Dream Scheme

Dream Scheme
Premiere date	September 24, 1999
Starring	Catherine Cavadini Tara Charendoff E.G. Daily Tom Kane Tom Kenny Greg Eagles
Music composed by	James L. Venable Thomas Chase Steve Rucker
Writer(s)	John McIntyre Chris Savino
Storyboard artist(s)	Chris Savino
Director(s)	John McIntyre Craig McCracken Genndy Tartakovsky (voices)
Animation director(s)	Robert Alvarez James T. Walker
Art director(s)	Craig Kellman Don Shank
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"Dream Scheme" is the first part of episode five of The Powerpuff Girls season two, and the thirty-third episode overall. It aired on September 24, 1999 on Cartoon Network. It was written by John McIntyre and Chris Savino, directed by McIntyre and series creator, Craig McCracken, and voice directed by Genndy Tartakovsky.

Memorable quotes

Narrator: The city of Townsville in all of its glory. It is the setting of this little story. Let us begin on the back of the globe.

Narrator: Oh, Professor, perhaps you'd better turn around, because while the rest of us were sleeping sound, the Earth was saved just as it twirls. Thanks again 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
Sandman	Greg Eagles
Santa Claus	N/A
Bubbles Utonium	Tara Charendoff
Buttercup Utonium	E.G. Daily
Blossom Utonium	Catherine Cavadini
Professor Utonium	Tom Kane

Organizations

• Powerpuff Girls

Locations

• Earth
  • United States
    • Pokey Oaks County
      • Townsville
        • Utonium residence
    • Hawaii (mentioned)
    • Washington, D.C. (mentioned)
    • New York (mentioned)
    • Texas (indirectly mentioned)
      • Dallas (mentioned)
    • Alaska
      • North Pole
        • Santa's workshop
    • Japan
      • Tokyo (mentioned)
  • Timbuktu
  • Germany (indirectly mentioned)
  • Berlin (mentioned)
  • Asia (indirectly mentioned)
    • South Korea (indirectly mentioned)
      • Seoul (mentioned)
        • Pusan (mentioned)
    • Indonesia (indirectly mentioned)
      • Batu (mentioned)
      • Bali (mentioned)
  • Ukraine
  • Italy
    • Rome
  • England
    • London
  • France
    • Paris
      • Eiffel Tower
  • Africa
    • Zambia (mentioned)
      • Zimba (mentioned)
    • Egypt
      • Cairo
• The Moon
• The Sandman's lair

Objects

• The Sandman's mini alarm
• The Sandman's dream machine

Vehicles

• Nothing of importance

Production

Filming

It was copyrighted in 1999.

Music

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

Crew credits

• Storyboard artists: John McIntyre, Chris Savino
• Art directors: Craig Kellman, Don Shank
• Supervising producer: Genndy Tartakovsky
• Production manager: Charlie Desrochers
• Production coordinators: Vincent Aniceto, Shareena Carlson
• Animation directors: Robert Alvarez, James T. Walker
• Models: Carey Yost, Ernie Gilbert, Christopher Mitchell
• Clean-up: Barbara Krueger, Robert Lacko
• Layout keys: Dan Krall
• Background color: Martin Ansolabehere, Sue Mondt
• Casting director: Collette Sunderman
• Supervising recording engineer: Ed Collins
• Recording engineer: Jeffrey Collins
• Color stylists: Karen Greslie, Roger Webb
• Final checker: Nelda Ridley
• Xerography: Star Wirth, Martin Crossley
• Animation checker: Sandra Benenati
• Manager of post production: Tim Iverson
• Track readers: Carol Iverson, Fred Salinas, Joe Trueba, Mike Trueba
• Supervising film editor: Paul Douglas
• Dialogue editors: James Hearn, Kerry Iverson
• Negative cutter: William DeBoer, Jr.
• Telecine: Modern Videofilm
• Telecine operator: Rick Taylor
• On-line editor: Matchframe Video
• Online operator: Craig Price
• Sound editor: Twenty-First Century Entertainment
• Sound re-recorder: Horta Editorial & Sound
• Re-recording mixers: Timothy J. Borquez, Timothy J. Garrity
• Post production coordinator: Julianne Lins
• Production assistants: Sharra Gage, Linda Moore
• Production accountant: Joanne Halcon
• Production administrators: Athena Christianakis, Maria Womack
• Production supervisors: Haven Alexander, Ken Duer, Clive Nakayashiki, Joe Sandusky, Howard Schwartz, Linda Steiner
• Production manager: Andy Lewis
• Overseas production facility: Rough Draft Studios
• Executives in charge of production at Cartoon Network: Mike Lazzo, Linda Simensky

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: September 24, 1999 on Cartoon Network

Behind the scenes

• The whole episode is spoken in rhyme.
• In 2000, Pusan became Busan.

Errors

• The Sandman's Tokyo, Hawaii, Washington, and Seol's clocks are misspelled Tyokyo, Hawai, Washinton, and Seool, respectively.

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning

Home availability

• In the United States:
  • November 7, 2000: Warner Home Video releases The Powerpuff Girls: Dream Scheme 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 Japan:
  • January 26, 2002: ??? releases The Powerpuff Girls: Volume 3 on DVD.
  • December 8, 2006: Warner Home Video releases The Powerpuff Girls: Mutated Girls!! on DVD.
• In the United Kingdom & Ireland:
  • March 11, 2002: Warner Home Video releases The Powerpuff Girls: Birthday Bashed on VHS.
• In Australia:
  • April 9, 2008: Madman Entertainment releases The Powerpuff Girls: The Complete Season 2 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.