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|premiere= October 15, 2006
|channel= [[Adult Swim]] ([[Cartoon Network]])
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|premiere= [[October 15]], [[2006]]
|writers= [[Michael Ouweleer]] and [[Erik Richter]]
|run_time= 11:37
|cast= [[Gary Cole]]<br />[[Stephen Colbert]]<br />[[Thomas Allen]]<br />[[Chris Edgerly]]<br />[[Paget Brewster]]<br />[[David Koechner]]<br />[[Grey DeLisle]]
|music= [[Michael Kohler]]
|writers= [[Michael Ouweleen]]<br />[[Erik Richter]]
|directors= [[Richard Ferguson-Hull]]
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|previous= Incredible Hippo
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|next= Birdnapped
|next= Birdnapped
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'''"Incredible Hippo"''' is the second episode of ''[[Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law]]'' season four, and the forty-second overall. It aired on October 8, 2006 on [[Cartoon Network]]'s [[Adult Swim]] block. It was written by [[Michael Ouweleer]] and [[Erik Richter]], and directed by [[Richard Ferguson-Hull]]. The [[Hanna-Barbera]] character ridiculed in this episode is Atom Ant, or perhaps more so Peter Potamus.
'''"Babysitter"''' is the third episode of ''[[Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law]]'' season four, and the thirty-fifth overall. It aired on [[October 15]], [[2006]] on [[Cartoon Network]]'s [[Adult Swim]] block. It was written by series creators, [[Michael Ouweleen]] and [[Erik Richter]], produced by [[Evan W. Adler|Evan W Adler]], and directed by [[Richard Ferguson-Hull]]. There is no particular [[Hanna-Barbera]] series in this series except for the studio's works in general.


After Phil's shocking death, the firm falls into the control of Harvey, although it would be if Potamus and his new partner, Cubby, didn't have other ideas of how to run things.
After Phil's shocking death, the firm falls into the control of Harvey, although it would be if Potamus and his new partner, Cubby, didn't have other ideas of how to run things. In the chaos, Reducto is also left organizing Peanut's birthday.


==Detailed summary==
==Detailed summary==
==Memorable quotes==
==Memorable quotes==
==Characters==
==Characters==
In order of appearance:
{{CastTop}}
 
|-
''Mentioned and non-speaking characters are in italics''
|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Harvey Birdman]]
 
|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Gary Cole]]
* [[Birdman|Harvey Birdman]] ([[Gary Cole]])
|-
* ''[[Scooby-Doo]]''
|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Scooby-Doo (character)|Scooby-Doo]] (picture)
* [[Birdboy|Peanut]] ([[Thomas Allen]])
|style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
* ''[[Scrappy-Doo]]''
|-
* ''[[Avenger]]''
|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Birdboy|Peanut]]
* ''[[Papa Smurf]]''
|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Thomas Allen]]
* ''[[Paw Rugg]]''
|-
* ''[[Inch High]]''
|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Scrappy-Doo]]
* [[Peter Potamus]] ([[Chris Edgerly]])
|style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
* ''[[Ernie Devlin]]''
|-
* ''[[Tangy Devlin]]''
|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Avenger]]
* [[Reducto|Myron Reducto]] ([[Stephen Colbert]])
|style="background-color:#clear"| Unavailable
* [[Falcon Seven|Phil Ken Sebben]] (Stephen Colbert)
|-
* ''[[Blue Falcon|Blue Falcone]]''
|style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| [[Papa Smurf]]
* ''[[O.J. Simpson]]''
|-
* ''[[George W. Bush|President George Bush]]''
|style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| [[Paw Rugg]]
* ''[[Debbie (Harvey Birdman)|Debbie]]''
|-
* ''Janitor''
|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Inch High]] (picture)
* [[Birdgirl|Birdgirl/Judy Sebben]] ([[Paget Brewster]])
|style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
* ''[[Phyllis Ken Sebben|Aunt Phyllis]]''
|-
* ''[[Baba Looey]]''
|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Peter Potamus]]
* [[Cubby McQuilken]] ([[David Koechner]])
|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Chris Edgerly]]
* ''Nun''
|-
* ''[[Black Vulcan]]''
|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Ernie Devlin]]
* ''The Bear''
|style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
* [[Henry Bascombe|Spooky Space Kook]]
|-
* ''[[Benton Quest|Dr. Benton Quest]]''
|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Tangy Devlin]]
* ''[[Race Bannon]]''
|style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
* ''Jenna''
|-
* ''Jayna''
|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Myron Reducto]]
* ''Janna''
|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Stephen Colbert]]
* ''Jenya''
|-
* [[Teddy]] (Chris Edgerly)
|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Phil Ken Sebben]]
* [[Mary Volcanus]] (Grey DeLisle)
|style="background-color:#clear"| Stephen Colbert
* ''[[Benjamin Franklin]]''
|-
* ''Janitor''
|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Blue Falcon|Blue Falcone]]
|style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
|-
|style="background-color:#clear"| [[O.J. Simpson]]
|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:#clear"| [[List of unnamed Birdman characters|Janitor]]
|style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
|-
|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Baba Looey]]
|style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
|-
|style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| [[Debbie (Harvey Birdman)|Debbie]]
|-
|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Birdgirl (character)|Judy Ken Sebben/Birdgirl]]
|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Paget Brewster]]
|-
|style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| [[Phyllis Ken Sebben]]
|-
|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Cubby McQuilken]]
|style="background-color:#aaffaa"| [[David Koechner]]
|-
|style="background-color:#clear"| [[List of unnamed Birdman characters|Nun]]
|style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
|-
|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Black Vulcan]]
|style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
|-
|style="background-color:#clear"| [[The Bear]]
|style="background-color:#clear"| Unavailable
|-
|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Henry Bascomb|Spooky Space Kook]]
|style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
|-
|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Doctor Benton Quest]]
|style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
|-
|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Race Bannon]]
|style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
|-
|style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Jenna
|-
|style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Jayna
|-
|style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Janna
|-
|style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Jenya
|-
|style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| [[Teddy]]
|style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Chris Edgerly
|-
|style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| [[Mary Volcanus]]
|style="background-color:#aaffaa"| [[Grey DeLisle]]
|-
|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Benjamin Franklin]] (money print)
|style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
|-
{{CastBottom}}


