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{{Infobox episode | {{Infobox episode | ||
|image= [[File:Wolves get Judy.png|300px]] | |image= [[File:Wolves get Judy.png|300px]] | ||
|caption= | |caption= See, when [[Hanna-Barbera]] didn't want to use [[Judy Jetson|Judy]], they'd just not write her in the episode at all. | ||
|prodno= | |prodno= | ||
|premiere= May 9, 2004 | |channel= [[Adult Swim]] ([[Cartoon Network]]) | ||
|premiere= [[May 9]], [[2004]] | |||
|run_time= 11:10 | |run_time= 11:10 | ||
|cast= [[Gary Cole]]<br />[[Stephen Colbert]]<br />[[Thomas Allen]]<br />[[Chris Edgerly]]<br />[[Wally Wingert]]<br />[[Diane Michelle]]<br />[[Tom Kenny]]<br />[[Maurice LaMarche]] | |||
|music= [[Michael Kohler]] | |||
|writers= [[Michael Ouweleen]] | |writers= [[Michael Ouweleen]] | ||
|directors= [[Richard Ferguson-Hull]] | |directors= [[Richard Ferguson-Hull]] | ||
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|next= Blackwatch Plaid | |next= Blackwatch Plaid | ||
}} | }} | ||
'''"Back to the Present"''' is the fifth episode of ''[[Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law]]'' season two, and the fourteenth overall. It aired on May 9, 2004 | '''"Back to the Present"''' is the fifth episode of ''[[Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law]]'' season two, and the fourteenth overall. It aired on [[May 9]], [[2004]] on [[Cartoon Network]]'s [[Adult Swim]] block. It was written by co-creator, [[Michael Ouweleen]], produced by [[Evan W. Adler]], and directed by [[Richard Ferguson-Hull]]. The [[Hanna-Barbera]] series ridiculed in this episode is ''[[The Jetsons (TV series)|The Jetsons]]''. | ||
In a confusing time travel plot, 2002 sees the end of Earth when it falls to global warming, prompting the Jetsons to travel back (yes, back) to 2004 and sue civilization. | In a confusing time travel plot, [[2002]] sees the end of Earth when it falls to global warming, prompting the Jetsons to travel back (yes, back) to 2004 and sue civilization. | ||
==Detailed summary== | ==Detailed summary== | ||
==Memorable quotes== | ==Memorable quotes== | ||
'''Potamus:''' Hey, Birdman! Get that thing I sent ya? | '''Potamus:''' Hey, Birdman! Get that thing I sent ya? | ||
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|style="background-color:#clear"| Unavailable | |style="background-color:#clear"| Unavailable | ||
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|style="background-color:#clear"| [[ | |style="background-color:#clear"| [[Peanut]] | ||
|style="background-color:#clear"| Thomas Allen | |style="background-color:#clear"| Thomas Allen | ||
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|style="background-color:#clear"| [[ | |style="background-color:#clear"| [[Harvey Birdman]] | ||
|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Gary Cole]] | |style="background-color:#clear"| [[Gary Cole]] | ||
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|style="background-color:#clear"| Diane Michelle | |style="background-color:#clear"| Diane Michelle | ||
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|style="background-color:#clear"| [[ | |style="background-color:#clear"| [[Phil Ken Sebben]] | ||
|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Stephen Colbert]] | |style="background-color:#clear"| [[Stephen Colbert]] | ||
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|style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A | |style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A | ||
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|style="background-color:#clear"| [[ | |style="background-color:#clear"| [[Stan Freezoid]] | ||
|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Maurice LaMarche]] | |style="background-color:#clear"| [[Maurice LaMarche]] | ||
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|style="background-color:#clear"| [[John Michael Higgins]] | |style="background-color:#clear"| [[John Michael Higgins]] | ||
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|style="background-color:#clear"| Bailiff | |style="background-color:#clear"| [[List of unnamed Birdman characters|Bailiff]] | ||
|style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A | |style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A | ||
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|style="background-color:#clear"| Tom Kenny | |style="background-color:#clear"| Tom Kenny | ||
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|style="background-color:#clear"| [[ | |style="background-color:#clear"| [[Myron Reducto]] | ||
|style="background-color:#clear"| Stephen Colbert | |style="background-color:#clear"| Stephen Colbert | ||
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|style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Gary Cole | |style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Gary Cole | ||
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|style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Industrial Lathe Man | |style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| [[Industrial Lathe Man]] | ||
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|style="background-color:# | |style="background-color:#clear"| [[George W. Bush|President George W. Bush]] | ||
|style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A | |style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A | ||
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|style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| [[O.J. Simpson]] | |style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| [[O.J. Simpson]] | ||
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|style="background-color:#clear"| [[The Bear]] | |style="background-color:#clear"| [[The Bear]] | ||
|style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A | |style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A | ||
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|style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| [[ | |style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| [[Doctor Emmett Brown]] | ||
|style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A | |style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A | ||
|- | |- | ||
|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Jabberjaw]] | |style="background-color:#clear"| [[Jabberjaw (character)|Jabberjaw]] | ||
