Makes Zen to Me

"Makes Zen to Me" is the second episode (part one) of The Powerpuff Girls season six, and the sixty-fifth overall. It aired on April 23, 2004 on Cartoon Network. It was written by Bryan Andrews, directed by John McIntyre, and voice directed by Collette Sunderman.

Memorable quotes
Narrator: Wow! It's a whole new Buttercup. Who says a grasshopper can't be a butt-kicker? And so, once again, the day is saved, thanks to the Powerpuff Girls!

Characters

 * style="background-color:#clear"| Narrator (voice only)
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Tom Kenny
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Fuzzy Lumpkins
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Jim Cummings
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Buttercup Utonium
 * style="background-color:#clear"| E.G. Daily
 * 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"| Professor Utonium
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Tom Kane
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Waiter
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Keone Young
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Doctor
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Jim Cummings
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Monk
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Keone Young
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Mojo Jojo
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Roger L. Jackson
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Him (mask)
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Doctor
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Jim Cummings
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Monk
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Keone Young
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Mojo Jojo
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Roger L. Jackson
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Him (mask)
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Him (mask)
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A

Organizations

 * Powerpuff Girls

Locations

 * Earth
 * United States
 * Pokey Oaks County
 * Townsville
 * Suki's
 * The Sun

Objects

 * Fortune cookies

Vehicles

 * None

Filming
The episode was copyrighted in 2004.

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: Bryan Andrews
 * Producer: Chris Savino
 * Line producer: Kelly Crews
 * Post production line producer: Shareena Carlson
 * Production coordinators: Jackie Buscarino, Carolyn Shaushkin
 * Production assistant: Erik Elizarrez
 * Supervising animation director: Robert Alvarez
 * Animation directors: Randy Myers, James Tim Walker
 * Overseas animation directors: Jong Ho Kim, Sung Chul Yeom
 * Outline editor: Amy Keating Rogers
 * Story by: Nate Cash, John McIntyre, Cindy Morrow, Randy Myers, Thurop Van Orman, Chris Savino
 * Character supervisor: Andrew Bialk
 * Character designers: Stef Choi, Charlie Bean
 * Prop designers: Chris Battle, Shayne Poindexter
 * Clean-up artists: Dana Jo Granger, Cathlin Hidalgo, Jeff Albrecht
 * Storyboard clean-up artist: Nate Cash
 * Background design supervisor: Justin Thompson
 * Background designers: Todd Frederikson, Paul Stec
 * Background paint supervisor: Christopher Roszak
 * Background painters: Kit Boyce, Martin Ansolabehere
 * Color stylists: Karen Greslie, 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
 * Post production sound services: Hacienda Post
 * Re-recording mixers: Timothy J. Borquez, Eric Freeman
 * Sound editor: Twenty-First Century Entertainment
 * 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: April 23, 2004 on Cartoon Network

Behind the scenes

 * The episode title is a play on "Makes sense to me."

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.