Frenemy

"Frenemy" is the sixteenth episode of The Powerpuff Girls season one. It aired on May 19, 2016 on Cartoon Network. It was written by Haley Mancini, Jake Goldman, Kyle Neswald, and Benjamin P. Carow, produced by Pernelle Hayes, directed by series creators, Nick Jennings and Bob Boyle, and voice directed by Jack Fletcher.

The Powerpuff Girls meet a new friend at school, who takes them on an archeological adventure to locate two magical artifacts.

Characters

 * 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"| Blossom Utonium
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Amanda Leighton
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Ms. Keane
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Jennifer Hale
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Jemmica
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Anais Fairweather
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Professor Utonium
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Tom Kane
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Jemmica
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Anais Fairweather
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Professor Utonium
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Tom Kane
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Professor Utonium
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Tom Kane

Organizations

 * Powerpuff Girls

Locations

 * Earth
 * United States
 * Pokey Oaks County
 * Townsville
 * Midway Elementary School
 * Utonium residence
 * Mancini Mountains (map)
 * Tomb of the Hasrajanis
 * Washington, D.C. (indirectly mentioned)
 * Smithsonian (mentioned)
 * China (mentioned)
 * Germany

Objects

 * Golden Otter
 * BFF necklaces
 * Bejeweled Mouse Lemur

Vehicles

 * Smithsonian stealth jet

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 latter of whom was uncredited. 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 director: Julia "Fitzy" Fitzmaurice
 * Supervising animation director: Chuck Sheetz
 * Production coordinators: Adrienne Lee, Stacy Renfroe
 * Production assistant: Jesse Sheehan
 * Digital production assistant: Corey Booth
 * Character designers: Cheyenne Curtis, Carlos Nunez, David Maingault, Violet Bruce
 * Props and effects designers: Sarah Craig, Eunji Lee Roess, Corey Booth
 * Background designers: Santino Lascano, Carrie Hobson, Janine Chang
 * Background painters: Tania Franco, Solbi Park, Clarke Snyder
 * Color stylist: Rachel Yung
 * Animatic editor: Miguel A. Jimenez
 * Storyboard revisionists: Andy Cung, Fabian Corona
 * 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 estimator: Carolyn Johnstone
 * Production administrator: Linda Barry
 * Overseas production facility: Smip, Inc.
 * Overseas director: Yong Gyu Choi
 * 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 19, 2016 on Cartoon Network

Behind the scenes

 * Jemmica is a parody of Indiana Jones, and the adventure the girls and Jemmica go on is a further parody of the movies starring the fictional character of Indiana.
 * Mancini Mountains is named after writer Haley Mancini.
 * The Hasrajani people are named after writer and storyboard artist Jaydeep Hasrajani, although he doesn't work on this episode.

Everlasting influence

 * Jemmica returns in "The Buttercup Job" and "Total Eclipse of the Kart."

Home availability

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