Escape from Monster Island

Escape from Monster Island
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Premiere date	April 4, 2016
Run time	10:53
Starring	Amanda Leighton; Kristen Li; Natalie Palamides; Tom Kenny; Dee Bradley Baker; Roger Craig Smith; Eric Bauza
Music composed by	Mike Reagan
Story by	Haley Mancini; Jake Goldman
Writer(s)	Jaydeep Hasrajani; Grace Kraft
Storyboard artist(s)	Jaydeep Hasrajani; Grace Kraft
Director(s)	Nick Jennings; Bob Boyle; Jack Fletcher (voices)
Animation director(s)	Robert Alvarez; Brian Sheesley
Art director(s)	Eusong Lee
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"Escape from Monster Island" is the first episode of The Powerpuff Girls season one. It aired on April 4, 2016 on Cartoon Network. It was written by Jaydeep Hasrajani and Grace Kraft, produced by Pernelle Hayes, directed by series creators, Nick Jennings and Bob Boyle, and voice directed by Jack Fletcher.

Bubbles wins two tickets to see Sensitive Thugz, forcing her to decide between her sisters as a plus one.

Detailed summary

Memorable quotes

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Chance	Roger Craig Smith
Dax	Eric Bauza
Kevonne	N/A
Bubbles Utonium	Kristen Li
Buttercup Utonium	Natalie Palamides
Blossom Utonium	Amanda Leighton
Radio announcer (voice only)	Dee Bradley Baker
The Mayor	Tom Kenny
Frederick	Dee Bradley Baker
Lava lady	Unavailable

Organizations

Locations

Earth
- United States
  - Pokey Oaks County
    - Townsville
      - Utonium residence
  - Monster Island

Objects

Powerpuff Hotline

Vehicles

None

Production

Development

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: Jaydeep Hasrajani, Grace Kraft
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, Steven Choi, Alison Donato, David Maingault, Violet Bruce
Props and effects designers: Sarah Craig, Eunji-Lee Roess
Character, props and effects design clean-up artists: Miranda Dressler, Erik Elizarrez
Background designers: Santino Lascano, Carrie Hobson, Ermel Vialet, Matt Rockefeller
Background painters: Tania Franco, Solbi Park, Clarke Snyder, Levon Jihanian, Meghan Kinder
Color stylist: Rachel Yung
Animatic editor: Miguel A. Jimenez
Storyboard revisionist: Andy Cung
Animation directors: Robert Alvarez, Brian Sheesley
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 editors: Robert Gibis, Mattaniah Adams
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 estimators: Carolyn Johnstone, Cecilia Rheins
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: April 4, 2016 at 6 pm on Cartoon Network

Behind the scenes

In the original series, Monster Island was called Monster Isle.

Errors

Blossom makes it sound like Tavon is separate from Sensitive Thugz as just their manager when he appears as a member of the group.

Critical reception

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning

Home availability

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.
In the United States:
- February 15, 2017: Warner Home Video releases The Powerpuff Girls: Tiara Trouble on DVD.

References