|style="background-color:#clear"| Unavailable | |style="background-color:#clear"| Unavailable | ||
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==Locations== | ==Locations== | ||
* [[Orbit City]] | * [[Earth]] | ||
** [[Skypad Apartments]] | ** [[United States]] | ||
*** Jetson apartment | *** [[Orbit City]] | ||
* [[Washington, D.C.]] | **** [[Skypad Apartments]] | ||
** Sebben & Sebben offices | ***** [[Jetson apartment]] | ||
** Courthouse | *** [[Washington, D.C.]] | ||
** [[Ling Ling Burger]] | **** Sebben & Sebben offices | ||
* [[Florida]] | **** Courthouse | ||
**** [[Ling Ling Burger]] | |||
*** [[Florida]] | |||
==Objects== | ==Objects== | ||
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==Production== | ==Production== | ||
===Development=== | ===Development=== | ||
===Filming=== | ===Filming=== | ||
==Music== | |||
The music was composed by [[Michael Kohler]]. | |||
==Release== | |||
Dates are in order of release: | |||
* [[United States]]: May 9, 2004 on Adult Swim (Cartoon Network) | |||
==Behind the scenes== | ==Behind the scenes== | ||
* The episode title is a riff on the film ''Back to the Future''. The Jetsons also use the DeLorean, with its time-traveling capabilities to get back to their time, with Doc Brown popping up, with a reaction sounding similar to Christopher Lloyd who played him in the film. | * The episode title is a riff on the film ''Back to the Future''. The Jetsons also use the DeLorean, with its time-traveling capabilities to get back to their time, with Doc Brown popping up, with a reaction sounding similar to Christopher Lloyd who played him in the film. | ||
* This is the first episode not to feature [[Avenger]]. | * This is the first episode not to feature [[Avenger]]. | ||
* The recurring joke is that the Jetsons actually live in a dated society as some technology has far progressed what could possibly be imagined by the crew who made ''The Jetsons'' in the 1960s or 80s. | * The recurring joke is that the Jetsons actually live in a dated society as some technology has far progressed from what could possibly be imagined by the crew who made ''The Jetsons'' in the [[1960s]] or [[1980s|80s]]. | ||
* This is Orbitty's first appearance since the ''Jetsons'' episode "[[Two Many Georges]]" in 1987. | * This is Orbitty's first appearance since the ''Jetsons'' episode "[[Two Many Georges]]" in [[1987]]. | ||
* Mentok beams into the courtroom like the people from ''Star Trek'' would beam off and on the starship ''Enterprise''. | * Mentok beams into the courtroom like the people from ''Star Trek'' would beam off and on the starship ''Enterprise''. | ||
* Mentok's unfinished line of "O.J. is guilty" is a reference to O.J. Simpson's highly publicized murder trial in 1992, when the judge found him innocent of the deaths of his ex-wife and her friend. | * Mentok's unfinished line of "O.J. is guilty" is a reference to O.J. Simpson's highly publicized murder trial in 1992, when the judge found him innocent of the deaths of his ex-wife and her friend. | ||
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* | * | ||
==Everlasting influence== | |||
* Even though the Jetsons weren't sentenced to prison, they are released from prison in "[[Juror in Court]]," with the case reopened in "[[The Death of Harvey]]." | |||
==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:2004]] | |||
[[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 Michael Ouweleen]] |
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See, when Hanna-Barbera didn't want to use Judy, they'd just not write her in the episode at all. | |
Network | Adult Swim (Cartoon Network) |
Premiere date | May 9, 2004 |
Run time | 11:10 |
Starring | Gary Cole Stephen Colbert Thomas Allen Chris Edgerly Wally Wingert Diane Michelle Tom Kenny Maurice LaMarche |
Music composed by | Michael Kohler |
Writer(s) | Michael Ouweleen |
Director(s) | Richard Ferguson-Hull |
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"Back to the Present" is the fifth episode of Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law season two, and the fourteenth overall. It aired on May 9, 2004 on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim block. It was written by co-creator, Michael Ouweleen, produced by Evan W. Adler, and directed by Richard Ferguson-Hull. The Hanna-Barbera series ridiculed in this episode is The Jetsons.
In a confusing time travel plot, 2002 sees the end of Earth when it falls to global warming, prompting the Jetsons to travel back (yes, back) to 2004 and sue civilization.
Detailed summary
Memorable quotes
Potamus: Hey, Birdman! Get that thing I sent ya?
Characters
In order of appearance: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Organizations
Locations
- Earth
- United States
- Orbit City
- Washington, D.C.
- Sebben & Sebben offices
- Courthouse
- Ling Ling Burger
- Florida
- United States
Objects
Vehicles
- George's space car
- DeLorean time machine
Production
Development
Filming
Music
The music was composed by Michael Kohler.
Release
Dates are in order of release:
- United States: May 9, 2004 on Adult Swim (Cartoon Network)
Behind the scenes
- The episode title is a riff on the film Back to the Future. The Jetsons also use the DeLorean, with its time-traveling capabilities to get back to their time, with Doc Brown popping up, with a reaction sounding similar to Christopher Lloyd who played him in the film.
- This is the first episode not to feature Avenger.
- The recurring joke is that the Jetsons actually live in a dated society as some technology has far progressed from what could possibly be imagined by the crew who made The Jetsons in the 1960s or 80s.
- This is Orbitty's first appearance since the Jetsons episode "Two Many Georges" in 1987.
- Mentok beams into the courtroom like the people from Star Trek would beam off and on the starship Enterprise.
- Mentok's unfinished line of "O.J. is guilty" is a reference to O.J. Simpson's highly publicized murder trial in 1992, when the judge found him innocent of the deaths of his ex-wife and her friend.
- George is somehow the descendant grandson of Harvey.
Errors
Everlasting influence
- Even though the Jetsons weren't sentenced to prison, they are released from prison in "Juror in Court," with the case reopened in "The Death of Harvey."
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.