==Organizations==
==Organizations==
* [[Sebben & Sebben]]
* [[Sebben & Sebben]]
* [[AOL]]-Time Warner Co.
* [[AOL]]-Time Warner Co.
* [[Cub-Amus]]


==Locations==
==Locations==
* [[United States]]
* [[Earth]]
** Sebben & Sebben offices
** [[United States]]
** [[Javalux]]
*** [[Washington, D.C.]]
** [[Books-a-Lux]]
**** Sebben & Sebben offices
* Europe
**** [[Javalux]]
* [[Africa]]
*** [[Books-a-Lux]]
* Far East
** Europe
** [[Africa]]
** Far East
* [[Moon|The Moon]] (picture)


==Objects==
==Objects==
* [[Old Dirty Carny]]
* [[Ol' Dirty Carny]]
* Reducto's shrink gun
* Reducto's shrink gun
* [[Little Bit O' Shine]]
* [[Little Bit O' Shine]]
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==Production==
==Production==
===Development===
===Development===
Phil leaving the firm (and eventually being killed off) is full of inside jokes of his portrayer Colbert having to leave ''Harvey Birdman'' to star in his own show, ''The Colbert Report''. The bus that kills Phil also advertises ''The Colbert Report''. Reducto is also killed by the same bus for the same reason.
Phil leaving the firm (and eventually being killed off) is full of inside jokes about his portrayer Colbert having to leave ''Harvey Birdman'' to star in his own show, ''The Colbert Report''. The bus that kills Phil also advertises ''The Colbert Report''. Reducto is also killed by a clown car for the same reason.


===Filming===
===Filming===
==Music==
The music was composed by [[Michael Kohler]].


==Release==
Dates are in order of release:


==Music==
* United States: October 15, 2006 on Adult Swim (Cartoon Network)
The music is composed by [[Michael Kohler]].


==Behind the scenes==
==Behind the scenes==
* Harvey packs his suitcase with his dress from "[[Evolutionary War]]."
* The front of the Sebben & Sebben building says "An AOL-Time Warner Co." despite them having already departed ways.
* The front of the Sebben & Sebben building says "An AOL-Time Warner Co." despite them having already departed ways.
* Poots & Bladders, Scribble, and ''Clueless'' are parodies of Chutes and Ladders, Scrabble, and ''Clue''.
* Phil and Aunt Phyllis got married in "[[Return of Birdgirl]]."
* Poots & bladders, ''Scribble'', and ''Clueless'' are parodies of chutes and Ladders, Scrabble, and ''Clue''.
* Phil's gravestone marks 1964 as his birth, which would make him 42. Although since this would also make him 3 years old in ''[[Birdman (segments)|Birdman]]''.
* The gravestone also doesn't include the year of his death, perhaps because he came back in "[[The Death of Harvey]]."
* Baba Looey's dead body can be seen at the morgue as he had died in "[[Guitar Control]]".


==Errors==
==Errors==
* Ol' Dirty Carny is spelled Old Dirty Carny.
* DeLisle is credited for voicing Debbie even though she doesn't appear and her voice doesn't come through the intercom.
* DeLisle is credited for voicing Debbie even though she doesn't appear and her voice doesn't come through the intercom.


