All episodes Season 3 S03E05 2000-09-22 30 min 1990s Cartoon Network

The Powerpuff Girls

Gettin' Twiggy with It / Cop Out

TV Flash files “Gettin' Twiggy with It / Cop Out” as hour 31 of 78 in the TV Flash guide — The Powerpuff Girls (1998–2005) on Cartoon Network, season 3, episode 5, aired 2000-09-22, 30 min.

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How this hour is filed

This leaf is S03E05: listed hour 31 of 78 in the The Powerpuff Girls guide, hour 5 of 12 in season 3. It aired 2000-09-22 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Bubblevision / Bought and Scold” (S03E04). Next is “Three Girls and a Monster / Monkey See, Doggie Two” (S03E06).

The Powerpuff Girls — Gettin' Twiggy with It / Cop Out (S03E05)

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Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.

"Gettin' Twiggy With It" Mitch is told to take care of Twiggy, the class hamster for the weekend. But the Girls don't trust him and follow him home. When Mitch flushes Twiggy down the toilet, the Girls are about to attack, but Twiggy emerges bigger and badder than ever. "Cop Out" A lazy cop named Mike Bricoski lets his other fellow cops do the dirty work for him, but when he gets fired he takes his revenge out on the Powerpuff Girls.

Viewer FAQ

Where does Gettin' Twiggy with It / Cop Out sit in the The Powerpuff Girls guide?

S03E05 is listed hour 31 of 78 — hour 5 of 12 in season 3, season 3 episode 5.

When did The Powerpuff Girls S03E05 air?

Gettin' Twiggy with It / Cop Out aired 2000-09-22 and is listed at 30 minutes.

Kids' cartoon or style exercise?

Both: kindergarten heroes, minimalist pop-art action, and a design language that defined late-1990s Cartoon Network.

In the series

Why this series still plays

Sugar, spice, Chemical X, and a city that never stays saved. Craig McCracken’s candy-colored action: kindergarten heroes, minimalist design, and villains who play like pop-art nightmares. Cartoon Network’s late-nineties brand in three pigtails — short-form girl heroes with punch, style, and a theme that still sounds like a sugar rush with a flying lesson attached.

Drop year: **1998**. Cartoon Network puts sugar, spice, and Chemical X on the original-identity calendar and a city that never stays saved. Rex can keep the Saturday-morning martini; this is brand architecture in three pigtails, not a museum cartoon with nicer merch. Kindergarten heroes, minimalist design, villains as pop-art nightmares. The metric is not a lecture about girl power. The metric is a network finally photographing as itself — late-1990s original identity, punchy and musical, endlessly merchandisable.

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