlist|

• Professor Utonium (creator, father)

}}

| nationality = American

}}

As depicted in the opening sequence of each episode, the Powerpuff Girls, Blossom (pink), Bubbles (sky blue) and Buttercup (lime green), were created by Professor Utonium in an attempt to create the "perfect little girl" using a mixture of "sugar, spice and everything nice". However, he accidentally spilled a mysterious substance called "Chemical X" into the mixture, creating three girls instead of one and granting them superpowers, including flight, superhuman physical abilities, x-ray vision, super senses, heat vision, and energy projection. In the original pilot, the substance was a can of "Whoopass".{{Cite journal |last=DeMott |first=Rick |date=October 2000 |title=The Powerpuff Girls' Phenomenal Merchandising Mantra |url=http://www.awn.com/mag/issue5.07/5.07pages/demottppg.php3 |url-status=live |journal=Animation World Magazine |publisher=Animation World Network |volume=5 |issue=7 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120307192011/http://www.awn.com/mag/issue5.07/5.07pages/demottppg.php3 |archive-date=March 7, 2012 |access-date=May 26, 2011}}

The Powerpuff Girls have large eyes, inspired by Margaret Keane's art,{{Cite journal |last=Townsend |first=Emru |date=Summer 1995 |title=Craig McCracken on Stupid Dogs and Powerful Girls |url=http://5x5media.com/eye/inte/cmccracken.php |url-status=dead |journal=Frames per Second Magazine |issue=6 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110810205143/http://5x5media.com/eye/inte/cmccracken.php |archive-date=August 10, 2011 |access-date=May 29, 2011}} with stubby arms and legs with no visible digits. McCracken preferred that they appear symbolic of actual girls rather than having a "realistic" look, meaning fewer body parts were needed.{{Cite news |last=Lloyd |first=Robert |date=November 22, 2000 |title=Beyond Good and Evil: To the utterly adorable kicking superheroics of the Powerpuff Girls! |work=LA Weekly |url=http://www.laweekly.com/2000-11-30/news/beyond-good-and-evil/4/ |url-status=live |access-date=June 1, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121012020902/http://www.laweekly.com/2000-11-30/news/beyond-good-and-evil/4/ |archive-date=October 12, 2012}}

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Blossom (voiced by Cathy Cavadini) is one of the three main protagonists and the self-proclaimed leader of the Powerpuff Girls; as the most level-headed and intelligent of the group, she also serves as strategist. Her personality ingredient is "everything nice" and her signature color is pink. As shown in The Powerpuff Girls Movie, she was named for having spoken freely and honestly to the Professor shortly after her creation. Her unique power is ice breath and, in the reboot, she possesses the ability to generate pink energy constructs.

Bubbles (voiced by Tara Strong in the series, Kristen Li in the reboot, Kath Soucie in What a Cartoon!) is one of the three main protagonists and the "softest and sweetest" of the three. Her signature color is sky blue and her personality ingredient is "sugar". Though kind, she is a capable fighter and can understand various languages, including that of animals, and create powerful sonic blasts. In the reboot, Bubbles possesses the ability to generate blue energy constructs. She starts crying due to something worse happening.

Buttercup (voiced by E. G. Daily in the original series, Natalie Palamides in the reboot) is one of the three main protagonists, who is described as a "tough hotheaded tomboy". Her signature color is lime green and her personality ingredient is "spice". According to The Powerpuff Girls Movie, Buttercup disliked the name she was given. Her unique power is curling her tongue. In the reboot, Buttercup possesses the ability to generate green energy constructs. McCracken originally wanted to name the character "Bud" until a friend suggested the name Buttercup.

{{Infobox character

| name = Professor Utonium

| series = The Powerpuff Girls

| image =

| image_size = 110px

| alt =

| caption =

| first = {{Plainlist|

• "A Sticky Situation!" {{small|(1992, prototype)}}
• "Monkey See, Doggie Do" {{small|(1998)}}
• "The Stayover" {{small|(2016)}}

}}

| last = {{Plainlist|

• "Octi Lost" {{small|(2005)}}
• "Sideline Dad" {{small|(2019)}}

}}

| creator = Craig McCracken

| voice = Tom Kane

| nickname =

| species = Human

| gender = Male

| occupation = Scientist

| family = Eugene Utonium (brother)

| significant_other =

| children = {{Plainlist|

• Blossom (created daughter)
• Bubbles (created daughter)
• Buttercup (created daughter)

}}

| relatives =

| home = Townsville, U.S.A.

| nationality = American

}}

Professor Utonium (voiced by Tom Kane) is a scientist who is the Powerpuff Girls' creator and father. Though he can be strict and easily manipulated, he is caring and fatherly.

