Bang for Your Buck

"Bang for Your Buck" is the eleventh episode (part two) of The Powerpuff Girls season five, and the sixty-second overall. It aired on April 2, 2004 on Cartoon Network. It was written Alex Almaguer, directed by John McIntyre, and voice directed by Collette Sunderman.

The Powerpuff Girls try and earn enough money before the Gangreen Gang does before they purchase a destructo ray from Mojo's yard sale.

Memorable quotes
Narrator: The city of Townsville, where Mojo Jojo is having a blowout!

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

Characters

 * style="background-color:#clear"| 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"| Harry Pitt
 * style="background-color:#clear"| E.G. Daily
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Old lady #1
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Billie Hayes
 * 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"| Ace
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Jeff Glen Bennett
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Big Billy
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Jeff Glen Bennett
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Lil' Arturo
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Tom Kenny
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Snake
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Tom Kenny
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Grubber
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Jeff Glen Bennett
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Old lady #2
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Susie Jenkins
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Tara Strong
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Mojo Jojo
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Elmer Skloo
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Mr. Fluffer
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Professor Utonium
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Tom Kane
 * style="background-color:#clear"| The Mayor
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Tom Kenny
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Old lady #2
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Susie Jenkins
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Tara Strong
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Mojo Jojo
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Elmer Skloo
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Mr. Fluffer
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Professor Utonium
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Tom Kane
 * style="background-color:#clear"| The Mayor
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Tom Kenny
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Professor Utonium
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Tom Kane
 * style="background-color:#clear"| The Mayor
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Tom Kenny
 * style="background-color:#clear"| The Mayor
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Tom Kenny

Organizations

 * Powerpuff Girls

Locations

 * Earth
 * United States
 * Pokey Oaks County
 * Townsville
 * Townsville Park
 * Townsville Central Park
 * Townsville Volcano Mountain
 * Mojo's residence
 * Kaity's Krumpets
 * Try 'n' Rest De Loxe Apartments
 * First Bank of Townsville

Objects

 * Proton Distintegrator
 * Destructo Ray
 * Octi
 * Smart Girls
 * Mr. Sunshine Bear

Vehicles

 * None

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: Alex Almaguer
 * 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

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.