The Big Sleep (Powerpuff Girls)


 * This article is about The Powerpuff Girls episode. For the Fantastic Max episode, see "The Big Sleep."

'"The Big Sleep" is the twenty-eighth episode of The Powerpuff Girls season one. It aired on September 22, 2016 on Cartoon Network. It was written by Jake Goldman, Jaydeep Harajani, and Leticia Abreu Silva, produced by Pernelle Hayes, directed by series creators, Nick Jennings and Bob Boyle, and voice directed by Jack Fletcher.

The Professor wants the girls to go to bed, but they are too engrossed in watching a marathon of Space Towtruck.

Characters

 * style="background-color:#clear"| Space Towtruck
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Meter Man
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Tom Kane
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Space Cat
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Space cat's evil clone
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Bubbles Utonium
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Kristen Li
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Blossom Utonium
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Amanda Leighton
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Buttercup Utonium
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Natalie Palamides
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Spoiler Cheryl
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Professor Utonium
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Tom Kane
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Robot minister
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Robo-Berta
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Signalclese
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Roger Craig Smith
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Neutrona
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Mr. Fluff-n-Stuff
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Robot minister
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Robo-Berta
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Signalclese
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Roger Craig Smith
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Neutrona
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Mr. Fluff-n-Stuff
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Neutrona
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Mr. Fluff-n-Stuff
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Mr. Fluff-n-Stuff
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable

Organizations

 * Powerpuff Girls

Locations

 * Earth
 * United States
 * Pokey Oaks County
 * Townsville
 * Utonium residence

Objects

 * Fort Buttercup

Vehicles

 * Space Towtruck

Filming
It was copyrighted in 2016.

Music
The theme song, "Who's Got the Power?," and the music were composed by Mike Reagan. The opening theme song was written by Reagan and Bob Boyle, and the end credits song was written by Tristan Sedillo and Hannah Watanabe-Rocco, with both songs being performed by Tacocat.

Crew credits

 * Storyboard artists: Jaydeep Hasrajani, Leticia Abreu Silva
 * Art director: Eusong Lee
 * Supervising director: Julia "Fitzy" Fitzmaurice
 * Production manager: Jasmin Hazem
 * Production coordinators: Adrienne Lee, Stacy Renfroe
 * Digital production assistant: Corey Booth
 * Production assistant: Jesse Sheehan
 * Character designers: Cheyenne Carlos, Carlos Nunez
 * Props and effects designers: Sarah Craig, Corey Booth
 * Background designers: Santino Lascano, Carrie Hobson, Hugo Moreno, Dylan Forman
 * Background painters: Tania Franco, Solbi Park, Clarke Snyder, Hugo Moreno, Rachel Yung
 * Color stylist: Rachel Yung
 * Animatic editor: Miguel A. Jimenez
 * Additional writer: Haley Mancini
 * Storyboard revisionists: Andy Cung, Sofia Alexander, Anna Lencioni
 * Animation directors: Robert Alvarez, Randy Myers
 * Animation checkers: Sandy Benenati, Vicki Casper
 * Casting director: Linda Lamontagne
 * Additional casting director: Jack Fletcher
 * Recording studio manager: Susy Campos
 * Recording engineers: Robert Serda, Alan Freedman
 * Director production technology: Antonio Gonella
 * Picture editor: Robert Gibis
 * Assistant editor: Anna Granfors
 * Dialogue editor: Tony Ostyn
 * Track reader: Slightly Off Track
 * Supervising sound editors and re-recording mixers: Alex Borquez, Timothy J. Borquez
 * Sound effects editors: Daisuke Sawa, Tony Orozco
 * Post production supervisor: Tony Tedford
 * Post production manager: Alicia Parkinson
 * Production estimators: Carolyn Johnstone
 * Production administrator: Linda Barry
 * Overseas production facility: Smip, Inc.
 * Overseas director: Young-Gil Lee
 * Main title animation: Golden Wolf
 * Development executive: Katie Krentz
 * Current series executive: Nicole Rivera
 * Executive producers: Jennifer Pelphrey, Curtis Lelash, Brian A. Miller, Rob Sorcher, Nick Jennings
 * Co-executive producer: Bob Boyle

Release
Dates are in order of release:


 * United States: September 16, 2016 (Cartoon Network Video); September 22, 2016 on Cartoon Network

Behind the scenes

 * Blossom's negotiator outfit is the same one she used for her school photo outfit in "Bubbles of the Opera."
 * The robot minister says "biddi-biddi-biddi" just like Twiki the robot (voiced by Mel Blanc) in the TV series Buck Rogers in the 25th Century.

Home availability

 * In the United States:
 * August 15, 2017: Warner Home Video releases The Powerpuff Girls: The Last Donnycorn on DVD.
 * In Australia:
 * October 25, 2017: Madman Entertainment releases The Powerpuff Girls: Season 1 on DVD.