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The Mayor of Townsville (voiced by Tom Kenny in the series, Jim Cummings in What a Cartoon!) is the mayor of Townsville. Though dimwitted and cowardly, he cares deeply for his city. In What a Cartoon!, the Mayor is depicted as younger, taller, and more competent.

{{anchor|Miss Bellum|Ms. Sara Bellum}}Ms. Sara Bellum (voiced by Jennifer Martin) is the Mayor's secretary, who often handles issues that he cannot. Her face is never seen on camera, due to it being obscured by over the top edge of the screen and/or camera angles in which her voluminous curly hair prevents a clear view of her face, sometimes her neck is drawn two inches taller while obscuring her face in the earlier episodes.{{Cite episode |title=Something's a Ms. |series=The Powerpuff Girls |network=Cartoon Network |date=2000 |season=2 |number=26a}} She is absent in the reboot due to concerns over her sexualized design.{{Cite web |last=Falbo |first=Benjamin |date=April 6, 2021 |title=The Untold Truth Of The Powerpuff Girls |url=https://www.looper.com/375045/the-untold-truth-of-the-powerpuff-girls/ |access-date=December 17, 2024 |website=Looper |language=en-US}}

Ms. Keane (voiced by Jennifer Hale in the series, Kath Soucie in What a Cartoon!) is the kindergarten teacher of Pokey Oaks Kindergarten. She is well-liked among her students for being patient and understanding. Keane is named after Margaret Keane, the main influence behind the design of the Powerpuff Girls.{{Citation needed|date=December 2024}}

Narrator (voiced by Tom Kenny in the series, Craig McCracken in Whoopass Stew, Ernie Anderson in What a Cartoon!) is the unseen voiceover narrator of the show. He serves as comic relief and occasionally becomes involved in the series' events.

Talking Dog (voiced by Tom Kane in the series, Paul Mercier in What a Cartoon!) is a small white dog who serves as comic relief.

Mitch Mitchelson (voiced by Tom Kenny) is a bully at Pokey Oaks Kindergarten. He was the host of "Mitch Rocks", a segment on Cartoon Network where he looked at various things and determined whether they "rock" or not.{{Cite web |title=Mitch Rocks |url=https://www.primalscreen.com/project/Mitch-Rocks |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200909132310/https://www.primalscreen.com/project/Mitch-Rocks |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 9, 2020 |access-date=January 5, 2021 |website=Primal Screen}}

Stanley Whitfield (voiced by Tom Kane) is a Townsville anchorman.

{{Infobox character

| series = The Powerpuff Girls

| image =

| alt =

| caption =

| first = {{Plainlist|

• "Monkey See, Doggie Do" ({{small|1998}})
• "The Stayover" ({{small|2016}})

}}

| last = {{Plainlist|

• "Octi Gone" ({{small|2005}})
• "Watch It!" ({{small|2019}})

}}

| creator = Craig McCracken

| voice = Roger L. Jackson

| nickname =

| species = Chimpanzee

| gender = Male

| occupation = Mad scientist

| family = Professor Utonium (owner, formerly)

Unnamed mother (only in the 2016 reboot)

| significant_other =

| children = The Rowdyruff Boys (created sons) (only in 1999)

| home = Townsville, U.S.A.

}}

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Mojo Jojo (voiced by Roger L. Jackson) is a highly intelligent chimpanzee and the Powerpuff Girls' archenemy. He was formerly Professor Utonium's lab assistant before being exposed to Chemical X and gaining intelligence in the same accident that created the Powerpuff Girls.{{Cite web |title=The Powerpuff Girls Characters |url=http://www.cartoonnetwork.com/tv_shows/ppg/characters/index.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130120192124/http://www.cartoonnetwork.com/tv_shows/ppg/characters/index.html |archive-date=January 20, 2013 |access-date=2018-02-22 |website=Cartoon Network}} His plans often end in failure due to the Powerpuff Girls' intervention or flaws that he overlooks.

