Pilot (Birdgirl)

"Pilot" is the first episode of Birdgirl season one. It aired on April 5, 2021 on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim. It was written by series creators, Michael Ouweleen and Erik Richter, and directed by Richard Fergusion-Hall.

When Phil Ken Sebben is declared dead, Birdgirl, not Judy, is named his successor.

Characters

 * style="background-color:#clear"| Phil Ken Sebben
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Birdgirl/Judy Ken Sebben
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Paget Brewster
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Drinks guy
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Birdcat/Mr. Peter Pants
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Reporter #1
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Reporter #2
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Dog with Bucket Hat
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| John Doman
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Charlie
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Lorelei Ramirez
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Jessica
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Phil Ken Sebben impersonator
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Harvey Birdman (photo)
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Scot
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Gillian Sans
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Kether Donahue
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Meredith
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Negin Farsad
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Brian O'Brien
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Rob Delaney
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Calypsis model
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Stew
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Paul
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Tony Hale
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Gillian Sans
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Kether Donahue
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Meredith
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Negin Farsad
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Brian O'Brien
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Rob Delaney
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Calypsis model
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Stew
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Paul
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Tony Hale
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Stew
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Paul
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Tony Hale
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Paul
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Tony Hale

Organizations

 * Sebben & Sebben Worldwide
 * Birdteam

Locations

 * Sebben & Sebben Worldwide headquarters
 * Birdgirl's apartment
 * Washington, D.C.
 * The White House

Objects

 * Picayune-Standard
 * The Daily Newspaper
 * Municipal Times
 * Metro News
 * Daily Argus Journal
 * City News Daily
 * The Bold Headline
 * The Dead Tree
 * Passé
 * The Bridge & Tunneler
 * Tabz
 * Paleo Media
 * Calypsis

Vehicles

 * Nothing of importance

Filming
It was copyrighted in 2021.

Music
The music was composed by Michael Kohler, although he's not expressly credited as such. Instead, he's credited for dialogue and other sound edits. The theme song was performed by Leikeli47 and Michael Barney.

Release
Dates are in order of release:


 * United States: April 4 2021 on the Adult Swim YouTube channel (preview), April 5, 2021 on Adult Swim (Cartoon Network)
 * United Kingdom & Ireland: June 21, 2021 at 11:00pm on E4

Behind the scenes

 * Phil's attraction to Birdgirl is mentioned.
 * This is the second time Phil has died, although this time it seems permanent.
 * In Judy's apartment, there are photos of her time as Birdgirl working at the White House in Harvey Birdman: Attorney General.
 * Brian's presentation boards say 2020.

Errors

 * When Judy is talking to her staff, Jessica is both outside the building and in the conference room.

Everlasting influence
Even though Judy assigns her team all names at the end of this episode, they don't come into play until "Baltimo."

Trailers
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