Powerpuff Girls

Sugar, spice, and everything nice. These were

the ingredients chosen to create the perfect

little girl. But Professor Utonium accidentally

added an extra ingredient to the concoction,

chemical eggs. Thus, the Powerpuff Girls were

born! Using their ultra -super powers, blossoms,

bubbles, And Buttercup has dedicated their lives

to fighting crime and the forces of evil! Hello

and welcome to the 38th episode of Tooncast brought

to you by the Geekcast Radio Network. I am your

host TFG1Mike and today I am joined once again

by Jenny C of Earth2 .net the show. Hello. Hey

Mike. How are you? Pretty good. How about yourself?

Pretty good. Last time we had dealings with you

is when we interviewed Tara Strong who amazingly

enough I didn't know at the time was the voice

of bubbles. Yeah, wow that interview was so awesome

Yeah, yes it was Today we are going to be discussing

one of Cartoon Network's groundbreaking cartoons

the Powerpuff Girls So getting into the history

lesson here, the Powerpuff Girls is an American

animated television series about three kindergarten

-age girls who have superpowers created by the

animator Craig McCracken and the program was

produced by Hannah Barbera until 2001 when Cartoon

Network Studios took over production for Cartoon

Network. The show had been nominated for an Emmy

Award five times in the category outstanding

achievement in animation. That's it for the history

lesson. We're going to go on to our general memories.

And one of the reasons why I wanted to have you

on for, as I said this before, for the Tara Strong

thing, and this episode specifically, is because

you are a huge Powerpuff Girls fan. So what are

your general memories of this show? Oh, boy.

I've been thinking the last couple weeks when

I agreed to do this, to see if I could remember

how I first discovered Powerpuff Girls. really

couldn't put my finger on. I think it was just

one of those instances of channel surfing and

stumbling across it on Cartoon Network and just

immediately being grabbed by the strange looking

animation. I mean the girls obviously don't,

they're human, oh they're not human, they're

super human, but they're kind of odd looking.

And so it was more, the interest for me initially

was, what's this? pay attention to an episode

or two and found the sense of humor kind of endearing

and from that point on I was pretty hooked and

watched it fairly regularly for a while. I'd

say probably the first three or four seasons

are the ones that I'm most familiar with and

those are the ones that I had gone out and bought

on the time VHS. Now I have those on DVD and

they're just fun. I'm cute and represented superheroes

that were female and could kick ass as well so

that was something that appealed to me. I guess

that's where I'm at. Mine are, I don't know,

they hit, I believe they hit around what was

it? 495 somewhere around there or 96. That sounds

about right. Yeah, somewhere around there. I

know they were the whoop -ass girls at first

and they were making the rounds on animation

festivals before they got picked up by Cartoon

Network. So they were already fairly established.

Yeah, and one of the reasons why I had written

in the in the intro as far as being groundbreaking

because honestly this is one of the first cartoons

that i remember watching on cartoon network i

mean yeah because it was you know like we said

it was like early nineties or mid nineties and

by that time i really wasn't that i know this

is going to be coming kind of bad for me seeing

as how i run a cartoon review podcast or whatever

but I wasn't really into cartoons back then.

I didn't really know that there was a Cartoon

Network. I was coming out of the age of, just

like you, of stuff on NBC and ABC and Fox. When

Cartoon Network hit, it hit big because there

was never just an all -Cartoon channel. I got

into around the same time Dexter's Laboratory.

One of the things that was appealing was that

it was children -oriented, but there were a lot

of jokes that were kind of grown up. Right, right.

And so that made it easy as an adult to latch

onto because you could see, well, yeah, it's

silly and fun for the kids, but they made sure

that the parents who were watching with the kids

were entertained as well. I'm not coming from

the perspective of a parent, but just being someone

older. kind of pick up on the stuff that was

clearly going to be over kid's heads. I thought

that was kind of cool. Right, yeah. I mean, you

know, I think Cartoon Network's three main shows

back then were this, Dexter's, Lab, and Johnny

Bravo. And we covered Dexter way back on Tooncast

back in episode nine. But yeah, I mean, this

Powerpuff Girls wasn't really anything that It

wasn't that I wasn't really interested in it,

it just wasn't like at the forefront. And I don't

think cartoons back then were for me at the time.

