The Powerpuff Girls-verse Strategy Guide

How to be OP in the Powerpuff Girls-verse.

Note: PPG is actually part of a larger multiverse known as Cartoon Network, however this is just an analysis of the singular universe.


Local to City Scale Threat:
So, essentially everyone in the verse, including civilians scale to massively superhuman from "Hot Air Buffoon" where civilians survive (including a dog surviving point blank) a nuclear missile that devastated the City of Townsville. Given Proximity and Surface area this should likely be at least town level. This is somewhat consistent with the original pilot showing the Amoeba Boys who are considered the weakest of the villains being able to briefly survive the heat of the sun, which is town level across the surface of a human body. The Amoeba Boys are actually smaller then average humans being being about the size of 5-year olds though this should likely still be multi-city block level for the weakest villains in Townsville.

The Amoeba Boys also briefly matched the PPG in speed in that original pilot. In the same episode the PPG flew from the Earth to the Sun in 10 seconds, requiring speeds dozens of times that of light. When the PPG were only a few days old they were able to fly from a distant asteroid to Earth in seconds requiring speeds of ~1.3 times the speed of light. This is also consistent with the relative low tier the Sandman who must put to sleep every single person in the world. As such the power speed limit is FTL Town Level.

At this level are most villains in the verse and as well as most civilian allies of the Powerpuff Girls. Most Lower Level Kaiju are likely at this level. This is also probably the level of the casual Powerpuff Girls. You could view the counters to this tier also as "things the PPG would need to get serious to beat".

In terms of abilities; there is a startlingly high amount of hax relative to the amount of general abilities the verse has. The Amoeba Boys, while highly unintelligent, are hard to kill due to their regenerate nature as living Amoebas and also can with their unique physiology mutate diseases to be far more dangerous then normal. The Undead Magician Abracadaver possess hypnosis and transmutation abilities. The Sandman is a magical being that can fly around, seemingly invisibly, teleport and put people to sleep. On the mental plane there's also Patches, the fiendish imaginary friend who can affect the physical but cannot be affected in turn by the physical.

There's also the nefarious dark birthday clown Mr. Mime who can project a dark aura that spreads across town, draining the color from everything, as well as removing sound and also seemly causes apathy and stops things from. changing. Ace, the leader of the Gangreen Gang also has a decent manipulative skill and Professor Utonium is also a supergenius.

A lot of these are not actually projectile or beam based, they're direct, meaning that dodging/agility based strategies or attack reflection are not very useful strategies. Spacing in general is not very useful. So what strategies DO work? What weaknesses does the tier have?

I will say, in general the verse lacks range at this tier. The highest range at this tier is Mr. Mime's Grey Aura which extended quickly over several city blocks but it wasn't instant and most of the characters seem to have a range of only things that are a few meters away from them at most. Also I will say the tier doesn't have very good anti-stealth options. Outside of the Professor's superintellect, there's very few anti-stealth counters like passive defenses (outside of the Amoeba Boys regen but they are so unintelligent that a competent stealth counter could run circles around them without them understanding), or enhanced senses. This suggests to me that a sniper strategy could work. Given how much of the hax is biologically based (diseases, sleep, emotional changing (apathy) it seems that a good strategy would be robots, artificial lifeforms that can't catch diseases, don't sleep, and don't register emotions.

The major problem with that is Patches. Patches is a mental plane being that could simply break down the inner workings of any most machines you could use against him, and any robot character, at this tier at least, that I can think of won't have any mental plane abilities.

However that does bring up a good idea. Why not fight fire with fire and use ethereal type strategies, astral or mental beings that are likely to have these abilities? Outside of Mr Mime's essence drain the same lack of biological form would give same advantages. There would be stealth and many of them still possess range.

This leads to the verse's most unique weakness. The Sandman originally defeated almost the entire world with his sleep manipulation and would have won if not for the PPG's ability to fight on the mental plane. Likewise HIM has almost gotten the best of the girls by shaping their dreams. As such a sleep/dream would likely be considered very strong. Beyond that on a similar scale, the Girls initially couldn't defeat Patches, but were able to use their super imagination to create an imaginary friend of their own to beat him, suggesting characters with godlike imagination would be considered very strong. Which brings me to my first counter

Max from the Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl.

Max as the Daydreamer was able to subconsciously warp and shape the entirety of the Dreamworld, a likely universal mental plane feat and by the end of the film learned to control his power. In the PPG World he could literally summon massive armies of imaginary friends like Patches to overrun the world in seconds and given how he looks like a normal human while doing it, he would be completely stealth-ed. 

