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fly-pow-bye · 5 years

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Powerpuff Girls 2016 - “Checkin’ Out”

Written by: Jake Goldman, Haley Mancini

Written & Storyboarded by: Benjamin P. Carow, Caitlin Vanarsdale

Directed by: Nick Jennings, Bob Boyle

A special night time version of Fly Pow Bye this week! Thankfully, this store is open 24/7.

Our episode begins with Townsville under attack by a nameless alien invasion, as led by an evil alien that bears a striking resemblance to Vilgax from Ben 10. First Logan from Never Been Blissed, and now this. Wonder when Dollar General Gwen will show up. He has come to destroy this world unless they give him something he really wants: a nice dinner.

Earth has a ton of great chefs that can easily fulfill that request for that nice dinner, and they probably would accept. I'm sure there's at least one guy on the planet that will drive him in his yellow Chevy in his quest to go to the fabled "Flavortown." However, Dollar Store Vilgax seemingly only wants meals from people that look like bug-eyed aliens, and the Reboot Puffs take it upon themselves to satisfy his hunger. This sounds like a start of a commercial for Powerpuff Girls Macaroni and Cheese.

Wow, that mac and cheese has really gone bad! No, this is actually a dish called Plat de Fantise de Gelee de Cereales. In English, a fancy jelly cereal dish, and that's assuming they meant to say "fantaisie." I should not knock them on their French, because I'll admit that I used Google Translate for that. This is what Blossom decides this alien would really like, mostly because the site said it was "out of this world". Certainly doesn't look like anything of this world, so it's probably fitting!

Bubbles looks at this dish and says that this dish is so fancy, that they have to go to the fanciest supermarket in town...

...Savings Pig! See, the joke is that this store doesn't seem like a delicatessen, and the "savings" implies that it's a discount store. That seems to be a running theme in the reboot; they went to discount superhero clothing stores on quite a few occasions. I would have preferred Malph's, but I guess it wouldn't be as funny if that was said by a redneck impression.

They manage to get all but two of the ingredients...at least, that's what Blossom claims. Did the recipe really call for an unwrapped chicken drumstick and a sausage? Also, even if this is the Savings Pig, how can the Reboot Puffs afford all of what's in that cart on a 6-year-old's allowance? It might be hard to convince the cashier that the fate of the world should be payment enough. Chances are, we may not even get that far.

Blossom tasks Bubbles and Buttercup for cereal and jelly, deciding to get the two items that the dish is named after last. The dish's name is in French, but they do have someone who can speak French on the team, along with every other language. This episode...kind of uses that later in the episode? Bubbles asks what kind of cereal, and Blossom says that the recipe doesn't say. I would think that would be important, but I guess they couldn't spin a plot like this on us if it was specific:

Blossom: I don't want to sound over-dramatic, but the fate of the world rests on what cereal you pick.

(dramatic thump)

Yeah, Bubbles, calm down, it's only the end of the world.

Buttercup is tasked to find the jelly. The recipe isn't clear on this one, either, but I could see Buttercup just assuming what flavor it is. She is an uncaring rascal, after all. Moving past the jelly sauce and the jelly mayo, she finds that the regular, plain jelly has been moved. Buttercup scoffs at this sabotage against the world, which may be a little more literal considering the world is in peril, and she's on the case!

Literally, as the scene goes into this black-and-white film-noir-esque comic style, as Detective Buttercup, PI starts to investigate the disappearance of this rare ordinary jelly.

If you haven't guessed yet, this is a three shorts episode, where each Powerpuff Girl gets their own story that combines their supermarket sweep and their imagination. I must say, this visual choice for Buttercup is a highlight of the episode, and it is really disappointing that Buttercup's part in this is the only part that really does this. It would have been interesting to see this reboot's version of The Bare Facts. They do borrow one thing from that episode, and really don't do it as well.

We suddenly cut to Bubbles trying to decide which cereal would be the best to add to this dish. There's Rainbow Raspberries, Marshmallow Majorettes, Count Von Sugar, and Leprechaun Lingonuts. It's made by leprechauns, for leprechauns, as proven by an actual leprechaun that happened to be shopping. By that name, I hope it's not made with leprechauns. Unfortunately, none of these cereals jump out to Bubbles as something that would appeal to aliens! If only Quisp still existed!

