And that's the bad thing. The 3D wasn't an appealing choice, everything blends in together and makes it hard to recognize characters. The humor is nothing like it used to be. Repeating the same catch phrase over and over again. The entire plot is so random, within 3 minutes they fight a robot, go to the store, and play a game. It's almost insulting how much they have dumbed down the show. The super bloomed lighting makes the show very bright and hard on the eyes. For kids this might seem entertaining.I grew up watching the original show, and was somewhat excited to see it come back. But the entire show felt like a disappointment. A show they should have left alone.
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therealTOXICHYENA20 January 2014
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ABigFatOrange1223 July 2020When I first watched this when I was 8, I loved it. But now as a 14 year old, I can still get some enjoyment out of it but it's not spectacular, by no means is it as bad as the reboot or the anime but it's no original series. The art style I am mixed on, I quite like Blossom and Bubbles' designs and Mojo looks awesome but Buttercup looks nothing like the original or even reboot. The story can get some enjoyable moments but it's very predictable. It was cool to see Ringo Starr.
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I really loved the Powerpuff girls, and i love all of the episodes, even the movie, the key to the city episode, and now.. this episode. Cartoon Network really messed up the whole production of this special because of Craig McCracken was not involved with this one. The continuity is especially, without a doubt, nowhere close to the original episodes, because Craig Mccracken throws in a curve-ball to change the arts. At least the special gives off a few good ideas, and a handful of exciting moments, but unfortunately, it is not enough for the girls and their professor to recover from this malicious loss in control. On the other hand, the graphics look so showgirls-esque, and only a hyper-active Fanny can squeeze any enjoyment out of Cartoon Network's latest adventure with the girls. Overall, i love the Cathy Cavadini, Tara Strong, and Elizabeth Daily, and the original voice actor's reprisals of their respected roles. Concluding my review, Blossom, Bubbles, and Buttercup were not too cute for me. Stick to the original episodes, even the post-movie episodes.
Graphics: 1.5/10. Canon and Continuity: 0/10. Voice Acting: 10/10. Quality: 0/10. Overall: F-/ -
natecarraway10 April 2016I remember when I first saw the commercials for this I knew it was gonna SUCK! And it did, after I first saw this I instantly hated it. For one thing I hate what they did to the characters. They made them look like idiots. Like in one scene Mayor couldn't reach his pickle jar because it was on a high shelf so he calls the girls to help him. But Bubbles won't leave because she is addicted to this dance game they got at the store. So they go without her. But when the other two get to the mayor's office they discover they need Bubbles to help them get it down. WHAT?!?! How many Powerpuff girls does it take to take a pickle jar from a high shelf? Apparently according to this special, all three. And another thing that doesn't make sense is when they're forced to work for the evil side they somehow turn into these robot things. Even the way the robots are defeated is a dance off. Once again: WHAT?!?! WHY?!?! It literally feels like the characters were watered down from the original show for this special. And another thing. The animation, It's ugly, which is sad because technology has gotten better. If the original has better animation than this than that's saying something because it originally came out in the late 90s. So what I would do is give this a skip and go watch the original some more.(including the 2008 special Powerpuff Girls Rule! which should of been the last episode)
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Horst_In_Translation25 November 2015"Dance Pantsed" is a Powerpuff Girls (voiced by actresses in their 40s and 50s) short film that runs slightly over 20 minutes. The trio are up against a bad villain again and have to make sure to save the world again. It's a bit of "Charlie's Angels" with animation and the heroes considerably younger. It's also a lot worse. I have no idea what the Emmys were thinking when they awarded this one or what the Annies were thinking when they nominated it. The animation style is terrible, even if that's just perception. The action is very quick and doesn't make any sense absolutely, but not in a weirdly entertaining way, just in a completely pointless manner. What was up with the random dance sequence at the end? And the talking was really quick and impossible to understand for foreign audiences without subtitles, probably also tough to follow for American native speakers if they are still children. I love myself a good animated movie from time to time, but it's impossible to believe that grown-ups can enjoy this one. And children probably should not watch it because it is simply a crappy movie. Highly not recommended and it's shocking to see a legend like Ringo Starr in here.
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rubbersoul956 July 2015The only positive thing I have to say about this is that it was nice to see some effort into bringing the Powerpuff Girls back to television, but it was a poor attempt. This special had inaccuracies in relation to the history that was mapped out in the original series. The humor is pathetic and nothing like the witty jokes I remember. Regarding the artistic style, it gives off an attitude that is unlike the original series and all that it stood for. It beautifies the girls and makes them out to be much older than they are, which is appalling, and they are written completely out of character. Rather than pay homage to the classic series we all know and love, this title goes for cheap comedy that is poorly executed. It's just white noise with all the other sub- par cartoons on television.
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camiacono-5311714 December 2017It's not that bad guys! Seriously So many people are just hatting on it just for the art alone, of course the original animation style would be much more preferred but the art here is not bad at all. I guess Cartoon Network just liked the Style and wanted to work with that artist is some way or another and this special is what they figured was best. The special itself isn't anything amazing but it is not at all worth all the hate. It's just like an actual episode of the show. It has some great moments but overall nothing will blow you away but It's worth checking out. It literally like an episode script was just sitting around and it was the the PPG 15th anniversary so along with an App game this special was made. My only real complaint is that maybe they could have modernized the script a little bit more and some more Villain cameo's.
