Free Magilla

Free Magilla
Premiere date	September 11, 2005
Writer(s)	Christine Bielinski, Michael Ouweleen, and Erik Richter
Director(s)	Richard Ferguson-Hull
Episode navigation
← Previous	Next →

"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.

An animal activist group kidnaps Magilla Gorilla from Peebles Pet Store, putting the heat on the store's owner, Mr. Peebles.

Memorable quotes

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

Characters

In order of appearance:

Non-speaking characters are in italics

• Magilla Gorilla (Maurice LaMarche)
• Harvest (John Michael Higgins)
• Activist 2 (Chris Edgerly)
• Harvey Birdman (Gary Cole)
• Avenger
• 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
• Bandit
• Scrappy-Doo
• Jonny Quest
• Hadji
• Mailman (Maurice LaMarche)
• Newscaster (Thomas Allen)
• Melvin Van Peebles (Gary Gole)
• Myron Reducto (Stephen Colbert)
• Poochie

Organizations

• People's Animal Freedom Front
• Sebben & Sebben
• Freezoid, Zarog, & Skon

Locations

• Peebles Pet Shop
• Washington, D.C.
  • Sebben & Sebben offices
• Marigold Lane
• Bank

Objects

• Tribonin
• Times
• Freez-O-Lux
• Ol' Dirty Brew
• Bird Times
• Reducto's shrink gun

Vehicles

• 1/2 Blind Justice

Music

The music is composed by Michael Kohler.

Behind the scenes

• 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.

Home availability

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