Once Upon a Townsville

'"Once Upon a Townsville" is the seventeenth episode of The Powerpuff Girls season one. It aired on May 26, 2016 on Cartoon Network. It was written by Haley Mancini, Kyle Neswald, and Benjamin P. Carow, produced by Pernelle Hayes, and directed by series creators, Nick Jennings and Bob Boyle, and Jack Fletcher.

The girls keep on rescuing a princess who is trying to be rescued the old-fashioned fairytale way.

Characters

 * style="background-color:#clear"| Narrator (voice only)
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Tom Kenny
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Princess Bluebelle
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Laura Bailey
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Dragon
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * 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:#d2d2ff"| Mama Witch
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Prince Charming
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Eric Bauza
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Henry
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Mama Witch
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Prince Charming
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Eric Bauza
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Henry
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Henry
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable

Organizations

 * Powerpuff Girls

Locations

 * Earth
 * United States
 * Townsville

Objects

 * Magic well
 * Mama Witch's Poison Apples

Vehicles

 * None

Filming
It was copyrighted in 2016.

Music
The theme song, "Who's Got the Power?," and the 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: Kyle Neswald, Benjamin P. Carow
 * 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
 * Props and effects designer: Sarah Craig
 * Background designers: Santino Lascano, Carrie Hobson, Janine Chang
 * Background painters: Tania Franco, Solbi Park, Clarke Snyder, Meghan Kinder
 * Color stylist: Rachel Yung
 * Animatic editor: Miguel A. Jimenez
 * Additional writing by: Jake Goldman
 * Storyboard revisionists: Andy Cung, Sofia Alexander, Anna Lencioni, Fabian Corona
 * Animation directors: Robert Alvarez, Richard Collado
 * 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 estimator: Carolyn Johnstone
 * 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: May 26, 2016 on Cartoon Network

Behind the scenes

 * The episode title is a play on the fairytale opening of "Once upon a time..."
 * The princess is an amalgamation of fairy tale princesses such as Cinderella, since Bluebelle keeps losing her glass slipper, and has long hair like Rapunzel. She also mentions dwarfs, who were known for helping Snow White.

Home availability

 * In the United States:
 * August 15, 2017: Warner Home Video releases The Powerpuff Girls: The Last Donnycorn on DVD.
 * In Australia:
 * October 25, 2017: Madman Entertainment releases The Powerpuff Girls: Season 1 on DVD.