document_title: List of diplomatic missions in Washington, D.C.

question_text: how many embassies are there in washington dc

text: This is a list of the 177 resident embassies in Washington, D.C. For other diplomatic missions in the United States, see List of diplomatic missions in the United States.

text:
Embassy
Location
Neighborhood
Image
Notes

 Afghanistan
2341 Wyoming Avenue NW
38°55′02″N 77°03′08″W / 38.917228°N 77.052237°W / 38.917228; -77.052237

Kalorama

[1]

 Albania
2100 S Street NW
38°54′50″N 77°02′49″W / 38.913937°N 77.046961°W / 38.913937; -77.046961

Kalorama

[2]

 Algeria
2118 Kalorama Road NW
Kalorama

[3]

 Angola
2100-2108 16th Street NW
U Street Corridor

[4]

 Antigua and Barbuda
3216 New Mexico Avenue NW
Wesley Heights

[5]

 Argentina
1600 New Hampshire Avenue NW
Dupont Circle

[6]

 Armenia
2225 R Street NW
Embassy Row

[7]

 Australia
1601 Massachusetts Avenue NW
Embassy Row

[8]

 Austria
3524 International Court NW
North Cleveland Park

[9]

 Azerbaijan
2741 34th Street NW
Embassy Row

[10]

 Bahamas
2220 Massachusetts Avenue NW
Embassy Row

[11]

 Bahrain
3502 International Drive NW
North Cleveland Park

[12]

 Bangladesh
3510 International Drive NW
North Cleveland Park

[13]

 Barbados
2144 Wyoming Avenue NW
38°55′01″N 77°02′55″W / 38.916944°N 77.048739°W / 38.916944; -77.048739

Kalorama

[14]

 Belarus
1619 New Hampshire Avenue NW
Dupont Circle

[15]

 Belgium
3330 Garfield Street NW
Woodley Park

[16]

 Belize
2535 Massachusetts Avenue NW
Embassy Row

[17]

 Benin
2124 Kalorama Road NW
Kalorama

[18]

 Bolivia
3014 Massachusetts Avenue NW
Embassy Row

[19]

 Bosnia and Herzegovina
2109 E Street NW
Foggy Bottom

[20]

 Botswana
1531-3 New Hampshire Avenue NW
Dupont Circle

[21]

 Brazil
3006 Massachusetts Avenue NW
Embassy Row

[22]

 Brunei Darussalam
3520 International Court NW
North Cleveland Park

[23]

 Bulgaria
1621 22nd Street NW
Embassy Row

[24]

 Burkina Faso
2340 Massachusetts Avenue NW
Embassy Row

[25]

 Burundi
2233 Wisconsin Avenue NW
Glover Park

[26]

 Cambodia
4530 16th Street NW
Crestwood

[27]

 Cameroon
3400 International Dr. NW
North Cleveland Park

[28]

 Canada
501 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Penn Quarter

[29]

 Cape Verde
3415 Massachusetts Avenue NW
Embassy Row

[30]

 Central African Republic
2704 Ontario Rd NW
Adams Morgan

[31]

 Chad
2401 Massachusetts Avenue NW
Embassy Row

[32]

 Chile
1732 Massachusetts Avenue NW
Embassy Row

[33]

 China
3505 International Place NW
North Cleveland Park

[34]

 Colombia
1724 Massachusetts Avenue NW
Embassy Row

[35]

 Congo, Republic of
1720 16th Street NW
Dupont Circle

[36]

 Congo, Dem. Republic of
1800 New Hampshire Avenue, NW
Dupont Circle

[37]

 Costa Rica
2114 S Street NW
Kalorama

[38]

 Côte d'Ivoire
2424 Massachusetts Avenue NW
Embassy Row

[39]

 Croatia
2343 Massachusetts Avenue NW
Embassy Row

[40]

 Cuba
2630 16th Street NW
Adams Morgan

[41]

 Cyprus
2211 R Street NW
Kalorama

[42]

 Czech Republic
3900 Spring of Freedom Street NW
Forest Hills

[43]

 Denmark
3200 Whitehaven Street NW
Embassy Row

[44]

 Djibouti
1156 15th Street NW
Downtown

[45]

 Dominica
3216 New Mexico Avenue NW
Wesley Heights

[46]

 Dominican Republic
1715 22nd Street NW
Kalorama

[47]

 East Timor (Timor-Leste)
4201 Connecticut Ave. NW
Embassy Row

[48]

 Ecuador
2535 15th Street NW
Columbia Heights

[49]

 Egypt
3521 International Court NW
North Cleveland Park

[50]

 El Salvador
1400 16th Street NW
Dupont Circle

[51]

 Equatorial Guinea
2020 16th Street NW
U Street Corridor

[52]

 Eritrea
1708 New Hampshire Ave NW
Dupont Circle

[53]

 Estonia
2131 Massachusetts Avenue NW
Embassy Row

[54]

 Ethiopia
3506 International Drive NW
North Cleveland Park

[55]

 Fiji
2000 M Street NW
Downtown

[56]

 Finland
3301 Massachusetts Avenue NW
Embassy Row

[57]

 France
4101 Reservoir Road NW
Georgetown

[58]

 Gabon
2034 20th Street NW
Adams Morgan

[59]

 Gambia
2233 Wisconsin Avenue NW
Glover Park

[60]

 Georgia
1824 R Street NW
Dupont Circle

[61]

 Germany
4645 Reservoir Road NW
Colony Hill

[62]

 Ghana
3512 International Drive NW
North Cleveland Park

[63]

 Greece
2221 Massachusetts Avenue NW
Embassy Row

[64]

 Grenada
1701 New Hampshire Avenue NW
Dupont Circle

[65]

 Guatemala
2220 R Street NW
Embassy Row

[66]

 Guinea
2112 Leroy Place NW
Kalorama

[67]

 Guyana
2490 Tracy Place NW
Kalorama

[68]

 Haiti
2311 Massachusetts Avenue NW
Embassy Row

[69]

 Holy See (Vatican City)
3339 Massachusetts Avenue NW
Embassy Row

[70]

 Honduras
3007 Tilden Street NW
North Cleveland Park

[71]

 Hungary
3910 Shoemaker Street NW
Forest Hills

[72]

 Iceland
2900 K Street NW
Georgetown

[73]

 India
2107 Massachusetts Avenue NW
Embassy Row

[74]

 Indonesia
2020 Massachusetts Avenue NW
Embassy Row

[75]

 Iraq
3421 Massachusetts Avenue NW
Embassy Row

[76]

 Ireland
2234 Massachusetts Avenue NW
Embassy Row

[77]

 Israel
3514 International Drive NW
North Cleveland Park

[78]

 Italy
3000 Whitehaven Street NW
Embassy Row

[79]

 Jamaica
1520 New Hampshire Avenue NW
Dupont Circle

[80]

 Japan
2520 Massachusetts Avenue NW
Embassy Row

[81]

 Jordan
3504 International Drive NW
North Cleveland Park

[82]

 Kazakhstan
1401 16th Street NW
Dupont Circle

[83]

 Kenya
2249 R Street NW
Kalorama

[84]

 Kosovo
1101 30th Street NW
Georgetown

[85]

 Kuwait
3500 International Drive NW
North Cleveland Park

[86]

 Kyrgyzstan
2360 Massachusetts Avenue NW
Embassy Row

[87]

 Laos
2222 S Street NW
Kalorama

[88]

 Latvia
2306 Massachusetts Avenue NW
Embassy Row

[89]

 Lebanon
2560 28th Street NW
Woodley Park

[90]

 Lesotho
2511 Massachusetts Avenue NW
Embassy Row

[91]

 Liberia
5201 16th Street NW
38°57′12″N 77°02′10″W / 38.953421°N 77.036019°W / 38.953421; -77.036019 (Embassy of the Republic of Liberia)
Sixteenth Street Heights

[92]

 Libya
2600 Virginia Avenue NW
Foggy Bottom

[93]

 Liechtenstein
2900 K Street NW
Georgetown

[94]

 Lithuania
2622 16th Street NW
Adams Morgan

[95]

 Luxembourg
2200 Massachusetts Avenue NW
Embassy Row

[96]

 Macedonia
2129 Wyoming Avenue NW
Kalorama

[97]

 Madagascar
2374 Massachusetts Avenue NW
Embassy Row

[98]

 Malawi
2408 Massachusetts Avenue NW
Embassy Row

[99]

 Malaysia
3516 International Court NW
North Cleveland Park

[100]

 Mali
2130 R Street NW
Kalorama

[101]

 Malta
2017 Connecticut Avenue NW
Kalorama

[102]

 Marshall Islands
2433 Massachusetts Avenue NW
Embassy Row

[103]

 Mauritania
2129 Leroy Place NW
Kalorama

[104]

 Mauritius
1709 N Street NW
Downtown

[105]

 Mexico
1911 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Downtown

[106]

 Micronesia
1725 N Street NW
Dupont Circle

[107]

 Moldova
2101 S Street NW
Kalorama

[108]

 Monaco
888 17th Street, NW
Farragut Square

[109]

 Mongolia
2833 M Street NW
Georgetown

[110]

 Montenegro
1610 New Hampshire Avenue NW
Dupont Circle

[111]

 Morocco
1601 21st Street NW
Dupont Circle

[112]

 Mozambique
1525 New Hampshire Avenue NW
Dupont Circle

[113]

 Myanmar
2300 S Street NW
Kalorama

[114]

 Namibia
1605 New Hampshire Avenue NW
Dupont Circle

[115]

 Nepal
2131 Leroy Place NW
Kalorama

[116]

 Netherlands
4200 Linnean Avenue NW
Forest Hills

[117]

 New Zealand
37 Observatory Circle NW
Embassy Row

[118]

 Nicaragua
1627 New Hampshire Avenue NW
Dupont Circle

[119]

 Niger
2204 R Street NW
Embassy Row

[120]

 Nigeria
3519 International Court NW
North Cleveland Park

[121]

 Norway
2720 34th Street NW
Embassy Row

[122]

 Oman
2535 Belmont Road NW
Kalorama

[123]

 Pakistan
3517 International Court NW
North Cleveland Park

[124]

 Palau
1701 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Downtown

[125]

 Panama
2862 McGill Terrace NW
Woodley Park

[126]

 Papua New Guinea
1779 Massachusetts Avenue NW
Embassy Row

[127]

 Paraguay
2400 Massachusetts Avenue NW
Embassy Row

[128]

 Peru
1700 Massachusetts Avenue NW
Embassy Row

[129]

 Philippines
1600 Massachusetts Avenue NW
Embassy Row

[130]

 Poland
2640 16th Street NW
Adams Morgan

[131]

 Portugal
2012 Massachusetts Avenue NW
Embassy Row

[132]

 Qatar
2555 M Street NW
West End

[133]

 Romania
1607 23rd Street NW
Embassy Row

[134]

 Russia
2650 Wisconsin Avenue NW
Cathedral Heights

[135]

 Rwanda
1714 New Hampshire Avenue NW
Dupont Circle

[136]

 Saint Kitts and Nevis
3216 New Mexico Avenue NW
Wesley Heights

[137]

 Saint Lucia
3216 New Mexico Avenue NW
Wesley Heights

[138]

 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
3216 New Mexico Avenue NW
Wesley Heights

[139]

 San Marino
1711 N Street NW 2nd Floor
Downtown

[140]

 Saudi Arabia
601 New Hampshire Avenue NW
Foggy Bottom

[141]

 Senegal
2215 M St. NW
West End

[142]

 Serbia
2233 Wisconsin Avenue NW, Suite 410
Glover Park

[143]