It's not that they don't jump out, period, as, suddenly, the mascots for all of those cereals hop out of the boxes, ready to advertise themselves to this impressionable youth. Surprisingly, Bubbles doesn't start screaming and flying out of the store in horror like that one Sprite ad. Instead, she starts a dance party with them!

Thankfully before Bubbles gets to twerk again, we immediately cut to Blossom getting in line, knowing fully well that Bubbles and Buttercup can find jelly and cereal in time. Thankfully, she never heard about the Bubbles getting the mail situation, and it's probably for the best that nobody does. She uses the express line, with a rule against having more than 115 items.

However, she notices the line is taking too long, and notices the elderly woman in front of the line has 116 items in her cart, one more than the limit. Shocked at this crime, she goes up to a clerk and demands that she takes her away, and she gets ignored. But how, this misdemeanor might cost Blossom a whole 3 seconds of the poor cashier scanning that one extra item before she can save the world!

Suddenly, Blossom gets into an imagination spot of her own, where this old lady is the Witch of 116 Items, sitting on a pile of them on top of the only bridge to town, preventing everyone from going home! She imagines herself as Lady Blossom of the Savings Pig, giving a little more meaning to the store's name by making Blossom look even more ridiculous.

That's all we get out of that plot before they cut back to the Buttercup plot, where she terrorizes a hapless clerk who was just stocking some Soup Soap. She demands to know where the jelly went, or she'll give him a jawbreaker! This is a set up for a joke about the candy, but it feels a little forced. If someone is holding me against a wall, threatening me with something called a jawbreaker, that candy would be the last thing I'd think about.

He obliges when offered said jawbreaker for that info, saying it's in Aisle 64, and Buttercup just leaves. The clerk then demands his jawbreaker, and Buttercup, ever so thankful of this clerk who gave her all the information she needed, throws it at him with enough force to actually break his jaws. Oh, that rascal!

We don't get to see what happened to that clerk as this transitions to...the Blossom plot? In the span of 3 minutes, they changed the focus 5 times, and they couldn't even be bothered to take turns. This episode just rapidly changes between these three plots randomly, as if a baby just decided to start teething on a remote control. We get one joke, and then the scene changes, and then another joke, and then the scene changes, rarely can the plot actually breathe. It gets kind of annoying.

A partial thing that might be causing more harm to this kind of editing, also seen in episodes like Splitsville, is that Blossom's part is lackluster by comparison. Bubbles and Buttercup get pretty relatable situations, letting their imaginations fly with being indecisive and finding relocated items. Blossom, on the other hand, is getting angry over something most people would just brush off. Seems to be a general problem with Blossom, actually.

Anyway, she gets pelted by witchcraft-propelled groceries. That's all we get from this cut; it might as well have been tacked on to the earlier scene.

We smash cut to Bubbles, even if there was a very good opportunity to use those groceries as a transition, who is now in a cereal wonderland. This land is filled with cereal, their mascots, and some pretty shameless copyright infringement! Along with the other characters that are certainly on the side of parody, we have what is clearly Toucan Sam and Tony the Tiger just dancing along. Tony does look a little bit different with his yellow shirt, but that's clearly just Toucan Sam. They didn't even try to make him look different; he even has the same nose colors.

There's a possibility that they owed Kellogg's some product placement for making that Powerpuff Girls cereal from decades ago. I doubt it.

Everyone, except for Tony and Toucan Sam, the latter of which only appearing in that one shot, asks Bubbles to choose them, even telling her to take them all if she can't decide on one. Just like the Buttercup plot, this is relatable, though in a different way. Anyone had those times where they couldn't decide between one thing or another, even something as minor as cereal choice, and this is a decent metaphor for that mental state.

But we don't have time to think about that, because we already switched to the Buttercup plot. Buttercup manages to find Aisle 64, represented in her imagination as this secret warehouse with a little peephole. It's a nice touch. Eventually, the perpetrator of the jelly scandal smacks her with the door, and runs off with the last jelly jar in the store. Buttercup chases after him, and we get another smash cut to Bubbles.

