Prime Mates

Prime Mates
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Premiere date	April 16, 2004
Starring	Catherine Cavadini; Tara Strong; E.G. Daily; Tom Kenny; Tom Kane; Dee Bradley Baker; Kevin Michael Richardson
Music composed by	James L. Venable; Thomas Chase; Steve Rucker
Story by	Nate Cash; Craig Lewis; Craig McCracken; John McIntyre; Cindy Morrow; Amy Keating Rogers; Chris Savino; Thurop Van Orman
Writer(s)	Mike Kim
Storyboard artist(s)	Mike Kim
Director(s)	John McIntyre; Collette Sunderman (voices)
Art director(s)	Paul Stec
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"Prime Mates" is the first episode (part one) of The Powerpuff Girls season six, and the sixty-fourth overall. It aired on April 16, 2004 on Cartoon Network. It was written by Mike Kim, directed by John McIntyre, and voice directed by Collette Sunderman.

Detailed summary

Memorable quotes

Narrator: The city of Townsville, where a dark and stormy night is the perfect sinister weather for an evil monkey by the name of Mojo Jojo to...Get a good night's rest.

Narrator: And so, for the only time, the day is saved, thanks to the mopey Mopey Popo.
Mopey: Eat my jerky.

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
The Narrator (voice only)	Tom Kenny
Mojo Jojo	Roger L. Jackson
Monkey (doll)	N/A
Mopey Popo	Dee Bradley Baker
Rocko Socko	Kevin Michael Richardson
Bubbles Utonium	Tara Strong
Blossom Utonium	Catherine Cavadini
Buttercup Utonium	E.G. Daily

Organizations

Powerpuff Girls

Locations

Earth
- United States
  - Pokey Oaks County
    - Townsville
      - Townsville Park
        Townsville Central Park
        Townsville Volcano Mountain
        Mojo's residence

Objects

Vehicles

None

Production

Development

Filming

The episode was copyrighted in 2004.

Music

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

Crew credits

Storyboard artist: Mike Kim
Art director: Paul Stec
Producer: Chris Savino
Line producers: Shareena Carlson, Kelly Crews
Production coordinators: Jackie Buscarino, Carolyn Shaushkin
Production assistant: Erik Elizarrez
Supervising animation director: Robert Alvarez
Overseas animation directors: Chang Yul Chung, Jong Ho Kim
Outline editor: Amy Keating Rogers
Story by: Nate Cash, Craig Lewis, Craig McCracken, John McIntyre, Cindy Morrow, Amy Keating Rogers, Chris Savino, Thurop Van Orman
Character supervisor: Andrew Bialk
Character designer: Stef Choi
Prop designers: Chris Battle
Clean-up artists: Dana Jo Granger, Cathlin Hidalgo, Jeff Albrecht, Amber Lee Hardin
Storyboard clean-up artist: Nate Cash
Background design supervisor: Justin Thompson
Background designers: Todd Frederikson, Fred Gardner
Background paint supervisor: Christopher Roszak
Background painters: Kit Boyce, Martin Ansolabehere
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
Post production sound services: Hacienda Post
Re-recording mixers: Timothy J. Borquez, Eric Freeman
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: April 16, 2004 on Cartoon Network

Behind the scenes

The episode title is a play on "Primates." You're welcome.
Mojo owns a stuffed doll of Monkey in his superhero outfit; Monkey is really Monkey, the pet monkey of Dexter in Dexter's Laboratory.
Rocko Socko was one of Mojo's minions in The Powerpuff Girls Movie.

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