Also in terms of speed he scales in speed to Mr. Electric who was able to fly from Dreamworld stated to be directly outside the solar system to Earth in an unspecified but probably not very long amount of time which should likely give Max a speed advantage over the tier.

That said if Max IS discovered, he could be immediately one-shot as his durability is only normal human level. For a more well-rounded counter that could defeat the entire tier, though it would take a good amount of time, you could use

AmpFibian from Ben 10.

AmpFibian possess ftl speeds based on his fight against the speedster alien Jetray who can move ftl casually, as well as multi-city block level stats. This suggests he would be comparable in speed to the tier albeit lacking in raw power though close enough that his elasticity should survive a hit or two if he got into a fight. That suggests he would get into a fight however.

AmpFibian can convert into raw electricity or go intangible at will suggesting no one at this tier could even affect him outside of maybe Mr Mime and Sandman, though with his mind-reading capacities AmpFibian could casually avoid them. This is because AmpFibian is....as the name suggests, an amphibious being that can survive perfectly fine underwater, where none of the tier have shown they can fight normally in. AmpFibian could simply wait in the depths of the sea and emerge quickly for an attack when the verse's defenses are down and kill them. This would take a while but it would be relatively safe for AmpFibian.

As for the mental plane being, AmpFibian has the noted quality of being able to absorb energy. This is how they read mines, by viewing the electromagnetic pulses in others brains. Imagination is actually formed by the electromagnetic pulses in someones brain meaning that A: It's possible the Imaginary Friends are being of electromagnetic energy fundamentally (somewhat consistent with how the fight between the PPG's imaginary friend and Patches created brief electric energy surges) and B: AmpFibian could absorb and manipulate the energy of peoples minds to create it's own artificial superimagination like the PPG had. 

The biggest threat is the cunning and intelligence of Ace and Professor Utonium. This strategy is relatively safe but would take a which could allow either of them to enact a plan of some sort to stop AmpFibian. For a character who can win quicker I would recommend

Nephrite from Sailor Moon.

Nephrite has complained that the Youma are pitifully weak compared to him, and the Youma can survive Sailor Moon's Ultrasonic Crying attack, which could destroy an entire dimension, as well as keep up with fully transformed Sailor Senshi when Minako before even transforming for the first time was able to accidentally zip to Venus at FTL speeds. This means that while not being over the limit, Nephrite would have a clear advantage in stats compared to the tier.

 Nephrite does not even have to put himself at risk since he can send his shadow to fight for him, his shadow being an intangible shadow that can disguise itself for an alternate form of stealth, and can brainwash or possess people at will. Even those brainwashed by Nephrite's Shadow can themselves brainwash others. Being an intangible shadow, Nephrite's shadow would be immune to basically all hax in this tier. It could also drain energy, which could be effective, as even intangible things in the SM-verse can have their energy drained or absorb things into darkness.

Also Nephrite has inter-dimensional teleportation, meaning he could teleport where no one in the verse could harm him and project his shadow until the tier is defeated.

However there's one character I think would be even better, having all of the verses's weaknesses, this being

Nocturn from Danny Phantom.

Nocturn would be like Sandman, except SO much worse.

It's unknown exactly how strong Nocturn was originally, but more likely due to scaling he would be at least multi-city block level scaling from Episode 1 Danny's Crater, and in terms of speed is likely MHS due to early speed feats of moving comparable to lightning, potentially relativistic scaling from Technus' Ghost Rays which moved from atmosphere to Earth very quickly. This means he would potentially start out weaker then the verse though he could grow to be comparable in speed at least and also vastly vastly more powerful then this tier by feeding off dream energy.

More importantly, Nocturn is a Dream Entity, and moreover a ghost one. Existing in Dreams means basically no one in this tier can affect him, even ignoring his intangibility which would make him so basically no one could affect him in the real world. He also has invisibility and possession which makes him not just a stealth option, but a stealth option that can even outside of stats one-shot almost everyone in the verse. Intangibility isn't very helpful given Danny Phantom ghosts have anti-intangibility 

Nocturn can also access all the verse's collective subconscious dreams, and utilize them to imagine his own army. Beyond that he can just summon his own army already, the Sleepwalkers which themselves have most of the abilities that make Nocturn so dangerous meaning it's basically a form of pseudo-duplication.

Planet Scale Threat

This is the tier of the powerhouse superheroes, most notably the Kindergarten superheroines the Powerpuff Girls, as well as strong supervillains and kaiju.