 Sierra Leone
1701 19th Street NW
Dupont Circle

[144]

 Singapore
3501 International Place NW
North Cleveland Park

[145]

 Slovakia
3523 International Court NW
North Cleveland Park

[146]

 Slovenia
2410 California Street NW
Kalorama

[147]

 Somalia
1705 DeSales Street NW, Suite 300
Downtown

[148]

 South Africa
3051 Massachusetts Avenue NW
Embassy Row

[149]

 South Korea
2450 Massachusetts Avenue NW
Embassy Row

[150]

 South Sudan
1233 20th Street NW, Suite 602
Dupont Circle

[151]

 Spain
2375 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
West End

[152]

 Sri Lanka
2148 Wyoming Avenue NW
Kalorama

[153]

 Sudan
2210 Massachusetts Avenue NW
Embassy Row

[154]

 Suriname
4301 Connecticut Avenue NW
Forest Hills

[155]

 Swaziland
1712 New Hampshire Avenue NW
Dupont Circle

[156]

 Sweden
2900 K Street NW
Georgetown

[157]

 Switzerland
2900 Cathedral Avenue NW
Woodley Park

[158]

 Tajikistan
1005 New Hampshire Avenue NW
West End

[159]

 Tanzania
1232 22nd St. NW
West End

[160]

 Thailand
1024 Wisconsin Ave NW
Georgetown

[161]

 Togo
2208 Massachusetts Avenue NW
Embassy Row

[162]

 Trinidad and Tobago
1708 Massachusetts Avenue NW
Embassy Row

[163]

 Tunisia
1515 Massachusetts Avenue NW
Embassy Row

[164]

 Turkey
2525 Massachusetts Avenue NW
Embassy Row

[165]

 Turkmenistan
2207 Massachusetts Avenue NW
Embassy Row

[166]

 Uganda
5911 16th Street NW
Sixteenth Street Heights
38°57′40″N 77°02′10″W / 38.961076°N 77.036015°W / 38.961076; -77.036015 (Embassy of the Republic of Uganda)

[167]

 Ukraine
3350 M Street NW
Georgetown

[168]

 United Arab Emirates
3522 International Court NW
North Cleveland Park

[169]

 United Kingdom
3100 Massachusetts Avenue NW
Embassy Row

[170]

 Uruguay
1913 I Street NW
Foggy Bottom

[171]

 Uzbekistan
1746 Massachusetts Avenue NW
Embassy Row

[172]

 Venezuela
1099 30th Street NW
Georgetown

[173]

 Vietnam
1233 20th Street NW
Dupont Circle

[174]

 Yemen
2319 Wyoming Avenue NW
Kalorama

[175]

 Zambia
2419 Massachusetts Avenue NW
Embassy Row

[176]

 Zimbabwe
1608 New Hampshire Avenue NW
Dupont Circle

[177]

text: The embassy of Iran closed in 1979.[178] It was located at 3005 Massachusetts Avenue NW in Embassy Row.[178] The building continues to be owned by the government of Iran but is maintained by the US Department of State while the Iranian interests section is located in the Pakistani Embassy.[179]


document_title: Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

question_text: where was the beach scene filmed in chitty chitty bang bang

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text: Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

text: Plot[edit]

text: Set in the 1910s, the story opens with a montage of European Grand Prix races in which one particular car appears to win every race. In the final race, the car crashes and catches fire, ending its racing career. The car ends up in an old garage in rural England, where two children, Jeremy (Adrian Hall) and Jemima Potts (Heather Ripley), have grown fond of it. However, a man in the junkyard intends to buy the car from the garage owner, Mr. Coggins (Desmond Llewelyn), for scrap. The children, who live with their widowed father Caractacus Potts (Dick Van Dyke), an eccentric inventor, and the family's equally peculiar grandfather, implore their father to buy the car, but Caractacus can't afford it. While playing hooky from school, they meet Truly Scrumptious (Sally Ann Howes), a beautiful upper-class woman with her own motorcar, who brings them home to report their truancy to their father. After she leaves, Caractacus promises the children that he will save the car, but is taken aback at the cost he has committed himself to. He looks for ways to raise money to avoid letting them down.

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text: The next morning, Caractacus discovers that the sweets produced by a machine he has invented can be played like a flute. He tries to sell the "Toot Sweets" to Truly's father, Lord Scrumptious (James Robertson Justice), a major confectionery manufacturer. He is almost successful until the whistle attracts a pack of dogs who overrun the factory, resulting in Caractacus's proposition being rejected.

text: Caractacus next takes his automatic hair-cutting machine to a carnival to raise money, but his invention accidentally ruins the hair of a customer. Caractacus eludes the man by joining a song-and-dance act. He becomes the centre of the show and earns enough in tips to buy the car and rebuild it. They name the car "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" for the unusual noise of its engine. In the first trip in the car, Caractacus, the children, and Truly picnic on the beach. Caractacus tells them a tale about nasty Baron Bomburst (Gert Fröbe), the tyrant of fictional Vulgaria, who wants to steal Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.

text: As Caractacus tells his story, the quartet and the car are stranded by high tide and are attacked by pirates working for the Baron. All of a sudden, Chitty deploys huge flotation devices and transforms into a power boat, and they escape Bomburst's yacht and return to shore. The Baron sends two spies to capture the car, but they capture Lord Scrumptious, then Grandpa Potts (Lionel Jeffries), mistaking each for the car's creator. Caractacus, Truly, and the children see Grandpa being taken away by airship, and they give chase. When they accidentally drive off a cliff, Chitty sprouts wings and propellers and begins to fly. They follow the airship to Vulgaria and find a land without children; the Baroness Bomburst (Anna Quayle) abhors them and imprisons any she finds. Grandpa has been ordered by the Baron to make another floating car, and he bluffs his abilities to avoid being executed. The Potts' party is hidden by the local Toymaker (Benny Hill), who now works only for the childish Baron. Chitty is discovered and taken to the castle. While Caractacus and the toymaker search for Grandpa and Truly searches for food, the children are caught by the Baron's Child Catcher (Robert Helpmann).

text: The Toymaker takes Truly and Caractacus to a grotto beneath the castle where the townspeople have been hiding their children. They concoct a scheme to free the children and the village from the Baron. The Toymaker sneaks them into the castle disguised as life-size dolls for the Baron's birthday. Caractacus snares the Baron, and the children swarm into the banquet hall, overcoming the Baron's palace guards and guests. In the ensuing chaos, the Baron, Baroness, and the evil Child Catcher are captured. The Pottses and Truly fly back to England. When they arrive home, Lord Scrumptious surprises Caractacus with an offer to buy the Toot Sweet as a canine confection. Caratacus, realising that he will be rich, rushes to tell Truly the news. They kiss, and Truly agrees to marry him. As they drive home, he acknowledges the importance of pragmatism, as the car takes off into the air again.

text: Cast[edit]

text: The cast includes:[5]

text:
Dick Van Dyke as Caractacus Potts
Sally Ann Howes as Truly Scrumptious
Adrian Hall as Jeremy Potts
Heather Ripley as Jemima Potts
Lionel Jeffries as Grandpa Bungie Potts
Gert Fröbe as Baron Bomburst
Anna Quayle as Baroness Bomburst
Benny Hill as the Toymaker
James Robertson Justice as Lord Scrumptious
Robert Helpmann as the Evil Child Catcher
Barbara Windsor as Blonde
Davy Kaye as Admiral
Stanley Unwin as the Chancellor
Peter Arne as the Captain of Bomburst's Army
Desmond Llewelyn as Mr. Coggins
Victor Maddern as Junkman
Arthur Mullard as Big Man
Max Wall as Inventor
Gerald Campion as Minister
Max Bacon as Orchestra Leader
Alexander Doré as First Spy
Bernard Spear as Second Spy
Richard Wattis as Sweet Factory Secretary (uncredited)
Phil Collins as Vulgarian Child (scene cut)

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text: The part of Truly Scrumptious had originally been offered to Julie Andrews, to reunite her with Van Dyke after their success in Mary Poppins. Andrews rejected the role specifically because she considered that the part was too close to the Poppins mould.[6] Instead, Sally Ann Howes was given the role. Dick Van Dyke was cast after he turned down the role of Fagin from another 1968 musical Oliver! (which ended up going to Ron Moody).

text: Production[edit]

text: The Caractacus Potts inventions in the film were created by Rowland Emett; by 1976, Time magazine, describing Emett's work, said no term other than "Fantasticator...could remotely convey the diverse genius of the perky, pink-cheeked Englishman whose pixilations, in cartoon, watercolor and clanking 3-D reality, range from the celebrated Far Tottering and Oyster Creek Railway to the demented thingamabobs that made the 1968 movie Chitty Chitty Bang Bang a minuscule classic."[7]

text: Six Chitty-Chitty Bang-Bang cars were created for the film, only one of which was fully functional. At a 1973 auction in Florida, one of them sold for $37,000, equal to $199,617 today.[8] The original "hero" car, in a condition described as fully functional and road-going, was offered at auction on 15 May 2011 by a California-based auction house.[9] The car sold for $805,000, less than the $1–2 million it was expected to reach.[10] It was purchased by New Zealand film director Sir Peter Jackson.[11]

text: Locations[edit]

text:
Scrumptious Sweet Co. factory (exterior) – Kempton Waterworks, Snakey Lane, Hanworth, Middlesex, England.[12] This location now includes a steam museum open to the public.
Scrumptious Mansion – Heatherden Hall at Pinewood Studios in Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire, England.[12]
Windmill/Cottage – Cobstone Windmill in Ibstone, near Turville, Buckinghamshire, England.[12]
Duck Pond – Russell's Water, Oxfordshire, England.[12]
Train scene – The Longmoor Military Railway.
Beach – Cap Taillat in St. Tropez, France.
Bridge (river) where spies attempt to blow up Chitty – Iver Bridge, Iver, Buckinghamshire, England.
Bridge (railway) where spies kidnap Lord Scrumptious – Ilmer Bridge, Ilmer, Buckinghamshire, England.
White rock spires in the ocean and lighthouse – The Needles stacks, Isle of Wight, England.
White cliffs – Beachy Head, East Sussex, England.
Baron Bomburst's castle – Neuschwanstein Castle for the exterior, neighboured Hohenschwangau Castle for the interiors, Bavaria, Germany.
Vulgarian village – Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Germany.

text: Reception[edit]

text: Box office[edit]

text: The film was the tenth most popular at the US box office in 1969.[13]

text: Critical[edit]

text: Time began its review saying the film is a "picture for the ages—the ages between five and twelve" and ends noting that "At a time when violence and sex are the dual sellers at the box office, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang looks better than it is simply because it's not not all all bad bad"; the film's "eleven songs have all the rich melodic variety of an automobile horn. Persistent syncopation and some breathless choreography partly redeem it, but most of the film's sporadic success is due to Director Ken Hughes's fantasy scenes, which make up in imagination what they lack in technical facility."[14]

text: The New York Times critic Renata Adler wrote, "in spite of the dreadful title, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang ... is a fast, dense, friendly children's musical, with something of the joys of singing together on a team bus on the way to a game"; Adler called the screenplay "remarkably good" and the film's "preoccupation with sweets and machinery seems ideal for children"; she ends her review on the same note as Time: "There is nothing coy, or stodgy or too frightening about the film; and this year, when it has seemed highly doubtful that children ought to go to the movies at all, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang sees to it that none of the audience's terrific eagerness to have a good time is betrayed or lost."[15]

text: Film critic Roger Ebert reviewed the film (Chicago Sun Times, 24 December 1968). He wrote: "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang contains about the best two-hour children's movie you could hope for, with a marvelous magical auto and lots of adventure and a nutty old grandpa and a mean Baron and some funny dances and a couple of [scary] moments."

