Brief clips of this episode have been displayed in other movies and shows.When Ima Goodlady reveals her true form as Sedusa, the narrator at one point mentions "Uh oh, something is a miss!", hence foreshadowing Sedusa's next major appearance in the episode " Something's a Ms.".This is the only time one of the Girls (in this case, Bubbles) have been shown in their undergarments.This is the first episode of the season to not be directed by Genndy Tartakovsky instead, it was directed by John McIntyre.Puppet Pals for the first time, a show-within-a-show shared with Dexter's Laboratory. The Professor is usually shown sleeping on the right side of the bed, but in this episode, he is shown to be sleeping on the left side.
The name "Ima Goodlady" is a play on the phrase, "I'm a good lady.".This may be just a one-time thing to emphasize how lonely. The Professor is shown sleeping in a double bed alone.This is the first episode where Bubbles cries.The episode title is a pun on the 1978 autobiography and the 1981 drama film Mommie Dearest.The next morning, after the professor apologizes to the girls for not believing them, he opens the door to find a sweet and beautiful young woman from down the street who brought him a pie to congratulate him for catching Sedusa, which the girls are implied to shortly intercept. The professor tells the girls to call the police, vowing that Sedusa won't be deceiving them anymore. Despite being unmasked, she attempts to force the professor again but is unsuccessful.
After a quick fight, the professor finds the living room in a mess with priceless jewels sprawled all over the carpet from the bag Sedusa had brought back with her. However, the girls confront her in the act and unmask her as Sedusa, enraging her. Seconds later, the girls receive a call that the Mayor's priceless jewels have been robbed by the mysterious Sedusa not long after Ima left the house the connections are quickly made.Ĭarrying a bag, Ima Goodlady sneaks back into the Utonium household seemingly unnoticed. Later that night, the narrator laments the terrible situation and the consequences that will follow before noticing Ima sneaking out of the house. After waking the Professor, Ima forces him into framing them. They almost silently arrive back much later to sneak back in bed, but are caught in the act by Ima. After she and the professor also put them to bed early, the Powerpuff Hotline rings and the girls sneak off past their curfew to answer the call. Once they are alone without the professor, however, Ima shows her true colors and begins being a bully towards the girls. He explains she is going to move in to help out and leaves the four alone with each other. Ima Goodlady standing propped behind the Professor.
Waking the Mayor up and thanking him, he sends him home and the girls find Ms. When he returns home, he finds all of them asleep on the couch. That night, after much primping, the Professor sets off on his date, leaving the mayor as the babysitter. The girls set the to pair together and set a date with the lady for the professor since he's still too much in awe to say anything. The next day at the supermarket, the Professor meets Ima Goodlady, a seemingly sweet and beautiful young woman who was shopping and just happens to cross their path. Lying down, he glances next to him in the bed for two, and it is made clear that he feels sad to be a single parent. When the girls are asleep, the Professor sadly slouches off to bed. Professor Utonium meets a beautiful single woman at the mall, but The Powerpuff Girls are unnerved, at the idea of her being their potential mother.