That Time The Powerpuff Girls Movie RUINED Cartoon Network's Reputation
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 4 ก.พ. 2025
- The Powerpuff Girls' journey to theaters failed miserably, which paved a pretty dark path for Cartoon Network in the years to come. What went wrong?
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The PPG movie was and still is one of the highest points of the series. Their release timing and marketing are what made it flop.
Idk how we ended up with the reboot being the way it is
The reboot didn’t have the original voice actors for the girls and a lot of the old writers for the show left Cartoon Network, plus it was made by Cartoon Network Studios instead of Hanna Barbera Cartoons. Craig McCracken also left the show after the release of the movie.
This movie was one of my favorites growing up. I actually had a vhs of it when I was a kid so I could watch it in my room whenever. I really wish I can see it again.
Same!
look at internet archive
1:40 Think how cold Warner Bros are, to abandon their fans, along with our own flesh and blood
I'd always thought The Powerpuff Girls Movie was highly underrated and yet it's a shame it never got a Blu-Ray release and the DVD is hard to find
It's still available on-demand.
The Powerpuff Girls Movie got re-released on DVD just half a year ago. Though it’s just a repackaging release to not have that annoying snapcase like the original one had.
It was avalible to rent at my local blockbuster when i was a kid, i would rent it all the time. Sad that its closed now : (
Well. I found good news about this! In Wikipedia, you might see that in 2020, their going to have a blu-ray.
I remember seeing this movie on HBO as a kid, though it was only once :/
And then they made the 2016 version that made their reputation worst.
Yep.
Yup.
Waheed Abdullah Maybe a 2020 TV movie should get the show off the air!
Basically adding nuclear waster to an already toxic firestorm
This is a leson that Cartoon Network should have learned by now: to revive a dying show, rebooting it isn't always the best option.
I actually liked the PPG movie.
yeah me too.. PPG forever!!
I loved it too!
Same
I know. I loved the movie too.
Me too.
Movie: **Exists**
Audience and Critics: Is This a Reference to 9/11?
everyone did that after 2001
This was released in 2002, not even one year as passed since the attacks. And some people are still traumatized from it. So this was horrible timing
Quiet everybody listen to me
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@@omnomandnugget2494 shut up
Maybe they should've released the movie in November instead of July.
...or maybe May, or August.
For a split second I thought this was a non joke
Or June
...or April 2003...
Facts I can name one reason why they really didn't want to do November at first I thought it was treasure planet because they got the film would have succeeded however I think they went to a film screen and saw the finish movie and Prince well not the actual finish movie that was like 30 minutes of film still left in development but still maybe even more but yeah they know that they won't have to deal with Disney however that does not mean that their competition would have done anything but let's not forget that Harry Potter was freaking out Harry f****** Potter y'all cannot compete Harry Potter would have at least make the power of girls movie a mediocre movie with giving it a math budget and a man box office with treasure planet get a box office but it wasn't even been crushed more because of the Powerpuff girls movie just a little
Teen Titans Go got a movie in theaters instead of being a TV movie, so I guess CN was risking it.
And it technically payed off, but had a terrible release Date like the Powerpuff Girls Movie
Teen Titans Go has nothing to do with CN though. It is a Warner Bros property and was released by Warner Bros in cinemas.
@@jturner2577 It did fairly well though.
Ryan Blanche it did??
Ryan Blanche that’s a surprise-
The Ed Edd n Eddy Big Picture Show should have been theatrically released at the time (2009).
Yeah! Absolutely! They could've done that 10 years ago.
I just wish it would had gotten a DVD release... I believe had the movie been made around 2006 when the show was pretty popular, it could had gotten a limited theatrical release like Aqua Teen movie.
@@CatDogDexterMan20 it's on dvd
rashune knight Big Picture Show is on iTunes, not DVD though.
I fear no man but that thing
PPG REBOOT:
it cringes me O_O
Dial A For Awesome oh whatever the PPG reboot was a TERRIBLE idea
@@Mitchell_Kirkbride69 it was though, you're right! How did they screw it up so badly???
Dial A For Awesome they only cared about money
@@dialaforawesome I hate people like you who judges people over their grammar
Nobody isn't it perfect kid ;)
@@jay-yi9im i know. Sorry. Please don't hate me I like being friends with everyone!
*_If Powerpuff Girls get a reboot with the same treatment as Samurai Jack, then the violence should be in the same level of The Punisher or Hancock._*
The Powerpuff Girls did get a reboot
@@starwaves1631 Not unless if there's another one.
