Editing The Powerpuff Girls (section)

=== Merchandise ===
In 2001, [[Warner Bros. Consumer Products]] deemed ''The Powerpuff Girls'' 
their flagship brand, given the success of the show's merchandise.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Pittarese |first=Frank |date=June 1, 2001 |title=Lights! Camera! Toys! |url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=f6h&AN=4622649&lang=es&site=eds-live&scope=site |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230524010903/https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=f6h&AN=4622649&lang=es&site=eds-live&scope=site |archive-date=May 24, 2023 |access-date=May 23, 2023 |magazine=[[Playthings (magazine)|Playthings]] |page=63 |volume=99 |issue=6 |issn=0032-1567}}</ref> The International Licensing Industry Merchandisers Association (LIMA) named it License of the Year at their 2001 awards ceremony.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Teninge |first=Annick |date=June 28, 2001 |title=Powerpuff Girls Packs A Powerful Punch With Three Awards At LIMA |url=https://www.awn.com/news/powerpuff-girls-packs-powerful-punch-three-awards-lima |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230423130844/https://www.awn.com/news/powerpuff-girls-packs-powerful-punch-three-awards-lima |archive-date=April 23, 2023 |access-date=May 24, 2023 |website=[[Animation World Network]]}}</ref> The array of products was so extensive in 2002 that, according to Janan Sheria of the ''[[Dayton Daily News]]'', even people without cable television could recognize the Powerpuff Girls.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Sheria |first=Janan |date=July 3, 2002 |title='Powerpuff' hardly fluff in terms of marketing |url=http://carol.tierranet.com/portfolio/cats.pdf |journal=[[Dayton Daily News]] |page=C8 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050210061303/http://carol.tierranet.com/portfolio/cats.pdf |archive-date=February 10, 2005 |access-date=May 23, 2023}}</ref> The franchise made nearly $1 billion in retail sales by 2002, according to Cartoon Network.<ref>{{Cite web |date=July 2, 2002 |title=Going After Girls... And Adults, Too |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/88466239/the-state/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211106214142/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/88466239/the-state/ |archive-date=November 6, 2021 |access-date=November 6, 2021 |page=31 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |newspaper=[[The State (newspaper)|The State]]}}</ref>

Beginning in 1999, [[Trendmasters]] made Powerpuff Girls dolls, playsets, and action figures, aimed primarily at girls ages 6–11.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hood |first=Duncam |date=July 1, 1999 |title=Licensing's feature frenzy |url=https://kidscreen.com/1999/07/01/25951-19990701/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230524112035/https://kidscreen.com/1999/07/01/25951-19990701/ |archive-date=May 24, 2023 |access-date=May 24, 2023 |website=Kidscreen |publisher=Brunico Communications}}</ref> Craig McCracken and Genndy Tartakovsky were initially involved in the conception of these toys.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Ebenkamp |first=Becky |date=June 11, 2001 |title=Power to the Puff People |url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=f6h&AN=4660394&lang=es&site=eds-live&scope=site |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230524111709/https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=f6h&AN=4660394&lang=es&site=eds-live&scope=site |archive-date=May 24, 2023 |access-date=May 24, 2023 |magazine=Brandweek |page=36 |volume=42 |issue=24 |issn=1064-4318}}</ref> From August 21 to October 1, 2000, [[Subway (restaurant)|Subway]] promoted the series with four toys in their [[kids' meal]]s.<ref>{{Cite news |date=July 7, 2000 |title=Subway Teams Up with Powerpuff Girls |url=https://www.qsrmagazine.com/news/subway-teams-powerpuff-girls |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222202903/http://www.qsrmagazine.com/news/subway-teams-powerpuff-girls |archive-date=February 22, 2014 |access-date=August 8, 2013 |work=QSR Magazine |publisher=Journalistic}}</ref> A set of six kids' meal toys was available as part of an April 2001 [[Dairy Queen]] promotion, which also included a sweepstakes offering the ''Powerpuff Girls'' VHS ''Boogie Frights''.<ref>{{Cite news |date=March 20, 2001 |title=Dairy Queen |url=https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Dairy+Queen.-a072467312 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130808232914/http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Dairy+Queen.-a072467312 |archive-date=August 8, 2013 |access-date=August 8, 2013 |work=Ice Cream Reporter}}</ref> [[Jack in the Box]] released six ''Powerpuff Girls'' toys in July 2002 as a tie-in for ''The Powerpuff Girls Movie''.<ref>{{Cite news |date=June 28, 2002 |title=Powerpuff Girls Soar into Jack's |url=https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Powerpuff+Girls+Soar+into+Jack%27s%3B+Crime-Fighting+Cuties+Team+Up+With...-a087912566 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130809015238/http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Powerpuff+Girls+Soar+into+Jack's;+Crime-Fighting+Cuties+Team+Up+With...-a087912566 |archive-date=August 9, 2013 |access-date=August 8, 2013 |publisher=[[Business Wire]]}}</ref> On February 10, 2003, [[Burger King]] began a four-week promotion featuring ''The Powerpuff Girls'' and ''[[Dragon Ball Z]]'' toys as well as special codes to redeem online for Cartoon Network's [[Cartoon Orbit]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=February 10, 2003 |title=The Powerpuff Girls(TM) and Dragon Ball Z(R) Bring Three Exclusive Toys to Every Burger King(R) Big Kids Meal |url=https://www.thefreelibrary.com/The+Powerpuff+Girls%28TM%29+And+Dragon+Ball+Z%28R%29+Bring+Two+Exclusive+Toys...-a097428934 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130809015222/http://www.thefreelibrary.com/The+Powerpuff+Girls(TM)+And+Dragon+Ball+Z(R)+Bring+Two+Exclusive+Toys...-a097428934 |archive-date=August 9, 2013 |access-date=August 8, 2013 |publisher=[[United Business Media]] |location=[[Miami]] |agency=[[PR Newswire]]}}</ref> In the United Kingdom the characters of Buttercup and Mojo Jojo were given away in [[Kellogg's]] cereal boxes as part of the Cartoon Network Wobble Heads in 2003.<ref>{{Cite web |title=2003 – Frosties Cartoon Network Wobble Heads Free in Packets |url=http://cerealoffers.com/Kelloggs/Frosties/2000/Cartoon_Network_Wobble_Heads/cartoon_network_wobble_heads.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20190622001621/http://cerealoffers.com/Kelloggs/Frosties/2000/Cartoon_Network_Wobble_Heads/cartoon_network_wobble_heads.html |archive-date=June 22, 2019 |website=CerealOffers.com}}</ref>

