List of Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law episodes

Bannon v. Quest

At court, Vulturo represents Race, although his speech impediment confuses the jury. He claims that genetics shouldn't determine fatherhood, and calls a parade of witnesses — villains from the original Jonny Quest series — all of whom say that Bannon is the better father. Dr. Quest, the boys, and Harvey gather that night at Harvey's hangout, a bar called The Birdcage.

The next day, Harvey questions Dr. Quest about the boys, but Quest simply goes on talking about his experiments. Harvey eventually reveals that the "Race Bannon" that has been put on the stand is a robot; the stenographer is revealed to be Dr. Zin who was behind the whole thing, in an attempt to get the boys away from Bannon and Quest. Dr. Zin is taken away and Harvey wins the case.

The real Race is summoned by videophone; he is on vacation, and had been playing volleyball with many men. Quest is curious as to how Zin was capable of making such a good body duplicate. Race quickly signs off without answering.

Chief v. Javalux

He goes to see Harvey, shrinking in fear when Harvey offers him a hot drink. Apache Chief explains to Harvey what happened, and how he has now lost his ability to enlarge. They go to court to sue the Javalux company, the other attorney being the paranoid Reducto.

Harvey brings to the witness stand some more obscure super heroes. First he speaks with Black Vulcan, later on with Zan of the Wonder Twins.

At the Birdcage, Reducto suggest settling, but Birdman says it's not about the money, and how Apache Chief just wants to be recognized. He says that if Apache Chief felt appreciated, the case would likely go away. This causes Reducto to adopt his "scheming face" and begin scheming.

Back at court, Reducto calls the manager of the Javalux shop, a woman named Sybil Shussler. Under questioning, she says that what's happened to Apache Chief was wrong. She speaks out about Apache Chief's heroism and benefit to society, while becoming increasingly Indian-looking in dress every time the camera comes back to her. Suddenly, Apache Chief grows to fill the courtroom. Mightor dismisses the case.

In the end, Apache Chief and a group of other minor heroes (as well as Jesse Jackson) have decided to form the "Multi-Culture Pals" (possibly an involved in-joke, as the real-life Apache tribe spent their lives in a state of permanent war with their neighbors). Apache Chief has also gained the love of Sybil Shussler, who kisses him, causing him to grow a foot, blushing. Everyone laughs. RATED TV14

People v. Rogers and Doo

Back at Sebben & Sebben, Harvey is having trouble keeping track of his files, and starts interviewing for a clerk. He is impressed by a young man named Peanut who dresses much like himself. Despite his annoyingly laid-back persona, he decides to hire him.

Fred Jones comes in to hire Harvey, who mistakes him for a gang member, his ascot being his colors. Fred brings Harvey to the jail to see Scooby and Shaggy, but they still act as though they're high. The rest of the gang tries to assure him that they're not high, just stupid.

The case goes to court, and Spyro acts out the traffic stop theater style as Peanut hits on Daphne; he is so cool as to be practically unintelligible. The arresting officer claims to have found drug paraphernalia, but Harvey manages to show this as circumstantial. Velma goes on the stand, and tells Harvey that they're just always hungry and they laugh when nervous. This supports an earlier defense claim that clips of old Scooby-Doo cartoons shown by the prosecution have been taken out of context to show Shaggy and Scooby as total stoners.

People of the United States of America v. Bear

Phil Ken Sebben (in his first appearance) orders Harvey to defend Boo Boo, who is accused of being a terrorist known as the Unabooboo (a takeoff of the Unabomber).

At the Birdcage, Reducto tells Harvey that there is no government, that everything is owned by a handful of corporations and soon there would be one world currency. Harvey laughs this off, and then pays his bar tab in euros.

The next day, Boo Boo is found not guilty. He and Harvey embrace, and then spend the night together in his cave. While Boo Boo is out horseback riding, Harvey discovers an electric typewriter in the cave, hooked up to a generator. Testing the typewriter, Harvey sees that the T is properly aligned; he adjusts the carriage to make it misaligned. Panicking, Harvey runs home; Boo Boo breaks in and says that he wants to thank him for his work with a cookie bouquet. Fearing for his life, Harvey kills him with an energy blast. Phil comes in to comfort Harvey, then Yogi comes in and swears revenge... and then all of them, including Boo Boo, laugh together. RATED TV14

Notes:

• The plot of this episode is a parody of the 1985 film Jagged Edge.
• Boo Boo would appear again in a few more episodes, still romantically involved with Harvey.

Shoyu Weenie v. Jabberjaw and the Neptunes

Reducto finds himself falling for a testifying musicologist named Gale Melody, mainly because of her "tiny, tiny feet." Harvey and Mentok are also attracted to her, which causes some disruption in the courtroom.

