"Upgrade Upcharged" is the 1st episode of the seventh season of The Powerpuff Girls, and the 138th episode overall. The episode premiered on Cartoon Network in the United States on February 12th, 2005.
Plot[]
The girls get struck by lightning after trying to fly a kite during a thunderstorm, and mysteriously get new powers.
Synopsis[]
The episode starts with Blossom and Buttercup wanting to fly a kite during a thunderstorm, but Bubbles disagrees with the idea, as they could end up getting hurt. When the girls started flying the kite, they got struck by lightning, and they get new powers. Bubbles has the power to change into any person or thing just by thinking of it, Buttercup has the power to run super-fast, and Blossom has the power to strike people with lightning. More TBA
Cast[]
- Cathy Cavadini as Blossom
- Tara Strong as Bubbles
- Elizabeth "E.G" Daily as Buttercup
- Tom Kane as Professor Utonium
Characters featured[]
Major roles[]
- The Powerpuff Girls (Blossom, Bubbles and Buttercup)
- Professor Utonium
Minor roles[]
- Freedom Gal (indirectly mentioned)
- Bunny-Bunny (mentioned)
- HIM (indirectly mentioned)
- Princess Morbucks (mentioned)
Locations[]
Quotes[]
TBA
Trivia[]
- Moral: Doing bad things to your friends is very dangerous, because it could make them sad. So you should be nice to your friends instead of being aggressive at them.
- The powers that the girls received are based off of three DC superheroes: Bubbles turning into anything when she thinks is based off of the powers of Beast Boy from Teen Titans, Blossom shocking people is based off of the powers of Static Shock, and Buttercup running super-fast is based off of the powers of The Flash.
- When Professor Utonium is cooking a little shortly after the girls gain their new powers, he was singing Take On Me by a-ha.
- Things that Bubbles turned into:
- A bottle of water
- Computer mouse
- Cellophane tape dispenser
- Cannonball
- Roast beef sandwich
- A crispy snack bar
- Ping-pong paddle and Ping-pong ball
- Blossom
- HIM
- Professor Utonium
- Washing Machine
- Balloon
- Things Buttercup did with her super speed:
- Went to the bathroom to pee
- Ran around in the living room in the house
- Got Blossom a can full of soda
- Stole money at a gas station in the convenience store without people noticing
- Ran to Mexico
- In real life, one would get severely injured and burned if struck by lightning rather than get superpowers.