History Art Science Technology Nature Facts on Instagram: "Craig McCracken was just 24 years old when he created The Powerpuff Girls in 1995. At the time, he was an animation student at the California Institute of the Arts (CalArts), where the idea first started as a short called Whoopass Stew!. The concept featured three superpowered little girls who fought crime — but instead of “Chemical X,” the original pilot used a can of “Whoopass” as their power source. When Cartoon Network picked up the