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{{Infobox episode | {{Infobox episode | ||
|image= | |image= [[File:Birdgirl and missing Judy photo.png|300px]] | ||
|caption= | |caption= | ||
|prodno= | |prodno= | ||
|premiere= August 14, 2005 | |channel= [[Adult Swim]] ([[Cartoon Network]]) | ||
|premiere= [[August 14]], [[2005]] | |||
|run_time= 11:35 | |run_time= 11:35 | ||
|writers= [[Michael | |cast= [[Gary Cole]]<br />[[Stephen Colbert]]<br />[[Thomas Allen]]<br />[[Paget Brewster]]<br />[[John Michael Higgins]]<br />[[Peter MacNicol]]<br />[[Bill Farmer]]<br />[[Maurice LaMarche]] | ||
|music= [[Michael Kohler]] | |||
|writers= [[Michael Ouweleen]]<br />[[Erik Richter]] | |||
|directors= [[Richard Ferguson-Hull]] | |directors= [[Richard Ferguson-Hull]] | ||
|previous= X Gets the Crest | |previous= X Gets the Crest | ||
|next= Turner Classic Birdman | |next= Turner Classic Birdman | ||
}} | }} | ||
'''"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 [[Michael | '''"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 | 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== | ==Detailed summary== | ||
==Memorable quotes== | ==Memorable quotes== | ||
==Characters== | ==Characters== | ||
{{CastTop}} | |||
|- | |||
| style="background-color:#clear"| [[Snagglepuss Lion]] | |||
| style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A | |||
|- | |||
| style="background-color:#clear"| [[Shazzan (character)|Shazzan]] (photo) | |||
| style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A | |||
|- | |||
| style="background-color:#clear"| [[Hadji]] (photo) | |||
| style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A | |||
|- | |||
| style="background-color:#clear"| [[Morocco Mole]] | |||
| style="background-color:#clear"| [[Maurice LaMarche]] | |||
|- | |||
| 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"| [[Phil Ken Sebben]] | |||
| style="background-color:#clear"| [[Stephen Colbert]] | |||
|- | |||
| style="background-color:#clear"| [[Birdgirl (character)|Judy Ken Sebben/Birdgirl]] | |||
| style="background-color:#clear"| [[Paget Brewster]] | |||
|- | |||
| style="background-color:#clear"| [[Avenger]] | |||
| style="background-color:#clear"| Unavailable | |||
|- | |||
| style="background-color:#clear"| [[Secret Squirrel (character)|Secret Squirrel]] | |||
| style="background-color:#clear"| [[Bill Farmer]] | |||
|- | |||
| style="background-color:#clear"| [[George Washington]] (picture) | |||
| style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A | |||
|- | |||
| style="background-color:#clear"| [[Ernie Devlin]] | |||
| style="background-color:#clear"| Unavailable | |||
|- | |||
| style="background-color:#clear"| [[Tangy Devlin]] | |||
| style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A | |||
|- | |||
| style="background-color:#clear"| [[Inch High]] | |||
| style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A | |||
|- | |||
| style="background-color:#clear"| [[List of unnamed Birdman characters|Janitor]] | |||
| style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A | |||
|- | |||
| style="background-color:#clear"| [[Doggie Daddy]] (photo) | |||
| style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A | |||
|- | |||
| style="background-color:#clear"| [[Apache Chief]] (photo) | |||
| style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A | |||
|- | |||
| style="background-color:#clear"| [[Mentok, the Mindtaker|Judge Mentok]] | |||
| style="background-color:#clear"| [[John Michael Higgins]] | |||
|- | |||
| style="background-color:#clear"| [[Myron Reducto]] | |||
| style="background-color:#clear"| Stephen Colbert | |||
|- | |||
| style="background-color:#clear"| [[X, the Eliminator]] | |||
| style="background-color:#clear"| [[Peter MacNicol]] | |||
|- | |||
|style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| [[Victoria Principal]] | |||
|- | |||
| style="background-color:#clear"| [[Zardo]] | |||
| style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A | |||
|- | |||
| style="background-color:#clear"| [[List of unnamed Birdman characters|Bailiff]] | |||
| style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A | |||
|- | |||
| style="background-color:#clear"| [[George W. Bush|President George W. Bush]] | |||
