"Schoolhouse Rocked" is the second episode of Season 2, and the 26th episode overall.
It premiered on Cartoon Network in the United States on June 25, 1999 as part of Cartoon Cartoon Fridays.
Plot[]
A truant officer enlists the Gangreen Gang at Pokey Oaks Kindergarten, and Ms. Keane forbids the girls to fight them at school. Is their career in danger?
Synopsis[]
The Gangreen Gang meet a truant officer named Mr. Jack Wednesday, at an arcade. He told them that they need to go to school, as they never go there. They are sent by their sleazy leader to Pokey Oaks Kindergarten and bully all the kids there. The Powerpuff Girls try to stop them, but are told by their teacher not to fight with fellow students. At recess time The Gangreen Gang hurt all the kids by throwing dodge balls to their faces. Just when it looked like all was lost, Ms. Keane realizes she misjudged the girls badly and finally tells them that they can "play dodgeball with them" (meaning "defeat them"). The Powerpuff Girls then smash the Gangreen Gang in their faces with dodge balls. After the game, Mr. Wednesday comes to the school, berating Ms. Keane's teaching style before being hit in the head with a dodge ball by Ms. Keane. Afterword, Ms. Keane apologizes to the girls for not trusting their instincts.
Characters[]
- The Powerpuff Girls (Blossom, Bubbles, and Buttercup)
- The Gangreen Gang
- Fuzzy Lumpins (video game only)
- Ms. Keane
- Narrator
- Students of Pokey Oaks Kindergarten
- Mr. Jack Wednesday
- Arcade players
Locations
- Townsville
- Townsville arcade
- Pokey Oaks Kindergarten
Trivia[]
- This episode introduces the real names of Snake (Sanford D. Ingleberry, a play on the word "dingleberry"), Big Billy (William W. Williams) and Li'l Arturo (Arturo de la Guerra). Billy is revealed to be a cyclops.
- This episode and Stuck Up, Up, and Away are the first to premiere during Cartoon Network's Cartoon Cartoon Fridays programming block.
- Princess Morbucks also goes to Pokey Oaks Kindergarten and is the antagonist in the Previous Episode
- During "The day is saved" narration when the Powerpuff Girls appear, the pulsating heart effect is much slower. This remained for some episodes until "Meet the Beat-Alls".
- Live-action footage is used for an arcade game played by the Gangreen Gang
- Bubbles' right pigtail is missing the first time the girls are told to back to their seats.
- Moral: Trust your instincts.
- The name of this episode is a most likely a reference to the Elvis Presley song, "Jailhouse Rock", as well as the animated series Schoolhouse Rock.
- Bubbles fighting Fuzzy Lumkins in the video game could be a reference to the intro where she beats him in said intro.
- Running gag: Ms. Keane telling the Powerpuff Girls to go back to their seats whenever they try to fight the Gangreen Gang.