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Salamander
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Premiere date	August 26, 2018
Run time	10:07
Starring	Amanda Leighton; Kristen Li; Natalie Palamides; Tom Kane; Roger L. Jackson; Jason Kaye; Ben Diskin
Music composed by	Mike Reagan
Writer(s)	Jake Goldman; Leticia Abreu Silva; John Martinez
Storyboard artist(s)	Leticia Abreu Silva; John Martinez
Director(s)	Nick Jennings; Bob Boyle; Jack Fletcher (voices); Jake Goldman (voices)
Animation director(s)	Robert Alvarez; Randy Myers; Sheri Wheeler
Art director(s)	Roman Laney; Paula Spence
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"Salamander" is the sixteenth episode of The Powerpuff Girls season three, and the ninety-fifth overall. It aired on August 26, 2018 on Cartoon Network. It was written by Jake Goldman, Leticia Abreu Silva, and John Martinez, produced by Pernelle Hayes, directed by series creators, Nick Jennings and Bob Boyle, and voice directed by Jack Fletcher and Jake Goldman.

Blossom lets Bubbles lead a mission after Professor Utonium has been kidnapped by the Salamander, who wants him to build a giant magnifying glass to put up against the sun and incinerate the planet.

Detailed summary

The girls watch a commercial for Cork Fork, which Blossom thinks is ridiculous, and question what kind of person would buy such a thing, when their father walks in, excited over his purchase of a box of Cork Forks. Suddenly, the wall of their house is knocked down, with two orange-suited men riding vehicles resembling hover watercrafts entering the living room and kidnapping Professor Utonium by order of their boss, the Salamander, a humanoid-looking salamander. A third henchman comes late and is bribed by Bubbles with chocolate milk to give the whereabouts of the Salamander's base. Having believed herself to have done a good job, Bubbles feels confident enough to lead the mission, which was actually promised by Blossom that she could lead the next one. Blossom hesitatingly agrees.

Already at sea, she regrets her decision, as Bubbles have got them out with stuffed animals and riding an inflatable boat called the S.S. Basket of Kittens. When they make it to the island, Bubbles makes a surprisingly efficient and effective leader with the use of their Snuggle Buddies and Cork Forks against two red and blue teams of the Salamander. But Blossom doesn't think she's taking the job seriously enough, especially when she can't follow glaringly obvious labeled directions to the Salamander's lair. Out of nowhere, the Salamander's Crowbot picks up Blossom and takes her directly to Salamander's lair as his prisoner. Buttercup looks to Bubbles for a plan, but Bubbles breaks down and runs around screaming.

While Blossom trapped is in Salamander's pit, he refers to her as the third in command, and when she flies up to retaliate, she discovers the top is covered with an invisible electrified forcefield. He then releases a monster with several eyes onto Blossom for his amusement, and checks on Professor Utonium with his magnifying glass machine, which has been finished.

Bubbles is in distress and doesn't know what to do, she even goes as far as to put her stuffed octopus in charge. Buttercup can't be the leader after what happened last time (getting her sisters and herself tied up above alligators), so she gives Bubbles a pep talk about how she's done pretty well so far and not to give up now. Now feeling confident, Bubbles takes the lead once more and takes them to his volcano lair--Mojo's volcano lair that is. Fortunately, the next volcano lair they crash into belongs to the Salamander, who is preparing his giant magnifying glass to burn the earth. Blossom tells Bubbles to think quick, who simply goofs around with Buttercup, which serves as a long enough distraction that when the giant magnifying glass rises above the lair, the day has turned to night, rendering it useless. Blossom is freed from the pit and congratulates Bubbles for doing a fine job. Bubbles is flattered but doesn't feel she quite suits the role as Blossom does.

The Salamander whines about his failure and tears off what has been a costume all this time worn by the Gnat, who wanted to take revenge on humanity by frying it the same way humanity has fried bugs with magnifying glasses for so long. The Powerpuff Girls don't have any sympathy for him, and Buttercup seems to even be bored and asks Blossom if they can just beat him up and go home, which they then proceed to do. Meanwhile, as if Professor Utonium wasn't satisfied with building one death ray, he's already working on another with giddy glee.

