Bliss Reminisce

"Bliss Reminisce" is the twenty-fourth episode of The Powerpuff Girls season two, and the sixty-second overall. Originally, the episode was shown as the second part in the five-part special, The Powerpuff Girls: Power of Four. It aired on September 17, 2017 on Cartoon Network. It was written by Jake Goldman, Haley Mancini, Kyle Neswald, and Benjamin P. Carow, produced by Pernelle Hayes, directed by series creators, Nick Jennings and Bob Boyle, and voice directed Jack Fletcher.

The girls learn about their secret older sister.

Characters

 * style="background-color:#clear"| Bliss Utonium
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Olivia Olson
 * 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"| Professor Utonium
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Tom Kane
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Bubbles Utonium
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Kristen Li
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Mih
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Natalie Palamides
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Professor Newtronium (photo)
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Professor Newtronium's son (photo)
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Mojo Jojo
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Roger L. Jackson
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Professor Newtronium (photo)
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Professor Newtronium's son (photo)
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Mojo Jojo
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Roger L. Jackson
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Mojo Jojo
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Roger L. Jackson
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Roger L. Jackson

Organizations

 * Powerpuff Girls
 * Townsville Times
 * Ham of the Month Club (mentioned)

Locations

 * Earth
 * United States
 * Pokey Oaks County
 * Townsville
 * Utonium residence
 * Bird Poop Island
 * The Sun

Objects

 * Townsville Times newspaper
 * Chemical W
 * Chemical X (mentioned)

Vehicles

 * Professor Utonium's car
 * Mojo's minivan (mentioned)

Casting
While Olivia Olson was cast as Bliss for North America, Bliss had other actresses voice her depending on the region.


 * Alesha Dixon was cast in the British airing.
 * Wengie was cast in the Australian airing.
 * Claudia Tagbo was cast in the French airing.
 * Toya Delazy was cast in the African airing.
 * Nancy Ajram was cast in the Lebanese airing.

Filming
It was copyrighted in 2016.

Music
The theme song, "Who's Got the Power?," and the music were composed by Mike Reagan. The opening theme song was written by 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 directors: Eusong Lee, Roman Laney
 * Supervising director: Skip Jones
 * Supervising animation director: Chuck Sheetz
 * Production manager: Jasmin Hazem
 * Production coordinators: Adrienne Lee, Heather Navarro, Stacy Renfroe
 * Digital production assistant: Corey Booth
 * Production assistants: Jesse Sheehan, Hannah Watanabe-Rocco
 * Character designers: Dean Heezen, Carlos Nunez
 * Props and effects designer: Nathan Rico
 * Background designers: Santino Lascano, Clarke Snyder
 * Background painters: Tania Franco, Solbi Park, Rachel Yung
 * Color stylist: Ashley Fisher
 * Animatic editor: Miguel A. Jimenez
 * Storyboard revisionist: Andy Cung
 * Animation directors: Robert Alvarez, Randy Myers, Chuck Sheetz
 * Animation checkers: Sandy Benenati, Vicki Casper
 * Casting director: Linda Lamontagne
 * Additional casting director: Jack Fletcher
 * Recording studio manager: Susy Campos
 * Recording engineers: Robert Serda, Dave Barr, Alan Freedman, Eric Lewis
 * 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: Alex Borquez, Timothy J. Borquez
 * Sound effects editors: Daisuke Sawa, Tony Orozco
 * Re-recording mixers: Alex Borquez, Timothy J. Borquez, Patrick Janssen
 * Post production supervisor: Tony Tedford
 * Post production manager: Alicia Parkinson
 * Production estimator: Carolyn Johnstone
 * Production administrator: Linda Barry
 * Overseas production facility: Smip, Inc.
 * Animation director: Ki-Yong Bae
 * Main title animation: Golden Wolf
 * Development executive: Katie Krentz
 * Current series executive: Mike Rauch
 * 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: September 17, 2017 at 6:00 pm on Cartoon Network
 * United Kingdom and Ireland: October 29, 2017 at 4:00 pm on Cartoon Network

Behind the scenes

 * Professor Newtronium's perfect little boy is a parody of the anime character Astro Boy.

Errors

 * Earth Plow was only depicted as being a radio show character, so it's unclear how he came to life at the end.

Marketing and promotion
Bliss was first teased by Cartoon Network through Twitter on September 6, 2017, which featured Blossom, Buttercup, and Bubbles around Bliss who was in a silhouette with purple and cyan colored features with the caption "Meet the Fourth Powerpuff Girl!"

She was on a display stand with her sisters at the MCM London Comic Con on October 27.

Home availability

 * Not available. 😢