Viral Spiral

Viral Spiral is the nineteenth episode of the 2016 Powerpuff Girls series. It aired on Cartoon Network on June 9, 2016.

Synopsis[]

After the Amoeba Boys hack their way into the Internet, it is up to Bubbles to use her coding skills to save the day.

Plot[]

After the Amoeba Boys learn that Bubbles created the most popular games in Townsville and openly say to themselves that they want to ruin their game, Silico convinces them to take a chip that can destroy the entire internet. The girls find them from Bubbles' computer, and she programs her sisters inside and gives them the powers from her games to help them best up the Amoeba Boys. In the end, they win the fight, and the Amoeba Boys were unsuccessful with tarnishing the reputation of the girls, but the strange chip that Silico gave them was forgotten about and it opened up and let out all the little viruses that Silico put inside them.

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Trivia/Goofs[]

This marks the Amoeba Boys' first appearance in the reboot, with Chuck McCann reprising his role as all three of them.
- This episode marks Chuck McCann's final performance as the voice of the Amoeba Boys in the franchise prior to his later death on April 8, 2018.
This is the first appearance of Silico.
When Blossom and Buttercup are inside the Internet, this scene makes a reference to the Uncle Grandpa episode “Internet Troll.”
Buttercup and Blossom wore the same rapping get-up from "Escape from Monster Island".
There are several Internet website parodies and references, which is the main reason why this episode is heavily criticized by fans of the original show:
- Juju is a parody of Hulu.
- Ejay is a parody of eBay.
- Me2Tube is a parody of YouTube.
- Friendbook is a parody of Facebook.
- When Blossom and Buttercup are inside the Friendbook news feed post, this is a reference to Facebook and also, the Facebook chat tone can be heard.
- The Original Frowny Cat is a parody of Grumpy Cat.
- Princess Morbucks' Make-Up Tutorial video is a reference to YouTube makeup tutorial videos.
- When Blossom and Buttercup are turned into traffic cones, this is a reference to The VLC Media Player logo (see Logopedia).
- The Internet Troll's design is a reference to troll dolls.
Clips from "Bye Bye Bellum", "Little Octi Lost", "Escape from Monster Island", "The Wrinklegruff Gals", "Frenemy", "Power-Up Puff", "Man Up", "Horn Sweet Horn" and "The Stayover" were reused when the episode nearly ends.
When Buttercup is hitting the Amoeba Boys in "Baybee Bunnies", the hit sound sounds very identical to the Intellivision game, Astrosmash's asteroid hit sound.
Some fans say that Blossom should have been the one who was operating the computer as she was the smart one.
This marks the debut appearance of Blossom and Buttercup's stuffed toys, President Dinosaur and Monsieur Ducky.
There's an online game called "Glitch Fixers" which was based on this episode. Play it here. Plus, this is an Asian website so if you live outside Asia, you might want to search it.
Goof: Even though Bubbles told Blossom and Buttercup that she couldn't program in their powers, they were shown floating for a few seconds when internet trolls began to appear.
When Blossom and Buttercup land in the Internet, Buttercup comments that they lost their ability to fly and that they can only walk like normal people. This could've been caused due to a flaw in the coding of the system. This is also a nod to the classic series episode Slumbering with the Enemy where the Girls lose their superpowers (but returned in Fallen Arches without explaining how they got their powers back).
This episode is included on the The Powerpuff Girls: Tiara Trouble (V1) DVD.
When Bossman gets eaten by Mommy Bunny, the death sound from the 1980's arcade game Pac-Man can be heard.
As seen in this episode and The Trouble With Bubbles, Bubbles' computer firewall seems to be very weak.

v • e Episodes

Season 1

Escape from Monster Island • Princess Buttercup • The Stayover • Painbow • Horn, Sweet Horn • Man Up • Bye Bye, Bellum • Little Octi Lost • Strong-Armed • Power-Up Puff • Tiara Trouble • The Wrinklegruff Gals • Arachno-Romance • Puffdora's Box • Blue Ribbon Blues • Frenemy • Once Upon a Townsville • Man Up 2: Still Man-ing • Viral Spiral • Bubbles of the Opera • Sister Sitter • Odd Bubbles Out • Presidential Punchout • Cheep Thrills • Fashion Forward • In the Garden of Good and Eddie • Road Trippin' • The Big Sleep • The Secret Life of Blossom Powerpuff • Halt and Catch Silico • Secret Swapper of Doom • Rainy Day • The Squashening • Electric Buttercup • Professor Proofed • Poorbucks • Snow Month • Somewhere Over the Swingset • People Pleaser

Season 2

The Last Donnycorn • Green Wing • 15 Minutes of Fame • Splitsville • Clawdad • Super Sweet 6 • A Star Is Blossom • Mini Golf Madness • Summer Bummer • The Tell Tale Schedulebot • Musclecup • Take Your Kids to Dooms Day • The Bubbles-Sitters Club • Buttercup vs. Math • Home, Sweet Homesick • Memory Lane of Pain • Spider Sense • Imagine That • Phantasm Chasm • Tooth or Consequences • Monkey Love • Bridezilla • Find Your Bliss • Bliss Reminisce • Blisster Sister • Breaking Bliss • Blisstersweet Symphony • Midnight at the Mayor's Mansion • You're a Good Man, Mojo Jojo • The Trouble With Bubbles • Sugar, Spice, and Super Lice • The Buttercup Job • A Slight Hiccup • Toy Ploy • Derby Dollies • Bubbles the Blue • Deb O’Nair • Man Up 3: The Good, the Bad, and the Manly • The Blossom Files • Not So Secret Service

Season 3

Never Been Blissed • Aliver • Worship • Blossom3 • Mojo the Great • Trouble Clef • Save the Date • Can't Buy Love • Largo • Blundercup • Ragnarock and Roll • Total Eclipse of the Kart • The Long Skate Home • Quarantine • In the Doghouse • Salamander • Small World: Abra-Disaster • Small World: Stone Cold Spider • Small World: Maze Daze • Small World: Heart to Heartstone • Witch's Crew • The Gift • Oh, Daisy! • Brain Freeze • Lights Out! • Bucketboy! • The Fog • The Spoon • Cat Burglar • Hustlecup • Rebel Rebel • Our Brand is Chaos • Tagalong • BrainLord • Checkin Out! • Drama Bomb • Watch It! • Man Up 4: The Donnyest Game • The Oct-Father • Sideline Dad

Shorts
Who's Got the Power? • Air Buttercup • Bubbles' Beauty Blog (but on Video) • Run, Blossom, Run! • Ping Pong Z • Bubbs & Donny Get the Mail • Bedtime • Mojo Builds a Shelf • I’ll Be Bake • Blissfully Unaware