Peanut settles the case by showing a karaoke film of both songs; Mentok declares that they're the same song and finds for the plaintiffs. Just as Harvey and friends are celebrating their victory, however, they find out that the song has been stolen again, this time by a German band. RATED TV14

Notes:

• Judge Mentok appears for the first time in this episode.
• The band's name is meant to sound like "show your weenie"; the first time Harvey hears it, he checks to see if his fly is open.

People v. Flintstone

Harvey, using clips from the original Flintstones show, successfully argues that Fred is delusional, having been hit on the head with a bowling ball so many times that he frequently adopts other personas. It turns out that he is right, as Barney Rubble is the real mob boss. RATED TV14

Notes:

• The episode name is a joke on Fred's famous catchphrase "Yabba Dabba Doo" and the nickname of mob boss John Gotti, the "Dapper Don".
• Two famous mafia series in particular are referenced: the Godfather trilogy of films. (The heads found in Harvey's bed, reprisals/lampoons the famous 'kiss' scene and the 'operatic murders' sequence) and The Sopranos (with Barney as Tony, the actual boss, Fred as Junior, and Peanut as Christopher, trying to get made).

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People v. Birdman

Despite Falcone's bad representation, the jury finds Birdman innocent. Mentok overrides the jury and convicts Birdman, sentencing him to death.

People v. Sebben

Meanwhile, Harvey is defending Phil, who's hit someone on his way to work "every day this week" and is being sued. Harvey's distracted by X's attacks and the fact that every time he tries to go to the bathroom something happens to prevent him from finishing. Even resorting to walking on the ledge of the outside of the building to avoid X, who was waiting outside his office. Even trying to hire someone to kill him, waiting on hold during lunch and pressing "2" on his phone to order "Vehicular manslaughter".

In the end, with Avenger's help, Harvey defeats X, wins his case, and finishes his business in the bathroom.

Notes:

• This episode marks the first appearance (in this series) of X the Eliminator, who will be a prominent recurring character.
• The title of the episode refers to a scene where X is mistaken for pest control; Debbie mishears "Eliminator" as "Exterminator."
• This is the first episode in which we actually see Harvey's secretary, Debbie.

People v. Squirrel

Back at the office, Phil enters his office to find it has been burgled, plundered, and purloined – "Ha-ha... loins." He's missing a number of things only he can see, such as a baby grand piano and a fourteen foot golden Buddha. When they are not returned even after he covers his eyepatch, he sets up a color-coded threat system and installs security cameras.

Birdman tries to talk to the paranoid Phil, but he accuses him of supporting the thief, and of not working hard. He tells Harvey he must get a big case by the end of the day, and Harvey tries, with limited success. Phil calls everyone in and bumps up the terror level to... BLACKWATCH PLAID!!!

Harvey speaks with Secret, who explains his case to him. Phil finds a video of Bear moving about at high speeds and calls everyone in, believing he knows who the culprit is, and shows everyone a sketch of Bear crossed with Osama bin Laden. He raises the threat level to the maximum: the cover of Rush's seminal album Moving Pictures.

In court, Harvey explains to everyone how Secret hides his spy equipment in his trenchcoat, although he has to endure Mentok saying "I'll say" to anything that could be considered a double entendre. Phil, however, has surveillance video that proves Secret actually was flashing the woman, and is guilty.

At the end, the gang tries to figure out how to get their privacy back. Peanut's video of Phil playing Little Bo Peep with a woman apparently fixes things.

Notes:

• The episode title is a reference to the tartan of the Black Watch regiment.
• Most of the animation used in this episode was re-used from earlier episodes, mostly "Deadomutt 1" and "2", as well as a few clips from "Shaggy Busted" and "SPF". The only original scenes were of Phil trying to open his door and any live action footage. This was a trick older cartoons would sometimes use to cut animations costs, this episode being a clear parody of that.

Inch High v. Firm

Harvey has joined a new spa, and a voluptuous red-head named Gigi works there, making out with every other guy in the place. He asks her out, and she suddenly moves into his apartment, along with her friends Vince and Terry. Harvey's relationship with Gigi continues, but they never as much as kiss, while she's found in compromising positions with every other male in the office.

Bobby v. Devlin

After a discussion with Devlin, Harvey reveals that Devlin has pumped himself so full of pain killers from all his injuries that he had little to no common sense. He gives a plea of insanity, but Der Spuzmacher, a Tapir assassin that Devlin warned about earlier and Harvey disregarded as insane rambling, comes in and reveals that insanity pleas can only be used in a criminal case. Birdman loses, but Devlin and Bobby come to an agreement. Bobby can ride Devlin's bike whenever he wants... and his woman.

