Beat Your Greens

Beat Your Greens
Premiere date	September 10, 1999
Writer(s)	John McIntyre Amy Keating Rogers
Storyboard artist(s)	Paul Rudish
Director(s)	Randy Myers Craig McCracken
Animation director(s)	Craig McCracken
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"Beat Your Greens" is the fourth episode (part one) of The Powerpuff Girls season two, and the seventeenth overall. It aired on September 10, 1999 on Cartoon Network. It was written by John McIntyre and Amy Keating Rogers, and directed by Randy Myers and series creator, Craig McCracken.

Memorable quotes

Narrator: And, so, once again, the day is saved thanks to the Powerpuff Girls and the hungry little tykes of Townsville.

Characters

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Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Narrator (voice only)	Tom Kenny
Broccoloid #1	Jeff Bennet
Broccoloid emperor	Jeff Bennet
Mom #1	Kimberly Brooks
Sister	Kimberly Brooks
Little brother	Kimberly Brooks
Dad #1	Jeff Bennet
Jimmy	Jeff Bennet
Jimmy's mother	Catherine Cavadini
Jimmy's father	Tom Kane
Bubbles Utonium	Tara Charendoff
Blossom Utonium	Christine Cavadini
Buttercup Utonium	E.G. Daily
Professor Utonium	Tom Kane
Hanout Anoush	N/A
Elmer Skloo	N/A
Harry Pitt	N/A
Julie Bean	N/A
Boy	Tara Charendoff
Broccoloid colonel	Jeff Bennet

Organizations

• Broccoloid Empire
• Powerpuff Girls

Locations

• Earth
  • United States
    • Farmsville
      • Jeeter's Grocery
    • Townsville
      • Malph's
      • Utonium residence
• The Moon

Objects

• Hypnotransmythesizer

Vehicles

• Spacecrafts

Music

The score was composed by Pete Houser, while the What a Cartoon! theme song was performed by Gary Lionelli.

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: September 10, 1999 on Cartoon Network

Behind the scenes

• The X-Wing and Deathstar are references to the climax of the film Star Wars Episode V: A New Hope.

Errors

• If Mitch Mitchelson really is in this episode, it seems odd that his clothes are in pink.

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning

Home availability

• In the United States:
  • November 7, 2000: Warner Home Video releases The Powerpuff Girls: Birthday Bashed on VHS.
  • November 7, 2000: Warner Home Video releases The Powerpuff Girls: Down 'n' Dirty on DVD.
  • January 20, 2009: Warner Home Video releases The Powerpuff Girls: The Complete Series: 10th Anniversary Collection on DVD.
• In the United Kingdom:
  • March 11, 2002: Warner Home Video releases The Powerpuff Girls: Birthday Bashed]] on VHS.
• 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.