# Who's the Best Member of the Gangrene Gang? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 14, 2000, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-best-member-of-the-gangrene-gang/29243 "2000-08-14T03:01:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2000, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-best-member-of-the-gangrene-gang/29243/1 "2000-08-14T03:01:49Z")
Taped the 7-hour Powerpuff Girls Marathon yesterday, and watched bits and pieces of it with my kids today. I was pleased to see that we got the episode where Big Billy becomes the Powerpuffs’ slave. And the one where Joe Wednesday makes the Gangrene Gang attend Pokey Oaks Kindergarten. Unfortunately, we did NOT get “Telephonies,” or the one where Buttercup develops a chest-heaving crush on Ace. In any case, I found that I was enjoying the Gangrene Gang episodes more than the Mojo Jojos, the Fuzzy Lumpkinses, the Seducas, and even the HIMs. Possibly because of the array of personalities throughout the five members? Who knows. Anyway, I think the best member is Little Arturo. _He’s_ the one I’d like to have at my back if Bubbles decided to crush my skull with a dodgeball. I am willing to debate any and all Snake buffs, Grubber fans, Big Billy boosters, Ace rooters, etc. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Cynical](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ee59a6/32.png) [@Mr.Cynical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Cynical)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2000, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-best-member-of-the-gangrene-gang/29243/2 "2000-08-14T03:43:52Z")
I am speechless, save for this. ---
**Author:** ![PowerpuffKue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f05b48/32.png) [@PowerpuffKue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PowerpuffKue)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2000, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-best-member-of-the-gangrene-gang/29243/3 "2000-08-14T06:37:41Z")
I guess this thread is just screaming at me to answer. I’m going to go with Big Billy though. But no question Mojo-Jojo is the best villian. ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2000, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-best-member-of-the-gangrene-gang/29243/4 "2000-08-14T19:44:50Z")
I like Little Arturo, but my favorite villain is Fuzzy Lumpkins. He reminds me of someone I went to school with. “Telephonies” is my favorite Gangrene Gang episode though. Big Billy’s prank call was hilarious. ---
**Author:** ![don\_Jaime](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b4bc9f/32.png) [@don\_Jaime](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_Jaime)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2000, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-best-member-of-the-gangrene-gang/29243/5 "2000-08-14T19:56:47Z")
PBBT?!? Pbtpbptbt pbptp btppbtppb bpt! Ppbt pbpt pbbtt pbtpb tppbttp bppbtp tpbt. Ptpbpt, pbp tbpbp ptpb tpbp **GRUBBER** pbtbp bttpptb btppbtp! [Press CTRL-ALT-SYS REQ to wipe spittle off your screen…] ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2000, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-best-member-of-the-gangrene-gang/29243/6 "2000-08-15T01:00:02Z")
Another vote for Grubber. He’s so damn eloquent. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2000, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-best-member-of-the-gangrene-gang/29243/7 "2000-08-15T17:24:10Z")
Only five posts, but well over a hundred views. And let’s see…we have two votes for Grubber (from the Basil Wolverton aficionados, I suspect), two for Little Arturo, and one for Big Billy. Jeez, I wonder how Ace got to be the head of this outfit? ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2000, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-best-member-of-the-gangrene-gang/29243/8 "2000-08-15T17:43:46Z")
I caught a little bit of this marathon, too (OK, I caught four hours of it). Anyone see the episode where Mojo Jojo attended the slumber party in drag as “Mojeesha?” I still vote for HIM as the creepiest villain. . . . Anyone else think The Professor is kinda hot? ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2000, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-best-member-of-the-gangrene-gang/29243/9 "2000-08-15T19:08:00Z")
Are you people making all of this up? Or does all the gibberish in Ukulele Ike’s original post actually refer to a bonafide set of fictional characters? If I find out someone’s been pulling my leg, there’ll be hell to pay. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2000, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-best-member-of-the-gangrene-gang/29243/10 "2000-08-15T20:00:30Z")
Oh, man, I WISH we were good enough to make this sort of stuff up. But Truth is stranger than Fiction, **Arnold,** my friend. Go Thou, and Get Thyself Puffed. **Eve:** The slumber party episode is one of the best, especially from the neofeminist perspective: Mojo Jojo, a guy who can lift I-bars, is soundly defeated by the little girls of Townsville! The weird thing about this one is that Mojo _succeeds in draining off the Girls’ super-powers,_ is pounded to a pulp by their kindergarten peers, and _then the episode ends._ How do they get their powers back? ---
**Author:** ![Tally-Ho](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e495f1/32.png) [@Tally-Ho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tally-Ho)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2000, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-best-member-of-the-gangrene-gang/29243/11 "2000-08-16T12:03:09Z")
The Gangrene Gang are pretty cool, the Amoeba Boys are sweetly pathetic, and HIM is _freaky_ but I like Mojo Jojo the best. My favorite episode so far is “Los Dos Mojos” where Bubbles thinks she is Mojo Jojo. Here **Arnold** , fight your ignorance of all things PowerPuff. [And the day is saved…](http://www.cartoonnetwork.com/POWERPUFF/) ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2000, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-best-member-of-the-gangrene-gang/29243/12 "2000-08-16T14:15:07Z")
