NEW TO ME: Powerpuff Girls: "Moral Decay"

[Brainatra]

Like the subject line says, it's "new to me" (aka I've not seen it before---not having had cable for years now)...

I'll skip summarizing the plot, so let's just cut to my observations...

Pretty funny episode (if not reminiscient of the opening credits re:Buttercup slamming into Him)...

In 2000, the US Mint released a new dollar coin in the U.S.---the gold-colored "Sacajawea" dollar coin (Sacajawea being the Native American guide for Lewis and Clark's expedition through the western/northwestern U.S.), a replacement/updating of the 70's-era, unsuccessful Susan B. Anthony (a famous U.S. women's suffragist) coin, which (as Bubbles' line here infers) *did* look (too much) like a quarter (and I suppose, Americans prefer greenbacks, unlike other countries...). Apparently the gold coin hasn't particularly taken off, either (or is too busy being hoarded by collectors)...

Least we know where Him went after Buttercup nails 'im in the opening credits :-)

<Geeky supposition>Guessing the dentists' tools were treated with Antidote X by the Professor, since I'd presume Buttercup's teeth would be as invulnerable (well, to a point, as shown here) as the rest of her---or not... kept thinking of a 70's-era Superman comic cover where a dentist and several assistants are trying to tug away at a tooth in Supes' mouth [and Supes for some reason apparently wracked with a toothache], all with no success... </geeky>

The second ep was "Meet the Beat-Alls", a veritable PPG classic. :-)

-B.

[Sharklady]

I appreciate 'Moral Decay' for contributing to the believability of the Powerpuffs, by demonstrating they're not perfect.

And I *really* like Mojo's swollen-faced rant in the dentist's office! In fact, I wrote this 'blooper' script for 'PPG World', in reference to it:


(SCENE: MOJO in the Dentist’s Office, from MORAL DECAY)

[Take One]

MOJO: (indignant; his mouth even more swollen than it was in the ep) Wo wew we- Wuttwawup? Wa weah woo er...

DIRECTOR’S VOICE: *Cut.* Mojo, we can’t understand a word you’re saying.

MOJO: (looking irritably to his left) Wi wa wuna wa...

(An orange-sleeved arm appears from MOJO’s right, offering him a large plastic cup. MOJO holds the cup to his mouth and spits- sound of numerous glass marbles landing inside.)

MOJO: (face back to normal) I was under the impression that was the whole point!

DIRECTOR: You’re supposed to be ninety percent unintelligible, not a hundred percent! Charlie, set him up with half that number of marbles.

(The orange-shirted CHARLIE kneels into view, a large jar of multi-colored marbles in hand.)

CHARLIE: (reaching into the jar with a gloved hand) OK dude; just say ‘Ahhh’....

[Take Two]

MOJO: (mouth now somewhat less swollen than in the ep) Don’t tell meh- Buttercup? I’ll bet you were juss sitting aht home, minding your own...

DIRECTOR: Cut! Now you’re *too* intelligible!

MOJO: (impatient) Well, wha do you want??

DIRECTOR: Charlie, let’s try this...

[Take Three]

(CHARLIE is beside MOJO again, inserting marbles in his mouth two at a time.)

MOJO: Don’t tell meh... (two more marbles are added) Doan tell meh... (two more) Doan teh meh...

DIRECTOR: Okay; that sounds about right. Set up for Take Three, people!

(CHARLIE steps out of view; somebody else reaches over to clap the board)

DIRECTOR: Action!

(MOJO opens his mouth to speak, but suddenly looks alarmed, as the sound of a heavy gulp is heard.)

DIRECTOR: CUT! What’s wrong?!

CHARLIE: (kneeling back into view) You just swallow a marble, dude?

(Clutching his throat, MOJO nods frantically)

CHARLIE: (soothingly) Hey, don’t worry about it. (reaching into his jar) I got *plenty* more!

(MOJO gives CHARLIE a stare of disbelief, which promptly changes to rage. Taking aim at CHARLIE’S face, he inhales deeply. A wide red ‘CENSORED’ banner covers the screen. Sound of a violent expulsion, CHARLIE’S startled cry, & dozens of marbles striking surfaces and then rolling around on the floor.)

MOJO: Now, you have even *more* of them, 'dude'!!

DIRECTOR: (sigh) Amy, call the special cleaning team in here. Everybody else; let’s break for lunch. Better make it a long one...

[Brainatra]

I appreciate 'Moral Decay' for contributing to the believability of the Powerpuffs, by demonstrating they're not perfect.

And I *really* like Mojo's swollen-faced rant in the dentist's office! In fact, I wrote this 'blooper' script for 'PPG World', in reference to it:


(SCENE: MOJO in the Dentist’s Office, from MORAL DECAY)

[Take One]

MOJO: (indignant; his mouth even more swollen than it was in the ep) Wo wew we- Wuttwawup? Wa weah woo er...

DIRECTOR’S VOICE: *Cut.* Mojo, we can’t understand a word you’re saying.

MOJO: (looking irritably to his left) Wi wa wuna wa...

(An orange-sleeved arm appears from MOJO’s right, offering him a large plastic cup. MOJO holds the cup to his mouth and spits- sound of numerous glass marbles landing inside.)

MOJO: (face back to normal) I was under the impression that was the whole point!

DIRECTOR: You’re supposed to be ninety percent unintelligible, not a hundred percent! Charlie, set him up with half that number of marbles.

(The orange-shirted CHARLIE kneels into view, a large jar of multi-colored marbles in hand.)

CHARLIE: (reaching into the jar with a gloved hand) OK dude; just say ‘Ahhh’....

[Take Two]

MOJO: (mouth now somewhat less swollen than in the ep) Don’t tell meh- Buttercup? I’ll bet you were juss sitting aht home, minding your own...

DIRECTOR: Cut! Now you’re *too* intelligible!

MOJO: (impatient) Well, wha do you want??

DIRECTOR: Charlie, let’s try this...

[Take Three]

(CHARLIE is beside MOJO again, inserting marbles in his mouth two at a time.)

MOJO: Don’t tell meh... (two more marbles are added) Doan tell meh... (two more) Doan teh meh...

DIRECTOR: Okay; that sounds about right. Set up for Take Three, people!

(CHARLIE steps out of view; somebody else reaches over to clap the board)

DIRECTOR: Action!

(MOJO opens his mouth to speak, but suddenly looks alarmed, as the sound of a heavy gulp is heard.)

DIRECTOR: CUT! What’s wrong?!

CHARLIE: (kneeling back into view) You just swallow a marble, dude?

(Clutching his throat, MOJO nods frantically)

CHARLIE: (soothingly) Hey, don’t worry about it. (reaching into his jar) I got *plenty* more!

(MOJO gives CHARLIE a stare of disbelief, which promptly changes to rage. Taking aim at CHARLIE’S face, he inhales deeply. A wide red ‘CENSORED’ banner covers the screen. Sound of a violent expulsion, CHARLIE’S startled cry, & dozens of marbles striking surfaces and then rolling around on the floor.)

MOJO: Now, you have even *more* of them, 'dude'!!

DIRECTOR: (sigh) Amy, call the special cleaning team in here. Everybody else; let’s break for lunch. Better make it a long one...

Heh!

:-)

-B.