The Powerpuff Girls Movie Trailer arrived in 2002 from Warner Bros. Pictures, extending the Cartoon Network series created by Craig McCracken into a feature origin story for Townsville's chemically accidental heroines. The film expanded the show's candy colored, action packed sensibility to the big screen, and its promotional material circulated widely in theaters and on television ahead of release. For fans of early 2000s animation, the movie marked a high point of the franchise's cultural reach, bringing Blossom, Bubbles, and Buttercup to a wider audience while staying true to the series' sugar, spice, and everything nice premise.
This 35mm cell preserves a piece of that promotional reel, showing the trio together as the film introduces them to moviegoers. Trailer cells like this one hold a particular appeal for collectors, capturing the moment a studio sells its characters to the public rather than a scene from the narrative itself. Having all three girls present together speaks to the ensemble nature of the franchise, where the leadership of Blossom, the sweetness of Bubbles, and the toughness of Buttercup were always marketed as a unit. For Powerpuff collectors, this piece represents the theatrical push that brought the trio beyond television.
Authentication Findings8 checks
Consistent with a 35mm release-print trailer strip of The Powerpuff Girls Movie (2002).
Gauge
35mm: four perforations per frame along both edges, and the strip holds three complete frames side by side.
Perforations
Four per frame on both edges, evenly spaced, with rounded-rectangle holes that look cleanly punched and uniform.
Soundtrack
A variable-area optical track runs along one edge, with a dashed line beside it, and Dolby Digital data blocks sit in the gaps between the lower perforations.
Edge print
Faint reversed lettering near the top edge reads roughly 'SPECTRA' (emulsion-up); no key numbers or other codes are legible.
Base & colour
The base shows a pale cyan-blue edge tint with neutral clear film; the dye image looks balanced, with no obvious fading or red shift.
Projection history
No scratches, cue marks or splices seen at this size; the strip shows only a slight curl.
Picture
Positive image; the three frames run consecutively as one near-static shot and match the animated look of The Powerpuff Girls Movie trailer.
Era check
Optical track plus Dolby Digital blocks on a 35mm positive is consistent with a 2002 release print of this trailer.
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 000071083
Original Film CaptureAs received
Photographed on the light panel at intake, before encapsulation — tap to open full size
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