Tough love

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(Opening shot: the city skyline in the morning. Car horns honk in the background.)

Narrator: The city of Townsville. The city of brotherly love. (laughing) Or should I say, sisterly love? Love for those devout doers of dangerous deeds and dutifuluh, things. (Cut to the girls in flight.) The Powerpuff Girls!

(They stop short at the sound of meowing and dash in; an old woman looks up at a tree, in whose branches a cat is caught. The girls arrive on the scene and go to work. Blossom picks the woman up, and Buttercup uproots the tree and tips it over so Bubbles can rescue the cat, which promptly licks her cheek. The woman is set back on the ground, and the cat is returned to her. She pats each girl on the head. They take off, and she waves after them.)

(Cut to the exterior of Pokey Oaks Kindergarten as the girls fly in; inside, pan slowly along the classroom and stop at the end. The teacher steps into view, her foot landing on a stray toy roller skate. She sails into the air and down o.c., but Blossom carries her back into view. Buttercup pulls up a chair for her to be set down on, and Bubbles brings her an apple. Halos appear above the heads of the girls, now back at their desk that is shared with (Y/N) who's giving them a thumbs up but doesn't look at Buttercup which saddens her a bit, and the class applauds their efforts.)

(Close-up of the hotline, buzzing and with a big smile on its face, then to the exterior of the school as the girls take off. A quick flash of the exterior of Townsville Hall as they fly in, then of the window in the Mayor's office. They crash through, ready for anything; close-up of the Mayor, struggling mightily with some piece of apparatus. Pull back to show this as a large jar of pickles he is trying to open. Finally, he gives up and holds it out for the girls. Ms. Bellum stands near him. Blossom flies into view and takes the jar. She holds it up for Buttercup, who zaps it with a quick blast of her eye lasers, and Bubbles then succeeds in removing the lid, much to the Mayor's delight. All five help themselves to pickles as a celebration, and we next see the office window from outside as the girls crash out through it.)

(Cut to the exterior of their house as they fly in through the front door. Inside, the Professor is hard at work in his lab, his back to the camera. They fly up behind him; he turns around and smiles at them. He holds up a flask of liquid, to which Bubbles adds a drop from a test tube. Blossom pours in a shot from another flask, and Buttercup shakes the mixture vigorously. The Professor watches the flask intently, the girls gathering around him, as it bubbles and froths. After a few seconds, it explodes and chars them evenly all over. They stand stunned for a moment, then laugh. We do not hear them laughing.)

Narrator: (laughing) Those little scamps are so adorable. How we just love the Powerpuff Girls!

(Pull back slightly. The image begins to waver and ripple as if being reflected off the surface of a body of water.)

"Him": (from o.c. effeminate voice to evil) Ohh, how I HATE the Powerpuff Girls!

(On the end of this, his claw strikes the water and breaks up the image, then pulls out of view.)

Narrator: Hate the Powerpuff Girls?! Who could hate the... (uneasily) Oh, no. (Camera turns up as he continues.) Please don't let it be "Him"!

(Stop on "Him," sitting in a full bathtub. He is very angry, seething with fury at how Townsville loves the Powerpuff Girls so much.)

"Him": (effeminate voice, mocking tone) "Oh, Powerpuff Girls, save us!" "Oh, Powerpuff Girls, we need you!" "Oh, Powerpuff Girls, we love you!"

(As he continues, he submerges up to his eyes and the bathwater boils and turns red.)

"Him": (evil voice) Powerpuff Girls! Powerpuff Girls! (Pull back across the room; he sits up.) POWERPUFF GIRLS!!!

(Close-up of the steam rising from the bath. A rubber duckie is lifted into view, and "Him" leans in to talk to it.)

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