Frenemy

Frenemy
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Premiere date	May 19, 2016
Starring	Amanda Leighton; Kristen Li; Natalie Palamides; Tom Kane; Jennifer Hale; Anais Fairweather
Writer(s)	Haley Mancini; Jake Goldman; Kyle Neswald; Benjamin P. Carow
Storyboard artist(s)	Kyle Neswald; Benjamin P. Carow
Director(s)	Nick Jennings; Bob Boyle; Jack Fletcher (voices)
Animation director(s)	Robert Alvarez; Randy Myers
Art director(s)	Eusong Lee
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"Frenemy" is the sixteenth episode of The Powerpuff Girls season one. It aired on May 19, 2016 on Cartoon Network. It was written by Haley Mancini, Jake Goldman, Kyle Neswald, and Benjamin P. Carow, produced by Pernelle Hayes, directed by series creators, Nick Jennings and Bob Boyle, and voice directed by Jack Fletcher.

The Powerpuff Girls meet a new friend at school, who takes them on an archeological adventure to locate two magical artifacts.

Detailed summary

Memorable quotes

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Buttercup Utonium	Natalie Palamides
Bubbles Utonium	Kristen Li
Blossom Utonium	Amanda Leighton
Ms. Keane	Jennifer Hale
Jemmica	Anais Fairweather
Professor Utonium	Tom Kane

Organizations

Powerpuff Girls

Locations

Earth
- United States
  - Pokey Oaks County
    - Townsville
      - Midway Elementary School
      - Utonium residence
  - Mancini Mountains (map)
  - Tomb of the Hasrajanis
  - Washington, D.C. (indirectly mentioned)
    - Smithsonian (mentioned)
- China (mentioned)
- Germany

Objects

Vehicles

Smithsonian stealth jet

Production

Development

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 an uncredited Reagan and Boble, and the ending theme song was written by Tristan Sedillo and Hannah Watanabe-Rocco, with both 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, David Maingault, Violet Bruce
Props and effects designers: Sarah Craig, Eunji Lee Roess, Corey Booth
Background designers: Santino Lascano, Carrie Hobson, Janine Chang
Background painters: Tania Franco, Solbi Park, Clarke Snyder
Color stylist: Rachel Yung
Animatic editor: Miguel A. Jimenez
Storyboard revisionists: Andy Cung, Fabian Corona
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: Yong Gyu Choi
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: May 19, 2016 on Cartoon Network

Behind the scenes

Jemmica is a parody of Indiana Jones, and the adventure the girls and Jemmica go on is a further parody of the movies starring the fictional character of Indiana.
Mancini Mountains is named after writer Haley Mancini.
The Hasrajani people are named after writer and storyboard artist Jaydeep Hasrajani, although he doesn't work on this episode.

Errors

Legacy

Jemmica returns in "The Buttercup Job" and "Total Eclipse of the Kart."

Critical reception

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning

Home availability

In Australia:
- October 25, 2017: Madman Entertainment releases The Powerpuff Girls: Season 1 on DVD.

References