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[King Moonraiser]

Everyone in the Utonium household has been telling little white lies. For some reason that's not explained in the episode, all of their little lies are causing a tiny white imp to grow in size whenever someone tells a fib. There were some bits of this episode that were inspired by Bil Keene's Family Circus. In particular, the imp was somewhat reminiscent of the ghostly "Not Me" and "Ida Know" characters, and the dashed line the creature made as it traveled about the house is used in those comics, periodically. I think the use of circles for scene changes was also a clue.

The story was just too dumb for my tastes. The solution to the problem was painfully obvious, and was conceivably not the only one. I mean, you've got three little girls with super-powers that didn't even attempt to stop the monster from his trifling "rampage" around the house. Gimme a break. The key to a good story of this ilk is to ensure that overwhelming brute force can't solve the problem at hand. Previous episodes like "Paste Makes Waste" and "All Chalked Up" do a much better job of accounting for the PPGs' special abilities.

In contrast to the dumb story, there were some genuinely funny scenes from this episode. They were:
Bubbles screaming out an ultrasonic call to the neighborhood dogs.
Blossom: *gasp* Professor! Are you calling me a liar?! Professor: Well, your pants are on fire and hanging from a telephone wire.
Buttercup: ...and I'm the one who left the toilet seat up!
Mayor: Well, eh, I just gave my reelection speech, and uh, and well, I need a little help.I also enjoyed the manner in which this episode was animated. The expressions of all the characters were very detailed and well-thought-out. That been said, who liked this episode? Not me.

One and a half stars

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[King Powerpuff]

Add this to my 2c list, but the only thing that seems to interest me about this plot is the professor's quote about Blossom's pants being on fire. I think all of us would like to see that. 8)

[Gopher]

O.o

Dude, she's like....5 years old.

[King Powerpuff]

I know that. But in 2008 she's 15 going on 16, and more importantly my age. Besides, who doesn't like things burning?

[Boris Moskovitz]

King Powerpuff wrote: I know that. But in 2008 she's 15 going on 16, and more importantly my age.
You're still creepy.

King Powerpuff wrote: who doesn't like things burning?
You should have just said that.

[King Powerpuff]

Sorry. I was kidding anyway. It's just how can anyone bare that sort of thing? Whatever.

[sTaRgIrL aMy]

dont worry....youll be dead soon. as for the episode, i didnt like it very much. it was kinda dumb....

[King Powerpuff]

sTaRgIrL aMy wrote: dont worry....youll be dead soon. as for the episode, i didnt like it very much. it was kinda dumb....

Oh brother. I won't die for many years, and when I do, my spirit will be preserved in legend from the earthshattering mark I'm going to leave behind. As for my soul, it shall wander wherever it desires. And if that's a threat, then BRING IT ON!!! I always like a challange! :D

Anyway, I finally got to see this episode some time ago. It's not too bad except that the consequences for lying just didn't seem...to have that Powerpuff kick. Although the moral is true and the plotline makes sense for the most part, I would've liked to see some stronger repurcussions from the lying of our heroines aside from some creature that grows with each untruth until it starts wreaking havoc. Then again, this IS the Post--season IV, so statistics have recorded that the show ideas went downhill around the later portion of the series. I suppose the creators started running out of ideas.

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