Bernadette and The Powerpuff Girls Movie

**Bernadette and the Powerpuff Girls Movie** is the first episode of Punch Time Exploders. This is the story of how Bernadette spends her first week on Earth after being separated from her family.

## Plot

Townsville is terrorized by criminals and villains. We're soon introduced to Professor Utonium who returns to his home where he attempts to create the perfect child using sugar, spice and everything nice, while Bernadette Willows, working as his assistant, doubts it'll work. Little did they know that his experiment would soon become his most famous one of all.

But his experiment goes wrong when his mischievous chimpanzee, Jojo, collides with the Professor, making him accidentally spill Chemical X into the mixture, causing a massive explosion. Though the Professor has some distance between him and the chemical reaction, Jojo, in his less-than-brilliant form, stands near to look more closely at the specimen and gets the explosion head on, throwing him out of a window.

After the explosion, Professor Utonium regains consciousness and finds himself before three tiny girls who introduce themselves as his creations. Utonium proceeds to name them Blossom (for being polite and the first to speak to him), Bubbles (for giggling as he named Blossom and seeming cute and bubbly), and Buttercup (because it also begins with a B, much to her displeasure and the first frown). While Utonium runs out to get presents for their first "birthday", the girls find an unconscious and monochromatic Bernadette and carry her upstairs before he comes back. Utonium discovers quickly that his daughters have superpowers, including super speed and flight when he rushes out to get them presents and comes back, nearly tripping down the stairs, but with Blossom catching him and Bubbles and Buttercup catching the presents. The following day, the girls introduce themselves to Bernadette and help her and Utonium paint the house walls (accidentally painting almost all over the two of them in the process, which then causes him to paint his own face), load the furniture in, and make the windows in their room. They then make lunch, and have a happy day before bedtime.

Utonium and Bernadette take his girls to school and come back to pick them up at noon on the next morning. But the girls learn of the game "tag" and take it into overdrive when they start using their super speed to flee from one another. The girls fly about madly destroying various structures, with Utonium chasing them in his car, and Bernadette commentating the whole thing, all the while the girls seem oblivious to the havoc they're causing in the city until they collide with the mayor who was about to eat a pickle. Utonium eventually bundles the girls back to their house, telling them they should not use their superpowers in public for their own safety. The three understand, but they have no idea what consequences there will be for their reckless actions.

Blossom, Bubbles and Buttercup are treated as outcasts (especially in school) while Utonium is ambushed by the mayor and his guards and taken to prison for creating the girls. The mayor, being an idiot, only did this because of not getting a pickle, while the other townsfolk believed the three are too dangerous to be around. The girls wait for their father with their "mother" after school until, after he does not arrive, they are convinced that he hates them as well and they sadly try to find their way home on foot (because the Professor had told them not to use their powers, and flying counted as use of them). On the way, they see a nearby television making horrible remarks from citizens of the city, including the mayor who shrieks about them being "Pickle Cart Killers" and the main newspaper say that they're "Bug-Eyed Freaks." Eventually the girls are caught in a heavy rainstorm. Having no way into their house, the girls try to take shelter in some boxes in an alley, but the Gangreen Gang attacks them. The girls are saved by none other than Jojo, now an intelligent monkey with an oversized brain and the ability to speak with a Japanese accent who hides in fear. The girls are moved by his speech on how people resent him. Then, Jojo cries out to the Girls that he wishes to build a better city but cannot do it because he has no help and is a homeless beggar. The Girls, who are saddened by his poor life, decide to help him, however, they had to first use their powers again to activate a machine in a volcano, and starts to take structures from all over the world. The girls offer their help and Jojo accepts the offer.

Together, the five build a new building on top of a volcano in the middle of the city that has a giant machine in its center. As a "reward" for their help, Jojo sneaks the girls into the local zoo, taking pictures of the primates in the zoo behind their backs. It is revealed by a gorilla-shot that he has sent them with teleportation devices that are microscopic, but are shown very big in screen. The Powerpuff Girls start to reuse their powers again and fly back home. The girls manage to get into their home and Utonium is thrown in through the front door and complains of arrest, lawsuits and other such difficulties. During the course of the night, Jojo activates teleporting devices he attached to the monkeys through his camera at the zoo and teleports them to his lair (the volcano in the middle of the city) where he uses Chemical X to mutate them into intelligent primates like himself. He makes them more evil, rips their heads into bigger brains, changes their skin to green and their eyes to pink, and give them dialogue like how it happened to him in the beginning.