I don't know. You were missing out. Yeah, I know,

I know. Alright, well I guess we can move into

the characters and voice actors little segment

here. What we do here is normally we'll discuss

all the main characters and what we liked and

what we didn't like, or if we have a favorite

or least favorite. The overall description for

the Powerpuff Girls is three five -year -old

girls as depicted in the opening sequence of

each episode. The Powerpuff Girls were created

by Professor Utonium. I have a problem with his

name. I'm sorry. It's just, if you put a P and

an L in between the U, it's Plutonium. That doesn't...

That no that doesn't I don't know I have an issue

with that that just doesn't sound right to me

Yeah, yeah, yeah You know he was trying to make

a create a perfect little girl using a mixture

of sugar spice and everything nice According

to the powerpuff girls movie the spices consist

of parsley sage rosemary and time, possibly a

reference to the song Scarborough Fair. However,

he accidentally spilled a mysterious substance

called Chemical X into the mixture. Do they ever

say what was Chemical X? Not that I can recall.

I know they explain in the movie how the Chemical

X got knocked over. Right. I don't know if you've

seen the movie or not. I've seen bits and pieces

of it, but I haven't seen it all the way through.

But yeah, I can't recall that Chemical X has

ever broken down into its various elements. Of

course, I guess we can get into characters here.

Blossom, voiced by Cathy Cavadini, I think is

how it's pronounced, who is the smart one and

self -proclaimed leader of the Powerpuff Girls.

Her signature color is pink, and she has long

red hair with a red bow. She was named for having

spoken freely and honestly to the professor shortly

after her creation. She is often seen as the

most mature, level -headed, and composed member

of the group. I know that Bubbles is your favorite,

but what did you think of Blossom's character?

Honestly, of the three girls, she's probably

my least favorite. I have the same problem with

her that I have with Cyclops, the X -Men. The

leader characters tend to be sort of bland, I

think. And she definitely falls prey to that.

I mean, she's the leader. her defining characteristics.

Not that I dislike her, but she's the least interesting

of the girls, I would say. Yeah, very much so.

And if Blossom could be equivalent to Cyclops,

I would say Buttercup would be equivalent to

Wolverine. That sounds about right. Buttercup,

who is voiced by E .G. Daly, is the tough one.

Her signature color is light green, and she has

short black hair in a Dido flip she was named

better cup because it begins with the letter

B like her sisters much to her displeasure She

was a tomboy and is easily enraged sometimes

her aggression gets the better of her making

her reckless and stubborn Sometimes I like buttercup,

but I don't know Sometimes the rage part is just

is I mean I know that you know I They are supposed

to be like five -year -old kindergartners, but

I know five -year -old kindergartners can get

very upset, but she's like upset. It's like she's

on all the time. See, I like Buttercup. I actually,

it's interesting, I would say I'd identify more

with Bubbles, but I always, Buttercup represented

the kind of character, like the kind of little

girl I wish I could be. Because she's tough and

doesn't take crap. getting up for herself. Things

to aspire to, at least from my perspective. Finally,

out of the girls characters, we have Bubbles

voiced by Tara Strong in the series and by Kath

Searcy in the What a Cartoon episodes. is the

cute one. Her signature color is baby blue and

she has medium -length blonde hair and two pigtails.

She was named for her cute and bubbly personality.

She tends to act like the baby of the group despite

being the same age. Her best friend is a stuffed

octopus doll she calls Octi. She exhibits the

ability to both understand foreign languages,

Spanish, Japanese, and communicate with various

animals such as squirrels. I always thought that

was so cool, so funny. Yes, and I will bring

this up again. I told you, I think I told you

in the outro of the interview, you know, when

I first heard you on earth2 .net the show, I'm

like, wait, is she famous or something? She sounds

just like Bubbles. I wish. Alas, that is not

the case. Yes. So I'm assuming out of the three

heroines here, Bubbles is your favorite, obviously.

