"A Very Special Blossom" is the 13th episode of Season 2, and the 37th episode overall.
It premiered on Cartoon Network in the United States on November 26, 1999.
Plot[]
When the Professor craves a golf bag for Father's Day, Blossom resorts to a grim theft, and both father and daughter get into trouble.
Synopsis[]
Nearing Father's Day, the Girls are doing everything that they can to make the Professor happy. Walking in town, he and the Girls reflect on the gifts he received before, including a ceramic bowl, crayon art, and improvised boxing gloves. However, what he really admires and desires is a set of limited-edition Pro Excellence 2000 series golf clubs. Unfortunately, the markup of $2,000, as off-putting as it seems, is justified by the fact that only 12 sets are available worldwide.
At home, the Girls weigh options as to how to get the Professor his cherished golf set, even if it means crafting their own. Unable to raise capital to cover the costs through other ideas such as selling cookies, Popsicles, and lemonade, Blossom, on the other hand, decides to turn an emergency call into a payday.
"Well, ladies and gentlemen, I guess there is a first time for everything" -Narrator
After the girls save Townsville from Mojo Jojo, they come to learn that not only does the genius ape have a hobby in building model ships, but his temper was disrupted by the hobby store's shortage of supplies. Blossom then orders him to be arrested by the police. Later at the Mayor's office, the Mayor thanks the girls for saving the day. As a reward, he offers them fresh-baked cookies, but the girls refuse. Instead, the girls propose that they are paid for their services, initially asking for $2,000 much to the Mayor's shock. Though Ms. Bellum insists that the girls were just joking, the Mayor, in need of his heart medication, denies this. Ms. Bellum then tells the girls to clean up Mojo's mess. So while they're cleaning up Townsville, Blossom notices that the window to the shop selling the golf set is broken, and she exploits this to steal the set under the unethical temptation.
The next day, as Bubbles and Buttercup prepare the Professor's breakfast, Blossom presents him with the Pro Excellence 2000 Golf Clubs. Much to his excitement, the Professor thanks Blossom for her Father's Day gift and decides to try them out during his game with the Mayor. Buttercup and Bubbles become suspicious of how Blossom managed to buy the golf clubs, but the Professor ignores their suspicions saying that "money is no object". After Bubbles and Buttercup are told to wrap up his breakfast as the Professor leaves, Buttercup asks Blossom where she got the clubs, and the leader quickly replies that she found them. However, Buttercup and Bubbles are not as quick to accept this testimony as truth.
Meanwhile, on the greens of the Townsville Golf Course, the Mayor and the chief of police are discussing how, according to the Townsville Tribune, the rare Pro Excellence 2000 Golf Clubs disappeared and were perhaps stolen. Even the chief goes on to remark that they went missing after Mojo Jojo's rampage destroyed Townsville. Upon being sighted with the stolen goods by the Mayor and the chief, the Professor is arrested on suspicion of grand theft. Soon after, Blossom receives a phone call from the Professor, who is now in jail while being interrogated by the police. He also tells Blossom that he is innocent, but Blossom quickly takes off in the mixed of panic and guilt.
In order to get the Professor out of jail and to get out of punishment for stealing, Blossom captures Mojo Jojo and attempts to blame him for her crime saying that he sold the golf clubs to her. The Mayor and the chief are quickly convinced by Blossom's claim, but Buttercup remembers that Blossom said she found the golf clubs earlier. She and Bubbles confront Blossom, demanding her to tell the truth: whether she found them or Mojo sold them to her. Even the Professor urges Blossom to tell the truth.
Blossom accepts her temporary fate.
