Painbow

"Painbow" is the fourth episode of The Powerpuff Girls season one. It aired on April 6, 2016 on Cartoon Network. It was written by Julia Vickerman and Diego Molano, produced by Pernelle Hayes, directed by series creators, Nick Jennings and Bob Boyle, and voice directed by Jack Fletcher.

A magical panda forces all of Townsville to be unnaturally happy.

Characters

 * style="background-color:#clear"| Ms. Keane
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Jennifer Hale
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Buttercup Utonium
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Natalie Palamides
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Blossom Utonium
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Amanda Leighton
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Bubbles Utonium
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Kristen Li
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Barry Mackerbocker
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Natalie Palamides
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Narrator (voice only)
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Tom Kenny
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Professor Utonium
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Tom Kane
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Allegro
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Eric Bauza
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Jerome
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Professor Utonium
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Tom Kane
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Allegro
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Eric Bauza
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Jerome
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Jerome
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A

Organizations

 * Powerpuff Girls

Locations

 * Earth
 * United States
 * Townsville
 * Midway Elementary School
 * Jail
 * Utonium residence

Objects

 * Sprinklor

Vehicles

 * Nothing of importance

Filming
It was copyrighted in 2016.

Music
The theme song, "Who's Got the Power?," and music were composed by Mike Reagan. The opening theme song was written by an uncredited Reagan and Bob Boyle, and the end credits song was written by Tristan Sedillo and Hannah Watanabe-Rocco, with both songs being performed by Tacocat.

Crew credits

 * Storyboard artists: Julia Vickerman, Diego Molano
 * Art director: Eusong Lee
 * Supervising director: Julia "Fitzy" Fitzmaurice
 * Production coordinators: Adrienne Lee, Stacy Renfroe
 * Production assistant: Jesse Sheehan
 * Digital production assistant: Corey Booth
 * Character designers: Cheyenne Curtis, Carlos Nunez, Violet Bruce, David Maingault
 * Props and effects designers: Sarah Craig, Corey Booth
 * Background designers: Santino Lascano, Carrie Hobson, Sean Jimenez
 * Background painters: Tania Franco, Solbi Park, Marie Thorhauge, Amanda Winterstein
 * Color stylists: Rachel Yung, Andrea Fernandez
 * Animatic editor: Miguel A. Jimenez
 * Storyboard revisionists: Andy Cung, Sofia Alexander, Anna Lencioni
 * Animation directors: Robert Alvarez, Randy Myers
 * Animation checkers: Sandy Benenati, Vicki Casper
 * Casting director: Linda Lamontagne
 * Additional casting director: Jack Fletcher
 * Recording studio manager: Susy Campos
 * Recording engineer: Robert Serda
 * Director production technology: Antonio Gonella
 * Picture editor: Robert Gibis
 * Assistant editor: Anna Granfors
 * Dialogue editor: Tony Ostyn
 * Track reader: Slightly Off Track
 * Supervising sound editors and re-recording mixers: Alex Borquez, Timothy J. Borquez
 * Sound effects editors: Daisuke Sawa, Tony Orozco
 * Post production supervisor: Tony Tedford
 * Post production manager: Alicia Parkinson
 * Production estimators: Carolyn Johnstone, Cecilia Rheins
 * Production administrator: Linda Barry
 * Overseas production facility: Smip, Inc.
 * Overseas director: Geun-Sik Song
 * Main title animation: Golden Wolf
 * Development executive: Katie Krentz
 * Current series executive: Nicole Rivera
 * Executive producers: Jennifer Pelphrey, Curtis Lelash, Brian A. Miller, Rob Sorcher, Nick Jennings
 * Co-executive producer: Bob Boyle

Release
Dates are in order of release:


 * United States: April 6, 2016 on Cartoon Network

Behind the scenes

 * The episode title is a pun on "Rainbow." You're welcome.
 * This is Allegro's first full length appearance, as he had appeared beforehand in a non-speaking cameo in the "Who's Got the Power?" short.

Critical reception
This garnered negative attention due to the girls twerking, which means they were shaking their butts about in a fairly promiscuous manner. What's worse, is that co-writer/storyboarder Julia Vickerman was later outed as a pedophile in 2019, with her now (now deleted) posts on Twitter and Tumblr about swooning over underage boys being brought to light.

Home availability

 * In the United States:
 * February 15, 2017: Warner Home Video releases The Powerpuff Girls: Tiara Trouble on DVD.
 * In Australia:
 * November 16, 2016: Madman Entertainment releases The Powerpuff Girls Tiara Trouble on DVD.
 * October 25, 2017: Madman Entertainment releases The Powerpuff Girls: Season 1 on DVD.