His news does not elicit much enthusiasm from them, but they sat down on the couch and watched the broadcast. The Professor was completely transfixed. On TV, the Mayor addressed a crowd, with Major Man on the stage next to him.

Mayor: Thank you, Major Man. Thank you for saving Townsville.

Major Man saluted and grinned.

Mayor.: Boy, what I wouldn't do to be able to fight the forces of evil like you! Major Mayor, that's what I'd be called. Uh, but...I'd never be able to get to the crime scene as fast as you do.

Major Man: Of course not, Mayor. You'd have to know about it in advance like I do.

Mayor: What?!

The girls' eyes pop wide open; the Professor's expression does not change. Y/N's eyes widened and his mouth dropped.

Major Man: Um...I mean...that's right, Mayor, you wouldn't have a chance. Now, how about that theme song, huh?

Mayor: Oh, yes!

It started up on TV.

The Professor stood up, obviously lost in his own superhero fantasy, having neglected even his own daughters.

Professor: I'm strong like Major Man! Major Professor to the rescue!

He started to run back and forth, making whooshing noises as if flying. Blossom and Buttercup turn to each other; Bubbles watches him. Y/N watched in disbelief.

Blossom: Did you hear that?

Buttercup: Yeah!

Y/N: I think we were the only ones paying attention.

Blossom: You know, there's something major fishy about that Major Man.

Bubbles: Hey! Did you guys know the Professor could fly?

Silence. Buttercup shoots her a disgusted look. Y/N just patted Bubbles on the head

Blossom: Come on, let's go!

Blossom, Bubbles, and Buttercup took of flying. Y/N looked up as they flew away and jumped up and down nervously.

Y/N: What about me?

Bubbles flew down and picked him up, and flew off with him. The Professor keeps "flying" around.

Meanwhile, Major Man was in flight. The girls pull up behind him, keeping their distance. He stops, noticing a dog next to a fire hydrant at a street corner.

Major Man: Hmmm.

Blossom and Buttercup duck into a nearby cloud. Bubbles stays put while holding Y/N. Y/N pulled out a camera to get ready for a picture, but is yanked inside the cloud a moment later. Major Man looks around, then flies down as the first two girls and Y/N poke their heads out of the cloud to watch what happens. Major Man ducks behind a building, well away from the dog, and pokes his head around to watch it. Nothing. Now he zips across the street and just around the corner from the hydrant. Still nothing. He steps up just next to the dog, waits for a long, silent moment, and then boots it into the street.

The animal suddenly finds several cars bearing down on it with horns blaring. It covers its eyes with its paws and hunches down, waiting to get flattened. A huge crash is heard, and the screen fills with smoke. Blossom and Buttercup, we're still watching from their cloud; they gasp in shock and fear. Back to the smoke-filled screen at the crash site. When the view clears, Major Man is holding two of the vehicles apart, the dog cowering between his spread legs.

The dog shook nervously as it opens its eyes and looks around in bewilderment, then turn up to Major Man's face. The crowd went wild.

Crowd: Hey, look! Major Man saved a puppy!

They talk excitedly as he holds the dog up; it looks back at him with a very puzzled expression. Turn up to the girls' cloud. Blossom and Buttercup look quite disgusted with the situation.

Y/N: Oh, my, goodness.

Buttercup: Did you see that?! What a creep! Major Man's been setting up his own disasters the whole time!

Blossom: That's how he always knew to be there before the crime happened!

Buttercup: Let's beat the stuffing out of him!

Blossom: No. We have to expose him for the phony that he is. But how?

She begins thinking; after a moment, something pops up between the two girls and roars. The color of its eyes gives it away as Bubbles' the rest of her is covered with bits of cloud. Her pigtails look like horns now. Blossom's face lights up, getting a brilliant idea from Bubbles' appearance to expose Major Man for the phony hero he really is.

Blossom: That's it! Come on!

She and Buttercup fly off. Bubbles looks after them for a moment and follows, the layer of cloud still adhering to her.

Later

A large reptilian beast rears up, roars, and begins stomping buildings flat.

Narrator: (bored) Oh, no. The city of Townsville is under attack.

The monster spits a beam of energy down toward the street, blowing a hole in the pavement. A woman pushes a baby carriage into view near this. She is not particularly concerned.

Woman 3: Nothing to worry about. Major Man will save us.

A building collapses and cracks open; a man pokes his head out of the wreckage. He too seems rather chipper.

Man 5: That's right, leave it to Major Man.

The creature kept wreaking havoc. The Mayor was at his desk, looking quite bored, with the Major Man hotline at his elbow. He picks up the receiver and talks into it.

