The Death of Harvey

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The Death of Harvey
Premiere date July 22, 2007
Writer(s) Michael Ouweleen and Erik Richter
Director(s) Richard Ferguson-Hull
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"The Death of Harvey" is the seventh episode of Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law season four, and the thirty-nine and final overall. It aired on July 22, 2007 on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim block. It was written by Michael Ouweleen and Erik Richter, and directed by Richard Ferguson-Hull. In 2018, the series was given a "reunion special" with Harvey Birdman: Attorney General.

The questionable jury of Harvey's past cases requires him to do them all over, which leads to the original: Nitron. But taking Nitron down is not the job of an attorney, but the job of a superhero: Birdman!!!!!

Detailed summary

Memorable quotes

Harvey: As an attorney, I swore to uphold the truth. As a superhero, the truth is mine to uphold.

Characters

In order of appearance:

Mentioned and non-speaking characters are in italics

Organizations

Locations

Objects

Vehicles

Production

Development

Filming

Phil being hit by a blimp is reused from the previous episode, "Juror in Court".

Music

The music is composed by Michael Kohler.

Behind the scenes

  • The episode title is a reference to "The Death of Superman" arc by DC Comics. Nikron is a parody of Doomsday, who was able to kill Superman. In the former, their confrontation leads to both of their deaths, while in the latter, Nitron and Harvey die for different reasons.
  • This episode is double the length of a regular episode.
  • It begins with a recap of the aforementioned previous episode.
  • Phil was believed to have been killed in "Babysitter".
  • The blimp advertises a bald eagle logo associated with The Colbert Report, hosted by Stephen Colbert.
  • Port St. Charles seems to be a parody of Cape St. Charles.
  • Potamus can still turn into "the creature" after his radioactive consumption in "Incredible Hippo".
  • Harvey refers to the Bronzoluxe Tanning Crème he used in "SPF".
  • The way the Bear leaves Harvey's wake is a parody of the ending of the TV series Cheers.

Errors

  • Harvey's 38 cases don't include Hair Bear presumably because that ended in a mistrial.
  • The billboard says "Old Dirty Carny" when it's supposed to be Ol' Dirty Carny.

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