Down 'n' Dirty is an episode in Season 2.
| Down 'n' Dirty | |
| Episode name pun on: The phrase "down and dirty" and being dirty. | |
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| Airdate: | September 10, 1999 |
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| Director: | John McIntyre and Craig McCracken |
| Story: | Charlie Bean |
| Writer(s): | John McIntyre and Amy Keating Rodgers |
| See also | |
| episode transcript |
image gallery |
| Episodes | |
| Previous "Beat Your Greens" |
Next "Slave the Day" |
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Plot
The girls get dirty from fighting an oil monster, so the Professor runs a bath for them, which Buttercup detests, because she believes only big, fat sissies take baths. The next day, Buttercup gets stinky when the girls fight a booger monster and doesn't see the point of her sisters taking a bath since they'll just get dirty again the next day.
The Professor orders Buttercup to take a bath and she refuses, so she gets thrown out the house. The following day, Buttercup fights another monster and gets even dirtier while her sisters head to school. When Buttercup comes to school late, her stink leads to Ms. Keane starting the fire alarm and everyone leaves her. All around Townsville, Buttercup offends everyone with her stench to the point of an angry mob chasing her away.
As Buttercup vows to never come clean, another monster rises from the water and sucks her in his nose, then blows her out upon smelling her. The monster then retreats, informing Buttercup that she stinks. At this point, Buttercup finally agrees to take a bath, to her sisters' satisfaction, but only to fight monsters again. Although Buttercup is now all squeaky clean, Blossom says that her attitude still stinks.
And so the day is bathed, thanks to the Powerpuff Girls.
Main Article: Down 'n' Dirty/Transcript
Trivia
- This is the first time the Girls have been naked onscreen. The second time was Nano of the North.
- This episode was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program along with "Beat Your Greens".
- This is the first time Blossom appears when she is not wearing her bow and hairclip.
- Moral: Hygiene is important, no matter what.
- This would be the 3rd time the girls become pariahs, although technically it was Buttercup in particular.
Goofs
- Animation error: In the scene where Bubbles does her impersonation of a giant water monster, she comes out from under the water with her pigtails. When it cuts to the next scene, her pigtails have vanished and she is wearing her hair plain.
Moral
Brush Yourself!