Horn, Sweet Horn

Horn, Sweet Horn
Premiere date	April 7, 2016
Run time	11:15
Story by	Emily Brundige Haley Mancini Jake Goldman
Writer(s)	Julia Vickerman Diego Molano
Storyboard artist(s)	Julia Vickerman Diego Molano Andy Cung (revisionist) Daisy Schofield (revisionist) Arielle Rosenstein (revisionist)
Director(s)	Nick Jennings Bob Boyle Julia "Fitzy" Fitzmaurice (supervising) Jack Fletcher (voices)
Animation director(s)	Robert Alvarez Brian Sheesley
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"Horn, Sweet Horn" is the fifth episode of The Powerpuff Girls season one. It aired on April 7, 2016 on Cartoon Network. It was written by Emily Brundige, Haley Mancini, Jake Goldman, Julia Vickerman, and Diego Molano, produced by Pernelle Hayes, and directed by Nick Jennings, Bob Boyle, and Jack Fletcher.

Bubbles encourages Donny the wannabecorn to test out Professor Utonium's new invention that will turn him into a unicorn. But Bubbles hastiness leads to unintended horrifying side effects for Donny.

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Narrator (voice only)	Tom Kenny
Tour guide	Unavailable
Ms. Keane	Jennifer Hale
Blossom Utonium	Amanda Leighton
Barry Mackerbacker	Natalie Palamides
Buttercup Utonium	Natalie Palamides
Bubbles Utonium	Kristen Li
Bigfoot (photo)	N/A
Donny	Josh Fadem
The Mayor (voice only)	Tom Kenny
Dolly Parton
Professor Utonium	Tom Kane
Marybelle	Unavailable

Organizations

• Powerpuff Girls

Locations

• Earth
  • United States
    • Townsville
      • Townsville Zoo
      • Townsville Pickle Museum
      • Utonium residence

Objects

• Unicorn horn
• Dolly Parton-shaped pickle
• Transmogrifying Ray
• Crystal Pickle of Despair

Vehicles

• School bus

Production

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: April 7, 2016 on Cartoon Network

Behind the scenes

• The episode title is a reference to "Home, sweet home." You're welcome.
• The pickle museum has a pickle version of the painting America Gothic.
• Marybelle only receives her name in her next appearance, "Odd Bubbles Out."

Critical reception

This episode got under fire by the LGBT community, particularly on Tumblr, when it first came out due to its poor handling of transgender issues that the transgender community took upon itself to see, since Donny is supposed to be seen as trans or at least a trans metaphor.

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning

Home availability

• In the United States:
  • February 17, 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.