The Mane Event

The Mane Event
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Premiere date	July 28, 2000
Starring	Catherine Cavadini; Tara Charendoff; E.G. Daily; Tom Kane; Tom Kenny; Frank Welker
Music composed by	James L. Venable; Thomas Chase; Steve Rucker
Writer(s)	Lynne Naylor-Reccardi
Storyboard artist(s)	Dave Smith
Director(s)	Genndy Tartakovsky (also voices); Craig McCracken
Animation director(s)	Robert Alvarez
Art director(s)	Don Shank
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"The Mane Event" is the second part of episode one of The Powerpuff Girls season three, and the fifty-second episode overall. It aired on July 28, 2000 on Cartoon Network. It was written by Dave Smith, directed by Genndy Tartakovsky and series creator, Craig McCracken, and voice directed by Tartakovsky.

Detailed summary

Memorable quotes

Narrator: The city of Townsville, where at this very moment, our girls are tangled in another hair-raising situation.

Narrator: Who says justice is blind? So, once again, the day is shaved, thanks to the Powerpuff Girls!

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
The Narrator (voice only)	Tom Kenny
Bubbles Utonium	Tara Charendoff
Buttercup Utonium	E.G. Daily
Blossom Utonium	Catherine Cavadini
The Mayor
Eye monster	Frank Welker
Pilot #1	Tom Kenny
Pilot #2	Frank Welker
Stanley Whitfield	Tom Kane
Professor Utonium	Tom Kane

Organizations

Powerpuff Girls

Locations

Earth
- United States
  - Pokey Oaks County
    - Townsville
      - Utonium residence
      - Oil factory
The Sun
The Moon

Objects

Powerpuff Hotline

Vehicles

S.S. Toast
School bus

Production

Development

Filming

It was copyrighted in 1999.

Music

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

Crew credits

Supervising producer: Genndy Tartakovsky
Production managers: Vincent Aniceto, Charlie Desrochers
Production coordinators: Shareena Carlson, Dayla Corcoran
Head writer: Amy Keating Rogers
Animation director: Robert Alvarez
Model artists: Chris Battle, Andrew Bialk, Craig Kellman, Paul Rudish
Clean-up artists: Barbara Krueger, Robert Lacko
Layout key artists: Dan Krall
Background colorists: Martin Ansolabehere, Sue Mondt, Lou Romano, Ruben Chavez
Casting director: Collette Sunderman
Supervising recording engineer: Ed Collins
Recording engineer: Jeff O. Collins
Color stylists: Karen Greslie, Roger Webb
Final checker: Nelda Ridley
Xerographists: Star Wirth, Martin Crossley
Animation checker: Sandra Benenati
Manager of post production: Tim Iverson
Track readers: Carol Iverson, Fred Salinas, Joe Trueba
Supervising film editor: Paul Douglas
Dialogue editors: James Hearn, Kerry Iverson
Negative cutter: William DeBoer, Jr.
Telecine/Online facility: Matchframe Video
Telecine operator: Rick Taylor
Online operator: Craig Price
Sound editor: Twenty-First Century Entertainment
Post production sound services: Digital Sound Works
Re-recording mixers: Timothy J. Borquez, Eric Freeman
Post production coordinator: Julianne Lins
Production assistants: Sharra Gage, Linda Moore
Production accountant: Joanne Halcon
Production administrators: Athena Christianakis, Maria Womack
Production supervision: Haven Alexander, Ken Duer, Joe Sundusky, Howard Schwartz, Linda Steiner, Scott Setterberg
Production management: Andy Lewis
Overseas production facility: Rough Draft Studios
Executives in charge of production for Cartoon Network: Mike Lazzo, Linda Simensky

Release

Dates are in order of release:

United States: July 28, 2000 on Cartoon Network

Behind the scenes

Errors

Legacy

Critical reception

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning

Home availability

In the United States:
- April 3, 2001: Warner Home Video releases The Powerpuff Girls: Twisted Sister on VHS.
- April 3, 2001: Warner Home Video releases The Powerpuff Girls: The Mane Event on DVD.
- January 20, 2009: Warner Home Video releases The Powerpuff Girls: The Complete Series: 10th Anniversary Collection on DVD.
In Japan:
- March 27, 2002: ??? releases The Powerpuff Girls: Volume 6 on DVD.
In Australia:
- June 3, 2009: Madman Entertainment releases The Powerpuff Girls: The Complete Season 3 on DVD.
- 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