Bubbles of the Opera

'"Bubbles of the Opera" is the twentieth episode of The Powerpuff Girls season one. It aired on June 16, 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.

Bubbles rejects her sisters and sides with Mojo after a series of accidents make her ugly after taking her school photo.

Characters
Natalie Palamides
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Blossom Utonium
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Amanda Leighton
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Professor Utonium
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Tom Kane
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Buttercup Utonium
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Natalie Palamides
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Chance (poster)
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Dax (poster)
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Kevonne (poster)
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Bubbles Utonium
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Kristen Li
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Miguel
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Haley
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Photographer
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Jennie Pierson
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Hair stylist
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Tom Kenny
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Totally Tiffany (drawing)
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Kids
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Amanda Leighton
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Haley
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Photographer
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Jennie Pierson
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Hair stylist
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Tom Kenny
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Totally Tiffany (drawing)
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Kids
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Amanda Leighton
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Kids
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Amanda Leighton
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Amanda Leighton
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Mojo Jojo
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Roger L. Jackson
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Roger L. Jackson

Organizations

 * Powerpuff Girls
 * Sensitive Thugz (poster)
 * Townsville Daily (mentioned)

Locations

 * Earth
 * United States
 * Pokey Oaks County
 * Townsville
 * Utonium residence
 * Midway Elementary School
 * Haley's Hair Salon
 * Dentistry
 * Townsville Zoo
 * The Moon

Objects

 * Powerpuff Hotline
 * Totally Tiffany's Makeup Starter Kit for Girls

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, 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 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, Alison Donato
 * Props and effects designers: Sarah Craig
 * Background designers: Santino Lascano, Carrie Hobson, Janine Chang
 * Background painters: Tania Franco, Solbi Park, Clarke Snyder, Garrett Lee
 * Color stylist: Rachel Yung
 * Animatic editor: Miguel A. Jimenez
 * Additional writing by: Jake Goldman
 * Storyboard revisionists: Andy Cung, Sofia Alexander, Anna Lencioni
 * 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: 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: June 16, 2016 on Cartoon Network

Behind the scenes

 * The episode title is a play on Phantom of the Opera. Bubbles also becomes a satire of the title character as well.
 * In two of Bubbles's school photos, she looks like Ziggy Stardust (due to the lightning bolt across her face) and Fabio.
 * Haley's Hair Salon is named after the writer Haley Mancini.

Everlasting influence

 * Blossom wears her school photo outfit again for a campaign outfit and negotiator outfit in "Presidential Punchout" and "The Big Sleep," respectively.

Home availability

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