Mr. Mojo's Rising

"Mr. Mojo's Rising" is the seventh episode (part two) of The Powerpuff Girls season one. It aired on January 6, 1999 on Cartoon Network. It was written by Rob Renzetti, and directed by Genndy Tartakovsky and series creator, Craig McCracken, as well as being voice directed by Tartakovsky.

Memorable quotes
Narrator: The city of Townsville... Cannot be seen from the windowless laboratory of the Powerpuff Girls' suburban home. Nevertheless, it is in this dim den where the brightest of births took place--The creation of the Powerpuff Girls. Every afternoon, Professor Utonium returns to this subterranean lab to continue his noodling with nature. Oh, here he comes now.

Bubbles: Hey, could this be a clue? Mojo: Dear Powerpuff Girls, I have kidnapped Professor Utonium! I have taken him someplace against his will! If you look for him in the spots he likes to be, you will not find him! He's with me, but not by choice! I took him and he didn't like it! This message is from and was written by, Mojo Jojo. Bubbles: Who could have done this?

Narrator: Oh, Mojo Jojo, what are you up to this time? Professor Utonium: Oh, Mojo Jojo, what are you up to this time?

Narrator: Oh, no. Has this sibling rivalry come to an end? Has Mojo Jojo finally defeated the Powerpuff Girls? Mojo: Yes! I have defeated the Powerpuff Girls!

Narrator: Wow! Talk about ironic. Professor creates Mojo, Mojo creates girls. It's crazy, I tell you. ha ha! Yeah. So once again, the day is saved, thanks to the Powerpuff Girls. But...Thanks originally to Mojo Jojo. Mojo: It was me. It was me. It was me. It was me. It was me.

Characters

 * style="background-color:#clear"| Narrator (voice only)
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Tom Kenny
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Professor Utonium
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Tom Kane
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Bubbles Utonium
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Tara Charendoff
 * 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"| Mojo Jojo
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Roger L. Jackson
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Blossom Utonium
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Catherine Cavadini
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Mojo Jojo
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Roger L. Jackson
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Mojo Jojo
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Roger L. Jackson

Organizations

 * Powerpuff Girls

Locations

 * Earth
 * United States
 * Pokey Oaks County
 * Townsville
 * Utonium residence
 * Townsville Park
 * Townsville Central Park
 * Townsville Volcano Mountain
 * Mojo's residence
 * The Sun

Objects

 * Chemical X

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.

Crew credits

 * Storyboard artist: Rob Renzetti
 * 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: Christopher Battle, Andrew Bialk
 * Clean-up artist: Barbara Krueger
 * Layout key artists: Dan Krall, James Worthy
 * Background colorist: 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
 * Xeographists: 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
 * Overseas production facility: Rough Draft Studios
 * Supervising film editor: Paul Douglas
 * Dialogue editors: James Hearn, Kerry Iverson
 * Negative cutter: William DeBoer, Jr.
 * Telecine/Online operator: Modern Videofilm
 * Online 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: Julie Humbert
 * Production assistants: Sharra Gage, Linda Moore
 * Production accountant: Joanne Halcon
 * Production liaison: Amy E. Wagner
 * Executive in charge of production: Brian A. Miller
 * Production administrators: Athena Christianakis, Maria Womack
 * Production supervision: 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 for Cartoon Network: Mike Lazzo, Linda Simensky

Release
Dates are in order of release:


 * United States: January 6, 1999 on Cartoon Network

Behind the scenes

 * The episode title is a reference to the "Mister Mojo risin'," an anagram of Jim Morrison's name which was used as a line his band The Door's 1971 song "L.A. Women."
 * Buttercup says "What you talkin' about, Mojo" in the same way Arnold would "What you talkin' about, Willis" in the 1980s sitcom Diff'rent Strokes.
 * The Powerpuff Girls Movie later slightly retcons by downplaying this revelation since the Powerpuff Girls had already met Mojo who was still calling himself Jojo, as it was not long after the girls' creations. For the movie and the episode to work, the girls would have to have blocked the movie out of their memories, just like the Professor blocked his memory of owning Jojo in this episode.

Errors

 * At the end of the episode, the narrator says that Utonium created Mojo when all he did was adopt him, with Mojo causing his own creation in becoming Mojo Jojo.

Everlasting influence

 * The second time Mojo helps in the creation of the Powerpuff Girls is in "Get Back Jojo."

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.
 * May 6, 2014: Warner Home Video releases The Powerpuff Girls and Friends on DVD.
 * In Japan:
 * January 26, 2002: ??? releases The Powerpuff Girls: Volume 2 on DVD.
 * In the United Kingdom and Ireland:
 * 2004: ??? releases Toon Foolery: Fool About Laughing! on DVD.
 * In Australia:
 * April 16, 2007: Madman Entertainment releases The Powerpuff Girls: The Complete Season 1 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.