Horn, Sweet Horn

Horn, Sweet Horn
Premiere date	April 7, 2016
Run time	11:15
Starring	Amanda Leighton Kristen Li Natalie Palamides Tom Kane Jennifer Hale Josh Fadem
Story by	Emily Brundige Haley Mancini Jake Goldman
Writer(s)	Julia Vickerman Diego Molano
Storyboard artist(s)	Julia Vickerman Diego Molano
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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"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 Julia Vickerman and Diego Molano, produced by Pernelle Hayes, directed by series creators, Nick Jennings and Bob Boyle, and voice directed by Jack Fletcher.

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

Characters

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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 Mackerbocker	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	Jennifer Hale

Organizations

• Powerpuff Girls
• Unicorn Coalition Alliance Brigade

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, "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: Julia Vickerman, Diego Molano
• 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: Benjamin Holm, 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 stylists: Rachel Yung, Amanda Rynda, Daniaelle Simonsen, Kristen Woo
• Animatic editor: Miguel A. Jimenez
• Storyboard revisionists: Andy Cung, Daisy Schofield, Arielle Rosenstein
• 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 editor: Robert Gibis
• Assistant editor: Anna Granfors
• Dialogue editors: 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: 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 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 received criticism from the LGBT community, particularly on Tumblr, who projected themselves onto Donny and therefore saw it as poor handling of transgender issues, as either Donny being trans himself or being used as a trans metaphor.

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.