"Mo Job" is the 15th episode of Season 2, and the 39th episode overall.
It was produced in 1999 but premiered on Cartoon Network in the United States on February 13, 2000 as part of the Powerpuff Girls Love Thing marathon.
Plot[]
Princess Morbucks is tired of failing to come up with a good plot to destroy the Powerpuff Girls, so she bribes Mojo Jojo into creating a brilliant, evil plan.
Synopsis[]
Unable to come up with a new plan to destroy the Powerpuff Girls, the spoiled and aristocratic Princess Morbucks finds herself inspired by a news report highlighting Mojo Jojo's most recent defeat. However, the girls themselves are seen in a battered state despite their triumphs over Mojo Jojo.
Later, Morbucks pays a visit to Mojo Jojo himself at his laboratory home atop the large volcano. Their conversation, however, is quite loud and grabs the attention of some others at the surrounding park. Though Mojo is reluctant to take the job at first, declaring that he is not a mercenary, Morbucks closes the deal by literally delivering him a ton of money via helicopter.
The financial backing of Morbucks and her father provides Mojo much needed resources for his research, experimentation, and development. After such a time, Mojo Jojo unveils his plan: a hypodermic laser cannon capable of shooting both chemical X and its antidote in a laser form. They both quickly put their plan into action, as Mojo shoots Morbucks with the gun, giving her powers like the girls.
The next day, at Pokey Oaks Kindergarten, Morbucks is absent from class when the girls hear her call for help and (missing the fact Morbucks was no brilliant actor) rush to her aid. They stumble upon her being tied up in Mojo Jojo's lair, and the fight begins, come to find that with her new-found powers, she has unofficially become the fourth Powerpuff Girl. The girls soon find their usual attacks having no effect; even their special attacks are countered with her resistance to them. Meanwhile, Morbucks eggs Mojo on to use the antidote against the Girls. Taking quick notice, Blossom makes note of a written sticker on Mojo Jojo's gun:
"Special Liquid Electron gun specially designed for shooting the antidote of chemical X at the Powerpuff Girls and eliminating their powers."
Aware of the capabilities of Mojo's new weapon, Blossom warns her sister Buttercup as the gun is shot but manages to grab her out of harm's way before she is hit. For quite some time, Mojo struggles to connect with the concussive blasts until a misfired shot is revealed to be reflected off tiles in Mojo's bathroom. Blossom quickly nabs tiles from Mojo's bathroom for each of the girls to defend themselves against the beam. With another shot, just as that happens, the beam reflects against the tiles in such a way to hit Morbucks as she tries to dodge it. With her powers drained, Morbucks falls to the ground and lands directly on Mojo, knocking his newly developed gun out of his hands, destroying it instantly. Afterward, the two villains are sent back to jail and although they think that Morbucks losing her powers was punishment enough, they make her do time anyway just for the spite of it.
Characters[]
- The Powerpuff Girls (Blossom, Bubbles, and Buttercup)
- Mojo Jojo
- Stanley Whitfield
- Students of Pokey Oaks Kindergarten
- Townsvile citizens
- Daddy Morbucks
- Princess Morbucks
- Ms Keane
- Professor Utonium (Non speaking cameo)
- Narrator
- Mitch Mitchelson (Non speaking cameo)
- Harry Pitt (Non speaking cameo)
- Elmer Skloo (Non speaking cameo)
Locations
Trivia[]
- This episode aired in some countries before airing in the United States.[1]
- This episode premiered in Australia on November 19, 1999.
- This episode premiered in Canada on December 4, 1999.
- This episode premiered in the United Kingdom on January 9, 2000.
- The episode, along with "Pet Feud", premiered in the United States on a Sunday, a rare occurrence.
- This is one of the few times "Antidote X" is mentioned. It was mentioned again in "Slumbering with the Enemy".
- The episode's title is a pun on "Snow Job," which, in turn, is another word for "scam".
- This is one of three episodes which contains a slow motion animation. The other two being "Uh-Oh, Dynamo" and "Cootie Gras".
- The act of Morbucks hiring Mojo to try and destroy the Powerpuff Girls was referenced later in "'Twas the Fight Before Christmas".
- This episode would seem to take place before "Birthday Bash" or "Daylight Savings", since Morbucks and Mojo haven't met each other until this episode.
- Professor Utonium makes a non-dialogue brief cameo in the end.
- Bubbles calls Mojo “Mr. Monkey Man” when he was going to jail. A similar instance occurs in the reboot episode "Home, Sweet Homesick", when Bubbles promised to write to Mojo everyday. Here, she calls him “Mr. Mojo Monkey Man”.
- This is the second episode to have a character gain superpowers. First was Mojo Jojo in "Mr. Mojo's Rising".
- Mojo could've shot himself and gave himself chemical X powers to make his plan easier.
Goofs[]
- The reporter says "Powerpuff Girls defeated? Not quite." Then how does he explain the Girls in casts at the hospital?
Cultural References[]
- Mazinger Z - Mazinger Z makes a cameo in this episode as a toy robot during the yelling between Mojo and Morbucks
- The Beatles - Morbucks makes a reference to The Beatles song called "Help!" by saying "Help! I need somebody! Help! Not just anybody!."
- The Mask - Morbucks also makes a reference to The Mask by saying: "That's a spicy meatball!" with an Italian accent.
- He-Man and the Masters of the Universe - Morbucks saying "I FEEL THE POWER" is a reference to He-Man's Transformation Catchphrase when he weld his sword and said "I HAVE THE POWER."
- Seinfeld - Mojo makes a reference to the TV sitcom Seinfeld by saying "Newman", who in turn is Seinfeld's arch-nemesis.
Production Notes[]
- Although this episode premiered in the United States on February 13, 2000, it was actually produced in 1999 according to the credits.
- This episode was finished in May of 1999.[2]