Order up a Jack in the Box Kid's Meal today and flying out of the box may be Punching Buttercup, Kung-fu Bubbles, Karate Kick Blossom or Mojo Jojo, the Powerpuff Girls' evil monkey nemesis.
Take that, Fuzzy Lumpkins! The 'puffs
are taking over Honolulu thanks to Jack
Star-Bulletin staff and news servicesOne toy will be included with the kid's meal that offers a choice of a hamburger, cheeseburger or chicken pieces, with french fries and a 16-ounce drink.
There are six toys in all that are a promotion for "The Powerpuff Girls Movie" opening Wednesday.
ON THE BIG screen, the three naughty superhero sistahs fly around their cartoon metropolis Townsville in a game of tag, inadvertently tearing holes in skyscrapers and leveling city blocks with fire, bringing their city to the brink of apocalypse.
To make amends, the high-minded blossom, hot-tempered Buttercup and sweetie-pie Bubbles enlist the help of down-and-out Mojo Jojo. But, alas, they get into more trouble that calls for saving their creator, Professor Utonium.
The professor mixed sugar, spice and everything nice with an accidental dose of Chemical X, and Whammo! Out of his basement lab flew the three children, one blond, one brunette, one redhead.
(Of course, true fans know director and producer Craig McCracken created the girls when he was a student at the California Institute of the Arts in 1993.)
The movie's cute, oval patterns derive in part from Japanese anime and manga -- and the ubiquitous Hello Kitty cartoons. But its violent, snickering style is pure Americana.
McCracken cites the animated "Underdog," Rocky and Bullwinkle and, above all, the live-action "Batman" of the '60s, which was loaded with double-entendres, as the real source of the power trio's major attitude.
How do you compare to these sistahs? Go online for a quiz to determine your Powerpuff personality at www.valvigirl.net/quizzes/ppgquiz.html.
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