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Scene redraw to visually show why this whole episode makes me uncomfortable. 

Okay so I get this, but I also don’t. A horse with a cardboard unicorn horn vs a transwoman’s wig being taken off seems like a very distant comparison to me…

Normally I would agree, however, the writers themselves said that donny represents a transgendered person.

In addition to shattering old tropes and kick-punching dated ideas, the new “Powerpuff Girls” will also address issues of gender and identity. One upcoming episode in particular touches on ideas of gender identity – a topic open to conversation even in animated shows, thanks to programs such as “Steven Universe,” which explores gender fluidity and rejects established gender norms.

“We did an episode where there’s a unicorn. Basically when it starts out, he’s a pony, but he wants to be a unicorn,” Jennings explained. “He has to go through a transformation to become a unicorn and so it’s a whole [episode that asks], ‘What are you on the inside? What are you on the outside? How do you identify yourself? How do people see you?’ There’s a lot of subtext in that.”

Well that part was sarcasm to convey that him actually having a horn all along is bullshit because when talking about gender identity issues, having them have the thing they sought after all along without any modifications makes the point completely bullshit

HOW DID I NEVER NOTICE THIS BEFORE!?