Oh, yeah. Professor Yutoni, I'm going into him.

He always just seemed like a side character to

me. Yeah, I mean, he's mostly there either as

a plot device or just in service to the girl

to provide them with resources or occasionally

discipline. He's had a few moments in certain

episodes where he's had a little bit more to

work with. Yeah, mostly. I'd say he's relegated

to the background. Yeah, I think there was one

episode that I remember him in. Somebody, I don't

know who it was, either brainwashed him or did

something to him where he was stealing stuff

in his sleep or something. I don't remember that.

I don't remember who the villain was, but I do

remember that. There's also one where he became

a central point of the story because he starts

dating a woman. who is actually seduced and disguised.

Right. And so he brings about the central conflict

in that case because I think she was disguised

as, I'm a nice lady was her name. Miss Bellum?

Not Miss Bellum. Her name was, seriously, I'm

a nice lady was her last name. Oh, OK. It was

her poor attempt to disguise herself. OK. He

was pretty smitten with her and so of course

this caused conflict because she was using that

to try to get at the girls. And then there was

another episode where he tried to become super

himself and he built himself a super suit and

was going out heroing with them. I think I remember

watching that. The Mayor of Townsville, also

known as just the Mayor, who is voiced by Tom

Kenny. The Mayor of Townsville, who is referred

throughout only as Mayor, even campaigning with

the slogan Vote for Mayor for Mayor. Oh god,

that's horrible. That's so bad! Although he is

referred to as Barney by his wife in the episode

Boogie Frights, He is short and old with his

fringe of white hair around bald scalp and thick

mustache as a scatterbrained sounding voice.

He wears monocle and a small top hat that floats

just above his head. The mayor has to be, or

mayor has to be, the dumbest character in the

entire series. And I mean as far as intelligence,

not as far as character base. Oh yeah, he's very

good -winded. He's lovable, but not very brave.

Then we have Miss Sarah Bellum, voiced by Jennifer

Martin, the mayor's very competent statuesque

redhead assistant who often handles things he

can't, which in sum is practically everything.

She would definitely be the mayor instead of

him. He would be the assistant. Her face is usually

never revealed on screen, but there have been

exceptions to this in several episodes. In some

cases, her face has been shown after having first

been replaced by some alternate form, like in

Monkey See Doggy Do, where she was transformed

into a dog in the Somethings Amiss, where she

was dressed like Sadusa and wore Sadusa mask.

In the 10th anniversary special of the show,

the Powerpuff Girls rule half of her face with

her hair still covering part of its right side.

Was actually shown for a fraction of a second

most of the time However, whenever she is visible

on screen her face is either blocked by some

obstruction or by her own hair For some odd reason

I have this weird vision in my head of the the

hot light. Oh, what is it? Like the hot red head

out of the out of the Looney Tunes cartoons that

ends up You know she has this beautiful body,

but she has a dog face for a head I don't know.

And then you have Miss Keen, who is the kindergarten

teacher. She's another one of those side characters.

Yeah, he didn't appear in a whole lot of episodes.

He was just a nice lady who ran the school and

tried to teach the girls how to behave even though

they were prone to getting into trouble in school

or, you know, walking through the ceiling. And

then this is the last one I'm going to bring

up for the, I guess you can call them heroes,

but the narrator who is voiced by Ernie Anderson

in the one of cartoon episodes and then by Tom

Kenny in the series. the enthusiastic but unseen

narrator known for opening nearly every episode

with the city of townsville and often ending

with them so once again the day is saved thanks

to the powerpuff girls except in a few episodes

where someone else in an inanimate object or

another form of the girls gets credit the narrator

is so funny yeah he was one of the reasons i

got pulled in to the show because they would

give him the best jokes oh yeah sort of witty,

sometimes sarcastic humor that was like, not

necessarily appropriate on the kids show, but

was, you know, just amusing. So. Yes. You know,

and I don't really remember the What a Cartoon

days, but I know for a fact that I remember almost

every episode that I did see it was Tom Kenny

doing the voice for him. I remember Tara said

that when we did the interview, she said that,

you know, When he was doing the narrator, he

would get like two words into a sentence and

then he would have to start over because he couldn't

keep a straight face. Yeah, I remember her mentioning

that as well. Alright, well, getting into villains.

