The Fast and the Monstrous (Fanon PPG episode)/Tropes

An episode of the 1998-2005 Powerpuff Girls series that pays homage to Warner Bros.' Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner cartoons.

When the girls attempt to defeat a desert-dwelling, fast-running monster that is about to reach Townsville, they realize that they can't kill it using just their powers, as it moves at the fraction of a second, so Blossom resorts to greatly deadly traps and tactics in order to stop it.

Tropes

 * Amusing Injuries: Blossom gets hurt a lot really BADLY throughout the episode due to her own plans backfiring on her. Of course, since this a Looney Tunes homage episode and Blossom has superpowers, she gets well in the next scene.
 * Anvil on Head: Blossom's second plan is to go on a bridge and drop an anvil on the monster, killing it. Subverted as she unknowingly steps on a fragile plank and plummets to the road below - 3 miles away from the monster.
 * Ash Face: Exaggerated as Blossom gets covered in ash the moment she falls victim to an explosion.
 * Butt Monkey: Poor Blossom.... at least until the end of the episode, when she finally kills it.
 * Cartoon Bomb
 * Epic Fail: Several times, until the end.
 * Expressive Accessory: Blossom's bow droops in the same manner Wile E. Coyote's ears do.
 * Expy: The monster is basically a mutated and more violent stand-in for the Road Runner. It's roaring noises and tongue hissing might also be synonymous to the Road Runner's "beep beep!" and tongue-pop, respectively.
 * Eye Beams: Blossom uses her laser eyes to light a bomb (or other fused explosive) she intends to toss at the monster.
 * Gravity Is a Harsh Mistress
 * Hammered Into the Ground: Blossom gets nailed into the ground by her cannonball once it gets flung back up by a cactus.
 * Homage: To the Looney Tunes shorts starring Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner.
 * Impact Silhouette: Blossom often makes a crater shaped like herself whenever she falls from a cliff.
 * No-Dialogue Episode: Being a reference to the Road Runner cartoons, the girls spend the entire episode without talking. They do, however, laugh, scream, gasp, snicker, etc.
 * Oh, Crap!: Blossom has this expression several times whenever her plans are about to backfire on her.
 * Plummet Perspective: Staying true to the cartoons it is spoofing, we sometimes get this when Blossom falls.
 * Rope Bridge: Blossom walks on one during her attempt to kill the monster via anvil.
 * Slapstick Knows No Gender: Blossom (who serves as the Wile E. Coyote for this episode) gets attacked, crushed, run over, etc. throughout the episode.
 * The Speechless: The girls.
 * Stock Sound Effects: The episode temporarily replaces the Hanna-Barbera sound effects with Treg Brown's sound effects from the LT cartoons.
 * Surprise Jump: Just like how the Road Runner scares Wile E. with his beeps, the monster often startles an unsuspecting Blossom with it's roars.
 * This Is Gonna Suck