Buttercup vs. Math is the fourteenth episode (and the fifty-third episode overall) of Season 2 of the 2016 Powerpuff Girls series. It aired on Cartoon Network on July 2, 2017.
Synopsis[]
When Buttercup tests into Honors Math, she attempts to avoid being labeled a nerd, while Blossom tries to get her "nerd" back after failing the test.
Characters[]
Main Characters[]
Minor Characters[]
- Professor Utonium
- Ms. Keane
- Students of Midway Elementary
- Honors Math Teacher
- The Mayor of Townsville
- Robin Snyder (Non-Speaking Cameo)
Trivia[]
- Running gag: Someone chanting at Buttercup for being a "math queen".
- There's an episode from the classic series episode "Divide and Conquer" that also involves mathematics.
- In "Sister Sitter", Buttercup is mentioning about going to school like a nerd, but in this episode, she did go to school by dressing like a nerd.
- Ironically, Buttercup's very bad at math in the 1998 series, but in this episode shows Buttercup being very good at math after being tested into Honors Math.
- This is the eighth time when the day is saved without the outro.
- This is the fourth time to have Buttercup's name on the title.
- This episode reunites Tom Kenny and Greg Proops (who voices Eyesosceles) were previously working in an episode "Saving Snackleberry" from the Nickelodeon show True Jackson, VP since Proops was one of the main cast of the series.
- Buttercup (2016 TV series)s line before defeating Eyesosceles, "Yippi Pi yay, Eyesosce-loser!", is a reference to the movie Die Hard.