Bye Bye, Bellum

"Man Up" is the seventh episode of The Powerpuff Girls season one. It aired on April 11, 2016 on Cartoon Network. It was written by Steve Szlaga, Haley Mancini, Jake Goldman, Kyle Neswald, and Benjamin P. Carow, produced by Pernelle Hayes, and directed by Nick Jennings, Bob Boyle, and Jack Fletcher.

Ms. Bellum uses her vacation days, one thousand of them, leaving the Mayor without an assistant to run his life, so he turns to the Powerpuff Girls to do all of his chores.

Characters

 * style="background-color:#clear"| Blossom Utonium
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Amanda Leighton
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Buttercup Utonium
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Natalie Palamides
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Bubbles Utonium
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Kristen Li
 * style="background-color:#clear"| The Mayor
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Tom Kenny
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Ms. Bellum
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Jennifer Hale
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Narrator (voice only)
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Tom Kenny
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Reporter
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Jennifer Hale
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Bianca Bikini
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Lily Vonnegut
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Barbarus Bikini
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Natalie Palamides
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Dry cleaning owner (voice only)
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Tom Kenny
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Mayor's British ancestor
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Tom Kenny
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Mayor's Scottish ancestor
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Tom Kenny
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Mayor's Japanese ancestor
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Tom Kenny
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Video game announcer (voice only)
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Jennifer Hale
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Dry cleaning owner (voice only)
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Tom Kenny
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Mayor's British ancestor
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Tom Kenny
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Mayor's Scottish ancestor
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Tom Kenny
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Mayor's Japanese ancestor
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Tom Kenny
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Video game announcer (voice only)
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Jennifer Hale
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Tom Kenny
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Video game announcer (voice only)
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Jennifer Hale
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Jennifer Hale

Organizations

 * Powerpuff Girls
 * Townsville Times

Locations

 * Earth
 * United States
 * Townsville
 * Utonium residence
 * Townsville Hall
 * Albatross Island
 * England (photo)
 * Scotland (photo)
 * Japan (photo)
 * The Moon

Objects

 * Dragon Wizard Skateboard Fighters
 * L-Cube
 * Powerpuff Hotline
 * Townsville Times newspaper

Vehicles

 * None

Development
According to co-creator/executive producer Nick Jennings, Ms. Bellum was written out of this particular series due to her not being the kind of message they wanted to give at the time.

Filming
It was copyrighted in 2016.

Music
The theme song and score were composed by Mike Reagan, and written by Reagan and Bob Boyle. The opening and ending songs are performed by Tacocat. The end credits song was written by Tristan Sedillo and Hannah Watanabe-Rocco.

Release
Dates are in order of release:


 * United States: April 11, 2016 on Cartoon Network

Behind the scenes

 * The episode title is a reference to the 1963 film Bye Bye Birdie.
 * Albatross Island is a parody of Alcatraz Island in San Francisco.

Home availability

 * In Australia:
 * October 25, 2017: Madman Entertainment releases The Powerpuff Girls: Season 1 on DVD.