The Powerpuff Girls - Episode 2: Mommy Fearest

Plot
Professor brings home Ima Goodlady, but she doesn't seem to live up to her name...is she really Ima Goodlady?
Characters

• Buttercup - Anything she did wasn't on her own, I can't really judge her.
• Bubbles - Significantly the best of the sisters so far. She does much more and is quite funny.
• Blossom - Clearly established as the leader, but still doesn't do much in the time constraint.
• Professor - Good in the episode, we see his loneliness and he isn't gullible. 
• Sedusa - A very abusive and interesting villain, certainly want to see more. 

Good Moments

Shocking choice? Okay, well the girls are hilarious as a unit. This scene emphasises that they aren't and should not be portrayed as babies. Plus, them stating who they are is funny. It's good that we see there is a sense, this is the start of the series, pretty much. So we do need these, seemingly useless, moments sprinkled throughout the episodes, specifically to balance the episodes actiony and zany plots. 

The revelation of Sedusa being evil was handled brilliantly, this section is mainly about how it was handled. Understandably, they had a time constraint and with what they had, they did well. Firstly, Sedusa's plans were not poor or just random because they had a reason. They didn't attempt to use so much exposition like some shows and merely showed how bad she is, really well. Having her be ever so mean to the protagonists and showing that she is a serious villain really helps show there is no point of return. Plus, you do get some funny jokes out of the scenario, much like many scenarios. The animation in scenes like this is brilliant, the anger and villainous nature is clearly conveyed, the shadows and dark colours are just great at showing Sedusa's bad side.

The resolution to Sedusa was good. The voice acting of Jennifer Hale was brilliant. I am glad that Professor was intelligent enough to actually trick the girls into believing he was gullible. The music really enhanced the tension especially with the angles being focused more on the girls and not the Professor.




Bad Moments

The ending of the episode was relatively abrupt, possibly purposely. My main issue with the ending is that it just seems to pointless, like we realize it deliberately parodies the situation that has just occurred, but it isn't humorous, at least not to me anyway. Plus, I don't see why Professor would in the same trap again, because Sedusa could've easily worn another disguise in a later episode and the Professor would probably forget completely about this incident, and would be oblivious. 

No others.

Character Issues

• The Professor not realizing Octi was taken away.
• The Professor tricking the girls even for a brief moment.
• Buttercup not being one of the ones to do a lot of punching. I mean if it was centring on a certain conflict, it was understandable but Bubbles got most of the fighting.

Comedy

• The girls stating they were the Powerpuff girls.
• Bubbles saying "Duh." Throughout the episode as if it is obvious.
• The scene where the girls are readying Professor for the date.

Animation + Soundtrack
Scenes like Sedusa in the dark, Sedusa grounding the girls all show great animation, considering this was made in 1998 and it could still hold up just as well today, and it is better animated than a few shows on TV nowadays. The tension was enhanced due to the music, like when Professor was tricking Sedusa, the music was building up, and then it stopped and came down from it's peak. The music in this episode was really good.

MVP
Sedusa is the MVP. She deserves it due to her great villainous nature. She really held up the episode. Runner up? I'd say The Narrator.

Rating
9/10. It's good, like there isn't any moment where I feel they could've improved, but it still feels like it is missing something, the animation and soundtrack are topnotch, the Medusa pun is brilliant, like the antagonist of the episode. Plus, we see more of Professor's loneliness which is never mentioned again, and we see the girls as a unit which is something that I wish they didn't do in this episode because it's early on and we still need to see them grow individually as characters.

Issue of Font Size
It changes for like no reason...eventually Blogger will stop doing this to me!