- “We’re Gangreen Gang and we want to fight!”
- ―The Gangreen Gang.
The Gangreen Gang is an antagonistic group of five green-skinned teenagers, named Ace, Snake, Big Billy, Grubber, and Lil’ Arturo. Ace is the leader of the bunch. Snake is the second-in-command who hisses like an actual snake. Big Billy is the largest, fattest, and dumbest of the bunch. Grubber can't speak properly, but he can change his voice around. Lil’ Arturo is the smallest member. They are supporting antagonists in The Powerpuff Girls original series, anime and reboot, and are the secondary antagonists of the 2002 theatrical film The Powerpuff Girls Movie.
Background[]
Members[]
Ace[]
Ace sports a long, straight, greasy, slick-back hairdo, a scraggly mustache, a blue-orange colored vest-jacket, beige-yellow high-waist pants, pointed black high-heel shoes, a pair of shades, and even fangs.
When he speaks, he sounds like the typical juvenile delinquent — mean, obnoxious, and disrespectful. He has a nasally Italian New Yorker accent.
As the Gang's smartest member, he is the instigator of most of their antisocial activities, and he does possess a certain charismatic charm that allows him to sweet-talk people who ought to know better, such as Ms. Keane and even Buttercup in the episode "Buttercrush". His full name is Ace D. Copular.
In "Power Lunch", he had cryokinesis (referencing his coolness), the ability to generate ice and snow, similar to Blossom's ice breath. He is also the best looking one of the gang.
Snake[]
Snake is the closest friend of Ace and the overall second-in-command of the Gang. He has shoulder-length greasy black hair with black lips, pointy nose, skinny body, a Kangol hat turned backward, and a snake-like voice. Ace sometimes punches Snake if Snake says something out of line. His real name is Sandford D. Ingleberry.
In "Power Lunch" his special ability was stretching long distances and strangling people like a real snake.
Grubber[]
Grubber is physically the Gang's most grotesque member - untidy hair, an enormous chin, ragged, grubby clothes and no shoes, a long tongue hanging out, and protruding eyes, resembling an Ed "Big Daddy" Roth cartoon. He also appears to be mostly mute, communicating instead of blowing a raspberry.
However, he does occasionally demonstrate unexpected talents, such as playing the violin, speaking eloquently or performing impersonations (at first, they were so obvious it was a wonder how he fooled anyone, but later he was able to do them perfectly), and appears to be smarter then he looks. His full name is Grubber J. Gribberish.
In "Power Lunch", he can do loud and supersonic belches, referencing his rebarbative and grotesque nature.
Big Billy[]
Big Billy is a hulking big fat colossus with a shock of red hair covering the top half of his face, and a single big blue eye who acts as the Gang's muscle. Big Billy's height is 6'11", helping add to his position as the muscle man of his friends. Though he does at times display a childlike innocence, he mostly just does the bidding of his more savvy, ruthless, and vindictive friends. In the episode "Schoolhouse Rocked", it is revealed that his real name is William W. Williams and that he is a Cyclops.
Big Billy loves to eat and will gobble more junk than the rest of the gang. In one episode, he was saved by the Powerpuff Girls and began following them everywhere out of sheer gratitude, but eventually, he became more of a hindrance than a help and he returned to the gang, in which they plan on getting revenge on the Powerpuff Girls, even almost killing them. In "Power Lunch", he can transform into a rock, referencing his intelligence.
Lil' Arturo[]
A malevolent Mexican midget with straight hair swept forward over one eye, Li'l Arturo seems to take the most amusement from the Gang's activities.
He sounds very much like Señor Wences. He carries around a switchblade-styled comb he refers to as his daughter and calls "Maria". He has a rather prominent underbite. His full name is Arturo De La Guerra, which is Spanish for "Arthur of War", a reference to the work of Chinese philosopher Sun-Tzu, the Art of War. He is the smallest of the Gang. In "Power Lunch", his superpower is super-speed, referencing his energetic personality.
Voice[]
- Ace was voiced by Jeff Bennett.
- Snake was voiced by Tom Kenny.
- Grubber was voiced by Jeff Bennett.
- Big Billy was voiced by Jeff Bennett.
- Lil' Arturo was voiced by Carlos Alazraqui, and later by Tom Kenny.
History[]
Television[]
The Powerpuff Girls[]
Powerpuff Girls Z[]
This version of the Gangreen Gang is similar to the original with a few exceptions:
- In the original series, the Gangreen Gang had white teeth and their tongues would be either green or pink (with the exception of Grubber). In the anime, they had yellow teeth and their tongues were always pink. Also, their skin is a darker shade of green and they have no "moles." Also, each member comes from a family like them, only without the green skin.
- Ace's known as Ace Haramatsu, however in the English dub, he is renamed Bobby Green (by the 50th episode). He is voiced by Andrew Francis. Unlike the original, he does not have a New York accent and his hair has tints of green in it. Otherwise, he looks very similar to the original Ace.
