Speed Demon

This was the first PPG I'd ever seen, and it got me utterly hooked. I have never seen anyone say that the best episodes weren't the Him episodes, and this is Him at his finest. It's obvious the directors were getting bored and went in a totally new direction. Seeing everyone all futury was awesome. I especially like Ms. Bellum. And let's not forget Him's transformation. If at any point you doubt the PPG's, this is the episode to watch. "I'm never driving over 55 again!"

My favourite Powerpuff Girls episode. This was when the show was beginning to use computer graphics more substantially, and when they flew past the speed of light I marveled at the CGI used. The direction is amazing. It's one of the best I've ever seen for a cartoon. An example is when the mutated Townsville citizens surround the girls chanting "You did this..you did this..." The plot is well done and crafted, although the ending is criticised for being too easy- The girls just fly back 50 years in time to the present, just like that. My theory is they all realised how they got there in the first place, so did it again in the opposite direction. There are clever hints along the way that you have to watch twice to get- the idea that the main baddie, 'Him' has become immortal and taken over the WORLD (He can withstand all of the Powerpuff's attacks), and that he killed the mayor in the PPG's absence. (The whole scene with Miss Bellum). The animators and the voice artists puts lots of work into this, and it really does show. It is a very, very chilling episode. I recommend this dark horror right away. This review was first submitted on the 8th January 2002, before being vastly expanded on the 12th September.