Bird Girl of Guantanamole

Bird Girl of Guantanamole
Premiere date	August 14, 2005
Run time	11:35
Writer(s)	Michael Ouweleen and 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 Michael Ouweleen and Erik Richter, and directed by Richard Ferguson-Hull. The Hanna-Barbera series ridiculed in this episode is both Secret Squirrel and Morocco Mole and Birdman.

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

Characters

In order of appearance:

Mentioned and non-speaking characters are in italics

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

Organizations

• Sebben & Sebben
• Freezoid, Zarog, & Skon
• Google
• Dixie Chicks
• CIA
• Birdteam

Locations

• Morocco
  • Fez
• Algeria
  • Gitmole
  • Sandals
• United States
  • Washington, D.C.
    • Sebben & Sebben offices
    • Sebben residence
    • Courthouse
  • X's residence
  • Hospital
• North Korea
• Iran
• China

Objects

• Stapluxe
• Reducto's shrink gun

Vehicles

• Harvey's car

Music

The music is composed by Michael Kohler.

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".
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.

Home availability

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