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Fuzzy LumpkinsSo spelled on the title-card the first Powerpuff Girls episode, "Meat [sic] Fuzzy Lumpkins also appears in the series (voiced by Jim Cummings) is a pink, furry hillbilly monster who speaks in a southern accent and lives in the woods neighboring Townsville. Fuzzy has limited intelligence and is not as ambitious as other villains, as he usually targets those who trespass on his property.

HIM (voiced by Tom Kane) is an effeminate demon whose plans are usually psychological in nature, as he often attempts to manipulate events to drive the Powerpuff Girls insane or drive a wedge between them. HIM possesses various supernatural and demonic abilities, including shapeshifting, mind control, and manipulating reality and energy. Craig McCracken has stated that "HIM" was inspired by the Chief Blue Meanie from Yellow Submarine.{{Cite web |title=Who inspired Him? |url=http://fridays.toonzone.net/interviews-mccracken.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081202144041/http://fridays.toonzone.net/interviews-mccracken.html |archive-date=December 2, 2008 |access-date=2011-06-28 |publisher=Toonzone}}

Princess Morbucks (voiced by Jennifer Hale in the original series, Haley Mancini in the reboot) is a spoiled, rich, and bratty young girl who hates the Powerpuff Girls due to a rebuffed attempt to join them. Her father, "Daddy" Morbucks, dotes on her and indulges in her whims, but it is implied that his patience is limited and Princess fears truly angering him. Because of him, she has access to virtually unlimited financial resources.

{{anchor|The Ganggreen Gang}}The Gangreen Gang are a gang of five green-skinned teenage hoodlums who, despite not having powers and often not posing a threat, can be dangerous when motivated. They delight in vandalizing and tormenting those weaker than themselves, especially children and the elderly. The Gangreen Gang lives in an old shack in Townsville's junkyard.

• {{anchor|Ace}}Ace (voiced by Jeff Bennett): The Gang's leader, who is mean-spirited and opportunistic and manipulates others with his charisma. In 2018, Ace joined the virtual band Gorillaz while Murdoc Niccals was in prison.{{Cite web |last=Staley |first=Brandon |date=May 31, 2018 |title=The Gorillaz's New Band Member is a Powerpuff Girls Character |url=https://www.cbr.com/the-gorillaz-ace-powerpuff-girls/ |access-date=December 19, 2018 |publisher=Comic Book Resources}}
• {{anchor|Snake|Sanford D. Ingleberry}}Snake (voiced by Tom Kenny): The Gang's second-in-command, who speaks with a sibilant hiss. It is revealed in "School House Rocked" that his real name is Sanford D. Ingleberry.
• {{anchor|Lil' Arturo|Little Arturo|Arturo de la Guerra|Arthur from the War}}Lil' Arturo (voiced initially by Carlos Alazraqui, subsequently by Tom Kenny): A Mexican child who seems to take the most amusement from the Gang's activities. His full name is Arturo de la Guerra.
• {{anchor|Grubber}}Grubber (voiced by Jeff Bennett): A disfigured, barefoot hunchback who communicates by blowing raspberries.
• {{anchor|Big Billy|William W. Williams|William William Williams|William Williams}}Big Billy (voiced by Jeff Bennett): A hulking, dimwitted colossus who serves as the Gang's muscle. Though possessing a childlike innocence, he mostly does the Gang's bidding. It is revealed in "School House Rocked" that he is a cyclops and his real name is William W. Williams.

The Amoeba Boys (voiced by Chuck McCann in the series and What a Cartoon!, Lou Romano in Whoopass Stew) are a trio of mutant amoebas who aspire to be respected villains, but are unintelligent and incompetent. Though largely harmless, their actions have caused danger.

• {{anchor|Bossman}}Bossman: The Amoeba Boys' leader. In the pilot, he is depicted with a cigar in his mouth.
• {{anchor|Junior|Tiny}}Junior: The smallest of the Amoeba Boys. He wears a black hat. In What a Cartoon!, he was named Tiny.
• {{anchor|Slim|Skinny Slim}}Slim: The tallest of the Amoeba Boys, who is more incompetent than Bossman and Junior. He wears a brown fedora. In What a Cartoon!, he was named Skinny Slim.

