"Sugar, spice, and everything nice. These were the ingredients chosen to create the perfect little girl. But Professor Utonium accidentally added a can of Whoopass to the concoction. Thus the Whoopass Girls were born! Using their ultra super powers; Blossom, Bubbles and Buttercup have dedicated their lives to fighting crime, and the forces of evil."

— Opening narration

Whoopass Stew Season 0, Episode 1 Episode name pun on: N/A Airdate: September 1, 1992 Credits See also episode

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Whoopass Stew (Also known as Whoopass Stew - A Sticky Situation) is a student film and the first ever appearance of The Powerpuff Girls.

It was a project that Craig McCracken made while in CalArts college in 1992. He sent it off to Cartoon Network while working at Hanna-Barbera Studios, who renamed it "Powerpuff Girls" as "Whoopass Girls" was an inappropriate name for the channel's target audience. McCracken had four shorts planned out, but only this one got finished due to Cartoon Network's lack of interest in the original concept.

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Plot

The opening title begins with an early version of Professor Utonium using the original recipe of sugar, spice, and everything nice to try and create the perfect little girl, but he accidentally adds a can of Whoopass and creates The Whoopass Girls. In a similar way to the current series, the girls race towards an early Gangreen Gang and beat them up.

Main story

The Amoeba Boys have robbed the local bank and the girls attack them but end up getting stuck to them. They then fly them to the sun where they apparently evaporate from the heat and the day is saved.

Characters

Differences between the short and the finished series

Professor Utonium looked like an aged, bald version of Dexter from Dexter’s Laboratory . with a different head shape and a head mirror.

. with a different head shape and a head mirror. The Girls did not have individual personalities at this point, and all three of them were voiced by Jennifer Fried rather than Cathy Cavadini, E.G. Daily and Tara Strong (making this short the only piece of Powerpuff Girls-related media where all 3 girls are voiced by the same actress). They were slightly taller and therefore looked more like 1st graders than kindergarteners. Aside from that, their overall designs remained the same, except for Buttercup who has a slightly more realistic looking bob-flip than later on.

In this short, the Girls did not seem to have any superpowers except the ability to fly. Despite the lack of superpowers, it can be said that the Girls were more brutal here, as instead of merely beating them up, they deliberately killed the Amoeba Boys.

the Amoeba Boys. The Gangreen Gang looked older and more menacing. Ace had red, rather than black, sunglasses. He also wore a short-sleeved shirt and sported crooked teeth. Little Arturo had two 0's on his shirt and a pink nose. Snake had visible ears, sharp teeth, and a red and yellow cap. Grubber had a pink nose. Big Billy's nose matched his skin color.

In this short, the Amoeba Boys were capable of committing actual crimes and even knew how to use guns. Bossman had a cigar in his mouth, Slim had sharp teeth and Jr. had freckles. They all had purple spots on their bodies instead of light blue spots. Additionally, their voices were more garbled. In the final series, however, they are completely inept at crime and are more of a nuisance to the Girls than a real threat. Slim's body was a lighter color compared to Bossman and Junior.

The short has a much smaller cast than the final series, as it was intended as merely a preview to the show that McCracken was pitching to Cartoon Network.

The Girls had baby blue eyelids, rather than purple eyelids in this short.

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