The Powerpuff Girls: A Documentary

"The Powerpuff Girls: A Documentary" is the tenth episode (part one) of The Powerpuff Girls season five, and the sixty-first overall. It aired on January 16, 2004 on Cartoon Network. It was written and directed by Brian Larson, and voice directed by Collette Sunderman.

A film school student goes to Townsville to make a documentary about the Powerpuff Girls.

Characters

 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Brian Larson
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| James Arnold Taylor
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Blossom Utonium
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Catherine Cavadini
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Bubbles Utonium
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Tara Strong
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Buttercup Utonium
 * style="background-color:#clear"| E.G. Daily
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Ms. Keane
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Jennifer Hale
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Carl Jusscarl
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Jim Cummings
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Officer Dave Duncan
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Tom Kenny
 * style="background-color:#clear"| The Mayor
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Tom Kenny
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Ms. Bellum
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Jennifer Martin
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Talking Dog
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Tom Kane
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Princess Morbucks
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Jennifer Hale
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Ace
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Snake
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Big Billy
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Grubber
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Lil' Arturo
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Fuzzy Lumpkins
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Jim Cummings
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Mojo Jojo
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Roger L. Jackson
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Punk
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Tom Kenny
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Grandma
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Jennifer Martin
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Irritated resident
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| James Arnold Taylor
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Don Shank
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Himself
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Little girl
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Tara Strong
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Beth
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Jennifer Hale
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Dog
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Professor Utonium
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Mojo Jojo
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Roger L. Jackson
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Punk
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Tom Kenny
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Grandma
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Jennifer Martin
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Irritated resident
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| James Arnold Taylor
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Don Shank
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Himself
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Little girl
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Tara Strong
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Beth
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Jennifer Hale
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Dog
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Professor Utonium
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Tara Strong
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Beth
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Jennifer Hale
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Dog
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Professor Utonium
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Professor Utonium
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Professor Utonium

Organizations

 * Powerpuff Girls
 * Townsville Tribune (mentioned)
 * Townsville Police Department
 * Gangreen Gang

Locations

 * Earth
 * United States
 * Pokey Oaks County
 * Townsville
 * Le Shop
 * Townsville Mall
 * Movieplex 5
 * Townsville Park
 * Townsville Central Park
 * Townsville Volcano Mountain
 * Mojo's residence
 * Museum
 * Animal shelter
 * The Powerpuff Store
 * Utonium residence
 * Pokey Oaks Kindergarten
 * The Donut King
 * Townsville Hall
 * Townsville Forest
 * Fuzzy's residence
 * Garden Avenue (mentioned)
 * The Sun

Objects

 * Townsville Tribune newspaper

Vehicles

 * Princess's limo

Filming
The episode was copyrighted in 2003.

Music
The main title theme and the music were composed by James L. Venable, Thomas Chase, and Steve Rucker. Venable and Jennifer Kes Remington are also credited for providing an additional score. The end title song was performed by Bis. The music editor was Joe Privitelli.

Crew credits

 * Storyboard artist: Brian Larson
 * Producer: Chris Savino
 * Supervising director: Lauren Faust
 * Line producer: Kelly Crews
 * Production coordinators: Jackie Buscarino, Carolyn Shaushkin
 * Production assistant: Erik Elizarrez
 * Supervising animation director: Robert Alvarez
 * Animation director: James Tim Walker
 * Overseas animation directors: Jong Ho Kim, Sung Chul Yeom
 * Documentary art director: Paul Stec
 * Documentary animation director: John McIntyre
 * Outline editor: Amy Keating Rogers
 * Story by: Lauren Faust, Craig Lewis, Craig McCracken, Amy Keating Rogers
 * Character supervisor: Andrew Bialk
 * Character designer: Stef Choi
 * Prop designer: Christopher Battle
 * Clean-up artists: Dana Jo Granger, Cathlin Hidalgo, Jeff Albrecht, Barbara Krueger, Robert Lacko
 * Storyboard clean-up artist: Nate Cash, Thurop Vanorman
 * Background design supervisor: Justin Thompson
 * Background designer: Todd Frederikson
 * Background paint supervisor: Christopher Roszak
 * Background painters: Kit Boyce, Martin Ansolabehere
 * Color stylist: Roger Webb
 * Animation checker: Sandra J. Benenati
 * Digital effects artist: Stephen Jennings
 * Casting director: Collette Sunderman
 * Talent coordinator: Karie Gima Pham
 * Recording engineer: Robert Serda
 * Track reader: Slightly Off-Track
 * Overseas production facility: Rough Draft Studios
 * Picture editor: Robert Gibis
 * Dialogue editor: Jim Hearn
 * Sound editor: Twenty-First Century Entertainment
 * Re-recording mixers: Timothy J. Borquez, Eric Freeman, Hacienda Post
 * Post production coordinator: Alicia Parkinson
 * Production estimator: Cecilia Rheins
 * Supervising producer for Cartoon Network Studios: Brian A. Miller
 * Director of production for Cartoon Network Studios: Jennifer Pelphrey
 * Executives in charge of production at Cartoon Network: Linda Simensky, Andrea Lopez
 * Executive producer: Craig McCracken

Release
Dates are in order of release:


 * United States: January 16, 2004 on Cartoon Network

Behind the scenes

 * The episode does not have opening credits because it's treated as a real documentary by Brian Larson, who is a real person who works on the show, and seems to have written and directed this episode. However, he apparently wasn't good enough to voice himself. That job went to James Arnold Taylor.
 * The orange monster was last seen in "Three Girls and a Monster."
 * In the voice credits, Beth is listed as "Girl."

Errors

 * The Powerpuff Girls have their own cartoon, although it's unclear if it's referring to the real cartoon or a fictionalized version.

Home availability

 * In the United States:
 * January 20, 2009: Warner Home Video releases The Powerpuff Girls: The Complete Series: 10th Anniversary Collection on DVD.
 * In Australia:
 * December 2, 2015: Madman Entertainment releases The Powerpuff Girls: The Complete Series on DVD.
 * October 17, 2018: Madman Entertainment releases The Powerpuff Girls: 20th Anniversary Edition on DVD.