The Powerpuff Girls Movie arrived in 2002 from Warner Bros. Pictures and Cartoon Network Studios, extending Craig McCracken's television hit into a feature-length origin story. The film traced Blossom, Bubbles, and Buttercup back to their creation in Professor Utonium's lab, bringing the show's bright, Hanna-Barbera-influenced visual style to theaters at a moment when Cartoon Network was actively testing its properties on the big screen. The movie performed modestly in its run but has since gained a lasting following among fans of the series and of early-2000s animated cinema.
This cell comes from the film's trailer and preserves a logo card, the kind of frame used to present the production's name and identity ahead of a theatrical release. Logo cards are a staple for trailer collectors, marking the formal announcement of a film to audiences and standing apart from character or action footage. For a franchise as visually branded as The Powerpuff Girls, a logo card carries its own appeal, representing the movie as a complete object and a piece of marketing history tied directly to its 2002 debut.
Authentication Findings8 checks
Consistent with a 35mm release trailer print of The Powerpuff Girls Movie (2002).
Gauge
35mm: four perforations per frame appear on both edges, and the strip holds three frames, each with the same title card.
Perforations
Four per frame on both edges, evenly spaced and cleanly punched, with no torn, missing or distorted holes seen.
Soundtrack
A variable-area optical track with two tracks sits beside the picture, and Dolby Digital data blocks show in the gaps between the lower perforations.
Edge print
Partly legible mirrored edge text near the top, reading approximately "COLOR" at the right end and a short code at the left; no key numbers made out.
Base & colour
The clear base reads pale blue-cyan at the edges, with a neutral black picture area and no visible fading or colour shift.
Projection history
None seen at this size; no scratches, cue marks or splices are visible, and the only mark is a camera reflection on the middle frame.
Picture
Positive image; the three frames repeat the same Powerpuff Girls Movie title card on black, consistent with the film on record.
Era check
Optical track plus Dolby Digital data blocks on a cyan-tinted base fit a 2002 35mm release trailer print.
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 000071058
Original Film CaptureAs received
Photographed on the light panel at intake, before encapsulation — tap to open full size
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