The Powerpuff Girls were created by Craig McCracken. He originally created them in college (California Institute for the Arts), then called "The Whoopass Girls".
They were in actuality his project, he was taking animation classes then. His first animated short of The Whoopass Girls was really an introduction to them, called "Whoopass Stew!" similar to today's
introduction (sugar, spice and everything nice...these were the
ingredients...etc.) Professor Utonium was very different looking, short and bald. They were created not with Chemical X, but with a "can of Whoopass". They fought the Gangrene Gang in the opening. A clip of this can be found at here. McCracken made another animated short, this time a "episode" called "A Sticky Situation" (also found at the address above.) It featured the Amoeba Boys as the enemies, and The Whoopass Girls, of course.
Their names were Blossom, Bubbles and Buttercup, same as today.
After a while, Hanna Barbera (the animation company) saw Craig's Whoopass Girls, and thought it's make a cute and successful series. But since
"Whoopass" wasn't appropriate for television, especially about little girls, the name "Powerpuff" was adopted.
Soon, The Powerpuff Girls premiered on Cartoon Network in 1995, as "World Premiere Toons" shorts. The episode "Meat Fuzzy
Lumpkins" was shown in 1995, while "Crime 101" was shown in 1996. To the side is a grab from "Crime 101". The success was great, more episodes were produced, and the very first REAL episode of The Powerpuff Girls aired on November 19, 1998. The
episodes were "Monkey See, Doggie Do" and "Mommy Fearest". Needless to say, the popularity and appeal of these cute large eyed Girls with superpowers grew, and they are now one of the highest rated shows on Cartoon Network.
But before ALL THAT, Craig drew a picture of The Powerpuff Girls! They look very different, as you can see to the below. Bubbles had green eyes and dress,
while Buttercup is in blue. Their eyes are narrower, and the hair a little longer. It also looks as though they have fingers. They are still very cute in this picture; I
wouldn't mind if the girls looked like that today!
Here is the present picture, in the same pose, but looking very different. Now Bubbles has blue eyes and dress, and Buttercup green. Their eyes also are much larger.
Aren't they adorable? :)
Now all their hair is shorter, especially Buttercup's. This is the same pose that the Powerpuff Girls were in when they emerged from Professor Utonuim's pot of ingredients.
All information was written from Bubbles' head, so
please do not plagiarize or steal.
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