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BlossomTheLeader20 September 2014There is no way I COULD be watching this SPECIAL again. I loved the original Powerpuff Girls which used to be both funny and entertaining mixed together, It's getting the same fate as Spongebob Squarepants now if it's gets worse as I heard it's coming back in 2016. Characters had their personalities changed Like Bubbles used to be a Cute and Joy of Laughter, Now she is a Idiot and a Crybaby. Blossom is just now annoying and won't shut up. Buttercup is also out of character too, I don't care if the critics or The creator himself like this. Every time I see the new designed girls, I say: "Why is that!??!" I have a feeling that the colors in this awful CGI animation are almost pop-culture references like bright colors and making them hard to see the characters. Please, Stick to the original instead of this piece of crap. The original one is a pure gem and better than this abomination. Hopefully it will come back in two years from now and keep the original ones with the same quality, Or it's going to an downfall. If you want to see a show that ton's of the pop-culture references, Watch My Little Pony: Friendship is magic or Fanboy and Chum chum. I'm so sorry that this review is rushed!
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The Powerpuff Girls: Dance Pantsed is a special bringing back the iconic superheroines before CN thought of the 2016 reboot that is infamous for being so bad, and yet, this one is bad as well.
In this special, after stopping the evil Mojo Jojo after he kidnaps popular people, the girls celebrate by getting a video game, Dance Pants Revolution. Seeing Bubbles enjoy it, Mojo decides to make another game like it, one that turns the girls into robots under the evil monkey's control, and the professor must save them, when it means revisiting his dancing days, which after being rejected by a dance show, would lead to him going to become a scientist.
Yeah, I can see why this special is hated by the majority of the PPG fan base. For this special, they changed the animation style, as instead of the style used in the 1998 cartoon (or even the flash animation from the movie and the final seasons), they decided to go the CGI treatment, and oh boy, it causes a lot of changes, as the girls look less like the ones we knew from 1998 and more like the Powerpuffs from those commercials they used to do (the ones where they changed the girls' look for some cosmetic line), making them look less like the Powerpuff Girls and more like some girls who got the powers and costumes of the girls. Also, the special does not follow continuity of the series it is based on, as it changes the professor's origin to how be became a man of science (which contradicts an episode of the series where he was a kid in Townsville when the girls go back in time to save him from Mojo Jojo, even going as far as to add Steven Hawking, Issaac Newton, and Slim Jim Wellbody, a parody of Slim Goodbody from those old PBS shows). Also, the special features Ringo Starr, which casts him as the voice of a mathematician who Mojo targets for kidnapping for a cause that, which I won't spoil, is a horrible plot for a villain (I mean, come on, this is Mojo Jojo we're talking about, a great genius who gained his criminal intellect at the same time the girls were created, and here, he wastes it on that?)
However, this special does has some pluses, like getting the original voice cast (including the original VAs for Blossom, Bubbles, and Buttercup, which would not be done come 2016's reboot) and it at least keeps the spirit of the 1998 series, however, not even that is enough to cover the flaws of this special. -
ultramatt2000-121 January 2014Boy it has been half a decade, since we saw POWERPUFF GIRLS RULE in 2008. I saw some teaser art for this special. I worried about that it will be stereotypically girly like JEM, STRAWBERRY SHORTCAKE, RAINBOW-BRITE, and the first three generations of MY LITTLE PONY, but I was wrong. Before I talk about my thoughts about it, let me supply you with a little history lesson.
From 1929 to 1934, America was suffering through The Great Depression. There were superheroes like Superman, Flash Gordon, Shazam, Captain Marvel and Buck Rogers who were used to boost morale and raise spirits. Then America was struck by terrorism on September 11th, 2001. With that there were shows like POWERPUFF GIRLS, DEXTER'S LABORATORY, JOHNNY BRAVO, COURAGE THE COWARDLY DOG, and FAIRLY ODDPARENTS. They were used to continue the tradition on boosting morale and raising spirits through the power of laughter and pop-culture references. Over the next ten years, political correctness had affected the government, and then the media and technology. Negativity had infected society and they were statement films and shows like IDIOCRACY, THE JERSEY SHORE, DAN VS. and GOD BLESS America. These had negative role-models carried bad messages to prove that life stinks! This drove the world mad. Now with a troubled times, there were a few shows that are struggling to keep the tradition like T.U.F.F. PUPPY and WANDER OVER YONDER. With love and respect for the past and pop-culture references, it is time for the girls to make a comeback.
With that history lesson aside, what I wrote was true. I did watch this show yesterday and I had a laugh out of it. It is good to hear the old voices and familiar music, but the design looked different. It doesn't look like an episode of the show, but it feels like an episode from the show. I heard that Butch Hartman was involved, but he wasn't. When I read that Craig McCracken, the show's original creator, was not involved, then how come I read the text "created by Craig McCracken" under the show's title? It's a mystery. In a world dominated by cartoons that are negative, contain character designs, that are complete eyesore, irritating voices that makes you want to press the mute button and messed up story-lines. Then this special is a breath of fresh air. I highly recommend it. If you enjoy this special and the original series, then you will enjoy IDW's comic book re-boot. It is faithful to the campy cartoon series. Rated TV-Y7 for comedic and fantasy violence and peril. This has been another "Mathew Praises".