Somewhere Over the Swingset

"Somewhere Over the Swingset" is the thirty-eighth episode of The Powerpuff Girls season one. It aired on December 2, 2016 on Cartoon Network. It was written by Haley Mancini, Julia Vickerman, and Diego Molano, produced by Pernelle Hayes, directed by series creators, Nick Jennings and Bob Boyle, and voice directed by Jack Fletcher.

Characters

 * style="background-color:#clear"| Allegro
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Eric Bauza
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Barry Mackerbocker
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Big Joey
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Tom Kenny
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Blossom Utonium
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Amanda Leighton
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Buttercup Utonium
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Natalie Palamides
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Bubbles Utonium
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Kristen Li
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Professor Utonium
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Tom Kane
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Party Mayor
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Tom Kenny
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Party Mojo Jojo
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Roger L. Jackson
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Party Fuzzy Lumpkins
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Jim Cummings
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| The mayor
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Party Barry Mackerbocker
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Party Big Joey
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Party Ms. Keane
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Party Robin Snyder
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Jim Cummings
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| The mayor
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Party Barry Mackerbocker
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Party Big Joey
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Party Ms. Keane
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Party Robin Snyder
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Party Ms. Keane
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Party Robin Snyder
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A

Organizations

 * Powerpuff Girls

Locations

 * Earth
 * United States
 * Pokey Oaks County
 * Townsville
 * Utonium residence
 * Townsville Hall
 * The Moon

Objects

 * Stratospheric Swingset
 * Townsville Book of World Records
 * Powerpuff Hotline
 * Eat. Think. Smile.

Vehicles

 * Professor Utonium's car
 * Mayor's helicopter

Development
Jake Goldman was credited for additional writing.

Filming
It was copyrighted in 2016.

Music
The theme song and score were composed by Mike Reagan, and written by Reagan and Bob Boyle. The opening and ending songs are performed by Tacocat. The end credits song was written by Tristan Sedillo and Hannah Watanabe-Rocco.

Release
Dates are in order of release:


 * United States: December 2, 2016 on Cartoon Network

Behind the scenes

 * The episode title is a play on the song "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" from the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz.
 * The episode is set in June.
 * Another Allegro-themed episode (co-written by Julia Vickerman) that involves one of the girls twerking.
 * Blossom refers to the fake Mayor as the Bizarro Mayor in reference to Superman's evil opposite Bizarro.
 * Bizarro Mayor does the "walk and talk" which was popularized in The West Wing TV series.

Home availability

 * In Australia:
 * October 25, 2017: Madman Entertainment releases The Powerpuff Girls: Season 1 on DVD.