A side story that was removed left a few fragments. Avenger apparently lays an egg, and after a brief discussion between Harvey and Peanut about the whereabouts of the eagles genitals, the two are interrupted by Devlin's entrance. Later in court, Harvey is seen nursing an Egg with an eagle hand puppet, and finally at the very end of the episode, it turns out the egg was the hidden lunch of Peter Potamus, who tried to take the egg back and is brutally attacked by Avenger. In an odd turn of events, the egg hatches to reveal a half bird half Jesse Jackson.

Notes:

• The title of the episode is a reference to Flip Wilson's catchphrase "The Devil made me do it!"

People v. Buggy

Back at the office, Avenger resigns. He goes off to find another job and joins up with Vulturo, whose avian colleague was recently stuffed. Meanwhile, Harvey goes through a series of assistants, including a European goldfinch, an emperor penguin and an emu. Finally, he settles on a parrot.

Ding-a-Ling v. Twiddles

Harvey goes to trial, representing Ding-a-Ling Wolf; Ding-a-Ling wanted to make a web site for all his fans, but Harry Twiddles had already set up a porn site at the URL www.dingaling.biz. Harvey brings before the court a number of others whose names had been hijacked for porn sites, including: Hi-riser, Big Duke & Bigger Duke, Kwicky Koala, Schnooker, The Magic Rabbit, Fluid Man, Dirty Dawg, Mother Load, and Galtar... and his Golden Lance.

An intervention is staged for Harvey by all the others (who are indulging in addictive activities themselves, including smoking, gambling, and drinking). Harvey goes into counseling, and is soon back to normal. Afterwards, the mole is found by Peanut to just be gravy. The episode ends with a PSA by the cast of the show on skin cancer and coconuts stuck in hippo mouths.

Notes:

• This was the first episode animated using Macromedia Flash.
• The naked woman on the website's homepage was a compilation of classical nude paintings.
• Harvey's counselor is Jesse Jackson, as he appeared in the episode "Very Personal Injury."

Jetson Family v. Earth

Fortunately, they manage to make it to the distant past (2004), specifically to Harvey's office. Much to their dismay, they realize they have to walk to Harvey's desk from the entrance as there are no moving conveyer belts on the floor. The long journey takes them all night and they lose Astro to exhaustion (though he recovers) and Judy to a pack of dogs.

They tell Harvey that they want to sue everyone for screwing up the earth for them. The case goes to court, but George has a problem with the jury. X sets up the Jury Vac, a robotic jury that has the Apple startup sound when plugged in, and the trial is underway. Mentok clashes with boy genius Elroy, who has a device from the future that tells him past events before Mentok does them. Freezoid uses his powers of cold on the warm August day to show how global warming is preposterous. In the end, Jury Vac gives the verdict... on the O.J. Simpson trial.

People v. Ape

Harvey walks into his office to find a giant urine sample waiting for him. Phil comes in with the Laff-a-Lympics committee, who begin to steal things from Harvey's office, something they continue to do through the whole episode. Phil hopes to get the Laff-a-Lympics to come to their city. He has a big night planned with all of them and Gigi, his (and Harvey's... and everyone else's) shared wife. Gigi comes in, and she's pregnant. She claims Harvey is the father, though he doesn't recall their ever engaging in sexual congress and they've only recently met.

Harvey and Reducto have a nice chat about the whole situation, as well as the Grape Ape case that they're both working on. Reducto sees the giant primate, and shrinks him down to fun-size. Grape Ape then grabs a weight and pumps it until he grows back to his normal size, which sends Reducto off screaming about how he's met the unshrinkable.

The courtroom has been splattered with ads. Gigi interrupts the case to leech off Harvey, but upon his return he speaks with a few unnaturally muscular witnesses who all claim Grape Ape had nothing to do with steroids. Reducto's witness describes the side-effects of steroids use, including withered testicles, which Reducto seizes upon since Grape Ape should show reproductive organs the size of a nearby vendor's pushcart. An expert is about to reveal the test results when he is hit by a dart in the neck by Harvey's new paralegal, son of a shaman/member of the Laff-a-Lympics committee.

People v. Doggie

Meanwhile, Augie Doggie comes to Harvey for help. They've put his father in a cage, claiming he bit someone. The case goes to trial, and Mentok claims Doggie Daddy is baring his teeth, and sentences him to undergo aggressiveness training. Phil trains him, treating him like a normal dog and completely humiliating and torturing him.

