Amoeba Boys (1998 TV series)

Amoeba Boys
"Uh, boss?"
Name:	Amoeba Boys
Nickname:	The Most Pathetic Criminals to Ever Walk Townsville
Gender:	Male
First appearance:	Whoopass Stew
Last appearance:	"The Powerpuff Girls Rule!!!"
Episode count:	17
Voice actor:	Lou Romano Chuck McCann

The Amoeba Boys are a villainous trio of amoebae, comprised of Bossman, Slim, and Junior. All three of them were voiced by the late Chuck McCann.

Biography

With their gangster affectations, these aspiring criminals would love nothing more than to be regarded as serious villains worthy of fighting, and even getting beaten up and sent to jail by the Powerpuff Girls. Unfortunately, their brains are far too primitive to devise a crime above the level of littering or jaywalking; indeed, they considered stealing an orange to be their greatest crime ever (in the episode "Divide and Conquer").

They are Townsville's least malicious villains, even having a friendship-of-sorts with The Powerpuff Girls.

The Amoeba Boys are generally harmless, but their actions have on several occasions endangered both the girls and the town purely by accident. The greatest threat they have posed to Townsville and the girls was in "Geshundfight", when they each caught a cold that, when merged with their DNA, created a severe virus that quickly spread through the city, making even the healthiest person fall ill instantaneously. It wasn't until the Girls, who were also infected, acquired their DNA (after a brief and very easy fight, despite the fact they were all very sick) so in response Professor Utonium created a vaccine from the now happily captured Amoeba Boys that he soon dispensed to the town, curing them just as quickly as the disease accidentally spread.

The biggest act of villainy they've ever committed was successfully stealing every orange in town (originally just another orange after stealing their first), which caused everyone to get scurvy. Seeing an orange split into its segments triggered something in their minds which made them undergo mitosis and divide into great numbers. Fortunately, the Girls were able to merge all the copies back into the original criminals and lock them up. Thus, they fulfilled the Amoeba Boys' plan to get their own "wanted" poster.

See Me, Feel Me, Gnomey

The Amoeba Boys appeared in the rock musical episode "See Me, Feel Me, Gnomey", where, along with other villains, they are seen causing chaos and terrorizing people in Townsville. The Gnome is responsible for eliminating all the villains, including the Amoeba Boys. The villains are later all freed, as the Gnome loses his power.

The Amoeba Boys are also seen singing "Why Can't We All Get Along?" alongside the other villains, giving the message that they can also have redeeming features, including in their villainy.

The Powerpuff Girls Rule!

The Amoeba Boys appeared in "The Powerpuff Girls Rule!!!", trying to get the Key to the World and take over Townsville. They were all seen attacking the other villains and Powerpuff Girls in their attempt to get the Key. During the race to get the Key, the Amoeba Boys could not get their own car, so they just called a taxi. At the end of the episode, they all got beaten up.

Pilots

The Amoeba Boys were first featured in Whoopass Stew: A Sticky Situation, making them the oldest recurring villains in the Powerpuff Girls as a whole (alongside the Gangreen Gang, who appear in the short's introduction). Their characterization contrasts their behavior in the series; they are seen having successfully robbed a bank, and later use their semi-solid bodies to stick to the girls.

The Amoeba Boys reappeared in the World Premiere Toons short "Crime 101". Their characterization in this short more closely matches how they would act in the series.

Profile

The Amoeba Boys are floating amoebae roughly the size of the Powerpuff Girls. They are teal in color with aqua spots, with light stripy membranes around their bodies. Each of the members has their own attributes:

• Bossman, leader and general spokesman of the Amoeba Boys, wears a gray fedora and has a voice similar to that of Edward G. Robinson.
• Slim, the tall one, wears a brown fedora and is even more incompetent and slow than the others. In "Crime 101", he is called "Skinny Slim".
• Junior, the little one, wears a black cap and usually repeats whatever Bossman says. In Crime 101, his name is "Tiny".

In "Gesundfight", the Amoeba Boys turn whitish with teal spots and membranes, signifying their invertedness.

Episode appearances

• Whoopass Stew (debut, only Bossman speaks)
• "Crime 101"
• "Geshundfight"
• "Birthday Bash"
• "You Snooze, You Lose"
• "Daylight Savings" (cameo)
• "Bought and Scold" (cameo)
• "Film Flam" (Junior does not speak)
• "Get Back Jojo" (cameo by Junior)
• "Divide and Conquer"
• "Shotgun Wedding" (picture cameo)
• The Boys Are Back in Town (Flashback)
• "See Me, Feel Me, Gnomey" (Junior does not speak)
• "Live and Let Dynamo" (Only Junior Speaks, Inside Dynamo)
• "A Made Up Story" (non-speaking cameo)
• "Night Mayor" (flashback)
• "The Powerpuff Girls Rule!"

Trivia

• The Amoeba Boys were inspired by Edward G, Robinson, James Cagney, and Al Capone.
• In "Birthday Bash," the Amoeba Boys, while in jail, ironically send the Powerpuff Girls a nice, harmless birthday gift (only due to not knowing how voodoo dolls work).
• The Amoeba Boys are the fourth least recurring villains, appearing in only 17 episodes (only behind Princess Morbucks, with only 16 episodes. Sedusa, with only 10 episodes. And the The Rowdyruff boys with only 9 episodes).
  • It should be noted that while the Amoeba Boys were intended to be "lame" villains, they ironically made more appearances than Sedusa because Craig McCracken had a hard time coming up with episodes where Sedusa was the main antagonist.
• According to McCracken's scale of the villains on The Powerpuff Girls, the Amoeba Boys are at the bottom because they are the dumbest.
• MsMojo ranked the Amoeba Boys as the #10 Powerpuff Girls villain.
• The Amoeba Boys and Fuzzy Lumpkins are the only major villains to never have gained any superpowers at least once.

Gallery

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