Painbow

Painbow
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Premiere date	April 6, 2016
Run time	10:51
Starring	Amanda Leighton; Kristen Li; Natalie Palamides; Tom Kenny; Tom Kane; Tom Kenny; Eric Bauza
Music composed by	Mike Reagan
Story by	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; Randy Myers
Art director(s)	Eunsong Lee
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"Painbow" is the fourth episode of The Powerpuff Girls season one. It aired on April 6, 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.

A magical panda forces all of Townsville to be unnaturally happy.

Detailed summary

Memorable quotes

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Ms. Keane	Jennifer Hale
Buttercup Utonium	Natalie Palamides
Blossom Utonium	Amanda Leighton
Bubbles Utonium	Kristen Li
Barry Mackerbocker	Natalie Palamides
Narrator (voice only)	Tom Kenny
Professor Utonium	Tom Kane
Allegro	Eric Bauza
Jerome	N/A

Organizations

Powerpuff Girls

Locations

Earth
- United States
  - Townsville
    - Midway Elementary School
    - Jail
    - Utonium residence

Objects

Sprinklor

Vehicles

Nothing of importance

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: 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, Violet Bruce, David Maingault
Props and effects designers: Sarah Craig, Corey Booth
Background designers: Santino Lascano, Carrie Hobson, Sean Jimenez
Background painters: Tania Franco, Solbi Park, Marie Thorhauge, Amanda Winterstein
Color stylists: Rachel Yung, Andrea Fernandez
Animatic editor: Miguel A. Jimenez
Storyboard revisionists: Andy Cung, Sofia Alexander, Anna Lencioni
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 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 6, 2016 on Cartoon Network

Behind the scenes

The episode title is a pun on "Rainbow." You're welcome.
This is Allegro's first full length appearance, as he had appeared beforehand in a non-speaking cameo in the "Who's Got the Power?" short.

Errors

Critical reception

This garnered negative attention due to the girls twerking, which means they were shaking their butts about in a fairly promiscuous manner. What's worse, is that co-writer/storyboarder Julia Vickerman was later outed as a pedophile in 2019, with her now (now deleted) posts on Twitter and Tumblr about swooning over underage boys being brought to light.

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning

Home availability

In the United States:
- February 15, 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.

References