Cartoon Network's Powerpuff Girls Reach 10-Year Milestone

[Umandsf]

ATLANTA, April 11: Cartoon Network Enterprises’ (CNE) hit brand, The Powerpuff Girls, celebrates its tenth anniversary this year with live shows and limited-edition merchandise, among other initiatives, to launch throughout the world in 2008.

In Asia Pacific, aside from the airing of a special movie-length episode in time for The Powerpuff Girls’ actual anniversary at the end of 2008, celebrations will also revolve around the theme of ten years of saving the world, with live shows planned for various markets. “Ten Years of Saving the World: The Powerpuff Generation,” a year-long initiative in the Philippines, kicked off in February with a search for real-life Powerpuff Girls. In addition, CNE is working with its various licensing agents, including Brand Elite for Greater China, FCI Brands in Southeast Asia, Wild Pumpkin in Australia, Double Impact in Taiwan and Asiana Licensing in Korea, as well as its own CNE offices in Japan and India, to launch limited-edition tenth anniversary merchandise during the latter part of 2008.

Celebrations are also underway in other parts of the world. In Europe, clothing chains H&M and Zara have come out with limited-edition apparel. In Spain and Italy, ten designers have been tapped to create ten different designs inspired by The Powerpuff Girls. Meanwhile, in the U.S., a limited-edition apparel line was also launched to celebrate the Girls’ anniversary.

“The Powerpuff Girls’ appeal throughout the world has endured since they were first created out of the mysterious Chemical X in 1997,” said Dulce Lim-Chen, the VP of Asia Pacific at Cartoon Network Enterprises. “We are very excited to be paying tribute to a property that is Cartoon Network’s proud contribution to enduring characters that are and will continue to be loved by generations.”

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I'm interested in this limited edition stuff.

[tb4000]

Haha, I can't believe it's been a decade since they came out.

[Master Toon]

"Ten Years of Saving the World" Not really but whatever.

Where's Dexter's celebration?

[veemonjosh]

If this doesn't scream "We're going to air PPGZ within the year", I don't know what does.

Also, this explains why they announced a while back that they're making a new half-hour special focused on the original continuity.

[Darklordavaitor]

Where's Dexter's celebration?

Going on Boomerang was it. Cow & Chicken's, too. Johnny Bravo went on a little late, but yeah.

I'm hopnig us Americans get some tenth anniversary love. At least season 2 on DVD, that's all I really need.

[Umandsf]

Also, this explains why they announced a while back that they're making a new half-hour special focused on the original continuity.
Of course, it now looks to be much longer than 30 minutes. :D

[DarthGonzo]

Ahem...the Powerpuff Girls have been around longer than 10 years, guys.

[Nexonius]

I think they mean the actual 1998 series.

Characters wise, they appeared in 1992 as The Whoop*** Girls.

Namesake wise, The Powerpuff Girls came in 1995 on World Premiere Toons, the first ever short.

And the series came in 1998.


So technically, it's been 16 years.

[Lavenderpaw]

^ Good gravey...I remember I was about six when it came out.

[Racattack!Force]

I wonder if the Eds will get something like this next year (January 4th, 2009 will mark the ten-year anniversary of that show). :shrug:

[kewlmyc]

I wonder if the Eds will get something like this next year (January 4th, 2009 will mark the ten-year anniversary of that show). :shrug:
Movie airdate?

[Racattack!Force]

Movie airdate?
Well, I guess the channel could air that and the "lost" episode on the anniversary, but I would like something a bit more...ya' know?

[Darklordavaitor]

I wonder if the Eds will get something like this next year (January 4th, 2009 will mark the ten-year anniversary of that show). :shrug:
Maybe, if the network still shows it, a "Best Day Edder" rehash wouldn't be too far out of the question. What I'd really love for the show's tenth anniversary, though, is the announcement of season 7.

[I.R Joey]

Congradulations.