The episode switching the channel yet again, we see that Bubbles finally decided on giving the aliens some Cherry Chimpanzees with their jelly. The other mascots don't take it too well. Again, a good sight into this kind of mental state; no matter which option you choose, you always get the feeling that the other choices were better. By the way:

Leprechaun Lingonuts mascot: When we're done with her, she'll be seeing stars...and rainbows, and...

That joke was funny. Maybe it's funny compared to the "it's not even made of real chimpanzees" joke that Not Count Chocula says, but still. Both FoodFight and this episode have obvious Count Chocula clones; I guess it's far less risky to skirt that copyright when he's already a parody.

Meanwhile, Blossom is cutting up all of those groceries, ending with Blossom making a cheese board, a fruit bowl, and a ham sandwich. The joke is...she's cutting up food? After effortlessly slicing and dicing like a Slap Chop, the Witch says this completely original line:

Witch of 116 Items: You fared well against the appetizers...but how will you do against the main course?!

Yeah, you're no Broccoloid, lady.

After a sword slice transition, something this episode needed more of, we see that Buttercup catches up to the jelly-thieving crook. She decides to reveal who he really is: Big Peanut Butter! Sort of like Big Tobacco and Big Pharma, Big Peanut Butter was in a conspiracy to make him more desirable for the recipe. He snaps his fingers, and his goons show up, ready to take her on, crunchy-style. Buttercup, undeterred, says this one liner:

Buttercup: I always know how to get out of a jam!

I'll give them this: it's better than "let's strawberry jam out of here."

Unlike Bubbles, who runs away at the sight, Buttercup isn't afraid to punch out all of the goons in a slideshow beatdown. And then Buttercup realizes she's now surrounded by four heavily bruised customers, plus a poor clerk with a broken jaw. Okay, that actually didn't happen...as far as this episode is concerned, anyway.

She asks the monkey what she can do about this. Gasp, Bubbles talking to animals that can't talk back?! One minor bit of disappointment is that she just talks to it in English just like Lassie. All the pieces were set for another animal impression; it's an animal, Bubbles can supposedly still talk to animals, and, even though he's a cereal mascot, that monkey can't even talk!

This monkey's plan is to melting them all with milk. Can't say it's not a fitting end for this part, though she should thank the shooting stars and four leaf clovers that Captain Roofofyourmouthkiller wasn't one of the options.

We quickly go through everyone else's ending in the same haphazard way the rest of the episode goes through, which fits a lot better since this is what leads to the conclusion. Buttercup, even with her ability to fly super fast, even keeping her green contrail that doesn't make sense with the part's style, she couldn't stop the Jelly from crashing into the ground.

As for Blossom, the Witch just ends up running out of items. Seeing an opportunity to attack, she takes out some baguettes and starts to slideshow beat down her into submission with them. Why baguettes?

Because that's what she was holding outside of their imagination. Okay, I slightly lied about lying about Buttercup, though we never get to see who or what she beat up outside of her imagination. The Reboot Puffs get banned from the Savings Pig, leaving them with no other option but to serve the aliens a casserole made of whatever they had in the cupboard. To make this long story short, they get away with it. They even say they got away with it.

Buttercup: Uh, did we just get away with this?

Blossom: Yup.

Yeah, in your universe, maybe. Oh, and thanks for forgetting the lesson you learned in Imagine That, girls. That is how the episode ends. Once again, the day isn't saved thanks to the Powerpuff Girls. They just get away with it, don't they?

Does the title fit?

Perfectly describes one of the plots in this episode, at least.

How does it stack up?

While the way I ended this review made it seem like I was going to give this a Disgusted, I couldn't really give it one in the end. I can't really knock this episode's creativity. The Buttercup part is a good send-up of the usual film noir tropes, the Bubbles part has a few decent jokes, and the Blossom part participated.

In the end, it's not okay enough for a Happy, nor is it offensive enough for a Disgusted. In the immortal words of Fake Tony the Tiger, this episode is grrrr-medio-grrrr.

Next, this show lays another bomb.