First up is Mojo Jojo, voiced by Roger Jackson.

I am Mojo Jojo. Huh? He's the best! A mad scientist

chimp with a great intelligence notable for his

pseudo -Japanese accent and his convoluted, repetitive

manner of speaking, inspired by the speech patterns

of characters in the English dub of Speed Racer.

Mojo has to be the most recognized villain of

the series. Oh yeah, he's the most entertaining

one, although close second for me between him

and Pussy Lumpkin. I don't You know I was just

right before we started the recording I was watching

some of the episodes on YouTube because unfortunately

I I haven't been able to get the complete series

DVD set yet. I do want to eventually but I haven't

been able to do that just yet, but um Why would

the city of Townsville allow him this giant tower

in the middle of the city? I know, but he's got

this giant headquarters and that's the thing,

all the other buildings in Townsville are either

white, blue, yellow, red or whatever, this giant

black building with a pink eyeball in the middle

of the city, you mean to tell me that you're

not gonna know that that's the villain's lair?

I don't remember this one, but Fuzzy Lumpkins?

Oh yeah, Fuzzy Lumpkins was awesome. He was the

hillbilly? Oh, I remember him now. Okay. Yeah.

Yeah, that's pretty much all you need to say

when you're describing him. And speaking of him,

the next villain is him. There was, I don't know,

Tara Strong posted on her Facebook a few months

ago, it was before we even got the interview,

something about, oh, she was, her kid was, she

said her five year old was watching an old episode

of Powerpuff Girls. And she was saying who her

least favorite or most scariest villain was for

her. And I asked her who it was, because she

didn't really say offhand. I said, you know,

which villain scared you the most? And she had

said that him was pretty much the scariest one

for her. He was voiced by Tom Kane, a mysterious

supernatural red -skinned effem - I can't even

pronounce that. I'm not even going to try it.

Just the outfit is creepy before you even hear

him speak. Yeah. You could be nightmares if you

had to stare at them a little bit. Uh, yeah.

Um, Princess Morbucks? Who the heck was she?

She was a classmate of the girls who was jealous

that they got all the attention. And initially

tried to buy her way into the group. But they

refused because they said no. We're fine, we

don't need any extra help. But she had a dad

who had unlimited source of cash, and so she

had him pay to buy her like a super suit. And

to show them up, she became a villain. She really

just wanted to be accepted, but since they wouldn't

accept her, that made her bad. She's a reoccurring

villain. They usually vanquish her pretty easily.

I think it's the spoiled little brat, rich girl.

Like I know they spoof a lot of stuff on this

show, but I mean one of these yeah, I I don't

think there's any direct List in those guys although

they are for me personally One of the first ones

I think I ever saw One where they keep prank

calling the mayor yeah and pretending to be other

villains And so the girls show up at the all

the other villains layers and beat them up. Oh

Yeah, I remember that episode. And that's the

one that made me fall in love with Fuzzy Lumpkins,

actually, because he's taking a bath, and the

girls show up, and each one of them punches him

and says something, and it's like, this is for

all the people you hurt, pow. This is for all

the stuff you stole, pow. And then at the end,

Bubble says, and this is for taking a bath, pow.

He ends up getting together with the other mojo

and him I think are the other two who are pranked

and They're all on the phone together complaining

about what's been going on and how they need

to stop this from happening And all he keeps

saying is birthday suit Because he was upset

that they they caught him undressed And it's

just really funny so and then the end that they

end up taking on the gangrene game themselves,

and so the villains actually saved the day. And

so just based on them being a part of such a

great episode, I kind of enjoy them for that.

