The Powerpuff Girls, Cartoon Network's mega-hit series, are kicking butt all over the world. These campy, cool, cutting-edge cartoon cuties are the hottest property on kids TV.
When Buttercup accidentally knocks out one of Bubbles teeth, she feels just terrible about it, Until she learns tooth decay does pay! The green Powerpuff can't help being jealous of the shiny, brand-new, gold dollar the tooth fair brings her sister. Soon Buttercup has figured out a way to collect teeth without losing all her own-by knocking them out of Townsville's villains! But when Mojo and the villains get wise, they're determined to get even-tooth by tooth.
Tracey West is the New York Times bestselling author of Dragon Masters, a series in the Scholastic Branches line. She has written more than 400 books for kids, including the Pixie Tricks series and the Underdogs series with Kyla May.
Some readers also know Tracey for writing books based on animation such as Pokémon and LEGO Ninjago.
She currently lives in the western Catskills of New York with her husband, Bill; their adopted dogs; and a whole mess of chickens.
Who could forget this crazy episode?! Buttercup gets carried away when Bubbles loses a tooth and gets a new golden dollar coin from the tooth fairy. After an unsuccessful attempt to knock out another tooth from Bubbles, Buttercup gets a devious idea to collect more teeth and horde more money for herself. But her two sisters come up with a crafty plan of their own.
This lesson shows that what you do to others eventually comes back to you: an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.
SPOILER WARNING! For readers who have seen the whole episode there is one particularly humorous scene with the villains that had me cracked up!
Bubbles loses her very first tooth. Professor tells her to put it under her pillow and the tooth fairy will leave her money. She wakes up the next morning to find a quarter under her pillow. Buttercup likes the idea much more than she should and tries to knock out another one of Bubble's teeth until Professor interferes and stops her. Buttercup decides to knock out the villain's teeth instead. Blossom and Bubbles discover Buttercup's diabolical plan and decide to show her how it feels to have her teeth knocked out.