'Powerpuff Girls' Had The Weirdest, Most Unsettling Villains Of All Time

Zack Howe
Updated November 9, 2023 30.3K views 14 items
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There's something inherently weird about cartoons. Adults produce these series for kids, but grown-ups don't generally receive the same stimulation from the material. Because of this, they'll sometimes inject something – anything – to make the shows more engaging. During the early days of Cartoon Network, the channel often blurred the lines between entertainment for children and adults. As a result, there are some unsettling Powerpuff Girls characters.

Mojo Jojo is a hyper intelligent, green-skinned, mutated chimpanzee who wears a purple cape and white, high-heeled boots with matching gloves. He also loves building model ships. Despite these eccentricities, Mojo Jojo is far from the weirdest PPG villain. Some of the bad guys are wildly inappropriate for what is ostensibly a children's show, some are bizarre given any context, and some are just straight-up offensive. 

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    359 VOTES

    HIM is, for all intents and purposes, the Devil, though it's never stated outright. HIM looks like the archetypal Devil – curly black chin beard, pointed ears, red skin – with the addition of lobster claws. HIM is empowered by fear, and generally fights through psychological warfare. 

    359 votes
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    224 VOTES

    Abracadaver

    This undead magician performed as Al Lusion before he died in an Iron Maiden accident. After this, Al was reanimated as Abracadaver, becoming one of the Powerpuff Girls' most dangerous foes. At one point he attempts to kill Blossom using the spiky death trap that ended his life.  

    224 votes
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    220 VOTES

    Roach Coach

    Roach Coach is basically Carl from Aqua Teen Hunger Force with an affinity for roaches. In fact, he's a robot controlled by a roach, hence the name of the episode "Insect Inside." He controls roaches and fights the girls with an army of the disgusting creepy crawlies. 

    220 votes
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    176 VOTES

    The Salami Swami

    The Salami Swami is an amalgamation of several offensive stereotypes. He's a Middle Eastern man who wears a turban and flies on a magic carpet, playing his snake charmer's flute. However, instead of charming vicious reptiles, he charms sausages.

    176 votes
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    195 VOTES

    Dick Hardly

    This is a very real Powerpuff Girls character, and his name somehow made it past the censors. Dick Hardly is Professor Utonium's college roommate, a womanizer, and an all-around terrible person. He attempts to create his own Powerpuff Girls, and winds up with "the Powerpuff Girls Xtreme," horrifying mutants with shortened life-spans. He tries to replicate Utonium's work, but his malice and resentment ultimately leads him to failure.

    195 votes
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    155 VOTES

    Broccoloids

    The Broccoloids are an alien race of sentient broccoli. In "Beat Your Greens," they try to control Earthlings by putting mind control spores in their veggies. Somewhat disturbingly, the Powerpuff Girls achieve victory by eating the Broccoloids.

    155 votes
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    223 VOTES

    As you might guess, Sedusa uses seduction to manipulate men into doing her bidding. In addition to being extremely reductive, this is a bizarre message to include in a show that also features a radioactive glue monster. She uses her animated hair to fight with the young superheroes, and even seduces the mayor in an episode filled with Big Lebowski references.

    223 votes
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    140 VOTES

    Toilet Mouth

    Toilet Mouth is a giant monster with a toilet head and a toilet paper tail. In the episode "Curses," this villain gets flushed by the Powerpuff girls for having a potty mouth. They defeat him by washing his mouth out with soap, of course.

    140 votes
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    177 VOTES

    The Boogie Man

    The Powerpuff Girls' version of the Boogie Man has one added trait that makes him unique: he's got Saturday Night Fever. In the wonderfully named episode "Boogie Frights," the Boogie Man shows up – a lumpy blue dude with big white horns in a white suit and white platform shoes. His dastardly plan is to block out the sun with a giant disco ball so the monsters can all party in Earth's perpetual night. 

    177 votes
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    150 VOTES

    The Amoeba Boys

    The Amoeba Boys are a gang of amoebae and an amalgamation of the Three Stooges and flapper era caricature gangsters. They're the least troublesome of the Powerpuff Girls' foes – the worst crime was stealing a single orange. In spite of their failings, one does have to admire their pursuit of villainy.

    150 votes
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    172 VOTES

    Mojo Jojo

    Mojo Jojo is a chimp with the mind of a genius and the fashion sense of a glam rocker. He's a mainstay in the Powerpuff Girls universe, despite the tiny, horrific detail that his brain pokes out of his skull. Plus, his broad accent is troubling, to say the least.

    172 votes
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    142 VOTES

    Fuzzy Lumpkins gets credit for being the very first villain in the series, debuting with the Powerpuff Girls in the pilot "Meat Fuzzy Lumpkins." He is a mishmash-y hodgepodge of Big Foot, Mork, Stimpy, and a pink bear. Unfortunately, his characterization veers into nasty stereotyping territory: Fuzzy is presented as an uneducated hillbilly with a banjo.

    142 votes
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    141 VOTES

    Femme Fatale

    Femme Fatale is a feminist bank robber with a gun shaped like the Venus Symbol. She's also problematic. In "Equal Fights," she'll only steal Susan B. Anthony coins because it's the only currency without men on it. However, it's revealed that she doesn't even know who Susan B. Anthony is.

    141 votes
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    111 VOTES

    Lou Gubrious/Hal Larious

    Lou Gubrious, like his name implies, is a sullen scientist. A storm cloud perpetually hangs over his head, and he is always downcast. He invented a weapon called the Miseray to make others experience his sadness. But, what's most interesting about this character is his Jekyll and Hyde quality. When he is happy he wears a bright red coat with a pink flower in the lapel, a yellow polka dotted blue bow tie, orange pants, and a tiny little red hat. In this merry state he goes by the name Hal Larious. 

    111 votes