Moral Decay

"Moral Decay" is the twelfth episode (part one) of The Powerpuff Girls season three, and the thirty-eighth overall. It aired on February 9, 2001 on Cartoon Network. It was written by series creator, Craig McCracken, and Lauren Faust, directed by Robert Alvarez and McCracken, and voice directed by Genndy Tartakovsky and Collette Sunderman.

When Buttercup discovers that she can make some quick money by putting a tooth under her pillow for the Tooth Fairy, she goes around punching the villains' teeth out during fights.

Characters

 * style="background-color:#clear"| Narrator (voice only)
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Tom Kenny
 * 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"| Buttercup Utonium
 * style="background-color:#clear"| E.G. Daily
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Professor Utonium
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Tom Kane
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Lil' Arturo
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Doctor Payne (voice only)
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Tom Kenny
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Mojo Jojo
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Roger Jackson
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Ace
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Big Billy
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Lil' Arturo
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Snake
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Grubber
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Fuzzy Lumpkins
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Him
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| The Mayor
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Snake
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Grubber
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Fuzzy Lumpkins
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Him
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| The Mayor
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Him
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| The Mayor
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A

Organizations

 * Powerpuff Girls
 * Gangreen Gang

Locations

 * Earth
 * United States
 * Pokey Oaks County
 * Townsville
 * Utonium residence
 * Pokey Oaks Kindergarten
 * Take Two Deli
 * Mojo's residence
 * Townsville Dentistry
 * Townsville Hall
 * Townsville Museum

Objects

 * Dollar coins
 * Powerpuff Hotline
 * Octi
 * Smile
 * Extreme Chew

Vehicles

 * None

Filming
It was copyrighted in 2000.

Music
The main title theme and the music were composed by James L. Venable, Thomas Chase, and Steve Rucker. The end title song was performed by Bis. The music was edited by Glenwood Editorial.

Crew credits

 * Storyboard artists: Craig McCracken, Lauren Faust
 * Art director: Don Shank
 * Supervising producer: Genndy Tartakovsky
 * Associate producer: Vincent Aniceto
 * Production coordinators: Shareena Carlson, Dayla Corcoran, Nancy Goree
 * Head writer: Amy Keating Rogers
 * Animation director: Robert Alvarez
 * Models: Carey Yost, Dexter Smith, Chris Battle, Clay Morrow
 * Clean-up: Barbara Krueger, Robert Lacko, Dana Jo Granger
 * Layout keys: Fred Gardner, Jim Worthy
 * Background color: Sue Mondt, Martin Ansolabehere, Dominique Blaskovich
 * 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
 * Track readers: Carol Iverson, Fred Salinas
 * Overseas production facility: Rough Draft Studios
 * Supervising film editor: Paul Douglas
 * Dialogue editors: James Hearn, Kerry Iverson
 * Negative cutter: William DeBoer, Jr.
 * Telecine/Online Facility: Matchframe Video
 * Telecine operator: Rick Taylor
 * Online operator: Craig Price
 * Sound editor: Twenty-First Century Entertainment
 * Post production sound services: Pacifica Digital
 * Re-recording mixers: Timothy J. Borquez, Eric Freeman
 * Post production coordinator: Julianne Lins
 * Talent coordinator: Sharra Gage
 * Production assistants: Linda Moore, Ian Wasseluk
 * Production accountant: Joanne Halcon
 * Supervising producer for Cartoon Network: Brian A. Miller
 * Director of production: Jennifer Pelphrey
 * Executives in charge of production at Cartoon Network: Mike Lazzo, Linda Simensky
 * Executive producer: Craig McCracken

Release
Dates are in order of release:


 * United States: February 9, 2001 on Cartoon Network

Behind the scenes

 * The episode title is a pun on "oral decay". 'Nuff said.
 * The date on the dollar coin is 2000.
 * The crayons are Crayola inspired.
 * The bank robber with the pantyhose on his head was the head crook in "Powerpuff Bluff."

Home availability

 * In Japan
 * May 22, 2002: ??? releases The Powerpuff Girls: Volume 10 on DVD.
 * In the United States:
 * January 20, 2009: Warner Home Video releases The Powerpuff Girls: The Complete Series: 10th Anniversary Collection on DVD.
 * In Australia:
 * June 3, 2009: Madman Entertainment releases The Powerpuff Girls: The Complete Season 3 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.