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Shoyu Weenie
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Premiere date	July 21, 2002
Starring	Gary Cole; Stephen Colbert; Thomas Allen; Tony Masa; Jeanne Mori; Grey Delisle; John Michael Higgins; Frank Welker; Adam Lawson
Music composed by	Michael Kohler
Writer(s)	Michael Ouweleen; Erik Richter
Director(s)	Ben Jones
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You may also be looking for Shoyu Weenie's inspiration, the Chan Clan.

"Shoyu Weenie" is the fifth episode of Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law season one. It aired on July 21, 2002 on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim block. It was written by series creators, Michael Ouweleen and Erik Richter, and directed by Ben Jones. The Hanna-Barbera series ridiculed in this episode is The Amazing Chan and the Chan Clan, and to a lesser extent Jabberjaw. The main cast of the former has now been reworked as an entirely Japanese-only speaking family known as the Mirimotos/Shoyu Weenie.

Shoyu Weenie travels from Japan to America to sue the Neptunes for ripping off one of their songs.

Detailed summary

Memorable quotes

Miko: Nan-shūkan mo tabete imasen. *I haven't eaten in weeks*
Harvey: Aren't you cute.

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Kenji Morimoto	Tony Masa
Miko Morimoto	Jeanne Mori
Seiko Morimoto	Jeanne Mori
Mr. Morimoto	Toshi Toda
Newscaster	Unavailable
Jabberjaw	Frank Welker
Biff	Frank Welker
Shelly	Unavailable
Bubbles	Unavailable
Clamhead	Unavailable
Harvey Birdman	Gary Cole
Avenger	Adam Lawson
Christian Slater
Phil Ken Sebben	Stephen Colbert
Debbie (voice only)	Grey Delisle
Peanut	Thomas Allen
Myron Reducto	Stephen Colbert
Mr. Reducto (photo)	N/A
Mrs. Reducto (photo)	N/A
Doctor Gale Melody	Grey Delisle
Bailiff	Steve Landesberg
Judge Mentok	John Michael Higgins
Foreman	N/A
Clown	N/A
Stenographer	N/A
Alexander	N/A
German newscaster	Unavailable
The Bear	N/A

Organizations

Shoyu Weenie
The Neptunes
Sebben & Sebben
Freezoid, Zarog, & Skon
Columbia House
F.E.A.R.
Tschus Tschus
Helmut Spassmacher Productions

Locations

Earth
- Japan
  - Tokyo
  - Tokyo Stadium
- United States
  - Washington, D.C.
    - Sebben & Sebben offices
    - Bryn's
    - Reducto's residence
    - Courthouse
    - The Bird Cage
- China (mentioned)

Objects

Bible

Vehicles

None

Production

Development

Filming

Music

The music was composed by Michael Kohler.

Release

Dates are in order of release:

United States: July 21, 2002 on Adult Swim (Cartoon Network)

Behind the scenes

"Shoyu Weenie" is a play on "Show your weenie."
Aside from the Chan Clan being changed, Dr. Melody is also a pastiche of Quinn Darien from the TV series Godzilla.

Errors

Some of the kids performing at Tokyo Stadium aren't the ones who traveled to America.
When Harvey blocks Reducto's laser, the sign of "The Bird Cage" changes the last word's position so that instead of being underneath the second word, it's now next to it.

Everlasting influence

The case is reopened in "The Death of Harvey."

Critical reception

Home availability

In the United States:
- April 12, 2005: Warner Home Video releases Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law: Volume One on DVD.
In Australia:
- April 7, 2007: Madman Entertainment releases Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law: Volume One on DVD.
- November 28, 2012: Madman Entertainment releases Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law: The Complete Cases on DVD.
In the United Kingdom and Ireland:
- November 3, 2008: Revolver Entertainment releases Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law: Volume One on DVD.
- December 7, 2009: Revolver Entertainment releases Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law: Seasons 1,2 & 3 on DVD.

References

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 ==Release==
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 ** [[April 7]], [[2007]]: [[Madman Entertainment]] releases ''Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law: Volume One'' on DVD.
 ** [[November 28]], [[2012]]: Madman Entertainment releases ''[[Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law: The Complete Cases]]'' on DVD.
-* In the United Kingdom:
+* In the United Kingdom and [[Ireland]]:
 ** [[November 3]], [[2008]]: [[Revolver Entertainment]] releases ''Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law: Volume One'' on DVD.
 ** [[December 7]], [[2009]]: Revolver Entertainment releases ''[[Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law: Seasons 1,2 & 3]]'' on DVD.
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