Criss Cross Crisis

"Criss Cross Crisis" is the third episode of The Powerpuff Girls season three, and the twenty-ninth overall. It aired on September 8, 2000 on Cartoon Network. It was written by Don Shank, directed by Genndy Tartakovsky and series creator, Craig McCracken, and voice directed by Tartakovsky.

Memorable quotes
Narrator: Yawn. The city of Townsville, another beautiful morning, same old, same old, yadda, yadda, yadda. Huh? Wait! What's happening at the Professor's house?

Bubbles: And, so once again, the day is saved, thanks to the Powerpuff Girls!

Characters

 * style="background-color:#clear"| The Narrator
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Tom Kenny
 * 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"| Ms. Bellum
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Jennifer Martin
 * style="background-color:#clear"| The Mayor
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Tom Kenny
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Bubbles Utonium
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Tara Charendoff
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Werner Heisenberg
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Mojo Jojo
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Roger L. Jackson
 * style="background-color:#clear"| English chap Fuzzy Lumpkins
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Tom Kane
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Schoolgirl Ace
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Jennifer Hale
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Lil' Arturo
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#clear"| School girl Grubber
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Tara Charendoff
 * style="background-color:#clear"| School girl Snake
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Catherine Cavadini
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Big Billy
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Miss Iowa
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Miss Utah
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Paul Rudish
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Craig McCracken
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Don Shank
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Dexter
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Big Billy
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Miss Iowa
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Miss Utah
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Paul Rudish
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Craig McCracken
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Don Shank
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Dexter
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Don Shank
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Dexter
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Dexter
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A

Organizations

 * Powerpuff Girls
 * Townsville Police Department
 * Gangreen Gang
 * Townsville Tribune (mentioned)

Locations

 * Earth
 * United States
 * Pokey Oaks County
 * Townsville
 * Utonium residence
 * Townsville Hall
 * Bank of the Imperial Garden
 * Pokey Folks
 * Bellum residence
 * Townsville Park
 * Townsville Central Park
 * Townsville Volcano Mountain
 * Mojo's residence
 * Forest
 * Fuzzy's residence
 * Julie Jule's Jewels
 * Townsville Dump
 * Gangreen Gang's hideout
 * Townsville Jail
 * Iowa (mentioned)
 * Utah (mentioned)
 * The Sun
 * The Moon

Objects

 * Powerpuff Hotline
 * Sink Boat
 * Bible

Vehicles

 * Cop cars
 * Cop van

Filming
It was copyrighted in 2000.

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

Crew credits

 * Supervising producer: Genndy Tartakovsky
 * Associate producer: Vincent Aniceto
 * Production manager: Charlie Desrochers
 * Production coordinators: Shareena Carlson, Dayla Corcoran
 * Head writer: Amy Keating Rogers
 * Animation director: Robert Alvarez
 * Model artists: Andrew Bialk, Craig Kellman, Carey Yost
 * Clean-up artist: Barbara Krueger
 * Layout key artists: Dan Krall
 * Background colorist: Lou Romano
 * Casting director: Collette Sunderman
 * Supervising recording engineer: Ed Collins
 * Recording engineer: Jeff O. Collins
 * Color stylist: Roger Webb
 * Final checker: Nelda Ridley
 * Xerographists: Star Wirth, Martin Crossley
 * Animation checkers: Sandra Benenati, Eleanor Dahlen
 * Manager of post production: Tim Iverson
 * Track readers: Carol Iverson, Fred Salinas, Joe Trueba
 * 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 Sound Works
 * Re-recording mixers: Timothy J. Borquez, Eric Freeman
 * Post production coordinator: Julianne Lins
 * Talent coordinator: Sharra Gage
 * Production assistant: Linda Moore
 * Production accountant: Joanne Halcon
 * Supervising producer for Cartoon Network: Brian A. Miller
 * Director of production: Jennifer Pelphrey
 * Overseas production facility: Rough Draft Studios
 * Executives in charge of production for Cartoon Network: Mike Lazzo, Linda Simensky

Release
Dates are in order of release:


 * United States: September 8, 2000 on Cartoon Network

Behind the scenes

 * The design of Pokey Folks is based on the design of Hanna-Barbera's HQ at 3400 Cahuenga Blvd W, Los Angeles, CA
 * Bubbles has a wristwatch version of the Powerpuff Hotline.
 * Ms. Bellum, the Mayor, and Professor Utonium switch bodies with Paul Rudish, Craig McCracken, and Don Shank. Rudish is wearing a t-shirt that says Star Wars, after the film series.
 * One of Ms. Bellum's transformations is of Dexter from Cartoon Network's sister show Dexter's Laboratory.

Errors

 * Ms. Bellum's new faces are randomly hidden.
 * The way Bubbles and the Narrator switched bodies isn't the same as how the body switching had occurred throughout the rest of the episode.

Home availability

 * In the United States:
 * April 3, 2001: Warner Home Video releases The Powerpuff Girls: Twisted Sister on VHS.
 * January 20, 2009: Warner Home Video releases The Powerpuff Girls: The Complete Series: 10th Anniversary Collection on DVD.
 * In Japan:
 * March 27, 2002: ??? releases The Powerpuff Girls: Volume 7 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.