← Brainlord ☆ Drama Bomb →

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gaycey-sketchit · 2 years

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(Gary anon) And then you have animated films that are so generic and by-the-numbers when it comes to everything and them ultimately overshadow ones that have actual soul put into it [and a steeper hill to climb just getting on the screen]. (Treasure Planet is one I heard for a long time that people rather have that remade, than something that already made its mark 10-fold. Give smaller films a spotlight or second chance) The funny thing is, that I COULD see a live-action Lion King working,

(Part 2) but what we ended up with felt VERY safe for how ambitious they 'tried' to make it. If you wanted to make it feels like a National Geographic documentary, why have voice-acting? The music and visuals alone could've help the audience keep track of where the movie was at story-wise. THAT would've been more impressive. (Yeah, any studio that doesn't allow animators to have a little fun and keep some of it retained in the final, that's a red flag)

(Part 3) I think Chloe's conclusion will just mainly be traveling more with Eevee, but expanding her horizons. Rather than come to eventually like Serena. (That Giga-max form I'm more sure of than others. There's a few Megas and Z-moves that have yet to show in the anime. So I wouldn't be surprised if something gets skipped) I'm having a harder time figuring what they could do with them after Journeys than Ash; unless they get a complete reboot too. (To be fair, the anime can make

(Part 4) you love, hate, or change your opinion on a Pokemon at any given time because it's its one [or only] chance to see that Pokemon brought to live in a way that isn't sprites or "soulless" 3D models. And has a habit of having gags drag out to where it could get tiring halfway in. Plus, it doesn't help that TRio seem more absent than usual in Journeys; so less chances for said Morpeko to be endearing) That said, it seems Marnie WILL have her Morpeko in her upcoming appearance;

(Part 5) with Grimmsnarl confirmed too, so maybe it can redeem it a bit. (Some flat-out consider Pelipper an honorary 5th TR member) We haven't seen an Arcanine at all since DP. If his came back, I kinda hope he rides on top this time. Or does big doggo stuff, whatever comes first) I'm mainly happy he's not hogtied to Sinnoh anymore; never struck me as someone who would stay in the same place for a long time. Especially when there's still more to learn and experience about

(Part 6) the world. ( Still would like to see something tangible to showcase what he's done since he left) Heh, it seems even some players are getting surprise attacked without warning too. The adrenaline.

Yeah, it's really unfortunate.

Ooh, Treasure Planet is one I never did really watch but I've heard good things! I'd be pretty interested to see that, and putting the spotlight on something that was overshadowed in the past would be nice.

I made the deliberate choice to not watch the Lion King remake when it came out but I remember seeing clips and comparisons on YouTube and... yeah. Not good.

Yeah, makes sense! Love to think of those two continuing to explore--they're so young, there's no rush to figure out the right path in life. I'm over twice Chloe's age and still figuring my stuff out. (And speaking of Chloe, amusingly I learned via Twitter yesterday that all that debating some time ago about Chloe and contests was all for naught because she's actually joining a circus? That should be a fun episode.)

Yeah, the anime is a big influence on how Pokemon get perceived a lot of the time. It's a little funny when it influences that so negatively as opinions on Morpeko just doing a total 180. Maybe Marnie's Morpeko can redeem the species a little.

It's been so long, we need to see the puppy. I'd really love to see Gary's Arcanine get to show more of its personality outside of battles and competitions.

Yeah, he's a restless soul. For quite a while I've been into the idea of him spending time working with different professors (not even having to make use of his family connections because Rowan is willing to put in a good word for him, which means a lot coming from Rowan) to learn from all of them and getting to explore different places.

Would love to see some indication of what he's been up to for sure! I have a hard time believing somebody who caught 200 Pokemon in Kanto alone hasn't caught anything new in the past twelve years.

Oh yeah, that's happened to me more than once while I've been focused on trying to catch stuff. Startles the living daylights out of me every time.

#Andrew answers #Gary anon #sorry if I seem a little out of it I might be coming down with something

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fly-pow-bye · 7 years

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Powerpuff Girls 2016 - “Take Your Kids to Dooms Day“

Written by: Haley Mancini, Jake Goldman

Written & Storyboarded by: Jaydeep Hasrajani, Leticia Abreu Silva

Directed by: Nick Jennings, Bob Boyle

This reboot is doomsday.

