The Headsucker's Moxy

The Headsucker's Moxy
Premiere date	January 5, 2001
Starring	Catherine Cavadini Tara Charendoff E.G. Daily Tom Kane Tom Kenny
Music composed by	James L. Venable Thomas Chase Steve Rucker
Writer(s)	Lynne Naylor-Reccardi Lauren Faust
Storyboard artist(s)	Lynne Naylor-Reccardi
Director(s)	Randy Myers Craig McCracken Genndy Tartakovsky (voices)
Animation director(s)	Robert Alvarez
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"The Headsucker's Moxy" is the first part of episode ten of The Powerpuff Girls season three, and the sixty-eighth overall. It aired on January 5, 2001 on Cartoon Network. It was written by Lynne Naylor-Reccardi and Lauren Faust, and directed by Randy Myers and series creator, Craig McCracken, and voice directed by Genndy Tartakovsky.

A mutant steals valuable information by sucking right on top of the victim's skull.

Memorable quotes

Narrator: And, so, once again, the day is...oh...something... Day...is, oh, my head hurts!

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Narrator (voice only)	Tom Kenny
Bank manager	Tom Kenny
Robbing Leech	N/A
Bubbles Utonium	Tara Charendoff
Buttercup Utonium	E.G. Daily
Blossom Utonium	Catherine Cavadini
Security guard	Tom Kane
Pirate	Tom Kane
Sapphire Sultan	Tom Kane
The Mayor	Tom Kenny

Organizations

• Meat Co.
• Townsville Police Department
• Powerpuff Girls

Locations

• Earth
  • United States
    • Pokey Oaks County
      • Townsville
        • Meat Co. building
        • Bank of the Imperial Garden
        • Utonium residence
        • Townsville Museum
        • Townsville Hall
• The Moon
• The Sun

Objects

• Powerpuff Hotline

Vehicles

• Sapphire Sultan's limo

Production

Filming

It was copyrighted in 2000.

Music

The main title theme and the music were composed by James L. Venable, Thomas Chase, and Steve Rucker. The end title song was performed by Bis. The music was edited by Glenwood Editorial.

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: January 5, 2001 on Cartoon Network

Behind the scenes

• The episode title is an allusion to the 1994 film The Hudsucker Proxy.
• Robbing Leech is named after TV personality Robin Leach.
• Bubbles says "Holy headaches, Blossom," and "Holy heist," which are references to when Robin would exclaim interjections in the form of "Holy_____, Batman," in the 1966 live-action TV series.
• The Sapphire Sultan is credited as "Sultan."

Everlasting influence

• The Bank of the Imperial Garden also gets robbed in the next episode, "Equal Fights."

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:
  • June 3, 2009: Madman Entertainment releases The Powerpuff Girls: The Complete Season 3 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.