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Citiesville is an unfortunate city located adjacent to Townsville, located in Pokey Oaks County.
Background[]
Citiesville is an industrial town with high rise buildings built in the first half of the 20th century. The city is mainly a commuter city, connected to Townsville via a historic suspension bridge, was built in 1900.
Unlike Townsville, where it's more sanitary and the citizens are welcoming and polite, the town of Citiesville is in a state of urban decay. The infrastructures of the city are very old and dilapidated, with many buildings undergoing numerous stages of infestations and decay. The citizens are also known to be very rude, self-centred, and unwelcoming, especially to outsiders who recently moved in, as both the Powerpuff Girls and Professor Unitonium were relentlessly bullied during their time in said town.
Citiesville is known for its historical suspension bridge above the river. The bridge is a famous landmark that is even featured in their city flag, and it acts as a main way for people to commute in and out of the city. Citiesville's citizens, or at least its local officials, like the police force and the mayor himself, take great pride of its bridge, that seeing it in complete destruction is enough to let them shed tears of grief.
Unlike Townsville, the Citiesville mayor is a very competent individual who takes his work seriously. Despite this, crime in Citiesville is very rampant, with the police largely being unable to prevent or handle criminal activity.
Appearance[]
The town of Citiesville only appeared in "Town and Out", as the Powerpuff Girls' new home after Professor Unitonium accepted a new job within the city. It was portrayed as a "realistic" city, as opposed to the cartoonish and idealistically-designed Townsville, and was meant to act as a deconstruction of how the Powerpuff Girls' brand of heroics would affect real life. This is evident as the mayor eventually enacts a bill to the Powerpuff Girls on banning them from using superpowers, after they accidentally destroyed their famous bridge called the Citiesville Bridge, in an attempt to stop a low-level theft in progress. Apparently, the conclusion is that they would be treated like outcasts instead of heroes due to their superpowers, thus their method of crime fighting would be downright unacceptable. The Powerpuff Girls and Professor Unitonium ultimately agreed they did not want to remain in Citiesville, and quickly returned to their original home in Townsville.
The town of Citiesville was mentioned in name only in a few episodes of the 2016 series, although it is not shown at all.
Locations in the city of Citiesville[]
- Citiesville Bridge
- Citiesville Hall
- Citiesville Police Department
- Shady Inn Motel
- Citiesville School
Episode Appearances[]
1998 series:
Powerpuff Girls Z:
- Attack of The Gangreen Gang (mentioned, English dub only)
2016 series:
- The Last Donnycorn (mentioned only)
- Small World: Heart to Heartstone (mentioned only)
- Drama Bomb (mentioned only)
Gallery[]
Trivia[]
- The overall design of Citiesville is taken by multiple cities in the U.S.
- The industrial atmosphere is based on either Chicago, Illinois or Detroit, Michigan.
- The Citiesville City Hall is based on Los Angeles City Hall in Los Angeles, CA.
- The design of the Citiesville Bridge is based on the Brooklyn Bridge in New York, NY.