Possibly the greatest original show CN has ever made.

[Racattack!Force]

Maybe, if the network still shows it, a "Best Day Edder" rehash wouldn't be too far out of the question. What I'd really love for the show's tenth anniversary, though, is the announcement of season 7.
Might not happen, since Matt Hill (voice of Ed) is going on some year-long marathon.

[RonDrakenfan17]

10 Years of saving the world? Guess the profeser will be an old man and Mojo will be an old monkey unless he and the profeser some how created some thing to keep them young.

[Mickialla]

Wow, it's pretty funny how fast time flies by. Seeing as how the actual anniversary of PPG is in a few months, I'm guessing that's when they'll be airing the TV movie that Tara Strong had talked about. Oh and I'm guessing we EEnE fans won't be getting anything special come next year. Nowadays there's not too much attention towards EEnE, they're slowly suffocating it's very existence until it is no more. The lost episode and movie/series finale will be like the KND finale, it will happen all of a sudden and then after that EEnE will be dead.

[Racattack!Force]

WNowadays there's not too much attention towards EEnE, they're slowly suffocating it's very existence until it is no more. The lost episode and movie/series finale will be like the KND finale, it will happen all of a sudden and then after that EEnE will be dead.

Not sure about that. EEnE is a popular cartoon, and the mega-marathon that aired last year gained some of the network's best ratings. The only thing stopping the show from getting a seventh and finale season (the two episodes and movie make-up season six) may be the viewership of the movie when it airs. Also, one of the voice actors said the Matt Hill (voice of Ed) is going on a year-long marathon around North America for the environment. So that would obviously halt production. In the future, they may start on a 7th season (of 9-12 episodes).

[Mickialla]

Not sure about that. EEnE is a popular cartoon, and the mega-marathon that aired last year gained some of the network's best ratings. The only thing stopping the show from getting a seventh and finale season (the two episodes and movie make-up season six) may be the viewership of the movie when it airs. Also, one of the voice actors said the Matt Hill (voice of Ed) is going on a year-long marathon around North America for the environment. So that would obviously halt production. In the future, they may start on a 7th season (of 9-12 episodes).

The Network has changed alot since last year, at least to me it has. There was a lot more attention to EEnE back then cuz it still had a decent number of episodes to air. CN has a decent amount of new programming coming in at the present, and I think EEnE is reduced to one airing a week now. This same time last year, KND also had episodes airing. After their finale aired, their slowly dying. EEnE is one of the original Cartoon Cartoons and one of the best parts of CN, having the longest airing time in terms of years. Now it's slowly drifting away from the schedules and it might be time to exchange goodbyes.
But we should celebrate in honor of the PPG's having a new TV movie soon!!

[Dr.Pepper]

10 years? Wow time flys

[PC!]

They're looking for real life Powerpuff girls?

...that'd actually be a pretty frightening thing to see, I'd think.

[Racattack!Force]

After their finale aired, their slowly dying. EEnE is one of the original Cartoon Cartoons and one of the best parts of CN, having the longest airing time in terms of years. Now it's slowly drifting away from the schedules and it might be time to exchange goodbyes.

KND is airing daily, so I don't really call that dying XP. The show has limited airings due to them airing the enitre series several times during the movie's production. The movie is still not done, so CN is pushing it to one airing a week, so they can air more shows in the places the Eds once aired. Around the end of the year, they will be airing the show a lot more.

[Mickialla]

Yea, well I suppose I understand what you're saying. I personally do hope they bring the show back for a 7th season. But there's a lot of trouble with that. One problem is what you mentioned about Matt Hill and the marathon. But I suppose that they could just find a new voice actor or make him do all his voices beforehand. The former probably wouldn't work cuz so many people have begun to recognize that as the one and only voice of Ed. But the
main problem is that EEnE has reached its 78 episode limit and I'm pretty sure CN isn't going to go out of its way to break their rules for one show, no matter how long its been running.