The next day, the girls believe that the public will accept them, and travel with Utonium towards City Hall. Then, Jojo (now calling himself "Mojo Jojo") attacks with his primate army. Mojo Jojo announces that Blossom, Bubbles, Buttercup, and Bernadette helped him with his plan. The city has thousands of citizens abused, attacked, wounded, flooded, punched, strangled, bitten and spitted on by monkeys start to blame the Girls all over again since they did their game of tag around the city. The girls try to convince Utonium and the citizens that they were tricked, but the people called them "liars" and Utonium is heartbroken beyond conviction. Dejected, the girls blast off into space finally deciding they actually are evil, and were only created for destruction, leaving an equally heartbroken Bernadette behind. And there is no hope for the entire planet, with the girls exiled.

Mojo Jojo announces that the primates will rule the world in the human race's place, with himself as their king. The primates, however, all having been rendered evil geniuses by the Chemical X, all wish to be the future ruler of the primate race. Mojo Jojo tries to regain control of his army (doing his very first repetitive speech in the process), but fails as the primates collapse into infighting. Frustrated, Mojo Jojo decides to kill a depressed Professor Utonium, while Bernadette uses her powers, which she's also gained from the Chemical X, to find the girls.

Up in space, Bernadette meets up with the banished girls on an asteroid traveling away from Earth, who are resigning themselves to isolation. Then, Blossom and Buttercup start yelling at each other, blaming each other over their game of tag and for trusting Mojo in the first place, while Bubbles is crying like crazy while being sad. However, when they hear the screams coming from Townsville and particularly Professor Utonium's yell, the girls fly back to Earth, where they have to save all the people. They eventually realize that they can use their powers to fight all of the monkeys, each with a gimmick more bizarre than the other, to save the professor and the town. However, they realize none of the monkeys have the Professor, meaning they've got "one last monkey to get off [their] backs."

Eventually they take the fight to Mojo, who uses the Professor against them declaring his intention to rule the world, "even if it means taking EXTREME MEASURES!!!" At that moment, Mojo pumps so much Chemical X into himself that he grows to the size of a giant. Mojo then proceeds to rip off the dome of Townsville City Hall and places it on his brain as his new helmet. In the fight that follows, Mojo catches the girls in his humongous hand as he scales a skyscraper (an obvious reference to King Kong).

He tries to make the girls join him by reminding them how much the town feared and hated them, but they break free from his grasp, punched him, and push him off the skyscraper ("we are stronger, we are invincible and you are ... it"). The Professor appears with an antidote for Chemical X that will shrink Mojo Jojo back to normal size. Mojo is about to fall directly on the Professor, but the girls push him out of the way, making him drop the antidote which shatters on the road. Mojo crash-lands on the antidote and shrinks back to normal. Mojo is in pain from the fall, or possibly in shock, and is not moving, only groaning.

The Professor apologizes for doubting the girls and says that he loves them which the girls also confess their love for him. They then apologize for their actions and decide to get rid of their powers with the remainder of the antidote so the town will like them as ordinary girls, but the townsfolk protest. The Mayor apologizes on behalf of the whole of the city over their misunderstandings and asks the girls to become their local superheroes. The girls happily accept the job.

The movie ends with Bernadette saying good-bye to the girls before they defeat the Gangreen Gang (the first villains they ever met), kick-starting their new career as the city's official superheroes. Plus, Bernadette gives them their official name: the Powerpuff Girls.

## Deleted Scenes

### **The Professor's Arrest**

(Back at the professor’s house)

Professor: Ooh! Almost time to pick up the girls! Better motor! (As he locks the door behind him, he is confronted by a large mob of people, led by The Mayor and the local authorities.)

Police Officer; Excuse me, sir. can we have a word with you?

Mayor: That’s him, boys! Get him! Cuff him! Grab him! HE'S THE ONE! (Ms. Bellum’s feet walk into the scene. The mayor barely reaches her mid-calves.)

Ms. Bellum: Mayor, behave! (shows a badge) Sir, my name is Sara Bellum, Chief Deputy Assistant to the Mayor's Office. You are Professor Utonium, are you not?

Professor: Uh, yes, that's me.

Ms. Bellum: (cut to a view of her chest) Are these your babies? (She holds up a wanted poster, below her face, of the Professor with the three girls. The poster also reads “Mass Destruction”)

Professor: Why, yes, they--

Mayor: You see?! It's him! Bust him! Haul him in!

Ms. Bellum: Professor Utonium, through the authorization of the Mayor's jurisdiction... (the Mayor points to himself) on behalf of the Townsville Public Association of Defamation Confirmation... (some men in suits point to themselves) I regret to inform you of a petition for legislation of an injunction against the continuation of your proliferations.

Mayor: Yeah!

Professor: (confused) What?

Ms. Bellum: (gesturing to the angry mob) Well, basically, sir, the people of Townsville are tired of all the crime and destruction that goes by unpunished, and now that they can trace some such activity back to your children, they want to make you their scapegoat and sue the pants off you.

Mayor: Yeah, pickle cart killer!

Professor: But, this was just an accident! They were just playing! They’re really very good little girls! And I need to pick them up from school!

