Sleepless in New Townsville is the sixteenth episode of Powerpuff Girls Z. It aired on Cartoon Network on October 14th, 2006.
Synopsis[]
The Powerpuff Girls find out why Princess Morbucks is showing off every night, costing them their sleep.
Plot[]
For the past two nights, Princess creates chaos in the city and the girls stop her, though it ends them up being sleepless. One night, Princess shows off to her parents her cat's new jacket, but she sees them watching her sister's videos. Her parents exclaim how proud they are with Duchess as she wins another contest. Princess runs out of the room and is seething of jealousy for her sister. Unaware of what she is doing, she scrunches her cat's tail and yells, transforming her into a monster.
She then plays a piece of ear-screeching music with a violin and leaves the citizens in agony. The girls appear again and stop her. As they bring her to the laboratory to turn her back to human, the Utoniums begins to wonder what the cause of Princess' transformation is. The girls decide to investigate this by the next day.
At school, the girls secretly watch Princess and see what could trigger her to transform but found nothing. After school, they hide at the back of Princess's car. Upon arriving at her mansion, they sneak up inside and search. They found multiple doors, and the girls don't know which one to pick. They decide to split up and investigate but they end up getting lost. They later found each other and cry with relief. They eventually decide to search together so they won't get lost. As they roam around the mansion, they discover a library with lots of books entitled to Duchess. As they pick one, a video appears of Duchess, cheering while Princess tries to get attention. The girls find out that Princess has an older sister. The next video appears of Duchess riding a horse and playing the violin. Blossom and Bubbles find out that the library isn't filled with books, but with videos after Duchess. The girls find out that the videos are similar to Princess's recent attacks. As they finally found out what is the reason for Princess's attacks, they still don't know how she transforms. They suddenly hear a loud piano noise and finds Princess playing a big Melodica. However, Princess still seethes with jealousy and accidentally steps on her cat's tail, yelling, while Princess transforms again. The girls finally find out how and catches her and her cat before she creates chaos.
They bring her to the lab and turns Princess back to a human. They report to the Utoniums on what caused Princess to transform. The Utoniums think of letting the cat wear a necklace with a different voice to prevent Princess from transforming. However, as the cat speaks, Princess wakes up and transforms, this time with different hair. She escapes and creates another chaos as she uses her hair to paint the buildings. Professor uses another necklace, and the cat speaks. Princess transforms again with another different hair. Only this time, it's elephant shaped. She throws out compliments to herself through her trunk. Professor tries out another one but Princess transforms with another different hair. It is Octopus-shaped, and she plays the piano. The girls try to stop her, but Princess attacks them. Professor holds up the cat but scratches both his and Ken's faces and escapes.
In order to stop Princess, they think of giving her compliments and praises since that is what she wanted. The girls force the people to cheer for Princess. She gets confused at first but eventually gets happy. The girls catch her and bring her back to the laboratory. After turning her back to normal, the girls find out that the cat escaped. However, they are now pleased that they can finally get some sleep. Later that night, Mojo prepares to attack the city with his robot. Annoyed and angry, the girls attack him before he attacks.
Characters[]
Major Roles[]
Minor Roles[]
- Drake Utonium
- Ken Utonium
- Ms. Keane
- Sapphire
- Princess' Maids
- Mandy
- Brandy
- Mojo Jojo
- Octi
Trivia[]
- The title is a pun on the movie, Sleepless in Seattle.
- First appearance of Princess's parents. It's also revealed that Princess has a sister named Duchess.
- At the end of the episode, when Miyako woke up, after being called to stop Mojo Jojo, she was seen holding an Octi plush doll.
- This is Duchess Morbucks's First Appearance but on the Screen