Powerpuff Girls

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1. The Powerpuff Girls is an American TV series created by animator Craig Mccracken and produced by Cartoon Network Studios. PPG is a story about three little girls who were created in a lab by their father-figure Professor Utonium and have super powers. Using their ultra-super powers; Blossom, Bubbles and Buttercup have dedicated their lives to fighting crime and the forces of evil.

2. Craig McCracken is an American animator, director, and producer. He is best known for creating ‘The Powerpuff Girls’, and has also created popular animated shows such as ‘Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends’ for Cartoon Network, and has written and storyboarded for ‘Dexter's Laboratory’.

3. Craig McCracken is an American animator, director, and producer. He is best known for creating ‘The Powerpuff Girls’, and has also created popular animated shows such as ‘Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends’ for Cartoon Network, and has written and storyboarded for ‘Dexter's Laboratory’. McCracken created The Powerpuff Girls in 1992 as a cartoon short named ‘ Whoopass Stew !’ while in his second year at CalArts . Following the name change, Cartoon Network featured the first Powerpuff Girls pilots in its animation showcase and the series made its official debut as a Cartoon Cartoon on November 18, 1998,

4. Craig McCracken is an American animator, director, and producer. He is best known for creating ‘The Powerpuff Girls’, and has also created popular animated shows such as ‘Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends’ for Cartoon Network, and has written and storyboarded for ‘Dexter's Laboratory’. McCracken created The Powerpuff Girls in 1992 as a cartoon short named ‘ Whoopass Stew !’ while in his second year at CalArts . Following the name change, Cartoon Network featured the first Powerpuff Girls pilots in its animation showcase and the series made its official debut as a Cartoon Cartoon on November 18, 1998, The Powerpuff Girls series has been nominated for six Emmy Awards, nine Annie Awards, and a Kids' Choice Award during its run. Spin-off media of the show includes an anime, three CD soundtracks, a home video collection, and a series of video games, as well as various licensed merchandise.

5. Storyboard Artists A series of popular artists have worked on The Powerpuff Girls (though most were not popular at the time). Artists included but were not limited to: Greg Colton (Director of Family Guy) Paul Rudish (Development Artist on My Little Pony) Genndy Tartakovsky (Creator of Dexter’s Lab) Lauren Faust (Developer of My Little Pony and also married to Craig McCracken)

6. Storyboard Artists The storyboard artists for The Powerpuff Girls worked on individual episodes (and sometimes only on certain scenes).

7. Storyboard Artists The storyboard artists for The Powerpuff Girls worked on individual episodes (and sometimes only on certain scenes). The majority of artists were freelance, and therefore most episodes were storyboarded by different people each time.

8. Storyboard Artists For the storyboards, the artists would work from reference sheets to get an idea of how the characters look and move. Through these sheets, artists could get an idea of size and height comparisons (though as shown, that could vary); and the correct ways to draw the characters.

9. Storyboard Artists For the storyboards, the artists would work from reference sheets to get an idea of how the characters look and move.

10. Concept Art When developing the show for Cartoon Network, Lou Romano was employed to work with Don Shank, the Art Director . He was given creative freedom on the project .

11. Concept Art When developing the show for Cartoon Network, Lou Romano was employed to work with Don Shank, the Art Director . He was given creative freedom on the project . Once the c oncept i deas were approved, it was sent overseas to Cartoon Network where they began working on the final product. Not much Else is known as Lou Romano and Don Shank now mostly work on Pixar projects .

12. Concept Art When the 2014 special was in production, concept artist and animator Kevin Dart was hired for Concept Art.

13. Character Design Craig McCracken started drawing at the age of three, but needed help from his father to draw on paper what his ideas were. From an early age, McCracken was interested in drawing super heroes. At the age of twelve, Craig decided that he was going to make a comic book and create his own characters. 

14. Character Design McCracken went on to CalArts to studying Animation, and then afterwards left to work for Hanna-Barbera and this is where ‘The Powerpuff Girls’ as we know it was born.   It was first shown on ‘What a Cartoon !’ a s a short film.

15. Character Design McCracken went on to CalArts to studying Animation, and then afterwards left to work for Hanna-Barbera and this is where ‘The Powerpuff Girls’ as we know it was born.   It was first shown on ‘What a Cartoon !’ a s a short film. The name ‘The Powerpuff Girls’ was suggested by Paul Rudish to McCracken. Originally, the show was named ‘ Whoopass Stew’, but Cartoon Network asked for a change to the name as it was deemed inappropriate . 

16. Character Design Bubbles is the blonde, pig-tailed sister. She is very sensitive and adorable and likes to colour in drawings. Out of the three girls, Bubbles is the baby. In her design, her pig tails are curved and non pointy to portray that she is the gentle one. Bubbles is voiced by Tara Strong.

17. Character Design Bubbles is the blonde, pig-tailed sister. She is very sensitive and adorable and likes to colour in drawings. Out of the three girls, Bubbles is the baby. In her design, her pig tails are curved and non pointy to portray that she is the gentle one. Bubbles is voiced by Tara Strong. Blossom is the leader of the three sisters, and is the most mature. She often mothers the others and generally plays the peace maker between them.   Her design is shown through her being always in the centre point and she’s only one with the bow in her hair which represents a Crown. Blossom is voiced by Cathy Cavadini.

18. Character Design Bubbles is the blonde, pig-tailed sister. She is very sensitive and adorable and likes to colour in drawings. Out of the three girls, Bubbles is the baby. In her design, her pig tails are curved and non pointy to portray that she is the gentle one. Bubbles is voiced by Tara Strong. Blossom is the leader of the three sisters, and is the most mature. She often mothers the others and generally plays the peace maker between them.   Her design is shown through her being always in the centre point and she’s only one with the bow in her hair which represents a Crown. Blossom is voiced by Cathy Cavadini. Buttercup is the feisty sister. She’s always committed and hot headed. Originally, she was going to be named ‘Bud’ but as it did not flow very well with the other two names, it was changed . In her design, Buttercup is shown to be the aggressive tomboy- ish one through the sharpness of her short black bob with more angles.  Buttercup is voiced by E.G. Daily.

19. Character Design When thinking about creating villains, McCracken created a scale to work out just how evil (or not so evil) the character was. The scale consisted of: Super Evil, Middle and Dumb .   Super Evil: ‘Him’ A devil-like creature with lobster claws. Middle Scale : Mojo Jojo An Evil Monkey who wants to rule the world. Middle Scale: The Gangreen Gang A gang of hoodlums who make trouble. Dumb: The Amoeba Boys The dumbest of villains, Classic thugs , gangster style and full of bacteria