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Bird Girl of Guantanamole
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Network	Adult Swim (Cartoon Network)
Premiere date	August 14, 2005
Run time	11:35
Starring	Gary Cole; Stephen Colbert; Thomas Allen; Paget Brewster; John Michael Higgins; Peter MacNicol; Bill Farmer; Maurice LaMarche
Music composed by	Michael Kohler
Writer(s)	Michael Ouweleen; Erik Richter
Director(s)	Richard Ferguson-Hull
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"Bird Girl of Guantanamole" is the fourth episode of Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law season three, and the twenty-fourth overall. It aired on August 14, 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 both Secret Squirrel and Morocco Mole and Birdman itself.

Harvey represents Morocco Mole in a trial to be released from a prison camp in the Middle East, while Judy Ken Sebben comes on a little thick as Harvey's wannabe sidekick, Birdgirl.

Detailed summary

Memorable quotes

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Snagglepuss Lion	N/A
Shazzan (photo)	N/A
Hadji (photo)	N/A
Morocco Mole	Maurice LaMarche
Harvey Birdman	Gary Cole
Peanut	Thomas Allen
Phil Ken Sebben	Stephen Colbert
Judy Ken Sebben/Birdgirl	Paget Brewster
Avenger	Unavailable
Secret Squirrel	Bill Farmer
George Washington (picture)	N/A
Ernie Devlin	Unavailable
Tangy Devlin	N/A
Inch High	N/A
Janitor	N/A
Doggie Daddy (photo)	N/A
Apache Chief (photo)	N/A
Judge Mentok	John Michael Higgins
Myron Reducto	Stephen Colbert
X, the Eliminator	Peter MacNicol
Victoria Principal
Zardo	N/A
Bailiff	N/A
President George W. Bush	N/A
Curly
Alazar (picture)	N/A
John Stewart (picture)	N/A
Michael Moore (picture)	N/A
Kim Jong-il (picture)	N/A
Fred Flintstone	Maurice LaMarche
Monk	N/A

Organizations

Locations

Earth
- Morocco
  - Fez
- Algeria
  - Gitmole
  - Sandals
- United States
  - Washington, D.C.
    - Sebben & Sebben offices
    - Bedrock (indirectly mentioned)
    - Sebben residence
    - Courthouse
  - X, the Eliminator's residence
  - Hospital
- North Korea (flag)
- Iran (flag)
- China (mentioned)

Objects

Stapluxe
Reducto's shrink gun

Vehicles

Birdmobile

Production

Development

Filming

Music

The music was composed by Michael Kohler.

Release

Dates are in order of release:

United States: August 14, 2005 on Adult Swim (Cartoon Network)

Behind the scenes

The episode title is a cross between the film Birdman of Alcatraz and the detention camp at Guantanamo Bay.
Secret's trial happened in "Blackwatch Plaid."
This is the first appearance of the new incarnation of Birdgirl. Birdgirl didn't have a civilian identity in the original Birdman series.
Birdgirl's introduction turns the show into a parody of the live-action 1960s Batman TV series, which includes the Birdphone, Birdmobile, a secret button in a bust of Phil Ken Sebben to reveal the Birdpoles, Birdsignal, fights with the bad guys with colorful words to point it out like "Punch!" and "Pun!" along with reminiscent music, and the mirroring of Batgirl/Judy trying to keep her secret from father as did Batgirl/Barbara from Commissioner Gordon.
Following the previous episode where Harvey had a calendar with Victoria Principal's birthday marked for January 3rd (with a reminder on January 2nd), X now has the same calendar marking.
Judy and Phil's relationship is not based on the original Birdman cartoon.
Birdgirl's lawyer diploma is dated March 31, 1968.
When Reducto addresses Mr. Mole, Harvey's "mole" reappears from "SPF."
When Fred Flintstone pops up and says, "You're dead to me can opener," it is a recreation of what happened in "The Dabba Don".
Ouweleen, Richter, and Brewster provide audio commentary for this episode on DVD releases.

