Painbow

"Painbow" is the fourth episode of The Powerpuff Girls season one. It aired on April 6, 2016 on Cartoon Network. It was written by Julia Vickerman and Diego Molano, produced by Pernelle Hayes, directed by series creators, Nick Jennings and Bob Boyle, and voice directed by Jack Fletcher.

A magical panda forces all of Townsville to be unnaturally happy.

Characters

 * style="background-color:#clear"| Ms. Keane
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Jennifer Hale
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Buttercup Utonium
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Natalie Palamides
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Blossom Utonium
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Amanda Leighton
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Bubbles Utonium
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Kristen Li
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Barry Mackerbocker
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Natalie Palamides
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Narrator (voice only)
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Tom Kenny
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Professor Utonium
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Tom Kane
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Allegro
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Eric Bauza
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Jerome
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Professor Utonium
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Tom Kane
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Allegro
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Eric Bauza
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Jerome
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Jerome
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A

Organizations

 * Powerpuff Girls

Locations

 * Earth
 * United States
 * Townsville
 * Midway Elementary School
 * Jail
 * Utonium residence

Objects

 * Sprinklor

Vehicles

 * Nothing of importance

Filming
It was copyrighted in 2016.

Music
The theme song, "Who's Got the Power?," and 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.

Release
Dates are in order of release:


 * United States: April 6, 2016 on Cartoon Network

Behind the scenes

 * The episode title is a pun on "Rainbow." You're welcome.
 * This is Allegro's first full length appearance, as he had appeared beforehand in a non-speaking cameo in the "Who's Got the Power?" short.

Critical reception
This garnered negative attention due to the girls twerking, which means they were shaking their butts about in a fairly promiscuous manner. What's worse, is that co-writer/storyboarder Julia Vickerman was later outed as a pedophile in 2019, with her now (now deleted) posts on Twitter and Tumblr about swooning over underage boys being brought to light.

Home availability

 * In the United States:
 * February 15, 2017: Warner Home Video releases The Powerpuff Girls: Tiara Trouble on DVD.
 * In Australia:
 * November 16, 2016: Madman Entertainment releases The Powerpuff Girls Tiara Trouble on DVD.
 * October 25, 2017: Madman Entertainment releases The Powerpuff Girls: Season 1 on DVD.