The Powerpuff Girls (TV Series)

Telephonies/Tough Love (1998)

Jeff Bennett: Ace, Grubber, Big Billy

Quotes 

• Big Billy : [the exterior of Townsville Hall. The phone begins to ring; inside, pan slowly across the office, now trashed, and stop on the Gang asleep on and around the couch. Close-up of Billy, the ringing phone right in front of his face. He wakes up and answers it]  Hello?

  HIM : [over phone; using his evil voice]  I demand to speak with the Mayor!

  Big Billy : Uh, he's not here right now. Can I take a massage?

  [Cuts back and forth between "Him," phone in hand, and Big Billy] 

  HIM : Do you know when he'll be back?

  Big Billy : Uh... I don't know. See, Grubber tricked the Mayor into leaving so we could break in and use the Powerpuff hotline to make crank calls.

  HIM : Huh?

  [effeminate voice] 

  HIM : You don't say. Well, to whom might I be speaking?

  Big Billy : Uh, this is Billy.

  HIM : Billy who?

  Big Billy : Big Billy from the Gangreen Gang. Who is this?

  [a click, then a dial tone] 

  Big Billy : Hello?

  [Pull back to bring the rest of the Gang into view. An o.c. crash jolts them awake. Cut to the door, where Fuzzy, Mojo, and "Him" are now standing and looking very put out. Mojo is holding a blaster] 

  HIM : [effeminate voice, to evil]  So... you guys like to make crank calls!

  [the three proceed to beat up the Gangreen Gang] 

• Woman : Hello?

  Big Billy : [long silence]  Hi.

  Woman : Who is this?

  Big Billy : [long silence]  Billy.

  [Ace puts his hand to his forehead] 

  Woman : Billy who?

  Big Billy : [long pause]  Big Billy

  Woman : Hey, is this some kind of crank call?

  Big Billy : [long silence]  Yes.

  Woman : Well, it's not a very good one.

  Big Billy : I'm sorry.

  Ace : [grabs the phone away]  Aw, come on, gimme that!

  [into phone] 

  Ace : Uh... Prince Albert, the fridge!

  [He hangs up; The Gang's side expands to full screen] 

  Ace : That was pathetic!

  Lil' Arturo : We're sorry Ace! We can be funnier!

  Ace : Nah, it ain't the jokes, it's the pranks. They're too small-time. We're the Gangreen Gang, for cryin' out loud! We need somethin' big. Somethin' this whole city will never forget!

  [He sighs and thinks for a moment. During the next line, pulls back slowly to show them gathered outside Townsville Hall] 

  Ace : Boys... I think I got it!

• Housewife : Hello?

  Big Billy : Hi.

  Housewife : Who is this?

  Big Billy : Billy.

  [Ace smacks his hand on his forehead] 

  Housewife : Billy who?

  Big Billy : Big Billy.

  Housewife : Hey, is this some kind of crank call?

  Big Billy : [long pause]  Yes.

  Housewife : Well, it's not a very good one.

  Big Billy : I'm sorry.

  Ace : [grabs the phone away]  Aw, come on, gimme that!

  [into phone] 

  Ace : Uh... Prince Albert, the fridge!

  [He hangs up;bthe Gang's side expands to full screen] 

  Ace : That was pathetic!

  Lil' Arturo : We're sorry, Ace! We can be funnier!

  Ace : Nah, it ain't the jokes, it's the pranks. They're too small-time. We're the Gangreen Gang, for cryin' out loud! We need somethin' big. Somethin' this whole city will never forget!

  [He sighs and thinks for a moment. During the next line, pull back slowly to show them gathered outside Townsville Hall] 

  Ace : Boys... I think I got it!