Documentary

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Premiere date	January 16, 2004
Starring	Catherine Cavadini; Tara Strong; E.G. Daily; James Arnold Taylor; Jennifer Hale; Tom Kenny; Jennifer Martin; Jim Cummings; Roger L. Jackson; Tom Kane
Music composed by	James L. Venable; Thomas Chase; Steve Rucker
Story by	Lauren Faust; Craig Lewis; Craig McCracken; Amy Keating Rogers
Writer(s)	Brian Larson
Storyboard artist(s)	Brian Larson
Director(s)	Brian Larson; Collette Sunderman (voices)
Animation director(s)	James Tim Walker; John McIntyre
Art director(s)	Paul Stec
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"Documentary", also known as "The Powerpuff Girls: A Documentary", is the tenth episode (part one) of The Powerpuff Girls season five, and the sixty-first overall. It aired on January 16, 2004 on Cartoon Network. It was written and directed by Brian Larson, and voice directed by Collette Sunderman.

A film school student goes to Townsville to make a documentary about the Powerpuff Girls.

Detailed summary

Memorable quotes

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Brian Larson	James Arnold Taylor
Blossom Utonium	Catherine Cavadini
Bubbles Utonium	Tara Strong
Buttercup Utonium	E.G. Daily
Ms. Keane	Jennifer Hale
Carl Jusscarl	Jim Cummings
Officer Dave Duncan	Tom Kenny
The Mayor	Tom Kenny
Ms. Bellum	Jennifer Martin
Talking Dog	Tom Kane
Princess Morbucks	Jennifer Hale
Ace	N/A
Snake	N/A
Big Billy	N/A
Grubber	N/A
Lil' Arturo	N/A
Fuzzy Lumpkins	Jim Cummings
Mojo Jojo	Roger L. Jackson
Punk	Tom Kenny
Grandma	Jennifer Martin
Irritated resident	James Arnold Taylor
Don Shank	Himself
Little girl	Tara Strong
Beth	Jennifer Hale
Dog	Unavailable
Professor Utonium

Organizations

Locations

Earth
- United States
  - Pokey Oaks County
    - Townsville
      - Le Shop
      - Townsville Mall
      - Movieplex 5
      - Townsville Park
        Townsville Central Park
        Townsville Volcano Mountain
        Mojo's residence
      - Museum
      - Animal shelter
      - The Powerpuff Store
      - Utonium residence
      - Pokey Oaks Kindergarten
      - The Donut King
      - Townsville Hall
      - Townsville Forest
        Fuzzy's residence
    - Garden Avenue (mentioned)
The Sun

Objects

Townsville Tribune newspaper

Vehicles

Princess's limo

Production

Development

Filming

The episode was copyrighted in 2003.

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 an additional score. The end title song was performed by Bis. The music editor was Joe Privitelli.

Crew credits

Storyboard artist: Brian Larson
Producer: Chris Savino
Supervising director: Lauren Faust
Line producer: Kelly Crews
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, Sung Chul Yeom
Documentary art director: Paul Stec
Documentary animation director: John McIntyre
Outline editor: Amy Keating Rogers
Story by: Lauren Faust, Craig Lewis, Craig McCracken, Amy Keating Rogers
Character supervisor: Andrew Bialk
Character designer: Stef Choi
Prop designer: Christopher Battle
Clean-up artists: Dana Jo Granger, Cathlin Hidalgo, Jeff Albrecht, Barbara Krueger, Robert Lacko
Storyboard clean-up artist: Nate Cash, Thurop Vanorman
Background design supervisor: Justin Thompson
Background designer: Todd Frederikson
Background paint supervisor: Christopher Roszak
Background painters: Kit Boyce, Martin Ansolabehere
Color stylist: 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
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: January 16, 2004 on Cartoon Network

Behind the scenes

The episode does not have opening credits because it's treated as a real documentary by Brian Larson, who is a real person who works on the show, and seems to have written and directed this episode. However, he apparently wasn't good enough to voice himself. That job went to James Arnold Taylor.
The orange monster was last seen in "Three Girls and a Monster."
In the voice credits, Beth is listed as "Girl."

Errors

The Powerpuff Girls have their own cartoon, although it's unclear if it's referring to the real cartoon or a fictionalized version.

Marketing and promotion

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