Octi Evil

Octi Evil
Premiere date	December 2, 1998
Starring	Catherine Cavadini Tara Charendoff E.G. Daily Tom Kane Tom Kenny Frank Welker
Music composed by	Thomas Chase Steve Rucker James L. Venable
Writer(s)	John McIntyre Zeke Kamm
Director(s)	Genndy Tartakovsky Craig McCracken (also voices)
Animation director(s)	James T. Walker Robert Alvarez
Art director(s)	Craig Kellman
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"Octi Evil" is the third episode (part one) of The Powerpuff Girls season one. It aired on December 2, 1998 on Cartoon Network. It was written by John McIntyre and Zeke Kamm, and directed by Genndy Tartakovsky and series creator, Craig McCracken.

Him talks through Bubbles's stuffed animal, Octi, giving her bad advice to split her sisters up.

Memorable quotes

Narrator: 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
Snake beast	Frank Welker
Bubbles Utonium	Tara Charendoff
Buttercup Utonium	E.G. Daily
Blossom Utonium	Catherine Cavadini
Him	Tom Kane
Ms. Bellum	N/A
The Mayor	Tom Kenny
Professor Utonium	Tom Kane
Turtle beast	Frank Welker

Organizations

• Powerpuff Girls

Locations

• Earth
  • United States
    • Pokey Oaks County
      • Townsville
        • Utonium residence
        • Pokey Oaks Kindergarten
• Him's residence
• The Moon

Objects

• Octi
• Powerpuff Hotline

Vehicles

• None

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.

Crew credits

• Supervising producer: Genndy Tartakovsky
• Associate producer: Donna Castricone
• Production manager: Charlie Desrochers
• Production coordinators: Vincent Aniceto, Amy Rogers
• Animation director: James T. Walker, Robert Alvarez
• Models: Chris Battle
• Clean-up artist: Barbara Krueger
• Layout key artists: Dan Krall, Jim Worthy
• Background colorists: Martin Ansolabehere, Sue Mondt
• Casting director: Collette Sunderman
• Supervising recording engineer: Ed Collins
• Recording engineer: Jeffrey Collins
• Color stylist: Karen Greslie, Roger Webb
• Final checker: Nelda Ridley
• Xeographists: Star Wirth, Martin Crossley
• Animation checker: Sandra Benenati
• Manager of post production: Tim Iverson
• Unit post production supervisor: Gayle Mnookin
• Track readers: Carol Iverson, Fred Salinas, Joe Trueba, Mike Trueba
• Overseas production facility: Rough Draft Studios
• Supervising film editor: Paul Douglas
• Dialogue editors: James Hearn, Kerry Iverson
• Negative cutter: William DeBoer, Jr.
• Telecine/Online facility: Modern Videofilm
• Telecine operator: Rick Taylor
• 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: Julie Humbert
• Production assistants: Sharra Gage, Linda Moore
• Production accountant: Joanne Halcon
• Production liaison: Amy E. Wagner
• Executive in charge of production: Brian A. Miller
• Production administrators: Athena Christianakis, Maria Womack
• Production supervision: Haven Alexander, Ken Duer, Clive Nakayashiki, Joe Sandusky, Howard Schwartz, Liza-Ann Warren
• Production management: Andy Lewis
• Overseas production facility: Rough Draft Studios
• Executives in charge of production for Cartoon Network: Mike Lazzo, Linda Simensky
• Executive producer: Craig McCracken

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: December 2, 1998 on Cartoon Network

Everlasting influence

• In "Members Only," the Professor indirectly refers to this event as one of the many times the girls have matched wits with Him.

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning

Home availability

• In Japan:
  • December 29, 2001: ??? releases The Powerpuff Girls: Volume 1 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.
• In the United States:
  • 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.
  • May 6, 2014: Warner Home Video releases The Powerpuff Girls and Friends on DVD.