@@starwaves1631 And it was Garbage.
Ok I would love to see the Powerpuff girls get the Adult Swim Samurai Jack treatment! Seeing those cutie pies beat up villains and drawing actual blood (to me) would be AWESOME!
That would be insane. Imagine how much more scary Him would be.
This was my favourite movie for a good couple of years of my childhood, i was obsessed with PPG and would never stop talking about it. Learning a bit more about it today is very nostalgic : )
Yeag
Everybody gangsta til people start accusing Mojo Jojo of 9/11
Well, it DID come out less than a year after the attacks, so I can understand why a lot of people found it insensitive.
Even though the movie was in production before 9/11.
E
Yeah
@@edtifa They were still working on it, and still chose to disregard it.
When the episode "The City of Frownsville" came out, it revealed the writers' feelings towards the people who didn't watch the film due to the crisis of 9/11. The narrative of that episode portrayed the crying as annoying purposely to disregard the concerns. So it's not surprising why the series declined.
No wonder Steven universe the movie didn’t make it to theaters
That bundle of sticks movie?
Edwin Rodriguez It was a unfortunately to you.
Its because its not really a long long movie and maybe they had to pay the bills for it to go to the movies maybe it was to cheap we don't know
The Regular Show movie had a limited run in theaters.
@@50ksavagegoodsavage4
I can easily translate that to what you meant and I'm utterly disappointed you even wanted to use the slur. Judge me by my pfp all you want, I don't give 2 shits anymore
When you wanna make a profit when making a theatrical movie, always use good marketing and advertising. Plus, if you’re basing it on an existing property, keep the charm and vibe of the show.
And the Advertising was decent but it only ever aired on Cartoon Network, plus the Release Date was Horrible
Steven Universe the movie was shown in theaters for a night in La
Lucky people!
I wish I could’ve gone
Aylin B. Wish I lived in la I just got into Steven universe
Darn, i saw the first premiere but i wasnt in L.A. so i saw it on tv, i used to live there
Only in Argentina :c
CN: "I'M PRETTY SURE THAT NO ONE WILL NOTICE MOST OF MOVIE'S CONNECTION TO 9/11."
YEAH.....CN, YOUR THEATRICAL PLAN SEEMED TO BACKFIRE....A LOT!!!
Remember when Townsville was destroyed in Samurai Jack? Blame Samuel and Sandra Practice.
I remember those two killjoys
Lion Tail Yeah.
The Powerpuff Girls Movie Failed Because They were Against Lilo and Stitch
@marianne mccrank And the first Spider-Man movie
PPG movie: Hey, it says “gullible” on the ceiling.
CN: *looks up* Ah, so it does-
AH you stole my potential to make more feature length cartoon movies in theaters
Asdfmovie but cartoon network.
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I feel the same way. LOL
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This is unbelievable
The movie is a god damn classic!
I loved and still love this movie...
The Powerpuff Girls Movie it's one of my favorite childhood movies of all time, I remember watching it on Cartoon Network when it premiered in summer 2003 good times good times ... I miss my childhood.
If The Powerpuff Girls did not made a success in theaters, How could this happened???
I think it bombed because it came out in such a crowded marketplace. Movies like Spider-Man, Star Wars: Episode II, the live-action Scooby-Doo, Lilo and Stitch, Men in Black 2, and even Hey Arnold! The Movie all came out in the summer of 2002.
marianne mccrank Even Jonah: A VeggieTales Movie (which was released in October 2002) made more money at the box office than PPG Movie.
There should be another ppg animates movie. Either 2D or 3D animation CGI would be lit
No not unless the creator is involved
What happen warner bros iron giant and osimos jone flop.
I'll rather it be in 2-D. 3D PPG looks weird
Charley there was already a cgi power puff girl movie remember dance pants
Oh yeah, forgot that existed
They should try again, Steven Universe The Movie would have done well in the box office. You learn and grow from your mistakes.
Honestly, it probably would have but only as a Fandango Release.
Fire Type Specialist Same! I wanna see it get some limited theatrical releases as both a regular theatrical release and a sing-along release!
With how massive the fanbase it has, it would had made a profit, but likely wouldn't had attracted audience who weren't familiar with the show. Bringing a TV series to the big screen is big risk. That's why the creator of Bob's Burgers is doing his bast to make sure the movie works for both fans and a new audience.
marianne mccrank I think Disney was confident in doing a film because Teacher's Pet won some emmys, aside from that, it was very obscure even for a Disney cartoon. By the time the movie came out the show was cancelled and almost forgotten. Disney also barely advertised it.
