Nov 2, 2010
That weird Powerpuff Girls episode
Now that's intertextuality overload for ya- a whole Powerpuff Girls episode packed full (and I DO mean FULL- it's practically overflowing) of references to the Beatles. Well, it's unsurprising to see some Beatles references in cartoons as a whole, them having the title of the greatest band in the world, and all... But a whole episode?? Wow, Craig McCracken, you really love these guys, huh... Well, to his defense, most other PPG stuff is usually not too hard to understand for the children's public, and this is a pretty cool episode. I think I would love it too if there was a cartoon episode dedicated to MY favourite band, but that's just wishful thinking.
Also, it's interesting to see people play around with such concepts and trying them out to their fullest- doing the sort of 'what if' experiments, a thing not many would do. I'm glad to see that PPG had enough popularity and McCracken had enough courage to do this, a thing he and his crew, and the more mature (and the younger Beatles fans) viewers really enjoyed.
Labels:
cartoons,
intertextuality
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