The Rowdyruff Boys are the Powerpuff Girls' evil male counterparts, created by Mojo Jojo using a mixture of "snips, snails, a puppy dog tail", and radioactive toilet water, and possess the same powers as them. They are Brick (red), Boomer (blue) and Butch (green). They are destroyed when the girls kiss them, but are later resurrected by HIM.

• {{anchor|Brick}}Brick (voiced by Rob Paulsen): Blossom's male counterpart and the Rowdyruff Boys' self-proclaimed leader. His short temper and rashness often causes conflict with his brothers. His signature color is red, and he wears a backwards red baseball cap compared to Blossom's bow. He also originally had bangs, which were replaced with long spiky hair when he was revived.
• {{anchor|Boomer}}Boomer (voiced by Rob Paulsen): Bubbles' male counterpart. He is a loud-mouthed dunce, in contrast to Bubbles' sweetness, and likes disgusting things. Boomer is the least intelligent of the boys, and they often bully and boss him around. His signature is blue and Boomer's hair parts in a curved fashion like Bubbles', but is longer and spiky on each end, in a wings haircut.
• {{anchor|Butch}}Butch (voiced by Roger L. Jackson): Buttercup's male counterpart. He is hyperactive and easily excited. His signature is green and his hair is spiked upwards, abandoning his previous cowlick from his first appearance. He also shares Buttercup's small triangular hair parting.

Sedusa (voiced by Jennifer Hale) is a Gorgon-like seductress who uses her feminine wiles to influence men to do her bidding. She is absent in the reboot due to concerns over her sexualized design.{{Cite web |last=Brown |first=Tracy |title=New 'Powerpuff Girls' packs a bigger character punch than the original |website=Los Angeles Times |date=4 April 2016 |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/herocomplex/la-et-hc-powerpuff-girls-20160401-story.html}}

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Blisstina "Bliss" (voiced by Olivia Olson) is the original Powerpuff Girl in the 2016 series, who, due to being created from Chemical W rather than Chemical X, possesses additional abilities that the Powerpuff Girls do not, including telekinesis and teleportation. Initially joining the team after isolating herself out of fear of her powers, she later joins the Universal Protection Bureau, an intergalactic police force.

{{anchor|Maylyn|Jaylyn|Haylyn|Bobby Susan Ray-Lyn}}The Derbytantes (voiced by Kate Higgins) are a group of roller skaters who enjoy playing Deathball, a sport similar to dodgeball and rollerball. Notable members include Maylyn, Jaylyn, Haylyn, and Bobby Susan Ray-Lyn.

Donny (voiced by Josh Fadem) is a young unicorn and Bubbles' friend.

Packrat (voiced by Jason Spisak) is a rat thief.

Allegro (voiced by Eric Bauza) is a panda-like being who can cause people to go into a stupor of pure happiness. "Largo" reveals that he and Largo were originally one being before being split by a cosmic storm, before they later re-merge.

Manboy (voiced by Maurice LaMarche) is a short man who possesses superhuman strength and a magical, prehensile beard. He is sexist and believes that men are superior to women. He is later revealed to be a child who gained an adult body when he got his powers.

{{anchor|Bianca and Barbarus Bikini|Barbarus and Bianca Bikini|Bianca Bikini|Barbarus Bikini|Bianca|Barbarus}}Bianca and Barbarus Bikini (respectively voiced by Lily Vonnegut and Natalie Palamides) are a human and gorilla. Bianca was initially chosen to be the new assistant of the Mayor before being found out.{{Cite web |last=Brown |first=Tracy |title=New 'Powerpuff Girls' packs a bigger character punch than the original |website=Los Angeles Times |date=4 April 2016 |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/herocomplex/la-et-hc-powerpuff-girls-20160401-story.html}}

{{anchor|Jemmica|Jemoire|Jemoire, Queen of the Storms|Jemmica, Queen of the Storms|Queen of the Storms}}Jemmica (voiced by Anais Fairweather) is a thief who masquerades as a treasure hunter and adventurer. "Total Eclipse of the Kart" reveals that she is an ancient evil entity named Jemoire.

Silico (voiced by Jason Spisak) is a supervillain and the owner of a self-titled company. He was originally a lonely kid who built toy robots to keep him company, vowing revenge against the Powerpuff Girls after they accidentally destroyed them.

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