Child Fearing
| Child Fearing | |
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| Premiere date | August 18, 2000 |
| Starring | Catherine Cavadini Tara Charendoff E.G. Daily Tom Kane Tom Kenny Roger L. Jackson Dee Bradley Baker |
| Music composed by | Thomas Chase Steve Rucker James L. Venable |
| Writer(s) | Chris Reccardi |
| Storyboard artist(s) | Chris Reccardi |
| Director(s) | Randy Myers Craig McCracken Genndy Tartakovsky (voices) |
| Animation director(s) | Robert Alvarez |
| Art director(s) | Don Shank |
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"Child Fearing" is the second part of episode two of The Powerpuff Girls season three, and the fifty-fourth overall. It aired on August 18, 2000 on Cartoon Network. It was written by Chris Reccardi, directed by Randy Myers and series creator, Craig McCracken, and voice directed by Genndy Tartakovsky.
Mojo babysits the girls when the Mayor is too busy.
Detailed summary
Memorable quotes
Narrator: The city of Townsville is host to the annual meeting of the minds, where our man Professor is not only guest speaker, but he's also...
Professor Utonium: Late! I'm late!
Blarney: ♫If I were a bunny, I’d— HOP! HOP! HOP!— HOP! HOP! HOP!— HOP! HOP! HOP!— HOP! HOP! HOP!♫
Mojo: Very well, then. I will tell you my favorite story — about the greatest conqueror who ever lived: Napoleon! He was a mighty man, feared by all who looked up to him. Using his genius and his loyal army, he conquered all of Europe, then all of Russia, and finally the whole world. The end.
Girls: BORING!!
Blossom: Your story’s all wrong! Napoleon’s 1807 seizure of Portugal and the subsequent rebellion by the Spaniards cost France over three hundred thousand casualties, untold sums of money, and contributed to the eventual weakening of the Napoleonic empire!
Bubbles: And your analysis on the invasion of Russia is also incorrect! Napoleon’s invasion of 1812 resulted in massive casualties of his troops, due to starvation and inclement conditions, and ended in a disastrous retreat from Moscow with his army defeated!
Buttercup: Yeah, dummy! And when he returned to France, the allied nations of Europe united against him, which led to his eventual defeat at the Battle of Waterloo on June 18, 1815, where after he was exiled to the island of St. Helena, where he died a miserable death from stomach cancer on May 5, 1821, stupid!
Narrator: ♫If a were a narrator, I'd this show, and so once again, the day is saved, thanks to the Powerpuff Girls!♫
Characters
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Organizations
Locations
- Earth
- The Moon
Objects
- N64-like console
- Powerpuff Hotline
Vehicles
- Professor Utonium's car
- Cop car
- Cop van
Production
Development
Filming
It was copyrighted in 1999.
Music
The main title theme and music were composed by Thomas Chase, Steve Rucker, and James L. Venable. The end credits song was performed by the Scottish indie-pop band Bis. The music was edited by Glenwood Editorial.
Crew credits
- Supervising producer: Genndy Tartakovsky
- Associate producer: Vincent Aniceto
- Production manager: Charlie Desrochers
- Production coordinators: Shareena Carlson, Dayla Corcoran
- Head writer: Amy Keating Rogers
- Animation director: Robert Alvarez
- Storyboard assistant: Shellie Kvilvang
- Model artists: Chris Reccardi, Carey Yost, Andrew Bialk, Chris Mitchell
- Clean-up artists: Barbara Krueger, Robert Lacko
- Layout key artists: Dan Krall, Jim Worthy
- Background colorists: Martin Ansolabehere, Sue Mondt
- Casting director: Collette Sunderman
- Supervising recording engineer: Ed Collins
- Recording engineer: Jeff O. Collins
- Color stylists: Roger Webb, Karen Greslie
- Final checker: Nelda Ridley
- Xerographists: Star Wirth, Martin Crossley
- Animation checker: Sandra Benenati
- Manager of post production: Tim Iverson
- Track readers: Carol Iverson, Fred Salinas, Joe Trueba
- Supervising film editor: Paul Douglas
- Dialogue editors: James Hearn, Kerry Iverson
- Negative cutter: William DeBoer, Jr.
- Telecine/Online facility: Matchframe Video
- Telecine operator: Rick Taylor
- Online operator: Craig Price
- Sound editor: Twenty-First Century Entertainment
- Post production sound services: Digital Sound Works
- Re-recording mixers: Timothy J. Borquez, Eric Freeman
- Post production coordinator: Julianne Lins
- Production assistants: Sharra Gage, Linda Moore
- Production accountant: Joanne Halcon
- Supervising producer for Cartoon Network: Brian A. Miller
- Director of production: Jennifer Pelphrey
- Overseas production facility: Rough Draft Studios
- Executives in charge of production for Cartoon Network: Mike Lazzo, Linda Simensky
Release
Dates are in order of release:
- United States: August 18, 2000 on Cartoon Network
Behind the scenes
- The episode title is a play on "Child rearing."
- The vanity plate on the Professor's car is "EMC2."
- The game that the Mayor is playing is a parody of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time on what appears to be the Nintendo 64, which is an in-joke to the crew's obsession to the game. According to the 2009 documentary The Powerpuff Girls: Who, What, Where, How, Why... Who Cares?, they played the game so much that they stopped working on the show until they could finish it at the time.
- Blarney is a parody of Barney from Barney & Friends.
Errors
Critical reception
In other languages
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Home availability
- In Japan:
- March 27, 2002: ??? releases The Powerpuff Girls: Volume 6 on DVD.
- In the United States:
- 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.