 
==Critical reception==
==Home availability==
==Home availability==
* This is free to watch on the US geo-restricted [https://www.adultswim.com/videos/harvey-birdman-attorney-at-law/babysitter Adult Swim website].
* In the United States:
** [[July 24]], [[2007]]: [[Warner Home Video]] releases ''[[Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law: Volume Three]]'' on DVD.
* In [[Australia]]:
** [[August 6]], [[2008]]: [[Madman Entertainment]] releases ''Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law: Volume Three'' 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: Seasons 1,2 & 3]]'' on DVD.
** [[April 12]], [[2010]]: [[Revolver Entertainment]] releases ''Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law: Volume Three'' on DVD.


==References==
==References==
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[[Category:2006]]
[[Category:Adult Swim]]
[[Category:Attorney at Law episodes]]
[[Category:Birdman episodes]]
[[Category:Birdman]]
[[Category:Directed by Richard Ferguson-Hull]]
[[Category:Episodes]]
[[Category:Episodes]]
[[Category:Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law episodes]]
[[Category:Williams Street]]
[[Category:Written by Erik Richter]]
[[Category:Written by Michael Ouweleen]]

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Babysitter
Crowd cheers for Harvey.png
Network Adult Swim (Cartoon Network)
Premiere date October 15, 2006
Run time 11:37
Starring Gary Cole
Stephen Colbert
Thomas Allen
Chris Edgerly
Paget Brewster
David Koechner
Grey DeLisle
Music composed by Michael Kohler
Writer(s) Michael Ouweleen
Erik Richter
Director(s) Richard Ferguson-Hull
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"Babysitter" is the third episode of Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law season four, and the thirty-fifth overall. It aired on October 15, 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. There is no particular Hanna-Barbera series in this series except for the studio's works in general.

After Phil's shocking death, the firm falls into the control of Harvey, although it would be if Potamus and his new partner, Cubby, didn't have other ideas of how to run things. In the chaos, Reducto is also left organizing Peanut's birthday.

Detailed summary

Memorable quotes

Characters

Legend
Character debut Speaking debut Ep. debut No lines Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character Actor
Harvey Birdman Gary Cole
Scooby-Doo (picture) N/A
Peanut Thomas Allen
Scrappy-Doo N/A
Avenger Unavailable
Papa Smurf
Paw Rugg
Inch High (picture) N/A
Peter Potamus Chris Edgerly
Ernie Devlin N/A
Tangy Devlin N/A
Myron Reducto Stephen Colbert
Phil Ken Sebben Stephen Colbert
Blue Falcone N/A
O.J. Simpson N/A
President George W. Bush N/A
Janitor N/A
Baba Looey N/A
Debbie
Judy Ken Sebben/Birdgirl Paget Brewster
Phyllis Ken Sebben
Cubby McQuilken David Koechner
Nun N/A
Black Vulcan N/A
The Bear Unavailable
Spooky Space Kook N/A
Doctor Benton Quest N/A
Race Bannon N/A
Jenna
Jayna
Janna
Jenya
Teddy Chris Edgerly
Mary Volcanus Grey DeLisle
Benjamin Franklin (money print) N/A


Organizations

Locations

Objects

Vehicles

  • Bus

Production

Development

Phil leaving the firm (and eventually being killed off) is full of inside jokes about his portrayer Colbert having to leave Harvey Birdman to star in his own show, The Colbert Report. The bus that kills Phil also advertises The Colbert Report. Reducto is also killed by a clown car for the same reason.

Filming

Music

The music was composed by Michael Kohler.

Release

Dates are in order of release:

  • United States: October 15, 2006 on Adult Swim (Cartoon Network)

Behind the scenes

  • Harvey packs his suitcase with his dress from "Evolutionary War."
  • The front of the Sebben & Sebben building says "An AOL-Time Warner Co." despite them having already departed ways.
  • Phil and Aunt Phyllis got married in "Return of Birdgirl."
  • Poots & bladders, Scribble, and Clueless are parodies of chutes and Ladders, Scrabble, and Clue.
  • Phil's gravestone marks 1964 as his birth, which would make him 42. Although since this would also make him 3 years old in Birdman.
  • The gravestone also doesn't include the year of his death, perhaps because he came back in "The Death of Harvey."
  • Baba Looey's dead body can be seen at the morgue as he had died in "Guitar Control".

Errors

  • Ol' Dirty Carny is spelled Old Dirty Carny.
  • DeLisle is credited for voicing Debbie even though she doesn't appear and her voice doesn't come through the intercom.

Critical reception

Home availability

References

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