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Powerpuff Girls - Twas the Fight Before Christmas

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This was great. I don't see as many holiday episodes of the Powerpuff Girls as I do with other cartoons (IE Rugrats, SpongeBob SquarePants, ETC). In fact, this is the only holiday episode of PPG that I can recall. The plot was excellent. Buy this now if you're a PPG fan!!!!

I just saw this new Powerpuff Girls addition to our Christmas culture and it is just super! I highly recommend it to your own little PPG. The girls are off on a new adventure to save the children in Townsville from having one terrble Christmas all thanks to their rival and wanna be PPG Princess Morbucks. The cast is just great with lots of new banter between the PPG and the entire town has never looked so pretty as in the snow of winter. All of the main characters are back with lots of surprises and a special treat for anyone who loves Bubbles. A real treat and should definately be included as a stocking stuffer with the PPG movie of last year. I highly recommend this as a collector and as a fan. Bravo!! The day has been saved!! and so has Christmas!!!

the video has been truly loved by our son since he received it for Christmas. The item came in before expected and we could not be happier. Thank you for your expedience.

Pincess Morebucks hatches the vileest scam ever and it's up to the PowerPuff Girls to save Chistmas!
Santa is tricked into believing that all the world's children are naughty and Princess is the only good little girl in all the world.Princess does this because everybody keeps saying she's naughty and she's out to prove them wrong(such twisted logic!!!)So the PPGs set out for a race to the North Pole to let Santa (who is heartbroken over the assumed naughtiness of the world's chidren)know of his error
Full of the action you've come to expect from the cutest of all super-heroes this one is a winner!!!

Over the holidays, Cartoon Network broadcast many of its holiday-themed fare. Among the entries, were the Powerpuff Girls. The writing for this episode was particularly good. I liked the fact that Princess didn't know that the coal that found its way into her stockings, year after year, was Santa's way of telling Princess that she was naughty.

Just when you think that Princess couldn't be any worse, she goes the extra mile. Princess' condecending "Santa-clod" speech was particularly shocking, but, Santa handles the situation very well.

There aren't very many extras on the DVD. Overall, though, I'm very pleased with the feature.

I got this because my sister and I quote it and laugh at this special every time we see it. It's nothing amazing by the way of Christmas specials, but it has it's cute moments and is worth watching at least once.

"Twas The Fight Before Christmas" centers around the plot of spoiled Princess, who tricks Santa into giving a Christmas present only to her, and coal to the rest of the children all over the world including Powerpuff Girls. And what Princess gets is the superpower of chemical X, which allows her to fly like her hated Buttercup, Bubbles and Blossom.

Special episode for PPG is nothing special as far as its story goes on, but still the film is fun, and would be a suitable choice for kids because it does not contain "violence" of ripping up monsters or knocking out poor Mojo Jojo. The most violent scene is its opening credit where three girls beat up the "villains" (as they did before the opening title appears in every episode). The story looks padded at times, with repetitious flying sequences, but overall it is OK though I still don't understand why the producers thought of pitting Girls against Princess, most annoying character in the series.

But if you want some clever gags or wacky humor (like me), this special will be disappointing. I don't think PPG is intended solely for kids and actually its content is often meant for adult viewers. You don't find here the hilarious send-ups of the Beatles of "Meet the Beat Alls" or memorable new supporting characters (like Girls' new neighbor Robin with her funny one-liner), all of which are obviously aimed for adult audiences. There are some cultural references, and unlike the regular episodes the narration is recited in the style of "Twas The Night Before Christmas" with couplets, but not enough even for this comparatively short program.

I think Santa would know everything about Powerpuff Girls if he is really Santa, and he wouldn't think they are really naughty; Princess would rather create her own chemical X using everything money can buy. The story is weak and full of plot holes, but all in all this is a decent film with the solid voice acting from the regular cast, enjoyable for the younger viewers and perhaps for some of the older ones.

The Christmas episode is pretty good. It's just that compared to the other PPG dvds, this seems to be a seasonal rip-off. Even the "Meet the Beat-Alls" dvd had other episodes on it.

Like I said, the Christmas story is good, it has a good storyline and is well thought out. This could well be the best Princess adventure of the Powerpuff Girls. There is a good visual joke where the makers of the cartoon are on Santa's permanantly bad list. Even Mojo Jojo has a brief cameo.

The one thing you have to ask yourselves before you buy is "is one 45 minute episode worth paying for". There is a Dexter's Lab Christmas story in the bonus section, but I bought this dvd for the PPG not Dexter. There are also 2 songs here, the "We Three Girls" song is good, but again I'd prefer more adventures.

To sum it up, if you are willing to pay for one (admittedly good) adventure, great, buy the dvd. If not, save your money and tape it when it's shown on Cartoon Network.

I find Princess to be one of the more annoying PPG characters but this story arc is consistent with her obsession with becoming a Powerpuff Girl. The story starts off in a rhyming narrative style similar to "Dream Scheme". There are some great touches in the writing and acting for Professor Utonium and particularly Bubbles, who seems to be picking up Valley Girl talk. The plot is a little weak at the point where Santa isn't attentive enough to figure out what his naughty and nice list are like. On the other hand send-ups and references to popular culture still abound, like a break-in sequence with Princess that references Sam Raimi's Spiderman and Buttercup's wish list making an obvious reference to the BB gun wish in a Christmas story. For those into him, Mojo Jojo makes a very short cameo.

The ensemble of voice actors put in solid performances (particularly Tara Strong as Bubbles) but this story, while it has nice touches, is just average. The extras aren't much to speak of, especially compared to the bonus episodes and extra material in The Mane Event.