- Snake is a girl named Ivy in the English dub and is referred to as Znake (being male in the original Japanese dub) by other fans. She looks similar to the original Snake facially but has blue wavy hair covering one eye and a sailor outfit. Ivy apparently has a crush on Ace, as seen in episode 14 (Attack of the Gangreen Gang). Ivy comes from a wealthy family and loves the computer. In fact, she once told her father, "Relax, Pops. I've only been on for like 16 hours today to which her 'pops' responded, "16 hours? No wonder she's turning green like that." Ivy was voiced by Tabitha St. Germain in the American version.
- Lil Arturo is a girl in the Japanese version and is known as Weevil. She perhaps resembles her American counterpart the least. In the English dub, she is supposedly a boy, but still wears a pink dress and pink scarf. Unlike the original, she does not have a Mexican accent. She has green hair and no nose. He is voiced by Maryke Hendrikse.
- Grubber's known as Lunk in the English dub (after the 50th episode). He is voiced by Peter New. Lunk looks very similar to the original Grubber, but he doesn't have a nose, he doesn't communicate with blowing raspberries, and his eyes don't pop out of his head. He can shapeshift by twisting his hair but keeps his green skin and purple eyes, (the only time this trick worked successfully was when he turned into Ace, who also have green skin like him, despite his sunglasses lens were purple. Bubbles, however, still fell for it).
- Big Billy is known as Big Boy in the English dub (after the 50th episode). He is voiced by Richard Ian Cox. He looks very similar to the original Big Billy except he has brown hair and one eye mostly shown. He's also much smarter.
- All of the members (except Ivy) had their original names from the original Powerpuff Girls series in their first appearances (Ace, Grubber, etc.) but were later changed (Bobby Green, Lunk, etc.).
- This version of the Gang has their hideout as an abandoned apartment in the city, unlike the originals who hung out in a shack at the city dump. Also, this version actually spends time with their respective families, while the originals did not seem to even have families.
2016 reboot series[]
Films, Shorts and Specials[]
Whoopass Stew[]
They originally appeared in the intro for Whoopass Stew as the villains. The Powerpuff Girls are shown fighting, alongside The Amoeba Boys, making them and the Amoeba Boys the oldest recurring villains in the series.
The Powerpuff Girls Movie[]
According to The Powerpuff Girls Movie, the Gangreen Gang are the first villains the girls ever encountered. Later, they are also the first villains (aside from Mojo Jojo) the girls fight after they are welcomed as superheroes. This is when the gang is robbing an old lady who was shopping and eating her groceries. Then after being fought, they are put in jail with Mojo Jojo and Fuzzy Lumpkins.
The Powerpuff Girls Rule!!![]
Miscellaneous books[]
- Smashing Lumpkins
- Bought and Scold (based on the episode)
- Buttercup and the Mind-Reading Juice
- No Girls Allowed
- Where Is Chicken Pox
- The Valentine's Day Mix-Up
- The Powerpuff Girls Movie: A Novelization
- Party Savers
- Scary Princess
- Teeth Thief (based on the Moral Decay episode)
- Mojo Mayhem
Comic books[]
- DC Comics series
Video games[]
- Paint the Townsville Green (Gameboy Color)
- Chemical X-traction (Ace and Big Billy only) (N64)
- HIM and Seek (Gameboy Advance)
- Relish Rampage (Gamecube)
- Gamesville (PC)
- Cartoon Network FusionFall (Ace only, although Lil' Arturo is mentioned, and jackets for all the gang members are available) (Online)
- Cartoon Network Punch Time Explosion XL (Ace makes a cameo) (Wii, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3)
Ace appears in the online game FusionFall, where he and the Gang are in a rock band. He is also older and is dating Buttercup (known as Belladonna in the game after she gets amnesia due to a fight with Mojo Jojo. Ace took her in under this name and she now uses it as a stage name.) In the game, Ace is about 25 and Buttercup is about 13 since the Girls are now in middle school. Their couple name, according to the fans, is Acecuppo or Acecuppa. Also known as Acercup. Also, Ace has a barely noticeable goatee instead of a mustache.
Relationships[]
Quotes[]
Gallery[]
Trivia[]
- In The Powerpuff Girls Z English dub, Snake is female and known as Ivy in the English dub. However, in the original version, Lil' Arturo is female and Snake is male.
- Their name is a pun on the word "gangrene", which they supposedly suffer from despite not dying.
- Ace, Snake, Grubber, and Lil' Arturo have black hair while Big Billy has red hair.
- As of their music video "Humility", Ace officially become a member of the virtual band Gorillaz, serving as a replacement for the original bassist Murdoc Niccals while he was in prison. Ace is now thirty-seven years old as of said video.
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