| style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A | |||
|- | |||
|style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| [[Curly]] | |||
|- | |||
| style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| [[Alazar]] (picture) | |||
| style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A | |||
|- | |||
| style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| [[John Stewart]] (picture) | |||
| style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A | |||
|- | |||
| style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| [[Michael Moore]] (picture) | |||
| style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A | |||
|- | |||
| style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| [[Kim Jong-il]] (picture) | |||
| style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A | |||
|- | |||
| style="background-color:#clear"| [[Fred Flintstone]] | |||
| style="background-color:#clear"| Maurice LaMarche | |||
|- | |||
| style="background-color:#clear"| [[List of unnamed Birdman characters|Monk]] | |||
| style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A | |||
|- | |||
{{CastBottom}} | |||
==Organizations== | ==Organizations== | ||
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* [[Dixie Chicks]] | * [[Dixie Chicks]] | ||
* CIA | * CIA | ||
* [[Birdteam]] | |||
==Locations== | ==Locations== | ||
* [[Morocco]] | * [[Earth]] | ||
** [[Fez]] | ** [[Morocco]] | ||
* [[Algeria]] | *** [[Fez]] | ||
** [[Gitmole]] | ** [[Algeria]] | ||
** Sandals | *** [[Gitmole]] | ||
* [[United States]] | *** Sandals | ||
** Sebben & Sebben offices | ** [[United States]] | ||
** Sebben residence | *** [[Washington, D.C.]] | ||
** Courthouse | **** Sebben & Sebben offices | ||
** X's residence | **** [[Bedrock]] (indirectly mentioned) | ||
** Hospital | **** Sebben residence | ||
* [[North Korea]] | **** Courthouse | ||
* [[Iran]] | *** [[X, the Eliminator's residence]] | ||
* [[China]] | *** Hospital | ||
** [[North Korea]] (flag) | |||
** [[Iran]] (flag) | |||
** [[China]] (mentioned) | |||
==Objects== | ==Objects== | ||
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==Vehicles== | ==Vehicles== | ||
* [[Birdmobile | * [[Birdmobile]] | ||
==Production== | ==Production== | ||
===Development=== | ===Development=== | ||
===Filming=== | ===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== | ==Behind the scenes== | ||
* The episode title is a cross between the film ''Birdman of Alcatraz'' | * 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]]." | ||
* Birdgirl's introduction turns the show into a parody of the live-action | * This is the first appearance of the new incarnation of Birdgirl. Birdgirl didn't have a civilian identity in the original ''Birdman'' series. | ||
* 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. | * 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 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. | * 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]]". | * 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== | ==Errors== | ||
* | * | ||
==Critical reception== | |||
==Home availability== | ==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== | ==References== | ||
<references/> | <references/> | ||
[[Category:2005]] | |||
[[Category:Adult Swim]] | |||
[[Category:Attorney at Law episodes]] | |||
[[Category:Birdman episodes]] | |||
[[Category:Birdman]] | |||
[[Category:Directed by Richard Ferguson-Hull]] | |||
[[Category:Episodes]] | [[Category:Episodes]] | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:Williams Street]] | ||
[[Category:Written by Erik Richter]] | |||
[[Category:Written by Michael Ouweleen]] |
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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
In order of appearance: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Organizations
Locations
- Earth
- Morocco
- Algeria
- Gitmole
- Sandals
- United States
- Washington, D.C.
- Sebben & Sebben offices
- Bedrock (indirectly mentioned)
- Sebben residence
- Courthouse
- X, the Eliminator's residence
- Hospital
- Washington, D.C.
- North Korea (flag)
- Iran (flag)
- China (mentioned)
Objects
- Stapluxe
- Reducto's shrink gun
Vehicles
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.