This tier is most likely stellar+ based on HIM creating and maintaing a chalk dimension with it's own star, moving the Earth at relativistic speeds with a casual wave of his claw, and being relative in strength to Monkey who was able to move the entire solar system. In terms of speed, this verse is casually FTL and when serious gets up to trillions of times the speed of light based on the Powerpuff girls fighting expotentially increasing nanobots, breaking the time barrier, and spaceships that can casually cross the entire universe in a somewhat short span of time. Note this would have to be ~17 days or a slower timespan to be below trillions of times the speed of light.

In terms of relevant haxes, the verse has, particularly from the villains, numerous forms of matter and mind hax, including matter hax up to the planetary scale. These mostly come from Mojo Jojo and HIM. HIM also possesses inter-dimensional range, dream manipulation, possession and reality-warping. 

The Powerpuff Girls themselves possess astronomical senses (Blossom also possessing a danger sense), freezing ability (Blossom was able to freeze a planet-level meteor), time travel, invisibility, duplication, mental plane fighting, as well as possibly magical spatial manipulation? Also most impressively of all, Buttercup can curl her tongue.

Finally there's Great Dynamo, a Mecha designed for the PPG by their father Professor Utonium to protect them while fighting. While it's rarely used now due to it's collateral damage, if it was needed the PPG could use it. Dynamo, fitting it's purpose is tough enough to tank the attacks of PPG and similar enemies. 

In terms of weaknesses, my first idea was, based on the sheer number of impressionable children make up the top tiers (The PPG, Rowdy Ruff Boys, Princess), Fuzzy Lumpkins rage, and Mojo's tendency to speak for extended periods of time, I would think some type of manipulator. That said Him is a talented manipulator and Mojo, despite his long-windedness is a supergenius, so manipulator strategies, while it might be helpful against a lot of the verse, isn't OP by itself combined with the right stat range. Though it would likely be helpful.

It should be noted that most of the verse's big fighters rely on a chemical inside their body, a chemical known as chemical x which provides superpowers. If this chemical was removed then their bodies would massively depower. As such molecular manipulation would be likely relatively strong, though it should be noted that molecular manipulation and psychological manipulation would be strong against the same characters so focusing on those two specifically would be sort of doubling up effectiveness against some characters and not defending against the other threats. 

Luckily a lot of the characters have weaknesses. 

Him is a demonic entity and so would likely be vulnerable to holy powers or sealing him inside his own dimension. Princess relies on technology and so metal manipulation or technological manipulation would absolutely mess her up. Fuzzy Lumpkins relies on his gun and his anger and removing either of them will severely weaken him.

Also a lot of the characters canonically lack fingers. I can't imagine how that would be used against them, I just wanted to list it as a weakness.

Should be noted that any long-term strategy wouldn't really work as the PPG can also just go back in time if they are threatened and do it again, meaning a victory basically has to be swift, or the counter has to have their own time travel.

Which leads to my first counter

Ultraman Zero from Ultraman. 

Ultraman Zero was much stronger then Ultraman who was comparable to Ultraman Jack who created the stars of two separate constellations. Ultraman Zero's speed was fast enough to quickly fly past galactic clusters at over 98 trillion times the speed of light. As such Ultraman Zero would be at least comparable to the verse's top fighters in stats in base form, but Ultraman Zero has gotten much stronger over time and stronger forms and so would likely be able out pace the stats of the verse. 

Ultraman Zero is a massively versatile fighter. He could use his telekinesis to disarm his opponents of their weapons and could hypothetically use his purification ability to dispel HIM and remove the Chemical X of his opponents. Ultraman Zero as an Ultraman Zero is mostly made out of light and has the ability to manipulate holy energy, able to dispel Belial after he possesses Ultraman Zero and destroy his dark soul. He can also remove viruses from opponents, suggesting he can affect the cells (it's also noted that his general energy blasts are noted as affecting on the atomic scale) of his opponent where the chemical x would be. He was even able to remove souls Alien Bat absorbed to get stronger and resurrect peope by putting their souls back in their bodies.

Ultraman Zero could use his holy power to exorcise and seal HIM's presence, and dispel the chemical x in his opponents bodies. Ultraman Zero can also manipulate time, most famously being able to turn back time meaning he could theoretically counter the PPG's Time Travel. 

That said, Dynamo could likely take some blows from Ultraman Zero and the verse could possibly overwhelm him with numbers. While Ultraman Zero can duplicate, he has only shown duplication into 2 at once. While Ultraman Zero would likely win, for a character that is even more versatile and probably safer I would suggest

Herald of Galactus Nova from Marvel Comics.