text: Film critic and historian Leonard Maltin considered the picture "one big Edsel, with totally forgettable score and some of the shoddiest special effects ever."[16] In 2008, Entertainment Weekly called Helpmann's depiction of the Child Catcher one of the "50 Most Vile Movie Villains."[17]

text: As of March 2014, the film has a 65% "Fresh" rating (17 of 26 reviews) on Rotten Tomatoes.[18]

text: Accolades[edit]

text: The film was nominated for the American Film Institute's 2006 AFI's Greatest Movie Musicals list.[19]

text: Soundtrack[edit]

text: The original soundtrack album, as was typical of soundtrack albums, presented mostly songs with very few instrumental tracks. The songs were also edited, with specially recorded intros and outros and most instrumental portions removed, both because of time limitations of the vinyl LP and the belief that listeners would not be interested in listening to long instrumental dance portions during the songs.

text: The soundtrack has been released on CD four times, the first two releases using the original LP masters rather than going back to the original music masters to compile a more complete soundtrack album with underscoring and complete versions of songs. The 1997 Rykodisc release included several quick bits of dialogue from the film between some of the tracks and has gone out of circulation. On 24 February 2004, a few short months after MGM released the movie on a 2-Disc Special Edition DVD, Varèse Sarabande reissued a newly remastered soundtrack album without the dialogue tracks, restoring it to its original 1968 LP format.

text: In 2011, Kritzerland released the definitive soundtrack album[20], a 2-CD set featuring the Original Soundtrack Album plus bonus tracks, music from the Song and Picture Book Album on disc 1, and the Richard Sherman Demos, as well as six Playback Tracks (including a long version of international covers of the theme song). Inexplicably, this release was limited to only 1,000 units.

text: In April 2013, Perseverance Records re-released the Kritzerland double CD set with expansive new liner notes by John Trujillo and a completely new designed booklet by Perseverance regular James Wingrove.

text: Home video releases[edit]

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text: Chitty Chitty Bang Bang was released numerous times in the VHS format. In 1998 the film saw its first DVD release. The year 2003 brought a two-disc "Special Edition" release. On 2 November 2010, 20th Century Fox released a two-disc Blu-ray and DVD combination set featuring the extras from the 2003 release as well as new features. The 1993 LaserDisc release by MGM/UA Home Video was the first home video release with the proper 2.20:1 Super Panavision 70 aspect ratio.

text: Adaptations[edit]

text: Novelisation of film[edit]

text: The film did not follow Fleming's novel closely. A separate novelisation of the film was published at the time of the film's release. It basically followed the film's story but with some differences of tone and emphasis, e.g. it mentioned that Caractacus Potts had had difficulty coping after the death of his wife, and it made it clearer that the sequences including Baron Bomburst were extended fantasy sequences. It was written by John Burke.[21]

text: Comic book adaption[edit]

text: Gold Key: Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. Gold Key Comics. February 1969. [22]


document_title: Dawn of the Planet of the Apes

question_text: who played caesar in dawn of the planet of the apes

text: Dawn of the Planet of the Apes

text: Plot[edit]

text: Ten years after the pandemic of the deadly ALZ-113 virus, later called Simian Flu, the worldwide human population was drastically reduced, with only about one in five hundred genetically immune to the virus. Meanwhile, the apes, under the chimpanzee Caesar, all bestowed with genetically enhanced intelligence by the virus, have long established a colony in the Muir Woods near San Francisco.

text: One day, a group of humans led by a man named Malcolm enter the apes' territory from San Francisco in search of a hydroelectric dam that would restore power to the city. An encounter by Caesar's son Blue Eyes and his friend Ash leads to the latter's injury by a man named Carver. Malcolm manages to prevent further escalation while Caesar orders the humans to leave. Prompted by Koba, a scarred bonobo who holds a grudge against humans for his mistreatment as a test subject, Caesar brings his army to the humans' community at an unfinished tower as a display of strength. Caesar announces his intent to fight the humans if forced to while demanding the humans to stay in their territory. Malcolm convinces his fellow leader Dreyfus to give him time to take a small team to the forest and reconcile with the apes so they can access the dam. He meets with Caesar, who allows them to work on the generator on the condition that they surrender their guns. As Malcolm, his wife Ellie, and son Alexander work, they bond with the apes. The fragile bonding is greatly helped when Ellie, a nurse, effectively treats Cornelia's illness.

text: Meanwhile, Dreyfus arms his community using the Fort Point armory. Koba discovers the armory and confronts Caesar of this, but accuses him of loving humans more than apes. Caesar beats Koba in response but refrains from killing him. Koba later returns to the armory and takes an assault rifle, killing two guards and then Carver as the humans succeed in repairing the generator and restoring power to the city. Koba takes advantage of their celebration to covertly set fire to the apes' home. He then shoots Caesar, who falls into the underbrush below, and frames the humans for Caesar's apparent death in order to wage war. Koba quickly takes command and leads the apes into San Francisco, where they plunder the armory and mount an assault on the tower. The apes breach the building and imprison the humans as Dreyfus flees underground. When Ash refuses Koba's orders to kill unarmed humans, citing Caesar's teachings, Koba throws the ape to his death and has any other ape loyal to Caesar imprisoned.

text: Malcolm's family finds Caesar barely alive and transports him to his former house in San Francisco. Caesar reveals that Koba shot him and confesses that apes can be as corrupt and violent as humans. When Malcolm sneaks into the settlement to find medical supplies for Caesar, he encounters Blue Eyes, who spares him before learning that his father is still alive and that it was Koba who shot him, not the humans. After reconciling with Caesar, Blue Eyes returns to the tower and frees the imprisoned humans and apes. Malcolm escorts the apes into the tower, and then finds Dreyfus. He learns that the return of electricity allowed Dreyfus' men to make radio contact with survivors at a military base, who are now coming to fight the apes. Caesar confronts Koba at the top of the tower; as they fight, Dreyfus detonates C-4 charges that destabilize the tower in a failed attempt to kill the apes, at the cost of his own life. Koba starts shooting at the apes, but Caesar tackles him off a ledge. While clinging on a metal girder, Koba is rejected as an ape by Caesar and dropped to his death.

text: Malcolm and Caesar acknowledge their friendship, with Malcolm warning of the approaching human military. Caesar responds that the humans will never forgive the apes for their attack and convinces Malcolm to leave with his family. He then stands before a kneeling mass of apes, preparing for war.

text: Cast[edit]

text: Apes[edit]

text:
Andy Serkis as Caesar, a common chimpanzee and the leader of the evolved ape tribe
Toby Kebbell as Koba, a scarred bonobo and Caesar's treacherous lieutenant; previously played by Christopher Gordon in Rise
Judy Greer as Cornelia, a common chimpanzee and Caesar's wife, mother of Blue Eyes and a newborn son; previously played by Devyn Dalton in Rise
Terry Notary as Rocket, a common chimpanzee, Caesar's former rival and enemy turned friend and loyal lieutenant
Karin Konoval as Maurice, a Bornean orangutan and Caesar's friend and advisor
Nick Thurston as Blue Eyes, a common chimpanzee and Caesar and Cornelia's first son
Doc Shaw as Ash, a common chimpanzee, son of Rocket, also Blue Eyes' best friend.
Lee Ross as Grey, a common chimpanzee and a follower of Koba.

text: Humans[edit]

text:
Jason Clarke as Malcolm, the leader of the small group that forms a strong bond with Caesar and the other apes
Gary Oldman as Dreyfus, the leader of the remaining human survivors
Keri Russell as Ellie, a former nurse at the CDC, and Malcolm's wife
Kodi Smit-McPhee as Alexander, Malcolm's son from a previous marriage
Kirk Acevedo as Carver, a former San Francisco water worker and a member of Malcolm's group.
Jocko Sims as Werner, the colony's radio operator
Enrique Murciano as Kemp, a member of Malcolm's group
Keir O'Donnell as Finney, an ally of Dreyfus
Lombardo Boyar as Terry, a guard at the colony's armory
Kevin Rankin as McVeigh, a guard at the colony's armory
Jon Eyez as Foster, a member of Malcolm's group
James Franco (uncredited) as Will Rodman from Rise of the Planet of the Apes, in a cameo via a video from Caesar's childhood

text: Production[edit]

text: Development[edit]

text: After the release of Rise of the Planet of the Apes, director Rupert Wyatt commented on possible sequels: "I think we're ending with certain questions, which is quite exciting. To me, I can think of all sorts of sequels to this film, but this is just the beginning."[8] Screenwriter and producer Rick Jaffa also stated that Rise featured several clues as to future sequels: "I hope that we're building a platform for future films. We're trying to plant a lot of the seeds for a lot of the things you are talking about in terms of the different apes and so forth."[9]

text: In an interview recorded after the release of Rise, Wyatt stated, "We want to grow and evolve, in the films that will [hopefully] come after this, to the '68 original."[10] Wyatt also stated that he wants it to take place eight years after Rise, as a whole new ape generation can be born, and explore the dynamics of Caesar and Koba's relationship.[11] According to screenwriter Rick Jaffa, a version of the spaceship from the 1968 Planet of the Apes under the name Icarus was in Rise as a deliberate hint to a possible sequel.[12]

text: In November 2011, Andy Serkis was the first to be announced as having closed a deal for a sequel to Rise. It was reported to be a "healthy seven-figure deal" for him to reprise his role as Caesar, the ape leader.[13] On May 15, 2012, it was announced Scott Z. Burns had been hired to do rewrites on the original screenplay by Rise writers Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver.[14] On May 31, 2012, 20th Century Fox announced that the sequel would be titled Dawn of the Planet of the Apes.[15]

text: On September 17, 2012, there were reports that director Wyatt was considering leaving the sequel due to his concern that a May 2014 release date would not give him enough time to make the film properly.[16] On October 1, Cloverfield director Matt Reeves was confirmed as his replacement.[17] Reeves had been working on developing a new Twilight Zone film.[18] On October 18, Mark Bomback, writer of Live Free or Die Hard, was reported to be doing a re-write for Reeves.[19]

text: Casting[edit]

text: In December 2012, after the departure of director Wyatt, James Franco speculated that he would not be returning for the sequel, saying, "Now Rupert's not a part of it so I don't know. My guess is I won't be in it. Nobody's talked to me since Rupert left."[20] Later, Matt Reeves revealed that Franco would be seen in a cameo in the film.[21][22] Freida Pinto, who played primatologist Caroline Aranha in Rise, confirmed that she would not be returning for Dawn.[23] In April 2014, when asked by IGN about the fate of Franco and Pinto's characters, producer Dylan Clark said, "I mean, they’re the ones that died...They were ground zero of the virus."[24]

text: In February 2013, actors Gary Oldman, Jason Clarke, and Kodi Smit-McPhee were cast in lead roles for the sequel, set ten years after the events from the first film.[25][26] In March 2013, actress Keri Russell was cast in a role.[27] That same month, Judy Greer was cast as Cornelia, a female chimp and love interest for Caesar.[28] Toby Kebbell, Enrique Murciano and Kirk Acevedo joined the cast during filming.[citation needed] On May 15, 2013, Jocko Sims was cast in a supporting role of military operative Werner.[29]

text: Filming[edit]

text: Filming began in April 2013 around the town of Campbell River, British Columbia.[30] The location of Vancouver Island was chosen for its similarity to the locations depicted in the film, the forests, and the variety of landscapes.[31] Filming in New Orleans started in May 2013 and continued in July 2013 at various locations such as the former Six Flags park Six Flags New Orleans.[32]

text: Visual effects[edit]

text: Like Rise, visual effects for Dawn were done by Weta Digital. In addition to the apes, Weta created other digital animals, such as a herd of elk, a grizzly bear, and CG doubles of the live horses. The elk were created using key-frame animation and the digital crowd enhancement software MASSIVE, the bear through key-frame animation, and the horses with a mixture of key-frame animation and motion capture.

