Summary
- Powerpuff Girls and Samurai Jack may actually take place in the same universe, as revealed in The Powerpuff Girls: Super Smash-Up #1.
- The worlds of Powerpuff Girls and Samurai Jack are potentially variants of each other, both filled with monsters and superpowered villains.
- The connection between Powerpuff Girls and Samurai Jack raises dark questions about the history of both universes, such as the fate of Townsville under Aku's rule.
A long-speculated theory about the relationship between Samurai Jack and the Powerpuff Girls may actually hold water. Powerpuff Girls: Super Smash-Up reveals a connection between the two action cartoons, which may all but confirm one of the darkest Cartoon Network fan theories.
Fans lucky enough to be in the viewing demographic of early 2000s' Cartoon Network had a fantastic library at their disposal. There was something for everyone on the hit cable channel, including comedic, action-packed cartoons like Powerpuff Girls and Samurai Jack. But some fans theorize Powerpuff Girls and Samurai Jack actually take place in the same universe, with the latter's "Episode II: The Samurai Called Jack" taking the hero through a derelict town resembling Townsville, the home of the Powerpuff Girls. As it turns out, Jack may very well have been in Townsville... or at the very least, a variant of it.
The Cartoon Network Exists in One Massive Multiverse?
In The Powerpuff Girls: Super Smash-Up #1 by Derek Charm, Jeremy Whitley, and Jorge Monlongo, Dexter of Dexter’s Labratory is giving a tour to the Powerpuff Girls and their father, Professor Utonium. In the wake of Super Secret Crisis War!, Dexter has been doing research into the multidimensional trails left by Vilgax and Aku’s underlings.
sing these trails, Dexter has been able to fashion a machine that allows for easy traveling between universes. As the boy genius gives his allies the tour, portals of the various worlds are seen, all of which are the homes of other Cartoon Network shows such as Courage the Cowardly Dog, Ed, Edd, n' Eddy, and the future dystopia of Samurai Jack.
Samurai Jack & The Powerpuff Girls' Connection Confirmed?
Fans have long speculated that the Powerpuff Girls must have some relationship with Samurai Jack. In addition to the billboard seen in Jack’s show, fans have theorized that the mysterious Chemical X that gave the girls their powers is connected to Aku or that Professor Utonium is a potential variant for Samurai Jack. While the jury is still out on those particular connections, one thing that can be gleaned from this issue is that Jack may actually be on a variant of the Powerpuff Girls' Earth.
It makes a lot of sense that Jack’s world is an alternate version of Blossom, Bubbles and Buttercup’s. The Powerpuff Girls’ world is one filled with monsters and superpowered villains, much like Jack’s. Discovering that the two worlds are potentially variants of one another puts the ruined billboard from Samurai Jack in a much darker light. Could it be that Jack's world had no Powerpuff Girls and Townsville fell under Aku's rule as a result? Or perhaps that Aku even killed Jack's versions of the trio?
Whatever the case, seeing the Powerpuff Girls and Samurai Jack have an official connection raises dark questions about the history of both universes.