A local magician named Al Lusion pulls a deathly trick where he comes back from the dead as a zombie to haunt Townsville. ThePowerpuffGirls are left to deal with him while he runs around scaring people with his dark magic and exacting his revenge for being mocked and humiliated in his end days.
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The episode begins with the Mayor, Ms. Sara Bellum, and ThePowerpuffGirls at an old magic theater; though celebrated, it is condemned and slated for destruction. Taking notice of an old magic poster, the Mayor tells the girls of an old magician named Al Lusion. When the Mayor was the same age as the girls, he went to his final performance, spectacular in its own right. When the magician asked for an assistant from the audience, Al chose a little girl whom the Mayor himself describes to be as sweet and charming as the Girls (and somewhat has eyes similar to theirs). The magician asked for her teddy bear and did an incredible trick by vanishing it into thin dust. Heartbroken by the loss of her beloved stuffed bear, the girl angrily slides down the floor and pulled down his pants, revealing Al’s underwear, opening him to laughs and heckling. As his magic stuff falls from his clothes, Al panicked tried to get his stuff back, but stumbled into an iron maiden loaded with spikes, the girl and the audience watched as Al tragically lost his life in what was otherwise a laughable show.
After a moment of respect, the Mayor begins the demolition of the theater, only for one of the wrecking balls to hit the old iron maiden that held Al Lusion and set him free once more.
That night at the Powerpuff house, the girls are watching a horror movie filled with zombies when they hear noises. Meanwhile, Al Lusion has returned from the dead as the magical zombie, Abracadaver. Armed with "real" magical powers, he exacts his revenge by using his now evil magic to destroy the town. From transforming innocent civilians into cards to conjuring giant saws to cut through the buildings of Townsville, the resurrected magician's acts of terror prompt the Mayor to call the girls to come to their rescue.
Even though they are terrified, the girls fly to where Abracadaver is. As fast as they spot him and confront him, he immediately mistakes Blossom for the girl who humiliated him and incited his fatal accident. In an act of revenge-driven by mistaken identity, he pulls out a large pocketwatch and hypnotizes her. Buttercup tries to rescue her sister by punching Abracadaver to pieces, but like a zombie, he easily reassembles himself and traps Buttercup and Bubbles in separate magic traps. Abracadaver then returns to the hypnotized Blossom, ties her up, and throws her into an iron maiden where it slams shut on her. It seems that Abracadaver had killed Blossom in the way of his own fatal accident as the townspeople and narrator sadly think their heroines are gone forever, but Abracadaver suddenly rips himself in half to reveal Blossom, unhypnotized and completely fine. Wasting no time, Blossom then proceeds to rescue Buttercup and Bubbles. After having been surprised by how Blossom and Abracadaver switched places, they soon show that Abracadaver is the one in the coffin--having been put to rest once more--and the narrator laughs, saying he loves the "voodoo that the Girls do," and the episode ends.
It is unknown as to how the girl had eyes similar to the Powerpuff's.
Al Lusion is a pun on the word "illusion".
The woman screaming "A ZOMBIE!" sounds like Ms. Bellum.
The coffin in which Al died is called an iron maiden and is a type of medieval execution device.
This and Boogie Frights are the only two horror-themed episodes to not feature HIM.
Abracadaver makes a cameo appearance in the title sequence and in the episode "Bought and Scold".
The Powerpuff Girls discover they have another superpower Magic, they haven't used this power until the episode "Nuthin' Special", where they make cards disappear on their hands.
A newspaper featuring Blossom and Abracadaver is seen in the 2016 TV series episode "Memory Lane of Pain". Blossom even brings out the subject of how different she used to look.
It is odd for Buttercup to be scared when the hotline was ringing during a zombie movie. This could be most likely because she wasn't expecting for a giant zombie magician to be causing mischief in Townsville.
