Grodin

"Grodin" is the fifth episode of Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law season four, and the thirty-seventh overall. It aired on October 29, 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. The Hanna-Barbera series ridiculed in this episode is Ernie Devlin.

Ernie Devlin has been sued again for his defective toy injuring the same fanboy. Meanwhile, X the Eliminator gets a supervillain makeover.

Characters

 * style="background-color:#clear"| Harvey Birdman
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Gary Cole
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Peanut
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Thomas Allen
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Scrappy-Doo
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Tangy Devlin
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Paget Brewster
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Ernie Devlin
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Toby Huss
 * style="background-color:#clear"| X the Eliminator
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Peter MacNicol
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Deadly Duplicator
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Doctor Zin
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Zardo
 * style="background-color:#clear"| John Michael Higgins
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Victoria Principal
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Perfectionist
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Omid Djalili
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Bobby
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Omid Djalili
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Nurse
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Bank guard
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| Peter MacNicol
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Stan Freezoid
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Maurice LaMarche
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Bird
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Maurice LaMarche
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Mentok the Mindtaker
 * style="background-color:#clear"| John Michael Higgins
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Cop
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Janitor
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Birdgirl
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Paget Brewster
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Spider kid
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Grey DeLisle
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Spider-Man (picture)
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Overweight kid
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Spider-Man (picture)
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Super kid
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Avenger
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Cop
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Janitor
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Birdgirl
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Paget Brewster
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Spider kid
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Grey DeLisle
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Spider-Man (picture)
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Overweight kid
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Spider-Man (picture)
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Super kid
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Avenger
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Spider-Man (picture)
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Super kid
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Avenger
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Avenger
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Unavailable

Organizations

 * Sebben & Sebben
 * AOL (logo)
 * Freezoid, Zarog, & Skon

Locations

 * Washington, D.C.
 * Sebben & Sebben offices
 * Courthouse
 * Javalux
 * X's residence
 * Deadly Duplicator's residence
 * Zardo's residence
 * National Bank of Yermamma

Objects

 * Devlin Death Trap
 * Ol' Dirty Carny
 * X, the Eliminator
 * Birdray

Music
The music was composed by Michael Kohler.

Release
Dates are in order of release:


 * United States: October 29, 2006 on Adult Swim (Cartoon Network)

Behind the scenes

 * The episode is named after actor Charles Grodin.
 * Devlin last hired Harvey in "The Devlin Made Me Do It".
 * Apache Chief is holding his coffee away from his body as he walks to avoid the accident that happened in "Very Personal Injury".
 * Brewster and DeLisle replace Patience Cleveland and Joseph Seal as Tangy and Bobby, respectively, as Cleveland had died and Seal retired from acting, although he probably would've been too old to still voice Bobby even if he hadn't retired.
 * Judy leaving on her Birdgirl costume while heading Sebben & Sebben is the problem she faced 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.