Pilot (Birdgirl)

Pilot
Birdgirl takes the case company!
Premiere date	April 4, 2021 (preview) April 5, 2021
Run time	22:36
Writer(s)	Michael Ouweleen Erik Richter
Director(s)	Richard Ferguson-Hall
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"Pilot" is the first episode of Birdgirl season one. It aired on April 5, 2021 on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim. It was written by series creators, Michael Ouweleen and Erik Richter, and directed by Richard Fergusion-Hall.

When Phil Ken Sebben is declared dead, Birdgirl, not Judy, is named his successor.

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Phil Ken Sebben	N/A
Judy Ken Sebben	Paget Brewster
Drinks guy	Unavailable
Birdgirl	Paget Brewster
Birdcat	Unavailable
Reporter #1	Unavailable
Reporter #2	Unavailable
Dog with Bucket Hat	John Doman
Strongarm/Charley	Lorelei Ramirez
Phil Ken Sebben impersonator	Unavailable
Harvey Birdman (photo)	N/A
Peanut (photo)	N/A
Scot	Unavailable
Gillian	Kether Donahue
Meredith the Mindtaker	Negin Farsad
Brian O'Brian	Rob Delaney
Calypsis model	N/A
Stew	Unavailable
The Feels/Paul	Tony Hale

Organizations

• Sebben & Sebben Worldwide
• Birdteam

Locations

• Sebben & Sebben Worldwide headquarters
• Birdgirl's apartment

Objects

• Picayune-Standard
• The Daily Newspaper
• Municipal Times
• Metro News
• Daily Argus Journal
• City News Daily
• The Bold Headline
• The Dead Tree
• Passé
• The Bridge & Tunneler
• Tabz
• Paleo Media
• Calypsis

Vehicles

• Nothing of importance

Production

Development

It was copyrighted in 2021.

Music

The music was composed by Michael Kohler, although he's not expressly credited as such. Instead, he's credited for dialogue and other sound edits. The theme song was performed by Leikeli47 and Michael Barney.

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: April 4 2021 on the Adult Swim YouTube channel (preview), April 5, 2021 on Adult Swim

Behind the scenes

• Phil's attraction to Birdgirl is mentioned.
• This is the second time Phil has died, although this time it seems permanent.

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning