Mindless

"Mindless" is the tenth episode of Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law season three, and the thirtieth overall. It aired on September 25, 2005 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 Top Cat.

Top Cat gets himself and Harvey arrested after he turns the latter's apartment into his own private casino. The "Mindless" part comes from a b-story with Mentok who misplaces the mind of Spyro after he switched it with a dog after Spyro's case bored him.

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"| Inch High
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Frida Kahlo
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Avenger
 * style="background-color:#clear"|
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Benny the Ball
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Maurice LaMarche
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Evelyn Spyro Throckmorton
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Michael McKean
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Dum Dum
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Maurice LaMarche
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Judge Mentok
 * style="background-color:#clear"| John Michael Higgins
 * style="background-color:#clear"| M''mboku
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Lizard Men
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Top Cat
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Tom Kenny
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Peter Potamus (neon picture)
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Big El
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| John Michael Higgins
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Momtok
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| John Michael Higgins
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Buttons
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Scrappy-Doo
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Gigi
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Debi Mae West
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Woman
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Debi Mae West
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Brian
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Unavaialable
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Fancy Fancy
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Chris Edgerly
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Choo Choo
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Tom Kenny
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Speed Buggy (photo)
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Gloop
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Gleep
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Lady Intrepid
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Starla
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Phil Ken Sebben (picture)
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Magilla Gorilla
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Grape Ape
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| The Bear
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Nun
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Chris Edgerly
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Choo Choo
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Tom Kenny
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Speed Buggy (photo)
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Gloop
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Gleep
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Lady Intrepid
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Starla
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Phil Ken Sebben (picture)
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Magilla Gorilla
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Grape Ape
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| The Bear
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Nun
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Magilla Gorilla
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Grape Ape
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| The Bear
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Nun
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Nun
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Unavailable

Organizations

 * Sebben & Sebben

Locations

 * Washington, D.C.
 * Sebben & Sebben offices
 * Courthouse
 * Pound
 * The Third Leg
 * Harvey's residence
 * Javalux
 * Jailhouse
 * Mentok's residence
 * Birdman's lair (photo)

Objects

 * Times

Vehicles

 * Harvey's car
 * Mentok's car
 * Speed Buggy

Music
The music was composed by Michael Kohler.

Release
Dates are in order of release:


 * United States: September 25, 2005 on Adult Swim (Cartoon Network)

Behind the scenes

 * The Third Leg strip club is a visual euphemism for Top Cat not feeling his groin. The neon picture of Potamus on the strip club is a reference to him having said that very euphemism after Harvey accidentally blasted Potamus's groin in "Harvey's Civvy."
 * Mentok's home movie of when he was a baby being sent to Earth from another planet is a parody of Superman as a baby being sent from the doomed planet of Krypton to Earth.
 * Mentok and Gigi watch the same movie as Phil and Birdgirl watched in the previous episode, "Return of Birdgirl".

Errors

 * Edgerly is credited for voicing Potamus, although he doesn't appear in the flesh.

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.