Bought and Scold

Bought and Scold
Premiere date	September 15, 2000
Starring	Catherine Cavadini Tara Charendoff E.G. Daily Tom Kane Tom Kenny Jennifer Hale
Music composed by	Thomas Chase Steve Rucker James L. Venable
Writer(s)	Cindy Morrow Paul Rudish
Storyboard artist(s)	Cindy Morrow Paul Rudish
Director(s)	John McIntyre Craig McCracken Genndy Tartakovsky (voices)
Animation director(s)	Robert Alvarez
Art director(s)	Don Shank
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"Bought and Scold" is the fourth episode (part two) of The Powerpuff Girls season three, and the thirtieth overall. It aired on September 15, 2000 on Cartoon Network. It was written by Cindy Morrow and Paul Rudish, directed by John McIntyre and series creator, Craig McCracken, and voice directed by Genndy Tartakovsky.

Memorable quotes

Narrator: The city of Townsville, a locale inhabited by some of the most accursed, ill-conditioned, infernal, unprincipaled, spineless, monstrous, distasteful, felonious, gross, dark, naughty, fowl, grave, miscreated, and spoiled law-breakers to ever break laws. But fear not, fair city. For enforcing the law of the land are the pure, the proud, and the perfect Powerpuff Girls!

Narrator: Man, I am never gonna have kids. And, so once again, the day is saved, thanks to the Powerpuff Girls.

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
The Narrator	Tom Kenny
Mojo Jojo	N/A
Fuzzy Lumpkins	N/A
Him	N/A
Lil' Arturo	Tom Kenny
Ace	N/A
Big Billy	N/A
Snake	N/A
Grubber	N/A
Junior	N/A
Bossman	N/A
Slim	N/A
Broccloids	N/A
Talking cat	N/A
Roach Coach	N/A
Sedusa	N/A
Abracadaver	N/A
Boomer	N/A
Brick	N/A
Butch	N/A
Princess Morbucks	Jennifer Hale
Bubbles Utonium	Tara Charendoff
Buttercup Utonium	E.G. Daily
Blossom Utonium	Catherine Cavadini
Ms. Keane	Jennifer Hale
Harry Pitt	N/A
Mitch Mitchelson	Tom Kenny
Mary	N/A
The Mayor	Tom Kenny
Ms. Bellum	N/A
Professor Utonium	Tom Kane
Daddy Morbucks	Tom Kane

Organizations

• Gangreen Gang
• Amoeba Boys
• Powerpuff Girls
• Townsville Police Department

Locations

• Earth
  • United States
    • Pokey Oaks County
      • Townsville
        • Forest
        • Pokey Oaks Kindergarten
        • Townsville Hall
        • Penintentiary
        • Utonium residence
        • Morbucks Manor
• The Moon
• The Sun

Objects

• Powerpuff Hotline

Vehicles

• Daddy's cars

Production

Filming

It was copyrighted in 2000.

Music

The main title theme and music were composed by Thomas Chase, Steve Rucker, and James L. Venable. The end credits song was performed by the Scottish indie-pop band Bis. The music was edited by Glenwood Editorial.

Crew credits

• Supervising producer: Genndy Tartakovsky
• Associate producer: Vincent Aniceto
• Production manager: Charlie Desrochers
• Production coordinators: Shareena Carlson, Dayla Corcoran
• Head writer: Amy Keating Rogers
• Animation director: Robert Alvarez
• Model artists: Clay Morrow, Christopher Mitchell, Christopher Battle, Craig Kellman
• Clean-up artists: Barbara Krueger, Robert Lacko
• Layout key artists: Dan Krall, Dan Krall
• Background colorist: Martin Ansolabehere, Sue Mondt
• Casting director: Collette Sunderman
• Supervising recording engineer: Ed Collins
• Recording engineer: Jeff O. Collins
• Color stylist: Karen Greslie
• Final checker: Nelda Ridley
• Xerographists: Star Wirth, Martin Crossley
• Animation checkers: Sandra Benenati
• Manager of post production: Tim Iverson
• Track readers: Carol Iverson, Fred Salinas, Joe Trueba
• Supervising film editor: Paul Douglas
• Dialogue editors: James Hearn, Kerry Iverson
• Negative cutter: William DeBoer, Jr.
• Telecine/Online facility: Matchframe Video
• Telecine operator: Rick Taylor
• Online operator: Michael Hutchison
• Sound editor: Twenty-First Century Entertainment
• Post production sound services: Pacifica Digital Sound Works
• Supervising re-recording mixer: Timothy J. Borquez
• Re-recording mixer: Eric Freeman
• Post production coordinator: Julianne Lins
• Talent coordinator: Sharra Gage
• Production assistant: Linda Moore
• Production accountant: Joanne Halcon
• Supervising producer for Cartoon Network: Brian A. Miller
• Director of production: Jennifer Pelphrey
• 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: September 15, 2000 on Cartoon Network

Behind the scenes

• The episode title is a play on "Bought and sold." You're welcome.
• The Narrator refers to past villains:
  • The "distasteful" broccloids were defeated in "Beat Your Greens."
  • The "felonious" talking cat in "Cat Man Do."
  • The "gross" Roach Coach in "Insect Inside."
  • The "dark" Boogie Man in "Boogie Frights."
  • The "naughty" Sedusa in "Mommy Fearest" and "Something's a Ms."
  • The "grave" Abradacadaver in "Abracadaver."
  • The Rowdyruff Boys in "The Rowdyruff Boys."
  • Another villain the girls have faced before is supposedly Quackor, but this is really a villain in Cartoon Network's sister series Dexter's Laboratory.
• There is a kindergarten girl resembling Robin Snyder, but she was introduced later in "Superfriends."

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning

Home availability

• In the United States:
  • October 23, 2001: Warner Home Video releases The Powerpuff Girls: Meet the Beat-Alls on VHS.
  • October 23, 2001: Warner Home Video releases The Powerpuff Girls: Meet the Beat-Alls on DVD.
  • January 20, 2009: Warner Home Video releases The Powerpuff Girls: The Complete Series: 10th Anniversary Collection on DVD.
• In Japan:
  • February 8, 2002: ??? releases The Powerpuff Girls: Volume 5 on DVD.
• In Australia:
  • June 3, 2009: Madman Entertainment releases The Powerpuff Girls: The Complete Season 3 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.