Ms. Bellum: I understand, sir. But the people have a right to a declaration of their intentions, and we really would like for you to come downtown with us so we can ask you a few questions. (Two large burly cops manhandle the Professor)

Mayor: WOO-HOO!

Professor: You guys, my kids! I really ought to pick them up! (Gets thrown into the back of a squad car) I can’t just leave them there... (The girls are alone) alone!

Bernadette: Hey, gals. Guess today didn’t turn out so well, huh? Well, for now, we’ll just have to wait for the Doc.

### **Calling it a Night**

Bernadette: (the machine whirrs, opens, and rotates, releasing a long tube back up towards the surface along with the girls, dripping in lava but unaffected (even their clothes).) They did it! (Jojo does a victory dance.)

Both: Yes! Yes! YES!

Blossom: We did good?

Jojo: You did very good. Very good indeed... (his eyes shift slantily.)

Bernadette: You’ve done more than good! You did AWESOME!

Buttercup: Now what do we do?

Jojo: Go home. It will be morning soon and you should get some rest.

Bernadette: Whoa! Is that the time already?! Whew, we worked really hard.

Jojo: Not to worry. Each night, we will meet here and finish our work. But girls, you must promise me that you will not speak a word of our plan to anyone. Do you understand?

Bernadette: I do solemnly swear. Do you understand our little plan, girls?

Blossom: Not really.

Buttercup: Yeah, what's the big secret?

Bubbles: Girls, it's not a secret.

Bernadette; Really? Then what is it?

Bubbles: It's a surprise! Right, Jojo?

Jojo: (hesitantly) Uh... that's right! It's an extra special fantastical super duper surprise SO big, that when Townsville sees it, they won't know what hit 'em!

Girls (the three): YAY! (The girls fly off in a rainbow)

Bernadette: Girls, wait for me!

(Back at the Utonium house)

Blossom: I’m so excited!

Buttercup: Yeah, we’ll show ’em!

Bubbles: Hey, where’s-- (On cue, the Professor is thrown roughly head first into the house by policemen. He is bound in handcuffs.)

Girls (The three): Professor!

Bernadette: DOC! What happened?! (Buttercup melts the shackles off.)

Professor: Oh girls, thank goodness you’re okay! I’m so sorry! I’m a terrible, terrible parent! You must hate me for not picking you up from school. But it’s not my fault. It’s this town. They’ve gone crazy. It’s like they’ve never seen kids playing before. I knew your powers would take some getting used to, but jail? Lawsuits? Angry mobs? What’s next?

Bernadette: I tell you ONE thing; when I get back to my home planet, I may have second thoughts about picking THIS place for a summer home.

Bubbles: Don’t worry Professor, things are going to get better. We promise.

Blossom, Buttercup, Bernadette: Shh! (Bubbles covers her mouth, keeping the secret)

### **Making the Help-The-Town-And-Make-It-A-Better-Place Machine**

(The next night...)

Bernadette: (whispers) Psst! Psst! Girls, time to get to work. (the girls snap awake, and peek out the door and see the Professor in his office) I'll cover for you. Jojo will tell you what to do.

Professor: (on the phone) Yes, Officer, I can understand it's your duty to be suspicious, but I can assure you, they won't be involved in any more monkey business. (the three girls leave)

Jojo: Yes! Tonight we construct the superstructure. But in order to do so... (the three girls do as they are instructed) I need you to fly to the top of the world, to the pole of the globe in the north of the Earth, where frozen deep in the icy terrain, you will find an ancient asteroid that impacted our planet so many centuries ago. It is comprised of powerful minerals and ores, and through the process of melting the rock into metal, we shall forge our way into Townsville's hearts, and thus help build a better tomorrow!

Bernadette: (the three girls come back in the morning) Good work. The Doc doesn't suspect a thing.

Professor: No! I don't care if the Weather Bureau reports seeing three flying objects over the North Pole; I can assure you, sir, my girls were home in bed! (the girls sneak back in unnoticed)

(The next night...)

Jojo: Right! Sunken in the blackest depths of the Atlantic Ocean lies the remains of man's maritime failures. Though prospects may seem dim, this iron graveyard is still teeming with life, for inside is a REAL sunken treasure. (Bubbles uses a metal beam to break the submarine open like a piñata) Electric gadgets, gizmos and goodies can be reused and rewired... (the dome is lit up) thus reviving their power, and in turn, renewing Townsville's faith in OUR powers!

Professor: (he's still on the phone in the morning) Wrong! I must reiterate, my girls have never been over, around, or under the sea, and they are not, as you put it, up to something fishy! (unknown to him, the three girls are seen sopping wet with Bernadette hovering over them with appropriately colored towels)

(The next night...)

