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, "Who's Got the Power?," and the music 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.

Crew credits

 * Art director: Eusong Lee
 * Supervising directors: Julia "Fitzy" Fitzmaurice, Abe Audish
 * Production manager: Jasmin Hazem
 * Production coordinators: Adrienne Lee, Stacy Renfroe
 * Digital production assistant: Corey Booth
 * Production assistant: Jesse Sheehan
 * Character designers: Dean Heezen, Carlos Nunez
 * Props and effects designer: Nathan Rico
 * Background designers: Santino Lascano, Carrie Hobson
 * Background painters: Tania Franco, Solbi Park, Clarke Snyder
 * Color stylist: Rachel Yung
 * Animatic editor: Miguel A. Jimenez
 * Additional writing by: Jake Goldman
 * Storyboard revisionists: Andy Cung, Sofia Alexander, Anna Lecioni
 * 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: Alex Borquez, Timothy J. Borquez
 * Sound effects editors: Daisuke Sawa, Tony Orozco
 * Re-recording mixers: Alex Borquez, Timothy J. Borquez
 * 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: 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.