Dance Pantsed (The Powerpuff Girls)
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Dance Pantsed is a Powerpuff Girls special released on January 20th, 2014.
Summary
The Powerpuff Girls have always saved the world before bedtime, but Mojo Jojo is back with his most diabolical scheme yet. As Blossom, Bubbles and Buttercup face off with their enemy, the girls may have found the one challenge that has them staying up past bedtime.
"Plan Brocollini!" Qualities
- The story and concept are very odd for a special.
- Almost everyone in the special never shuts up. There are not even enough moments where the characters calm down or talk in a normal manner. In fact, it gets annoying very quickly.
- While the redesigns of the girls are decent and still very cute and adorable, they also look unfitting. Blossom’s red hair with her bow and bangs is now brushed sideways, Bubbles’ hair is now spiky and her pigtails are pointed upwards like she's been electrocuted, and Buttercup’s short black hair in a flip with a small triangular part on her forehead now looks like emo hair. Their eyes are also almond-shaped and their 'Mary Janes' are the same color as their dresses.
- The Powerpuff Girls, for some reason, have the power to transform anything into gummy bears by freezing, punching, and laser-beaming other objects, probably to tone down the violence.
- The dance numbers are really awkward to look at.
- The special is almost unfaithful to the source material in the original series, such as Bubbles having Blossom’s special power, Ice Breath.
- Professor Utonium has a very awkward backstory that’s nothing like the OG series, for some reason, he dreams of being a square dancer on the Soul Hayride, and he immediately becomes a scientist after meeting with four famous scientists!
- The Powerpuff Girls have been slightly flanderized in this special, especially when they all throw tantrums over a dancing game.
- Bubbles is portrayed as a naive moron in this special as she never comes to help the other two Powerpuff Girls get the Mayor’s pickle jar down because she’s too focused on her game, and she doesn’t listen to her sister’s warnings when she brings in Mojo Jojo’s version of "Dance Pantsed Revolution", thus turning herself and her sisters into robotic slaves of Mojo!
- There is a mean-spirited scene where Blossom and Buttercup angrily blame Bubbles for the trouble she caused (though they were right to), resulting in her crying.
Good Qualities
- Despite Bubbles having Blossom’s special power, Ice Breath, the special overall is still somewhat faithful to the original series.
- Despite the tantrum, the titular girls are still likable as always.
- The CGI animation is awesome and a huge step up.
- The medium blending with the traditional animation is also good.
- The backgrounds are very beautiful since the background designer is one of the crew members behind Steven Universe.
- The voice acting and casting are still great as always as most of the actors reprised their roles. Most notably, the original actresses for the titular girls (Cathy Cavadini, Tara Strong, and E. G. Daily) were brought back, unlike the eventual 2016 reboot.
- There are some funny moments such as Fibonacci Sequins shouting random numbers while falling down the stairs and Buttercup throwing Bubbles out of the store while throwing a tantrum with her sisters.
- At least the special is still better than it's 2016 reboot.
- Some people might like this special, despite it's flaws.
Reception
The special was met with a mixed reception.
Common Sense Media gave the special 3/5 stars citing the "tasteful update of the original animation style" and recommends it for older kids around the age of 7. GON (Geeked Out Nation) gave the show a 'B' and described it as "...a good special with the return of the characters that many of us grew up [with]", while also saying that the special has a few flaws. Den of Geek, who gave the special a 2.5 out of 5, said "The Powerpuff reboot needs those paddles to jump-start it. I want more. But I want better."
The special won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation and was also nominated for two Annie’s for Outstanding Achievement in Production Design in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production and Outstanding Achievement in Writing in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production.
Trivia
- This was the final time that the girls were voiced by their original actresses, as they have been replaced in the 2016 reboot.
- In the Latin American and Brazilian dubs, were also the last times the girls were voiced by their original voice actresses in their respective dubs (Cristina Hernández as Blossom, Maggie Vera as Bubbles and Rossy Aguirre as Buttercup in the Latin American dub, Iara Riça as Blossom, Christiane Monteiro as Bubbles and Luisa Palomanes as Buttercup in the Brazilian dub) as also they have been replaced in the 2016 reboot, as well the last time that the original dubbing studios Sensaciones Sónicas from Mexico and Cinevídeo from Brazil who dubbed the franchise were last used, as they have been replaced with SDI Media de México and Delart in the respective Latin American and Brazilian dubs of the 2016 reboot.
- It was also the last time the 1998 logo was used. Two years after Dance Pantsed aired, Cartoon Network revived it as a new series which is a reboot. The reboot premiered on April 4, 2016, in the United States with a brand-new logo.
- The special was originally supposed to be released in 2013 but was delayed a year later to 2014.
- This is the final voice role of Jennifer Martin before her retired in 2014 due to voice acting consuming years.
- It marked as the 15th anniversary of the original Powerpuff Girls.
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