Jojo: Good! Soar to the searing Sahara and stir up the sand, which we will heat until it is red hot... (the three girls blow the hot sand into glass domes) and it will become clear to all the citizens of Townsville that we are not to be feared!

Professor: (he's STILL on the phone in the morning) Bad?! YOU say they're being bad?! Well, you ALSO say they're causing tornadoes in the desert, and I SAY THAT'S A LOT OF HOT AIR! GOODBYE! (the three girls are seen brushing sand off of themselves)

### **A Monkey Montage**

**Disclaimer: For screen-writing purposes, this deleted scene will begin after Blossom and Buttercup's argument on the asteroid and will continue into the actual deleted scene.**

Blossom: I’m sorry, Bloss. I know you’ll be happy with me. And don’t worry, you’ll visit the Doc soon enough. Look, there’s Earth right there. (At this, Blossom’s anger melts into longing sadness as she looks upwards at that tiny blue planet. Her eyes waver, and she collapses into her arms in silent crying. Buttercup is curled into a ball on her “bed”. Her face is contorted in anger, but you can tell she’s clenching her eyes shut from her tears. Bubbles resumes crying, but stops for a moment as she glances for her sisters.)

Bubbles: Blossom? Buttercup? Bernadette? Do you hear that?

Bernadette: Hear what, Bub? (Back on planet Earth, the townspeople are fleeing from the rampant mayhem the monkeys are causing. Digga Drilla is seen briefly. The focus switches back and forth between the asteroid and Townsville.)

Buttercup: (angrily) No.

Bernadette: Wait, I’m starting to hear it, too.

Bubbles: Blossom, what should we do? (Blossom remains silent, head sunk into arms. In Townsville, Rocko Socko, the iron-fisted ape pounds the ground, causing the streets to rise and fall. A ballistic missile from Ogo Tango’s tank explodes in the distance.)

Buttercup: I bet Ms. Goody Goody’ll say we should take responsibility for our mistakes and go help everybody! (Blossom looks up.)

Bernadette: Yeah, strangely, that’s what I was thinking, too.

Bubbles: It sounds like they’re hurting.

Buttercup: Who cares?

Bernadette: Well, apparently, Bubbles does. (Blossom looks on silently as a torrent of water from Hota Wata rushes down Townsville streets, Muncha Cruncha bites a lady on the arm, and Blah Blah Blah Blah’s tomato sauce tornado wrecks buildings in its path.)

Bubbles: What do we do?

Buttercup: Nothing!

Bernadette: Well, we have to do something! (A long shot now shows a massive amount of destruction being done to Townsville. All three girls hear their screams now, and the pain is unbearable. They strike the famous “see no evil (Bubbles), hear no evil (Buttercup), speak no evil (Blossom)” pose. Mojo advances on the Professor, who lies hunched in a ball on the steps of City Hall. He gasps as Mojo grabs him by the throat.)

Professor: Girls!

Bernadette: The Professor's in trouble! (The three girls gasp)

(Meanwhile, a group of people are running away from the Doot Da Doot Da Doo Doos; one man gets spit in the eye, and overweight woman is brought down, and a shorter man gets spit on and runs screaming into the wall of a nearby building. Pan upwards as chaos is spreading through Townsville until in a bright flash of light, Bernadette and the girls fly back to Earth)

Girls (All): Professor!

## Trivia

* Although this is the first episode made, canonically, this is supposed to be the third episode in the series as a whole.
* When the story was posted on deviantART, the regular Powerpuff Girls narrator makes an appearance in the descriptions.
* This is the earliest episode of Punch Time exploders ever to be released, leaving a gap of 3 years, 4 months, and 1 day before the next episode, and it remains to be the longest time between episodes.

## Links

* deviantART
	+ Part 1: https://www.deviantart.com/heavyhitterconnor/art/Bernadette-and-the-Powerpuff-Girls-Movie-Part-1-358556703
	+ Part 2: https://www.deviantart.com/heavyhitterconnor/art/Bernadette-and-the-Powerpuff-Girls-Movie-Part-2-362708975
	+ Part 3: https://www.deviantart.com/heavyhitterconnor/art/Bernadette-and-the-Powerpuff-Girls-Movie-Part-3-373828571
	+ Part 4: https://www.deviantart.com/heavyhitterconnor/art/Bernadette-and-the-Powerpuff-Girls-Movie-Part-4-374432061
	+ Part 5: https://www.deviantart.com/heavyhitterconnor/art/Bernadette-and-the-Powerpuff-Girls-Movie-Part-5-374471545
	+ Part 6: https://www.deviantart.com/heavyhitterconnor/art/Bernadette-and-the-Powerpuff-Girls-Movie-Part-6-374620566
* Full story: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1YGEagoAcPCP28hl8OeojiWGLixHozlIa2AB6Y5W5Ong/edit?usp=sharing