The episode starts with the still nameless outside of that one short school’s Parents Day, where Ms. Keane is allowing all the kids to bring their parents for show and tell. There actually is a general Parents’ Day, though this seems to be more of a Father’s Day episode.

After presentations from a firefighter, an astronaut, and a vampire, because if unicorns and magical pandas can exist, anything goes, the Powerpuff Girls’ father figure is up next. They’re pretty excited, as is Ms. Keane, because he’s a scientist! Gotta say, if they’re hinting at some sort of adoration between the Professor and Ms. Keane, it’s far more subtle and better than a certain other relationship in this reboot.

The Professor comes up to the podium, and, to no surprise, he’s not going to fulfill the Powerpuff Girls’ hopes. Or anyone’s hopes.

Professor Utonium: What makes me, ahem, great, are my three little girls!

Everyone else: (groans)

I know the feeling, kids. Buttercup yells at him to do science stuff, and he focuses on the science of slightly changing the colors of chemicals. This doesn’t impress anyone, as told by a sad trumpet sound. He then wants to talk more about his girls!

Glasses Kid: Make it stooop!

Wow, even the characters in the show want the PPG 2016 to stop. Seriously, every time he brings up the girls, we get a shot of these students groaning. It’s supposed to show how boring the Professor is, but the way they place these groaning scenes makes me think they hate the girls, too. Maybe they only saw the same Monster Punch, Girls Down scenes, too.

As the bell rings, Ms. Keane gives the class their new assignment due on Friday: make a video showing off what makes their parent great. The Powerpuff Girls are not exactly happy, because they apparently don’t see their father as great. Barry, the Illuminati Kid, understands their plight, as his mother stays at home.

Specifically, she’s a stay-at-home ninja...who speaks Korean? Weren’t ninjas strictly a Japanese thing? Maybe they were just that good at staying hidden. The more we know about Barry, the more interesting he gets. He wears the Eye of Providence, he’s daring enough to play with his phone while floating in the ocean, he has a ninja mom, and he’s not impressed by that. Sadly for Barry, they’re probably waiting for Season 3 to have the big Barry episode. He’ll be waiting, and waiting, and waiting.

After Buttercup goes “ugh, Barry”, the Powerpuff Girls reveal their plan: they can follow him to his new job. That’s one thing the reboot has focused on: the Professor being a job seeker. He doesn’t work at a university anymore, and that’s assuming that “Professor” isn’t just his first name. In Sister Sitter, his reason for not being able to look after the sick girls is because he had to do a job interview for an agriculture company.

I guess he didn’t get that job, because now he works at a tech company named Tech-Co. As a scientist, he’s able to invent things for them. With Buttercup on the camera, he shows off his inventions!

A fabric that can stretch a thousand times its size! He demonstrates this by accidently making it fling around the room like Flubber. Sad trumpet sound.

A small Lithium battery! Apparently not eco-friendly! Different sad trumpet sound.

And the coolest thing at Tech-Co: a spring! A super spring that has the power of four thousand other springs. I guess Coilie the Spring Sprite got to him. Yet another sad trumpet sound.

The Powerpuff Girls ask if he actually invented anything interesting, like a shrink ray, rocket socks, or a metal thing that holds water. Guess who suggests that last one. The Professor instead shows off Trent, his co-worker that loves to make Mondays jokes on days that aren’t Monday!

No sad trumpet this time, instead, their faces just shrink to a very small and undetailed size. That seems to be their new favorite face this season. I will say, despite having the same storyboarders, this episode has far more restraint than Tell-Tale Schedulebot. It’s almost as if this episode was supposed to be taken more seriously.

The Powerpuff Girls, thinking their whole video is bust, attempts a plan to make their video great. While the Professor is away, Buttercup tells Bubbles to get props, and Blossom to be the feet.

Bubbles holds up a cardboard cutout of the City of Townsville in front of the camera, and talking over it. It must be a reference to that guy that hasn’t appeared since Fashion Forward. I think his name is “Commentator”.