[Racattack!Force]

Yea, well I suppose I understand what you're saying. I personally do hope they bring the show back for a 7th season. But there's a lot of trouble with that. One problem is what you mentioned about Matt Hill and the marathon. But I suppose that they could just find a new voice actor or make him do all his voices beforehand. The former probably wouldn't work cuz so many people have begun to recognize that as the one and only voice of Ed. But the
main problem is that EEnE has reached its 78 episode limit and I'm pretty sure CN isn't going to go out of its way to break their rules for one show, no matter how long its been running.
Dexter's Lab came back years after it originally ended. I'm sure that EEnE could do the same and not replace Matt Hill. Just wait until his thing is over. Also, EEnE didn't reach it's 78 episode limit. They (in the US anyway) have only 65 episodes, since specials don't count. In Australia and the United Kingdom, it's 66 episodes. :shrug:

[Mickialla]

Dexter's Lab came back years after it originally ended. I'm sure that EEnE could do the same and not replace Matt Hill. Just wait until his thing is over. Also, EEnE didn't reach it's 78 episode limit. They (in the US anyway) have only 65 episodes, since specials don't count. In Australia and the United Kingdom, it's 66 episodes. :shrug:

U make a good point. I salute you
Anyways, I'm pretty sure by real life PPGs they mean something like real girls that are getting active in society to do stuff like help kids, save the environment, so this way they too are "heroes" like the PPG's. At least I hope that's what it means; trying to find real life preschool superheroes formed in a lab by a nonexisting chemical named Chemical X would be pretty fruitless. :sweat:

[NewcomerDC]

For the real Powerpuff Girls, they could be heroes in the community and it won't be bad to see some of them to have resemblance to the Townsville Heroes.

[veemonjosh]

They're looking for real life Powerpuff girls?

...that'd actually be a pretty frightening thing to see, I'd think.

It makes me want to see a "Realistic Powerpuff Girl" picture similar to the Realistic Homer and Realistic Mario pictures. :sweat:

[NewcomerDC]

It makes me want to see a "Realistic Powerpuff Girl" picture similar to the Realistic Homer and Realistic Mario pictures. :sweat:
Now THAT would be scary.

[Racattack!Force]

U make a good point. I salute you
Anyways, I'm pretty sure by real life PPGs they mean something like real girls that are getting active in society to do stuff like help kids, save the environment, so this way they too are "heroes" like the PPG's. At least I hope that's what it means; trying to find real life preschool superheroes formed in a lab by a nonexisting chemical named Chemical X would be pretty fruitless. :sweat:

Thank you. :D And I think you are right about that "Search for Real Powerpuff Girls" thing. :sweat:

[Dogasu]

I'm hopnig us Americans get some tenth anniversary love. At least season 2 on DVD, that's all I really need.

Seconded.

I also find it funny that Asia's getting all these celebrations while America, the country of the show's origin, gets...a clothing line? Boo.

[Ykwia]

Honestly? Who has time to actually go outside to an event.

Not unless it's a music concert.

[Master Toon]

If this doesn't scream "We're going to air PPGZ within the year", I don't know what does.

Not really. How does airing PPGZ over here has anything to do with what's going on over there?


Also, this explains why they announced a while back that they're making a new half-hour special focused on the original continuity.

It does? I thought that was a Wikipedia rumor.


They're looking for real life Powerpuff girls?

...that'd actually be a pretty frightening thing to see, I'd think.

I'm guessing they'll use some Sailor Moon look-alikes which is far, far, far from the actual Powerpuff Girls.

[tb4000]

There was a rumor floating around a few years back about WB wanting to do a live action PPG movie with Tim Burton directing, but I assume it's in development hell now.

[Lavenderpaw]

They're looking for real life Powerpuff girls?

...that'd actually be a pretty frightening thing to see, I'd think.

