Boogie Frights

"Boogie Frights" is the fifth episode (part one) of The Powerpuff Girls season one. It aired on December 16, 1998 on Cartoon Network. It was written by Michael Ryan and Jason Butler Rote, and directed by Genndy Tartakovsky and series creator, Craig McCracken, as well as voice directed by McCracken.

Memorable quotes
Narrator: And once again, the day is saved. Get it? The day is saved? You don't get it. Cause it was gonna be perpetual night! You know, the daylight. They saved the day literally! Ha ha ha! Ha ha ha! Blossom: Shh! Narrator: Oh, sorry. Thanks to the Powerpuff Girls. Goodnight, everybody.

Characters

 * style="background-color:#clear"| Narrator (voice only)
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Tom Kenny
 * 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:#clear"| Bubbles Utonium
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Tara Charendoff
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Benjamin Franklin
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Professor Utonium
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Tom Kane
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Maggot
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Jeff Glen Bennett
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Boogie Man
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Kevin M. Richardson
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Jerome
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Kevin M. Richardson
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Scissors
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Jeff Glen Bennett
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Little boy
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| E.G. Daily
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Talking Dog
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| The Mayor
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Tom Kane
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Mayor's wife
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Tom Kenny
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Cat monster
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Tara Charendoff
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Little boy
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| E.G. Daily
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Talking Dog
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| The Mayor
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Tom Kane
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Mayor's wife
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Tom Kenny
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Cat monster
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Tara Charendoff
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Mayor's wife
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Tom Kenny
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Cat monster
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Tara Charendoff
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Tara Charendoff

Organizations

 * Powerpuff Girls
 * Townsville Bev Co.

Locations

 * Earth
 * United States
 * Pokey Oaks County
 * Townsville
 * Utonium residence
 * Townsville Power Plant
 * Townsvile Bev Co. factory
 * Starlight Rollerway
 * Shu Suki
 * Mayor's residence
 * The Moon
 * The Sun

Objects

 * Powerpuff Hotline

Vehicles

 * Boogie Man's car

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 credits song was performed by the Scottish indie-pop band Bis.

Crew credits

 * Storyboard artist: Paul Rudish
 * Art director: Craig Kellman
 * Supervising producer: Genndy Tartakovsky
 * Associate producer: Donna Castricone
 * Production manager: Charlie Desrochers
 * Production coordinators: Vincent Aniceto, Amy Rogers
 * Animation director: James T. Walker
 * Model artists: Christopher Battle, Andrew Bialk
 * Clean-up artists: Barbara Krueger, Robert Lacko
 * Layout key artist: James Worthy, Dan Krall
 * Background colorist: Martin Ansolebehere
 * Casting director: Collette Sunderman
 * Supervising recording engineer: Ed Collins
 * Recording engineer: Jeffrey Collins
 * Color stylists: Karen Greslie, Roger Webb
 * Final checker: Nelda Ridley
 * Xeographists: Star Wirth, Martin Crossley
 * Animation checker: Sandra Benenati
 * Manager of post production: Tim Iverson
 * Unit post production supervisor: Gayle Mnookin
 * Track readers: Carol Iverson, Fred Salinas, Joe Trueba, Mike 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 operator: Modern Videofilm
 * Online editor: David Crosthwait
 * Telecine colorist: Rick Taylor
 * Sound editor: Twenty-First Century Entertainment
 * Sound re-recorder: Horta Editorial & Sound
 * Re-recording mixers: Timothy J. Borquez, Timothy J. Garrity
 * Post production coordinator: Julie Humbert
 * Production assistants: Sharra Gage, Linda Moore
 * Production accountant: Joanne Halcon
 * Production liaison: Amy E. Wagner
 * Executive in charge of production: Brian A. Miller
 * Production administrators: Athena Christianakis, Maria Womack
 * Production supervision: Haven Alexander, Ken Duer, Clive Nakayashiki, Joe Sandusky, Howard Schwartz, Liza-Ann Warren
 * Production management: Andy Lewis
 * Overseas production facility: Rough Draft Studios
 * Executives in charge of production for Cartoon Network: Mike Lazzo, Linda Simensky

Release
Dates are in order of release:


 * United States: December 16, 1998 on Cartoon Network

Behind the scenes

 * Talking Dog has an owner in this episode.
 * The Mayor's wife called him Barney, a name that hasn't resurfaced since. In fact, when he was announced in "Impeach Fuzz," he was still referred to as the Mayor even when he had been (temporarily) succeeded by Fuzzy Lumpkins.
 * One of the monsters is a Carmen Miranda type.
 * The climax of the Powerpuff Girls destroying the giant disco ball blocking the sun is a direct reference to the Rebels destroying the Death Star in the 1977 film Star Wars.

Errors

 * Buttercup made a snapping sound with her hand despite not having fingers.

Home availability

 * In the United States:
 * April 3, 2001: Warner Home Video releases The Powerpuff Girls: Boogie Frights on VHS.
 * April 3, 2001: Warner Home Video releases The Powerpuff Girls: The Mane Event 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.
 * May 6, 2014: Warner Home Video releases The Powerpuff Girls and Friends on DVD.
 * In Australia:
 * February 11, 2003: Warner Home Video releases The Powerpuff Girls: Powerpuff Bluff on DVD.
 * 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.
 * In Japan:
 * December 29, 2001: ??? releases The Powerpuff Girls: Volume 1 on DVD.
 * In the United Kingdom:
 * May 15, 2006: Warner Home Video releases The Powerpuff Girls: The Mane Event on DVD.