text: Soundtrack[edit]

text:
Dawn of the Planet of the ApesSoundtrack album by Michael GiacchinoReleased
August 12, 2014Recorded
2014Genre
Film scoreLength
77:21Label
Sony MasterworksMichael Giacchino film scores chronology

Star Trek Into Darkness(2013)

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes(2014)

This Is Where I Leave You(2014)

text: The film's score was composed by Michael Giacchino. The soundtrack was released by Sony Masterworks on July 8, 2014.[33]

text: All music composed by Michael Giacchino.

text: No.TitleLength1."Level Plaguing Field"2:212."Look Who's Stalking"2:353."The Great Ape Processional"4:344."Past Their Primates"1:575."Close Encounters of the Furred Kind"4:386."Monkey to the City"1:167."The Lost City of Chimpanzee"3:468."Along Simian Lines"5:049."Caesar No Evil, Hear No Evil"2:2710."Monkey See, Monkey Coup"5:1211."Gorilla Warfare"7:3712."The Apes of Wrath"4:2813."Gibbon Take"2:5514."Aped Crusaders"3:2615."How Bonobo Can You Go"5:4216."Enough Monkeying Around"3:3517."Primates for Life"5:4218."Planet of the End Credits"8:5619."Ain't That a Stinger(Written By Griffin Giacchino)"1:10

text: Release[edit]

text: On May 31, 2012, Fox announced that Dawn of the Planet of the Apes was scheduled for release on May 23, 2014.[15] It was announced on June 20, 2013 that the release date for Dawn was being pushed back two months to July 18, 2014.[34] On December 10, 2013, the film was pushed up one week to July 11, 2014.[35] The film premiered at the Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco, California on June 26, 2014.[36] The film closed the 36th Moscow International Film Festival on June 28.[37]

text: In Hungary, the largest cinema chain called Cinema City could not agree with the film's distributor, InterCom, and as a result it opened on July 17, 2014 on 45 screens, significantly fewer than similar big-budget productions.[38] However, the film still managed to top the weekend box office chart of the country beating Transformers: Age of Extinction, which had been leading the chart for three weeks (on 105 screens distributed by UIP Duna).[39]

text: Marketing[edit]

text: A viral marketing campaign for the film launched in July 2013 included a "simian flu" website[40] and mock PSA videos.[41] 20th Century Fox and Vice Media's Motherboard released three short films online in July 2014 which document the ten-year gap between the events of Rise of the Planet of the Apes and Dawn of the Planet of the Apes.[42] A novel titled Dawn of the Planet of the Apes: Firestorm which is also set between the events of the first two films was published in May 2014 by Titan Books.[43] A partnership with 20th Century Fox and Ndemic Creations saw mobile/PC game Plague Inc. get a Dawn of the Planet of the Apes-themed update on July 10, 2014. It allows players to create and customize a simian flu virus to infect the world and eradicate humanity whilst helping apes survive.[44]

text: Reception[edit]

text: Box office[edit]

text: Dawn of the Planet of the Apes was a success at the box office with many critics calling it "the summer's best popcorn film",[45] and Deadline Hollywood commented saying it is "a franchise that will keep going and going, unless they screw it up".[46] The film grossed $208,545,589 in the USA & Canada, and $500,290,000 in other countries, for a worldwide total of $708,835,589.[6] Calculating in all expenses and revenues, Deadline Hollywood estimated that the film made a net profit of $182.18 million.[47] It had a worldwide opening of $103.3 million which was the 11th-highest of 2014.[48] Worldwide it is the highest-grossing film in the Planet of the Apes franchise[49] and the eighth-highest-grossing film of 2014.[50]

text: In the United States and Canada, the film is the highest-grossing film in the Planet of the Apes franchise, unadjusted for inflation[49] and the eighth-highest-grossing film of 2014.[51] It opened on July 11, 2014 across 3,967 theaters and topped the box office on its opening day earning $27.7 million (including previews).[52] During its traditional three-opening, the film debuted at number one earning $72.6 million, which was 33% higher than its predecessor. Box Office Mojo pointed out that the film's good word of mouth as well as its predecessors', its darker tone, attachment of new characters and the first film's way of ending were all determining factors in the film's strong opening.[53] It remained at the summit for two consecutive weekends in North America despite facing competition with The Purge: Anarchy in its second week.[54][55]

text: Dawn of the Planet of the Apes earned $31.3 million during its opening weekend internationally from 4,913 screens in 26 markets where it opened at No. 1 in 14 of those. International opening weekend tallies of more than $5 million were witnessed in the UK ($14.88 million), Mexico ($12.94 million), South Korea ($11.5 million), Russia ($9.99 million), Brazil with ($9.2 million) and Australia ($6.6 million).[56][57] The film topped the box office outside North America for two non-consecutive weekends.[57][58]

text: The film became a massive financial success in China where it opened with $47 million on its opening weekend there. The robust debut helped the film top the international charts for the first time dethroning Guardians of the Galaxy and aided the film in passing $400 million internationally and $600 million globally.[59] Fox reported that the sequel's debut in China was one of the best in history for a Western title, save for Iron Man 3, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen and Transformers: Age of Extinction at that time.[60] After playing for a month in theaters, it passed $100 million on its fourth weekend and became the fourth Hollywood film of the year to achieve such a milestone.[61] In total, it went on to make $107.4 million there, of which the studio received $26.8 million profit.[46]

text: Critical response[edit]

text: Dawn of the Planet of the Apes received critical acclaim upon release.[62][63][64] On review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes, it holds a score of 90% based on 288 reviews with a rating average of 7.9/10. The website's consensus reads: "With intelligence and emotional resonance to match its stunning special effects, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes expands on its predecessor with an exciting and ambitious burst of sci-fi achievement."[65] On review aggregator Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average, the film has a "generally favorable" rating score of 79 out of 100 based on 48 reviews.[66]

text: Guy Lodge of Variety said, "An altogether smashing sequel to 2011's better-than-expected Rise of the Planet of the Apes, this vivid, violent extension of humanoid ape Caesar's troubled quest for independence bests its predecessor in nearly every technical and conceptual department, with incoming helmer Matt Reeves conducting the proceedings with more assertive genre elan than Rise journeyman Rupert Wyatt."[67] Todd McCarthy of The Hollywood Reporter stated that the film "manages to do at least three things exceptionally well that are hard enough to pull off individually: Maintain a simmering level of tension without let-up for two hours, seriously improve on a very good first entry in a franchise and produce a powerful humanistic statement using a significantly simian cast of characters. In the annals of sequels, Dawn is to Rise of the Planet of the Apes what The Empire Strikes Back was to Star Wars—it's that much better."[68] Tim Robey of The Daily Telegraph said, "There's evident patience and intelligence to the filmmaking all over, as well as an engagement with genuine ideas about diplomacy, deterrence, law and leadership. However often it risks monkey-mad silliness, it's impressively un-stupid."[69] Drew McWeeny of HitFix awarded the film an "A+" grade and said "Dawn is not just a good genre movie or a good summer movie. It's a great science-fiction film, full-stop, and one of the year's very best movies so far."[70]

text: Ty Burr of The Boston Globe wrote that "in bearing, speech, and agonized expressiveness, Serkis's Caesar conveys the conflicts of a king with almost Shakespearean grandeur."[71] A. O. Scott of The New York Times praised the film for being able to balance out the action sequences and special effects with strong storytelling, writing that "Dawn is more than a bunch of occasionally thrilling action sequences, emotional gut punches and throwaway jokes arranged in predictable sequence. It is technically impressive and viscerally exciting, for sure, but it also gives you a lot to think, and even to care, about."[72]

text: Less favorable reviews included Andrew O'Hehir at Salon.com who wrote, "Here's a rule that has gradually become clear to me: Any film that begins with one of those fake-news montages, where snippets of genuine CNN footage are stitched together to concoct a feeling of semi-urgency around its hackneyed apocalypse, already sucks even before it gets started. This one makes a dutiful attempt to struggle back from that suckage, but it all ends in yelling."[73]

text: Home media[edit]

text: Dawn of the Planet of the Apes was released by 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment on Blu-ray 3D, Blu-ray, and DVD on December 2, 2014.[74] According to Nielsen VideoScan, it subsequently became the best-selling home video release for the week.[75]

text: Accolades[edit]

text: Third film[edit]

text: After seeing his cut of Dawn, 20th Century Fox and Chernin Entertainment signed Matt Reeves to return as director for a third installment of the reboot series. On January 6, 2014, Fox announced Reeves to direct as well as co-write along with Bomback, with a planned July 2016 release. Peter Chernin, Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver will produce.[76] In January 2015, Fox delayed the release to July 14, 2017.[77][78] On May 14, 2015, the title was given as War of the Planet of the Apes.[79] In September 2015, it was announced that Woody Harrelson had been cast as the film's antagonist.[80] In October 2015, Steve Zahn was cast as a new ape in the film, retitled as War for the Planet of the Apes.[81]


document_title: The Cat in the Hat (film)

question_text: who plays the little girl in cat in the hat

text: The Cat in the Hat (film)

text: Plot[edit]

text: Conrad and Sally Walden live in the city of Anville with their single mom, Joan. Joan works for neat-freak Hank Humberfloob, as a real estate agent, and is hosting an office party at her house. One day, she is called back to the office, leaving the kids with Mrs. Kwan, an elderly tired babysitter (after the previous one quit), and forbidding them to enter the living room, which is being kept pristine for the upcoming party. Joan is also dating their next-door neighbor, Larry Quinn, much to Conrad's dismay and disgruntlement. Larry is constantly on the lookout for any mischief Conrad may be up to, as he wants nothing more than to send him away to military school, as Conrad has earned the reputation of "hot-headed trouble-maker", and because Conrad sees through his façade.

text: Once their mother leaves, Sally and Conrad meet an anthropomorphic humanoid and oversized talking cat with a red-and-white striped hat and a large red bow tie. This is the Cat in the Hat. The Cat wants them to learn to have fun but the children's pet fish does not want the Cat around when Joan is away. The Cat then leaves a trail of destruction across the house. In the process, he releases two trouble-making things, Thing 1 and Thing 2, from a crate that he explains is actually a portal to another world. The Cat tells Conrad that he only has one rule: never open the crate, then allows the Things to have fun, but they make a mess out of the house. Despite the Cat's warning, Conrad picks the lock on the crate. When the crate's lock attaches itself to the collar of the family dog, Nevins, Cat and the kids must go find him and the lock. They drive a super-powered car which Cat names it the Super Luxurious Omnidirectional Whatchamajigger, or S.L.O.W. in search of Nevins and use Cat's magic hat. Conrad realizes that the Things always do the opposite to what they are told, and that this can be used to their advantage and has them stall Joan.

text: Meanwhile, Larry is revealed to be an unemployed slob with dentures, and is in financial debt, though claiming that he is a successful businessman in the hopes of marrying Joan for her money. Larry sees Nevins running across the street and tracks down Joan to tell her, but Things 1 and 2 have stalled her on the road, posing as police officers. Larry goes back to the house, telling Joan to meet him there.