Unwilling to tell the truth and desperate not to get in trouble for her theft, Blossom attempts to escape, but Buttercup and Bubbles corner her and Blossom finally confesses that she stole the golf clubs. When the Professor asks her why would she do such a thing, she states that, in her defense, she was only trying to make him happy for Father's day. The Professor tearfully realizes that it is his fault since he put too much value on a material object, instead of giving his love for the girls, to which Blossom admitted that that's what drove her to crime. In other words, he has grown a conscience. The Professor then tells the Mayor that Blossom is sorry for the crime she has committed. The Mayor leaves it up to the chief to decide what is best, even emphasizing that it is her first offense. Although the chief was also saddened over what Blossom did, he is stern at her in his conviction that the law is the law. Consequently, for the crime of grand theft, the guilty Blossom is booked and sentenced to 200 hours of community service, as her 8.33-day punishment. This serves as a harsh reminder to her and everyone else that crime does not pay (even the blue bird points this out). And once again, the day is saved, thanks to Bubbles and Buttercup. As the standard end shot appears, they look down at Blossom and fly away right before prison bars are lowered. Although this episode ends, Blossom might be released from prison afterwards, feeling sorry about her accidental crime.
Trivia[]
- Morals:
- Stealing and lying are no good things, for there can be punishments and consequences for them.
- No matter how remorseful you are, you still have to face the consequences for your actions.
- A crime is a crime, no matter how you do it and what the reason, and it never pays, has paid or will pay (except sometimes).
- Crime doesn't pay.
- Not all material objects are important. In fact, your family is always more important than anything.
- Breaking a law is vastly different from breaking a rule. Even first offenders have to be penalized.
- The law is the law.
- Along with "Daylight Savings", this is the last episode of the series to air during the 1990s.
- The Professor laughs like Count von Count from Sesame Street when he is holding the golf clubs.
- This is one of the few instances where the girls turn against each other.
- It is revealed that the Mayor is at risk of heart attack, and implies that he was once a sugar daddy.
- Mojo's biological father is revealed in this episode (through a picture frame reads 1901-1998). 1998 was the year The Powerpuff Girls premiered, which means that the Professor adopted him. Strangely, Mojo has his intelligence and human-like behavior as a result of Chemical X, but his father is depicted as a human-like sea captain. He lacks the distinctive green coloring that results from Chemical X enhancement on primates, leaving this human-like depiction a mystery.
- This is one of the few episodes where Mojo was framed for a crime and unjustly beaten by the girls as a result. Other instances are shown in "Telephonies" and "Moral Decay".
- This is Blossom's second criminal role, the first is when she escaped prison in "Powerpuff Bluff". This is only temporary, as she returns to her normal heroic self in the next episode.
- This is one of two episodes where Blossom's actions are portrayed as negative, the other being "Fallen Arches", where her refusal to fight a team of elderly villains made the situation worse; both episodes close out with Blossom being singled out for her blunder.
- The original airdate of this episode was intended to coincide with a "Big Night" of six new episodes of Cartoon Network's original animated series as part of Cartoon Cartoon Fridays, Cartoon Network's marquee block at the time.
- In this episode, a darker side of Blossom is revealed, although she seemed to have good intentions for the Professor.
- The Narrator breaks the fourth wall in this episode when Blossom steals The Pro Excellence 2000 Golf Clubs by saying "Well, ladies and gentlemen, I guess there is a first time for everything.". The Talking Bird also breaks the fourth wall when he said "What do you know, folks? I'm a daddy.".
- While the PPG's are walking just before the Pro Excellence 2000 Golf Clubs are shown the word "CIGARS" can be seen three separate times.
- This is the third time one or all of the girls is imprisoned, following "Crime 101" and "Powerpuff Bluff".
- This is one of the two episodes that take place on Father's Day, the other being "Custody Battle".
- In the latter episode, the girls do not appear (excluding the stock footage) since it focuses on the Rowdyruff Boys.
- If the Mayor could give the men disguised as the Powerpuff Girls all the money in the bank (which might have been millions of dollars) in "Powerpuff Bluff", he erroneously didn't give the actual Powerpuff Girls $2000 in this episode.
- 200 hours is 8 days and 8 hours, or 8.33 days total.
- During reruns on Cartoon Network, the episode would be mistakenly titled "A Blossom Very Special" for unknown reasons.
Goofs[]
- After the Mayor drinks some water for taking his heart pills and passes out, the glass on the tray in front of Ms. Bellum appears to be behind her.
- Also, the amount of water in the glass changes between takes: When Ms. Bellum brings the tray in, it's half full. When there's a close-up of the Mayor as He prepares to drink, there's clearly more water in the glass. When the Mayor passes out, the glass is half full again, just like when it was brought in.