Total Eclipse of the Kart

"Total Eclipse of the Kart" is the twelfth episode of The Powerpuff Girls season three, and the ninety-first overall. It aired on August 12, 2018 on Cartoon Network. It was written by Haley Mancini, Jake Goldman, Kyle Neswald, Jaydeep Hasrajani, and John Martinez, produced by Pernelle Hayes, directed by series creators, Nick Jennings and Bob Boyle, and voice directed Jack Fletcher.

The Powerpuff Girls and Townsville's supervillains compete in the annual Eclipse Grand Prix to win the contents of the Mayor's mysterious box, which unbeknown to the Powerpuff Girls will bring the apocalypse if it falls into the wrong hands.

Characters

 * style="background-color:#clear"| The Mayor
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Tom Kenny
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Princess Morbucks
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Haley Mancini
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Man Boy
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Maurice LaMarche
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Packrat
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Jason Spisak
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Bianca Bikini
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Lily Vonnegut
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Barbara Bikini
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Dee Bradley Baker
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Jemmica/Jemoiré
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Anais Fairweather
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Pug-Faced Pauly
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Maurice LaMarche
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Musclewoman
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Amanda Leighton
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Beat box boy
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Tiger
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| The Butt Sniffer
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Two-Tails Mulligan
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Herman Shepherd
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Al Cacone
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| La Femme Akita
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Dapper Dan Doberman
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Charlie Chihuahua
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Poodles Canoodles
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Tankenstein
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Buttercup Utonium
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Natalie Palamides
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Blossom Utonium
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Amanda Leighton
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Bubbles Utonium
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Kristen Li
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Professor Utonium
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Tom Kane
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Brick
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Butch
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Boomer
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Mojo Jojo
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Roger L. Jackson
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Fuzzy Lumpkins
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| The Gnat
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Jason Kaye
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Sigmund
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#clear"| The Sun
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Donny
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Josh Fadem
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Mage
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Poseidon
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Fred Tatasciore
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Professor Utonium
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Tom Kane
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Brick
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Butch
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Boomer
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Mojo Jojo
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Roger L. Jackson
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Fuzzy Lumpkins
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| The Gnat
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Jason Kaye
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Sigmund
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#clear"| The Sun
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Donny
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Josh Fadem
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Mage
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Poseidon
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Fred Tatasciore
 * style="background-color:#clear"| The Sun
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Donny
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Josh Fadem
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Mage
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Poseidon
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Fred Tatasciore
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Poseidon
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Fred Tatasciore
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Fred Tatasciore

Organizations

 * Fashionistas
 * Team Morbucks
 * Powerpuff Girls
 * Rowdyruff Boys
 * Jemoiré's army

Locations

 * Earth
 * United States
 * Pokey Oaks County
 * Townsville
 * Cursed Canyon
 * Rampage Ridge
 * Ominous Stone Spires
 * Tomb of the Hasrajanis
 * Africa
 * Egypt
 * England
 * Atlantis
 * Pacific Ocean (billboard)
 * Mariana Trench (billboard)
 * Beluga Bay (billboard)
 * Starfish Grotto (mentioned)
 * The Sun
 * The Moon
 * Unicorn Land

Objects

 * Mysterious box
 * Deceleray
 * Nepthemet
 * Gem of Hathos
 * Farmer Cody's Creamed Corn

Vehicles

 * Fashionistas' racecar
 * Packrat's racecar
 * Jemmica's racecar
 * Pug-Faced Pauly's racecar
 * Princess Morbucks's racecar
 * Powerpuff Girls' racecar
 * Mojo's racecar
 * Fuzzy's racecar
 * The Gnat's racecar
 * Mayor's helicopter
 * Road Raptor
 * Rainbow Rocket
 * Cat-A-Lac

Development
Haley Mancini and Jake Goldman were story editors.

Filming
It was copyrighted in 2017.

Music
The theme song and music were composed by Mike Reagan, with the former having been 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: August 12, 2018 on Cartoon Network

Behind the scenes

 * The episode title is a play on the 1983 Bonnie Tyler song "Total Eclipse of the Heart."
 * This is double the length of a regular episode. It's made even more special by the end credits song being remixed.
 * The race is a parody of the Wacky Races TV series.
 * The back half of Mojo's race car resembles the Mean Machine.
 * Buttercup's has a need for going fast, which is a paraphrase of Maverick having a need for speed in the 1986 film Top Gun.
 * This is the only appearance of the Rowdyruff Boys in the reboot.
 * The Gnat hums "Flight of the Valkyries."
 * Bubbles spends most of the episode butchering Whitney Houston's 1987 song "I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)," but it's about about lunch, instead.
 * The mage resembles the Mayor.
 * Buttercup discovered her aura power in "Power Up Puff."
 * Cartoon Network Video numbers this as episode eleven of season three.

Errors

 * There's an inconsistency with the race participants: Tankenstein is in the race at the beginning, there are cars belonging to unidentified racers, Fuzzy, the Rowdyruff Boys, and the Gnat only pop up once the race starts, but only the Gnat continues in the race.
 * The transformation of Jemoiré into Jemmica and the transition into her traveling Egypt is merged into one, making it look like ancient Townsville resembled Egypt.

Home availability

 * Not available. 😢