text: By the time the kids and the Cat (and Larry) return to the house with the lock, a huge mess spills from the unlocked crate and enters the house, seemingly killing Larry in the process. They navigate their way through the oversized house and find the crate while cleaning up. The house is returned to its normal proportions but then immediately falls apart. The Cat confesses to the kids that he planned the whole day, including making not opening the crate his one rule as he knew Conrad could not resist. The kids angrily tell the Cat to leave the house. Conrad prepares to face the consequences when Joan comes home but Sally says she will share the blame. The Cat having overheard this happily returns to clean up the mess with a great cleaning contraption. named D.I.R.T. (Dynamic Industrial Renovating Tractormajigger) Afterwards, The Cat says goodbye and departs as Joan is arriving. Larry returns, revealing he survived when all was restored, thinking he has busted the kids, but when Joan sees the clean house (and a messy Larry), she does not believe Larry and dumps him, much to Larry's dismay. After the successful party, Joan spends quality time with her children and the film ends as the Cat and his Things walk off into the sunset.

text: Cast[edit]

text:
Mike Myers as the Cat in the Hat, a tall, anthropomorphic, wise-cracking cat with a Brooklyn accent who wears a special hat which reveals many magical abilities.
Spencer Breslin as Conrad Walden, Joan's destructive and misbehaved son.
Dakota Fanning as Sally Walden, Joan's dull, well-behaved, and rule-obeying daughter.
Kelly Preston as Joan Walden, Conrad and Sally's single-mother, and a workaholic real-estate agent.
Alec Baldwin as Lawrence "Larry" Quinn, the Waldens' pompous, lazy, unemployed next-door neighbor. He is revealed to be allergic to cats, steals food from the Waldens and gets away with it, and is determined to both marry Joan for her wealth and send Conrad to military school to straighten up his behavior.
Amy Hill as Mrs. Kwan, an elderly Taiwanese woman who gets hired to watch the kids, though she sleeps through her job. Her weight and sleep serves as a running gag. She sits down on the couch to watch brawling in Taiwanese parliament.
Sean Hayes as Mr. Hank Humberfloob, Joan's boss. Hayes is also the voice of the family fish.
Danielle Chuchran and Taylor Rice as Thing 1, and Brittany Oaks and Talia-Lynn Prairie as Thing 2; two gibbering trouble-making creatures that the Cat brings in with him. Dan Castellaneta provided the voices for both Things.
Steven Anthony Lawrence as Dumb Schweitzer. He whacks Cat in the testicles with a wooden baseball bat
Paris Hilton as a female club-goer
Bugsy as Nevins, the Waldens' pet dog. Frank Welker provided his voice.
Candace Dean Brown as a secretary who works for the Humberfloob Real Estate.
Daran Norris as the Astounding Products Announcer
Clint Howard as Kate the Caterer
Paige Hurd as Denise, who does not speak to Sally anymore, not long after she talked back to her. She never invited Sally to her birthday party either since Sally earlier stated that she told Denise not to speak to her anymore.
Stephen Hibbert as Jim McFinnigan
Roger Morrisey as Mr. Vompatatat
Victor Brandt as the Narrator, who tells the story; he is revealed to be the Cat using a voice-changer at the end.

text: Production[edit]

text: Development[edit]

text: DreamWorks Pictures acquired rights to the original book in 1997.[4] However, production did not originally start until after the 2000 Christmas/comedy film How the Grinch Stole Christmas, based on another Dr. Seuss book of the same name, became a commercial success. Brian Grazer, who was the producer of The Grinch, stated, "Because we grew up with these books, and because they have such universal themes and the illustrations ignite such fantasy in your mind as a child — the aggregation of all those feelings — it leaves an indelible, positive memory. And so when I realized I had a chance to convert first The Grinch and then, The Cat in the Hat, into movies, I was willing to do anything to bring them to the screen."[5] Grazer contacted Bo Welch over the phone with the offer to direct the film, and he accepted.[6] When production began, songs written by Randy Newman were dropped because they were deemed inferior. Newman's cousin, David Newman, composed the score for the film. Although Welch and a publicist for Myers denied it, several people said Myers had considerable input into the film's direction, telling some of the cast (co-stars Baldwin and Preston) how to perform their scenes.[7]

text: Casting[edit]

text: Tim Allen was originally planned to play the role of the Cat. The script would be originally based on a story conceived by Allen, who admitted that as a child he was afraid of Seuss' "mischievous feline" babysitter. Allen stated, "My dream is to give it the edge that scared me."[8] However, producers did not commission a screenplay until late February 2001, when Alec Berg, Jeff Schaffer, and Dave Mandel (who were also writers on Seinfeld) were hired to write the script (replacing the original draft of the film that was written a few years before),[9] so the film would not be ready to shoot before the deadline. Allen was also committed to shooting Disney's The Santa Clause 2, which was also delayed because Allen wanted a script rewrite.[10] Due to a scheduling conflict with The Santa Clause 2,[11] he dropped out his role.[12] In March 2002, the role of the Cat was given to Mike Myers,[13] even though he had an argument with Grazer about starring in a cancelled film based on his Saturday Night Live sketch Dieter.[14] Myers stated in an interview that he was a long-time fan of the original Dr. Seuss book, and that it was the first book he ever read.[15]

text: Makeup and visual effects[edit]

text: Makeup for the character was designed by Steve Johnson. The Cat costume was made of angora and human hair and was fitted with a cooling system. To keep Myers cool during the outdoor shoots, a portable air conditioner was available that connected a hose to the suit between shots. The tail and ears were battery operated.[16] The Fish was considered somewhat of a unique character for Rhythm & Hues (responsible for some of the effects and animation in such films as Cats & Dogs, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, and Scooby-Doo), in that the character had no shoulders, hips or legs, so all of the physical performance had to emit from the eyes, head and fin motion. Sean Hayes, who provided the voice for the Fish, found the role significantly different from his usual on-camera jobs; he did not know how the final animation would look, and all of his work took place alone in a sound booth.[17]

text: Filming[edit]

text: Prior to filming, giant props for the film were stolen from the set. Local police found the props vandalized in a mall car park in Pomona, California. The props were covered with graffiti. No arrests had been made, and filming was to start the next week.[18] Principal photography took place mostly in California from October 2002 until January 2003. The neighborhood and the town centre was filmed in a rural valley near Simi Valley, where 24 houses (each 26-feet square and 52-feet tall) were constructed.[19] The downtown area outdoor shots were filmed along a Pomona street where a number of antique and gift shops are located. The community decided not to redecorate after filming ended, so the surreal paint scheme and some of the signage could still be seen as it appears in the film. Because of so much smog in the area, the sky had to be digitally replaced with the cartoon-like sky and colours of the background had to be digitally fixed.

text: Music[edit]

text:
The Cat in the HatFilm score / Soundtrack album by David NewmanReleased
November 18, 2003Recorded
2002Genre
OrchestraLength
51:55Label
BMG Soundtracks

text: The soundtrack was released on November 18, 2003.[20] It includes David Newman's score, plus a song by Smash Mouth ("Getting Better") and ("Hang On") that makes it the third film in a row playing a song in a film starring Mike Myers, after Shrek (2001)  and Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002). The soundtrack also includes a couple of songs performed by Mike Myers (the role of the Cat). Newman's score won a BMI Film Music Award.

text: Track listing[edit]

text: All music composed by David Newman, except as noted.

text: showTrack listingNo.TitleWriter(s)Length1."Main Title; The Kids" 8:072."Getting Better" (Performed by Smash Mouth)Lennon–McCartney2:243."The Cat" 3:504."Two Things - Couch Jumping - Lea..." 5:165."Military Academy Seduction" 3:026.Untitled 2:127."Surfer Cat - the Phunometer" 2:238."Fun, Fun, Fun" (Performed by Mike Myers)Marc Shaiman, Scott Wittman2:389."The Contract" 1:5310."Oven Explodes - "Clean Up This Mess!"" 1:3611."Things Wreck the House" 2:5212."Larry the Slob" 3:1013."Birthday Party" 2:1114."S.L.O.W. Drive" 2:3215."Rescuing Nevins" 4:2716."Clean Up" (Performed by Mike Myers)Shaiman, Whitman0:2317."Hang On" (Performed by Smash Mouth)Scott Wittman3:00Total length:47:25

text: Release[edit]

text: Home media[edit]

text: The Cat in the Hat was released on VHS and DVD on March 16, 2004.[21] It features 16 deleted scenes, 20 outtake scenes, almost a dozen featurettes, and a "Dance with the Cat" tutorial to teach kids a Cat in the Hat dance.[22] On February 7, 2012, the film was released on Blu-ray.[23]

text: Reception[edit]

text: Box office[edit]

text: The Cat in the Hat opened theatrically on November 21, 2003 and earned $38,329,160 in its opening weekend, ranking first in the North American box office.[24] The film ended its theatrical run on March 18, 2004, having grossed $101,149,285 domestically and $32,811,256 overseas for a worldwide total of $133,960,541.[2]

text: Critical response[edit]

text: Review aggregate website Rotten Tomatoes gives the film a 10% approval rating based on 158 reviews with an average rating of 3.2/10. The website's consensus reads: "Filled with double entendres and potty humor, this Cat falls flat."[25] On Metacritic, the film has a score of 19 out of 100 based on 37 reviews, indicating  "overwhelming dislike".[26] Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "B-" on an A+ to F scale.[27]

text: Peter Travers of Rolling Stone gave the film one star, stating, "Cat, another overblown Hollywood raid on Dr. Seuss, has a draw on Mike Myers, who inexplicably plays the Cat by mimicking Bert Lahr in The Wizard of Oz." Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times gave the film 2 out of 4 stars. Although he praised the production design, he considered the film to be "all effects and stunts and CGI and prosthetics, with no room for lightness and joy".[28] Ebert and co-host Richard Roeper gave the film "Two Thumbs Down". Roeper said of Myers' performance that "Maybe a part of him was realizing as the movie was being made that a live-action version of The Cat in the Hat just wasn't a great idea." Ebert had the same problem with the film that he had with How the Grinch Stole Christmas, in that "If there is one thing I've learned from these two movies is that we don't want to see Jim Carrey as a Grinch, and we don't want to see Mike Myers as a cat. These are talented comedians, let's see them do their stuff, don't bury them under a ton of technology."

text: Concerns were also raised over the PG rating of the film with some critics, stating that it should have instead been rated PG-13 in relation to its high amount of adult content.[29]

text: Leonard Maltin in his Movie Guide gave it one and a half stars out of four saying that the "Brightly colored adaptation of the beloved rhyming book for young children is a betrayal of everything Dr. Seuss ever stood for, injecting potty humor and adult (wink-wink) jokes into a mixture of heavy-handed slapstick and silliness." Maltin also said that the film's official title which included Dr. Seuss' The Cat in the Hat was "an official insult".[30]

text: Variety considered it "attractively designed, energetically performed and, above all, blessedly concise, this adaptation of one of the most popular American kids' books walks the safe side of surrealism with its fur-flying shenanigans. The younger the viewers, the better reactions are bound to be, while grownups will sit in varying states of bemusement".[citation needed]

text: Actor response[edit]

text: Baldwin addressed complaints the film received because of its dissimilarity to the source material. He expressed a belief that a film is "an idea about something" and that because Dr. Seuss' work is so unique, making a feature-length film out of one of his stories would entail taking liberties and making broad interpretations.[31]

text: Awards and nominations[edit]

text:
Award

Subject

Nominee

Result

BMI Film Awards

Best Music

David Newman

Won

DFWFCA Awards

Worst Film

Won

Kids' Choice Awards

Favorite Movie Actor

Mike Myers

Nominated

Golden Raspberry Awards

Worst Actor of the Decade

Nominated

Worst Actor

Nominated

Worst Supporting Actor

Alec Baldwin

Nominated

Worst Supporting Actress

Kelly Preston

Nominated

Worst Picture

Nominated

Worst Director

Bo Welch

Nominated

Worst Screenplay

Alec Berg, David Mandel and Jeff Schaffer, based on the book by Dr. Seuss

Nominated

Worst Screen Couple

Mike Myers and either Thing One or Thing Two

Nominated

Worst Excuse for an Actual Movie (All Concept/No Content)

