The Boys Are Back in Town

The Boys Are Back in Town
Premiere date	November 6, 2003
Run time	22:21
Starring	Catherine Cavadini Tara Strong E.G. Daily Tom Kane Tom Kenny Rob Paulsen Roger L. Jackson
Music composed by	James L. Venable Thomas Chase Steve Rucker
Story by	Lauren Faust Craig Lewis Craig McCracken Amy Keating Rogers
Writer(s)	Brian Larson Chris Reccardi
Storyboard artist(s)	Brian Larson Chris Reccardi
Director(s)	Randy Myers John McIntyre Collette Sunderman (voices)
Animation director(s)	James Tim Walker
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"The Boys Are Back in Town" is the fifth episode of The Powerpuff Girls season five, and the fifty-sixth overall. It aired on November 6, 2003 on Cartoon Network. It was written by Brian Larson and Chris Reccardi, directed by Randy Myers and John McIntyre, and voiced directed by Collette Sunderman.

The Rowdyruff Boys return, courtesy of Him, who has made their only weakness their new strength.

Memorable quotes

Narrator: It seems the battle of the sexes has begun. Let's just hope that 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
Buttercup Utonium	E.G. Daily
Blossom Utonium	Catherine Cavadini
Bubbles Utonium	Tara Strong
Mojo Jojo	N/A
Princess Morbucks	N/A
Ace	N/A
Big Billy	N/A
Lil' Arturo	N/A
Slither	N/A
Grubber	N/A
Old woman	Tara Strong
Fuzzy Lumpkins	N/A
Him	Tom Kane
Monster #1	Unavailable
Monster #2	N/A
Monster #3	N/A
Monster #4	N/A
Brick	Rob Paulsen
Boomer	Rob Paulsen
Butch	Roger L. Jackson
Painter	Roger L. Jackson

Organizations

• Powerpuff Girls
• Townsville Police Department
• Townsville Times (mentioned)
• Gangreen Gang
• Rowdyruff Boys

Locations

• Earth
  • United States
    • Pokey Oaks County
      • Townsville
        • Bank
        • Mojo's residence
        • Townsville Jail
        • Fuzzy's residence
        • The Olive
        • Malph's
        • The Dunby
• Him's residence

Objects

• Townsville Times newspaper

Vehicles

• Nothing of importance

Production

Filming

The episode was copyrighted in 2003.

Music

The main title theme and the music were composed by James L. Venable, Thomas Chase, and Steve Rucker. Venable is also credited for providing an additional score. The end title song was performed by Bis. The music editor was Joe Privitelli.

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: November 6, 2003 on Cartoon Network

Behind the scenes

• The episode title is a reference to the 1976 song "The Boys Are Back in Town" by Thin Lizzy.
• This is a sequel to "The Rowdyruff Boys."

Errors

• There's an "Animation Directors" credit, despite there only being one.
• The "Keene on Ms. Keane" song from "Substitute Creature" is mistakenly listed.

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning

Home availability

• In the United States:
  • January 20, 2009: Warner Home Video releases The Powerpuff Girls: The Complete Series: 10th Anniversary Collection on DVD.
• In Australia:
  • 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.