Free Magilla

"Free Magilla" is the eighth episode of Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law season three, and the twenty-eighth overall. It aired on September 11, 2005 on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim block. It was written by Christine Bielinski, and series creators, Michael Ouweleen, and Erik Richter, produced by Evan W. Adler, and directed by Richard Ferguson-Hull. The Hanna-Barbera series ridiculed in this episode is Magilla Gorilla.

An animal activist group take Mr. Peebles to court over the freedom of Magilla Gorilla.

Memorable quotes
Reducto: Mr. Pebbles. Mr. Peebles: Uh, it's Peebles. Reducto: Control yourself, sir!

Characters

 * style="background-color:#clear"| Magilla Gorilla
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Maurice LaMarche
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Mr. Felder
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| John Michael Higgins
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Activist #2
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Chris Edgerly
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Harvey Birdman
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Gary Cole
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Avenger
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Phil Ken Sebben
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Stephen Colbert
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Peter Potamus
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Chris Edgerly
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Stewie
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Chris Edgerly
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Fooey
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Chris Edgerly
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Spewie
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Chris Edgerly
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Peanut
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Thomas Allen
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Mr. Peebles
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Maurice LaMarche
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Debbie
 * style="background-color:#fff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Bandit
 * style="background-color:#fff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Scrappy-Doo
 * style="background-color:#fff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Jonny Quest
 * style="background-color:#fff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Hadji
 * style="background-color:#fff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Mailman
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Maurice LaMarche
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Newscaster
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Thomas Allen
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Melvin Van Peebles
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Gary Cole
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Myron Reducto
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Stephen Colbert
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Poochie
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#fff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Jonny Quest
 * style="background-color:#fff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Hadji
 * style="background-color:#fff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Mailman
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Maurice LaMarche
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Newscaster
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Thomas Allen
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Melvin Van Peebles
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Gary Cole
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Myron Reducto
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Stephen Colbert
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Poochie
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Gary Cole
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Myron Reducto
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Stephen Colbert
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Poochie
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Poochie
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable

Organizations

 * People's Animal Freedom Front
 * Sebben & Sebben
 * Freezoid, Zarog, & Skon

Locations

 * Peebles Pet Shop
 * Washington, D.C.
 * Sebben & Sebben offices
 * Marigold Lane
 * Bank
 * The Moon

Objects

 * Tribonin (mentioned)
 * Times newspaper
 * Freez-O-Lux
 * Ol' Dirty Brew
 * Bird Times
 * Reducto's shrink gun

Vehicles

 * 1/2 Blind Justice

Music
The music is composed by Michael Kohler.

Release
Dates are in order of release:


 * United States: September 11, 2005 on Adult Swim (Cartoon Network)

Behind the scenes

 * Harvey's laptop has a pear-shaped logo in reference to Apple computers.
 * Harvey's calendar says January. It appears to be the same one shown before with Victoria Principal's birthday noted.
 * Stewie, Fooey, and Spewie are a parody of the Disney duck triplets, Louie, Dewie, and Hewey.
 * Out of the three, Edgerly is only credited as Fooey.
 * The camera cuts around ever needing to show Mentok. This is despite Higgins being available.

Home availability

 * In the United States, it was first released onto DVD as part of Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law: Volume Three on July 24, 2007, by Warner Home Video.
 * In the UK, Revolver Entertainment first released the episode onto DVD as part of Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law: Seasons 1,2 & 3 on December 7, 2009, then separately put out the same volume 3 set on April 12, 2010.
 * In Australia, Madman Entertainment released the same set on August 6, 2008, then re-released the episode as part of Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law: The Complete Cases on November 28, 2012.