Won

Worst "Comedy" of Our First 25 Years

Nominated

Stinkers Bad Movie Awards[32]

Worst Picture

Won

Worst Director

Bo Welch

Nominated

Worst Screenplay for a Film Grossing More Than $100 Million Worldwide

Alec Berg, David Mandel and Jeff Schaffer, based on the book by Dr. Seuss

Won

Worst Actor

Mike Myers

Nominated

Worst Fake Accent - Male

Nominated

Worst Supporting Actor

Alec Baldwin

Nominated

Most Painfully Unfunny Comedy

Nominated

Worst Song

"Fun, Fun, Fun"; music by Marc Shaiman, lyrics by Shaiman and Scott Wittman

Nominated

Most Annoying Non-Human Character

Cat in the Hat

Won

Thing One and Thing Two (voices by Dan Castellaneta)

Nominated

The Spencer Breslin Award (Worst Performance by a Child Actor)

Spencer Breslin

Won

Dakota Fanning

Nominated

text: The film also received three nominations at the Hollywood Makeup & Hairstylists Guild Awards.[33]

text: Scrapped sequel[edit]

text: On the day of the film's release, Mike Myers stated in an interview that he expected a sequel where the kids meet the Cat again, since there was a sequel to the book. A sequel based on The Cat in the Hat Comes Back was in development just over a month before the film's release.[34]

text: In February 2004, Dr. Seuss' widow, Audrey Geisel, said she would never allow any further live action adaptations of her husband's works.[35]

text: Animated remake[edit]

text: On March 15, 2012, a computer-animated The Cat in the Hat remake was announced by Universal Pictures and Illumination Entertainment following the success of The Lorax.[36][37][38][39][40][41][42] On January 24, 2018, Warner Animation Group announced that they have picked up the rights for the animated Cat in the Hat reboot movie, along with many of Seuss' works.[43]

text: Video game[edit]

text:
The Cat in the Hat
Developer(s)
Magenta Software (PS2, Xbox)Digital Eclipse (Microsoft Windows, Game Boy Advance)Publisher(s)
Vivendi Universal Games[a]Platform(s)

PlayStation 2
Microsoft Windows
Xbox
Game Boy Advance
Release
NA: November 5, 2003 (PS2, Xbox, GBA)NA: November 9, 2003 (PC)EU: March 19, 2004JP: March 25, 2004 (Xbox)Genre(s)
Platform

Action

text: The film also has a platformer video game released by Vivendi Universal Games and developed by Magenta Software and Digital Eclipse. It is based on the film of the same name. The game was released for PlayStation 2, Xbox, and Game Boy Advance on November 5, 2003, and PC on November 9, 2003, shortly before the film's theatrical release. A version for the Nintendo GameCube was planned to be released, but it was later cancelled.

text: Video game reviews[edit]

text: ReceptionAggregate scoresAggregatorScoreGameRankings(Xbox) 52.67%[44](PS2) 50%[45](GBA) 46.50%[46](PC) 19.50%[47]Metacritic(Xbox) 56/100[48](PS2) 56/100[49](GBA) 40/100[50](PC) 40/100[51]Review scoresPublicationScoreFamitsu27/40[52]GameSpot3.8/10[53]GameZone(PC) 8/10[54](PS2) 7.2/10[55](GBA) 5/10[56]IGN6/10[57](GBA) 4/10[58]Nintendo Power2.3/5[59]OPM (US)[60]OXM (US)5.5/10[61]PC Gamer (UK)9%[62]PC Zone30%[63]X-Play[64]

text: The Cat in the Hat game received mixed reviews[44][45][46][48][49][50] (except for the PC version, which received negative reviews).[47][51]


document_title: List of The Powerpuff Girls characters

question_text: what's the name of the blonde powerpuff girl

question_tokens: what 's the name of the blonde powerpuff girl

text: List of The Powerpuff Girls characters

text: The Powerpuff Girls

text: Blossom

text: Blossom (voiced by Jennifer Fried in Whoopass Stew pilot, and Cathy Cavadini) is "the smart girl" and self-proclaimed leader of the Powerpuff Girls. Her personality is "everything nice", her signature color is pink, and she has long red hair with a red bow on the top of her head and a heart-shaped hairclip that can be seen from behind. She is often seen as the most level-headed, and composed member of the group and also strong and determined. She can also be fussy, overbearing, vain, and overly analytical at times. She tends to "mother" Bubbles and Buttercup, and often tries to play peacemaker between the two if they fight but ironically she is quick to argue with Buttercup who acts on impulse as opposed to her analytical nature. She is naturally caring to mainly her sisters, but also the Professor as well. In "A Very Special Blossom," we are shown a darker side to Blossom when she resorts to stealing the Pro-Excellence 2000 Golf Clubs for the Professor, who later says it's his fault for putting too much value in a material item instead of the love for the Girls. For this, her first (and fortunately only) offense, Blossom was sentenced to 200 hours of community service, which was a harsh reminder to her and to all that crime doesn't pay. Blossom is drawn to lavish intellect-enhancing toys and is often seen, in her free time, curled up with a good book. In the episode "Power-Noia" Blossom has nightmares about failing a test for which she forgot to study, only to find out that HIM is behind the girls' nightmares. The same episode establishes that Blossom is the smartest girl in Townsville. She also stated in a movie interview that she finds inspiration from female superheroes. Her unique power is freezing objects with her breath as seen in the episode "Ice Sore" (although at the end of the episode, she was known to breathe fire). When flying she leaves a curved pink trail.

text: Bubbles

text: Bubbles (voiced by Jennifer Freid in Whoopass Stew pilot, Kath Soucie in the What a Cartoon! episodes, and by Tara Strong in the series) is "the cute one". Her personality is "sugar", her signature color is Light Blue, and she has blond hair worn in pigtails. She was named for her cute and bubbly personality, as revealed when she giggled after the Professor named Blossom. Her best friend is a stuffed octopus doll she calls "Octi". She exhibits the ability to both understand and speak foreign languages (Japanese, Spanish), as she can read and understand Japanese manga and understand people who speak Spanish. Bubbles can also communicate with various animals (cats, squirrels and even monsters). However, the episodes "Super Zeroes" and "Nuthin' Special" illustrate that in the above respective languages she uses a word for word translation rather than the thought-for-thought method of people more fluent in foreign languages. She also shows the ability to emit a sonic scream (in the episode "Stuck Up, Up and Away"). Bubbles can also spit fire as seen in the episode "Simian Says". She will always stand up for (and cuddle with) animals except cockroaches, which she (along with her sisters) finds "icky". Bubbles is defined by her innocence, playfulness and gentle demeanor, having a tendency to be naive, ditzy, submissive, timid and sensitive. These traits initially caused those around her, especially Blossom and Buttercup, to underestimate her abilities as a superhero; her naivety has been used against her at least twice by Him. But in the episode "Bubblevicious", she proves her mettle to her sisters when she single-handedly defeats Mojo Jojo. At times she can be dim-witted and a bit of a loud-mouth. In "The Boys are Back in Town" she expressed a slight crush on Boomer. Craig McCracken stated in a World Priemere Toons interview that she is the "little more air-headed one". Also, in the episode "Octi Evil", she says she hates to see her sisters fight. When flying she leaves a loopy, swirly blue trail.

text: Buttercup

text: Buttercup (voiced by Jennifer Fried in Whoopass Stew pilot, and E. G. Daily) is the toughest of the Powerpuff Girls. Her personality is "spice", her signature color is Lime Green, and she has short black hair in a flip. Buttercup actually likes the color blue. She frowned and pouted when the Professor named her simply because, like her previously-named sisters, her name "also starts with B". She can be hard to agree with to Bubbles and Blossom at times, but is the toughest fighter of the Powerpuff Girls, not only because of her "spice" side but because, as revealed in one episode, the reason why Buttercup tries her hardest to defeat whichever antagonists she must is because of her green blanket. Buttercup can be the most surly Powerpuff Girl at times, but is practically fearless, loyal, quick-witted and willing to fight. Buttercup can be selfish at times, as revealed in one episode when the Powerpuff Girls started working for gold dollar allowances and Buttercup became fascinated by gold dollar coins, but soon discovered that she could obtain more by knocking out criminals' teeth and leaving the teeth for the Tooth Fairy. She is shown to be fairly protective of her sisters and the Professor, though, and will not hesitate to confront anybody who speaks badly of them, such as in the episode "The Boys Are Back in Town" when she unwittingly discovers the Rowdyruff Boys' weakness after hitting Butch's tongue, who was laughing at Bubbles after putting a slug down the back of her dress while in sort of an unconscious state. She never saw the importance of taking regular baths until she finds criminals hard to come by when she's dirty. She is often reckless, but can be fairly witty at times, and she is frequently sarcastic. Also, she may be stronger than her other sisters, as revealed in the episode "Octi Evil" when she throws a monster rolled up in a ball to Blossom, which goes through various buildings. In one episode, she fights a monster all by herself without her sisters' help. She also has desires to be the leader instead of Blossom (revealed in "Octi Evil"). Craig McCracken stated in a World Priemere Toons interview that she is "the real quiet but real tough one". When flying she leaves a straight, sharp, jagged light green trail.

text: Secondary characters

text: Professor Utonium

text: Professor Utonium (voiced by Tom Kane) is a brilliant scientist who works in his home in the suburbs of the City of Townsville. A stereotypical scientist, his general attire is a white lab coat and black pants with pens tucked into the lab coat's breast pocket. The Professor once housed a chimpanzee named Jojo (later to become the girls' arch-enemy, Mojo Jojo) as a lab assistant who proved to be reckless and destructive. Jojo pushed the Professor while he was stirring his perfect girl concoction, causing him to accidentally break through a glass containing the mysterious "Chemical X" which spilled into the perfect girl formula, thus creating the Powerpuff Girls. The Professor is a genius in many fields of science, having shown knowledge in fields such as physics, chemistry, and biology as well as being a skilled inventor. Aside from his role as a scientist, he acts as a parent in The Powerpuff Girls' lives, doing fatherly things such as preparing their school lunches or cheering up the girls when they have been hurt. Although he apparently did not legally "adopt" the girls, everyone who addresses him calls him "their father" and they as "his daughters"; the girls occasionally refer to him as "our dad", and the Professor stated that he is the girls' father in many epidoes. The Professor can be strict, easily manipulated and overprotective at times, but still retains his caring fatherly image. In the episode "Keen for Keane", the girls set up Professor Utonium and their kindergarten teacher Ms. Keane on a date for Valentine's Day, resulting in the two temporarily becoming an item. They called it off after a fight due to Professor Utonium not liking cats.

text: Mayor

text: The Mayor of Townsville (voiced by Tom Kenny in the series and by Jim Cummings in the What a Cartoon! episodes) is generally referred throughout only as "Mayor", although he is referred to as "Barney" by his wife in the episode "Boogie Frights". He is short and old with a fringe of white hair around a bald scalp and a thick mustache. He wears a monocle over his left eye and a small top hat that floats just above his head. He also has a love for pickles. The Mayor is dimwitted but loves his city. He is very childish at times, such as in the episode "That's Not My Baby" where he complains in a childish voice to Miss Bellum, asking why they cannot name Main Street after himself. He sometimes calls the girls for very silly reasons, as seen in the episode "Bubblevicous" when he calls because of a traffic jam. The episode "Meat Fuzzy Lumpkins" featured a different Mayor who was younger and taller than the Mayor of the series. In the episode "Hot Air Buffoon", he decided to save Townsville instead of the Powerpuff girls, but it didn't turn out so well.

