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The Powerpuff Girls
S1.E6
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Telephonies/Tough Love

  • Episode aired Dec 23, 1998
  • TV-Y7
  • 23m
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7.8/10
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The Powerpuff Girls (1998)
Hand-Drawn AnimationActionAdventureAnimationComedyFamilyFantasySci-Fi

"Telephonies" The Gangreen Gang gets hold of the Powerpuff Girls Hotline and makes crank calls, sending the Girls on a wild goose chase trying to protect the town."Telephonies" The Gangreen Gang gets hold of the Powerpuff Girls Hotline and makes crank calls, sending the Girls on a wild goose chase trying to protect the town."Telephonies" The Gangreen Gang gets hold of the Powerpuff Girls Hotline and makes crank calls, sending the Girls on a wild goose chase trying to protect the town.

  • Directors
    • Craig McCracken
    • Genndy Tartakovsky
  • Writers
    • Craig McCracken
    • Michael Ryan
  • Stars
    • Tom Kane
    • Tom Kenny
    • Tara Strong
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.8/10
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    • Directors
      • Craig McCracken
      • Genndy Tartakovsky
    • Writers
      • Craig McCracken
      • Michael Ryan
    • Stars
      • Tom Kane
      • Tom Kenny
      • Tara Strong
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    Tom Kane
    Tom Kane
    • Professor Utonium
    • (voice)
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    Tom Kenny
    Tom Kenny
    • Narrator
    • (voice)
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    Tara Strong
    Tara Strong
    • Bubbles
    • (voice)
    • (as Tara Charendoff)
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    Cathy Cavadini
    Cathy Cavadini
    • Blossom
    • (voice)
    • (as Catherine Cavadini)
    Elizabeth Daily
    Elizabeth Daily
    • Buttercup
    • (voice)
    • (as E.G. Daily)
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    Jennifer Martin
    • Ms. Sara Bellum
    • (voice)
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    Roger Jackson
    Roger Jackson
    • Mojo Jojo
    • (voice)
    • (as Roger L. Jackson)
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    Jeff Bennett
    Jeff Bennett
    • Ace
    • (voice)
    • (as Jeff Glen Bennett)
    • …
    Jim Cummings
    Jim Cummings
    • Fuzzy Lumpkins
    • (voice)
    • (as Jim Jonah Cumkings)
    Jennifer Hale
    Jennifer Hale
    • Ms. Keane
    • (voice)
    • Directors
      • Craig McCracken
      • Genndy Tartakovsky
    • Writers
      • Craig McCracken
      • Michael Ryan
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    • Trivia
      This episode was the last to premiere in 1998.
    • Quotes

      Him: [Looking at everyone loving the Powerpuff Girls] Oh, how I HATE the Powerpuff Girls!

      Narrator: Hate the Powerpuff Girls? Who could hate the... Oh no! Please don't let it be Him!

      Him: [mockingly while bathing] "Oh, Powerpuff Girls, save us! Oh, Powerpuff Girls, we need you! Oh, Powerpuff Girls we LOVE you!"

      [turning the bathwater into lava]

      Him: Powerpuff Girls, Powerpuff Girls, POWERPUFF GIRLS!

    • Crazy credits
      The ending title sequence ("Telephonies") replaces the Powerpuff Girls with Fuzzy, Mojo and Him, since they are the ones who saved the day in that episode.
    • Connections
      Featured in MsMojo: Top 10 Darkest Powerpuff Girls Episodes (2020)
    • Soundtracks
      The Powerpuff Girls (Main Theme)
      (uncredited)

      Written by Steve Rucker, Thomas Chase and James L. Venable

      Spoken by Tom Kenny

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    • Release date
      • December 23, 1998 (United States)
    • Filming locations
      • Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles, California, USA(Hanna-Barbera Cartoons)
    • Production companies
      • Craig McCracken Productions
      • Hanna-Barbera Cartoons
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    • Runtime
      • 23m

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