The Powerpuff Girls Movie is a 2002 American animated superhero action comedy film based on the television series The Powerpuff Girls. It was directed and co-written by series creator Craig McCracken, co-written by Charlie Bean, Lauren Faust, Paul Rudish, and Don Shank, and stars the regular television cast of Cathy Cavadini, Tara Strong, E. G. Daily, Roger L. Jackson, Tom Kane, Tom Kenny, Jennifer Hale, and Jennifer Martin. A prequel to the television series, the film follows the newly created Powerpuff Girls as they become ostracized for inadvertently destroying Townsville and assisting in Mojo Jojo's plot for world domination. Series composer, James L. Venable wrote the film's music score.