Princess Buttercup

"Princess Buttercup" is the second episode of The Powerpuff Girls season one. It aired on April 4, 2016 on Cartoon Network. It was written by Kyle Newald and Benjamin P. Carow, produced by Pernelle Hayes, directed by series creators, Nick Jennings and Bob Boyle, and voice directed by Jack Fletcher.

Buttercup ditches her sisters to join a tough girls' derby gang.

Characters

 * style="background-color:#clear"| Narrator (voice only)
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Tom Kenny
 * 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"| Blossom & Bubbles's friend
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Buttercup Utonium
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Natalie Palamides
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Zack
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Maylyn
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Kate Higgins
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Haylyn
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Jaylyn
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Princess Morbucks
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Hayley Mancini
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Bobbysuzeraelyn
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Fancy monster
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Tom Kenny
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Jaylyn
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Princess Morbucks
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Hayley Mancini
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Bobbysuzeraelyn
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Fancy monster
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Tom Kenny
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Fancy monster
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Tom Kenny
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Tom Kenny

Organizations

 * Powerpuff Girls
 * Derbytantes

Locations

 * Earth
 * United States
 * Pokey Oaks County
 * Townsville
 * Midway Elementary School
 * Utonium residence
 * Derbytantes' hangout

Objects

 * Octi
 * Princess's powerboots
 * Princess's powergloves
 * Powerpuff Hotline

Vehicles

 * Princess's limo

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.

Crew credits

 * Storyboard artists: Kyle Neswald, Benjamin P. Carow
 * Art director: Eusong Lee
 * Supervising director: Julia "Fitzy" Fitzmaurice
 * Production coordinators: Adrienne Lee, Stacy Renfroe
 * Production assistant: Jesse Sheehan
 * Digital production assistant: Corey Booth
 * Character designers: Cheyenne Curtis, Carlos Nunez
 * Props and effects designers: Eunji-Lee Roess, Jason Keyser, Miranda Dressler
 * Character, props, and effects design clean-up artists: Miranda Dressler, Erik Elizarrez
 * Background designers: Santino Lascano, Carrie Hobson
 * Background painters: Tania Franco, Solbi Park
 * Color stylist: Rachel Yung
 * Animatic editor: Miguel A. Jimenez
 * Storyboard revisionists: Andy Cung, Daisy Schofield
 * 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: Matthew Brown, 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 estimators: Carolyn Johnstone, Cecilia Rheins
 * Production administrator: Linda Barry
 * Overseas production facility: Smip, Inc.
 * Overseas director: Ki-Yong Bae
 * 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: April 4, 2016 on Cartoon Network

Behind the scenes

 * The girls have the Powerpuff Hotline as an app on their phones now.

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.