Strong Armed

Strong Armed
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Premiere date	April 13, 2016
Run time	11:16
Starring	Amanda Leighton; Kristen Li; Natalie Palamides; Tom Kane; Tom Kenny; Jason Spisak
Music composed by	Mike Reagan
Writer(s)	Haley Mancini; Patrick McEown; Leticia Abreu Silva; Alicia Chan; Grace Kraft
Storyboard artist(s)	Patrick McEown; Leticia Abreu Silva; Alicia Chan; Grace Kraft
Director(s)	Nick Jennings; Bob Boyle; Jack Fletcher (voices)
Animation director(s)	Robert Alvarez; Randy Myers
Art director(s)	Eusong Lee
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"Strong Armed" is the ninth episode of The Powerpuff Girls season one. It aired on April 13, 2016 on Cartoon Network. It was written by Haley Mancini, Patrick McEown, Leticia Abreu Silva, Alicia Chan, and Grace Kraft, produced by Pernelle Hayes, and directed by series creators, Nick Jennings and Bob Boyle, and voice directed by Jack Fletcher.

Bubbles becomes too dependent on a superstrong metallic cast she receives after a fight with Packrat.

Detailed summary

Memorable quotes

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Narrator (voice only)	Tom Kenny
Packrat	Jason Spisak
Dancer Guy	N/A
Blossom Utonium	Amanda Leighton
Bubbles Utonium	Kristen Li
Buttercup Utonium	Natalie Palamides
Professor Utonium	Tom Kane
Barry Mackerbocker	N/A
The Mayor	Tom Kenny

Organizations

Locations

Earth
- United States
  - Townsville
    - Townsville Hall
    - Museum of Natural History
    - Townsville Dump
      - Packrat's residence
    - Utonium residence
    - Police station
    - Pickle House
    - Joe's Matresses
    - Springs 'R' Us

Objects

Vehicles

School bus

Production

Development

Filming

It was copyrighted in 2016.

Music

The theme song, "Who's Got the Power?," and music were composed by Mike Reagan. The opening theme song was written by an uncredited Reagan and Bob Boyle, and the end credits song was written by Tristan Sedillo and Hannah Watanabe-Rocco, with both songs being performed by Tacocat.

Crew credits

Storyboard artists: Patrick McEown, Leticia Abreu Silva, Alicia Chan, Grace Kraft
Art director: Eusong Lee
Supervising director: Julia "Fitzy" Fitzmaurice
Production coordinators: Adrienne Lee, Stacy Renfroe
Production assistant: Jesse Sheehan
Digital production assistant: Corey Booth
Character designers: Cheyenne Curtis, Carlos Nunez, Alison Donato
Props and effects designers: Sarah Craig, Corey Booth
Background designers: Santino Lascano, Carrie Hobson, Janine Chang
Background painters: Tania Franco, Solbi Park, Clarke Snyder, Meghan Kinder, Maria Vitan
Color stylist: Rachel Yung
Animatic editor: Miguel A. Jimenez
Additional writer: Jake Goldman
Storyboard revisionists: Andy Cung, Sofia Alexander, Anna Lencioni
Animation directors: Robert Alvarez, Randy Myers
Animation checkers: Sandy Benenati, Vicki Casper
Casting director: Linda Lamontagne
Additional casting director: Jack Fletcher
Recording studio manager: Susy Campos
Recording engineer: Robert Serda
Director production technology: Antonio Gonella
Picture editor: Robert Gibis
Assistant editor: Anna Granfors
Dialogue editor: Tony Ostyn
Track reader: Slightly Off Track
Supervising sound editors and re-recording mixers: Alex Borquez, Timothy J. Borquez
Sound effects editors: Daisuke Sawa, Tony Orozco
Post production supervisor: Tony Tedford
Post production manager: Alicia Parkinson
Production estimators: Carolyn Johnstone, Cecilia Rheins
Production administrator: Linda Barry
Overseas production facility: Smip, Inc.
- Overseas director: Young-Gil Lee
Main title animation: Golden Wolf
Development executive: Katie Krentz
Current series executive: Nicole Rivera
Executive producers: Jennifer Pelphrey, Curtis Lelash, Brian A. Miller, Rob Sorcher, Nick Jennings
Co-executive producer: Bob Boyle

Release

Dates are in order of release:

United States: April 13, 2016 on Cartoon Network

Behind the scenes

In the previous episode, "Little Octi Lost," the toxic waste dump was actually called the Townsville Dump.
My Little Rita is a parody of a Cabbage Patch Kid.
Springs 'R' Us is a parody of Toys 'R' Us.

Errors

The previous episode credited Packrat as one name, whereas this episode credits him as "Pack Rat."

Critical reception

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning

Home availability

In the United States:
- February 15, 2017: Warner Home Video releases The Powerpuff Girls: Tiara Trouble on DVD.
In Australia:
- November 16, 2016: Madman Entertainment releases The Powerpuff Girls Tiara Trouble on DVD.
- October 25, 2017: Madman Entertainment releases The Powerpuff Girls: Season 1 on DVD.

References