Pilot (Birdgirl)

"Pilot" is the first episode of Birdgirl season one. It aired on April 5, 2021 on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim. It was written by series creators, Michael Ouweleen and Erik Richter, and directed by Richard Fergusion-Hall.

When Phil Ken Sebben is declared dead, Birdgirl, not Judy, is named his successor.

Characters

 * style="background-color:#clear"| Phil Ken Sebben
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Judy Ken Sebben
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Paget Brewster
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Drinks guy
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Birdgirl
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Paget Brewster
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Birdcat
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Reporter #1
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Reporter #2
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Dog with Bucket Hat
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| John Doman
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Strongarm/Charlie
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Lorelei Ramirez
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Phil Ken Sebben impersonator
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Harvey Birdman (photo)
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Peanut (photo)
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Scot
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Gillian
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Kether Donahue
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Meredith the Mindtaker
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Negin Farsad
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Brian O'Brien
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Rob Delaney
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Calypsis model
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Stew
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| The Feels/Paul
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Tony Hale
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Gillian
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Kether Donahue
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Meredith the Mindtaker
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Negin Farsad
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Brian O'Brien
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Rob Delaney
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Calypsis model
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Stew
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| The Feels/Paul
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Tony Hale
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Stew
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| The Feels/Paul
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Tony Hale
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| The Feels/Paul
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Tony Hale

Organizations

 * Sebben & Sebben Worldwide
 * Birdteam

Locations

 * Sebben & Sebben Worldwide headquarters
 * Birdgirl's apartment

Objects

 * Picayune-Standard
 * The Daily Newspaper
 * Municipal Times
 * Metro News
 * Daily Argus Journal
 * City News Daily
 * The Bold Headline
 * The Dead Tree
 * Passé
 * The Bridge & Tunneler
 * Tabz
 * Paleo Media
 * Calypsis

Vehicles

 * Nothing of importance

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.

Release
Dates are in order of release:


 * United States: April 4 2021 on the Adult Swim YouTube channel (preview), April 5, 2021 on Adult Swim

Behind the scenes

 * Phil's attraction to Birdgirl is mentioned.
 * This is the second time Phil has died, although this time it seems permanent.
 * Even though the copyright is 2021, one of Brian's presentation boards says 2020.

Trailers
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