Harvey's Civvy

Harvey's Civvy
Premiere date	July 31, 2005
Run time	11:42
Writer(s)	Michael Ouweleen and Erik Richter
Director(s)	Richard Ferguson-Hull
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"Harvey's Civvy" is the second episode of Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law season three, and the twenty-second overall. It aired on July 31, 2005 on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim block. It was written by series creator, 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 Birdman itself.

After Murro files an injury lawsuit against Harvey, he faces a whole courtroom of his past foes out to get justice.

Memorable quotes

Harvey: What's going on?
Potamus: Pride weekend?

Potamus: That thing...That thing! Ladies and gentlemen, what you are here to answer...the question that, frankly, is never far...from my own mind is...Did...you...get...that...thing...Did you get that thing...that...I sent you?

Judge Mentok: Ask him the question.
Potamus: Eh, did you...
Judge Mentok: Go on...
Potamus: Did you get that thing I sent you?
Shado: The thing you sent? I'm sure I did! One moment.

Potamus: I can't feel my leg! My third leg!

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Gardner F. Murro	Paul Adelstein
Harvey Birdman	Gary Cole
Avenger	Unavailable
Speed Racer	Unavailable
Peanut	Thomas Allen
Chim Chim	Unavailable
Peter Potamus	Chris Edgerly
Francis X. Shado	Toby Huss
Zarog (drawing)	N/A
Skon (drawing)	N/A
Savanna	Kym Whitley
Janitor	N/A
Sal Constrictor	Unavailable
Speed Demon	N/A
Dick Cheney	N/A
Gigi	N/A
Judge Mentok	John Michael Higgins
Stenographer	N/A
Deadly Duplicator	N/A
Barracuda	Chris Edgerly
Professor Nightshade	Paul Adelstein
President George W. Bush	N/A
Cumulus	Chris Edgerly
President George W. Bush	N/A
Ernie Devlin	Toby Huss
Nurse	N/A
Droopy	N/A
Bailiff	N/A
The Bear	N/A

Organizations

• Sebben & Sebben
• Freezoid, Zarog, & Skon
• Major League Baseball (mentioned)

Locations

• United States
  • Washington, D.C.
    • Sebben & Sebben offices
    • Boobies
    • Lucky Spa (mentioned)
    • Courthouse
    • The Birdcage
• New York (mentioned)
  • South Dakota
    • Mount Rushmore
• England
  • London
    • Buckingham Palace
• Italy
  • Rome
    • Vatican City
• The Moon

Vehicles

• None

Music

The music was composed by Michael Kohler.

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: July 31, 2005 on Adult Swim (Cartoon Network)

Behind the scenes

• This episode acts as a sequel to the Birdman episode "Murro the Marauder", which was made in 1967, and is stated to have happened the same year.
• The janitor at Sebben & Sebben also works at Boobies.
• Droopy is still smiling due to his botox mishap from "Droopy Botox".
• The Speed Racer property as a whole is not licensed to either Warner Bros. (although they were working on a film at the time) or Turner, although the original anime had been airing on Cartoon Network and Boomerang. At the time, the American license was owned by Speed Racer Enterprises.
• After Avenger kills Chim Chim, he dresses up like Spritle Racer, Speed's younger brother.
• Ouweleen, Richter, and Higgins provide audio commentary for this episode on DVD releases.

Errors

• Shado's card and letters read "Zarog, Freezoid, & Skon".

Home availability

• * In the United States, it was first released onto DVD as part of Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law: Volume Two on October 10, 2006, by Warner Home Video.
• In the UK, Revolver Entertainment released the same DVD set on December 7, 2009, and also on the same day, the episode was collected together with the rest of the series in Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law: Seasons 1,2 & 3.
• In Australia, Madman Entertainment released the same set on December 12, 2007, then re-released the episode as part of Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law: The Complete Cases on November 28, 2012.