Nova may be a relatively weak Herald of Galactus but she is still powerful enough to casually destroy stars and cause supernova. As a Herald of Galactus, Nova has the capacity to traverse the universe at a quick pace, suggesting her speeds should likely be trillions of times the speed of light which would make sense given she is relative, if slower then beings who can move at quadrillions of times the speed of light like the God Thor. 

Nova as a Herald of Galactus is a manifestation of the power cosmic, and can manipulate it at will. This, combined with her massive cosmic awareness suggests she could casually drain the chemical x out of the entire planet at will from a cosmic distance. She can also enter hyperspace and travel between dimensions at will, suggesting she could enter HIM's dimension at will to fight him directly. 

Nova in particular has feats of gravity manipulation and can collapse anyone in the verse by simply opening up a black hole on their location. Given Black Holes warp spacetime massively, this would also likely be a counter to time travel by distorting the time they would travel within. 

While Nova could win at range, she still faces the threat of being detected and overwhelmed, though it seems unlikely given her versatility and ease of one-shot. That said for a stealth counter to the verse I would suggest

Princess Luna from My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic

In terms of power, Princess Twilight Sparkle with the power of the 4 Alicorns was able to fight evenly with Tirek with the magic of all of Equestria including Draconequus Discord. Discord was able to casually move the sun and moon at relativistic to ftl speeds with ease, despite not having magic remotely related. Luna and Celestia, who are equals, are casually capable of moving the sun and moon across the sky every day. Discord was also able to casually travel from another nebula to Equestria at speeds of at least millions of times the speed of light.

As such Luna's power is roughly comparable with the verse though her speed is a bit below. That said Luna can disguise herself as quite literally anything, including inanimate objects. More importantly, Luna can manifest in dreams. Luna as the Princess of the Night has governance of the night and it's associated powers, including dreams. Luna was even able to merge the dreams, mental space, of an entire town though this required all of her concentration. This is a mental feat beyond even what HIM has been shown to do, and she could likely do this to defeat the top tier fighters of the verse.

If detected, she isn't helpful, as she can transmute things, having transmuted a bucket of toy spiders into real spiders. So long as she doesn't get blitzed, Luna could likely warp the dream space of all the strongest fighters to defeat them.

Given her rank as an immortal alicorn princess, one of the strongest magic-users in the verse, it's possible Luna also knows more actual spells, which would include time manipulation, mind manipulation, gravity manipulation, summoning and sealing. 

Princess Luna could probably infiltrate the verse and defeat the strongest fighters by stealth though in a flat out fight she would be at disadvantage due to speed. 

For a character that I think is the perfect counter I would suggest

Red and Black Lantern Harley Quinn from DC Comics.

This is the fusion entity, fusion of Harley Quinn with the Red Lantern and Black Lantern which possessed her. She was able to overpower New 52 Hal Jordan. The Lanterns need to cross large sections of the universe regularly requiring speeds of trillions of times the speed of light. New 52 Hal Jordan was comparable to New 52 Superman, who was relative to New 52 Orion whose shockwaves of his clash destroyed a star system as well as New 52 Wonder Woman was able to tremble New 52 Apollo, the sun itself. New 52 Superman also flew from the edge of the universe to Earth in 60 days, requiring speeds hundreds of billions of times the speed of light.

As such Red/Black Lantern Harley would be comparable speed-wise with the verse, but a bit stronger in terms of raw power. However the clincher is her abilities. As a Black Lantern, Red/Black Lantern Harley can drain the lifeforce out of her enemies and also likely be able to remove the chemical x out of her enemies. Red Lanterns also have dimensional travel and limited dimensional manipulation suggesting she could follow HIM back to his dimension. Red/Black Harley also has from her rings forcefields and various lantern constructs which would act like her own form of Dynamo level defense and duplication. 

This is all just buffering Harley's own natural abilities. Harley has a godly level of skill able to compete with New God Big Barda in skill, and somehow get the upper hand on an evil alternate version of Wonder Woman. Harley is also an expert manipulator, having learned both from her psychological doctorate, and also from Bugs Bunny cartoons apparently. She manipulated a reptile monster into killing itself as well as manipulated people into making a treaty for universal peace. She could manipulate her way around most of the verse pretty easily.

It helps that from her natural abilities and from her lantern rings, Red/Black Harley has resistance to pretty much every ability in the verse, as well as fourth wall breaking and absolute scale attacks, capable of attacking her own authors and forcing them to draw what she wants. Mojo Jojo once beat up the PPG Narrator and had almost complete control. It's very likely Harley could simply do the same thing to get complete control of the verse.

And that's how to be OP in The Powerpuff Girls-verse