The Wrinklegruff Gals

The Wrinklegruff Gals
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Premiere date	April 21, 2016
Starring	Amanda Leighton; Kristen Li; Natalie Palamides; Tom Kenny; Tom Kenny; Roger L. Jackson
Story by	Haley Mancini; Jake Goldman
Writer(s)	Julia Vickerman; Diego Molano
Storyboard artist(s)	Julia Vickerman; Diego Milano
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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"The Wrinklegruff Gals" is the twelfth episode of The Powerpuff Girls season one. It aired on April 21, 2016 on Cartoon Network. It was written by Haley Mancini, Jake Goldman, Julia Vickerman, and Diego Molano, produced by Pernelle Hayes, directed by series creators, Nick Jennings and Bob Boyle, and voice directed by Jack Fletcher.

After being made fun of for being babies at their new school, the girls beg Professor Utonium for an aging potion, but they get impatient and drink too much, which causes them to be old women.

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
Blossom Utonium	Amanda Leighton
Buttercup Utonium	Natalie Palamides
Bubbles Utonium	Kristen Li
Professor Utonium	Tom Kane
Pee Wee	Unavailable
Mitch Mitchelson	N/A
Elmer Skloo	N/A
Harry Pitt	N/A
Robin Snyder	N/A
Clara	N/A
Big Joey	Tom Kenny
Christopher Columbus
Leif Erikson
Dracula
Furry monster	Unavaiable
Mojo Jojo	Roger L. Jackson
Mojo's dog	Unavaiable
Mojo's mother
Fuzzy Lumpkins
The Mayor
Princess Morbucks

Organizations

Powerpuff Girls

Locations

Earth
- United States
  - Townsville
    - Pokey Oaks Kindergarten
    - Townsville Prison
    - Midway Elementary School
    - Utonium residence
    - Townsville Jewelry
    - Car dealership
  - Utah (indirectly mentioned)
    - Salt Lake City (mentioned)
- Pluto (mentioned)

Objects

My Friend the Atom

Vehicles

Mojo's car
Professor Utonium's car

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 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, David Maingault
Props and effects designers: Sarah Craig, Isaac Marzioli
Character, props and effects design clean-up artists: Miranda Dressler, Erik Elizarrez
Background designers: Santino Lascano, Carrie Hobson
Background painters: Tania Franco, Solbi Park, Clarke Snyder, Meghan Kinder, Maria Vitan
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 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: 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 21, 2016 on Cartoon Network

Behind the scenes

The flashback is drawn in the style of the original 90s series.

Errors

This is not the pilot episode, yet it explains how the Powerpuff Girls began attending Midway Elementary without doing it as a flashback (not including the aforementioned flashback that showed why).
Pokey Oaks had been destroyed in the original series episode "Paste Makes Waste," but the school was just rebuilt afterward. Also, in The Powerpuff Girls Movie, the girls actually attended Pokey Oaks while it was being repaired after they accidentally tore half it to pieces during a game of tag.
Mojo talks to his mother as if she is anthropomorphic like him, yet even in this continuity, as shown in "You're a Good Man, Mojo Jojo," he was born a regular monkey.

Critical reception

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning

Home availability

In the United States:
- August 15, 2017: Warner Home Video releases The Powerpuff Girls: The Last Donnycorn on DVD.
In Australia:
- October 25, 2017: Madman Entertainment releases The Powerpuff Girls: Season 1 on DVD.

References