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OFFICIAL FILM AUTHENTICATION BY CROWN GRADING
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Film cell NFV-000003313 Tap to enlarge
MOVIEThe Powerpuff Girls Movie Trailer
SCENEBlossom Fighting
FILM FORMAT35mm
YEAR2002
CERTIFICATE IDNFV-000003313

FILM NOTES

FILM NOTES

The Powerpuff Girls Movie Trailer (2002) promoted the theatrical feature that expanded Craig McCracken's Cartoon Network series into a full origin story for Blossom, Bubbles, and Buttercup. Released by Warner Bros. Pictures, the film arrived at a moment when the show had become one of the network's defining properties, and the movie served to introduce the trio's creation and early heroics to audiences beyond the half hour format. Trailers from this campaign carry their own interest for collectors, offering a glimpse of how the studio chose to market the characters theatrically, distinct from the broadcast version.

This cell preserves a moment from that promotional reel built around Blossom, the self appointed leader of the group, prized by collectors for her central role and strategic bent among the three. A trailer cell such as this captures footage assembled specifically to sell the film, meaning the frame comes from promotional material rather than the finished feature print. Fighting here reflects the action oriented pitch of the trailer, positioning Blossom in the combative role that defined her character to audiences seeing the Powerpuff Girls brought to the big screen for the first time.

Authentication Findings 8 checks

Consistent with a 35mm release print of The Powerpuff Girls Movie trailer (2002).

Gauge
35mm: four perforations span each frame along both edges, and the strip holds three frames, with partial perforation rows at the ends.
Perforations
Four per frame on both edges, evenly spaced, rounded-rectangle shaped and cleanly punched, with no torn or missing holes seen.
Soundtrack
A two-track variable-area optical track runs between the picture and the lower perforations, and small speckled blocks sit in the gaps between the lower perforations, as Dolby Digital data would.
Edge print
Not visible in this capture
Base & colour
The clear base reads as a light blue-cyan tint from the backlight, and the dye image looks neutral with saturated, unfaded colours.
Projection history
None seen at this size; no scratches, splices or cue marks appear on the three frames or the track.
Picture
Positive image, three consecutive frames of one shot with the same character drawing and background, and the animation style fits The Powerpuff Girls.
Era check
Optical track plus Dolby Digital blocks between the perforations is consistent with a 2002 35mm release print, and the animated picture fits the film on record.
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 000071088
Original Film Capture As received
The film strip as photographed on the light panel at intake, before encapsulation
Photographed on the light panel at intake, before encapsulation — tap to open full size