Powerpuff References in Other Media
Movies
Blade 2
The Powerpuff Girls makes four appearances in this movie:
- "Down and Dirty" (twice; Buttercup fighting the cyclops and running
through the woods)
- "The Mane Event" (Blossom floating over the bed shaking her hair)
- "Bubblevicious" (Bubbles wiping blood from her mouth) [Lots
O' People]
Dancing at the Blue Iguana
- Angel (Darryl Hannah) wears a baseball jersey-style Powerpuff Girls
shirt in one scene. [Blossomboi]
Don't Say a Word
- As Dr Conrad (Michael Douglas) carries his daughter into her bedroom
at the beginning of the movie, we can see PPG plushies on her bed.
[California Vohaul]
Elf
- Toward the end of the movie, Michael (Daniel Tay) reads a book
containing children's wish lists for Santa Claus, one of which mentions
that a little girl "wants a Powerpuff Girls playset for Christmas."
[Sinister X]
The Hot Chick
- Clive (Rob Schneider) wears Powerpuff Girls pajamas in one scene. [BubblyBubbles]
- April (Anna Faris) has a rainbow-colored Bubbles shirt on as she and
her friends walk through a shopping mall. [Digital X]
How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
- At the beginning of the movie, a bus with a Powerpuff Girls poster on
the side can be seen. [Freaky Zigzag]
A Mighty Wind
- In one scene, Mitch (Eugene Levy), the male half of the "Mitch and
Mickey" duo, is watching the "save-the-train" sequence from "Him Diddle
Riddle." [Eric Tremont]
Scary Movie 2
- One of the female characters at the beginning of the movie is wearing
a Powerpuff Girls backpack. [Psychoprog]
- A Blossom plushie appears in the background of one scene. [Psychoprog]
Scooby-Doo
- Scrappy-Doo says at one point, "I'm as cute as any Powerpuff Girl!" [melissom]
Unbreakable
- Scenes from "Mommy Fearest" appear in this film. [ajnrules]
Television
Arthur
- In the episode "Desk Wars," one of the items the children fight
over is a "Colorforms"-type toy featuring the "Judo Kittens,"
characters with Powerpuff-style faces and eyes. [Chris Cook]
Aqua Teen Hunger Force
- Two aliens wear T-shirts with pictures of a "punk" Blossom in one
episode of this Cartoon Network show. [Foxbat 3]
- The mall often visited by the Aqua Teen Hunger Force, the
"Powerpuff Mall," is from the first Powerpuff Girls "What a Cartoon!"
short, "Meat Fuzzy
Lumkins." [HappyBeagle007]
Everwood
- In the episode "Extra Ordinary," Amy (Emily VanCamp) watches part
of "Mommy Fearest." [Jaded Otaku, Glenn Leider]
Everybody Loves Raymond
- In the Christmas episode in which Raymond gets a DVD player, a
Buttercup plushie can be seen on the living room table. [Bonnie]
Excel Saga
The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy
- In one episode, Billy spots the shadow of what he thinks is a spider
on his bedroom wall, then looks down to see Octi, Bubbles' stuffed toy,
sitting on his lampshade. [DragonShadow]
- In the episode "Sickly Sweet," after Grim creates a fire on Mandy's
carpet, she says, "I swear, if I find a scorch, I'm going to open up my
own personal can of Powerpuff on you two!"—a possible reference to the
change of PPG's title from The Whoopass Girls. [Chris Cook,
mbaker]
Lloyd in Space
- In the episode "Babysitter Lloyd," Lloyd and his sister Francine fight over what TV show
to watch, one of which is a PPG clone called The DaisyDroid
Girls. [Major Gundam, Chris Cook]
Room Raiders
- In one episode of this MTV show, a male contestant goes through a
woman's bedroom, in which a Buttercup plushie can be seen. [Mojolator]
Shorties Watchin' Shorties
- In one episode of this animated series on Comedy Central, Nick and
Patrice, the "host babies," imagine themselves having Powerpuff-style
bodies and beating up Barney the Purple Dinosaur. [DragonShadow]
The Simpsons
- In the episode "The Dad Who Knew Too Little," as Lisa dyes her hair black, she
says, "I love the new hairstyle, Dad. I look just like a Powerpuff Girl."
[Mecadaemious]
Spaced
- Sophie (Lucie Akhurst) holds a Buttercup plushie in one episode of
this comedy, shown on Britain's Channel 4. [OJR]
X-Men: Evolution
- In the episode "Dark Horizons, Part 1," the Blob watches a cartoon
very similar to PPG, but featuring more angular characters,
presumably to avoid copyright issues with Cartoon Network. [Chevron,
Retro]
Other
- The video for the SugaBabes' "Angels with Dirty
Faces" is a retelling of "Nano of the North," with animated versions
of the all-girl British trio replacing the Powerpuff Girls. [Stephen
Cobert]
- In the August 2004 issue of NASCAR Magazine,
an article on comic-book characters featuring in stock car paint schemes
is accompanied by an
illustration featuring Bubbles, among other characters. [Powerpuff
Ten]
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