A Star Is Blossom

"A Star Is Blossom" is the seventh episode of The Powerpuff Girls season two, and the forty-fifth overall. It aired on May 7, 2017 on Cartoon Network. It was written by Jake Goldman, Julia Vickerman, and Cheyenne Curtis, produced by Pernelle Hayes, directed by Nick Jennings and Bob Boyle, and voice directed by Jack Fletcher.

Characters

 * style="background-color:#clear"| Bubbles's friend
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Blossom Utonium
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Amanda Leighton
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Jared Shapiro
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Jake Goldman
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Bubbles Utonium
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Kristen Li
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Buttercup Utonium
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Natalie Palamides
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Ms. Moss
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Tress MacNeille
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Barry Mackerbocker
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Natalie Palamides
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Gravedigger
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Jake Goldman
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Erica the Red
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Cindy Robinson
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Barry Mackerbocker
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Natalie Palamides
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Gravedigger
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Jake Goldman
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Erica the Red
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Cindy Robinson
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Erica the Red
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Cindy Robinson
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Cindy Robinson

Organizations

 * Powerpuff Girls
 * Townsville Gazette (mentioned)

Locations

 * Earth
 * United States
 * Pokey Oaks County
 * Townsville
 * Midway Elementary School
 * Graveyard
 * Utonium residence
 * Hospital (mentioned)
 * The Moon
 * Gal-halla

Objects

 * The Ballad of Erica the Red
 * L-Cube
 * Erica the Red's dicycle

Vehicles

 * None

Development
Haley Mancini was credited for additional writing.

Filming
It was copyrighted in 2017.

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: May 7, 2017 on Cartoon Network

Behind the scenes

 * The episode title is a play on the 1976 film A Star Is Born, although there were two other versions before this in 1937 and 1954 (as well as one that came after in 2018).
 * Blossom and Jared played the leads in Greasey, The Wizard of Ooze, Hair Gel, East Side Story, and The Scary Ghost of the Opera which are parodies of musical films Grease, The Wizard of Oz, West Side Story, and The Phantom of the Opera.
 * Buttercup got her aura power in "Power Up Puff."

Home availability

 * Not available. 😢