Curses (Powerpuff Girls)


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"Curses" is the eleventh episode (part one) of The Powerpuff Girls season five, and the sixty-second overall. It aired on April 2, 2004 on Cartoon Network. It was written Tim Parsons, directed by Randy Myers, and voice directed by Collette Sunderman.

After accidentally overhearing a new curse word from the Professor, the girls use it all over town.

Memorable quotes
Narrator: The city of Townsville, where there's always something cooking.

Narrator: And, so, once again, the day is saved, thanks to the potty mouth--Eh, I mean the Powerpuff Girls!

Characters

 * style="background-color:#clear"| Narrator (voice only)
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Tom Kenny
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| TV cooking host (voice only)
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Jennifer Hale
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Professor Utonium
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Tom Kane
 * 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 Strong
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Ms. Keane
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Jennifer Hale
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Mitch Mitchelson
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Tom Kenny
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Susie Jenkins
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Billy
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Inaudible
 * style="background-color:#clear"| The Mayor
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Tom Kenny
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Mojo Jojo
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Fuzzy Lumpkins
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Ms. Bellum
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Bank robber #1
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| James Arnold Taylor
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Bank robber #2
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Cop
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Maurice LaMarche
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Old lady
 * style="background-color:#clear"| E.G. Daily
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Toilet monster
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Maurice LaMarche
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Tough citizen
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Tom Kane
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Tattoo man
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| James Arnold Taylor
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Biker
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Maurice LaMarche
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Inmate
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| James Arnold Taylor
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Bank robber #2
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Cop
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Maurice LaMarche
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Old lady
 * style="background-color:#clear"| E.G. Daily
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Toilet monster
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Maurice LaMarche
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Tough citizen
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Tom Kane
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Tattoo man
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| James Arnold Taylor
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Biker
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Maurice LaMarche
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Inmate
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| James Arnold Taylor
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| James Arnold Taylor
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Biker
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Maurice LaMarche
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Inmate
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| James Arnold Taylor
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Inmate
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| James Arnold Taylor

Organizations

 * Powerpuff Girls
 * Townsville Police Department
 * Super Sudsy Soap Co. (logo)

Locations

 * Earth
 * United States
 * Pokey Oaks County
 * Townsville
 * Utonium residence
 * Pokey Oaks Kindergarten
 * Townsville Hall
 * Le Shop
 * Randy's (mentioned)

Objects

 * Octi
 * Powerpuff Hotline

Vehicles

 * Professor Utonium's car

Filming
The episode was copyrighted in 2003.

Music
The main title theme and the music were composed by James L. Venable, Thomas Chase, and Steve Rucker. Additional music was also composed by Venable and Jennifer Kes Remington. The end title song was performed by Bis. The music was edited by Joe Privitelli.

Crew credits

 * Storyboard artist: Tim Parsons
 * Art director: Paul Stec
 * Producer: Chris Savino
 * Line producer: Kelly Crews
 * Production coordinators: Jackie Buscarino, Carolyn Shaushkin
 * Production assistant: Erik Elizarrez
 * Supervising animation director: Robert Alvarez
 * Animation director: James Tim Walker
 * Overseas animation directors: Chang Yul Jung, Sung Chul Yeom
 * Outline editor: Amy Keating Rogers
 * Story by: Lauren Faust, Craig Lewis, Craig McCracken, Amy Keating Rogers
 * Character supervisor: Andrew Bialk
 * Character designer: Stef Choi
 * Prop designer: Chris Battle
 * Clean-up artists: Dana Jo Granger, Cathlin Hidalgo
 * Storyboard clean-up artist: Nate Cash
 * Background design supervisor: Justin Thompson
 * Background designer: Dave Dunnet
 * Background paint supervisor: Christopher Roszak
 * Background painters: Kit Boyce, Martin Ansolabehere
 * Color stylists: Karen Greslie, Roger Webb
 * Animation checker: Sandra J. Benenati
 * Digital effects artist: Stephen Jennings
 * Casting director: Collette Sunderman
 * Talent coordinator: Karie Gima Pham
 * Recording engineer: Robert Serda
 * Track reader: Slightly Off-Track
 * Overseas production facility: Rough Draft Studios
 * Picture editor: Robert Gibis
 * Dialogue editor: Jim Hearn
 * Sound editor: Twenty-First Century Entertainment
 * Re-recording mixers: Timothy J. Borquez, Eric Freeman, Hacienda Post
 * Post production coordinator: Alicia Parkinson
 * Production estimator: Cecilia Rheins
 * Supervising producer for Cartoon Network Studios: Brian A. Miller
 * Director of production for Cartoon Network Studios: Jennifer Pelphrey
 * Executives in charge of production at Cartoon Network: Linda Simensky, Andrea Lopez
 * Executive producer: Craig McCracken

Release
Dates are in order of release:


 * United States: April 2, 2004 on Cartoon Network

Behind the scenes

 * Randy's is named after the episode's director, Randy Myers.

Errors

 * There's only one line producer credit, but the credit is plural.
 * There's only one prop designer, but the credit is plural.

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.