Mayor: Oh, hello, Major Man. Say, did you know that there's a giant monster destroying Townsville?

Major Man: Impossible! I didn't set up for any...

He trails off into a yell of surprise as the monster's hand smashes through the window and seizes him. It holds him up in front of its face and roars.

Major Man: (sobbing) Help! Help! Help me!

The onlookers scream and run in all directions, panicked. Back to Major Man, now in the creature's jaws and trying desperately to keep them from closing on him. The Narrator cries out in fear, his initial boredom heard earlier now gone with Major Man in danger and unable to help anyone.

Narrator: Won't somebody please help this hero in distress?!

Man 1: Look up in the sky!

Woman 2: It's some bugs!

Man 2: No! Flying lollipops!

Talking Dog: No! It's the Supersockem Girls!

Narrator: No, that's not right.

Narrator: It's the Powderpuff - I mean the Powerpuff Girls! L

Crowd: Who?

Narrator: You know...the Powerpuff Girls!

Crowd: Oh, yeah! Hooray!

Back with Major Man, who is still not faring too well.

Major Man: (sobbing) Help! Please, help me!

Blossom: Why? You've been doing fine on your own.

Buttercup: Why don't you destroy the monster yourself?

Girls: Hmmm?

Major Man: I-I can't. Well, you see...

Bubbles: We can't hear you!

Major Man: I set up all of those other disasters so I could go in, save everyone, and get all the fame and glory. Now please help!

The crowd gasps in shock at this revelation.

Blossom: You mean the giant fire?

Major Man: I started it.

The crowd gasps.

Buttercup: The robber and the old lady?

Major Man: My cousin and grandmother.

The crowd gasps.

Bubbles: The train wreck?

Major Man: Bent the tracks.

The crowd gasps.

Blossom: And the kids who beat up the old man?

Major Man: Paid them.

The crowd boos.

Major Man: Please, help me!

Blossom: Do you promise to leave the heroics up to the real heroes?

Major Man: Yes, yes!

The monster's jaws snap shut.

Girls: Well...

He forces the mouth open again.

Major Man: Oh, please! Oh, please!

Girls: Okay.

They move in on the creature and pound it from all sides as it tries to swat them away without success. Blossom hits it in the nose, Buttercup knocks the wind out of it with a flying kick, and Bubbles decks it with an uppercut. Next Buttercup grabs it by the tail, swings it over her head, and lets it fly; she pulls ahead of it, her sisters joining her, and all three do a U-turn to deliver a triple flying jab. The monster wobbles woozily for a bit before it collapses senseless to the pavement, the girls landing by its head. The mouth opens up, creaking like the hood of a rusty old car and revealing a very chastened Major Man.

Buttercup: Now get!

He floats in the direction she has indicated. The girls, were looking after him with unbridled contempt.

Mayor: Powerpuff Girls...

The Mayor and the crowd are next to them. Blossom and Bubbles' expressions have softened as they turn to look at them, but Buttercup remains locked in anger, possibly still upset over Townsville abandoning them for Major Man.

Mayor: We want to apologize. We didn't realize how special you are to us. We didn't know how good we had it. We're all very sorry. Will you give us another chance?

Now Buttercup's expression softens as she and her sisters ponder their decision over. They looked at Y/N, who the girls placed at a safe location, but close enough to take pictures with f Major Man's fall.

Girls: Well...okay.

The crowd cheers. Y/N did a little clap.

Mayor: Come on, everybody! Let's go reinstall the hotline!

Crowd: Yeah!

When they clear out, the monster returned once again - the girls were standing in front of it.

Blossom: Coast is clear, Fred. Sorry, we had to rough you up so much.

Monster (Fred): That's okay. I was good, wasn't I? Wasn't I?

Blossom: You were perfect. No one suspected we set the whole thing up. Thanks.

Fred: Aw...anytime, girls. Oh, but next time, girls...not so rough?

He and the girls laugh at this for a few moments.

Bubbles: Oh, Fred.

Y/N: I'm confused, why did we have to do that again?

Blossom: So that we could prove Major Man was a fake. This was the only way to do it.

Buttercup: Ok, let's see those pictures Y/N.

Y/N showed them the pictures of Major Nam getting beaten up. The girls and Fred couldn't help but giggle.

Buttercup: Nice job babe! Maybe I'll pay you back tonight~.

Buttercup gave Y/N a seductive smirk and leaned close to him. Y/N blushed and Blossom and Bubbles fumed with jealousy.

Narrator: Oh, Powerpuff Girls. I knew he was a big fake all the time. Major Man! Why I betcha he wasn't even a real major. Hmm!

Narrator: So once again the day is saved - thanks to the Powerpuff Girls!