Midnight at the Mayor's Mansion

Midnight at the Mayor's Mansion
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General Information
Original broadcast	October 2, 2017 (Online) October 29, 2017 (TV)
Details
Season	2
Episode	28
Pun	Midnight at Monster Mansion, a book by Steven Otfinoski
Credits
Written by	Haley Mancini Jake Goldman
Storyboarded by	John West Angela Zhang
Directed by	Nick Jennings Bob Boyle
Episode Guide
Previous episode	Power of Four Part 5 Blisstersweet Symphony
Next episode	You're a Good Man, Mojo Jojo
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Midnight at the Mayor's Mansion is the twenty-eighth episode (and sixty-seventh episode overall) of Season 2 of the 2016 Powerpuff Girls series. It aired on Cartoon Network on October 29, 2017.

Synopsis

The mayor is haunted by a monster roaming the halls of his office. The girls, dressed for Halloween, investigate, only to find that the mayor himself is the monster.

Characters

• Blossom
• Bubbles
• Buttercup
• Mayor of Townsville

Minor Characters

• Townsville Basketball Team (cameo)

Trivia

• This episode was released on Cartoon Network's website on October 2, 2017.
• This marks the second Halloween episode the first time since "The Squashening", the third being "Witch's Crew".
• Both of "The Squashening" and this episode has similar air dates regards Southeast Asia airings.
• This episode has some references from the Scooby-Doo! franchise.
  • The scene where the Girls are chasing the monster through a series of doors with everyone going through different doorways and then coming out another in the same hallway resembles the same gag.
  • The PPG van resembles the Mystery Machine.
  • The part where the Mayor says "Zoinks!" resembles Shaggy's famous catchphrase.
• This episode brings back Bubbles' impressions of the Mayor since her original 1998 counterpart from the classic series.
• The Girls' Halloween costumes':
  • Blossom - Rosie the Riveter
  • Bubbles - The Mayor of Townsville
  • Buttercup - Van Helsing
• Blossom imitates Rosie the Riveter and the phrase that says "We Can Do It!" was a homage of the cultural icon of World War ll.
  • Blossom shows her feminine side for the second time since "Somewhere Over the Swingset".
• This episode shows Buttercup's monster movie paranoia.
• The Mayor eating tainted pickle chips and turn into a pickle monster was a possible nod of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.
• Innuendo: The Girls' see the Mayor "hanging" himself.
• This episode aired on Cartoon Network 2 days after the release of Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus.
• This reveals the Mayor had a room filled with banjo collections and the arcade room.
• Blossom's smartphone has an actual ringtone instead of a Powerpuff Hotline ringtone.
• Buttercup makes a reference to the Further a dark and insidious place in the Lambert family residence in the Insidious film series.
• It's unknown how Bubbles survived getting staked by Buttercup after the end of the episode.

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