Not even ultra-science-dad Professor Utonium pokes his head in to tsk-tsk the girls. Bliss's creation happened when Professor Utonium got into a science-off with a rival scientist, Professor Newtronium, who had just created the Perfect Little Boy solely out of artificial ingredients and can fly so Utonium attempted to. She is about 8 years older than the girls, making her about 14. The show has a large stable of iconic characters, but few of them show up, at least initially-Townsville’s hapless Mayor makes a brief appearance in one segment, while spoiled rich girl Princess Morbucks is the villain in another (though she is, at best, a tangential presence). The birth of Bliss was years before the creation of Blossom, Bubbles, and Buttercup. In this reboot, there’s no real attempt at rocking the boat-no elaborate retelling of the Powerpuff Girls’ origin story, no winking acknowledgment that this is a new version of a classic, not even a flashy redesign for any of the characters, though the overall look of the show has been updated to be more in line with Cartoon Network’s other programming. Thankfully, the team working on the new Powerpuff Girls understands this responsibility, and the show’s legacy, perhaps too well: the new Powerpuff Girls is nothing if not cautious. Still, there is a reason we describe creators as having been “entrusted” with a franchise: fans are heavily invested in their own memories of these characters, and their relationships with beloved pop culture items can remain powerful, even after decades of estrangement. Collective concern about the “integrity” of beloved properties is often woefully overblown.
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