Errors

Critical reception

Home availability

In the United States:
- October 10, 2006: Warner Home Video releases Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law: Volume Two on DVD.
In Australia:
- December 12, 2007: Madman Entertainment releases Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law: Volume Two on DVD.
- November 28, 2012: Madman Entertainment releases Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law: The Complete Cases on DVD.
In the United Kingdom and Ireland:
- December 7, 2009: Revolver Entertainment releases Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law: Volume Two on DVD.
- December 7, 2009: Revolver Entertainment releases Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law: Seasons 1,2 & 3 on DVD.

References

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-'''"Bird Girl of Guantanamole"''' is the fourth episode of ''[[Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law]]'' season three, and the twenty-fourth overall. It aired on August 14, 2005 on [[Cartoon Network]]'s [[Adult Swim]] block. It was written by series creators, [[Michael Ouweleen]] and [[Erik Richter]], and directed by [[Richard Ferguson-Hull]]. The [[Hanna-Barbera]] series ridiculed in this episode is both ''[[Secret Squirrel (segments)|Secret Squirrel and Morocco Mole]]'' and ''[[Birdman (segments)|Birdman]]'' itself.
+'''"Bird Girl of Guantanamole"''' is the fourth episode of ''[[Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law]]'' season three, and the twenty-fourth overall. It aired on [[August 14]], [[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 both ''[[Secret Squirrel and Morocco Mole]]'' and ''[[Birdman (segments)|Birdman]]'' itself.
 Harvey represents Morocco Mole in a trial to be released from a prison camp in the Middle East, while Judy Ken Sebben comes on a little thick as Harvey's wannabe sidekick, Birdgirl.
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-| style="background-color:#clear"| [[Shazzan]] (photo)
+| style="background-color:#clear"| [[Shazzan (character)|Shazzan]] (photo)
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-| style="background-color:#clear"| [[Birdman|Harvey Birdman]]
+| style="background-color:#clear"| [[Harvey Birdman]]
 | style="background-color:#clear"| [[Gary Cole]]
 |-
-| style="background-color:#clear"| [[Birdboy|Peanut]]
+| style="background-color:#clear"| [[Peanut]]
 | style="background-color:#clear"| [[Thomas Allen]]
 |-
-| style="background-color:#clear"| [[Falcon 7|Phil Ken Sebben]]
+| style="background-color:#clear"| [[Phil Ken Sebben]]
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 |-
-| style="background-color:#clear"| [[Birdgirl|Judy Ken Sebben]]
+| style="background-color:#clear"| [[Birdgirl (character)|Judy Ken Sebben/Birdgirl]]
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 | style="background-color:#clear"| [[Bill Farmer]]
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-| style="background-color:#clear"| Paget Brewster
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 |-
-| style="background-color:#clear"| [[Reducto|Myron Reducto]]
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 | style="background-color:#clear"| Stephen Colbert
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 ==Locations==
-* [[Morocco]]
+* [[Earth]]
-** [[Fez]]
+** [[Morocco]]
-* [[Algeria]]
+*** [[Fez]]
-** [[Gitmole]]
+** [[Algeria]]
-** Sandals
+*** [[Gitmole]]
-* [[United States]]
+*** Sandals
-** [[Washington, D.C.]]
+** [[United States]]
-*** Sebben & Sebben offices
+*** [[Washington, D.C.]]
-*** [[Bedrock]] (indirectly mentioned)
+**** Sebben & Sebben offices
-*** Sebben residence
+**** [[Bedrock]] (indirectly mentioned)
-*** Courthouse
+**** Sebben residence
-** [[X the Eliminator's residence]]
+**** Courthouse
-** Hospital
+*** [[X, the Eliminator's residence]]
-* [[North Korea]] (flag)
+*** Hospital
-* [[Iran]] (flag)
+** [[North Korea]] (flag)
-* [[China]] (mentioned)
+** [[Iran]] (flag)
+** [[China]] (mentioned)
 ==Objects==