Yeah. The Amoeba Boys, who I guess are all voiced

by Chuck McCann, a gang of amoebi who are the

villains featured in McCracken's original short

whoop -ass stew they reappeared in the world

premiere tunes crime 101 with their gangsterish

affections these aspiring criminals would love

nothing more than to be regarded as serious villains

worthy of fighting these guys were nuts these

guys were kind of disgusting actually i never

really glommed onto them all that much yeah lasting

impression on me um they're kind of lame as far

as villains go yeah And then we have Sedusa,

who is voiced by Jennifer Hale, a young, beautiful

mistress of disguise and seductress who uses

her feminine wiles to influence men to do her

bidding. When her identity is revealed, she typically

doffs down to her leotard battle suit and fights

with her whip -like hair, which she can control.

In her introduction episode, Molly Fearest...

Oh, boy. That's just wrong. That's just, that's

just wrong. Just, no. She posed as an ordinary

woman. I'm a good lady. She tried to manipulate

the professor against the girl. She becomes powerless

when her hair becomes wet or cut off. In one

episode she had the ability to whip off globs

of sticky hair gel. Oh God, why? Is there something

about Mary coming into my head right now? Oh

God. Okay, yeah. Seducer was ranked 5 on the

top 10 worst villains list Oh wow Yeah, I don't

really remember a whole lot of episodes with

her but and of course I haven't like watched

a lot of them I'd like to once I get eventually

get that DVD set I'd like to watch them all and

just see what I think of the show after watching

them all like in a marathon or something. One

of the episodes I did watch before the recording

was the Rowdy Ruff Boys. I have not seen any

of the episodes of those characters, so you're

going to have to talk about them all by yourself.

Okay, that's fine. Um, the Rowdy Ruff Boys are

the male counterparts of the Powerpuff Girls

created by Mojo Jojo using a mixture of Snips,

Snails, and Puppy Dog Tail in a prison toilet

in an episode of the same name. His replacement

for Chemical X was in fact toilet water as Mojo

believed it would have the same potency as Chemical

X. God. The Rowdy Ruff Boys are violent bullies.

They have the exact same power as the Powerpuff

Girls in their first appearance nearly destroyed

them. In a violent clash that reduced a great

deal of Townsville to rubble, the girls were

so ashamed of their defeat, they planned to leave

Townsville. Miss Bellum suggested using a different

tactic and told the girls that instead of fighting

the boys, they should be nice to them instead.

The boys were ultimately destroyed when the girls

kissed them. The rowdy, rough boys were resurrected

later on by him in the episode, The Boys Are

Back in Town, and much to the girls' shock, they

were given immunity to the girls' kisses, which

made the boys grow bigger and more powerful.

Oh boy, can you say lame plot device? The boys

eventually get their revenge on the girls, firstly

by grossing them out in various ways, such as

cracking their knuckles, picking scabs, and spitting.

The trio is composed of Brick, voiced by Rob

Paulson. Oh, there's one good thing that Kevin

will like, even though he's not on this episode.

He is a huge Rob Paulson fanboy. Brick is Blossom's

equivalent. He is the most aggressive, violent

character on the show. Boomer, who is also voiced

by Rob Paulson, Bubbles' equivalent. He is loud

-mouthed, dim -wit, as opposed to Bubbles' naive

sweetness. His hair parts in the curved fashion

like Bubbles. It goes on longer each side. After

his resurrection, Boomer's hair is longer and

spiky on each end. Van Ditch is voiced by Roger

L. Jackson, Buttercup's equivalent. He is hyper

-aggressive, borderline psychotic, and that's

higher than Boomer, but lower than Brick. I think

I like the Rowdy Ruff Boys episode probably the

best, just because there wasn't, before that

episode, the girls really didn't have counterparts.

They didn't have someone, or they didn't have

a team that would be going against them. I mean,

pretty much, you know, Townsville, I mean, the

overall basic plot of the show is Townsville's

in trouble, the girls kick ass, and then it's

saved. You know what this, actually, you know

what's funny? This show reminds me so much of

the 1966 Batman show. It really, really does.

It kind of can't be the same way. Yeah, yeah.

So I guess, okay, we know that Bubbles is your

overall favorite character, but if you had to

pick a favorite character out of the others,

who would it be? Oh boy, um, Prop Mojo? Yeah.