UNRELATED: a local theatre at a city near me actually screened the sing-along version the spring after its release. I didn't go, but it was a neat idea nonetheless
I remember watching the movie as a kid
That is sad... now we have the reboot -_-
55 Alegría reboot died long time ago
@@RatedRSoccerstarKluivert Oh... You mean it got cancelled? I do not watch it, so I couldn't tell
@marianne mccrank really? :)
@marianne mccrank Finally! I wish it was the same thing here, in South America
1:40 Think how cold Warner Bros are, to abandon their fans, along with our own flesh and blood
100% of people said they didn’t watch it wow 😮
I watched the ppg movie in theaters when I was a kid😊 loved every bit
I wish i had the ability to enjoy the original show and movie, but i was born too late and all i get is that... crap reboot...
AlphaAmoeba
it's on hulu
i think the movie is too
Weiss Schnee and there’s a website to watch cartoons for free
Evan Ricerdson
there's like 30 of those.
but if one has access to hulu why watch it on a 3rd party site?
Weiss Schnee I don’t have any of that so I just use that website to watch it
Evan Ricerdson
meh i use kim cartoon as well but only for stuff that isn't on hulu netflix or provided by my cable provider.
only a douche move if you have a way to watch it legally but tell them to fuck off and watch it illegally anyways
C:KND Operation Zero he acts like it never happened
@Will N Well in that sense Yeah we never got one
@Will N never ok ko movie is coming on may?🙂
@Will N ok ko is has movie in may what mixels and ok ko can ok ko movie in may. Why don't cancelled ok ko movie is coming back?
“But what especially drove attention away from the PowerPuff Girls was Men in Black 2.”
Lilo and Stitch: Am I a joke to you?!
The Powerpuff Girls Movie was great, but we all know the best CN movie was the direct-to-TV finale of Ed, Edd, and Eddy: The Big Picture Show. That movie was the perfect finale to such an awesome show!
I saw the ppg movie in the theater when I was 3, it was my FIRST movie I ever saw in a theater. My mom and I both enjoyed it very much and I love it with all my heart 🥺
Don't forget Nickelodeon gave up making movies based on their Nicktoons the following year due to the huge failures of Hey Arnold!:The Movie,The Wild Thornberrys Movie,and Rugrats Go Wild!(through they did make one more Nicktoons movie in 2004,which was The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie,released to critical praise and smashing success)and they would not produce a film until two later with Barnyard ,a movie based on The Fairly OddParents was cancelled due to the disasters the films had.
Wild Thornberrys actually did pretty good. At least Nick is doing Rise of TMNT and Loud House features for Netflix. Not theatrical, but better then a TV movie.
2022-2028 is the 24th and 30th anniversaries of The PowerPuff Girls
Actually the movie got negative feedback by some critics and many audiences(including Roger Elbert) due to making references of the 9/11 attacks. Worse, they poked fun of the victims of the attacks on the Season 6 episode City of Frownswille(I'm NOT kidding! It's 100% TRUE! I saw that on wikis,and I was SHOCKED when I saw that)
Are we going to ignore the fact Man Of Steel stole PPG'S movie plot?
.....how?
That's why the We Bare Bears movie will be a TV movie.
2022 is the 20th anniversary of The PowerPuff Girls Movie
Back in 2015, a theatrical Adventure Time Movie was announced, but later in 2018, it was confirmed that the movie was never announced.
That’s just sad
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This movie honestly still holds up. It’s a great movie
Why do I sense a power puff girls live action movie to air in Cartoon Network?
Oof I got goosebumps watching the old movie ad. I miss my childhood 😭 I still remember my 5th birthday was PPG themed at Peter Piper Pizza 😂
If it wasn’t for the movie’s failure, then there would have officially been an actual Cartoon Network Cinematic Universe.
It already does.
@@poweroffriendship2.0 plays avenger theme
Not everything is a cinematic universe.
yeah
The Regular Show movie had a limited release in theaters.
The fact this wasn’t nominated for an Oscar just proves its unpopularity even more.
Something not also mentioned is that Lilo and Stitch was also still in theaters (only in its 3rd weekend) made over 12 million, down 41% from the previous weekend.
Even worse, WB was cannibalizing itself with Scooby-Doo was also in theaters, it's 4th weekend, doing just over 7 million, down a similar 43%.
