Strong Armed

Strong Armed
Premiere date	April 13, 2016
Run time	11:16
Starring	Amanda Leighton Kristen Li Natalie Palamides Tom Kane Tom Kenny Jason Spisak
Music composed by	Mike Reagan
Writer(s)	Haley Mancini Patrick McEown Leticia Abreu Silva Alicia Chan Grace Kraft
Storyboard artist(s)	Patrick McEown Leticia Abreu Silva Alicia Chan Grace Kraft
Director(s)	Nick Jennings Bob Boyle Jack Fletcher (voices)
Animation director(s)	Robert Alvarez Randy Myers
Art director(s)	Eusong Lee
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"Strong Armed" is the ninth episode of The Powerpuff Girls season one. It aired on April 13, 2016 on Cartoon Network. It was written by Haley Mancini, Patrick McEown, Leticia Abreu Silva, Alicia Chan, and Grace Kraft, produced by Pernelle Hayes, and directed by series creators, Nick Jennings and Bob Boyle, and voice directed by Jack Fletcher.

Bubbles becomes too dependent on a superstrong metallic cast she receives after a fight with Packrat.

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Narrator (voice only)	Tom Kenny
Packrat	Jason Spisak
Dancer Guy	N/A
Blossom Utonium	Amanda Leighton
Bubbles Utonium	Kristen Li
Buttercup Utonium	Natalie Palamides
Professor Utonium	Tom Kane
Barry Mackerbocker	N/A
The Mayor	Tom Kenny

Organizations

• Powerpuff Girls
• Townsville Police Department

Locations

• Earth
  • United States
    • Townsville
      • Townsville Hall
      • Museum of Natural History
      • Townsville Dump
        • Packrat's residence
      • Utonium residence
      • Police station
      • Pickle House
      • Joe's Matresses
      • Springs 'R' Us

Objects

• My Little Rita
• Armsy
• Powerpuff Hotline
• Octi (plague)

Vehicles

• School bus

Production

Filming

It was copyrighted in 2016.

Music

The theme song, "Who's Got the Power?," and music were composed by Mike Reagan. The opening theme song was written by an uncredited 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: Patrick McEown, Leticia Abreu Silva, Alicia Chan, Grace Kraft
• Art director: Eusong Lee
• Supervising director: Julia "Fitzy" Fitzmaurice
• Production coordinators: Adrienne Lee, Stacy Renfroe
• Production assistant: Jesse Sheehan
• Digital production assistant: Corey Booth
• Character designers: Cheyenne Curtis, Carlos Nunez, Alison Donato
• Props and effects designers: Sarah Craig, Corey Booth
• Background designers: Santino Lascano, Carrie Hobson, Janine Chang
• Background painters: Tania Franco, Solbi Park, Clarke Snyder, Meghan Kinder, Maria Vitan
• Color stylist: Rachel Yung
• Animatic editor: Miguel A. Jimenez
• Additional writer: Jake Goldman
• Storyboard revisionists: Andy Cung, Sofia Alexander, Anna Lencioni
• Animation directors: Robert Alvarez, Randy Myers
• Animation checkers: Sandy Benenati, Vicki Casper
• Casting director: Linda Lamontagne
• Additional casting director: Jack Fletcher
• Recording studio manager: Susy Campos
• Recording engineer: Robert Serda
• Director production technology: Antonio Gonella
• Picture editor: Robert Gibis
• Assistant editor: Anna Granfors
• Dialogue editor: Tony Ostyn
• Track reader: Slightly Off Track
• Supervising sound editors and re-recording mixers: Alex Borquez, Timothy J. Borquez
• Sound effects editors: Daisuke Sawa, Tony Orozco
• Post production supervisor: Tony Tedford
• Post production manager: Alicia Parkinson
• Production estimators: Carolyn Johnstone, Cecilia Rheins
• Production administrator: Linda Barry
• Overseas production facility: Smip, Inc.
  • Overseas director: Young-Gil Lee
• Main title animation: Golden Wolf
• Development executive: Katie Krentz
• Current series executive: Nicole Rivera
• 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: April 13, 2016 on Cartoon Network

Behind the scenes

• In the previous episode, "Little Octi Lost," the toxic waste dump was actually called the Townsville Dump.
• My Little Rita is a parody of a Cabbage Patch Kid.
• Springs 'R' Us is a parody of Toys 'R' Us.

Errors

• The previous episode credited Packrat as one name, whereas this episode credits him as "Pack Rat."

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning

Home availability

• In the United States:
  • February 15, 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.