Just for his long -winded monologue, that's usually

very entertaining. Yeah. I'd like to find, and

it's probably on the DVD set, I'd like to find,

I couldn't find it on YouTube, I want to find

the episode where Tara had mentioned it in the

interview when Bubbles turns in or thinks that

she is Mojo. That's right, yeah. Because I think

that would be very, very funny. She wears the

hat and everything in the cape. Oh, does she?

I don't have to find that. I don't remember a

lot of the specifics of that episode, but I very

distinctly remember her. You're in the gloves

and like the whole mojo outfit. So yeah, it's

pretty sweet. Alright, well going into the behind

-the -scenes segment. Actually, I was wrong.

It was more like the late 90s. The Powerpuff

Girls TV debuted in 1998. It was the highest

rated premiere in Cartoon Network's history.

The series consistently scored the highest rating

each week for the network across a wide range

of demographics. from young children to adults.

In October 2000, Cartoon Network created the

Powerpuff Girls for its Friday night primetime

ratings win amongst cable networks. By 2001,

merchandising based on the Powerpuff Girls encompassed

everything from t -shirts, toys, and video games

to lunch boxes and dishware. Did you have a Bubbles

lunchbox? No, but I had on my backpack that I

used when I was an undergrad, actually part of

grad school. In August of 2008, McCracken revealed

on his DeviantArt account as He has been announced

in that year's Comic Con that he was working

with Cartoon Network on a new half -hour Powerpuff

Girls special to celebrate the series' 10th year

anniversary. The special aired on the pan -year

-old version of Cartoon Network on November 29,

2008 on the Powerpuff Girls birthday marathon

in the U .S. on January 19, 2009 in North America.

Cartoon Network, part of its PPG 10th anniversary

marathon. I have not seen that yet, so I'd like

to see that. I watched it. It was cute. Was it?

Yeah. I remember watching it, but I caught it

in the morning before I was on my way to work,

so I didn't pay super close attention to it.

