Ms. Keane

MS. KEANE

Real Name: Keane (first name unrevealed)

Class: Human

Occupation: Kindergarten teacher

Group Affiliation: None

Known Relatives: None

Aliases: None

Base of Operations: Townsville, Earth-Powerpuff Girls

First Appearance: (television) What A Cartoon!: "Meat Fuzzy Lumpkins" (February, 1995), (DC Comics) Cartoon Network Starring #5 (January, 2000)

Powers: Ms. Keane was a patient and skilled teacher.

History:

(Powerpuff Girls #2) - Buttercup’s classmate Tommy had a crush on her and he asked their teacher Ms. Keane how he could win her over. When Ms. Keane said girls liked flowers he surprised Buttercup with some freshly picked ones and kissed her on the cheek. She socked him, saying she was a rebel and a loner and had no use for boy cooties. Tommy cried that he’s given up on love, and HIM appeared. HIM said he hated love too, and with Tommy’s help he could put an end to love and the Powerpuff Girls. HIM gave Tommy an belt that shot anti-love rays, saying that whoever he targeted would lose all their love, and HIM would collect it in a magic crystal ball. The Mayor called the Powerpuff Girls after Tommy caused the love to leave Townsville. Tommy shot Bubbles with anti-love rays, but she was so full of love that it knocked her unconscious, and Tommy instantly regretted working with HIM. Blossom and Buttercup restored bubbles by telling her they loved her, and the amount of love the Powerpuff Girls had was too much for HIM’s crystal, which shattered. Tommy told Buttercup he was wrong for trying to get rid of all love just because she rejected him, and buttercup socked him again.

(Powerpuff Girls #3) - A meteor was about to strike Townsville, and the Mayor assured Sara Bellum he had everything in hand because he just bought a personal digital assistant to keep his meetings. Bellum insisted he call the Powerpuff Girls, but the girls were distracted after an ice cream truck passed by Pokey Oaks Elementary. The meteor hit a skyscraper, but the building’s spire popped the meteor and caused it to deflate. Dr. Utonium investigated the meteor’s tiny remains and determined that it was composed of a type of polymer that caused it to expand due to the heat of Earth’s atmosphere. Against Utonium’s advice the Mayor took the meteor home to use as a paperweight. He wasn’t distressed that the Powerpuff girls weren’t at the ready to save the day because he thought they tried their best. The meteor gave off strange radiation that gave superpowers to every resident of Townsville. The Mayor told the Girls they wouldn’t have to save the day all the time anymore, but the Girls insisted saving the day wasn’t as easy as it looked. A giant monster rampaged through the city and Dr. Utonium, the Mayor and Sara Bellum teamed up to fight it, telling the Powerpuff Girls to relax. The monster wasn’t easily put down, so the Girls kindergarten teacher Ms. Keane joined the fight, even though the Mayor tried to shoo her away and started arguing with her. Ac construction crew was angry they couldn’t beat the monster, who was keeping them from egtting to work, and a fight broke out. The fight spread as all of Townsville’s newly superpowered residents started brawling. Buttercup and Bubbles went to get rid of the meteor, which was causing more problems than it was worth, while Blossom stopped everyone from fighting and used her giant monster fighting experience to show them the proper way to team up and defeat the monster. Bubbles and Buttercup couldn’t destroy the meteor, so they threw it into the air, and with its’ presence gone the Townville citizens returned to normal. Bubbles and Buttercup lied to Blossom, assuring her the meteor was in a safe place where it couldn’t hurt anyone. It actually landed in Antarctica, empowering the local wildlife and leading to them engaging each other in a superpowered clash.

Comments: Created by Craig McCracken.

Ms. Keane was a character from Cartoon Network’s The Powerpuff Girls cartoon that were licensed by DC Comics. This entry covers only her DC appearances. For a full history of the character see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Powerpuff_Girls.