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[King Moonraiser]

Can you believe it? After all this time, the RRBs make their return, and BOOM! Another episode! This time they cross paths with Princess. Princess offers to help the boys destroy the PPGs. However, the RRBs dismiss her offer and, in doing so, drive Princess to create an alliance with the PPGs.

This was a good RRB episode...except for the fact they get knocked down so easy twice within the span of one minute. Then again, we come in the middle of the fight...which could have been going on for a while, but we don't see any of it because of the long @^%&#* montage in the previous episode eating up precious time! Stupid @^%&#* montage gets me so angry! I just want to...! (takes a deep breath) Okay, I'm calm! I'm calm! Anyway, this is an even better Princess episode. We get to see every part of her personality. The bratty, spoiled rich kid. The eager-to-be-your-friend kid. Her vulnerable side. Her sneaky, conniving, and manipulative side. Her bossy, take-charge attitude. Her naivety. It's all here. What's best is the way the writers flow from one emotion to the next. Every shift has a logical progression.

There were loads of cool moments and quotes in this episode. A few that stood out:

* Princess: (Long string of insults given to person on other end of her car phone, then hangs up.) Man my mom can be such a pain in the butt!
* The green tank looks like the ones from the movie "Tron." The plane looks like the one the Justice League fly. Don't know about the boat.
* Boomer: The plane! The plane!

Now, the PPG's plan is kinda dumb, but I can live with it. Why? Because, it's pretty consistent with the way the PPGs solve problems. The issue I have with the story is that we have a perfect opportunity to examine a ridiculous aspect of cartoon/comic book heroism, and it's missed completely. The girls manage to destroy the weapons and incapacitate the RRBs. Incapacitate. What happens when the boys stop laughing? I'm not singling out this episode, or the even the PPG show in general. Lots of other shows have similar gaping holes in their premise. For example, why doesn't Batman just kill the Joker? You KNOW the Joker going to eventually escape from Arkam and kill innocent people, over and over. So why not just end it? Batman is a vigilante for cry-not-loud! It's not like he's operating within the law. For what it's worth, there's been some thought put into explaining Batman's strange behavior. However, there's nothing mentioned in this episode about Blossom's overly complicated plans. Instead of making Princess look like she didn't understand the PPG's plan, the writers should have had Princess point out the obvious flaw in Blossom's "perfect" plan and then maybe explore a little why the PPGs (as heroes) couldn't just kill the RRBs. Something like this:

Blossom: Well girls, the plan worked. We outwitted the dimwits once again.

Bubbles: Silly boys.

Princess: What...was that?! I cannot believe what just happened! I mean seriously, what a pathetic display of super-heroism! I mean, it wasn't like I bragged about you guys before, but you really stink! Duh!

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Buttercup: What are you talking about? We destroyed your stupid weapons!

Bubbles: Yeah! And we stopped the RowdyRuff Boys, too!

Blossom: All in a neat little package. A perfect plan, if I do say so myself.

Princess: NEAT?! PERFECT?! You call this neat and perfect?!

(Camera shifts to far away shot of boardwalk. We can see the level of destruction due to the PPGs deliberate misfires and the RRBs shots. Camera goes back to Princess.)

Princess: And what about the next time?! Huh?! I mean, how are you going to defeat them then?!

(Camera shifts to the RRBs still laughing. Camera goes back to Princess.)

Princess: Now that I think about it, after you destroyed them, you could have destroyed me with my own weapons! What was I thinking?!

Blossom: Uh, Princess...

Princess: Lucky for me, you three don't have the brains I have when it comes to making up plans! You all should be ashamed!

--- EDIT OUT ----

Princess: That is not PowerPuff material, girls! I am very disappointed and concerned for the future of this team...

(Princess continues while the girls stare blankly at her.)

---- EDIT IN ----

(The episode ends. Cue Narrator.)

--- EDIT OUT ----

The stars of this episode were the villains. People who were annoyed by the RRBs in "TBABIT" liked them more in this episode. Their personalities are gaining more definition and their presence on the show is getting more comfortable. Who says there's no logical way for them to come back?! Ha! Huh? What do you mean how did they come back this time? I dunno. Um, HIM brought them back...for some reason. Yeah, that's it. What? Where did they go after they blew off Princess? Um, somewhere, I guess. And don't ask me what happened to them after the episode ended! Everything is fine! It all makes sense! This review is over!

Three stars

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[GhostBloss]

That ep' really dont make much sense...Blossom can be my fave and all the stuff but, PLEASE!
They pratically destroy the city to them!

[HeartAZero]

heh...That Episode is cool :D

[DarkGunn]

I don't get how the boys could laugh that hard at the end and forget about the girls, especially Princess yacking on which is not that hard to hear.

[King Powerpuff]

Hey, I remember this one. This was a fun episode. I never thought I'd see the day where the Powerpuff Girls would "turn commando," meaning they would resort to weapons and military-based technology. Also, the invented term of mine is used to address when someone, preferably a civilian at start, has been changed by war into a hardcore soldier, but the second definition isn't the case in this plot. As it is against superhero moral policy to kill enemies, the Powerpuff Girls deliberately missed and surrendered to weapons to be comandeered by the Rowdyruff Boys. What's so...odd is that Fourbucks (Morbucks) points the fact out that the shots missed and even addressed as if the girls intentionally missed, but she doesn't confirm that in her mind. Instead of realizing her accusation was dead on target (unlike the protagonists), she rants on and on and on like what I'm doing right now. So, I'm gonna stop right here and say this was a high-flying adventure as I got to ride shotgun with Blossom's fighter jet despite I was disappointed to be unable to see Rowdyruff blood, but this isn't a Spartan production. On that note, I'm glad to see weapons at all!

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