The Powerpuff Girls Movie arrived in 2002 as Cartoon Network's big-screen expansion of its hit series, produced by Craig McCracken and Cartoon Network Studios and distributed theatrically by Warner Bros. The film served as an origin story for Blossom, Bubbles, and Buttercup, bringing the Townsville trio to audiences beyond television and marking one of the network's earliest ventures into feature animation. Promotional material from this release, including trailer reels and web-tag cards, circulated as part of the marketing push meant to drive interest to the film's online presence.
This cell preserves the www.powerpuffgirlsmovie.com logo card, a promotional frame rather than a story scene, the kind of material spliced into trailer prints to direct audiences toward the studio's official web address. Cards like this were common in early 2000s theatrical marketing, bridging print advertising and the growing internet presence of studio franchises. For collectors, it represents a tangible artifact of that transitional era in film promotion, tied directly to the Powerpuff Girls theatrical rollout, valued less for character imagery and more as a physical record of how the movie was marketed to its audience at the time of release.
Authentication Findings8 checks
Consistent with a 35mm release trailer print of The Powerpuff Girls Movie (2002).
Gauge
35mm, with four perforations per frame along both edges; the strip holds three frames, each a black end-card with yellow text.
Perforations
Four per frame on both edges, evenly spaced, rounded-rectangle holes, cleanly punched with no tears or distortion visible.
Soundtrack
A two-track variable-area optical track runs along one edge, and Dolby Digital data blocks sit in the gaps between the perforations on the opposite edge.
Edge print
Not visible in this capture
Base & colour
Clear base with a pale cyan-blue tint at the margins; the dye image looks neutral, with black and yellow text showing no visible fading or colour shift.
Projection history
No scratches, cue marks or splices seen at this size; the strip looks clean, with only some dust specks near the lower frame edge.
Picture
Positive image, three consecutive frames of the same end card reading powerpuffgirlsmovie.com, AOL Keyword: Powerpuff Girls Movie, Cartoon Network and Warner Bros. logos, matching the film on record.
Era check
Consistent with a 2002 release trailer print: combined optical and Dolby Digital soundtrack on 35mm, and the card's AOL keyword and web address suit the period.
Read from the original intake capture shown below. Observations only — film is authenticated, not graded.
This original motion picture film element has been examined and authenticated by Crown Grading in partnership with National Film Vault, and encapsulated for archival preservation.
Why so little survivesRelease prints were leased to theaters, not sold. When the run ended they went back to the distributor to be destroyed, and most were. What collectors hold today came from the prints that escaped that order, and no new 35mm prints of these films are being struck.
CROWN SERIAL 000071055
Original Film CaptureAs received
Photographed on the light panel at intake, before encapsulation — tap to open full size
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