Prime Mates

"Prime Mates" is the first episode (part one) of The Powerpuff Girls season six, and the sixty-fourth overall. It aired on April 16, 2004 on Cartoon Network. It was written by Nate Cash, Craig Lewis, series creator, Craig McCracken, John McIntyre, Cindy Morrow, Amy Keating Rogers, Chris Savino, Thurop Van Orman, and Mike Kim, directed by McIntyre, and voiced directed by Collette Sunderman.

Memorable quotes
Narrator: The city of Townsville, where a dark and stormy night is the perfect sinister weather for an evil monkey by the name of Mojo Jojo to...Get a good night's rest.

Narrator: And so, for the only time, the day is saved, thanks to the mopey Mopey Popo. Mopey: Eat my jerky.

Characters

 * style="background-color:#clear"| The Narrator (voice only)
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Tom Kenny
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Mojo Jojo
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Roger L. Jackson
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Monkey (doll)
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Mopey Popo
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Dee Bradley Baker
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Rocko Socko
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Kevin Michael Richardson
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Bubbles Utonium
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Tara Strong
 * 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 Strong
 * 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"| Buttercup Utonium
 * style="background-color:#clear"| E.G. Daily

Organizations

 * Powerpuff Girls

Locations

 * Earth
 * United States
 * Pokey Oaks County
 * Townsville
 * Townsville Park
 * Townsville Central Park
 * Townsville Volcano Mountain
 * Mojo's residence

Objects

 * Monkey doll
 * Chemical X
 * Banana jerky
 * D.U.D 9000 Super-Freeze-O-Ray

Vehicles

 * None

Filming
The episode was copyrighted in 2004.

Music
The main title theme and music were composed by James L. Venable, Thomas Chase, and Steve Rucker. Venable and Jennifer Kes Remington were also credited for providing additional music. The end title song was performed by Bis. The music editor was Joe Privitelli.

Release
Dates are in order of release:


 * United States: April 16, 2004 on Cartoon Network

Behind the scenes

 * The episode title is a play on "Primates." You're welcome.
 * Mojo owns a stuffed doll of Monkey in his superhero outfit; Monkey is really Monkey, the pet monkey of Dexter in Dexter's Laboratory.
 * Rocko Socko was one of Mojo's minions in The Powerpuff Girls Movie.

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:
 * 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.