Of course the story is completely false, but Lauren is just that awesome. And she was one of the people who wrote Today's special: Powerpuff Girls: 'Twas the fight before Christmas.
I do love this special, thanks in no small part to the fact it doesn't feel like a kids cartoon. It, like other Faustian shows, feels like animation was just the chosen medium, rather than the required, and that they decided to take advantage of the medium while they were using it. (Unlike a lot of other shows... cough nickelodeon cough.)
But, enough fanboying, let's summarize the special:
We begin with the Powerpuff Girls in their kindergarten class at Pokey Oaks, where they are celebrating Christmas. Buttercup is writing her letter to Santa. (It's the day before Christmas Eve, and the other characters point out how belated the letter is.) Then Princess, a bitchy 5 year old spoiled brat who wants to be a Powerpuff Girl because it is the only thing she cannot have, interrupts them, taunting them about how she has only one wish for Santa because her father buys everything she wants. (Something tells me that if she went to Willy Wonka's chocolate factory, the squirrels would all swarm her LONG before she gets to the nut room, just sensing her as an abomination towards goodness.) However, because she is a regular villain, the Powerpuff Girls point out how she's naughty and will just get coal, and rattle-off all her crimes from previous episodes. This stings Princess, as she hadn't considered herself naughty, (the path to evil is paved with good intentions... Or just narcissism.) and she goes home, asking all her servants if they think she's naughty. They all avoid the subject, knowing her to be naughty, and wanting so much to tell her yes.
Princess then discovers the massive hoard of Coal that she's built up over the years (Sheesh, she's only 5. Sure she's a bitch, but I don't really think she did that much bad stuff when she was 1-2 years old, so that mountain of coal must just be from when she was 3-4 years old. I don't even know what trouble a 3 or 4 year old can get themselves into that would make them deserve THAT MUCH coal.) and decides to invade the North Pole and make sure her name is on the nice list.
Meanwhile, the Powerpuff girls are Decorating for Christmas... On December 23rd. (WHY?! I mean sure Stores put up decorations way too early, but they have an economic reason for it! Why are you putting up your decorations so late?! Hell, why do all cartoons have their characters put up their decorations on the last day before Christmas?!)
We then return to Princess playing Spider-man at the North Pole. She reaches Santa's office, and discovers that she is the only kid in the world on the naughty list (apart from the permanently naughty plaque, but we'll get to that later). She then switches the labels for the lists, making her the only nice kid in the world.
After Santa finishes his delivery to the Powerpuff Girls, Bubbles wakes up, believing she's heard Santa (given that they are basically superman divided by 3, it wouldn't be surprising for them to have super hearing). She then heads downstairs to see what he left. She finds no gifts under the tree (apparently Professor Plutonium doesn't put his gifts to the girls under the tree...) so she goes to check the stockings... and finds coal. Freaking out, Bubbles goes around to the entire city, looking to see if any kid got presents under their tree or if any stocking lacks coal. After figuring out that no one has gifts, she returns home and alerts Blossom and Buttercup, and explains the situation. They then head off to go tell Santa of the mistake... But are intercepted by Princess, who now has superpowers. The Powerpuff Girls then tell her that they are going to correct Santa's error, while Princess states that she's going to get there first, and turn Santa against them. Thus the race to the north pole begins.
They fight all the way there, Princess using underhanded trickery to get 1 or two seconds ahead of the others, and the Powerpuff girls just using their powers to stop a super villain. After about 10 minutes, they arrive at the North Pole, and in a super powered cartoon cloud fight, (in the form of an atom) they destroy much of Santa's workshop.
Santa then breaks up the fight, complaining about the smashing and crashing and how every kid in the world was naughty except for one child. It is only when he is introduced to the Powerpuff girls does he actually figure out that something is awry. Princess then taunts Santa about how the list says she's nice and that she deserves what she wants... Santa then puts her on the Permanent Naughty Plaque, and takes away her powers.
the Powerpuff girls exclaim about how they didn't know Santa could grant Superpowers, and he simply responds, "No one ever asked." (Woah woah woah... REALLY?! Dude! Santa, I want the ability to animate feature length films at 60 frames per second in less than an hour, I want the power to create portals for faster than light travel, and I want the ability to turn into a pony!)
The Powerpuff girls then exclaim about how he needs to go and deliver everyone's presents, and Santa isn't worried, saying he's done rush jobs before... Until he realizes his sleigh was destroyed, along with most of his factory. The Powerpuff girls then go in his stead. (Considering they can go fast that they become light, it shouldn't be much trouble for them. Plus, they could just pull a Superman and turn the world backwards so they can go back in time if need be.)
The Special ends with the Powerpuff girls opening their Christmas presents (which Santa delivered for them. Magic, don't ask questions.) and everyone lives merrily ever after.
There is nothing in need of repair here. Sure, it isn't perfect, and there are one or two scenes that seem to drag on too long, but it is pretty much golden.
If there was one thing I would change, it would be the time frame. All of this takes place on the two days before Christmas, and the decorating takes place in that same time period. Sure the Powerpuff girls can do it super fast, but that same scene should take place earlier in the month, since it makes little sense to put up the decorations in one day then have to take them down less than a week later. There is also the getting out of school thing... Most public schools have a thing called "Winter Break" where students get out of class for 1-2 weeks. (For College it is longer, but then again the classes are also longer.) It is very rare for school to butt right up against the weekend right before Christmas, though I suppose this wasn't always the case, considering this is somewhat recurring in stories involving Christmas eve/day... But still, it is rather odd today.
This has been Fixer Sue. Tomorrow... I think I'll leave tomorrow a complete surprise.
Oh, and one last thing before I go:
Long before Lauren made My Little Pony: Friendship is magic, I suspect she was the one who wrote and drew this. Mythology-gag-ho!
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