The Powerpuff Girls
Save Mojo / Substitute Creature
TV Flash files “Save Mojo / Substitute Creature” as hour 55 of 78 in the TV Flash guide — The Powerpuff Girls (1998–2005) on Cartoon Network, season 5, episode 6, aired 2003-09-26, 30 min.
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How this hour is filed
This leaf is S05E06: listed hour 55 of 78 in the The Powerpuff Girls guide, hour 6 of 14 in season 5. It aired 2003-09-26 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Burglar Alarmed / Shotgun Wedding” (S05E05). Next is “The Boys Are Back in Town” (S05E07).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
"Save Mojo" An animal activist group sets out to protect Mojo, ensuring that he can behave like the naturally evil monkey that he is. "Substitute Creature" When Ms. Keane gets sick she hires a substitute teacher named Mr.Green to run the class in her absence. Unfortunately because of his monstrous appearance the girls assume he's a bad guy and try to save their classmates from him.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Save Mojo / Substitute Creature sit in the The Powerpuff Girls guide?
S05E06 is listed hour 55 of 78 — hour 6 of 14 in season 5, season 5 episode 6.
When did The Powerpuff Girls S05E06 air?
Save Mojo / Substitute Creature aired 2003-09-26 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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