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

Development
Jake Goldman was credited for additional writing.

Filming
It was copyrighted in 2016.

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 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.