Beat Your Greens

"Beat Your Greens" is the fourth episode (part one) of The Powerpuff Girls season two, and the seventeenth overall. It aired on September 10, 1999 on Cartoon Network. It was written by John McIntyre and Amy Keating Rogers, and directed by Randy Myers and series creator, Craig McCracken.

Right when the girls refuse to eat their broccoli, aliens resembling that very same vegetable come to conquer the Earth. Unfortunately, sheer strength won't defeat the danger this time, but maybe their stomachs will.

Memorable quotes
Narrator: And, so, once again, the day is saved thanks to the Powerpuff Girls and the hungry little tykes of Townsville.

Characters

 * style="background-color:#clear"| Narrator (voice only)
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Tom Kenny
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Broccloid #1
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Jeff Bennett
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Broccloid emperor
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Jeff Bennett
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Mom #1
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Kimberly Brooks
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Sister
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Kimberly Brooks
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Little brother
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Kimberly Brooks
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Dad #1
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Jeff Bennett
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Jimmy
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Jeff Bennett
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Jimmy's mother
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Catherine Cavadini
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Jimmy's father
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Tom Kane
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Bubbles Utonium
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Tara Charendoff
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Blossom Utonium
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Christine Cavadini
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Buttercup Utonium
 * style="background-color:#clear"| E.G. Daily
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Professor Utonium
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Tom Kane
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Boy
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Tara Charendoff
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Hanout Anoush
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Elmer Skloo
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Harry Pitt
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Julie Bean
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Fat kid
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Tom Kenny
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Broccloid colonel
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Jeff Bennett
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Boy
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Tara Charendoff
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Hanout Anoush
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Elmer Skloo
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Harry Pitt
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Julie Bean
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Fat kid
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Tom Kenny
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Broccloid colonel
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Jeff Bennett
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Fat kid
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Tom Kenny
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Broccloid colonel
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Jeff Bennett
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Broccloid colonel
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Jeff Bennett

Organizations

 * Broccloid Empire
 * Powerpuff Girls

Locations

 * Earth
 * United States
 * Pokey Oaks County
 * Farmsville
 * Jeeter's Grocery
 * Townsville
 * Malph's
 * Utonium residence
 * The Moon

Objects

 * Hypnotransmythesizer

Vehicles

 * Spacecrafts

Filming
It was copyrighted in 1999.

Music
The main title theme and the music were composed by James L. Venable, Thomas Chase, and Steve Rucker. The end title song was performed by Bis.

Crew credits

 * Storyboard artist: Paul Rudish
 * Art directors: Craig Kellman, Don Shank
 * Supervising producer: Genndy Tartakovsky
 * Production manager: Charlie Desrochers
 * Production coordinators: Vincent Aniceto, Shareena Carlson
 * Animation directors: Robert Alvarez
 * Model artists: Christopher Battle, Andy Bialk, Carey Yost
 * Clean-up artists: Barbara Krueger, Robert Lacko
 * Layout key artists: Jim Worthy
 * Background colorists: Martin Ansolabehere, Sue Mondt
 * Casting director: Collette Sunderman
 * Supervising recording engineer: Ed Collins
 * Recording engineer: Jeffrey Collins
 * Color stylists: Roger Webb, Karen Greslie
 * Final checker: Nelda Ridley
 * Xerography: Star Wirth, Martin Crossley
 * Animation checker: Sandra Benenati
 * Manager of post production: Tim Iverson
 * Track readers: Carol Iverson, Fred Salinas, Joe Trueba, Mike Trueba
 * Supervising film editor: Paul Douglas
 * Dialogue editors: James Hearn, Kerry Iverson
 * Negative cutter: William DeBoer, Jr.
 * Telecine: Modern Videofilm
 * Telecine operator: Rick Taylor
 * On-line editor: Matchframe Video
 * Online operator: Craig Price
 * Sound editor: Twenty-First Century Entertainment
 * Sound re-recorder: Horta Editorial & Sound
 * Re-recording mixers: Timothy J. Borquez, Timothy J. Garrity
 * Post production coordinator: Julianne Lins
 * Production assistants: Sharra Gage, Linda Moore
 * Production accountant: Joanne Halcon
 * Production administrators: Athena Christianakis, Maria Womack
 * Production supervisors: Haven Alexander, Ken Duer, Clive Nakayashiki, Joe Sandusky, Howard Schwartz, Linda Steiner
 * Production manager: Andy Lewis
 * Overseas production facility: Rough Draft Studios
 * Executives in charge of production at Cartoon Network: Mike Lazzo, Linda Simensky

Release
Dates are in order of release:


 * United States: September 10, 1999 on Cartoon Network

Behind the scenes

 * The X-Wing and Deathstar are references to the climax of the 1977 film Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope.

Errors

 * If Mitch Mitchelson really is in this episode, it seems odd that his clothes are in pink.
 * Jeff Bennett is credited as Jeff Bennet.

Everlasting influence

 * The Professor mentions this event in his pep talk to the girls in "Members Only."

Home availability

 * In the United States:
 * November 7, 2000: Warner Home Video releases The Powerpuff Girls: Birthday Bashed on VHS.
 * November 7, 2000: Warner Home Video releases The Powerpuff Girls: Down 'n' Dirty on DVD.
 * January 20, 2009: Warner Home Video releases The Powerpuff Girls: The Complete Series: 10th Anniversary Collection on DVD.
 * In the United Kingdom:
 * March 11, 2002: Warner Home Video releases The Powerpuff Girls: Birthday Bashed on VHS.
 * In Australia:
 * April 9, 2008: Madman Entertainment releases The Powerpuff Girls: The Complete Season 2 on DVD.
 * 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.