Strong Armed

"Strong Armed" is the ninth episode of The Powerpuff Girls season one. It aired on April 13, 2016 on Cartoon Network. It was written by Haley Mancini, Patrick McEown, Leticia Abreu Silva, Alicia Chan, and Grace Kraft, produced by Pernelle Hayes, and directed by series creators, Nick Jennings and Bob Boyle, and voice directed by Jack Fletcher.

Bubbles becomes too dependent on a superstrong metallic cast she receives after a fight with Packrat.

Characters

 * style="background-color:#clear"| Narrator (voice only)
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Tom Kenny
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Packrat
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Jason Spisak
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Dancer Guy
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Blossom Utonium
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Amanda Leighton
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Bubbles Utonium
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Kristen Li
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Buttercup Utonium
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Natalie Palamides
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Professor Utonium
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Tom Kane
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Barry Mackerbocker
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| The Mayor
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Tom Kenny
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Professor Utonium
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Tom Kane
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Barry Mackerbocker
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| The Mayor
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Tom Kenny
 * style="background-color:#clear"| The Mayor
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Tom Kenny
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Tom Kenny

Organizations

 * Powerpuff Girls
 * Townsville Police Department

Locations

 * Earth
 * United States
 * Townsville
 * Townsville Hall
 * Museum of Natural History
 * Townsville Dump
 * Packrat's residence
 * Utonium residence
 * Police station
 * Pickle House
 * Joe's Matresses
 * Springs 'R' Us

Objects

 * My Little Rita
 * Armsy
 * Powerpuff Hotline
 * Octi (plague)

Vehicles

 * School bus

Filming
It was copyrighted in 2016.

Music
The theme song, "Who's Got the Power?," and the music were composed by Mike Reagan. The opening and ending songs were written by an uncredited Reagan and Bob Boyle, and performed by Tacocat. The end credits song was written by Tristan Sedillo and Hannah Watanabe-Rocco.

Release
Dates are in order of release:


 * United States: April 13, 2016 on Cartoon Network

Behind the scenes

 * In the previous episode, "Little Octi Lost," the toxic waste dump was actually called the Townsville Dump.
 * My Little Rita is a parody of a Cabbage Patch Kid.
 * Springs 'R' Us is a parody of Toys 'R' Us.

Errors

 * The previous episode credited Packrat as one name, whereas this episode credits him as "Pack Rat."

Home availability

 * In the United States:
 * February 15, 2017: Warner Home Video releases The Powerpuff Girls: Tiara Trouble on DVD.
 * In Australia:
 * November 16, 2016: Madman Entertainment releases The Powerpuff Girls Tiara Trouble on DVD.
 * October 25, 2017: Madman Entertainment releases The Powerpuff Girls: Season 1 on DVD.