Mime for a Change

"Mime for a Change" is the eleventh episode (part two) of The Powerpuff Girls season one. It aired on February 3, 1999 on Cartoon Network. It was written by Amy Keating Rogers and Zeke Kamm, and directed by Genndy Tartakovsky and series creator, Craig McCracken.

Memorable quotes
Narrator: Boy, oh, boy, your colorful life gonna be pretty black and white from now on, Rainbow. So, once again, the day is saved thanks to... the Powerpuff Girls! 🎵 Love love love la la love. 🎵 Hmmmm.

Characters

 * style="background-color:#clear"| Narrator (voice only)
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Tom Kenny
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Rainbow the Clown/Mr. Mime
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Tom Kenny
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Jim
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Truck driver
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Dee Bradley Baker
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Little boy
 * style="background-color:#clear"| E.G. Daily
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Bubbles Utonium
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Tara Charendoff
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Bus driver
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Tom Kenny
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Blossom Utonium
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Catherine Cavadini
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Buttercup Utonium
 * style="background-color:#clear"| E.G. Daily
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Old lady
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Driver
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Dee Bradley Baker
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Screaming woman
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Construction worker
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Baby
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Cop
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Dee Bradley Baker
 * style="background-color:#clear"| George Jetson
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Dee Bradley Baker
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Screaming woman
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Construction worker
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Baby
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Cop
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Dee Bradley Baker
 * style="background-color:#clear"| George Jetson
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Cop
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Dee Bradley Baker
 * style="background-color:#clear"| George Jetson
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Unavailable

Organizations

 * Powerpuff Girls
 * Townsville Police Department

Locations

 * Earth
 * United States
 * Pokey Oaks County
 * Townsville
 * Ma & Pop's Grocery
 * Townsville Jail
 * New York (indirectly mentioned)
 * Ossining (indirectly mentioned)
 * Sing Sing (mentioned)

Objects

 * Powerpuff Girls' band instruments

Vehicles

 * School bus

Filming
It was copyrighted in 1998.

Music
The main title theme and music were composed by Thomas Chase, Steve Rucker, and James L. Venable. The end title song was performed by Bis. The music was edited Glenwood Editorial. The two songs listed below were written by David Smith.

Songs

 * 1) "Rainbow's Theme Song" - Tom Kenny
 * 2) "Love Makes the World Go 'Round" - Tara Strong, E.G. Daily, Catherine Cavadini

Release
Dates are in order of release:


 * United States: February 3, 1999 on Cartoon Network

Behind the scenes

 * The episode title is a pun on time for a change.

Errors

 * When the bus driver screams, the kids on the left row, which includes the Powerpuff Girls, disappear.
 * When Bubbles tells the girls to start coloring, the corner of Buttercup's left eye is sticking through her hair.
 * George Jetson, from The Jetsons, has a cameo in the crowd after the song is finished.

Home availability

 * In the United States:
 * May 30, 2000: Warner Home Video releases The Powerpuff Girls: Monkey See, Doggie Do on VHS.
 * November 7, 2000: Warner Home Video releases The Powerpuff Girls: Powerpuff Bluff on DVD.
 * June 19, 2007: Warner Home Video releases The Powerpuff Girls: The Complete First Season on DVD.
 * January 20, 2009: Warner Home Video releases The Powerpuff Girls: The Complete Series: 10th Anniversary Collection on DVD.
 * In Japan:
 * February 28, 2002: ??? releases The Powerpuff Girls: Volume 4 on DVD.
 * In Australia:
 * April 16, 2007: Madman Entertainment releases The Powerpuff Girls: The Complete Season 1 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.