The Powerpuff Girls
- sarahwilk24
- Jan 13
- 2 min read
Updated: Jul 16
Bubbles, Blossom, and Buttercup
464 pieces | ZILINTOYS: F-C10128
Assembled by Vanessa Reyes, February 2025
Interaction Rating: 4 / 5 (interaction with the set is encouraged, but use extra care)
Premise: The Powerpuff Girls revolves around three kindergarten-aged girls with superpowers and their battles against evil opponents. The series is an action comedy inspired by American superheroes as well as Japanese Tokusatsu.
Reason They Watched: When Sarah found an alternative-brand set of the Powerpuff Girls, it was an instant blast of nostalgia. On a day when Sarah was under the weather, they turned the show on to humor her. This is admittedly another show that the couple was inspired to revisit because they found a cool brick set that prompted them.
Favorite Moments: Similar to their experience re-watching SpongeBob SquarePants, many of the show's forgotten elements came flooding back. Like the mayor's secretary, whose head you never actually see. Or the phone that the mayor uses to call the Powerpuff Girls when there's a crisis, which resembles a Fisher-Price kids' play phone from the 1960s, complete with a red clown nose, innocent blue eyes, and a smile. Or that the premise of the show rests on kindergarten-aged children battling (mostly green-colored) adults. And that many of the episodes feature plots where these mostly green-colored adults (generally men) pretend to be the Powerpuff Girls to deceive the mayor into granting them access to things they shouldn't have. It's a world where adults are unable to protect children and have to rely on other children to do it for them. It's a little terrifying, in retrospect. Sarah and Hunter also had fun figuring out which Powerpuff Girl each of their cats would be. Delilah would be Buttercup, obviously, and Cali would be bossy Blossom. Dink would be sweet, clueless Bubbles.
Set Significance: It's the Powerpuff Girls (or "flying little policewomen" as the box said) representing the Powerpuff Girls. 'Nuff said!
Where It's Streaming: Netflix; the show's finale aired in 2005.
