What's the Big Idea?

What's the Big Idea?
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Premiere date	August 27, 2004
Starring	Catherine Cavadini; Tara Strong; E.G. Daily; Tom Kenny; Tom Kane; Don Shank
Music composed by	James L. Venable; Thomas Chase; Steve Rucker
Story by	Nate Cash; Dayla Corcorcon; Thurop Van Orman; John McIntyre; Randy Myers; Amy Keating Rogers; Chris Savino
Writer(s)	Ken Allen
Storyboard artist(s)	Ken Allen
Director(s)	John McIntyre; Collette Sunderman (voices)
Art director(s)	Paul Stec
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"What's the Big Idea?" is the thirteenth episode (part two) of The Powerpuff Girls season six, and the seventy-sixth overall. It aired on August 27, 2004 on Cartoon Network. It was written by Ken Allen, directed by John McIntyre, and voice directed by Collette Sunderman.

Detailed summary

Memorable quotes

Mojo: The city of Townsville--Complete in miniature model form. The details perfect in every detail. The perfect planning tool this construct is for planning my perfect plan. Perfect! Now, the piece de resistance.

Narrator: Whoah! You know, an episode like this makes you realize how small and insignificant and puny you are. Oh, well. So once again, the day is saved, thanks to the Powerpuff Girls! Don't step on me--Don't step on me!

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Mojo Jojo	Roger L. Jackson
Bubbles Utonium	Tara Strong
Blossom Utonium	Catherine Cavadini
Buttercup Utonium	E.G. Daily
Angry man #1	Unavailable
Don Shank	Himself
Angry man #2	Unavailable
Professor Utonium	Tom Kane
Narrator (voice only)	Tom Kenny

Organizations

Locations

Earth
- United States
  - Pokey Oaks County
    - Townsville
      - Townsville Park
        Townsville Central Park
        Townsville Volcano Mountain
        Mojo's residence
      - Le Dunne King Donnet
      - Utonium residence
      - Binkety Bonk Bank
      - Red's Jewels
      - DVD Collectors Emporium
      - Bobbins Rothers

Objects

Townsville miniature model
Enlarging ray
Big Bite Bubble Gum (truck ad)

Vehicles

Bubble gum truck
Train

Production

Development

Filming

The episode was copyrighted in 2004.

Music

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

Crew credits

Storyboard artist: Ken Allen
Art director: Paul Stec
Producer: Chris Savino
Line producer: Shareena Carlson
Production coordinators: Jackie Buscarino, Carolyn Shaushkin
Supervising animation director: Robert Alvarez
Overseas animation directors: Jong Ho Kim, Seong Chul Yeom
Outline editors: Amy Keating Rogers, Dayla Corcoran
Story by: Nate Cash, Dayla Corcoran, Thorup Van Orman, John McIntyre, Randy Myers, Amy Keating Rogers, Chris Savino
Character supervisor: Chris Reccardi
Character designer: Stef Choi
Prop designers: Chris Battle, Serapio Calm
Clean-up artists: Dana Jo Granger, Cathlin Hidalgo, Jeff Albrecht, Robert Lacko
Storyboard clean-up artist: Nate Cash
Background designers: Frederick Gardner, Paul Stec
Background paint supervisor: Christopher Roszak
Background painter: Tim Barnes
Color stylists: Karen Greslie, Roger Webb
Animation checker: Sandra J. Benenati
Casting director: Collette Sunderman
Talent coordinator: Karie Gima Pham
Recording engineer: Robert Serda
Track reader: Slightly Off Track
Overseas production facility: Rough Draft Studios
Picture editor: Robert Gibis
Dialogue editor: James Hearn
Sound editor: Twenty-First Century Entertainment
Re-recording mixers: Timothy J. Borquez, Eric Freeman, Hacienda Post
Post production coordinator: Alicia Parkinson
Production estimator: Cecilia Rheins
Supervising producer for Cartoon Network Studios: Brian A. Miller
Director of production for Cartoon Network Studios: Jennifer Pelphrey
Executives in charge of production at Cartoon Network: Linda Simensky, Andrea Lopez
Executive producer: Craig McCracken

Release

Dates are in order of release:

United States: August 27, 2004 on Cartoon Network

Behind the scenes

Mojo does the narrator's usual opening line of "The city of Townsville" at the beginning of the episode.
Animator Don Shank makes several speaking cameos around Townsville, although he is credited for playing "Angry guy."

Errors

The animation director isn't credited.

Critical reception

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.

References