Hot Air Buffoon

"Hot Air Buffoon" is the ninth episode (part one) of The Powerpuff Girls season three, and the thirty-fourth overall. It aired on December 1, 2000 on Cartoon Network. It was written by Mike Stern and Chris Savino, directed by John McIntyre, and series creator, Craig McCracken, and voice directed by Tartakovsky and McCracken.

Memorable quotes
Narrator: The city of Town--. Mayor: Never mind all that hoo-ha! I got an emergency! Powerpuff Girls, help!

Narrator: Oh, Mayor, you crazy old balloonatic! What would Townsville do without you? Heh. Probably be a lot better off. 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"| The Mayor
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Tom Kenny
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Barefoot bandits
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Dinosaur
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Jill
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * 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"| Bubbles Utonium
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Tara Charendoff
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Cleaning woman
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Candi Milo
 * style="background-color:#clear"| George Washington (portrait)
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Ms. Bellum
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Jennifer Martin
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Litterbug
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Jeff Glen Bennett
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Construction worker
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Kevin M. Richardson
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Boxer #1
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Jeff Glen Bennett
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Boxer #2
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Kevin M. Richardson
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Operator (voice only)
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Tara Charendoff
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Puppet Pal Mitch
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Puppet Pal Clem
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Scared citizen
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Kevin M. Richardson
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Army soldier
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Jeff Glen Bennett
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Boxer #1
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Jeff Glen Bennett
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Boxer #2
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Kevin M. Richardson
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Operator (voice only)
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Tara Charendoff
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Puppet Pal Mitch
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Puppet Pal Clem
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Scared citizen
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Kevin M. Richardson
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Army soldier
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Jeff Glen Bennett
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Scared citizen
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Kevin M. Richardson
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Army soldier
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Jeff Glen Bennett
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Army soldier
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Jeff Glen Bennett

Organizations

 * Powerpuff Girls

Locations

 * Earth
 * United States
 * Pokey Oaks County
 * Townsville
 * Townsville Hall
 * Townsville Park
 * Townsville Mall
 * Utonium residence
 * Army base
 * The Sun

Objects

 * Powerpuff Hotline
 * The Equalizer

Vehicles

 * Mayor's hot air balloon

Filming
It was copyrighted in 2000.

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. The music was edited by Glenwood Editorial.

Crew credits

 * Storyboard artists: Mike Stern, Chris Savino
 * Art director: Don Shank
 * Supervising producer: Genndy Tartakovsky
 * Associate producer: Vincent Aniceto
 * Production manager: Charlie Desrochers
 * Production coordinators: Shareena Carlson, Dayla Corcoran
 * Head writer: Amy Keating Rogers
 * Animation director: Robert Alvarez
 * Model artists: Chris Battle, Andrew Bialk, Craig Kellman, Chris Mitchell, Lynne Naylor-Reccardi, Dexter Smith, Carey Yost
 * Clean-up artists: Barbara Krueger, Robert Lacko
 * Layout key artist: Dan Krall
 * Background color artists: Martin Ansolabehere, Sue Mondt, Tim Barnes
 * Casting director: Collette Sunderman
 * Supervising recording engineer: Ed Collins
 * Recording engineer: Jeff O. Collins
 * Color stylists: Karen Greslie, Roger Webb
 * Final checker: Nelda Ridley
 * Xerography: Star Wirth, Martin Crossley
 * Animation checker: Sandra Benenati
 * Track readers: Carol Iverson, Fred Salinas, Joe Trueba
 * Overseas production facility: Rough Draft Studios
 * Supervising film editor: Paul Douglas
 * Dialogue editors: James Hearn, Kerry Iverson
 * Negative cutter: William DeBoer, Jr.
 * Telecine/Online facility: Matchframe Video
 * Telecine operator: Rick Taylor
 * Online operator: Craig Price
 * Sound editor: Twenty-First Century Entertainment
 * Post production sound services: Pacifica Sound
 * Supervising re-recording mixer: Timothy J. Borquez
 * Re-recording mixer: Eric Freeman
 * Post production coordinator: Julianne Lins
 * Talent coordinator: Sharra Gage
 * Production assistant: Linda Moore
 * Production accountant: Joanne Halcon
 * Supervising producer for Cartoon Network: Brian A. Miller
 * Director of production: Jennifer Pelphrey
 * Executives in charge of production at Cartoon Network: Mike Lazzo, Linda Simensky
 * Executive producer: Craig McCracken

Release
Dates are in order of release:


 * United States: December 1, 2000 on Cartoon Network

Behind the scenes

 * The barefoot bandits resemble Fred Flintstone and Barney Rubble from The Flintstones TV series.
 * Buttercup and Bubbles play a video game version of TV Puppet Pals, a puppet show within sister series Dexter's Laboratory.
 * The video game controllers that Buttercup and Bubbles play with resemble the Nintendo 64's controllers.

Errors

 * There are times when Ms. Bellum's face isn't being hidden by the hot air balloon because only the shoulders of Ms. Bellum have been drawn.
 * The girls have a drawing of a hand turkey, despite the fact none of them have any fingers.

Everlasting influence

 * Despite giving up the hot air balloon, the Mayor flies around in it in the background of "Members Only," although this could be taken as a mistake.

Home availability

 * In Japan:
 * April 24, 2002: ??? releases The Powerpuff Girls: Volume 8 on DVD.
 * In the United States:
 * January 20, 2009: Warner Home Video releases The Powerpuff Girls: The Complete Series: 10th Anniversary Collection on DVD.
 * In Australia:
 * June 3, 2009: Madman Entertainment releases The Powerpuff Girls: The Complete Season 3 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.