:bubbles: Oh,boy.I WANNA BE BUBBLES! :bubbles:

[DarthGonzo]

There was a rumor floating around a few years back about WB wanting to do a live action PPG movie with Tim Burton directing, but I assume it's in development hell now.

Development hell? You mean more like "not a chance in hell", right? Considering how the animated flick did at the box office...

[J.E.Smith]

They're looking for real life Powerpuff girls?

...that'd actually be a pretty frightening thing to see, I'd think.

http://www.billandted.org/pics/misc/univ0240.jpg

[Darklordavaitor]

^Gotta love it.

[Racattack!Force]

That just looks too werid. XP

[J.E.Smith]

Blame Universal for that. This was part of the 2002 edition of the Bill & Ted's Halloween show that they do every year at Universal Studios.

The show focuses on movie characters and notable celebrites from that show's year, with an adult twist since the show is for teens and adults only, so I guess the PPGs were featured due to the release of the movie.

At the end show they had a song and dance meledy, and the PPGs ripped off their dresses and danced around in bikinis...I'm serious.

[Master Toon]

http://www.billandted.org/pics/misc/univ0240.jpg

No matter who does it, it will never look right. The way the girls are designed and their ages make it impossible for any human being to play as them.

[Daxdiv]

Blame Universal for that. This was part of the 2002 edition of the Bill & Ted's Halloween show that they do every year at Universal Studios.

The show focuses on movie characters and notable celebrites from that show's year, with an adult twist since the show is for teens and adults only, so I guess the PPGs were featured due to the release of the movie.

At the end show they had a song and dance meledy, and the PPGs ripped off their dresses and danced around in bikinis...I'm serious.


:Cues Pheonix Wright like Face Fault: wow dude that is messed up, did the actors for the PPG act like kids at all during the show? Cause if they did it would be more creepy.

[stargirl]

Wow, ten years ALREADY! :eek: Time flies when you're watching TV...

But anyway, congratulations! :D Any chance CN US could put PPG back on the air for this event...?

[Darklordavaitor]

At the end show they had a song and dance meledy, and the PPGs ripped off their dresses and danced around in bikinis...I'm serious.
Ew. There's just no excuse for some things.

[veemonjosh]

Not really. How does airing PPGZ over here has anything to do with what's going on over there?



It does? I thought that was a Wikipedia rumor.

I meant if this celebration thing reaches the US, which it apparently will with the new TV Movie.

And no, the new movie has never been a Wikipedia rumor. It was officially announced from a reliable source.

[Mickialla]

Yea, Tara Strong, the voice of Bubbles, announced the movie.

[OverMaster]

Not really. How does airing PPGZ over here has anything to do with what's going on over there?


Well, Cartoon Network Latin America already has announced PPGZ for later this year. Can an USA release be too far?

[ChibiGoku]

Well, Cartoon Network Latin America already has announced PPGZ for later this year. Can an USA release be too far?

Honestly, I'll be surprised if it doesn't, especially given the Spanish dubs are being based off the english version. Worst comes to worst, it'll be on a seperate audio stream during the LA CartoonNetwork broadcast. The only issue, is probably most of us won't be able to see it... :sad:

[Isondill]

Wait... there's going to be a new Powerpuff Girls made-for-TV movie? Is Craig McCracken directing?! :eek:


That would be so awesome.

[veemonjosh]

Wait... there's going to be a new Powerpuff Girls made-for-TV movie? Is Craig McCracken directing?! :eek:


That would be so awesome.

As far as we know, he might be directing it.

[Kazuya Prower]

I hope this means See Me, Feel Me, Gnomey finally airs in the US. I'm so looking forward to what's in store for the girls this year.

[Mickialla]

I hope this means See Me, Feel Me, Gnomey finally airs in the US. I'm so looking forward to what's in store for the girls this year.

It could happen, what with the TV Movie and stuff, but wouldn't it be weird to air one episode out of the blue???