Prime Mates

Prime Mates
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Premiere date	April 16, 2004
Starring	Catherine Cavadini Tara Strong E.G. Daily Tom Kenny Tom Kane Dee Bradley Baker Kevin Michael Richardson
Music composed by	James L. Venable Thomas Chase Steve Rucker
Story by	Nate Cash Craig Lewis Craig McCracken John McIntyre Cindy Morrow Amy Keating Rogers Chris Savino Thurop Van Orman
Writer(s)	Mike Kim
Storyboard artist(s)	Mike Kim Nate Cash (clean-up)
Director(s)	John McIntyre Collette Sunderman (voices)
Animation director(s)	Robert Alvarez (supervising) Jong Ho Kim (overseas) Sung Chul Yum (overseas)
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"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 voiced 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

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
The Narrator (voice only)	Tom Kenny
Mojo Jojo	Roger L. Jackson
Monkey (doll)	N/A
Mopey Popo	Dee Bradley Baker
Rocko Socko	Kevin Michael Richardson
Bubbles Utonium	Tara Strong
Blossom Utonium	Catherine Cavadini
Buttercup Utonium	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

Production

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.

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.

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning

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.