The Headsucker's Moxy

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The Headsucker's Moxy
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Premiere date January 5, 2001
Starring Catherine Cavadini
Tara Charendoff
E.G. Daily
Tom Kane
Tom Kenny
Music composed by James L. Venable
Thomas Chase
Steve Rucker
Writer(s) Lynne Naylor-Reccardi
Lauren Faust
Storyboard artist(s) Lynne Naylor-Reccardi
Director(s) Randy Myers
Craig McCracken
Genndy Tartakovsky (voices)
Animation director(s) Robert Alvarez
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"The Headsucker's Moxy" is the first part of episode ten of The Powerpuff Girls season three, and the sixty-eighth overall. It aired on January 5, 2001 on Cartoon Network. It was written by Lynne Naylor-Reccardi and Lauren Faust, and directed by Randy Myers and series creator, Craig McCracken, and voice directed by Genndy Tartakovsky.

A mutant steals valuable information by sucking right on top of the victim's skull.

Detailed summary

Memorable quotes

Narrator: And, so, once again, the day is...oh...something... Day...is, oh, my head hurts!

Characters

Legend
Character debut Speaking debut Ep. debut No lines Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character Actor
Narrator (voice only) Tom Kenny
Bank manager Tom Kenny
Robbing Leech N/A
Bubbles Utonium Tara Charendoff
Buttercup Utonium E.G. Daily
Blossom Utonium Catherine Cavadini
Security guard Tom Kane
Pirate Tom Kane
Sapphire Sultan Tom Kane
The Mayor Tom Kenny


Organizations

Locations

Objects

Vehicles

  • Sapphire Sultan's limo

Production

Development

Filming

It was copyrighted in 2000.

Music

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

Release

Dates are in order of release:

  • United States: January 5, 2001 on Cartoon Network

Behind the scenes

  • The episode title is an allusion to the 1994 film The Hudsucker Proxy.
  • Robbing Leech is named after TV personality Robin Leach.
  • Bubbles says "Holy headaches, Blossom," and "Holy heist," which are references to when Robin would exclaim interjections in the form of "Holy_____, Batman," in the 1966 live-action TV series.
  • The Sapphire Sultan is credited as "Sultan."

Errors

Legacy

  • The Bank of the Imperial Garden also gets robbed in the next episode, "Equal Fights."

Critical reception

In other languages

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