The Powerpuff Girls is an American animated TV series created by Craig McCracken about three little girls with superpowers - Blossom, Bubbles, and Buttercup - who were accidentally created by their father figure, Professor Utonium, to use their powers to fight crime and the forces of evil. McCracken developed the concept while studying animation at CalArts and it first aired as a short film before being developed into a full TV series by Cartoon Network in 1998.

2. 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.

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’.

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,

5. 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.

6. 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)

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

8. 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.

9. 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.

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

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.

12. 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 concept ideas 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.

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

14. 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.

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!’ as a short
film.

16. 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!’ as 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.

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.

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.

19. 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.

20. 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