text: Ms. Bellum

text: Ms. Sara Bellum (voiced by Jennifer Martin) is The Mayor's very competent, pretty, statuesque, and apparently beautiful Secretary who often handles the things the Mayor cannot. She has long, curly red hair, wears a red dress and red high heel shoes for a secretary look. Her face is never shown onscreen, although "The Powerpuff Girls Rule!!!" briefly revealed part of it. Running gags include other onscreen characters often finding her very beautiful, the camera focusing on her chest, her face always being obscured, and her being Townsville's most competent resident. Her name is a pun on the word cerebellum. She has also helped the girls defeat the Rowdyruff Boys in the episode "The Rowdyruff Boys", where she advised the girls to "instead of fighting, try being nice" (in other words, kiss them) to destroy them, which ended up working. She also proved to be a capable fighter, battling Sedusa by herself when the girls were disabled. She made a cameo in an episode of Chowder, in which it is implied she is to be the police chief's blind date.

text: Ms. Keane

text: Ms. Keane (voiced by Jennifer Hale, and by Kath Soucie in the What-a-Cartoon! episodes) is the kindergarten teacher of Pokey Oaks Kindergarten. She wears an orange shirt, red vest, brown pants, and has short black hair and light blue eyes. She is patient, understanding and very protective of her students, making her a well-liked, motherly figure. She also owns an orange cat named Valentino. Although Ms. Keane is a kindergarten teacher, she is also incredibly smart. This was shown in the episode "Speed Demon" when she, prior to the girls' time travel, actually tried to figure out how the speed of a person throwing an apple could make said apple travel faster than the speed of light and thus being able to travel though time and space. Soon realizing that she is confusing the children, she returns to her normal state, and excuses herself. Ms. Keane also forbids any fighting in school even if there's a crisis taking place within it thus she convinces the girls that there are other ways to solve problems other than fighting as demonstrated in the episode "Schoolhouse Rocked". In the episode "Imaginary Fiend", a new student came to Pokey Oaks Kindergarten named Mike. The girls find the new kid very strangely when Mike talks to himself, but he was actually talking to his imaginary friend. At a part of the episode, Ms. Keane and her students all believed that Mike's imaginary friend was in everyone's imagination. The girls tried to fight him by using their own imagination. In the episode "Keen for Keane", the girls set up Ms. Keane and Professor Utonium on a date for Valentine's Day, resulting in the two temporarily becoming an item. They called it off after a fight due to Professor Utonium not liking cats.

text: Narrator

text: Narrator (voiced by Tom Kenny in the series and by Ernie Anderson in the What a Cartoon! episodes) is the enthusiastic but unseen narrator, known for opening nearly every episode with "The City of Townsville!" and ending most of them with "So once again, the day is saved, thanks to... the Powerpuff Girls"! He often comments on the proceedings of the episode, says things which happen to be hints about the plots of certain episodes, and frequently breaks the fourth wall. He is only seen at one point in the series (in the episode "A Made Up Story" he wakes up the mayor who is sleeping under the podium. Viewers see only his hand and part of his arm), though he is a person and not just a disembodied voice. He is also shown to be the only connection between the audience and the girls, as he can "talk" to both and even be involved, such as Mojo Jojo transforming him into a dog. In the episode "Simian Says", he is kidnapped by Mojo Jojo, who promptly takes his place as the episode begins, granting Mojo Jojo the power to narrate the story as he sees fit; the girls have no choice but to go along with the narrative until they accidentally find him dictating the story's events, suggesting that the Narrator has absolute power over the story, though he never seems to exercise it himself. He's also been seen to take a considerably large amount of pain and destruction on occasion when The Girl's city battles are almost too overwhelming. A good example of this was seen in one episode where the city was in really deep trouble from a monster attack and his camera got destroyed. He also got very badly (and very humorously) hurt in the episode.

text: Talking Dog

text: Talking Dog (voiced by Tom Kane in the series and by Paul Mercier in the What a Cartoon! episodes) is a small white dog with black ears and nose and a black spot on his back, wearing a red collar with a yellow dog tag. He mostly appears as a background character, but always has something to say. In the episode "Shut the Pup Up", he was taken in by the Girls when he became the sole witness to a mystery crime. When he stays with the girls he is shown to be blunt, abrasive and insulting in that episode, though his demeanor remains straightforward and earnest. He is frequently abused in almost every appearance he makes, but, as a running gag, no one ever seems to regard his pain and simply ignore him.

text: Mitch Mitchelson

text: Mitchell Mitchelson (voiced by Tom Kenny): The bully at Pokey Oaks Kindergarten. Mitch has brownish hair, and wears a black T-shirt with the words "MITCH ROCKS" on the front. Usually talks in a gruff voice; he torments the kids in the class in a few episodes, though he is not a major threat. He is Buttercup's close friend, according to Buttercup in her interview in the DVD features of The Powerpuff Girls Movie. For a brief time he hosted a short segment on Cartoon Network called "Mitch Rocks", where he looked at or watched various things and said whether they "rock" or not.

text: Recurring villains

text: Mojo Jojo

text: Mojo Jojo (voiced by Roger L. Jackson) is a mad scientist anthropomorphic chimpanzee with great intelligence, who speaks in a Japanese accent poking fun at the poor dubbing of Speed Racer, although it was never stated whether or not he was from Japan. As the main antagonist of the series and the Powerpuff Girls' arch-enemy, Mojo Jojo was Professor Utonium's reckless laboratory assistant, Jojo, before Professor Utonium created the Powerpuff Girls.[1] He has green skin and pink whites in his eyes, and wears a white turban of clay with three purple upside down V-shaped lines towards the metal purple jeweled base and two purple circles inside each other on both sides at the top that covers his large, oversized brain that was caused by the explosion that created the girls. He wears white gloves and boots, a blue suit with a white belt, and a long wavy, purple cape. Despite his high intelligence, he is not good at planning his schemes, and as a result they fall apart. However, he is a master at manipulation and trickery, often fooling the girls into thinking he has changed despite their constant encounters.

text: Him

text: Him (voiced by Tom Kane) is a mysterious, supernatural, effeminate, immortal, androgynous, and demonic monster. His physical appearance is an amalgamation of sorts with lobster-like claws, red skin, pointed ears, a hooked nose, yellow/green eyes and a long curled beard, wearing makeup, a woman's red jacket and skirt with pink tulle at the collar and hemline, and black, thigh-high, spike-heeled boots. His voice ranges from a high-pitched falsetto to a deep, booming basso profondo. According to the narrator in Him's first appearance, he is "so evil, so sinister, so horribly vile, that even the utterance of his name strikes fear into the hearts of men". He is shown to feed off the negative emotions of human beings and become powerless when there is little or no negativity in the air. He refers to the other villains as mortals, which further supports the argument that he is the devil. In one of the original Whoopass Girls shorts, he is identified as the true devil, but never in the regular series. Him's plans are usually psychological in nature, and often consist of manipulating events to either drive the Powerpuff Girls insane or simply drive wedges between them. Craig McCracken has stated that the character "Him" was inspired by the Chief Blue Meanie in the 1968 film, Yellow Submarine. Most episodes Him is featured in are single-story episodes. Craig McCracken stated Him is his favorite villain.[2]

text: Fuzzy Lumkins

text: Fuzzy Lumkins[3] (voiced by Jim Cummings) is a large, husky, furry pink bear/Bigfoot-like hillbilly monster with a wide jaw, a green nose, two antennae on his head, big blue overalls, and brown boots, who commonly plays a banjo which he calls "Jo." He was the first villain introduced in the series, appearing in the pilot "Meat Fuzzy Lumkins," in which he turned the people of Townsville into meat after he lost in a jam contest. He talks with a country accent, and lives in the woods next to the city of Townsville. Fuzzy is of extremely limited intellectual capacity, and is not nearly so active and ambitious as most of the girls' rogues gallery. He will usually limits himself to shooting anyone whom he finds trespassing on his property, though also prone to destructive fits of rage, particularly when others touch his belongings; in these fits he gains enough physical strength to overpower (and sometimes intimidate) the girls. When angry, Fuzzy turns dark red, grows claws, and his teeth (usually square and blunt) turn triangular and sharp. Fuzzy (according to Professor Utonium's research) belongs to a race of "Lum(p)kins"; he has three siblings (Furry, Fluffy, and Hairy), three nephews (Buzzy, Wuzzy, and Scuzzy), and several dozen cousins who closely resemble him.

text: Princess Morbucks

text: Princess Morbucks (voiced by Jennifer Hale) is a spoiled, rich, and bratty little girl, whose partially unseen and mostly mute father allows her to finance various evil plots to destroy the Powerpuff Girls. Her supervillain outfit consists of a yellow, Powerpuff-style dress, black gloves and boots, and a tiara. In the episode "Stuck Up, Up, and Away" she is told by Buttercup that she cannot "just buy superpowers", and she retorts, "Oh yeah, tell that to Batman!" Her hatred of the girls stems from her rebuffed attempt to become one of them. Every time she somehow manages to obtain super powers, the girls manage to defeat her (although often by no means easily), and Princess loses her super powers and must start all over again. Despite her well-defined goal of destroying the Powerpuff Girls and frequent collaboration with the series's other villains, some fans and critics do not consider Princess to be an actual villain. These people point out that Princess's quest to gain super powers is a coming of age sign, which represents a young girl's desire to be similar to the most popular girls around. Her father is "Daddy" Morbucks, a large, rotund man whose face and head are always hidden from the viewer. He dotes on his daughter and usually indulges in her whim, but it is hinted that his patience is limited and Princess fears truly angering him. Thanks to him, Princess has access to virtually unlimited financial resources. Her last name,"Morbucks", is a reference to Daddy Warbucks from the musical, Annie.

text: The Ganggreen Gang

text: The Ganggreen Gang are a gang of five teenage hoodlums who are green-skinned and unhealthy looking, as though infected top-to-bottom by gangrene. They originally appeared alongside The Amoeba Boys in McCracken's original short, Whoopass Stew, as the villains the girls are shown fighting in the introduction (rather than every major recurring villain on the show). They do not have powers, nor are they truly a threat; however, they do have special characteristics and they did once obtain powers in the episode "Power Lunch". According to Craig McCracken, the Ganggreen Gang are a cross between the characters from Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids and Rat Fink. Not possessing any powers or exceptional abilities, the Gang is normally not too much of a threat to the girls, but have shown themselves to be very dangerous when motivated, such as when they received training from Sedusa to help her steal a series of magical artifacts. They also delight in tormenting those weaker than themselves, especially children and the elderly.

