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Free Magilla
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Premiere date	September 11, 2005
Writer(s)	Christine Bielinski, Michael Ouweleen, and Erik Richter
Director(s)	Richard Ferguson-Hull
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"Free Magilla" is the eighth episode of Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law season three, and the twenty-eighth overall. It aired on September 11, 2005 on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim block. It was written by Christine Bielinski, and series creators, Michael Ouweleen, and Erik Richter, produced by Evan W. Adler, and directed by Richard Ferguson-Hull. The Hanna-Barbera series ridiculed in this episode is Magilla Gorilla.

An animal activist group take Mr. Peebles to court over the freedom of Magilla Gorilla.

Detailed summary

Memorable quotes

Reducto: Mr. Pebbles.
Mr. Peebles: Uh, it's Peebles.
Reducto: Control yourself, sir!

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Magilla Gorilla	Maurice LaMarche
Mr. Felder	John Michael Higgins
Activist #2	Chris Edgerly
Harvey Birdman	Gary Cole
Avenger	Unavailable
Phil Ken Sebben	Stephen Colbert
Peter Potamus	Chris Edgerly
Stewie	Chris Edgerly
Fooey	Chris Edgerly
Spewie	Chris Edgerly
Peanut	Thomas Allen
Mr. Peebles	Maurice LaMarche
Debbie	N/A
Bandit	N/A
Scrappy-Doo	N/A
Jonny Quest	N/A
Hadji	N/A
Mailman	Maurice LaMarche
Newscaster	Thomas Allen
Melvin Van Peebles	Gary Cole
Myron Reducto	Stephen Colbert
Poochie	Unavailable

Organizations

Locations

Peebles Pet Shop
Washington, D.C.
- Sebben & Sebben offices
Marigold Lane
Bank
The Moon

Objects

Tribonin (mentioned)
Times newspaper
Freez-O-Lux
Ol' Dirty Brew
Bird Times
Reducto's shrink gun

Vehicles

1/2 Blind Justice

Production

Development

Filming

Music

The music is composed by Michael Kohler.

Release

Dates are in order of release:

United States: September 11, 2005 on Cartoon Network via Adult Swim

Behind the scenes

Harvey's laptop has a pear-shaped logo in reference to Apple computers.
Harvey's calendar says January. It appears to be the same one shown before with Victoria Principal's birthday noted.
Stewie, Fooey, and Spewie are a parody of the Disney duck triplets, Louie, Dewie, and Hewey.
Out of the three, Edgerly is only credited as Fooey.
The camera cuts around ever needing to show Mentok. This is despite Higgins being available.

