The Powerpuff Girls Movie arrived in 2002 from Warner Bros. and Cartoon Network Studios, expanding Craig McCracken's hit television series into a theatrical origin story. The film traced the creation of Blossom, Bubbles, and Buttercup, along with their nemesis Mojo Jojo, and brought Cartoon Network's animation ambitions to the big screen at a time when the network was proving its properties could sustain feature-length treatment. The promotional trailer that preceded the release played a key role in introducing a wider, theater-going audience to Townsville and its colorful cast.
This cell preserves a strip from that trailer, framed around Mojo Jojo himself, the girls' chief antagonist and one of the series' most recognizable villains. His exaggerated, verbose menace made him a fan favorite practically from the character's first appearance, and trailer material featuring him is prized by collectors for capturing his introduction to a theatrical audience rather than a television one. As a piece of promotional film, this strip represents Warner Bros.'s effort to sell the character's presence and personality ahead of the movie's release.
Authentication Findings8 checks
Consistent with a 35mm release print trailer of The Powerpuff Girls Movie (2002).
Gauge
35mm layout with four perforations per frame along both edges; the strip holds three full frames.
Perforations
Four per frame on both edges, evenly spaced, rounded-rectangle holes that look cleanly punched with no tears or distortion visible.
Soundtrack
A variable-area optical track runs beside the picture, with Dolby Digital data blocks visible in the gaps between the lower-edge perforations.
Edge print
Not visible in this capture
Base & colour
Clear base with a light blue tint in the edge margins; the dye image looks neutral with saturated colour and no visible fading.
Projection history
No lines, scratches, cue marks or splices seen at this size.
Picture
Positive image; the three frames run consecutively as one continuous shot and the cartoon style matches The Powerpuff Girls.
Era check
Optical track plus Dolby Digital blocks on a 35mm positive is consistent with a 2002 theatrical release print of a 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 000071096
Original Film CaptureAs received
Photographed on the light panel at intake, before encapsulation — tap to open full size
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