Bannon Custody Battle

"Bannon Custody Battle" is the first episode of Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law season one. It aired on December 30, 2000 on Cartoon Network. It was written by Michael Ouweleen and Erik Richter, and Pete Johnson and Steve Patrick, and directed by J.J. Sedelmaier. The Hanna-Barbera series ridiculed in this episode is Jonny Quest.

Race Bannon begins to act erratically, wanting custody of Jonny and Hadji from Dr. Quest.

Memorable quotes
Dr. Quest: You see, my longtime partner is challenging me for custody of my boys. Harvey: How long has she--. Dr. Quest: He. He's my travelling companion. We go on adventures together in steamy jungles and the like.

Harvey: I'll take the case! But first I need to speak to the boys. What are their names? Dr. Quest: Of course, their names. Certainly. Well, uh... Yes. Well, there's a blond one... The blond one who's name is... Oh, come on, Benton.

Characters
In order of appearance:

Mentioned and non-speaking characters are in italics


 * Race Bannon robot (Thom Pinto)
 * Dr. Benton Quest (Neil Ross)
 * Harvey Birdman (Gary Cole)
 * Avenger (Dee Baker)
 * Debbie
 * Jonny Quest (Dee Baker)
 * Hadji (Wally Wingert)
 * Vulturo (Neil Ross)
 * Judge Mightor (Gary Cole)
 * Bill, the Lizardman
 * Sea creature
 * Anubis
 * Baron Heinrich von Fruelich
 * Willy
 * Yeti
 * Monster crab
 * Dietrich Sorenson
 * Junga
 * Heinrich Von Duffel
 * Pgymy
 * Robot spy
 * Stan
 * Dr. Zin (Billy West)
 * Police officer
 * Janitor
 * Martina Navratilova
 * Race Bannon (Thom Pinto)
 * Bandit

Organizations

 * Sebben and Sebben

Locations

 * United States
 * Harvey Birdman's office
 * Courthouse
 * The Bird Cage
 * Zurich

Objects

 * Soundolux
 * Visolux

Vehicles

 * Dragonfly
 * Vulturecraft

Music
The music is composed by Michael Kohler.

Release
After a sneak peak on Cartoon Network around the 4am deathslot, it had its official premiere on September 2, 2001 during Cartoon Network's launch of their late night programming block, Adult Swim.

Behind the scenes

 * The episode frequently alludes to a homosexual relationship between Dr. Quest and Race.
 * Dee Baker, better known as Dee Bradley Baker, is uncredited for voicing Avenger.
 * Debbie isn't named in this episode.
 * The Visolux is based on the portable communicators the main characters used in Jonny Quest.

Errors

 * Despite the fact the lizard man on the stand says his first and last name is Lizardman, his colleagues call him Bill.
 * Bill and his colleagues (if they had actually appeared), Fruelich, Dietrich, and Duffel should be dead.
 * Despite the fact that Harvey is somewhat irked by the implied homosexuality of Dr. Quest, Harvey is repeatedly depicted as gay himself.

Home availability

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