A Made Up Story

A Made Up Story
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Premiere date	May 14, 2004
Starring	Catherine Cavadini; Tara Strong; E.G. Daily; Tom Kane; Tom Kenny; Phyllis Diller; Jennifer Martin
Music composed by	James L. Venable; Thomas Chase; Steve Rucker
Story by	Randy Myers; Amy Keating Rogers; Chris Savino
Writer(s)	Chris Reccardi
Storyboard artist(s)	Chris Reccardi
Director(s)	John McIntyre; Randy Myers; Collette Sunderman (voices)
Animation director(s)	James Tim Walker
Art director(s)	Paul Stec
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"A Made Up Story" is the fifth episode of The Powerpuff Girls season six, and the sixty-eighth overall. It aired on May 14, 2004 on Cartoon Network. It was written by Chris Reccardi, directed by John McIntyre and Randy Myers, and voice directed by Collette Sunderman.

Detailed summary

Memorable quotes

Narrator: The city of Townsville where something horrible...something evil...something nefarious...something hilarious is taking place.
Mask Scara: (laughs)
Narrator: Yes, some horrible, evil, nefarious, hilarious prankster is defacing all the billboards.

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Narrator (voice only)	Tom Kenny
Joe Bob (poster)	N/A
Mask Scara/Madame M	Phyllis Diller
Mojo Jojo	Unavailable
Women	Tara Strong
Charlie Bean	N/A
Blossom Utonium	Catherine Cavanaugh
Bubbles Utonium	Tara Strong
Buttercup Utonium	E.G. Daily
The Mayor	Tom Kenny
Professor Utonium	Tom Kane
Ms. Bellum	Jennifer Martin
Moose
Ms. Keene	N/A
Fuzzy Lumpkins	N/A
Slim	N/A
Bossman	N/A
Junior	N/A
Grubber	N/A
Big Billy	N/A
Lil' Arturo	N/A
Snake	N/A
Ace	N/A
Princess Morbucks	N/A
Him	Tom Kane

Organizations

Locations

Earth
- United States
  - Pokey Oaks County
    - Townsville
      - Pokey Oaks Kindergarten
      - Townsville Hall
      - Townsville Park
        Townsville Central Park
        Townsville Volcano Mountain
        Mojo's residence
        
        Him's dimension
        
        Townsville Forest
        
        Fuzzy's residence
      - Utonium residence
- Russia (billboard)
  - Siberia (billboard)
- Canada (billboard)
The Sun

Objects

Vehicles

Professor Utonium's car

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. Additional music was also composed by Venable and Jennifer Kes Remington. The end title song was performed by Bis. The music editor was Joe Privitelli.

Crew credits

Storyboard artist: Chris Reccardi
Art director: Paul Stec
Producer: Chris Savino
Line producer: Kelly Crews
Post production line producer: Shareena Carlson
Production coordinators: Jackie Buscarino, Carolyn Shaushkin
Production assistant: Erik Elizarrez
Supervising animation director: Robert Alvarez
Animation director: James Tim Walker
Overseas animation directors: Jong Ho Kim, Seong Chul Yeom
Outline editor: Amy Keating Rogers
Story by: Randy Myers, Amy Keating Rogers, Chris Savino
Character supervisor: Andrew Bialk
Character designer: Stef Choi
Prop designer: Chris Battle
Clean-up artists: Dana Jo Granger, Cathlin Hidalgo, Jeff Albrecht
Storyboard clean-up artist: Nate Cash
Background design supervisor: Justin Thompson
Background designers: Todd Frederikson, Frederick Gardner
Background paint supervisor: Christopher Roszak
Background painters: Kit Boyce, Tim Barnes
Color stylists: Karen Greslie, Roger Webb
Animation checker: Sandra J. Benenati
Digital effects artist: Stephen Jennings
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: Jim Hearn
Re-recording mixers: Timothy J. Borquez, Eric Freeman, Hacienda Post
Sound editor: Twenty-First Century Entertainment
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: May 14, 2004 on Cartoon Network

Behind the scenes

Charlie Bean, who the Narrator refers to by name, is a cameo for the real Charlie Bean, who has worked on the series before.
Blossom discovered her ice breath in "Ice Sore."

Errors

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