The Powerpuff Girls

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Narrator:
The city of Townsville... (An explosion is heard, and a red hue emanates o.c. down on Townsville streets. An alarm is heard in the distance.) ..is in some serious, serious, serious trouble!

(Zoom in on a burning building, followed by a donut shop, and several other buildings. The alarm continues in the background.)

Narrator:
Day after day, crime, lawlessness and evil are running rampant. It's citizens have lost all hope! They are utterly helpless and in desperate need of a true hero! But who? Is there no one who can help this forsaken town and make it a better place?

(Transition to a long shot of a grocery store aisle, with light muzac background, as the Professor slowly walks into the scene, rising high above the camera.)

Narrator:
Fear not, fair viewers. For there is a man, a man of science. A forward thinking man who looks back. Back to a sweeter time, when there was a spice to life and everything was nice!

[Fuzzy Lumpkins, who goes unnamed in the movie, c*cks a cartoon classic elephant gun at the distressed cashier woman, who nervously hands him the money as the Professor looks on in sadness and slumps his back as he exits.]

Narrator:
I must profess, sir, this man, holds the ingredients to Townsville’s salvation!

[The professor looks back, confronted by the imposing, also-unnamed Gangreen Gang]

Narrator:
This man known simply as… [Ace lands an unseen punch to the Professor’s face.] The Professor!

[Cut to an extreme close-up of Jojo’s monkey face, screeching wildly, as heavy techno music plays in the background. He is in the laboratory in the basement of Professor Utonium’s suburban home. Jojo leaps from table to table to floor, destroying beakers and other fragile objects in his wake. Pan to Professor, grocery bag in one hand and head in the other, looking very tired and distressed as he watches Jojo’s destruction with a distant sadness. As the credits pause moments of action, Jojo destroys a TV, unreels an old-fashioned magnetic tape computer, removes papers from a file cabinet, destroys a glass tubing set by hanging on it, and punches a wall clock, while Professor adds in the infamous ingredients of Sugar, Spice, and Everything Nice, and mixes it in angles similar to the cartoon opening. The music reaches a dramatic climax as Jojo pushes the Professor in the back, causing his stirring rod to smash into a beaker of thick black liquid suspended over the pot. The words Chemical X are seen in black lettering as the liquid drains from the beaker. Professor stands hunched over the concoction, a look of combined horror and fascination written on his face as it bubbles and churns in an eerily pink glow. Sensing the reaction becoming more agitated, he backs away from the pot, as Jojo looks on in curiosity. The professor runs for cover, as Jojo watches the now violently bubbling mixture, fixated. A loud explosion is heard, and the screen goes black. Familiar giggling of three little girls is heard, as the Powerpuff logo is slowly zoomed back and a few notes of the theme song come ringing through.]

[Panning from behind the pot, the Professor is in the distance, thrown up against a wall, the lab accoutrements destroyed from either Jojo’s mayhem, the explosion, or both. The professor wearily opens his eyes. In surprise, he whips backwards on his feet and leans towards the wall. He walks forwards from a backwards angle, then another shot shows him coming forward, jaw open, and head tilting as he cannot believe what he sees. Three little girls, with big heads and eyes, are looking up at him, all smiles. Standing in front of the now-empty pot, there is a blonde-haired, blue-eyed one on the left, arms folded demurely in front, a red-headed, pink-eyed girl in the middle, with a festive red bow and ponytail with arms outstretched from their sides, and a brunette with green eyes and arms folded behind on the right. Their dress colors match their eyes.]

Middle Girl:
Hi!

Professor:
(jumping backwards) Aah!

Middle Girl:
Whats your name?

Professor:
Oh um, my name? My name is Professor! Professor Utonium! (he bows) Hello!

Girls (All):
Hello, Professor Utonium! It’s very nice to meet you!

Professor:
It’s very nice to meet you too! Umm.. what are your names?

Middle Girl:
Well, you made us, so shouldn’t you also name us?

Professor:
Umm Okay! Ohh.. this is so cool! (kneeling down, hand on chin, gesturing to the middle girl). Well, now let’s see.. because of your directness and opening right up to me, I think I’ll call you Blossom!

[Blossom seems pleased, smiling brightly and holding her arms out in front of her. The blonde girl erupts in peals of giggles as the other two look at her.]

Professor:
Well, aren’t you all cute and bubbly! That’s it! You’ll be my little Bubbles! So, we have Blossom, Bubbles, and

[Focus on the third girl, eager faced and blinking excitedly in anticipation of her christening.]

Professor:
Mmm Buttercup! Because it also begins with a B!

[The eager smile evaporates into a dour frown, as Buttercup crosses her arms in front of her.]

Professor:
And together you are three perfect little gi-gi-gifts! Birthday! It’s your birthday! I should get gifts!

[Professor Utonium rushes upstairs and into his car as he quickly talks to himself]

Professor:
Wow! I can’t believe it! I wanted to create some kids I could teach good and bad, right and wrong, and in turn maybe they’d do some good for this terrible town, and now I can! All I got to do is be a good parent!

[Cut to the outside of the Utonium house, a three-blocked house with a tall middle piece with no windows. Professor Utonium quickly backs out of the garage, and o.c., and quickly returns.]

Professor:
Note to self - good parents don’t leave their kids home alone.

[The Professor quickly returns downstairs, burdened several feet above his head with presents.]

Professor:
Sugar, Spice and Everything nice, who would have guessed that’s what little girls were actually made of? I still can’t believe it worked, that I actually made three perfect little girls! Three perfect, normal little gi- ahh!

[He slips on his way down the lab stairs, flailing wildly as the presents go askew. As he falls, Blossom catches him and sets him safely down. The Professor looks on astonished as Blossom floats casually in front of him]

Blossom:
Professor, you should be more careful when coming down the steps. You could get hurt.

[Buttercup and Bubbles float into the scene, each brandishing a large pile of presents.]

Buttercup:
Hey, are these for us?

[The professor, slack-jawed, simply nods robotically. The girls zoom off.]

Buttercup:
Yeah!

Bubbles:
Yippee!

Blossom:
Thanks, Professor!

[The Professor raises a hand as if to say something, but fails, slumping to the floor on his knees. From his view, we see the three girls flying around the presents at great speeds, tearing them open at super-speed. Professor glances over at the mixing pot, over which hangs the smashed bottle of Chemical X. As he mulls this over in his mind, he looks back over at the girls, and his expression of astonishment melts into a joyful smile of acceptance. Buttercup zooms in, brandishing a large pile of various toys, obviously the lions share.]

Buttercup:
Hey, thanks! (zooms off)

[Blossom has chosen more frugally, carrying a stack of thick books and a globe.]

Blossom:
Yes Professor, thank you! (zooms off)

[Bubbles has chosen a single toy, a plush purple octopus with a festive top hat.]

Bubbles:
This is the best gift ever, Dad.

[She kisses him softly on the cheek, and floats upstairs. The Professors face melts into an expression of pure joy, tears welling up in his eyes.]

Professor:
(softly) Yes it is.

[The camera slowly pulls back, with the girls flying happily above the Professor. As the music changes, we see a profile of Jojo, his silhouetted brain obviously sticking far out of his skull. He does not know what to make of this, and slowly skulks away into the darkness.]

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