Adult Humor

WARNING: This article explores jokes in The Powerpuff Girls that reference mature topics such as sex, profanity, drugs, gore, etc. As such, the following page contains mature content. Continue at your own risk.

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Adult Humor is a recurring theme in The Powerpuff Girls, wherein, despite the show being for kids, the show will sneak in several subtle innuendos and jokes that reference to mature topics that will fly over the heads of their younger audience members but will be understood by the adults watching or the kids, when they grow up.

Jokes

1998 Series

• In the theme song for the show, Buttercup kicks HIM in the mouth and causes drops of blood to come out.
• In "Mommy Fearest", The Powerpuff Girls help Professor Utonium get ready for his date with Ima Goodelady. Buttercup sticks an unseen item in Professor's front pocket and says, "And some of these."
• In "Insect Inside", when the girls fly down to the street to witness the remains of Roach Coach, one of his arms twitches its fingers in such a way that it looks like it's flipping the bird.
• In "Buttercrush", Buttercup kicks Ace in the face and gives him a nosebleed.
• The title of "Boogie Frights", is a pun on the 1997 movie, Boogie Nights, which is about a man becoming a famous porn actor.
• Several shots in "Paste Makes Waste", show a child's drawing on the wall of Pokey Oaks Kindergarten, depicting an angry man holding a bottle, titled "Daddy", unmistakably suggesting that one of the students has an alcoholic, abusive father.
• The entire plot of "The Bare Facts" is about Mojo Jojo kidnapping The Mayor and stripping him down completely butt naked.
• In "The Rowdyruff Boys", Brick flies under a woman's skirt and comes out the other end, smiling.
• In "Uh-Oh, Dynamo", a liquor store is seen in the background.
  • Another gag from this episode has The Powerpuff Girls stopping an octopus from destroying the town dam by tying up it's tentacles and for a newspaper on it reading, "Dam Octopus Problem All Tied Up".
• In "Down 'n' Dirty", a septic vacuum truck is shown cleaning a sewer. The company name on the truck is "Bob's Septic World" and their motto is "We're full of it".
• In "A Very Special Blossom", the Mayor says that he used to be a sugar daddy.
• In "Imaginary Fiend", Blossom is knocked into a pile of clothes and comes out, dressed as Eric Cartman from the highly controversial adult animated TV series, South Park.
• In "Cootie Gras", a male bird hits on a female bird, asking her if she's ever heard of "the birds and the bees", only for the Narrator to tell him to behave himself.
  • Mojo Jojo is shown smoking a cigarette.
  • Mojo Jojo gets sent to jail, where a prisoner glances at him with a big smile. The Narrator talks over this scene, saying "Love is in the air. Can't you just smell it?". Mojo looks quite nervous, making it more obvious.
• The plot of "Mojo Jonesin'" is a metaphor for drug addiction, with Mary, Joey, Jeff, and Kim going into a dark alleyway and meeting Mojo Jojo, who's dressed in a trench coat and offers them some Chemical X. The kids get addicted to Chemical X and behave in a way that clearly mirrors a drug addiction. The episode ends with the kids learning that when someone like Mojo Jojo offers them something like Chemical X, what they should do is just say no.
• In "Something's a Ms.", Miss Bellum (who is actually Sedusa in disguise) comes into The Mayor's office and asks him for the day off. The Mayor refuses at first, but Miss Bellum seduces him by grabbing his hand, while he's holding a broken pencil and sticking it into a pencil sharpener, which makes him feel very pleased.
• In "Criss Cross Crisis", The Gangreen Gang had switched bodies with a group of teenage girls and ended up in their room. In the background, a tampon is seen lying on the floor.
• In "Bought and Scold", Sedusa is described by the Narrator as "naughty", while she appears on screen doing a suggestive pose, facing her butt toward the screen.
• The plot of "Candy is Dandy" features the girls getting addicted to candy the same way one would get addicted to drugs.
• In "Knock It Off", the Professor has an old college friend named Dick Hardly. Blossom even says, "That Professor Dick!" in frustration.
  • One of the flashback scenes showed Dick looking through a telescope to spy on some girls in their sorority building having a sleepover in their underwear.
• In "Members Only", E-Male embarrassingly loses a race to Bubbles and Valhallen jokes that "His PPP connection has been severed."
  • Several Association of World Super Men members have adult humor hidden in their characters. An African superhero is named "Mandingo", which is an ethnic slur against black people and Jamaican superhero, Ya-Mon has reddish eyes, suggesting that he's been smoking marijuana.
• In "Superfriends", the Powerpuff Girls introduce Professor Utonium to their new friend, Robin. Bubbles says that The Professor created them in his laboratory by accident. The Professor chuckles good-naturedly, as he feels a little embarrassed about Bubbles mentioning his clumsiness, but Robin tells him that he doesn't need to feel bad as she was an "accident" too. Professor Utonium is shocked to hear this and his eyes widen.
• In "Stray Bullet", the Powerpuff Girls bicker over whether their new pet squirrel, Bullet is a boy or a girl. Professor Utonium interrupts their quarreling and the last thing said before the argument ends is Bubbles saying, "Squirrels eat nuts, stupid!"
• The title of "Shut the Pup Up" is an on-the-nose pun on a profane phrase.
  • The Talking Dog tells Miss Bellum that her face isn't so special, but her body, "Rawr".
• In "Shotgun Wedding", Fuzzy Lumpkins carries a pile of dirt he fell in love with and takes it into his cabin with him, where he puts up a "Do Not Disturb" sign and and proceeds to make kissing noises.
• In "The Boys Are Back in Town", Ace is shown smoking a cigarette.
  • Blossom discovers that in order to defeat The Rowdyruff Boys, who were giant at the time, they need to insult their masculinity, which causes them to shrink in size.
• In "Pee Pee G's", it's joked that Mojo Jojo pees in the girls' bed before the next shot reveals that he's actually just dumping a water bottle on their bed that he had stored in a fanny pack.
• In "The City of Clipsville", Butch was shown reading an FHM magazine.
  • While Boomer flirts with Bubbles, a one-eyed monster rises in the background.
  • Buttercup jokingly asks Blossom if she wants to ride on Butch's escalator.
• The plot of "Curses", is about The Powerpuff Girls learning a profanity from Professor Utonium and going around town, saying the word to everyone in town.
• In "'Twas the Fight Before Christmas", Santa Claus puts Princess Morbucks on the permanent naughty list for life, along with the rest of the most evil people in the world. One of the names listed on the permanent naughty list was "Adolph Shicklegruber", which is a reference to Adolf Hitler, as "Adolph" is a different way of spelling his first name and "Shicklegruber" was Hitler's father's maiden name before he unconventionally underwent his wife's last name.
• It's long been in dispute that "See Me, Feel Me, Gnomey" heavily featured religious undertonez, with a hippie character looking similar to Jesus Christ, the metal beams of destroyed buildings looking like burning crosses, and the garbs worn by the followers of The Gnome looking similar to Christian worship attire. The episode appears to have a hidden satirical message, which critiques the impact religion has on society, turning people into "cattle" who lose their freedom, as explained by Professor Utonium, who is notably a scientist and is likely supposed to reject the ideology of any religion because of his own beliefs in science. This episode's alleged sacrilege has led to the episode getting banned in the United States.
  • It's also been rumored that this episode provides social commentary on Capitalism vs. Communism, with people claiming the brainwashed people being stand-ins for Communists and their red clothing being a reference to the crimson flag of the USSR. This is directly combated by Professor Utonium, saluting the American flag, as he opposed this way of living. However, this is currently mere speculation and has not been confirmed by anyone on the show.
• In "Aspirations", Sedusa tells The Gangreen Gang that if they do her bidding for her, she'll give them a special "reward". It's never specified what this "reward" is, but at the end of the episode, she doesn't give it to them.
• In "West in Pieces", a bait and switch gag features Buttercup with what appears to be a cigarette in her mouth, only for her to take it out and reveal that it's a lollipop.
  • One of the buildings in the background is titled "J. Soup and Broth L.", which is a pun on "Brothel".
• In "The Powerpuff Girls Rule!!!", Mojo Jojo gets sent to prison and sings a song. After the song, a big muscular cellmate puts his arm around him and romantically tells him how beautiful his song was, causing Mojo's eyes to widen in fright.
• In one Cartoon Network bumper, Mojo Jojo is at a live action zoo, shouting at a silverback gorilla, "You are not the alpha male! I, Mojo Jojo am the-" Only to stop when the silverback stands at full height and he looks down at his crotch level. "...alpha..." Afterwards, he tosses a pebble and mumbles sadly to another gorilla, "It isn't fair he gets all the girls."
• In one Cartoon Network bumper where the Powerpuff Girls save Aquaman and Wonder Woman from the Legion of Doom, Wonder Woman congratulates the girls and tells them they are developing into quite the superheroes. Bubbles says they wish to be just as developed as her. The Legion of Doom then begins to laugh as Wonder Woman blushes and covers her chest region with her hands.
• In “The Powerpuff Girls Movie”, when Hota Wata is introduced why he should rule the world over Mojo Jojo, he finishes his speech with “because I don’t give a-“, but he is interrupted by Mojo Jojo, who says “watch your mouth!”, as if he nearly said “I don’t give a damn" or possibly another swear word.

