Cat Man Do

Cat Man Do
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Premiere date	January 27, 1999
Music composed by	Thomas Chase Steve Rucker James L. Venable
Writer(s)	Amy Keating Rogers Jason Butler Rote
Director(s)	Genndy Tartakovsky (also voices) Craig McCracken
Animation director(s)	Robert Alvarez James T. Walker
Art director(s)	Craig Kellman
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"Cat Man Do" is the tenth episode (part one) of The Powerpuff Girls season one. It aired on January 27, 1999 on Cartoon Network. It was written by Amy Keating Rogers and Jason Butler Rote, and directed by Genndy Tartakovsky and series creator, Craig McCracken.

Memorable quotes

Narrator: Oh, be quiet! Bad kitty! If you think the girls are going to help you, you're barking up the wrong... I mean, you're meowing up the wrong... Oh, well. 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
Narrator (voice only)	Tom Kenny
Cat	Mark Hamill
Cat's owner	N/A
Bubbles Utonium	Tara Charendoff
Blossom Utonium	Catherine Cavadini
Buttercup Utonium	E.G. Daily
Professor Utonium's parents
Simon	N/A
Simon's owner	Tara Charendoff
Juju's owner	Tom Kane
Juju	N/A
The Mayor	N/A
Mayor's cat	N/A

Organizations

• Powerpuff Girls
• Townsville Police Department

Locations

• Earth
  • United States
    • Pokey Oaks County
      • Townsville
        • Cat's lair
        • Utonium residence
        • Museum
        • Townsville Hall
• The Moon

Objects

• Hypnotic Modulator
• Cat's-Eye Jewel
• Powerpuff Hotline

Production

Filming

It was copyrighted in 1998.

Music

The main title theme and music were composed by Thomas Chase, Steve Rucker, and James L. Venable. The end title song was performed by Bis. The music was edited Glenwood Editorial.

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: January 27, 1999 on Cartoon Network

Behind the scenes

• The episode title is a play on Kathmandu.

Errors

• The moon appears largely in its crescent shape except when the moon is depicted over the machine, then its in full.

Everlasting influence

• When the girls play with Robin Snyder's cat in "Superfriends," Bubbles tells her about the talking cat.
• The main reason Professor Utonium and Ms. Keane break up in "Keen on Keane," is because she has a cat.

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning

Home availability

• In the United States:
  • May 30, 2000: Warner Home Video releases The Powerpuff Girls: Bubblevicious on VHS.
  • November 7], 2000: Warner Home Video releases The Powerpuff Girls: Powerpuff Bluff on DVD.
  • June 19, 2007: Warner Home Video releases The Powerpuff Girls: The Complete First Season on DVD.
  • January 20, 2009: Warner Home Video releases The Powerpuff Girls: The Complete Series: 10th Anniversary Collection on DVD.
• In Japan:
  • February 28, 2002: ??? releases The Powerpuff Girls: Volume 4 on DVD.
• In Australia:
  • April 16, 2007: Madman Entertainment releases The Powerpuff Girls: The Complete Season 1 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.