The Cartoon Network series debuted in 1998 and challenged young girls and boys’ idea of what an animated action series should be. In «The Rowdyruff Boys» episode, Blossom, Bubbles, and Buttercup meet their boy equivalents and grapple with their femininity. We look back at what it meant then and now.
The Powerpuff Girls were instantly popular with young viewers when they first swooped in to save the day on Nov. 18,1998. The original series ran until 2005 and spawned a feature length film, giant balloons in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade and an eventual revival on Cartoon Network. But the show’s legacy remains the lessons taught to legion of fans about the world they were growing into.