But it was definitely, if you were a fan, there

was stuff in there that you could enjoy that

was sort of a nod to the fan. Right. I need to

refresh myself and see that one more time. There

we go. As we said before, some of these series

staff is Craig McCracken, who is actually the

creator, Gendi Tartakovsky, let's see, do I recognize

any of these other people, some of the writers,

David Smith, Don Shank, Amy Rogers, I don't really

recognize any of these people, but Alright, well,

I guess we can go into the actual show. The Powerpuff

Girls revolves around the adventures of Blossom,

Bubbles, and Buttercup, three little girls who

gain superpowers when they were accidentally

created with Chemical X. The plot of the typical

episode is some humorous variation of standard

superhero and tokatsu fare, with the girls using

their powers to defend their town from villains

and giant monsters. In addition, the girls also

have to deal with normal issues young children

face, such as bedwetting or dependency on security

blanket. Episodes often contain more or less

hidden references to older, circa -1950s to 1980s

pop culture. The show mainly takes place in the

fictional city of Townsville, USA. depicted as

a major American city with a cityscape consisting

of several major skyscrapers. The physical location

of towns where it has never been determined,

cities like Los Angeles, New York City, Seattle,

Paris, London, and Tokyo have been shown throughout

the series. It has highly stylized, minimalistic

visual local reminiscent of Hannah Barbera's

previous limited animation, including the Huckleberry

Hound Show, Yogi Bear, and the Flintstones. In

his review of the Powerpuff Girls movie, movie

critic Bob Longino of the Atlanta Journal -Constitution

said that the intricate drawings emanate 1950s

futuristic pizzazz like David Hockney's Scenescape,

and that the Powerpuff Girls is one of the few

American cartoons that is both gleeful pop culture

and exquisite high art. So at least it got good

reviews! Yeah Right I guess we can go into the

music segment here According to my information

Thomas Chase Steve Rucker James L. Venable And

Jennifer Kez Remington were the ones that worked

on the series music. There are soundtracks. There

have also been three officially released CD soundtracks,

one entitled Heroes and Villains, featuring original

songs about the Powerpuff Girls characters by

a number of artists, including the new wave group

Devo. Wow, I can't imagine a Devo Powerpuff Girls

song. Whew. Oh yeah, it's a... I actually have

that CD. Oh, do you? Cool. You know, let me spread

that I can reference some of the other acts that

went on there. There's a Frank Black song on

there that... Frank Black from the Pixies. He's

done a song, which is kind of just knowing the

Pixies and they're kind of doing it like a porn

rock. It's kind of interesting seeing him do

a song related to a children's show. That was

fun. Here we go. Yeah, Divo did a song. There's

a Mojo Jojo song going on there called Bone Monkey

Go. Yeah, yeah. The Apple's in Stereo, I actually

discovered because of this album. They're like

an indie pop group. And they have a song called

Signal in the Sky that was used on a lot of commercials

on Cartoon Network to promote the show. Fizz,

who are the band that plays at the end, so when

the credits are rolling, Shonen Knife, which

is a J -pop group. Nobody else that's very well

known, but I've listened to this CD many a times.

Right, right. Alright, um, well... Let's see,

I guess we can go into the legacy segment The

total of 79 half -hour broadcasts have been made

one in which has never been shown in the USA

and one which aired during a 10th anniversary

special in 2009 Most broadcast consists of two

episodes while others contain a Single episode

that spans the entire half hour the show spans

six seasons in addition to self -titled feature

film which was released in 2002 an hour -long

Christmas special which was released on DVD in

2003. One episode in production Deja Vu was never

finished. A special titled The Powerpuff Girls

Rule aired during the 10th anniversary special

on Cartoon Network on January 19, 2009 although

it aired before in Europe and Asia. The show

has been nominated for an Emmy five times in

99, 2000, 2001, 2004, and 2005. for outstanding

achievement in animation. In 1999, the show was

nominated for the award for episode 1 .09, Bubble

Vicious and the Bare Facts. In 2005, the show

also won Emmys both juried for non -animated

selections. The show has also been nominated

for an Annie Award nine times, winning it twice.

And in 2001, the show was nominated for the Blimp

Award for Favorite Cartoon of the 2001 Kids'

Choice Awards. The show is on DVD. There is the

complete first, second, and third season single

disc. Well, it's not a single disc set, but they're

just regular season sets. And there's also the

complete series collection. Oh, OK. I was going

to say, why does that say 78 episodes? It's because

that one episode that never aired or something.

So I guess we can go into the final thoughts

for the Powerpuff Girls episode. What are your

final thoughts, Ginny? I'm a little bit re -familiar

with it. I kind of want to take some time to

go back and revisit some of my favorite episodes.

And also catch up on the ones that I haven't

seen. But yeah, well done and very smart and

entertaining and just fun. Yeah, I would have

to agree with that. While it wasn't something

that was in the forefront of my mind when it

was originally out, I have seen episodes over

time through Cartoon Network reruns and Boomerang

reruns and all that stuff. Like I said before,

I'd love to get that complete series DVD set

and just do a marathon watch through of the show.

Before I go into the closing, would you like

to impart any Weevil stories for us? appropriate

to share with your viewers because people might

get grossed out. So I could say he... I've learned

that long haired cats have a little bit more

difficulty than short haired cats keeping their

rear end clean. So I had to help him a little

bit with that earlier this week. He wasn't entirely

cooperative so I had to call in some backup.

Yeah, I noticed on Facebook the other day that

you posted about that this whole no touching

thing is becoming annoying. That was, yeah, related

to that issue. The problem would have been very

quickly and easily resolved if he wanted to just

let me pick him up and hold him down and do what

I needed to do, but that's never that simple.

I don't know, he's doing well. Right now he's,

as we speak, he's chilling in my desk there.

It's one of his favorite places to hang out.

It's one of his hiding spots. Yeah, yeah. He

can peer out underneath the arm. Do you have

anything that you would like to plug on the show,

like maybe a Tamale Hut event or anything like

that? I took off in January and February because

the weather has been horrible here. I didn't

know if people would be willing to venture out

in the cold for stories, but John McNally is

going to be my special guest. He is quite an

accomplished author, and a personal favorite

of mine. His new book, After the Workshop, has

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