Memorable quotes

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Blossom Utonium	Amanda Leighton
Buttercup Utonium	Natalie Palamides
Bubbles Utonium	Kristen Li
Ad announcer (voice only)	Unavailable
Man on TV	Unavailable
Professor Utonium	Tom Kane
Henchman #1	Unavailable
Henchman #2	Unavailable
Salamander	Jason Kaye
Henchman #3	Unavailable
Blue Team member #1	Unavailable
Blue Team member #2	Unavailable
Red Team member #1	Unavailable
Red Team member #2	Unavailable
Red Team member #3	Unavailable
Mojo Jojo	Roger L. Jackson
Larry	N/A
The Gnat	Jason Kaye

Organizations

Powerpuff Girls

Locations

Earth
- United States
  - Pokey Oaks County
    - Townsville
      - Utonium residence
      - Townsville Park
        Townsville Central Park
        Townsville Volcano Mountain
        Mojo's residence
  - Salamander's lair

Objects

Vehicles

S.S. Basket of Kittens

Production

Development

Filming

It was copyrighted in 2018.

Music

The theme song, "Who's Got the Power?," and the music were composed by Mike Reagan. The opening theme song was written by Reagan and Bob Boyle, and the end credits song was written by Tristan Sedillo and Hannah Watanabe-Rocco, with both songs being performed by Tacocat.

Crew credits

Storyboard artists: Leticia Abreu Silva, John Martinez
Story editors: Haley Mancini, Jake Goldman
Art directors: Roman Laney, Paula Spence
Supervising directors: Abe Audish, James Burks
Supervising animation director: Sheri Wheeler
Production manager: Jasmin Hazem
Production coordinators: Adrienne Lee, Heather Navarro
Production assistants: Grace Chen, Jody Wegner
Character designer: Dean Heezen
Props and effects designer: Nathan Rico, Eunji Lee BRoess
Background designers: Santino Lascano, Clark Snyder
Background painters: Garrett Lee, Olivia Asser
Color stylists: Ashley Fisher, Miguel A. Jimenez
Animatic editor: Miguel A. Jimenez
Storyboard revisionists: Karen Wang, Megan Fisher
Animation directors: Robert Alvarez, Randy Myers, Sheri Wheeler
Animation checkers: Sandy Benenati, Julie Benenati
Casting director: Jack Fletcher
Original casting director: Linda Lamontagne
Recording studio manager: Stacy Renfroe
Recording engineers: Bill Devine, Austin Gorrigan
Director production technology: Antonio Gonella
Picture editor: Paul Douglas
Assistant editor: Krista Henrickson
After effects artist: Joel Espana
Dialogue editor: Tony Ostyn
Track reader: Slightly Off Track
Supervising sound editors: Alex Borquez, Timothy J. Borquez
Sound effects editors: Scott Manke, Daisuke Sawa
Re-recording mixers: Patrick Janssen, Timothy J. Barquez, C.A.S.
Post production manager: Alicia Parkinson
Post production assistant: Therisse Amunatigui
Production estimator: Carolyn Johnstone
Production administrator: Linda Barry
Overseas production facility: Smip, Inc.
- Animation director: Hwang Gi-Ho
Main title animation: Golden Wolf
Current series executive: Mike Rauch
Executive producers: Jennifer Pelphrey, Curtis Lelash, Brian A. Miller, Rob Sorcher, Nick Jennings
Co-executive producer: Bob Boyle

Release

Dates are in order of release:

United States: August 26, 2018 on Cartoon Network

Behind the scenes

Buttercup calls the Gnat Jimmy, part of the recurring joke with the Powerpuff Girls calling him by the wrong name.

