Strong Armed

Strong Armed
Premiere date	April 13, 2016
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 Andy Cung (revisionist) Sofia Alexander (revisionist) Anna Lencioni (revisionist)
Director(s)	Nick Jennings Bob Boyle Julia "Fitzy" Fitzmaurice (supervising) Jack Fletcher (voices)
Animation director(s)	Robert Alvarez Randy Myers
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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, Jake Goldman, Grace Kraft, and Vi Nguyen, produced by Pernelle Hayes, and directed by Nick Jennings, Bob Boyle, and 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
Blossom Utonium	Amanda Leighton
Bubbles Utonium	Kristen Li
Buttercup Utonium	Natalie Palamides
Professor Utonium	Tom Kane
Barry Mackerbacker	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
      • 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

Development

Jake Goldman was credited for additional writing.

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 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 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.