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| :''This article is about the first episode of ''[[Birdgirl (TV series)|Birdgirl]]''. For other uses, see [[Pilot]].''
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| {{Infobox episode
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| |name= Pilot
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| |image= [[File:Birdgirl becomes CEO.png|300px]]
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| |caption= Birdgirl takes the <strike>case</strike> company!
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| |prodno=
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| |channel= YouTube<br />[[Adult Swim]] ([[Cartoon Network]])
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| |premiere= [[April 4]], [[2021]] (preview)<br />[[April 5]], 2021
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| |run_time= 22:36
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| |cast= [[Paget Brewster]]<br />[[Rob Delaney]]<br />[[Kether Donahue]]<br />[[John Doman]]<br />[[Negin Farsad]]<br />[[Tony Hale]]<br />[[Lorelei Ramirez]]<br />[[Luka Jones]]
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| |music= [[Michael Kohler]]
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| |writers= [[Michael Ouweleen]]<br />[[Erik Richter]]
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| |storyboards= [[Felipe Di Poi Tamargo]]<br />[[Cassidy Stone]]
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| |directors= [[Richard Ferguson-Hall]]
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| |animation_directors= Richard Ferguson-Hall
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| |previous= The Death of Harvey
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| |next= ShareBear
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| }}
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| '''"Pilot"''' is the first episode of ''[[Birdgirl (TV series)|Birdgirl]]'' season one. It aired on [[April 5]], [[2021]] on [[Cartoon Network]]'s [[Adult Swim]] block. It was written by series creators, [[Michael Ouweleen]] and [[Erik Richter]], produced by [[Susan Shipsky]] and series co-developer, [[Melissa Warrenburg]], and directed by [[Richard Ferguson-Hall]].
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| When Phil Ken Sebben is declared dead, Birdgirl, not Judy, is named his successor.
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| ==Detailed summary==
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| ==Memorable quotes==
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| '''Brian:''' I've put my blood, sweat, tears, and shit into this company to drive success!
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| ==Characters==
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| {{CastTop}}
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| |style="background-color:#clear"| [[Phil Ken Sebben]]
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| |style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
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| |style="background-color:#clear"| [[Birdgirl (character)|Birdgirl/Judy Ken Sebben]]
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| |style="background-color:#clear"| [[Paget Brewster]]
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| |style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| [[Josh]]
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| |style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
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| |style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| [[Birdcat|Birdcat/Sir Peter Pants]]
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| |style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
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| |style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| [[List of unnamed Birdman characters|Reporter #1]]
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| |style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
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| |style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| [[Diana Van Fleet]]
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| |style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
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| |style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| [[List of unnamed Birdman characters|Weatherwoman]]
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| |style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
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| |style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| [[Dog with Bucket Hat]]
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| |style="background-color:#aaffaa"| [[John Doman]]
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| |style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| [[Charley]]
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| |style="background-color:#aaffaa"| [[Lorelei Ramirez]]
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| |style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| [[Jessica (Birdgirl)|Jessica]]
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| |style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
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| |style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| [[List of unnamed Birdman characters|Phil Ken Sebben impersonator]]
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| |style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
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| |style="background-color:#clear"| [[Harvey Birdman]] (photo)
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| |style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
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| |style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| [[Scot]]
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| |style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
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| |style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| [[Rudy]]
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| |style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
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| |style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| [[Sharon]]
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| |style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
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| |style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| [[Bruce (Birdgirl)|Bruce]]
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| |style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
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| |style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| [[Hugh (Birdgirl)|Hugh]]
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| |style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
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| |style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| [[Brad (Birdgirl)|Brad]]
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| |style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
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| |style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| [[Gillian Sans]]
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| |style="background-color:#aaffaa"| [[Kether Donahue]]
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| |style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| [[Meredith Mindtaker]]
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| |style="background-color:#aaffaa"| [[Negin Farsad]]
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| |style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| [[Brian O'Brien]]
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| |style="background-color:#aaffaa"| [[Rob Delaney]]
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| |style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| [[List of unnamed Birdman characters|Calypsis model]]
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| |style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
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| |style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| [[Stew]]
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| |style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
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| |style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| [[The Feels|Paul]]
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| |style="background-color:#aaffaa"| [[Tony Hale]]
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| {{CastBottom}}
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| ==Organizations==
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| * [[Sebben & Sebben Worldwide]]
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| * ''[[Picayune-Standard]]''
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| * ''[[The Daily Newspaper]]''
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| * ''[[Municipal Times]]''
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| * ''[[Metro News]]''
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| * ''[[Daily Argus Journal]]''
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| * ''[[City News Daily]]''
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| * ''[[The Bold Headline]]''
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| * [[Birdteam]]
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| ==Locations==
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| * [[Earth]]
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| ** [[United States]]
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| *** Sebben & Sebben Worldwide headquarters
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| *** Judy's apartment
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| *** [[Washington, D.C.]] (photo)
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| **** [[The White House]] (photo)
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| ==Objects==
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| * ''Picayune-Standard'' newspaper
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| * ''The Daily Newspaper'' newspaper
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| * ''Municipal Times'' newspaper
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| * ''Metro News'' newspaper
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| * ''Daily Argus Journal'' newspaper
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| * ''City News Daily'' newspaper
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| * ''The Bold Headline'' newspaper
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| * [[Baltimo]]
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| * ''[[The Dead Tree]]''
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| * ''[[Passé]]''
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| * ''[[The Bridge & Tunneler]]''
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| * ''[[Tabz]]''
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| * ''[[Paleo Media]]''
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| * [[Calypsis]]
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| ==Vehicles==
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| * Nothing of importance
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| ==Production==
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| ===Development===
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| ===Filming===
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| It was copyrighted in 2021.