Errors

Critical reception

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning

Home availability

Not available. 😢

References

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-'''"Salamander"''' is the sixteenth episode of ''[[The Powerpuff Girls (2016 TV series)|The Powerpuff Girls]]'' season three, and the ninety-fifth overall. It aired on [[August 26]], [[2018]] on [[Cartoon Network]]. It was written by [[Jake Goldman]], [[Leticia Abreu Silva]], and [[John Martinez]], produced by [[Pernelle Hayes]], and directed by [[Nick Jennings]], [[Bob Boyle]],  and [[Jack Fletcher]].
+'''"Salamander"''' is the sixteenth episode of ''[[The Powerpuff Girls (2016 TV series)|The Powerpuff Girls]]'' season three, and the ninety-fifth overall. It aired on [[August 26]], [[2018]] on [[Cartoon Network]]. It was written by [[Jake Goldman]], [[Leticia Abreu Silva]], and [[John Martinez]], produced by [[Pernelle Hayes]], directed by series creators, [[Nick Jennings]] and [[Bob Boyle]], and voice directed by [[Jack Fletcher]] and [[Jake Goldman]].
-Professor Utonium is kidnapped by the Salamander and forced to build him a giant magnifying glass which the Salamander plans to put in front of the sun and burn the Earth.
+Blossom lets Bubbles lead a mission after Professor Utonium has been kidnapped by the Salamander, who wants him to build a giant magnifying glass to put up against the sun and incinerate the planet.
 ==Detailed summary==
+The girls watch a commercial for Cork Fork, which Blossom thinks is ridiculous, and question what kind of person would buy such a thing, when their father walks in, excited over his purchase of a box of Cork Forks. Suddenly, the wall of their house is knocked down, with two orange-suited men riding vehicles resembling hover watercrafts entering the living room and kidnapping Professor Utonium by order of their boss, the Salamander, a humanoid-looking salamander. A third henchman comes late and is bribed by Bubbles with chocolate milk to give the whereabouts of the Salamander's base. Having believed herself to have done a good job, Bubbles feels confident enough to lead the mission, which was actually promised by Blossom that she could lead the next one. Blossom hesitatingly agrees.
+Already at sea, she regrets her decision, as Bubbles have got them out with stuffed animals and riding an inflatable boat called the S.S. Basket of Kittens. When they make it to the island, Bubbles makes a surprisingly efficient and effective leader with the use of their Snuggle Buddies and Cork Forks against two red and blue teams of the Salamander. But Blossom doesn't think she's taking the job seriously enough, especially when she can't follow glaringly obvious labeled directions to the Salamander's lair. Out of nowhere, the Salamander's Crowbot picks up Blossom and takes her directly to Salamander's lair as his prisoner. Buttercup looks to Bubbles for a plan, but Bubbles breaks down and runs around screaming.
+While Blossom trapped is in Salamander's pit, he refers to her as the third in command, and when she flies up to retaliate, she discovers the top is covered with an invisible electrified forcefield. He then releases a monster with several eyes onto Blossom for his amusement, and checks on Professor Utonium with his magnifying glass machine, which has been finished.
+Bubbles is in distress and doesn't know what to do, she even goes as far as to put her stuffed octopus in charge. Buttercup can't be the leader after what happened last time (getting her sisters and herself tied up above alligators), so she gives Bubbles a pep talk about how she's done pretty well so far and not to give up now. Now feeling confident, Bubbles takes the lead once more and takes them to his volcano lair--''Mojo's'' volcano lair that is. Fortunately, the next volcano lair they crash into belongs to the Salamander, who is preparing his giant magnifying glass to burn the earth. Blossom tells Bubbles to think quick, who simply goofs around with Buttercup, which serves as a long enough distraction that when the giant magnifying glass rises above the lair, the day has turned to night, rendering it useless. Blossom is freed from the pit and congratulates Bubbles for doing a fine job. Bubbles is flattered but doesn't feel she quite suits the role as Blossom does.
+The Salamander whines about his failure and tears off what has been a costume all this time worn by the Gnat, who wanted to take revenge on humanity by frying it the same way humanity has fried bugs with magnifying glasses for so long. The Powerpuff Girls don't have any sympathy for him, and Buttercup seems to even be bored and asks Blossom if they can just beat him up and go home, which they then proceed to do. Meanwhile, as if Professor Utonium wasn't satisfied with building one death ray, he's already working on another with giddy glee.
 ==Memorable quotes==
 ==Characters==
@@ Line 39: / Line 52: @@
 |style="background-color:#clear"| [[Professor Utonium]]
 |style="background-color:#clear"| [[Tom Kane]]
+|-
+|style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| [[List of unnamed Powerpuff Girls characters|Henchman #1]]
+|style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
+|-
+|style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| [[List of unnamed Powerpuff Girls characters|Henchman #2]]
+|style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 |-
 |style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| [[The Gnat|Salamander]]
 |style="background-color:#aaffaa"| [[Jason Kaye]]
