Cat Man Do

"Cat Man Do" is the tenth episode (part one) of The Powerpuff Girls season one. It aired on January 27, 1999 on Cartoon Network. It was written by Amy Keating Rogers and Jason Butler Rote, and directed by Genndy Tartakovsky and series creator, Craig McCracken.

Memorable quotes
Narrator: Oh, be quiet! Bad kitty! If you think the girls are going to help you, you're barking up the wrong... I mean, you're meowing up the wrong... Oh, well. So, once again, the day is saved, thanks to the Powerpuff Girls!

Characters

 * style="background-color:#clear"| Narrator (voice only)
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Tom Kenny
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Cat
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Mark Hamill
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Cat's owner
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * 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:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Professor Utonium's parents
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Simon
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Simon's owner
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Tara Charendoff
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Juju's owner
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Tom Kane
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Juju
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| The Mayor
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Mayor's cat
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Simon's owner
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Tara Charendoff
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Juju's owner
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Tom Kane
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Juju
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| The Mayor
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Mayor's cat
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Mayor's cat
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A

Organizations

 * Powerpuff Girls
 * Townsville Police Department

Locations

 * Earth
 * United States
 * Pokey Oaks County
 * Townsville
 * Cat's lair
 * Utonium residence
 * Museum
 * Townsville Hall
 * The Moon

Objects

 * Hypnotic Modulator
 * Cat's-Eye Jewel
 * Powerpuff Hotline

Vehicles

 * None

Filming
It was copyrighted in 1998.

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

Crew credits

 * Storyboard artist: David Smith
 * Art director: Craig Kellman
 * Supervising producer: Genndy Tartakovsky
 * Associate producer: Donna Castricone
 * Production manager: Charlie Desrochers
 * Production coordinators: Vincent Aniceto, Amy Rogers
 * Animation directors: Robert Alvarez, James T. Walker
 * Model artists: Andrew Bialk, Christopher Battle, Mark Colangelo
 * Clean-up artists: Barbara Krueger, Robert Lacko
 * Layout key artists: Dan Krall, Jim Worthy
 * Background colorists: Sue Mondt, Martin Ansolabehere
 * 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
 * Unit post-production supervisor: Gayle Mnookin
 * Track readers: Carol Iverson, Fred Salinas, Joe Trueba, Mike Trueba
 * Supervising film editor: Paul Douglas
 * Dialogue editors: James Hearn, Kerry Iverson
 * Negative cutter: William DeBoer, Jr.
 * Telecine/Online operator: Modern Videofilm
 * On-line editor: David Crosthwait
 * Telecine colorist: Rick Taylor
 * Sound editor: Twenty-First Century Entertainment
 * Sound re-recorder: Horta Editorial & Sound
 * Re-recording mixers: Timothy J. Borquez, Timothy J. Garrity
 * Post production coordinator: Julianne Humbert
 * Production assistants: Sharra Gage, Linda Moore
 * Production accountant: Joanne Halcon
 * Production administrators: Athena Christianakis, Maria Womack
 * Production supervisors: Haven Alexander, Ken Duer, Clive Nakayashiki, Joe Sandusky, Howard Schwartz, Linda Steiner, Liza-Ann Warren
 * Production management: Andy Lewis
 * Overseas production facility: Rough Draft Studios
 * Executives in charge of production at Cartoon Network: Mike Lazzo, Linda Simensky

Release
Dates are in order of release:


 * United States: January 27, 1999 on Cartoon Network

Behind the scenes

 * The episode title is a play on the city of Kathmandu.

Errors

 * The moon appears largely in its crescent shape except when the moon is depicted over the machine, then its in full.

Everlasting influence

 * When the girls play with Robin Snyder's cat in "Superfriends," Bubbles tells her about the talking cat.
 * The main reason Professor Utonium and Ms. Keane break up in "Keen on Keane," is because she has a cat.

Home availability

 * In the United States:
 * May 30, 2000: Warner Home Video releases The Powerpuff Girls: Bubblevicious on VHS.
 * November 7, 2000: Warner Home Video releases The Powerpuff Girls: Powerpuff Bluff on DVD.
 * June 19, 2007: Warner Home Video releases The Powerpuff Girls: The Complete First Season on DVD.
 * January 20, 2009: Warner Home Video releases The Powerpuff Girls: The Complete Series: 10th Anniversary Collection on DVD.
 * In Japan:
 * February 28, 2002: ??? releases The Powerpuff Girls: Volume 4 on DVD.
 * In Australia:
 * April 16, 2007: Madman Entertainment releases The Powerpuff Girls: The Complete Season 1 on DVD.
 * January 7, 2015: Madman Entertainment releases The Powerpuff Girls: Dance Pantsed 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.