The Powerpuff Girls premiered on Cartoon Network in 1998, created by Craig McCracken, and its opening became one of the most recognisable cartoon intros of that era. The theme, composed by James L. Venable, mixed driving percussion with a heroic narrator setup about Professor Utonium creating the girls. Clips of the intro later spread across YouTube, TikTok and fan edits as a shorthand for late 90s and early 2000s childhood. It is still used whenever creators want instant cartoon hero energy without needing the full episode opening.