Birdnapped

"Birdnapped" is the fourth episode of Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law season four, and the thirty-sixth overall. It aired on October 22, 2006 on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim block. It was written by series creators, Michael Ouweleen and Erik Richter, produced by Evan W Adler, and directed by Richard Ferguson-Hull.

Harvey is left in charge of Sebben & Sebben following Phil's wishes, although he left Harvey with no easy tasks, and doesn't even have time to make it to X's dinner, so X's kidnaps Birdgirl in retaliation.

Characters

 * style="background-color:#clear"| Harvey Birdman
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Gary Cole
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Phil Ken Sebben
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Peter Potamus
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Chris Edgerly
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Birdgirl
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Paget Brewster
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Peanut
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Thomas Allen
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Avenger
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| The Bear
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Debbie
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Grey DeLisle
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Blue Falcone
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Maurice LaMarche
 * style="background-color:#clear"| O.J. Simpson
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| President George W. Bush
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Mary
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Grey DeLisle
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Mary's mother
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| X the Eliminator
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Peter MacNicol
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Zardo
 * style="background-color:#clear"| John Michael Higgins
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Bill Ken Sebben
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Keith Ferguson
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Stephen Colbert
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Cafeteria lady
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Gigi
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Janitor
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Judy Ken Sebben
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Scrappy-Doo
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Inch High
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Maurice LaMarche
 * style="background-color:#clear"| John Michael Higgins
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Bill Ken Sebben
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Keith Ferguson
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Stephen Colbert
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Cafeteria lady
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Gigi
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Janitor
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Judy Ken Sebben
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Scrappy-Doo
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Inch High
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Maurice LaMarche
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Judy Ken Sebben
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Scrappy-Doo
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Inch High
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Maurice LaMarche
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Inch High
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Maurice LaMarche
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Maurice LaMarche

Organizations

 * Sebben & Sebben
 * The City Times
 * AOL-Time Warner (mentioned)
 * The Heavy Metal Shopper

Locations

 * United States
 * Washington, D.C.
 * Sebben & Sebben offices
 * X the Eliminator's residence
 * Deadly Duplicator's residence
 * Africa (mentioned)
 * France (photo)
 * Paris (photo)
 * Eiffel Tower (photo)

Objects

 * The City Times newspaper
 * Jurf
 * Easy-Flake
 * The Heavy Metal Shopper newspaper
 * Reader's Digest
 * Superhero Sidekick Handbook
 * Birdgirl Mem-Erase

Vehicles

 * Bus
 * Harvey's car

Filming
Dropped from the episode, is a scene with Harvey's potential clients, which include the janitor, cafeteria lady, a waitress from Boobies, and the Bear, Phil's burial, a double of himself. Potamus also comes in and talks about how Phil found him like baby Moses and raised him as his own son.

In another deleted scene, Peanut accidentally gives Harvey the address of an adult store, instead of X's house. Peanut asks him if Harvey can pick up another couple of Girl Biz magazines, while he is also holding one (which has Judy Jetson on the front).

Music
The music was composed by Michael Kohler.

Release
Dates are in order of release:


 * United States: October 22, 2006 on Adult Swim (Cartoon Network)

Behind the scenes

 * The episode begins with a recap of the previous, "Babysitter."
 * This is the fourth episode to get a personalized title card.
 * In the flashback of the bus that killed Phil, it advertises The Colbert Report.
 * In one of the blackmailing photos of Phil, he is dressed as Yogi.
 * The shadow of Falcone when the thunder strikes, is in the shape of Dynomutt.
 * A plane advertises the brief corporate merger between AOL and Time Warner, which had already ended before this episode was made.
 * X gives Zardo a Bill Clinton mask.
 * The episode is not set in December.
 * MacNicol is demoted to guest star.
 * Birdgirl is also put in charge of Sebben & Sebben after Phil's declared dead again in the pilot episode of the Birdgirl spin-off.

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.