Harvey seeks advice from Apache Chief, Batman, and Reducto, but they don't help much. What finally does the trick is Peanut's conversation with Black Vulcan about his first time (fighting a villain). In the background, you can see Race Bannon and Dr. Quest playing baseball and football. Meanwhile, Harvey is speaking with villains about helping Peanut with his first time, and finally gets one to comply: X. In return all he wants is the Crest on Birdman's helmet. Birdman agrees to the deal to help Peanut.

Yakky Doodle Name Change

Dvd fires Harvey's secretary Debbie, replacing her with a PDA the Supercalifragilisticexpiefficaceous. Harvey can't figure it out, but X, who's waiting outside to kill him, manages to work it fine. He's sent off to search for Yakky Doodle. Meanwhile, the efficiency changes are getting worse. Visitors to the men's room can only use one sheet of toilet paper, and Harvey's office has been sublet to a Greek restaurant, which Harvey must work at along with his legal duties.

X finally finds Yakky, who wants to change both his names. Reducto opposes the idea, though not even he knows why. The case goes to court, and the guy before Harvey takes an unbelievably long time. He has to wait to the next day to start the case. Peanut tells Harvey he needs to work at the restaurant, and that he should have plenty of time while he copies the form he forgot to bring with him.

Dog v. Surgeon

Harvey is promoted to vice president of Sebben & Sebben and is given numerous executive privileges; his coupons are doled out by Phil, whose recent LASIK has left him with a second eyepatch, blinding him. X is mistaken for the interior decorator Phil hired to spruce up Harvey's office and redoes it as a huge deathtrap. Harvey tries to solve his guilt by sending Droopy a fruit basket, which he cannot eat as his jaw is frozen. X breaks into Harvey's apartment and creates another danger area. Harvey receives his huge pay and sends it to Droopy, who can actually use it this time.

People v. McGraw

Notes:

• Quick Draw parodies Charlton Heston, who was president of the NRA from 2000–03, by using his type voice in this episode and even saying many of Heston's lines from Planet of the Apes and Ben-Hur.
• This episode was played on its premier over and over again for the entire Adult Swim run for the night.
• A tank can be seen destroying a Smurf house.

People v. Gator

Murro v. Birdman

Decades later, Murro sues Birdman. Birdman needs a good lawyer, but somehow ends up with Potamus, who is more interested in making out with the female staff than working on Birdman's case.

In court, Murro's lawyer Shado uses his "brain-thievery" to influence the jury. His villainous witnesses testify that Birdman had no reason to attack them; Shado also uses his brain-thievery to prevent Potamus from cross-examining them.

Shado contends that his brain-thievery is fundamentally different from Mentok's "mind-taking", however the two get into frequent one-up-manship contests over their skills. Finally Mentok, tiring of the upstart Shado, delves into his mind and takes away an important fact: Shado failed to respond to a discovery motion filed by Potamus.

Hoop 'n' Holler v. Rabbit

Meanwhile, Birdman falls deeper and deeper into defeatism. He takes on Ricochet Rabbit's case against the town of Hoop'n'Holler after Ricochet destroyed half the town on one of his hyperactive outbursts. The town wants Ricochet's badge and Harvey agrees to help. The case goes badly, with Harvey's self-esteem at a low ebb and Ricochet Rabbit destroying half the courtroom, with Reducto accounting for most of the other half trying to shrink him. Mentok rules that Ricochet Rabbit has ADD, ADHD and OPP (which stands for "Other People's Problems", and is not a disease), and court-orders Ricochet to be medicated with rabbit Ritalin.

People v. Mole

Notes:

• The episode title is a reference to the Birdman of Alcatraz and the detention of prisoners in Guantanamo Bay.

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Notes:

• Though the short is supposed to be from 1967, it includes a reference to Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope, released a full decade later.
• The short was introduced by Robert Osborne of Turner Classic Movies.

Tana v. Gokk

Phil manages to find out about the portal in the hot tub and brings Peanut, Avenger, and a Star Trek character parody to the past. Phil takes advantage of the limitless resources and lack of economy to start up several business ventures including theme parks and dinosaur hunting. Meanwhile, Harvey serves council to a cave woman who wants to leave her husband for another (exact duplicate-looking) cave man, while Potamus serves as judge. Harvey convinces Potamus not to sacrifice the woman (as the other cave men demand) but to give her and her husband marriage counseling – Phil tries to volunteer for it but Harvey decides to do it himself. Phil eventually angers the cave men and Potamus is discovered to be a sham so they all rush back to the watery portal but realize a little too late that the neanderthals and their dinosaurs followed them to the present. They all laugh and the Star Trek parody gets eaten by a T-Rex.