Further insult to injury was that Hey Arnold! The Movie was just one the week before. It fell by 64% and did 2 million.
With 4 straight weeks on PG-rated movies (1 original, and 3 based on TV shows, with Scooby-Doo being live-action with Scooby-Doo being CGI), it's little wonder it failed. Too much for the kids at once.
Any hope of profit was squished with a 55% drop in week 2, and with yet ANOTHER family film the next week, Stuart Little 2, the film lost most of the remaining theaters, and plunged by 79% in week 3, leaving it with 382 theaters left, most of which were likely discount ones as well.
*At least it's 100 times better than that sh*tty Teen Titans Go movie.*
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Nickelodeon has made some movies that did poorly in the box office, and yet they still kept trying. Cartoon Network should've NEVER given up. Just like that saying goes, if at first you don't succeed, try again.
The powerpuff girls reboot is not canon and should not exist
Vailskibum 94 the Powerpuff girls movie was really good even the animation and graphics and action was even more better than than the show it was a masterpiece
The powerpuff girls movie is forever awesome, who could possibly think it failed and why exactly?
The PPG movie was really good!
I'm suprised to know that it flopped
From what I heard, the Powerpuff Girls movie's marketing was poor because Warner Bros wanted shared credit, money, whatever it was, for releasing the film under their name as well as Cartoon Network's, but CN didn't want to do that so WB only made the one trailer and that was it. It was really Cartoon Network who screwed themselves, not the Powerpuff Girls Movie. Again, that's what I heard about why the movie wasn't as successful as it could've been.
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Powerpuff Girls and Codename kids next door operation zero is still my favorite.
Should’ve mentioned how since the teen titans go movie went into theaters that they’re is a chance for more
I was a hard time to market a animated film back then
True but the efforts by CN were just pathetic.
I think he just forgot TTG The Movie. Well, it is technically from Cartoon Network(Thinking about Scooby-Doo movies too).
TTG is not a CN original it's made by Warner Bros Animation. CN just air the series so really it's technically a Warner Bros movie overall.
I’m actually surprised it didn’t do that well because I wanted to see it when I was 8 and I couldn’t go because they were sold out and only in theaters for 3 days in my town
I actually saw this movie in theaters while my family was on vacation in New York
How was it in theaters compared to home video?
@@JefferriAndrews idk, I was like 11 when it came out. I remember liking it though. It was a couple weeks after the release so the theater wasn't very full.
@@Chernobog2 I was four years old when it come out, it came out five days before my fifth birthday. I still wish to this day that movie was successful, it’s sad to know that it failed financially for Cartoon Network Studios.
Sad, the movie is good.
Actually the ppg reboot ruin IN MASSIVE LEVELS CN'S reputation
It sucks that this movie single handedly killed any and all of Cartoon Network’s Theatrical movies, seriously many of CN’s shows had potential to have decent if not good movies on the big screen on par with Nickelodeon’s movies based on their animated shows in my opinion
Same I would have love a theatrical release of Ed Edd n Eddy, Adventure Time, Regular Show, Samurai Jack etc.
It should have been served as the series finale
That ad sounds like a tv special ad and not a movie trailer
I watched a commercial about cartoon network in 2020 and there is a clip about infinity train season 2 and it looks like it has another character not tulip.
I do also wonder if being set before the series hurt it to. Made it seem less important?
It also made tons of retcons that might've hurt their already bruised reputation.
But this is extremely common and proven success now. If anything it was a good idea too early. Just look at JJK0
I've seen the PPG movie when I was a child.
So Powerpuff Girls failed, but Teen Titans Go was a hit?!
Fr teen titans go movie was trash
It also didn’t help that this movie was released during the decline of 2D animated films
Dont forget about Teen Titans go to the movies
That's from Warner Bros. Animation/DC Comics, not Cartoon Network. CN only has the cable rights to WB's library but they don't fully have control over it.
It also had a scene where the girls were destroying buildings by accident and it was the same year 911 happened and people were still reeling from the tragedy .
It also doesn't help that the movie came with VERY BAD timing, given the trainwreck that was the AOL Time Warner merger a year earlier.
Men In Black 2 wasn't the only film the movie had tough competition against. We also got Stars Wars Attack of the Clones, Lilo and Stitch and Spider-Man.
I just found out that the Powerpuff Girls movie was actually released on June 22 2002.
