Him Diddle Riddle

Him Diddle Riddle
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Premiere date	April 14, 2001
Music composed by	James L. Venable Thomas Chase Steve Rucker
Writer(s)	Dave Smith Chris Savino
Storyboard artist(s)	Dave Smith Chris Savino
Director(s)	John McIntyre Collette Sunderman (voices)
Animation director(s)	Robert Alvarez
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"Him Diddle Riddle" is the first episode of The Powerpuff Girls season four, and the fortieth overall. It aired on April 14, 2001 on Cartoon Network. It was written by Dave Smith and Chris Savino, directed by John McIntyre and McCracken, and voice directed by Collette Sunderman.

Memorable quotes

Narrator: And, so, the... Hmm. Yeah.

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Blossom Utonium	Catherine Cavadini
Buttercup Utonium	E.G. Daily
Bubbles Utonium	Tara Charendoff
Monster #1	Dee Bradley Baker
Harry Pitt	N/A
Dexter	N/A
Mary	N/A
Mitch Mitchelson	N/A
Julie Bean	N/A
Elmer Skloo	N/A
Bus driver	Dee Bradley Baker
Old man	Tom Kane
Him	Tom Kane
Baby	Dee Bradley Bake
Soldier	Tom Kenny
Stanley Whitfield (poster)	N/A
Horse cop	Tom Kane
Train passenger	Tom Kenny
Jim	Tom Kenny
Fake Ms. Keane	Jennifer Hale
Ms. Keane	Jennifer Hale
The Mayor	Tom Kenny
Monster #2	Dee Bradley Baker
Cabby	Dee Bradley Baker
Professor Utonium	Tom Kane
Narrator (voice only)	Tom Kenny

Organizations

• Powerpuff Girls
• Townsville Police Department
• Townsville Tribune

Locations

• Earth
  • United States
    • Townsville
      • Chinatown
      • Subway
      • Pokey Oaks Kindergarten
      • Rite On-Time Diner
      • Otto Time! Diner

Objects

• Townsville Tribune
• Scanned-on machine

Vehicles

• Trains
• Helicopter

Production

Development

Amy Keating Rogers was the head writer.

Music

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

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: April 14, 2001 on Cartoon Network

Behind the scenes

• There's a cameo of Dexter from Dexter's Laboratory on the school bus.

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:
  • 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.