Slumbering with the Enemy

Slumbering With the Enemy
General Information
Original broadcast	December 24, 1999 (Australia) January 22, 2000 (Canada) March 12, 2000 (UK) June 30, 2000 (United States) April 5, 2002 (Japan)
Details
Season	2
Episode	26
Pun	The phrase “fraternising with the enemy”
Credits
Written by	Amy Keating Rodgers
Storyboarded by	Lynne Naylor-Reccardi
Directed by	Randy Myers Craig McCracken
Episode Guide
Previous episode	Something's a Ms.
Next episode	Fallen Arches
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"Slumbering with the Enemy" is the 26th and final episode of Season 2, and the 50th episode overall.

It was produced in 1999 but premiered on Cartoon Network in the United States on June 30, 2000 as part of Cartoon Cartoon Fridays.

Plot

The Powerpuff Girls throw a slumber party and invite every girl in their school. Mojo Jojo steals the final invitation and comes to the party dressed up as Moejisha. When the Girls catch on, "Moejisha" seems like she just wants to party, or is she planning a ruse to get rid of them?

Moejisha with the Antidote X

Synopsis

The girls invite their female friends from Pokey Oaks Kindergarten to their house for a slumber party. There, Mojo Jojo sneaks in as Moejisha, so he can finally defeat them. He does so by using the Antidote X on them by splashing them with it, knocking them out and removing their powers. At this point, Mojo reveals himself to the guests, and gives a gloating rant about how the Powerpuff Girls are now normal little girls, only for the guests to beat him up with their pillows as the girls regain consciousness to see Mojo getting what he deserves for being a party pooper. They would get their powers back eventually.

So for the very first time, the day is saved, thanks to the normal little girls.

Characters

Major Roles

• The Powerpuff Girls
  • Blossom
  • Bubbles
  • Buttercup
• Mojo Jojo

Minor Roles

• Professor Utonium
• The Powerpuff Girls' Friends
  • Julie Bean
  • Susie Jenkins (debut)
  • Clara (debut)
• Narrator

Trivia

• It is unknown how The Powerpuff Girls got their powers back after the events of this episode. The Professor has some Chemical X to give the girls their powers back, or Antidote X works temporarily on beings who were born from Chemical X like The Powerpuff Girls were. It's possible that The Professor may have seen through Mojo Jojo's disguise as Mojeesha the whole time and knew what he was really planning to do, The Professor must have secretly switched the Antidote X with a completely harmless fake in the same color of Antidote X that does absolutely nothing. Or the effects of Antidote X are only temporary if within someone's system long enough, hence why in "The Powerpuff Girls Movie" Mojo only reverted back to his normal size when landing on the Antidote X due to having the original Chemical X in his system for a long time.
• This episode premiered in some countries before the United States.
  • This episode premiered in Australia on December 24, 1999.
  • This episode premiered in Canada on January 22, 2000.
  • This episode premiered in the United Kingdom on March 12, 2000.
• For some reason, Mary didn't attend the party.
• One girl at the slumber party looks very similar to Princess Morbucks when the girls were sleeping.
• During the montage of Mojo Jojo partying with the girls, Buttercup (who is usually a tomboy) is shown getting into girly activities such as swooning over cute guys in a magazine and trying on various outfits, some of which are a little too feminine such as a princess, a Southern Belle, a bridesmaid, a ballerina and even a cheerleader. This is a little out of character for Buttercup.

Continuity

• This is the second time the girls did a huddle. The first being Slave the Day.
• This is the third episode where Mojo gets beaten up repeatedly at the end (the first being Bubblevicious and second being Los Dos Mojos).
• This is the first time where someone other than the Powerpuff Girls beats up Mojo Jojo (normal little girls).
• It's possible that this episode could at one point have been planned to be the final episode of The Powerpuff Girls, given that the girls lose their powers at the end and it is never explained how they got them back in season 3.

Cultural References

Craig McCracken's cameo in the magazine.

• The title refers to "Fraternizing with the Enemy;" which means to be warm and friendly, kind and compassionate, loving and helpfully protective to your enemy; regardless of being enemies.
• When the girls and Mojo Jojo were looking at the magazine, Craig McCracken can be seen as a cameo on the cover and in a few other pages. Genndy Tartakovsky and Don Shank also make cameos in the magazine.
• Charlie Brown's shirt was shown in the scene where Mojo threw clothes on the ground to play dress up.

Errors

• When The Professor was walking down the stairs, his arm was missing.
• When everyone is sleeping, there are way fewer people than there were at the beginning of the episode.
• When Mojo was caressing the bottle of Antidote X, the "X" is missing from the label.
• Antidote X is red in this episode, while in "The Powerpuff Girls Movie", it is black. In "Toast of the Town", it is pink, and in "Mo Job" it is orange.

Production Notes

• Although this episode premiered in the United States on June 30, 2000, it was actually produced in 1999 according to the credits.
  • This episode was finished in August of 1999.