PPG movie has been in my favorite movie list for 10 years, I would watch it over and over again, it's so awesome! I didn't thought that it went this way, I thought this movie was really popular and a big hit
Tbh the movie is the first thing I saw of the Powerpuff girls and I loved it
The Powerpuff Girls Movie may ruined the reputation for Cartoon Network, but it’s still the classic.
MIB destroyed the Powerpuff Girls Movie, ah that's hot
DASAH!
Yaahh, it's rewind time
huh, i need to ask my sister about this because she watched the show as a child
If the power puff girl was called: The Big Puffys (I’m dieing lol).
They used to be called "the woopass girls!"
/srs
Honestly, the movie should've been the series finale. But i still enjoyed the series.
I remember seeing the PPG Movie in theatres and liking it.
I remember seeing an add for the movie in a book
I Asked My Math Teacher If She Knew What Powerpuff Girls Was And She Did Not Know
I like the prime ape introduction scene, ok it introduces too many characters but they filled it with puns which I find funny
I loved the movie I wished it did not flopped.🥺😍
Another thing that might have killed this movies success, is how UN-ambitious this movie is. Like instead of giving us a new plot with a new villain to fight or something like that, maybe having the girls reluctantly teaming up with Mojo-Jojo to stop an even greater evil, they just played it safe and gave us the shows intro for 90 minutes.
THIS 👏👏👏👏
@@yanrokbowl28 I mean I can't be the only one to think this about the movie, right?
@@supermariof0521 There's also the time padding throughout multiple scenes, the retconning to Mojo Jojo and Professor Utonium's story, and the series' characterizations around the time.
The snowflakes who are just responding "F U critics!" are just refusing to admit the failure the film resulted in, not just because of WB and CN, but because of the writers going for the most formulaic route (Mojo Jojo being the main villain, Professor being negligent/mediocre parent until it's nearly too late, et cetera)
@@yanrokbowl28 Exactly. Like what would you have done for an ACTUAL "Powerpuff Girls" movie in 2002?
@@supermariof0521
Step 1) Don't make it a prequel, but make a flashback based on their origins.
Step 2) Make the flow consistent and steady. Don't stretch out some scenes to the point of taking 70-80% of an episode length.
Step 3) Don't have the Girls fight Mojo Jojo for the 365th time as the main fight. Try to give the light to a new villain, like you said. And don't recycle a member of the voice cast to do so. Give them a voice actor unique enough to standout.
Step 4 - Idea 1) Have the Powerpuff Girls team up with all the villains to take that villain on.
Step 4 - Idea 2) Or have a three-sided conflict take place between the series villains, the movie villains, and the heroes themselves.
Step 5) Have the Powerpuff Girls win, not because of plot armor, but by skill and strategy. Make the victory authentic, not contrived.
Better than the Teen Titans Go movie.
No
@@cartoondude5384 What do you mean No, idiot ?!
To me this is the Best Cartoon Network Movie of all Time, Second being the Regular Show Movie, it’s the Perfect Balance Between Action, Mature Themes, Comedy, and Over the Top Story Telling which is how the Powerpuff Girls show be portrayed, I get the Creator wanted to do Less Action and More a Silly Slice of Life but I don’t think it would have worked, if anything it would’ve ruined the Franchise More if they took that Direction I mean just look at the 2016 Reboot as it did that and Failed and I’m glad CW never got their hands on them, as a Powerpuff Girls Fan I love this Unique Origin Story as it shows how Mojo Jojo and the Girls Created Each Other as this battle between Siblings that are Opposites and it shows that the Girls have Flaws which makes them Relatable and shows how the became the Heroes they were made to be, 10 out of 10, this is one of my All Time Favorite Movies that I would rewatch as much as I can but it also shows be one of the Best Superhero Movies that has Aged like Fine Wine and it becomes even better as Each Year Passes.
I didn’t even know this was released in theaters. Until this day I always thought it was a direct to TV movie. Holy shit.
T Jones A lot of people think that haha
That Time Vailskibum94 SILENCED Wander Over Yonder's Existence.
This movie has well expertise and more remastered new animation and the next thing we hear is that ridiculous issue?
I just hope the new reboot from Craig McCracken should at least have good well done animation like this and hopefully best recommended on Toonami [adult swim]. 😔
Great video but there was one flaw you said no other Cartoon Network show was turned into a movie after the Powerpuff Girls but Teen Titans Go and Lego Ninjago were both Cartoon Network shows that wre turned to movies in theaters
The Powerpuff Girls was made by Cartoon Network Studios. Ninjago and Teen Titans Go weren't so they don't count.