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Incredible Hippo
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Premiere date	October 8, 2006
Writer(s)	Michael Ouweleen and Erik Richter
Director(s)	Richard Ferguson-Hull
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"Incredible Hippo" is the second episode of Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law season four, and the thirty-fourth overall. It aired on October 8, 2006 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 character ridiculed in this episode is Atom Ant, or perhaps more so Peter Potamus.

Harvey defends Atom Ant when he gets in trouble for his radioactive pellet-like droppings, which Potamus eats by mistake, transforming him must into 'the creature,' which he struggles to overcome and hide from the office.

Detailed summary

Memorable quotes

Potamus: I can't open that thing!

Potamus: Hey, boss! You get that thing I sent ya?

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Atom Ant	Maurice LaMarche
EPA agent	Chris Edgerly
Harvey Birdman	Gary Cole
Peanut	Thomas Allen
Omar	N/A
Captain Caveman	N/A
The Bear	N/A
Inch High	Maurice LaMarche
Peter Potamus	Chris Edgerly
Avenger	N/A
Judge Mentok	John Michael Higgins
Myron Reducto	Stephen Colbert
St. Jabbeneezer	N/A
Norlisa (figurine)	N/A
Cafeteria lady	N/A
X the Eliminator	N/A
Mr. Reducto (photo)	N/A
Mrs. Reducto (photo)	N/A
Employee	Maurice LaMarche
Phil Ken Sebben (photo)	Stephen Colbert
Kimberly	N/A
Debbie	N/A
Janitor	N/A
Blue Falcone	N/A
Cubby McQuilken	N/A
Kim Jong-il	N/A
Gus	N/A
Mister Rogers	N/A

Organizations

Locations

Atom Ant's residence
Washington, D.C.
- Sebben & Sebben offices
Heisenberg Brothers Bagels (logo)
- Courthouse

Objects

Lucky mug
Strontium-12 processor
JB's Absinthe
Families Don't Keep Secrets From Each Other
Tub-a-mus
Linolux
Reducto's shrink gun

Vehicles

Army tank

Production

Development

Filming

The opening of the episode was supposed to be presented as a classic episode of Atom Ant called "Secret Agency".

Music

The music was composed by Michael Kohler.

Release

Dates are in order of release:

United States: October 8, 2006 on Adult Swim (Cartoon Network)

Behind the scenes

The episode title as well Potamus's transformation is a parody of the Hulk character from Marvel Comics, as well as the live-action 1970s/1980s The Incredible Hulk TV series it inspired.
- The line "You wouldn't like me when I'm hungry," (or "You wouldn't like me when I'm horny") is a paraphrase of David Banner's line "You wouldn't like me when I'm angry" from the TV series. Incidentally, the former was also used in a similar parody in the Dexter's Laboratory episode "Hunger Strikes". Also, Banner himself said this two years later after the Harvey Birdman episode, in the film The Incredible Hulk, when he says "hungry" instead of "angry" while trying to speak Portuguese.
- During the end credits, Potamus walks away sadly with his backpack to music reminiscent of "The Lonely Man".
Wedgie's Donuts is a parody of Wedgie's Donuts.
Edgerly is promoted to co-star for this episode.
This is the first time Judy has appeared without becoming Birdgirl, although her secret identity is mentioned.
The episode is dedicated to Coco.

Errors

Home availability

This is free to watch on the US geo-restricted Adult Swim website.

References

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 ==Characters==
-In order of appearance:
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+|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Atom Ant]]
+|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Maurice LaMarche]]
-* [[Atom Ant]] ([[Maurice LaMarche]])
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-* EPA agent ([[Chris Edgerly]])
+|style="background-color:#clear"| EPA agent
-* [[Birdman|Harvey Birdman]] ([[Gary Cole]])
+|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Chris Edgerly]]
-* [[Birdboy|Peanut]] ([[Thomas Allen]])
+|-
-* ''[[Omar]]''
+|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Birdman|Harvey Birdman]]
-* ''[[Captain Caveman]]''
+|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Gary Cole]]
-* ''The Bear''
+|-
-* [[Inch High]] (Maurice LaMarche)
+|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Birdboy|Peanut]]
-* [[Peter Potamus]] (Chris Edgerly)
+|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Thomas Allen]]
-* ''[[Avenger]]''
+|-
-* [[Mentok the Mindtaker|Judge Mentok]] ([[John Michael Higgins]])
+|style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| [[Omar (Incredible Hippo)|Omar]]
-* [[Reducto|Myron Reducto]] ([[Stephen Colbert]])
+|style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
-* ''[[St. Jabbeneezer]]''
+|-
-* ''[[Norlisa]]''
+|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Captain Caveman]]
-* ''Cafeteria lady''
+|style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
-* ''[[X, the Eliminator]]''
+|-
-* ''Myron Reducto's parents''
+|style="background-color:#clear"| [[The Bear]]
-* Employee (Maurice LaMarche)
+|style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
-* [[Falcon Seven|Phil Ken Sebben]] (Stephen Colbert)
+|-
-* ''[[Kimberly]]''
+|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Inch High]]
-* ''[[Debbie (Harvey Birdman)|Debbie]]''
+|style="background-color:#clear"| Maurice LaMarche
-* ''Janitor''
+|-
-* [[Blue Falcon|Blue Falcone]]
+|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Peter Potamus]]
-* [[Birgirl|Judy Sebben]] ([[Paget Brewster]])
+|style="background-color:#clear"| Chris Edgerly
-* ''Janitor''
+|-
-* ''[[Cubby McQuilken]]''
+|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Avenger]]
-* [[Mister Rogers]]
+|style="background-color:#fff00"| N/A
+|-
+|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Mentok the Mindtaker|Judge Mentok]]
+|style="background-color:#clear"| [[John Michael Higgins]]
+|-
+|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Reducto|Myron Reducto]]
+|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Stephen Colbert]]
+|-
+|style="background-color:#aaffaa"| [[St. Jabbeneezer]]
+|style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
+|-
+|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Norlisa]] (figurine)
+|style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
+|-
+|style="background-color:#clear"| [[List of unnamed Birdman characters|Cafeteria lady]]
+|style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
+|-
+|style="background-color:#clear"| [[X the Eliminator]]
+|style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
+|-
+|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Mr. and Mrs. Reducto|Mr. Reducto]] (photo)
+|style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
+|-
+|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Mr. and Mrs. Reducto|Mrs. Reducto]] (photo)
+|style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
+|-
+|style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Employee
+|style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Maurice LaMarche
+|-
+|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Falcon 7|Phil Ken Sebben]] (photo)
+|style="background-color:#clear"| Stephen Colbert
+|-
+|style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| [[Kimberly]]
+|style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
+|-
+|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Debbie (Harvey Birdman)|Debbie]]
+|style="background-color:#ffff09"| N/A
+|-
+|style="background-color:#clear"| [[List of unnamed Birdman characters|Janitor]]
+|style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
+|-
+|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Blue Falcon|Blue Falcone]]
+|style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
+|-
+|style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| [[Cubby McQuilken]]
+|style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
+|-
+|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Kim Jong-il]]
+|style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
+|-
+|style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| [[Gus]]
+|style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
+|-
+|style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| [[Mister Rogers]]
+|style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
+|-
+{{CastBottom}}
 ==Organizations==