From 2000 to 2006, [[DC Comics|DC]] published a series of seventy comics based on the television show.<ref>{{Cite web |date=March 4, 2012 |title=The Powerpuff Girls #70 |url=https://www.dccomics.com/comics/the-powerpuff-girls-2000/the-powerpuff-girls-70 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151123235954/http://www.dccomics.com/comics/the-powerpuff-girls-2000/the-powerpuff-girls-70 |archive-date=November 23, 2015 |access-date=June 27, 2021 |website=[[DC Comics]]}}</ref> [[Golden Books]] also published a series of ''Powerpuff Girls''-themed activity books and storybooks, including one written and illustrated by Craig McCracken, titled ''Big, Terrible Trouble?''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Golden Books: Powerpuff Girls |url=http://www.goldenbooks.com/powerpuff/index.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010611131446/http://www.goldenbooks.com/powerpuff/index.html |archive-date=June 11, 2001 |access-date=December 28, 2021 |website=Golden Books}}</ref> Around 400,000 total units of these books had been sold by 2001.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Raugust |first=Karen |date=February 26, 2001 |title=Toy Fair Exhibitors Adopt Conservative Approach |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/print/20010226/32089-toy-fair-exhibitors-adopt-conservative-approach.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230524110030/https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/print/20010226/32089-toy-fair-exhibitors-adopt-conservative-approach.html |archive-date=May 24, 2023 |access-date=May 24, 2023 |website=[[Publishers Weekly]]}}</ref> From 2013 to 2017, [[IDW Publishing]] published a range of comics based on the series. In 2014, that company published a [[variant cover]] which showed aged-up versions of Powerpuff Girls with [[breast]]s and dressed in [[Latex clothing|latex]]. The cover was designed by an artist working for Cartoon Network who was "thinking of it more along the lines of 'female empowerment' than the kind of thing you guys are talking about". Cartoon Network said in a statement: "We recognise some fans' reaction to the cover and, as such, will no longer be releasing it at comic book shops."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Flood |first=Alison |date=January 24, 2014 |title='Sexualised' Powerpuff Girls Comic Judged a Boob by TV Network |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/jan/24/powerpuff-girls-sexualised-comic-withdrawn |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140216033429/http://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/jan/24/powerpuff-girls-sexualised-comic-withdrawn |archive-date=February 16, 2014 |access-date=March 25, 2022 |website=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref>

On October 12, 2023, [[Dynamite Entertainment|Dynamite]] announced a deal with Warner Bros. Discovery to create a new line of comics based on various properties, including ''The Powerpuff Girls''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Club |first=Comic Book |date=2023-10-12 |title=Thundercats, Powerpuff Girls Comics Coming From Dynamite |url=https://comicbookclublive.com/2023/10/12/thundercats-powerpuff-girls-warner-bros-comics-dynamite/ |access-date=2023-10-12 |website=Comic Book Club |language=en-US}}</ref> The first issue was released in July 17, 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.dynamite.com/htmlfiles/viewProduct.html?PRO=C72513034661201011 |title=The Powerpuff Girls #1 |access-date=August 7, 2024 |website=Dynamite.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240807133959/https://www.dynamite.com/htmlfiles/viewProduct.html?PRO=C72513034661201011 |archive-date=August 7, 2024 |url-status=live}}</ref>