The Death of Harvey

"The Death of Harvey" is the seventh and final episode of Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law season four, and the thirty-nine and final overall. It aired on July 22, 2007 on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim block. It was written by Michael Ouweleer and Erik Richter, and directed by Richard Ferguson-Hull. In 2018, the series was given a "reunion special" with Harvey Birdman: Attorney General.

The questionable jury of Harvey's past cases requires him to do them all over, which leads to the original: Nitron. But taking Nitron down is not the job of an attorney, but the job of a superhero: Birdman!!!!!

Memorable quotes
Harvey: As an attorney, I swore to uphold the truth. As a superhero, the truth is mine to uphold.

Characters
In order of appearance:

Mentioned and non-speaking characters are in italics


 * Birdgirl (Paget Brewster)
 * Peanut (Thomas Allen)
 * Avenger
 * The Bear
 * Scrappy-Doo
 * Peter Potamus (Chris Edgerly)
 * Dr. Benton Quest (Neil Ross)
 * Harvey Birdman (Gary Cole)
 * Melvin Van Peebles
 * Jonny Quest
 * Hadji
 * O.J. Simpson
 * President George W. Bush
 * Squiddly Diddly
 * Old woman (Thomas Allen)
 * Magilla Gorilla
 * Huckleberry Hound
 * Gloop or Gleep
 * Phil Ken Sebben (Stephen Colbert)
 * Doggie Daddy
 * Auggie Doggie
 * Nun
 * Paw Rugg
 * Hokey Wolf
 * Bus driver (Frank Welker)
 * X, the Eliminator (Peter MacNicol)
 * Zardo (John Michael Higgins)
 * Judge Mentok (John Michael Higgins)
 * Janitor
 * Inch High
 * Bailiff
 * Apache Chief (Maurice LaMarche)
 * Jabberjaw (Frank Welker)
 * Video clerk (Thomas Allen)
 * Ding-a-Ling (Neil Ross)
 * Phyllis Ken Sebben
 * Jerry Bruckheimer
 * Race Bannon
 * Scooby-Doo
 * Shaggy Rogers
 * Boo Boo Bear
 * Kenji Morimoto
 * Miko Morimoto
 * Seiko Morimoto
 * Fred Flintstone
 * Thundarr
 * Secret Squirrel
 * Ernie Devlin
 * Tangy Devlin
 * Speed Buggy
 * Tinker
 * Quick Draw McGraw
 * Harry Twiddles
 * George Jetson
 * Jane Jetson
 * Judy Jetson
 * Elroy Jetson
 * Beegli Beegli
 * Grape Ape
 * Droopy
 * Wally Gator
 * Ricochet Rabbit
 * Morocco Mole
 * Captain Caveman
 * Cavey Junior
 * Gokk
 * Tana
 * Top Cat
 * Nitron
 * Abraham Lincoln cosplayer
 * Deadly Duplicator (Lewis Black)
 * Mary
 * Bronson
 * Brody
 * Stan Freezoid
 * Debbie
 * Judge Mightor
 * Myron Reducto
 * Caramel
 * Black Vulcan (Phil LaMarr)
 * Shazzan
 * Frida Kahlo
 * Hair Bear
 * Atom Ant
 * Cubby McQuilken
 * Pixie
 * Perfectionist
 * Gigi
 * Mary Volcanus

Organizations

 * Sebben & Sebben
 * Birdteam
 * Shoyu Weenie
 * KPHIL
 * Sebben Laboratories

Locations

 * United States
 * Sebben & Sebben offices
 * Boobies
 * X's residence
 * Courthouse
 * Flicks-A-Lux
 * Harvey's apartment
 * South Dakota
 * Mount Rushmore
 * Las Vegas
 * Javalux
 * Duplication Services
 * Banana factory
 * Lobster factory
 * Clown car factory
 * KPHIL station
 * Canada
 * Newfoundland
 * Port St. Charles
 * Pouch Cove
 * Caymans
 * Hall of Justices
 * Chile
 * Easter Island

Objects

 * Superhero Sidekick Handbook
 * Birdlocator
 * Birdarang
 * Stitcholuxe
 * Carpetluxe
 * Death Pounder
 * Gone with the Wind
 * Crotchmaster 6
 * Jerry Bruckheimer's Guide to Home Movies
 * Modern Men of Stunt
 * Ol' Dirty Carny
 * Bronzoluxe Tanning Crème
 * Soundolux

Vehicles

 * Bus
 * Birdmobile
 * Speed Buggy

Filming
Phil being hit by a blimp is reused from the previous episode, "Juror in Court".

Music
The music is composed by Michael Kohler.

Behind the scenes

 * The episode title is a reference to "The Death of Superman" arc by DC Comics. Nikron is a parody of Doomsday, who was able to kill Superman. In the former, their confrontation leads to both of their deaths, while in the latter, Nitron and Harvey die for different reasons.
 * This episode is double the length of a regular episode.
 * It begins with a recap of the aforementioned previous episode.
 * Phil was believed to have been killed in "Babysitter".
 * The blimp advertises a bald eagle logo associated with The Colbert Report, hosted by Stephen Colbert.
 * Port St. Charles seems to be a parody of Cape St. Charles.
 * Potamus can still turn into "the creature" after his radioactive consumption in "Incredible Hippo".
 * Harvey refers to the Bronzoluxe Tanning Crème he used in "SPF".
 * The way the Bear leaves Harvey's wake is a parody of the ending of the TV series Cheers.

Errors

 * Harvey's 38 cases don't include Hair Bear presumably because that ended in a mistrial.
 * The billboard says "Old Dirty Carny" when it's supposed to be Ol' Dirty Carny.

Home availability

 * This is free to watch on the US geo-restricted Adult Swim website.