Princess Buttercup

Princess Buttercup
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Premiere date	April 4, 2016
Run time	10:52
Starring	Amanda Leighton; Kristen Li; Natalie Palamides; Tom Kenny; Haley Mancini; Kate Higgins
Music composed by	Mike Reagan
Story by	Haley Mancini; Jake Goldman
Writer(s)	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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"Princess Buttercup" is the second episode of The Powerpuff Girls season one. It aired on April 4, 2016 on Cartoon Network. It was written by Kyle Newald and Benjamin P. Carow, produced by Pernelle Hayes, directed by series creators, Nick Jennings and Bob Boyle, and voice directed by Jack Fletcher.

Buttercup ditches her sisters to join a tough girls' derby gang.

Detailed summary

Memorable quotes

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Narrator (voice only)	Tom Kenny
Bubbles Utonium	Kristen Li
Blossom Utonium	Amanda Leighton
Blossom & Bubbles's friend	Unavailable
Buttercup Utonium	Natalie Palamides
Zack
Maylyn	Kate Higgins
Haylyn	Unavailable
Jaylyn	Unavailable
Princess Morbucks	Hayley Mancini
Bobbysuzeraelyn	Unavailable
Fancy monster	Tom Kenny

Organizations

Locations

Earth
- United States
  - Pokey Oaks County
    - Townsville
      - Midway Elementary School
      - Utonium residence
      - Derbytantes' hangout

Objects

Octi
Princess's powerboots
Princess's powergloves
Powerpuff Hotline

Vehicles

Princess's limo

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: 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
Props and effects designers: Eunji-Lee Roess, Jason Keyser, 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 stylist: Rachel Yung
Animatic editor: Miguel A. Jimenez
Storyboard revisionists: Andy Cung, Daisy Schofield
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: 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: Ki-Yong Bae
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 on Cartoon Network

Behind the scenes

The girls have the Powerpuff Hotline as an app on their phones now.

Errors

Critical reception

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