Powerpuff Girls

I’m sure by now you already know of the latest fad in Facebook. It’s the campaign against child abuse where in you change your profile picture to a cartoon character you were fond of watching when you were little. A lot of people followed this, including me. Although I’m not that ‘old’ yet, but it did bring back memories of my pre-school days.

                I chose the picture of Buttercup from Powerpuff Girls. I chose her because when I was still small, I was very fond of watching Cartoon Network and one of the shows which I became an avid fan of was Powerpuff Girls. I thought they were really cute including Mojo Jojo, the main villain who was a green monkey that wore this head dress where you can see his brain. The show had very unique characters including Professor Utonium who acted as a parental figure to the girls. There’s also the Mayor of Townsville who is very short and is fond of pickles. His secretary, Ms. Sara Bellum, is a very peculiar character. She mostly handles anything the mayor can’t and her face was never shown. Only her red suit and red hair could be seen. I have to say though that the most memorable character for me besides the girls would be Him. Him is a devil-like creature with crab-like claws, red skin, pointy ears, a curled beard, and a hooked nose. What would scare me the most about Him is his very scary voice which would either be high-pitched or very deep.

                There are certain happenings that would just be so clear in my mind even until now. One of them was the day when I was still in pre-school and my friends and I were at the playground. We figured to play Powerpuff girls and I randomly took the role of Buttercup. I even remember one of our male classmates playing the role of Mojo Jojo. We would run around and play on the swings.  One time, I even pushed myself too high that I fell to the ground. Those days were surely fun.

From L-R: Bubbles, Blossom, Buttercup. The so called Powerpuff Girls.