Thirdgirl

"Thirdgirl" is the third episode of Birdgirl season one. It aired on April 19, 2021 on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim block. It was written by Ele Woods and Jessica Haymond, Susan Shipsky and Melissa Warrenburg, and directed by Richard Ferguson-Hall.

To help with Gillian's workload as assistant to both Judy and her alter ego of Birdgirl, Judy hires two other assistants, or so she thinks.

Characters

 * style="background-color:#clear"| Gillian Sans
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Kether Donahue
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Birdcat/Sir Peter Pants
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Birdgirl/Judy Ken Sebben
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Paget Brewster
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Meredith Mindtaker
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Negin Farsad
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Dog with Bucket Hat
 * style="background-color:#clear"| John Doman
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Charley
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Lorelei Ramirez
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Yuri (voice only)
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Josh
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Glenn
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Benji
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Sozyer Johnson
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Gillian's lover
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Lance Saxe-Cabung
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Trace
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Stew
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Reporter #2
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Doctor Sheila
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Weatherwoman
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Reporter #1
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Lani-Marie Pfluger
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| George Washington (money print)
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| DungBeetlez
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| DayRavies222
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Eileen
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Jennifer Hale
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Carl
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Son
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Cassie
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Jennifer Hale
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Caleb Lee Hutchinson
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Himself
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Dave
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Floris
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Clerk
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Jennifer Hale
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Mechanic
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Jennifer Hale
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Paul
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Tony Hale
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Brian O'Brien
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Rob Delaney
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Gustav Klimt
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Phil Ken Sebben (photo)
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Harvey Birdman (photo)
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Carl
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Son
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Cassie
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Jennifer Hale
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Caleb Lee Hutchinson
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Himself
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Dave
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Floris
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Clerk
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Jennifer Hale
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Mechanic
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Jennifer Hale
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Paul
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Tony Hale
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Brian O'Brien
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Rob Delaney
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Gustav Klimt
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Phil Ken Sebben (photo)
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Harvey Birdman (photo)
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Tony Hale
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Brian O'Brien
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Rob Delaney
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Gustav Klimt
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Phil Ken Sebben (photo)
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Harvey Birdman (photo)
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Harvey Birdman (photo)
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A

Organizations

 * Sebben & Sebben Worldwide
 * BNBC
 * Birdteam

Locations

 * Earth
 * United States
 * Sebben & Sebben Worldwide headquarters
 * Judy's apartment
 * Washington, D.C.
 * Courthouse
 * The White House (photo)
 * Diary Queen
 * Flip-Flops Resort

Objects

 * PurPuree
 * Behemoth energy pills
 * Chocolate Abyss
 * Dead Sea Scrolls (mentioned)

Vehicles

 * Gillian's scooter
 * Birdvan

Development
It was copyrighted in 2021.

Music
The music was composed by Michael Kohler, although he's not expressly credited as such. Instead, he's credited for dialogue and other sound edits. The theme song was performed by Leikeli47 and Michael Barney.

Crew credits

 * Series creators: Michael Ouweleen, Erik Richter
 * Series developers and executive producers: Erik Richter, Christina Miller
 * Judy's evening wear designed by: Christian Cowan
 * Animation director: Richard Ferguson-Hall
 * Consulting producer: Cirocco Dunlap
 * Staff writers: Lorraine Degraffenreidt, Ele Woods, Jessica Haymond, Jonterri Gadson
 * Writers' assistant: Anca Vlasan
 * Script coordinator: Brittnay Johnston
 * Animated services: Awesome Inc.
 * Executive producer: Ashley Kohler
 * Associate producer: Brandon Betts
 * Producer: Joshua Spencer
 * Production assistants: Kaila Knight Tryal, Allie Wisniewski
 * Storyboard artists: Adam Ford, Drew Schmidt, Cassidy Stone, Felipe Di Poi Tamargo
 * Main character designer: Carly Monardo
 * Lead character and prop designers: Claire Almon, Beth Lewis
 * Character and prop designers: Kaila Knight Tryal, Gabby Lee, Louie Ramos
 * Lead character rigger: Bo Cai
 * Character rigger: Jack Huang
 * Lead background designer: Kat Stockton
 * Background designers: Juan Montoya, Chris Nickels, Tessa Pray, Anna Renee, Kat Shea
 * Assistant animation director: Melissa Wolfert
 * Lead animator: Laura Ceredona
 * Animators: Sam Alkaitis, Heather Bay, Angela De Vito, Abby Duel, Davonne Dupart, Sofia Guerra, W. Justin King, Linh-Chi Nguyen, Torrey Notestine, Yuki Okamura-Wong, Emily Rodriguez, Ma. Belén Sáenz De Viteri, Gabriel Silva, Katelyn Walsh
 * FX animator: Jenny Plyler
 * Compositing and visual effects animator: Shannon Dingle
 * Conform editor: Thomas Fine
 * Sound designer and mixer: Bluetube
 * Supervising sound editor: Michael Kohler
 * Audio assistant: Matt Peery
 * Casting director: Dawn Hershey-Lopes
 * Production coordinators: Inés Michelena, Sally Skinner
 * Production assistant: Kat Daugherty
 * Title sequence animator: Candice House
 * Editor for WarnerMedia Studios: Jon Dilling
 * Executive producers for Williams Street: Keith Crofford, Mike Lazzo

Release
Dates are in order of release:


 * United States: April 19, 2021 at 12pm on Adult Swim (Cartoon Network)
 * United Kingdom and Ireland: July 5, 2021 at 11pm on E4

Behind the scenes

 * Birdcat's civilian name is revealed to be Sir Peter Pants.
 * Gillian's surname is revealed to be Sans.
 * BNBC's post sets the year as 2020.
 * When Gillian imagines Judy being taken to court, it's in the same courthouse from Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law. There's even a cameo of a Lizardman (from the Jonny Quest episode "The Mystery of the Lizardmen"), in the audience, a common occurrence in that series.
 * Gillian goes on a website that looks like a parody of Reddit.
 * When Birdcat gets free, his travels are done in the style of the TV drama series Touched by an Angel, appropriately renamed to Touched by a Birdcat.
 * Birdgirl parodies the "Stop! Hammer time," line from the MC Hammer song "U Can't Touch This," when she goes to take a shower and says "Shower time" and dances off the same way.
 * In Judy's bedroom, there are photos of her time as Birdgirl working at the White House in Harvey Birdman: Attorney General.
 * Despite the name of the episode, Gillian isn't addressed on-screen by name as Thirdgirl, if that was intended to be her official name for her alter ego. She is only referred to as a "three-headed monster."

Errors

 * Gillian pictures Stew as one of the people who could find out about Judy's secret if they weren't careful, but Stew was killed in "Pilot." It's possible his death wasn't discovered.

Home availability

 * Not available. 😥