Babysitter

Babysitter
Premiere date	October 15, 2006
Run time	11:37
Writer(s)	Michael Ouweleen and Erik Richter
Director(s)	Richard Ferguson-Hull
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"Incredible Hippo" 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.

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
Baby Looey	N/A
Debbie
Judy Ken Sebben	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
Birdgirl	Paget Brewster
Benjamin Franklin (money print)	N/A

Organizations

• Sebben & Sebben
• AOL-Time Warner Co.
• Cub-Amus

Locations

• United States
  • Washington, D.C.
    • Sebben & Sebben offices
    • Javalux
  • Books-a-Lux
• Europe
• Africa
• Far East
• The Moon (picture)

Objects

• Ol' Dirty Carny
• Reducto's shrink gun
• Little Bit O' Shine
• Tub-a-mus
• McSpillken Wonder Mop
• McQuillpen
• Choklit McQuilken
• Henshaw's White-Hot Firewater
• Devlin Stunt Game
• Poots & Bladders
• Scribble
• Clueless
• Ha-Has
• Birdarang

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.

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."

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.

Home availability

• In the United States, it was first released onto DVD as part of Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law: Volume Three on July 24, 2007, by Warner Home Video.
• In the UK, Revolver Entertainment first released the episode onto DVD as part of Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law: Seasons 1,2 & 3 on December 7, 2009, then separately put out the same volume 3 set on April 12, 2010.
• In Australia, Madman Entertainment released the same set on August 6, 2008, then re-released the episode as part of Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law: The Complete Cases on November 28, 2012.