Bubbles: Oh no, Townsville is under attack!

She also doesn’t exactly say the famous line correctly, which would have improved it tenfold. Granted, he doesn’t say “The City of Townsville” in the reboot outside of two episodes, counting one that shouldn’t count. Bubbles walks into frame and trips over a potted plant, pretending it’s an evil monster. She yells for help like the superhero she is. Just like in their actual fights!

Blossom and Buttercup dress up as the Professor. I like how they clearly stole one of the lab coats for that disguise. Unfortunately, it doesn’t end well, as they bicker about how uncomfortable they are, and they fall down.

After the Powerpuff Girls fail at making the Professor look cool, the real Professor comes back in to introduce his boss, a lady named Ms. Licosi. Ms. Licosi asks the girls if they were impressed with what they saw, which the Powerpuff Girls respond very similar to their classmate's reaction to whenever the Professor talks about them. Ms. Licosi, ignoring their groaning, tells them that they’re invited to a press conference in a way that is not menacing in the slightest.

Licosi: (eyebrows lower) Believe me, it’ll be quite a show.

Outside of TV Guide’s rather spoiler-y description, in hindsight, there’s not a lot of hints that this office is more than it seems, so I can see why they added those eyebrows and close-up. It’s pretty subtle, as they don’t even change the cheerful music that’s playing in this scene. It is an improvement over previous episodes, unlike Blue Ribbon Blues’...

Not A Janitaur Bent On Turning Everyone Into Animals, (Not) Honest: YES!

...whatever this was supposed to be.

The Powerpuff Girls take their seats, expecting a snorefest. Bubbles wonders what Barry is up to, as we cutaway to Barry looking at his phone while his mother is preparing to fight a bunch of ninjas in her Bruce Lee Game of Death outfit. Buttercup does another “ugh, Barry” to this, possibly jealous that he seems to have far more entertaining adventures.

During the presentation, the Professor shows off his real invention: a “powersuit” which is literally a suit! It can make people run super fast, is virtually indestructible, and is slim fit! It’s even powered by that battery we saw a few minutes ago. The Powerpuff Girls are finally impressed, their cowlicks, ribbons, and pigtails wiggling with glee by seeing something that would impress Barry.

Ms. Licosi congratulates the Professor on his work, and says she’ll take it from here, pushing the Professor aside and teleporting the powersuit onto her own body. We then get the big twist. Anyone can predict that there’s something more to this workplace than it seems; if they couldn’t tell from Licosi’s expression and even the episode’s TV Guide synopsis. However, it’s harder to predict what exactly this entailed.

In fact, you should probably stop reading now and watch the episode if you had any interest in watching it. It’s a surprise worth having, and worth is something the reboot desperately needs.

← Musclecup ☆ The Bubbles-Sitters Club →

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Oh, and did I mention Licosi is an anagram? Well, it’s too late now. Ms. Licosi's face dissipates into a very, very shadowy man.

Surprise, this episode was the third Silico episode this whole time! If you don’t remember, he’s the virus robot and silly lie article wielding mastermind who is constantly in shadow and has a deep hatred of the Powerpuff Girls. Come to think of it, there was something I said about him in an earlier episode’s review:

Unfortunately, Silico has an ace up his sleeve. Those virus robots? A super suit that can allow him to fight the Powerpuff Girls directly?

I don’t think they actually read these reviews, but it’s a coincidence I can appreciate. He swats away the Professor using his own powersuit, which can make his arms longer due to being “slim fit”. This may be suggesting that the stretchy fabric was also used in this. They don’t show how the spring fits in with this, but it must be there. Car doors and phones won’t work without them, after all!

The Powerpuff Girls ask Silico why he would attack the Professor and what happened to Ms. Licosi, and Silico only answers the second question: all of the co-workers were holograms! He sure loves his holograms! The Powerpuff Girls try to get up to the task to fight him three-on-one; the first real direct confrontation between Silico and the Puffs. Unfortunately, thanks to the powersuit, it doesn’t go too well for the Puffs. Very few fights do even without it.

