The Powerpuff Girls
Insect Inside / Powerpuff Bluff
TV Flash files “Insect Inside / Powerpuff Bluff” as hour 2 of 78 in the TV Flash guide — The Powerpuff Girls (1998–2005) on Cartoon Network, season 1, episode 2, aired 1998-11-25, 23 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S01E02: listed hour 2 of 78 in the The Powerpuff Girls guide, hour 2 of 13 in season 1. It aired 1998-11-25 (23 min). The listed hour before it is “Monkey See, Doggie Do / Mommy Fearest” (S01E01). Next is “Octi Evil / Geshundfight” (S01E03).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
"INSECT INSIDE" The Powerpuff Girls hate roaches. Roach Coach uses this to his advantage to take over Townsville. Can the Powerpuff Girls overcome their fear of roaches? / "POWERPUFF BLUFF" After putting 3 criminals to jail those 3 criminals dress up as the Powerpuff Girls. Spreading crime wherever they go these impostors ruin the girls' reputation.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Insect Inside / Powerpuff Bluff sit in the The Powerpuff Girls guide?
S01E02 is listed hour 2 of 78 — hour 2 of 13 in season 1, season 1 episode 2.
When did The Powerpuff Girls S01E02 air?
Insect Inside / Powerpuff Bluff aired 1998-11-25 and is listed at 23 minutes.
Kids' cartoon or style exercise?
Both: kindergarten heroes, minimalist pop-art action, and a design language that defined late-1990s Cartoon Network.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Sugar, spice, Chemical X, and a city that never stays saved. Craig McCracken’s candy-colored action: kindergarten heroes, minimalist design, and villains who play like pop-art nightmares. Cartoon Network’s late-nineties brand in three pigtails — short-form girl heroes with punch, style, and a theme that still sounds like a sugar rush with a flying lesson attached.
Drop year: **1998**. Cartoon Network puts sugar, spice, and Chemical X on the original-identity calendar and a city that never stays saved. Rex can keep the Saturday-morning martini; this is brand architecture in three pigtails, not a museum cartoon with nicer merch. Kindergarten heroes, minimalist design, villains as pop-art nightmares. The metric is not a lecture about girl power. The metric is a network finally photographing as itself — late-1990s original identity, punchy and musical, endlessly merchandisable.
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