Powerpuff Girls Z

• In "The Rowdyruff Boys", Brick flings a booger at Blossom, causing her to get mad and say "You sons of-" before getting cut off by him attacking her further. In the same episode, the Boys flip up the Girls' skirts, causing them to scream (which is censored in the English dub by adding a flashing light as they perform the offending act).
• In "Beetle Battle", a male beetle tells a female beetle that she has a nice thorax.
• In "The Write Way and the Wrong Way", a pencil monster drew a line that a guy’s eyes followed which led right to a woman’s boobs. The guy’s girlfriend saw it and assumed he was staring so she slapped him across the face.

2016 Series

• The plot of "The Stayover" is a parody on the 2009 comedy movie, The Hangover, which, as the title suggests, is about three guys waking up from a hangover and trying to remember what happened the night before. This episode is about the Powerpuff Girls waking up after overdosing on candy and trying to remember what happened during their sleepover party.
• In "Painbow", Blossom, Bubbles, and Allegro start twerking.
• The episode "Horn Sweet Horn" was rumored to have been about being transgender with Donny being a horse, who wants a “horn” surgically implanted on his head to make him a unicorn. However, the creators of the show debunked this.
• In "Strong-Armed", Buttercup calls Bubbles a "Wiener Butt".
• In "Once Upon a Townsville", adult character, Princess Bluebelle kisses a child character, Buttercup, on the lips.
  • Princess Bluebelle attempts suicide several times to get the attention of a prince who isn't interested in her.
• A bait and switch gag from "Midnight at the Mayor's Mansion" makes it appear as though the Mayor is hanging himself, only for it to be revealed that he put his coat on the coatrack and forgot to take himself out of his coat.