One part of this one-sided fight shows Blossom trying to do a flurry of punches, but it just leads to a “punch punch punch uh-oh” scene. I’m not going to hate on this scene in particular. If anyone can make a suit that can stop the Powerpuff Girls, it’s the Professor. Then again, this same exact scene happened with radioactive moles in Road Trippin’, and similar scenes seem to happen when the Reboot Puffs have to fight anything. The Reboot Puffs seem to be all talk and no actual power; not really something that shows the “girl power” that the reboot’s tagline seems to convey.

The Puffs not bruised but not at full strength, Silico turns his hand into a hammer. How a suit is able to morph his hand, which isn’t a part of the suit, is not explained. For all we know, maybe Silico is a shapeshifter. Before he drops the hammer down, he gets interrupted by a surprise person hiding in the shadows...

Professor Utonium: The only person who won’t allow you to harm my girls...me!

I’m also okay with this, but mostly because it’s not the Sitcom Dad I’ve grown to know and hate. He stands up and reveals that the Professor Silico knocked into the seats was a hologram as well, and that he was onto him from the start!

We get some flashback scenes on about how he came to the conclusion, and it's so obvious, even the Professor could figure it out. One day, he saw a computer screen seeing a memo showing the Professor and a skull and crossbones. Another day, he tried to throw something at one of his coworkers for them to catch, only to have it pass through them. Another day, this happens:

Trent: We are all actually holograms and Licosi is actually Silico. (swaps back to usual personality) Mondays, am I right?

Eh, it's an okay use of the rule of three. This is meant to be a comedy even if most of the jokes fall flat. I can understand a lot of people scoffing at this joke, and it does seem to be more of a Sitcom Dad joke for the Professor to just not notice anything wrong with this. However, I found that line a little smile-worthy; it’s similar to how certain shows would flashback after a big reveal and highlight a “clue” that would’ve given it away, often one that wasn’t even visible if it was shown before.

The Professor then reveals that he made a powersuit of his own “with a few improvements”! The suit even turns all white at one point, which could be a nod to Powerprof. One could say ripoff, but one could also say this is the reboot’s variation of it.

This is a cool scene to see after episode and episode of the Professor being incompetent, but I have to say something. First, this is one of those psychedelic colorful background and hit flash beatdowns. Apparently, they spent the budget on the Powerpuff Girls getting beaten rather than Silico finally getting his just desserts.

Also, this is Silico, the series’ closest equivalent to Teen Titans’ Slade, getting beat by the silly dad character that does silly dad things. A villain that was the puppet master in his first episode, was only somewhat beaten by luck in his second, and outright beat the Powerpuff Girls in this. Once he gets punched in a hole, he does not appear again in this episode, not even in a “cliffhanger”, so we can conclude that a man was able to do what the Powerpuff Girls couldn’t. Girl power!

Okay, I’m being flippant here. The real point for this episode is to be a father’s day episode, so we have the father save his daughters in an act of caring. The Powerpuff Girls, seeing this beatdown, realized it’s not about how cool the Professor is, and they decided to do a different idea for their video. We cut to the school, which still has their Parents Day banners up despite clearly being a different day, and the Powerpuff Girls show off their video to the class.

Instead of showing off how cool their father is, we get this cutesy slideshow showing off their family get-togethers, their playtime, and a superhero that used to regularly get punched into walls getting hurt by falling off a bike. They threw away all of the footage they took, they get to hug the Professor at the end, and, for the first time ever in this reboot as far as I remember, they finally call him “Dad”. Aw, how cute.

Does the title fit?

The Powerpuff Girls are taken to work, and they do meet their doom on this day, so sure. The space is completely unnecessary, though.

How does it stack up?

In a very, very rare moment in Fly! Pow! Bye! history, I have no major complaints about a PPG 2016 episode that isn’t a general problem with the reboot. A very good twist even I didn't figure out at first, Silico finally being cool again, and even the fighting is above the usually abysmal average of the show. That last one isn't saying too much.

This is a top-level episode of the show, up there with Poorbucks and Fashion Forward. They're getting better.

Next week, it sounds like they’re going to go from ripping off real Powerpuff Girls episodes, not talking about this episode, to ripping off one of the worst Spongebob episodes! Hopefully that’s not the case.

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