of the TV series who also served as the film’s character layout supervisor. "I guess there are

people out there who, when they think Powerpuff Girls, think pink and hearts and rainbows, and when they get evil monkeys taking over the world, they’re like: ‘Whoa! Where are the unicorns?!"
     Continues McCracken: "It’s a little more dramatic than the show ever got, but I still think it has all the same elements the show has: there are fun moments, there are silly moments, there are charming moments,there are action moments there are dark moments, there are sad moments. The movie has everything you could possibly get from powerpuff." Just as notable, though, are the elements that are missing, such as the presence of an A-list guest star voice cast; something that has practically become de rigueur when animated TV shows jump to the big screen. While it is no surprise that the entire principal voice cast — Catherine Cavadini (Blossom) Tara Strong (Bubbles), E.G. Daily (Buttercup) Roger L. Jackson (Mojo Jojo), Tom Kane (Professor Utonium) and Tom Kenny (Mayor and Narrator) — has been carried over from the tube, The Powerpuff Girls Movie rounds out the voice cast with Jeff Glen Bennett, Rob Paulsen, Frank Welker, Grey Delisle, Phil LaMarr and Kevin Michael Richardson, all animation specialists.
     Similarly, no brand name singer/songwriter/composer has been drafted to provide the music — which is being handled by series regular James L. Venable — and no veteran feature film screenwriter is attached to the project. In fact, in the tradition of classic animation, there was not even a conventional script.
     Neither are there any big digitally animated set pieces or photo-realistic backgrounds, though