November 16, 2018 (PPG 20th Anniversary Kickoff):
Kid: We're about to return to more of tonight's new Ed, Edd n Eddy, but first...
*Fridays airs the music video to The Apples in Stereo's "Signal in the Sky", featuring the Powerpuff Girls. Click here to see the music video yourself!*
Kid: We take you now to more of tonight's new episode of Ed, Edd n Eddy, right here on Fridays.
Buttercup (in the background): I don't get it, since when did that show suddenly come back??
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Today (November 18, 2023) marks the 25th anniversary of Cartoon Network's "The Powerpuff Girls"!
To celebrate this occasion, I thought it was right to acknowledge something special that happened to celebrate the show's 20th anniversary.
On November 16, 2018, Fridays celebrated the occasion by having the trio host the show (in the hopes that no crime happened while they were out of Townsville).
Meanwhile, Tommy and Tara are in Paris, interviewing the cast of "Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald".
Q: Why was the celebration called a "kickoff"?
A: This Fridays show kicked of what we named the "Powerpuff Girls 20th Birthday Weekend Marathon", since the actual anniversary wasn't until Sunday.
Q: What did you air this week?
A: We were told by the higher ups not to change the lineup. I think they wanted us to save the PPG episodes for the marathon on Saturday and Sunday.
Q: Well, then what did you change?
A: Obviously, I mentioned a few things already (interviewing, the PPG hosting, etc.), but the set was also decorated.
Q: Did you ever talk about how terrible the reboot is?
A: Nah, we thought it was best to simply not acknowledge the reboot at all.