“The weird thing about this one is that Mojo succeeds in draining off the Girls’ super-powers, is pounded to a pulp by their kindergarten peers, and then the episode ends. How do they get their powers back?” —I noticed that too, Ike. One of those leaving-you-hanging endings. I guess the Little Girls of Townsville forced Mojo Jojo to give the P-P Girls their powers back by threatening him with pillows? HIM is indeed freaky. Reminds me a lot of someone I knew in Baltimore . . . Remember, I used to hang out with the John Waters crowd. ---
**Author:** ![don\_Jaime](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b4bc9f/32.png) [@don\_Jaime](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_Jaime)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2000, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-best-member-of-the-gangrene-gang/29243/13 "2000-08-16T17:25:24Z")
[http://www.ppgworld.com](http://www.ppgworld.com) had Craig McCracken’s original school short “Whoopass Girls”, which introduced the three nameless superheroines by letting them beat up what became the Gangrene Gang and a surprisingly dangerous gang of Amoeba Boys. It also had the two “What a Cartoon!” shorts, “Meat Fuzzy Lumpkins” and “Crime 101”. Haven’t been there in a while, though. Also lost the address for the Pokey Oaks Fanfic Library, but they had a Yahoo club, so I should be able to dredge it back up eventually. Another good site is [http://www.powerpuff.com](http://www.powerpuff.com). A more pertinent IMHO question might be, which of the girls is the best? I wouldn’t dare answer it, though. Much more devisive than which Gangrener is best. ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2000, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-best-member-of-the-gangrene-gang/29243/14 "2000-08-16T17:33:28Z")
Thank you for the links, **chrisbar** and **don Jaime**. I don’t have the cartoon network so was unaware of this new cultural phenomenon. From the pictures I’ve seen, the powerpuff girls scare me with their huge heads and eyes. I don’t think I’m ready to enter their universe. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2000, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-best-member-of-the-gangrene-gang/29243/15 "2000-08-16T18:13:02Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Arnold Winkelried \* > \*\*I don’t think I’m ready to enter their universe. \*\* Oh, **A.W.**! Just say yes! Once you’re Puffed, you can never go back! (You can rent a viddy at your local shop.) **don Jaime:** Oh, it’s not such a divisive question. I mean, EVERYONE’S gonna say Buttercup, right? How could anyone choose Blossom, that insufferable prig, or Bubbles, that scared-of-the-dark bonehead? Buttercup’s got it all…the charm, the energy, the toughness, the looks, the personality, the sexual allu-- uh, the charm. ---
**Author:** ![DigitalMuse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecccb3/32.png) [@DigitalMuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalMuse)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2000, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-best-member-of-the-gangrene-gang/29243/16 "2000-08-17T03:00:11Z")
Little Arturo is the best in the gangrene gang. HIM makes me laugh everytime he comes on for some odd reason. And, Bubbles is the best powerpuff!! Ever seen the epidoe where she goes into their virtual reality chamber and beats the monsters at level 14 or something. now that was the best. And, as I found out tonite while watching the show, that Buttercup relies on her blankie to fight well… ---
**Author:** ![PowerpuffKue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f05b48/32.png) [@PowerpuffKue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PowerpuffKue)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2000, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-best-member-of-the-gangrene-gang/29243/17 "2000-08-17T04:44:27Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by DigitalMuse \* > \*\*And, Bubbles is the best powerpuff!! Ever seen the epidoe where she goes into their virtual reality chamber and beats the monsters at level 14 or something. now that was the best. And, as I found out tonite while watching the show, that Buttercup relies on her blankie to fight well… \*\* Bubbles is the best! And yes I saw that episode earlier today, go fig, me watch Powerpuff Girls 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![don\_Jaime](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b4bc9f/32.png) [@don\_Jaime](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_Jaime)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2000, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-best-member-of-the-gangrene-gang/29243/18 "2000-08-17T12:41:14Z")
Uke, Kue! Blossom is commander and the leader for a reason. She’s done comunity service for stealing and almost got five old men killed by lying to them, and still she leads the group. I can only assume that she must be better than her sisters despite these massive character flaws. I wonder what B-cup and Bubbles are hiding… Heh-heh-heh-heh-heh-heh-heh… ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2000, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-best-member-of-the-gangrene-gang/29243/19 "2000-08-17T17:17:08Z")
Buttercup is my favorite, but Bubbles is right cute too. My favorite Bubbles episode (I don’t remember the title) was the one where the evil clown steals all the colors from Townsville and Bubbles tries to save the day with her crayons. ---
**Author:** ![DigitalMuse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecccb3/32.png) [@DigitalMuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalMuse)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2000, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-best-member-of-the-gangrene-gang/29243/20 "2000-08-17T17:23:06Z")
One of my friends says I’m just like Bubbles, in that im cute and stuff, even though I resemble Buttercup. I also have a Bubbles lanyard that holds my car keys:) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-best-member-of-the-gangrene-gang/29243.md?page=2)