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| ==Music==
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| The theme song was performed by [[Leikeli47]] and [[Michael Barney]]. The music was composed by [[Michael Kohler]] of [[Bluetube]], although he's not expressly credited as such. Instead, he's credited for dialogue and other sound edits.
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| ==Crew credits==
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| * Series creators: Michael Ouweleen, Erik Richter
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| * Series developers and executive producers: [[Erik Richter]], [[Christina Miller]]
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| * Animation director: Richard Ferguson-Hall
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| * Consulting producer: [[Cirocco Dunlap]]
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| * Staff writers: [[Lorraine Degraffenreidt]], [[Ele Woods]], [[Jessica Haymond]], [[Jonterri Gadson]]
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| * Writers' assistant: [[Anca Vlasan]]
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| * Script coordinator: [[Brittnay Johnston]]
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| * Animated services: [[Awesome Inc.]]
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| ** Executive producer: [[Ashley Kohler]]
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| ** Associate producer: [[Brandon Betts]]
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| ** Producer: [[Joshua Spencer]]
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| * Production assistants: [[Kaila Knight Tryal]], [[Allie Wisniewski]]
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| * Storyboard artists: [[Felipe Di Poi Tamargo]], [[Cassidy Stone]]
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| * Main character designer: [[Carly Monardo]]
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| * Character and prop design leads: [[Claire Almon]], [[Beth Lewis]]
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| * Character and prop designers: Kaila Knight Tryal, [[Alfred Taylor]]
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| * Lead character rigger: [[Bo Cai]]
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| * Character rigger: [[Jack Huang]]
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| * Background developers: [[Chris Nickels]], [[Anna Renee]], [[George Townley]]
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| * Lead background designer: [[Kat Stockton]]
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| * Background designers: [[Karen Castillo]], Kaila Knight Tryal, [[Juan Montoya]], Chris Nickels, [[Tessa Pray]], Anna Renee
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| * Graphic designer: [[Craig Sheldon]]
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| * Assistant animation director: [[Melissa Wolfert]]
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| * Animators: [[Sam Alkaitis]], [[Heather Bay]], [[Laura Ceredona]], [[Sofia Guerra]], [[W. Justin King]], [[Tatiana Moniz]], [[Torrey Notestine]], [[Yuki Okamura-Wong]], [[Emily Rodriguez]], [[Gabriel Silva]], [[Katelyn Walsh]]
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| * FX animator: [[Jenny Plyler]]
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| * Compositing and visual effects animators: [[Jamie Galatas]], [[Heather Rodgers]]
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| * CG artist: [[J Griffin]]
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| * Conform editor: [[Thomas Fine]]
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| * Sound designer and mixer: Bluetube
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| * Supervising sound editor: Michael Kohler
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| * Audio assistant: [[Matt Peery]]
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| * Casting director: [[Dawn Hershey-Lopes]]
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| * Title sequence animator: [[Candice House]]
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| * Editor for WarnerMedia Studios: [[Jon Dilling]]
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| * Production coordinators: [[Inés Michelena]], [[Sally Skinner]]
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| * Production assistant: [[Kat Daugherty]]
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| * Executive producers for Williams Street: [[Keith Crofford]], [[Mike Lazzo]]
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| ==Release==
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| Dates are in order of release:
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| * United States: [[April 4]], 2021 on the Adult Swim YouTube channel (preview), April 5, 2021 at 12 am on Adult Swim (Cartoon Network)
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| * [[United Kingdom]] and [[Ireland]]: [[June 21]], 2021 at 11:00 pm on [[E4]]
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| ==Behind the scenes==
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| * Phil's attraction to Birdgirl is mentioned.
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| * This is the second time Phil has died, although this time it seems permanent.
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| * In Judy's apartment, there are photos of her time as Birdgirl working at the White House in ''[[Harvey Birdman: Attorney General]]''.
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| * Brian's presentation boards say [[2020]].
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| * Josh's name is revealed in "[[The Wanky]]."
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| ==Errors==
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| * When Judy is talking to her staff, Jessica is both outside the building and in the conference room.
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| ==Everlasting influence==
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| * Baltimo is mentioned as a product made by Sebben & Sebben, which sets up the episode of the same name, "[[Baltimo]]."
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| * Brian is a mass murderer in this episode, which is completely forgotten in the next episode.
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| * Even though Judy assigns her team all names at the end of this episode, they don't come into play until "Baltimo."
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| * Brian has Calypsis drawn on his chalkboard in "[[The Wanky]]."
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| ==Critical reception==
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| ==In other languages==
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| ==Home availability==
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| * Not available. 😥
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| ==Trailers==
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| {{#ev:youtube|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbZzDOgwdfg}}
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| ==References==
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| <references/>
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| [[Category:2021]]
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| [[Category:Adult Swim]]
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| [[Category:Birdgirl episodes]]
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| [[Category:Birdman episodes]]
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| [[Category:Birdman]]
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| [[Category:Episodes]]
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| [[Category:Williams Street]]
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