Shoyu Weenie


 * You may also be looking for Shoyu Weenie's inspiration, the Chan Clan.

"Shoyu Weenie" is the fifth episode of Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law season one. It aired on July 21, 2002 on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim block. It was written by series creators, Michael Ouweleen and Erik Richter, and directed by Ben Jones. The Hanna-Barbera series ridiculed in this episode is The Amazing Chan and the Chan Clan, and to a lesser extent Jabberjaw. The main cast of the former has now been reworked as an entirely Japanese-only speaking family known as the Mirimotos/Shoyu Weenie.

Shoyu Weenie travels from Japan to America to sue the Neptunes for ripping off one of their songs.

Memorable quotes
Miko: Nan-shūkan mo tabete imasen. *I haven't eaten in weeks* Harvey: Aren't you cute.

Characters

 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Kenji Morimoto
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Tony Masa
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Miko Morimoto
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Jeanne Mori
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Seiko Morimoto
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Jeanne Mori
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Mr. Morimoto
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Toshi Toda
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Newscaster
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Jabberjaw
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Frank Welker
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Biff
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Frank Welker
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Shelly
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Bubbles
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Clamhead
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Harvey Birdman
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Gary Cole
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Avenger
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Adam Lawson
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Christian Slater
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Phil Ken Sebben
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Stephen Colbert
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Debbie (voice only)
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Grey Delisle
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Peanut
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Thomas Allen
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Myron Reducto
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Stephen Colbert
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Mr. Reducto (photo)
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Mrs. Reducto (photo)
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Dr. Gale Melody
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Grey Delisle
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Bailiff
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Steve Landesberg
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Judge Mentok
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| John Michael Higgins
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Foreman
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Clown
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Stenographer
 * style="background-color:#fff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Alexander
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| German newscaster
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#clear"| The Bear
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Dr. Gale Melody
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Grey Delisle
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Bailiff
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Steve Landesberg
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Judge Mentok
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| John Michael Higgins
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Foreman
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Clown
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Stenographer
 * style="background-color:#fff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Alexander
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| German newscaster
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#clear"| The Bear
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Alexander
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| German newscaster
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#clear"| The Bear
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| The Bear
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A

Organizations

 * Shoyu Weenie
 * The Neptunes
 * Sebben & Sebben
 * Freezoid, Zarog, & Skon
 * Columbia House
 * F.E.A.R.
 * Tschus Tschus
 * Helmut Spassmacher Productions

Locations

 * Tokyo, Japan
 * Tokyo Stadium
 * United States
 * Washington, D.C.
 * Sebben & Sebben offices
 * Bryn's
 * Reducto's residence
 * Courthouse
 * The Bird Cage
 * China (mentioned)

Objects

 * Bible

Vehicles

 * None

Music
The music was composed by Michael Kohler.

Release
Dates are in order of release:


 * United States: July 21, 2002 on Adult Swim (Cartoon Network)

Behind the scenes

 * "Shoyu Weenie" is a play on "Show your weenie."
 * Aside from the Chan Clan being changed, Dr. Melody is also a pastiche of Quinn Darien from the TV series Godzilla.

Errors

 * Some of the kids performing at Tokyo Stadium aren't the ones who traveled to America.
 * When Harvey blocks Reducto's laser, the sign of "The Bird Cage" changes the last word's position so that instead of being underneath the second word, it's now next to it.

Everlasting influence

 * The case is reopened in "The Death of Harvey."

Home availability

 * In the United States, it was first released onto DVD as part of Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law: Volume One on April 12, 2005, by Warner Home Video.
 * In the UK, Revolver Entertainment released the same DVD set on November 3, 2008, then re-released the episode as part of Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law: Seasons 1,2 & 3 on December 7, 2009.
 * In Australia, Madman Entertainment released the same set on April 7, 2007, then re-released the episode as part of Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law: The Complete Cases on November 28, 2012.