Paste Makes Waste

"Paste Makes Waste" is the eighth episode (part one) of The Powerpuff Girls season one. It aired on January 13, 1999 on Cartoon Network. It was written by series creator, Craig McCracken, and Michael Ryan, and directed by Genndy Tartakovsky and McCracken, as well as voice directed by Tartakovsky.

Memorable quotes
Narrator: The city of Townsville, Pokey Oaks County, a sleepy suburb of the city of Townsville. Pokey Oaks Kindergarten, a school in Pokey Oaks County, a sleepy suburb of the city of Townsville. Ms. Keane, a teacher of Pokey Oaks Kindergarten, a school in the sleepy suburbs of (bad look from Ms. Keane)--Oh--I--Oh, I'm sorry.

Elmer: Ah, Buttercup? Buttercup: Yeah? Elmer: You're cool. Buttercup: Yeah, let's stick together. Narrator: Oh, Buttercup, we love glue! So, once again, the day is saved, thanks to the Powerpuff Girls.

Characters

 * style="background-color:#clear"| The Narrator (voice only)
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Tom Kenny
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Ms. Keane
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Jennifer Hale
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Julie Bean
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Tara Charendoff
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Harry Pitt
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Tom Kenny
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Wes Goingon
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Dee Bradley Baker
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Bubbles Utonium
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Tara Charendoff
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Blossom Utonium
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Catherine Cavadini
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Lloyd Floyjoydson
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Jeff Glen Bennett
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Floyd Floyjoydson
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Jeff Glen Bennett
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Buttercup Utonium
 * style="background-color:#clear"| E.G. Daily
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Mitch Mitchelson
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Tom Kenny
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Elmer Skloo
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Dee Bradley Baker
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Lab technician
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Jeff Glen Bennett
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Opera singer
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Jennifer Hale
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Buttercup Utonium
 * style="background-color:#clear"| E.G. Daily
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Mitch Mitchelson
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Tom Kenny
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Elmer Skloo
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Dee Bradley Baker
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Lab technician
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Jeff Glen Bennett
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Opera singer
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Jennifer Hale
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Jeff Glen Bennett
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Opera singer
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Jennifer Hale
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Jennifer Hale

Organizations

 * Powerpuff Girls

Locations

 * Earth
 * United States
 * Pokey Oaks County
 * Townsville
 * Pokey Oaks Kindergarten
 * Marshmallow toxic lab
 * Bakery

Objects

 * Radioactive paste

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.

Crew credits

 * Storyboard artist: Don Shank
 * Art director: Craig Kellman
 * Supervising producer: Genndy Tartakovsky
 * Associate producer: Donna Castricone
 * Production manager: Charlie Desrochers
 * Production coordinators: Vincent Aniceto, Amy Rogers
 * Animation directors: Robert Alvarez, James T. Walker
 * Model artists: Andrew Bialk, Craig Kellman
 * Clean-up artists: Barbara Krueger, Robert Lacko
 * Layout key artist: Dan Krall
 * Background colorist: Sue Mondt
 * Casting director: Collette Sunderman
 * Supervising recording engineer: Ed Collins
 * Recording engineer: Jeffrey Collins
 * Color stylists: Karen Greslie, Roger Webb
 * Final checker: Nelda Ridley
 * Xerography: 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
 * Supervising film editor: Paul Douglas
 * Dialogue editors: James Hearn, Kerry Iverson
 * Negative cutter: William DeBoer, Jr.
 * Telecine/Online operator: Modern Videofilm
 * On-line 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: Julianne Humbert
 * Production assistants: Sharra Gage, Linda Moore
 * Production accountant: Joanne Halcon
 * Production administrators: Athena Christianakis, Maria Womack
 * Production supervisors: Haven Alexander, Ken Duer, Clive Nakayashiki, Joe Sandusky, Howard Schwartz, Linda Steiner, Liza-Ann Warren
 * Production management: Andy Lewis
 * Overseas production facility: Rough Draft Studios
 * Executives in charge of production at Cartoon Network: Mike Lazzo, Linda Simensky

Release
Dates are in order of release:


 * United States: January 13, 1999 on Cartoon Network

Behind the scenes

 * This episode addresses (several times) that Townsville is in Pokey Oaks County, after which Pokey Oaks Kindergarten is named after.

Errors

 * Elmer is somehow restored to human form after this episode.

Home availability

 * In the United States:
 * November 7, 2000: Warner Home Video releases The Powerpuff Girls: Birthday Bash on VHS.
 * November 7, 2000: Warner Home Video releases The Powerpuff Girls: Down 'n' Dirty 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 Japan:
 * January 26, 2002: ??? releases The Powerpuff Girls: Volume 2 on DVD.
 * In Australia:
 * April 16, 2007: Madman Entertainment releases The Powerpuff Girls: The Complete Season 1 on DVD.
 * November 7, 2012: Madman Entertainment releases Cartoon Network Presents 8 Xmas Crackers 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 New Zealand:
 * December 6, 2012: Madman Entertainment releases Cartoon Network Presents 8 Xmas Crackers on DVD.