Man Up

Man Up
Premiere date	April 8, 2016
Story by	Haley Mancini Jake Goldman
Writer(s)	Kyle Neswald Benjamin P. Carow
Storyboard artist(s)	Kyle Neswald Benjamin P. Carow Andy Cung (revisionist) Sofia Alexander (revisionist)
Director(s)	Nick Jennings Bob Boyle Julia "Fitzy" Fitzmaurice (supervising) Jack Fletcher (voices)
Animation director(s)	Robert Alvarez Brian Sheesley
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"Man Up" is the sixth episode of The Powerpuff Girls season one. It aired on April 8, 2016 on Cartoon Network. It was written by Haley Mancini, Jake Goldman, Kyle Neswald, and Benjamin P. Carow, produced by Pernelle Hayes, and directed by Nick Jennings, Bob Boyle, and Jack Fletcher.

After Manboy's insult causes Buttercup to destroy a zen festival, she turns to the help of a guru to defeat him in peaceful ways.

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Narrator (voice only)	Tom Kenny
Buttercup Utonium	Natalie Palamides
Blossom Utonium	Amanda Leighton
Bubbles Utonium	Kristen Li
Chillaxi	James Kirkland
Manboy	Maurice LaMarche
Fortune teller	Jill Talley
The Mayor (statue)	N/A
Polar bear	Unavailable
Steak soldiers	Unavailable

Organizations

• Powerpuff Girls

Locations

• Earth
  • United States
    • Townsville
      • Townsville Zen-aissance Fair
      • Dojo Chillaxitude
      • Tom's Tofu Hut (logo)

Objects

• Manbot
• Bubbles's lucky bunny pencil
• Tube man

Vehicles

• Manboy's tank

Production

Filming

It was copyrighted in 2016.

Music

The theme song and score were composed by Mike Reagan, and written by Reagan and Bob Boyle. The opening and ending songs are performed by Tacocat. The end credits song was written by Tristan Sedillo and Hannah Watanabe-Rocco.

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: April 8, 2016 on Cartoon Network

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning

Home availability

• In the United States:
  • February 17, 2017: Warner Home Video releases The Powerpuff Girls: Tiara Trouble on DVD.
• In Australia:
  • November 16, 2016: Madman Entertainment releases The Powerpuff Girls Tiara Trouble on DVD.
  • October 25, 2017: Madman Entertainment releases The Powerpuff Girls: Season 1 on DVD.