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"| Broccoloid #1
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Jeff Bennet
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Broccoloid emperor
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Jeff Bennet
 * 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 Bennet
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Jimmy
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Jeff Bennet
 * 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"| Broccoloid colonel
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Jeff Bennet
 * 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"| Broccoloid colonel
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Jeff Bennet
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Fat kid
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Tom Kenny
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Broccoloid colonel
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Jeff Bennet
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Broccoloid colonel
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Jeff Bennet

Organizations

 * Broccoloid Empire
 * Powerpuff Girls

Locations

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

Objects

 * Hypnotransmythesizer

Vehicles

 * Spacecrafts

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

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 film Star Wars Episode V: A New Hope.

Errors

 * If Mitch Mitchelson really is in this episode, it seems odd that his clothes are in pink.

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.