Aspirations

"Aspirations" is the eighth episode of The Powerpuff Girls season six, and the seventy-first overall. It aired on July 9, 2004 on Cartoon Network. It was written by Bryan Andrews, directed by John McIntyre and Randy Myers, and voice directed by Collette Sunderman.

Memorable quotes
Narrator: The city of Townsville, at night.

Narrator: And, so, once again the day is saved, thanks to... the Powerpuff Girls! And the Gangreen Gang.

Characters

 * style="background-color:#clear"| Narrator (voice only)
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Tom Kenny
 * 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"| Bubbles Utonium
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Tara Strong
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Ace
 * 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"| Big Billy
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Jeff Glen Bennett
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Grubber
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Jeff Glen Bennett
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Officer Stec
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Daran Norris
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Sedusa
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Jennifer Hale
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Cleopatra
 * 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:#d2d2ff"| Museum guard #1
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Jeff Glen Bennett
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Museum guard #2
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Daran Norris
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Sedusa
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Jennifer Hale
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Cleopatra
 * 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:#d2d2ff"| Museum guard #1
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Jeff Glen Bennett
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Museum guard #2
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Daran Norris
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Museum guard #1
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Jeff Glen Bennett
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Museum guard #2
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Daran Norris
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Daran Norris

Organizations

 * Powerpuff Girls
 * Gangreen Gang
 * Townsville Police Department

Locations

 * Earth
 * United States
 * Pokey Oaks County
 * Townsville
 * Townsville Hall
 * Townsville Dump
 * Gangreen Gang's hideout
 * Yolinda Valley Lane
 * Bellum residence
 * Diamond store
 * Townsville Museum
 * Townsville Jail
 * Africa (indirectly mentioned)
 * Egypt (mentioned)
 * The Moon

Objects

 * Cleopatra's scepter
 * Cleopatra's amulet
 * Cleopatra's tiara

Vehicles

 * None

Filming
The episode was copyrighted in 2004.

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 editor was Joe Privitelli.

Crew credits

 * Storyboard artist: Bryan Andrews
 * Art director: Paul Stec
 * Producer: Chris Savino
 * Line producer: Kelly Crews
 * Post production line producer: Shareena Carlson
 * Production coordinators: Jackie Buscarino, Carolyn Shaushkin
 * Production assistant: Erik Elizarrez
 * Supervising animation director: Robert Alvarez
 * Animation director: Steve Socki
 * Overseas animation directors: Chang Yeol Chung, Seoung Chul Yeum
 * Outline editor: Amy Keating Rogers
 * Story by: Bryan Andrews, Craig Lewis, John McIntyre, Amy Keating Rogers, Chris Savino
 * 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: Frederick Gardner
 * Background paint supervisor: Christopher Roszak
 * Background painters: Kit Boyce, Tim Barnes
 * 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
 * Re-recording mixers: Timothy J. Borquez, Eric Freeman, Hacienda Post
 * Sound editor: Twenty-First Century Entertainment
 * 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: July 9, 2004 on Cartoon Network

Behind the scenes

 * Bubbles thought Buttercup was over the Gangreen Gang when she thinks she wished for them, which is a reference to Buttercup's crush on Ace in "Buttercrush."
 * Officer Stec is named after art director, Paul Stec.
 * Sedusa lost her hair in "Something's a Ms."

Errors

 * Buttercup wasn't interested in the entire Gangreen Gang, only Ace.
 * It's unclear how much time has passed between this episode and "Something's a Ms." It could not be that long, which is why Sedusa is still bald, but "Bought and Scold," "Divide and Conquer," "See Me, Feel Me, Gnomey," and "Night Mayor" also acted like Sedusa still treated her as normal.
 * Sedusa also acts like she was made permanently bald, even though Ms. Bellum just simply cut her hair off. Several years later, she is depicted with her hair in the post-series special "The Powerpuff Girls Rule!!!"

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.