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 ==Music==
 The music was composed by [[Michael Kohler]].
+==Release==
+Dates are in order of release:
+* United States: August 14, 2005 on Adult Swim (Cartoon Network)
 ==Behind the scenes==
 * The episode title is a cross between the film ''Birdman of Alcatraz'' and the detention camp at Guantanamo Bay.
-* Secret's trial happened in "[[Blackwatch Plaid]]".
+* Secret's trial happened in "[[Blackwatch Plaid]]."
 * This is the first appearance of the new incarnation of Birdgirl. Birdgirl didn't have a civilian identity in the original ''Birdman'' series.
-* Birdgirl's introduction turns the show into a parody of the live-action 1960's ''Batman'' TV series, which includes the Birdphone, Birdmobile, a secret button in a bust of Phil Ken Sebben to reveal the Birdpoles, Birdsignal, fights with the bad guys with colorful words to point it out like "Punch!" and "Pun!" along with reminiscent music, and the mirroring of Batgirl/Judy trying to keep her secret from father as did Batgirl/Barbara from Commissioner Gordon.
+* Birdgirl's introduction turns the show into a parody of the live-action [[1960s]] ''Batman'' TV series, which includes the Birdphone, Birdmobile, a secret button in a bust of Phil Ken Sebben to reveal the Birdpoles, Birdsignal, fights with the bad guys with colorful words to point it out like "Punch!" and "Pun!" along with reminiscent music, and the mirroring of Batgirl/Judy trying to keep her secret from father as did Batgirl/Barbara from Commissioner Gordon.
-* Following the previous episode where Harvey had a calendar with Victoria Principal's birthday marked for January 3rd (with a reminder on January 2nd), X now has the same calendar marking.
+* Following the previous episode where Harvey had a calendar with Victoria Principal's birthday marked for [[January 3|January 3rd]] (with a reminder on [[January 2|January 2nd]]), X now has the same calendar marking.
 * Judy and Phil's relationship is not based on the original ''Birdman'' cartoon.
-* When Reducto addresses Mr. Mole, Harvey's "mole" reappears from "[[SPF]]".
+* Birdgirl's lawyer diploma is dated [[March 31]], [[1968]].
+* When Reducto addresses Mr. Mole, Harvey's "mole" reappears from "[[SPF]]."
 * When Fred Flintstone pops up and says, "You're dead to me can opener," it is a recreation of what happened in "[[The Dabba Don]]".
 * Ouweleen, Richter, and Brewster provide audio commentary for this episode on DVD releases.
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 *
+==Critical reception==
 ==Home availability==
-* This is free to watch on the US geo-restricted [https://www.adultswim.com/videos/harvey-birdman-attorney-at-law/bird-girl-of-guantanamole Adult Swim website].
+* In the United States:
+** [[October 10]], [[2006]]: [[Warner Home Video]] releases ''[[Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law: Volume Two]]'' on DVD.
+* In [[Australia]]:
+** [[December 12]], [[2007]]: [[Madman Entertainment]] releases ''Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law: Volume Two'' on DVD.
+** [[November 28]], [[2012]]: Madman Entertainment releases ''[[Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law: The Complete Cases]]'' on DVD.
+* In the United Kingdom and [[Ireland]]:
+** [[December 7]], [[2009]]: [[Revolver Entertainment]] releases ''Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law: Volume Two'' on DVD.
+** [[December 7]], [[2009]]: Revolver Entertainment releases ''[[Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law: Seasons 1,2 & 3]]'' on DVD.
 ==References==
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+[[Category:2005]]
+[[Category:Adult Swim]]
+[[Category:Attorney at Law episodes]]
 [[Category:Birdman episodes]]
-[[Category:Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law episodes]]
+[[Category:Birdman]]
+[[Category:Directed by Richard Ferguson-Hull]]
+[[Category:Episodes]]
+[[Category:Williams Street]]
+[[Category:Written by Erik Richter]]
+[[Category:Written by Michael Ouweleen]]