The PowerPuff Girls are the creation of Craig McCracken, and the only REAL "PowerPuff" among the AIs is Bubbles.
Buttercup takes her appearance from Princess Buttercup from The Princess Bride [Created by William Goldman], but her name is a nod to the Character Buttercup in HMS Pinafore which is public domain.
Blossom the ship's "doctor" takes her persona from a cartoon stylized version of Mayim Bialik, or the actress who was the Eponymous Blossom form the NBC sitcom.
''We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat
them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary.''
-- James Nicoll
Buttercup takes her appearance from Princess Buttercup from The Princess Bride [Created by William Goldman], but her name is a nod to the Character Buttercup in HMS Pinafore which is public domain.
Blossom the ship's "doctor" takes her persona from a cartoon stylized version of Mayim Bialik, or the actress who was the Eponymous Blossom form the NBC sitcom.
''We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat
them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary.''
-- James Nicoll