text:
Ace (voiced by Jeff Bennett): The Gang's leader, Ace Copular is a mean-spirited, bullying, opportunistic rogue. He sports a slick-back hairdo, a colored vest-jacket, a peach-fuzz mustache, a pair of shades, and also has fangs. As the Gang's smartest member, he is the instigator of most of their antisocial activities, and he does possess a certain charismatic charm that allows him to sweet-talk people who ought to know better, such as Ms. Keane in episode "School House Rocked" and even Buttercup in episode "Buttercrush". He speaks in a nasally Italian New Yorker accent. His full name is Ace D. Copular.
Snake (voiced by Tom Kenny): A slippery character with a forked tongue, skinny body, and a hissing voice, Snake is the Gang's second-in-command, but he is reduced to a sniveling yes-man to Ace. He does have a personality of his own, but it is usually silenced due to Ace punching him when he speaks out of line (or even asking a question). This could imply that Snake is more loyal to his friend Ace than he is independently evil. It is revealed in episode "School House Rocked" that his real name is Sanford D. Ingleberry. In the English dub of Powerpuff Girls Z he has a female counterpart named Ivy.
Lil' Arturo (voiced by Tom Kenny and by Carlos Alazraqui in his first appearance): A malevolent Mexican midget boy, Lil' Arturo seems to take the most amusement from the Gang's activities. In episode "School House Rocked" he carries around a switchblade-styled comb he calls "Maria", a treasured gift from his incarcerated father. He has a rather prominent underbite. His full name is Arturo de la Guerra, which is Spanish for "Arthur from the War". His accent was more watered down in later episodes, producers fearing complaints of Latino stereotypes. His small size allows him to sneak through cramped spaces and passages that the rest of the gang cannot reach.
Grubber (voiced by Jeff Bennett): The Gang's most physically grotesque member hunchback, barefoot, untidy hair, grubby clothes and protruding eyes, resembling an Ed Roth cartoon, a zombie, a drunk, and Quasimodo from The Hunchback of Notre Dame. He also appears to be mostly mute, communicating instead through blowing a raspberry. He does, however, occasionally demonstrate unexpected talents, such as playing the violin, speaking eloquently or performing impersonations. When attending the girls' school for a short time, Grubber showed that he was able to horribly contort his body, making him briefly resemble a well-spoken and handsome looking young man before snapping back to his normal self. His full name is Grubber J. Gribberish.
Big Billy (voiced by Jeff Bennett): A hulking colossus who acts as the Gang's muscle. Though he does at times display a childlike innocence, he mostly just does the bidding of his more savvy and vindictive friends. In episode "School House Rocked", it is revealed that his real name is William W. Williams and that he is a Cyclops. Although he rarely fares any better in combat against the girls than the rest of the gang, he has the muscular power to stop a speeding train from running down citizens from the track and tackle 10-story monsters to the ground with his bare hands. He is shown to speak in two different ways: like a normal person, and like a caveman. He is also shown as not very bright. He is fiercely loyal to anyone he considers to be a friend, and briefly tried to help the Powerpuff Girls after they saved him from a train. However, his clumsiness and lack of intelligence made him more destructive as a hero than he was as a villain.

text: The Amoeba Boys

text: The Amoeba Boys (voiced by Chuck McCann in the series and the What a Cartoon! episodes and by Lou Romano in Whoopass Stew) are a trio of amoebae who are the villains featured in McCracken's original short, Whoopass Stew in A Sticky Situation. They reappear in the What a Cartoon! short Crime 101. With their gangster affectations, these aspiring criminals would love nothing more than to be regarded as serious villains worthy of fighting, and even getting beaten up and sent to jail by the Powerpuff Girls. Unfortunately, their brains are too primitive to devise a crime above the level of littering or jaywalking. Indeed, they considered stealing an orange to be their greatest crime ever in the episode "Divide and Conquer". They are Townsville's least malicious villains, even having a friendship-of-sorts with the girls. They are generally harmless, but their actions have on occasion endangered both the girls and the town purely by accident. The greatest threat they have posed to Townsville and the girls was in episode "Geshundfight", when they each caught a cold that, when merged with their DNA, created a severe virus that quickly spread through the city, making even the healthiest person fall ill instantaneously.

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Bossman: The leader and general spokesman of the Amoeba Boys. He wears a gray fedora. In the episode "You Snooze, You Lose" he is shown slapping Junior when he tries to put things in his mouth that the Powerpuff Girls requested.
Junior: The smallest one of the Amoeba Boys. He wears a black cap and usually repeats whatever Bossman says. In the episode Crime 101, he is named Tiny. His voice sounds very similar to Curly from The Three Stooges.
Slim: The tallest one of the Amoeba Boys. He wears a brown fedora and is even much more incompetent and slow than the other amoebas. In the episode Crime 101, he is called Skinny Slim.

text: Sedusa

text: Sedusa (voiced by Jennifer Hale) is a young, beautiful mistress of disguise and seductress who uses her feminine wiles to influence men to do her bidding. When her identity is revealed, she typically doffs down to her leotard battle suit and fights with her whip-like hair (which she can control). In her introduction episode "Mommy Fearest", she poses as an ordinary woman named "Ima Goodlady". She becomes powerless when her hair becomes wet (or cut off). In episode "Something's a Miss", she poses as Miss Bellum, tying up and gagging the real Miss Bellum at her house (after dressing her up as Sedusa) and seducing the Mayor to perpetrate heists. In this episode, she had the ability to whip off globs of sticky hair gel adhering people to walls, but she was taken down by Miss Bellum, who cut off her hair. In the episode "Aspirations", Sedusa seduces the Ganggreen Gang into stealing Egyptian artifacts. She is still bald from when Miss Bellum cuts off her hair. When she gets the artifacts, she becomes giant and rather than hair, deadly asps (snakes) grow from her head. Sedusa betrays the Ganggreen Gang, which leads to Ace telling Blossom to take the crown from Sedusa, which the other artifacts do not work without. Sedusa loses her hair once more, as well as her gigantic stature. She begs the boys to help her, but they refuse and Sedusa is sent back to jail. Her eyes also change color depending on her mood. When she is happy or nice her eye color is green, but when she is angry or evil, they are red. This is seen in the episode "Mommy Fearest". Her name is a combination of the word "seduce" and Medusa from Greek mythology.

text: The Rowdyruff Boys

text: The Rowdyruff Boys are the male counterparts of the Powerpuff Girls created by Mojo Jojo using a mixture of "snips, snails, and a puppy dog tail" in the Townsville Prison in the episode called "The Rowdyruff Boys". His replacement for chemical X was in fact prison toilet water (that was glowing), as Mojo Jojo believed that would have the same potency as Chemical X. An important difference between the trios is that the Powerpuff Girls got their names from Professor Utonium and the name of their team from the narrator, while the Rowdyruff Boys named themselves and their team. After their resurrection, the Boys' hairstyles become noticeably spikier, Him claims credit for this in episode "Custody Battle". Their personalities are also more developed where they had once had similar behavior. The Boys wear long-sleeved shirts with a black stripe in each, black trousers and black, low-top sneakers with white laces and white soles.

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Brick (voiced by Rob Paulsen): Blossom's equivalent, he is the short-tempered leader of the Rowdyruff Boys. His personality is "puppy dog tail" He often goes off on gloating tangents that irritate even his brothers. He has an abrasive and rash attitude, which often causes conflict with his brothers. He wears a backwards red baseball cap compared to Blossom's bow. He also originally had bangs, which were replaced with a long spiky hair down his back when he was revived. After his resurrection, Brick became much more controlling, as seen when he would announce what games the boys would play or his ideas for fighting the Powerpuff Girls. He seems to find Butch's hyperactive behavior amusing as he would always watch his brother's reaction to new 'games'. He also hits Boomer for no reason other than for his own amusement or for believing he's saying something stupid. Brick's signature color is red.
Boomer (also voiced by Paulsen): Bubbles' equivalent, he is a loud-mouthed dimwit, as opposed to Bubbles' naive sweetness and has been known to like disgusting things. His personality is "snips" (armpit hair). After his resurrection, Boomer is implied to be the least intelligent of the boys and he is often the victim of Brick's orders or punishments. However, despite being frequently insulted by both of his brothers, he is praised on occasion, like the acknowledgement that he is the best spitter of the group. Boomer's hair parts in a curved fashion like Bubbles's, but is longer and spiky on each end, in a wings haircut. Boomer's signature color is blue.
Butch (voiced by Roger L. Jackson): Buttercup's equivalent, his personality is "snails". After his resurrection, Butch becomes more hyperactive and overly excited. He goes wild when Brick calls for a fight or announces a new 'game'. On occasion, he can be much more aggressive than either of his brothers. Butch's hair is spiked upwards, abandoning his previous cowlick from his first appearance. He also shares Buttercup's small triangular hair parting. Butch's signature color is Forest green.

text: The Rowdyruff Boys are essentially violent bullies who have the same powers as the Powerpuff Girls, with their own techniques as well. In their first appearance, they nearly destroy them in a violent clash that reduced a great deal of Townsville to rubble (this is the first and one of the few times the Girls were defeated outright). The Girls were so ashamed of their defeat that they planned to leave Townsville until Ms. Bellum suggested using a different tactic. The boys were shocked to find the girls alive but instead of a fight, they were flirted with. They were ultimately destroyed when the girls kissed them.

text: The Rowdyruff Boys were later resurrected by Him in the episode "The Boys Are Back in Town". Much to the Girls' shock they were given immunity to the Girls' kisses, which made the Boys grow bigger and more powerful. The Boys eventually got their revenge on the Girls firstly by grossing them out in various ways, such as cracking their knuckles, picking scabs and spitting. The Boys then move on to play violent sports using the Girls as targets. When Buttercup rises up after and sees The Boys putting a giant Slug to Bubbles's back, she made Butch bite his tongue, he almost cries with pain and shrinks under his brothers' laughter. Blossom realizes that when their masculinity was threatened they would shrink, and the Girls do various things to embarrass them such as putting make-up on them, pulling down their pants and treating them like babies. This reduces them to tears of embarrassment as they had shrunk smaller than the buckles of the Girls' shoes. Him intervenes and takes The Boys back, threatening this would not be the last of them.

text: In "Boy Toys", Princess Morbucks later meets the Rowdyruff Boys after they crash into her car during a fight with the Powerpuff Girls. She notices the Boys are evil and have all the powers the Girls do, which is exactly what she wants. Princess asks the Boys if she can join them, but because of their misogyny they merely burst out laughing and cruelly reject her. This causes Princess to offer the Girls help to destroy the Boys with a variety of her weapons. The Girls accept her offer, but in a way as such the Boys would be helpless with laughter after enjoying playing with and destroying her weapons.

text: During the episode "City of Clipsville", the Girls recall several events that have happened to them in the past. In one recollection, the Girls sped up time and became teenagers, where they also encounter the teenage Rowdyruff Boys. The behavior of the Girls and the Boys is very different to how it was when they were children; the Girls are no longer heroic crime fighters, but shopping and party loving ditzes (something which they themselves admit to after reminiscing about it). Meanwhile, the Boys are no longer wild and unruly criminals, but more like slackers. They also do not behave misogynistically towards the Girls. Conversely, both the Boys and the Girls express an almost intimate interest in each other.

text: In the final episode of The Boys, Mojo Jojo is amazed when he discovers the Boys are alive. This results in a conflict between Him and Mojo over who is the real father of the Boys and who is the most evil. They both perform various acts to demonstrate to them their "evilness". In some cases the Boys are impressed, but after a while they become annoyed by their antics and declare that the only evil thing they care about is destroying the Powerpuff Girls. This reduces Mojo and Him to tears of happiness.

text: The Powerpunk Girls

text: The Powerpunk Girls are the negative counterparts of the "Powerpuff Girls" from a parallel universe and are the complete opposites of their heroic counterparts. The Powerpunk Girls are the Powerpuff's evil counterparts created by an evil version of Professor Utonium known as Oppressor Plutonium. The girls appear only once in the official comic series in issue #50 called "Deja View", originally this was going to be an episode for the series.[4] Not much is known about their personality due to their debut and sole appearance being in a comic. From the comic, it is shown that they are somewhat sassy and quick thinking, as well as excited that they have a brand-new city to destroy. Rather than being a villain, Mojo Jojo is also reversed as a hero called "Jomo Momo".[4]