Notes:

• The title of this episode is a cross between Beyond the Valley of the Dolls and Valley of the Dinosaurs.

Captain Caveman v. School Board

The next day at court, Mentok messes with a chiseler who tries to put up a stone tablet of the Ten Commandments in front of the courthouse, and Peanut tells Harvey to call Magilla Gorilla to the stand to prove evolution (a talking ape) but the jury is unsatisfied. When Cavey Junior takes the stand he points out that he read the evolution chapter, not because he wanted to learn and expand his mind, but because the chapter was required for the "federally mandated no child left behind test" necessary to move onto the next grade. Mentok declares, after pranking the courtroom, that the school can teach whatever they want, and that Cavey Junior is merely a theory, not a real child.

Worth mentioning that over the course of the episode, Phil was battling the cave men and dinosaurs who were still roaming the streets from the previous episode. He joins Harvey at the end and gets himself a drink from a vending machine (with a frozen Flintstone family inside).

Notes:

• The episode title is a play on "Evolution" and the "Revolutionary War".

Peebles Pet Shop v. Peoples Animal Freedom Front

People v. Bannon & Quest

People v. Birdman, Top Cat, et al.

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Much of the time is spent on Phil's youth, where he is pictured as constantly engaging in activities hazardous to his left eye (though he doesn't actually lose it until he becomes an office worker).

Various characters in the series perform their typical activities: Peter Potamus demonstrates the firm's incredibly complicated system for "sending things"; Peanut demonstrates unethical behavior; Elliott the Deadly Duplicator provides employees with two of everything, except for staplers (an oversight).

Birdman himself appears only as a supporting player in a few scenes.

Notes:

• The episode seems to be a spoof of the Orientation given to new employees of Ted Turner, as suggested in the voice commentary for "Blackwatch Plaid".
• Throughout the episode, random scenes from an infomercial for a juicer appear.
• Based on Phil Ken Sebben's dialogue, the video (or at least one scene of it) was filmed in the year 1985.

Clam Head v. Tinker

Notes:

• The whole episode itself is a satire of how many classic Hanna-Barbera cartoons are rip-offs of one another (e.g. Scooby-Doo, Jabberjaw and Speed Buggy are all mystery-solving cartoons involving objects/animals as focal characters who can talk, and how certain members of each mystery solving team look like each other, like Shaggy, Clamhead and Mr. Tinker) and how animation styles done by different people looked very different (e.g. different looking Ranger Smiths on Yogi Bear).
• Sebben's final words before he is put through the shredder are a parody of the last words of Roy Batty, a character played by Rutger Hauer in the 1982 film Blade Runner.

Shazzan the Genie v Mentok the Mind-Taker

Notes:

• Mentok's attempt to escape from his prison by putting on Harvey's mask is based on Hannibal's escape on The Silence of the Lambs.
• The Rebus-type puzzle that appears when Mentok references the magic word is "That Thing I Sent You", with "You" pronounced "Cha".

Atom Ant v. E.P.A.

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Trivia

• When Phil gets hit by the bus, and near the very end of the episode, the bus that hits Phil and almost hits Reducto has a billboard that says "Watch the Colbert Report" with a drawing of an eagle with headphones on. The eagle is the main symbol of The Colbert Report.
• When Phil is about to leave, he talks about starting his own law firm ("or spin off, if you will"), and how it will have a big S-shaped desk perfect for interviews, and that he would be far too busy to regularly appear, but that he will still be a contributor, or a senior correspondent ("... in law"). These are references to Stephen Colbert (the actor who voices Phil and Reducto) getting his own Daily Show spin-off, The Colbert Report.
• At the part when Harvey says "Phil's dead 10 minutes" is right at the 10-minute mark on the DVD

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Trivia

• When Bill first appears and everyone mistakes him for Phil (everyone shouts out a variation of "Phil's back"), someone shouts out "Stephen's back", a reference to Phil's voice-artist, Stephen Colbert, leaving the show to work on his own show, The Colbert Report.

Bobby v. Devlin

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Trivia

• There was no explanation on what happened to Harvey's double in this episode, which could mean the possibility that Harvey Birdman is still alive, and this would explain it

All of Harvey's previous cases

Trivia

• On an island, a bus driver has his bus parked in the rain, and an arm, a leg, and a lobster appears from the bottom of the windshield wiper. Finally, Phil Ken Sebben appears and laughs "HA HA HA! Final episode stunt casting!", which is referring to Stephen Colbert's brief leave to work on his show, The Colbert Report, and coming back for the final episode to voice his character again.
• This was a 30-minute episode, more than double the running time of other episodes. This was the first (and only) episode that ran for 30 minutes.