The Headsucker's Moxy

"The Headsucker's Moxy" is the tenth episode (part one) of The Powerpuff Girls season three, and the thirty-fifth overall. It aired on January 5, 2001 on Cartoon Network. It was written by Lynne Naylor-Reccardi and Lauren Faust, and directed by Randy Myers and series creator, Craig McCracken, and voice directed by Genndy Tartakovsky.

A mutant steals valuable information by sucking right on top of the victim's skull.

Memorable quotes
Narrator: And, so, once again, the day is...oh...something... Day...is, oh, my head hurts!

Characters

 * style="background-color:#clear"| Narrator (voice only)
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Tom Kenny
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Bank manager
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Tom Kenny
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Robbing Leech
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Bubbles Utonium
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Tara Charendoff
 * 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:#d2d2ff"| Security guard
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Tom Kane
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Pirate
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Tom Kane
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Sapphire Sultan
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Tom Kane
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| The Mayor
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Tom Kenny
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Tom Kane
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Pirate
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Tom Kane
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Sapphire Sultan
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Tom Kane
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| The Mayor
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Tom Kenny
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| The Mayor
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Tom Kenny
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Tom Kenny

Organizations

 * Meat Co.
 * Townsville Police Department
 * Powerpuff Girls

Locations

 * Earth
 * United States
 * Pokey Oaks County
 * Townsville
 * Meat Co. building
 * Bank of the Imperial Garden
 * Utonium residence
 * Townsville Museum
 * Townsville Hall
 * The Moon
 * The Sun

Objects

 * Powerpuff Hotline

Vehicles

 * Sapphire Sultan's limo

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.

Release
Dates are in order of release:


 * United States: January 5, 2001 on Cartoon Network

Behind the scenes

 * The episode title is an allusion to the 1994 film The Hudsucker Proxy.
 * Robbing Leech is named after TV personality Robin Leach.
 * Bubbles says "Holy headaches, Blossom," and "Holy heist," which are references to when Robin would exclaim interjections in the form of "Holy_____, Batman," in the 1996 live-action TV series.
 * The Sapphire Sultan is credited as "Sultan."

Everlasting influence

 * The Bank of the Imperial Garden also gets robbed in the next episode, "Equal Fights."

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:
 * 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.