Collect Her

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Collect Her
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Premiere date August 6, 1999
Starring Catherine Cavadini
Tara Charendoff
E.G. Daily
Tom Kane
Tom Kenny
Music composed by James L. Venable
Thomas Chase
Steve Rucker
Writer(s) Michael Ryan
Amy Keating Rogers
Storyboard artist(s) Chris Savino
Director(s) John McIntyre
Craig McCracken
Genndy Tartakovsky (voices)
Animation director(s) James T. Walker
Robert Alvarez
Art director(s) Craig Kellman
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"Collect Her" is the first part of episode two of The Powerpuff Girls season two, and the twenty-seventh episode overall. It aired on August 6, 1999 on Cartoon Network. It was written by Michael Ryan and Amy Keating Rogers, directed by John McIntyre and series creator, Craig McCracken, and voice directed by Genndy Tartakovsky.

A comic book geek named Lenny Baxter goes too far with collecting Powerpuff Girls merchandise and kidnaps the real girls for his selfish needs.

Detailed summary

Memorable quotes

The Mayor: Majorie Wilson--Where's Majorie Wilson? I KNEW IT! Only an evil mind such as hers could do such a diabolical thing!
Majorie: I'm right here, Mayor!
The Mayor: Oh, is that you, Marge? How's every little thing?


Narrator: Well, it looks like this criminal has been collected and put into his very own box--a box that won't be opened for a long, long time. And so, for the very first time, the day is saved, thanks to the citizens of Townsville! Collect them all.

Characters

Legend
Character debut Speaking debut Ep. debut No lines Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character Actor
Narrator (voice only) Tom Kenny
Lenny Baxter Tom Kenny
Bubbles Utonium Tara Charendoff
Buttercup Utonium E.G. Daily
Blossom Utonium Catherine Cavadini
Professor Utonium Tom Kane
The Mayor Tom Kenny
Ms. Bellum N/A
Talking Dog N/A
Construction worker N/A
Ms. Keane N/A
Old lady N/A
MacKenzie Matthews
Lloyd Hoopley
Fanny Brown
Goofus McGurk
Genndy McCracken
Chaim Ish Kabibble
Majorie Wilson (voice only) E.G. Daily
Billy Catherine Cavadini
Suzie N/A
Jimmy N/A
Julie N/A


Organizations

Locations

Objects

Vehicles

  • None

Production

Development

According to creator Craig McCracken, the crew didn't want to use actual Powerpuff Girls merchandise in the episode because they thought it would be a commercial for the products. They ended up creating more obscure merch such as golf clubs and waffle makers for the episode; the last one of which, ironically, became a real product.[1]

Filming

It was copyrighted in 1999.

Music

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

Crew credits

Release

Dates are in order of release:

  • United States: August 6, 1999 on Cartoon Network

Behind the scenes

  • The episode title is a pun on "Collector." Get it?
  • A lot of the Powerpuff merchandise uses the logo of the series when it was part of What a Cartoon!
  • When the Mayor is taking a "roll call" of Townsville's citizens to try and determine by process of elimination who is missing (and therefore, the girls' abductor), one of the names he calls is "Genndy McCracken," a combination of the first name of the show's animation director (Genndy Tartakovsky) and the last name if its creator (Craig McCracken).
  • Ms. Bellum only appears in silhouette form.
  • Lenny can be seen in the series' opening despite only having one major appearance.

Errors

  • When Buttercup sees the toys of herself in Lenny's apartment, her name is spelled "Butter Cup."
  • Bubbles claims that she is a vegetarian but she is shown eating meat in other episodes such as "Child Fearing", where she gave a taste to Mojo Jojo's shrimp.
  • How did Lenny get toy boxes strong enough to hold the girls?

Legacy

Critical reception

In other languages

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References

  1. ^ The Powerpuff Girls: Who, What, Where, How, Why... Who Cares? (DVD bonus feature). Warner Bros. Home Entertainment. 2009.
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