Prime Mates

"Prime Mates" is the first episode (part one) of The Powerpuff Girls season six, and the sixty-fourth overall. It aired on April 16, 2004 on Cartoon Network. It was written by Mike Kim, directed by John McIntyre, and voice directed by Collette Sunderman.

Memorable quotes
Narrator: The city of Townsville, where a dark and stormy night is the perfect sinister weather for an evil monkey by the name of Mojo Jojo to...Get a good night's rest.

Narrator: And so, for the only time, the day is saved, thanks to the mopey Mopey Popo. Mopey: Eat my jerky.

Characters

 * style="background-color:#clear"| The 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"| Monkey (doll)
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Mopey Popo
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Dee Bradley Baker
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Rocko Socko
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Kevin Michael Richardson
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Bubbles Utonium
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Tara Strong
 * 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"| 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"| Buttercup Utonium
 * style="background-color:#clear"| E.G. Daily

Organizations

 * Powerpuff Girls

Locations

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

Objects

 * Monkey doll
 * Chemical X
 * Banana jerky
 * D.U.D. 9000 Super-Freeze-O-Ray

Vehicles

 * None

Filming
The episode was copyrighted in 2004.

Music
The main title theme and music were composed by James L. Venable, Thomas Chase, and Steve Rucker. Venable and Jennifer Kes Remington were also credited for providing additional music. The end title song was performed by Bis. The music editor was Joe Privitelli.

Crew credits

 * Storyboard artist: Mike Kim
 * Art director: Paul Stec
 * Producer: Chris Savino
 * Line producers: Shareena Carlson, Kelly Crews
 * Production coordinators: Jackie Buscarino, Carolyn Shaushkin
 * Production assistant: Erik Elizarrez
 * Supervising animation director: Robert Alvarez
 * Overseas animation directors: Chang Yul Chung, Jong Ho Kim
 * Outline editor: Amy Keating Rogers
 * Story by: Nate Cash, Craig Lewis, Craig McCracken, John McIntyre, Cindy Morrow, Amy Keating Rogers, Chris Savino, Thurop Van Orman
 * Character supervisor: Andrew Bialk
 * Character designer: Stef Choi
 * Prop designers: Chris Battle
 * Clean-up artists: Dana Jo Granger, Cathlin Hidalgo, Jeff Albrecht, Amber Lee Hardin
 * Storyboard clean-up artist: Nate Cash
 * Background design supervisor: Justin Thompson
 * Background designers: Todd Frederikson, Fred Gardner
 * 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
 * Post production sound services: Hacienda Post
 * Re-recording mixers: Timothy J. Borquez, Eric Freeman
 * 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: April 16, 2004 on Cartoon Network

Behind the scenes

 * The episode title is a play on "Primates." You're welcome.
 * Mojo owns a stuffed doll of Monkey in his superhero outfit; Monkey is really Monkey, the pet monkey of Dexter in Dexter's Laboratory.
 * Rocko Socko was one of Mojo's minions in The Powerpuff Girls Movie.

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.