 |-
-|style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| [[List of unnamed Powerpuff Girls characters|Henchman #1]]
+|style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| [[List of unnamed Powerpuff Girls characters|Henchman #3]]
+|style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
+|-
+|style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| [[List of unnamed Powerpuff Girls characters|Blue Team member #1]]
+|style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
+|-
+|style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| [[List of unnamed Powerpuff Girls characters|Blue Team member #2]]
+|style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
+|-
+|style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| [[List of unnamed Powerpuff Girls characters|Red Team member #1]]
 |style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 |-
-|style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| [[List of unnamed Powerpuff Girls characters|Henchman #2]]
+|style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| [[List of unnamed Powerpuff Girls characters|Red Team member #2]]
 |style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 |-
-|style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| [[List of unnamed Powerpuff Girls characters|Henchman #3]]
+|style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| [[List of unnamed Powerpuff Girls characters|Red Team member #3]]
 |style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 |-
@@ Line 69: / Line 97: @@
 * [[Earth]]
 ** [[United States]]
-*** [[Townsville]]
+*** [[Pokey Oaks County]]
-**** [[Utonium residence]]
+**** [[Townsville]]
-**** [[Mojo's residence]]
+***** [[Utonium residence]]
-*** Salamander's lair
+***** [[Townsville Park]]
+****** Townsville Central Park
+******* [[Townsville Volcano Mountain]]
+******** [[Mojo's residence]]
+*** [[Salamander's lair]]
 ==Objects==
 * [[Cork fork]]
 * [[Octi]]
+* [[Monsieur Ducky]]
+* [[President Dinosaur]]
 * [[Crowbot]]
 * Giant magnifying glass
@@ Line 90: / Line 124: @@
 ==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]].
+The theme song, "[[Who's Got the Power?]]," and the music were composed by [[Mike Reagan]]. The opening theme song was written by Reagan and Bob Boyle, and the end credits song was written by [[Tristan Sedillo]] and [[Hannah Watanabe-Rocco]], with both songs being performed by [[Tacocat]].
+==Crew credits==
+* Storyboard artists: Leticia Abreu Silva, John Martinez
+* Story editors: [[Haley Mancini]], Jake Goldman
+* Art directors: [[Roman Laney]], [[Paula Spence]]
+* Supervising directors: [[Abe Audish]], [[James Burks]]
+* Supervising animation director: [[Sheri Wheeler]]
+* Production manager: [[Jasmin Hazem]]
+* Production coordinators: [[Adrienne Lee]], [[Heather Navarro]]
+* Production assistants: [[Grace Chen]], [[Jody Wegner]]
+* Character designer: [[Dean Heezen]]
+* Props and effects designer: [[Nathan Rico]], [[Eunji Lee BRoess]]
+* Background designers: [[Santino Lascano]], [[Clark Snyder]]
+* Background painters: [[Garrett Lee]], [[Olivia Asser]]
+* Color stylists: [[Ashley Fisher]], [[Miguel A. Jimenez]]
+* Animatic editor: Miguel A. Jimenez
+* Storyboard revisionists: [[Karen Wang]], [[Megan Fisher]]
+* Animation directors: [[Robert Alvarez]], [[Randy Myers]], Sheri Wheeler
+* Animation checkers: [[Sandy Benenati]], [[Julie Benenati]]
+* Casting director: Jack Fletcher
+* Original casting director: [[Linda Lamontagne]]
+* Recording studio manager: [[Stacy Renfroe]]
+* Recording engineers: [[Bill Devine]], [[Austin Gorrigan]]
+* Director production technology: [[Antonio Gonella]]
+* Picture editor: [[Paul Douglas]]
+* Assistant editor: [[Krista Henrickson]]
+* After effects artist: [[Joel Espana]]
+* Dialogue editor: [[Tony Ostyn]]
+* Track reader: [[Slightly Off Track]]
+* Supervising sound editors: [[Alex Borquez]], [[Timothy J. Borquez]]
+* Sound effects editors: [[Scott Manke]], [[Daisuke Sawa]]
+* Re-recording mixers: [[Patrick Janssen]], Timothy J. Barquez, C.A.S.
+* Post production manager: [[Alicia Parkinson]]
+* Post production assistant: [[Therisse Amunatigui]]
+* Production estimator: [[Carolyn Johnstone]]
+* Production administrator: [[Linda Barry]]
+* Overseas production facility: [[Smip, Inc.]]
+** Animation director: [[Hwang Gi-Ho]]
+* Main title animation: [[Golden Wolf]]
+* Current series executive: [[Mike Rauch]]
+* Executive producers: [[Jennifer Pelphrey]], [[Curtis Lelash]], [[Brian A. Miller]], [[Rob Sorcher]], Nick Jennings
+* Co-executive producer: Bob Boyle
 ==Release==
 Dates are in order of release:
-* [[United States]]: August 26, 2018 on Cartoon Network
+* United States: August 26, 2018 on Cartoon Network
 ==Behind the scenes==
-*
+* Buttercup calls the Gnat Jimmy, part of the recurring joke with the Powerpuff Girls calling him by the wrong name.
 ==Errors==
@@ Line 116: / Line 192: @@
 ==Home availability==
-*
+* Not available. 😢
 ==References==
 <references/>
+[[Category:2018]]
+[[Category:Cartoon Network Studios]]
+[[Category:Cartoon Network]]
 [[Category:Directed by Bob Boyle]]
 [[Category:Directed by Jack Fletcher]]
 [[Category:Directed by Nick Jennings]]
 [[Category:Episodes]]
+[[Category:Powerpuff Girls (franchise)]]
 [[Category:Powerpuff Girls episodes]]
-[[Category:Powerpuff Girls]]
 [[Category:The Powerpuff Girls (2016 TV series) episodes]]
 [[Category:Written by Haley Mancini]]
+[[Category:Written by Jake Goldman]]
+[[Category:Written by Leticia Abreu Silva]]