Errors

Home availability

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

References

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-'''"Free Magilla"''' is the eighth episode of ''[[Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law]]'' season three, and the twenty-eighth overall. It aired on September 11, 2005 on [[Cartoon Network]]'s [[Adult Swim]] block. It was written by [[Christine Bielinski]], [[Michael Ouweleen]], and [[Erik Richter]], and directed by [[Richard Ferguson-Hull]]. The [[Hanna-Barbera]] series ridiculed in this episode is ''Magilla Gorilla''.
+'''"Free Magilla"''' is the eighth episode of ''[[Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law]]'' season three, and the twenty-eighth overall. It aired on September 11, 2005 on [[Cartoon Network]]'s [[Adult Swim]] block. It was written by [[Christine Bielinski]], and series creators, [[Michael Ouweleen]], and [[Erik Richter]], produced by [[Evan W. Adler]], and directed by [[Richard Ferguson-Hull]]. The [[Hanna-Barbera]] series ridiculed in this episode is ''Magilla Gorilla''.
-An animal activist group kidnaps Magilla Gorilla from Peebles Pet Store, putting the heat on the store's owner, Mr. Peebles.
+An animal activist group take Mr. Peebles to court over the freedom of Magilla Gorilla.
 ==Detailed summary==
 ==Memorable quotes==
 '''Reducto:''' Mr. Pebbles.<br>
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 ==Characters==
-In order of appearance:
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+|-
-''Non-speaking characters are in italics''
+|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Magilla Gorilla]]
+|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Maurice LaMarche]]
-* [[Magilla Gorilla]] ([[Maurice LaMarche]])
+|-
-* [[Harvest]] ([[John Michael Higgins]])
+|style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| [[Mr. Felder]]
-* Activist 2 ([[Chris Edgerly]])
+|style="background-color:#aaffaa"| [[John Michael Higgins]]
-* [[Birdman|Harvey Birdman]] ([[Gary Cole]])
+|-
-* [[Avenger]]
+|style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Activist #2
-* [[Falcon Seven|Phil Ken Sebben]] ([[Stephen Colbert]])
+|style="background-color:#aaffaa"| [[Chris Edgerly]]
-* [[Peter Potamus]] (Chris Edgerly)
+|-
-* [[Stewie, Fooey, and Spewie|Stewie]] (Chris Edgerly)
+|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Birdman|Harvey Birdman]]
-* [[Stewie, Fooey, and Spewie|Fooey]] (Chris Edgerly)
+|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Gary Cole]]
-* [[Stewie, Fooey, and Spewie|Spewie]] (Chris Edgerly)
+|-
-* [[Birdboy|Peanut]] ([[Thomas Allen]])
+|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Avenger]]
-* [[Mr. Peebles]] (Maurice LaMarche)
+|style="background-color:#clear"| Unavailable
-* ''[[Debbie (Harvey Birdman)|Debbie]]''
+|-
-* ''[[Bandit]]''
+|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Falcon 7|Phil Ken Sebben]]
-* ''[[Scrappy-Doo]]''
+|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Stephen Colbert]]
-* ''[[Jonny Quest (character)|Jonny Quest]]''
+|-
-* ''[[Hadji]]''
+|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Peter Potamus]]
-* Mailman (Maurice LaMarche)
+|style="background-color:#clear"| Chris Edgerly
-* Newscaster (Thomas Allen)
+|-
-* [[Melvin Van Peebles]] (Gary Gole)
+|style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| [[Stewie, Fooey, and Spewie|Stewie]]
-* [[Reducto|Myron Reducto]] (Stephen Colbert)
+|style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Chris Edgerly
-* [[Poochie]]
+|-
+|style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| [[Stewie, Fooey, and Spewie|Fooey]]
+|style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Chris Edgerly
+|-
+|style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| [[Stewie, Fooey, and Spewie|Spewie]]
+|style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Chris Edgerly
+|-
+|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Birdboy|Peanut]]
+|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Thomas Allen]]
+|-
+|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Mr. Peebles]]
+|style="background-color:#clear"| Maurice LaMarche
+|-
+|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Debbie (Harvey Birdman)|Debbie]]
+|style="background-color:#fff00"| N/A
+|-
+|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Bandit]]
+|style="background-color:#fff00"| N/A
+|-
+|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Scrappy-Doo]]
+|style="background-color:#fff00"| N/A
+|-
+|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Jonny Quest (character)|Jonny Quest]]
+|style="background-color:#fff00"| N/A
+|-
+|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Hadji]]
+|style="background-color:#fff00"| N/A
+|-
+|style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Mailman
+|style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Maurice LaMarche
+|-
+|style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Newscaster
+|style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Thomas Allen
+|-
+|style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| [[Melvin Van Peebles]]
+|style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Gary Cole
+|-
+|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Reducto|Myron Reducto]]
+|style="background-color:#clear"| Stephen Colbert
+|-
+|style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| [[Poochie]]
+|style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
+|-
+{{CastBottom}}
 ==Organizations==
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 * [[Marigold Lane]]
 * Bank
+* [[Moon|The Moon]]
 ==Objects==
-* Tribonin
+* Tribonin (mentioned)
-* ''Times''
+* ''Times'' newspaper
 * [[Freez-O-Lux]]
 * [[Ol' Dirty Brew]]
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 ==Production==
 ===Development===
 ===Filming===
+==Music==
+The music is composed by [[Michael Kohler]].
+==Release==
+Dates are in order of release:
-==Music==
+* [[United States]]: September 11, 2005 on Cartoon Network via Adult Swim
-The music is composed by [[Michael Kohler]].
 ==Behind the scenes==
+* Harvey's laptop has a pear-shaped logo in reference to Apple computers.
+* Harvey's calendar says January. It appears to be the same one shown before with Victoria Principal's birthday noted.
 * Stewie, Fooey, and Spewie are a parody of the Disney duck triplets, Louie, Dewie, and Hewey.
 * Out of the three, Edgerly is only credited as Fooey.