Birthday Bash

Birthday Bash
General Information
Original broadcast	August 20, 1999
Details
Season	2
Episode	5
Pun	The phrase of the same name
Credits
Written by	Amy Keating Rogers
Storyboarded by	Clayton Morrow
Directed by	Genndy Tartakovsky Craig McCracken
Episode Guide
Previous episode	Supper Villain
Next episode	Too Pooped to Puff
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"Birthday Bash" is the fifth episode of Season 2 of The Powerpuff Girls, and the 29th episode overall. It first aired on Cartoon Network in the United States on August 20, 1999.

Synopsis

While in prison, the Powerpuff Girls' mortal enemies come up with their own plans to destroy them. Later on, HIM tries a plan of his own- an evil pinata monster that is trying to destroy the Powerpuff Girls' neighborhood.

Plot

One night while in prison, inmates Mojo Jojo, Princess Morbucks, and The Amoeba Boys all finish their own unique plans to destroy the Powerpuff Girls, each of them involving gifts that will be opened by the Girls later.

In the morning, the city of Townsville is celebrating the Girls' birthday, with the Mayor, the Professor, and even Rainbow the Clown as guests at the birthday party. Dying to open their presents, the girls attempt to use their X-ray vision to get a sneak peek, but the Professor reminds them that they have to first serve cake to all their guests. Rushing through the singing and blowing the cake far away, the girls are quick to choose a present and settle on one, not realizing that the gift is from Mojo Jojo. Upon opening the box, a giant robot comes out, destroying everything, but the girls get rid of it and Mojo's plan fails. Meanwhile, Mojo Jojo and other inmates watch from within the prison as the battles and festivities unfold.

When the time comes for the second gift afterward, they choose another gift, but it is from Princess Morbucks; there is nothing in it but a target. The girls see a giant sky message wishing the girls a happy birthday, written by a rocket flying towards it. The girls, realizing that the lid was a target, move to defuse the rocket, but the best plan involves them repositioning the target to divert the rocket and evade disaster. Princess Morbucks's plan fails.

Third, the Amoeba Boys' present is chosen by the Girls. Inside it are dolls that look identical to each of Girls. However, the dolls themselves were intended to be voodoo dolls with which the Amoeba Boys were to torture them; this greatly fails as the girls were actually given the dolls. After all three villains fail, HIM tries a plan of his own involving a possessed piñata in the shape of a bull. As the piñata grows and comes to life, it ruins the party and sends people running for their lives, but the Powerpuff Girls manage to stop his plan and even get some candy as spoils. Though HIM's plan fails, he contends that his intent was not so much to destroy the girls as it was to crash the party and torture everyone with dental problems associated with excessive sweets.

In the end, despite people being in danger and the decor ruined, all the villains lost. The Girls apologize to everyone, remarking that they just wanted a normal birthday party, but guests such as Rainbow the Clown, Ms. Keane and the Mayor disagreed, saying it was the greatest birthday party ever.

Characters

• The Powerpuff Girls (Blossom, Bubbles, and Buttercup)
• Mojo Jojo
• Princess Morbucks
• The Amoeba Boys
  • Bossman
  • Slim
  • Junior
• HIM
• Professor Utonium
• Stanley Whitfield
• The Mayor of Townsville
• Ms. Bellum
• Ms. Keane
• Rainbow the Clown
• Bleach truck driver
• Talking Dog (cameo)
• White Kitty (cameo)
• Prisoners
• Citizens of Townsville
• Narrator

Home Video Released

• Birthday Bash (VHS)

Trivia

• In UK airings of the episode, the Mayor's line "I got the little bugger!" is replaced with him saying, "I got it!", due to the word "bugger" being considered offensive there.
• The Powerpuff Girls have three birthday candles on their birthday cake. Their age is unstated; it is unclear whether the number of candles is related to their age. It could simply be because there are three of them, one for each girl.
• This episode aired on the second day of Toonami's Trapped in Hyperspace event. Swayzak, the main antagonist of the event who also watched the shows with TOM, took a liking to HIM and began genuinely liking the show. TOM mentioned that the Narrator's gag in the ending segment was funny.
• The part where Princess' birthday present to the girls is a missile is referenced in 'Twas the Fight Before Christmas.
• In this episode, the Narrator's usual ending catchphrase is spoken two times. The first time, the catchphrase is spoken by Stanley Whitfield before the Narrator tells him that the catchphrase belongs to him. As a result, the Narrator turns on his microphone, clears his throat, and says his usual ending catchphrase loudly and with an "echo" sound effect, making it look as it spoken through a loud microphone.
• This is one of the few episodes where HIM does not frown at all, the other being Speed Demon.
• The Gangreen Gang, Sedusa, and Fuzzy Lumpkins are the only previously recurring villains who do not appear in this episode.
  • Fuzzy is also the only Beat-All to not appear in this episode.
• When the people at the party sing the traditional birthday song, "Happy Birthday to You" to the girls, they sing the first note, but then Bubbles shuts them up by screaming "NO SINGING!" At the time the episode first aired, the melody of the song was still under copyright, and it was common for TV shows to avoid using it so they would not have to pay licensing fees.
  • This is the second episode to avoid using the song. The first episode was "Mime for a Change", where Rainbow sings "Happy Birthday Jim".
• Since she is wearing her bow, Blossom is the only Powerpuff Girl to not wear a party hat.
• A girl resembling Princess Leia appears in the background of the party.
• When Mojo's plan fails along with The Amoeba Boys', Princess Morbucks laughs like Nelson Muntz from The Simpsons.
• This is was Craig Kellman's last episode as sole art director. In the episode following, storyboard artist Don Shank would also be credited.
• It is unknown how the Amoeba boys even got into jail, seeing as they are harmless villains.
• This is the only episode where Mojo Jojo, Princess, HIM, or The Amoeba Boys appear and the Powerpuff Girls do not directly interact with them.
• In the opening scene, quite a few citizens were made by recycling animation from Season 1:  
  • The woman from "Major Competition", who is pushing the baby carriage, saying: "Nothing to worry about. Major Man will save us"
  • The guy with red hair and glasses, who is throwing the wrapper away(and gets beaten by Bubbles) in "Bubblevicious"
  • The man with the brown hat, who is stepping on the grass(and gets beaten by Bubbles) in "Bubblevicious"
  • The boy, who is helping the elderly lady to cross the street in "Fuzzy Logic"
  • The construction worker with the jackhammer in "Mime for a Change" (He later appears in "Equal Fights" as well.)
  • The man, wearing brown suit and hat, who is walking to the hot dog vendor in "Insect Inside"
  • The man with the metal detector in "Geshundfight"
  • The two policemen from "Monkey See, Doggie Do"

Goofs

• When the girls hold up Mojo Jojo's present, Bubbles loses her party hat but regains it when Stanley announces they are about to open the gift.
• The card that came with the Amoeba Boys present says "from your friends", but Blossom reads it as "from your bestest pals".
• In one scene where Rainbow the clown is standing behind the Professor, they are about the same height. But when the Professor jokes that the Amoeba Boys cannot do anything right, Rainbow is much shorter.
• All the Amoeba Boys' mouths move when Bossman says "Yeah!".
• In the closed captions when the villains see HIM appear the captions say "Mim" instead of HIM.