Coupe D'Etat

Coupe D'Etat
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Premiere date	April 16, 2004
Starring	Catherine Cavadini; Tara Strong; E.G. Daily; Tom Kenny; Tom Kane
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)	Chris Reccardi
Storyboard artist(s)	Chris Reccardi
Director(s)	Randy Myers; Collette Sunderman (voices)
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"Coupe D'Etat" is the first episode (part two) of The Powerpuff Girls season six, and the sixty-fourth overall. It aired on April 16, 2004 on Cartoon Network. It was written by Chris Reccardi, directed by Randy Myers, and voice directed by Collette Sunderman.

Detailed summary

Memorable quotes

Narrator: The city of Townsville, where the Professor is completing his next big project: Replacing the windshield wipers on his car.

Narrator: And so once again, the day is saved, thanks to the Professor. That looked like an expensive car, Professor. Hope you enjoy taking the bus. Ha ha ha ha.

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
The Narrator (voice only)	Tom Kenny
Professor Utonium	Tom Kane
Blossom Utonium	Catherine Cavadini
Buttercup Utonium	E.G. Daily
Bubbles Utonium	Tara Strong
KARR	Tom Kenny

Organizations

Powerpuff Girls

Locations

Earth
- United States
  - Pokey Oaks County
    - Townsville
      - Carwash
      - Utonium residence
The Sun

Objects

Vehicles

Professor Utonium's car
KARR

Production

Development

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.

Crew credits

Storyboard artist: Chris Reccardi
Producer: Chris Savino
Line producers: Shareena Carlson, Kelly Crews
Production coordinators: Jackie Buscarino, Carolyn Shaushkin
Production assistant: Erik Elizarrez
Supervising animation director: Robert Alvarez
Overseas animation directors: Chang Yul Chung, Jong Ho Kim
Outline editor: Amy Keating Rogers
Story by: Nate Cash, Craig Lewis, Craig McCracken, John McIntyre, Cindy Morrow, Amy Keating Rogers, Chris Savino, Thurop Van Orman
Character supervisor: Andrew Bialk
Character designer: Stef Choi
Prop designers: Chris Battle
Clean-up artists: Dana Jo Granger, Cathlin Hidalgo, Jeff Albrecht, Amber Lee Hardin
Storyboard clean-up artist: Nate Cash
Background design supervisor: Justin Thompson
Background designers: Todd Frederikson, Fred Gardner
Background paint supervisor: Christopher Roszak
Background painters: Kit Boyce, Martin Ansolabehere
Color stylists: Karen Greslie, Roger Webb
Animation checker: Sandra J. Benenati
Digital effects artist: Stephen Jennings
Casting director: Collette Sunderman
Talent coordinator: Karie Gima Pham
Recording engineer: Robert Serda
Track reader: Slightly Off-Track
Overseas production facility: Rough Draft Studios
Picture editor: Robert Gibis
Dialogue editor: Jim Hearn
Post production sound services: Hacienda Post
Re-recording mixers: Timothy J. Borquez, Eric Freeman
Sound editor: Twenty-First Century Entertainment
Post production coordinator: Alicia Parkinson
Production estimator: Cecilia Rheins
Supervising producer for Cartoon Network Studios: Brian A. Miller
Director of production for Cartoon Network Studios: Jennifer Pelphrey
Executives in charge of production at Cartoon Network: Linda Simensky, Andrea Lopez
Executive producer: Craig McCracken

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 "coup d'état."
K.A.R.R. is a parody of KITT, the artificial intelligence which controlled the car in the Knight Rider TV series
- KARR was actually the name of the "evil" KITT.
- When the Professor takes his first ride, he resembles the main character Michael Knight.
- With the Professor wearing a new racing car outfit, Buttercup says he looks like he's dressed in a bad 80s TV show.
The Professor has an inbuilt computer display with the internet in his new car which is displaying Obey (a parody of eBay) selling Zorlon again, just as it was in "Girls Gone Mild."
The Professor has a poster of NASKR in his garage, which is a parody of NASCAR.

Errors

Critical reception

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.

References