Okay, but seriously this time how the HELL have I not added HIM into a countdown until now? Like... really, what's wrong with me? I've added in Mr. Mime and the Rowdyruff Boys, but not HIM? The most fabulous incarnation of pure evil since Pitch from Santa Claus? If you're ashamed in me, that's okay, I'm ashamed with myself! But hey, better late then never and now with the Powerpuff Girls reboot out and thoroughly bastardizing and raping and that was once good with the series-(and that's not all it's wanting to rape apparently, I'm looking at you Jake Goldman~)-it's a good time to sit back and recall what made the series good to begin with, that being a good ole' does of nightmare fuel!
While HIM on the surface is outright funny, what his overall appearance, the show never held back with just how disturbing and terrifying this character could be and was one of the many factors that established the feel of the show, that being cute things in an otherwise harsh, dark world. It never ceased to amaze me how few punches they pulled with HIM, while other villains usually remained more comically over the top, HIM was always taken with a much more sincere air that made what he was doing much more wrong and messed up and the fact that he was shown multiple times to easily be capable of dominating the world if one little thing went wrong for the girls was definitely a testament to his strength and I think that's why I always loved when he showed up, because it almost always symbolized that shit was getting real... that and he could be hilarious a lot of times too.
Powerpuff Girls is one of the late, great hits of a bygone era and it's such a shame that no one seems to understand what made it such a god series to begin with. Whether it be a misguided attempt and recreating it in Japan, or bleeding it dry to fit today's sensibilities (or being horribly naive to them in many cases) it's sad to see such a once great series be put through the ringer... kinda like the Sonic the Hedgehog of cartoons, I guess you could say. But I digress! HIM is a great villain and something I should have given a shout out to years ago, so here ya go!
This guy always freaked me out as a kid. Tough Love and Speed Demon were two episodes I just could not watch as a child, just because they horrified me so much.
This guy always freaked me out as a kid. Tough Love and Speed Demon were two episodes I just could n
