The Big Sleep (Powerpuff Girls)

The Big Sleep
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Premiere date	September 22, 2016
Run time	11:16
Starring	Amanda Leighton; Kristen Li; Natalie Palamides; Tom Kane; Roger Craig Smith
Music composed by	Mike Reagan
Writer(s)	Jake Goldman; Jaydeep Hasrajani; Leticia Abreu Silva
Storyboard artist(s)	Jaydeep Hasrajani; Leticia Abreu Silva
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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This article is about The Powerpuff Girls episode. For the Fantastic Max episode, see "The Big Sleep."

'"The Big Sleep" is the twenty-eighth episode of The Powerpuff Girls season one. It aired on September 22, 2016 on Cartoon Network. It was written by Jake Goldman, Jaydeep Harajani, and Leticia Abreu Silva, produced by Pernelle Hayes, directed by series creators, Nick Jennings and Bob Boyle, and voice directed by Jack Fletcher.

The Professor wants the girls to go to bed, but they are too engrossed in watching a marathon of Space Towtruck.

Detailed summary

Memorable quotes

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Space Towtruck	N/A
Meter Man	Tom Kane
Space Cat	Unavailable
Space cat's evil clone	Unavailable
Bubbles Utonium	Kristen Li
Blossom Utonium	Amanda Leighton
Buttercup Utonium	Natalie Palamides
Spoiler Cheryl
Professor Utonium	Tom Kane
Robot minister	Unavailable
Robo-Berta	Unavailable
Signalclese	Roger Craig Smith
Neutrona
Mr. Fluff-n-Stuff	Unavailable

Organizations

Powerpuff Girls

Locations

Earth
- United States
  - Pokey Oaks County
    - Townsville
      - Utonium residence

Objects

Fort Buttercup

Vehicles

Space Towtruck

Production

Development

Filming

It was copyrighted in 2016.

Music

The theme song, "Who's Got the Power?," and the music were composed by Mike Reagan. The opening theme song was written by 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: Jaydeep Hasrajani, Leticia Abreu Silva
Art director: Eusong Lee
Supervising director: Julia "Fitzy" Fitzmaurice
Production manager: Jasmin Hazem
Production coordinators: Adrienne Lee, Stacy Renfroe
Digital production assistant: Corey Booth
Production assistant: Jesse Sheehan
Character designers: Cheyenne Carlos, Carlos Nunez
Props and effects designers: Sarah Craig, Corey Booth
Background designers: Santino Lascano, Carrie Hobson, Hugo Moreno, Dylan Forman
Background painters: Tania Franco, Solbi Park, Clarke Snyder, Hugo Moreno, Rachel Yung
Color stylist: Rachel Yung
Animatic editor: Miguel A. Jimenez
Additional writer: Haley Mancini
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 engineers: Robert Serda, Alan Freedman
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
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: September 16, 2016 (Cartoon Network Video); September 22, 2016 on Cartoon Network

Behind the scenes

Blossom's negotiator outfit is the same one she used for her school photo outfit in "Bubbles of the Opera."
The robot minister says "biddi-biddi-biddi" just like Twiki the robot (voiced by Mel Blanc) in the TV series Buck Rogers in the 25th Century.

Errors

Critical reception

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning

Home availability

In the United States:
- August 15, 2017: Warner Home Video releases The Powerpuff Girls: The Last Donnycorn on DVD.
In Australia:
- October 25, 2017: Madman Entertainment releases The Powerpuff Girls: Season 1 on DVD.

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