When Abracadaver pulls out his watch and begins to hypnotize Blossom, he is shown to be holding the watch chain in his right hand. However, when he yells at Buttercup for hitting him (before he attaches the arm that was holding the watch chain, as the arm holding the chain was left behind to keep Blossom under his control), he is shown to be missing his left arm instead. However, when he casts the spell on Buttercup that causes her to be sawed in half, he casts the spell with his left hand. Additionally, when he attaches the arm that was holding the watch chain, it is shown to be his right arm.
In addition to the above inconsistency, another inconsistency occurs dealing with Abracadaver's right arm. When Buttercup punches Abracadaver into the building and causes him to fall apart, his right arm stays behind to keep Blossom under his control. When he collides with the wall, as well as when he reassembles himself, he is shown to be missing his entire right arm, from the shoulder down. However, when he reattaches the arm that was holding the chain, he is shown to only be missing his right arm from roughly the elbow down.
Season 1:Monkey See, Doggie Do • Mommy Fearest • Insect Inside • Powerpuff Bluff • Octi Evil • Geshundfight • Buttercrush • Fuzzy Logic • Boogie Frights • Abracadaver • Telephonies • Tough Love • Major Competition • Mr. Mojo's Rising • Paste Makes Waste • Ice Sore • Bubblevicious • The Bare Facts • Cat Man Do • Impeach Fuzz • Just Another Manic Mojo • Mime for a Change • The Rowdyruff Boys • Uh Oh Dynamo Season 2:Stuck Up, Up and Away • Schoolhouse Rocked • Collect Her • Supper Villain • Birthday Bash • Too Pooped to Puff • Beat Your Greens • Down n' Dirty • Dream Scheme • You Snooze You Lose • Slave the Day • Los Dos Mojos • A Very Special Blossom • Daylight Savings • Mo Job • Pet Feud • Imaginary Fiend • Cootie Gras • The Powerpuff Girls Best Rainy Day Adventure Ever • Just Desserts • Twisted Sister • Cover Up • Speed Demon • Mojo Jonesin • Something's a Ms. • Slumbering with the Enemy Season 3:Fallen Arches • The Mane Event • Town and Out • Child Fearing • Criss Cross Crisis • Bubblevision • Bought and Scold • Gettin' Twiggy With It • Cop Out • Three Girls and a Monster • Monkey See, Doggy Two • Jewel of the Aisle • Super Zeroes • Candy Is Dandy • Catastrophe • Hot Air Buffoon • Ploys R' Us • The Headsucker's Moxy • Equal Fights • Powerprof. • Moral Decay • Meet the Beat Alls • Helter Shelter • Power Lunch Season 4:Film Flam • All Chalked Up • Get Back Jojo • Him Diddle Riddle • Super Friends • Members Only • Nano of the North • Stray Bullet • Forced Kin • Knock It Off Season 5:Keen on Keane • Not So Awesome Blossom • Power-Noia • Monstra-City • Shut the Pup Up • Toast of the Town • Divide and Conquer • Burglar Alarmed • Shotgun Wedding • Save Mojo • Substitute Creature • The Boys Are Back in Town • See Me, Feel Me, Gnomey • Pee Pee G's • Boy Toys • Seed No Evil • The City of Clipsville • Lying Around the House • Bubble Boy • A Documentary • Girls Gone Mild • Curses • Bang for Your Buck • Silent Treatment • Sweet 'n' Sour Season 6:Prime Mates • Coupe D'Etat • Makes Zen to Me • Say Uncle • Reeking Havoc • Live & Let Dynamo • Mo' Linguish • Oops, I Did It Again • A Made Up Story • Little Miss Interprets • Night Mayor • Custody Battle • The City of Nutsville • Aspirations • That's Not My Baby • Simian Says • Sun Scream • The City of Frownsville • West in Pieces • Crazy Mixed Up Puffs • Mizzen in Action • Roughing It Up • What's the Big Idea? • Nuthin' Special • Neighbor Hood • I See a Funny Cartoon in Your Future • Octi-Gone Reboot:
