The Powerpuff Girls Movie Trailer circulated in 2002 ahead of the feature's theatrical release, a Cartoon Network and Warner Bros. production extending the hit animated series to the big screen. The trailer served to introduce the origin story of Blossom, Bubbles, and Buttercup to audiences beyond the show's regular viewership, and these promotional reels are prized by collectors as artifacts of the franchise's crossover moment, marking the point when Townsville's heroines left Saturday mornings for wider distribution.
This cell preserves a close-up of Professor Utonium, the scientist whose accidental concoction of sugar, spice, and Chemical X created the Powerpuff Girls. As their creator and father figure, he anchors the series' emotional core, and a close-up framing within a trailer suggests his role was foregrounded in the promotional material, likely tied to the origin narrative the trailer was built to introduce. Trailer cells like this one are sought after for capturing early promotional artwork distinct from episodic prints, offering a record of how the film's marketing presented its central cast ahead of release.
Authentication Findings8 checks
Consistent with a 35mm release print of The Powerpuff Girls Movie Trailer (2002).
Gauge
35mm: four perforations span each frame on both edges, and the strip holds three full frames plus slivers of neighbouring frames at the left and right ends.
Perforations
Four per frame on both edges, evenly spaced, with rounded-rectangle holes that look cleanly punched and uniform along the whole strip.
Soundtrack
A dashed line sits nearest the picture, then two variable-area optical tracks, with Dolby Digital data blocks in the gaps between the lower-edge perforations.
Edge print
Not visible in this capture
Base & colour
The clear base reads pale blue-green at both edges, and the dye image looks neutral to slightly warm olive, without obvious fading or red shift.
Projection history
No scratches, splices or cue marks seen at this size; the strip looks clean, with only slight curvature from how it lies on the panel.
Picture
Positive image, three consecutive frames from one continuous shot with near-identical content; it is not inconsistent with the Powerpuff Girls cartoon style of the film on record.
Era check
Dolby Digital blocks plus a dashed track and twin optical tracks fit a 2002 release print, so the soundtrack layout matches the film's date.
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 000071075
Original Film CaptureAs received
Photographed on the light panel at intake, before encapsulation — tap to open full size
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