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X Gets the Crest
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Network	Adult Swim (Cartoon Network)
Premiere date	August 7, 2005
Run time	11:37
Starring	Gary Cole; Stephen Colbert; Thomas Allen; Chris Edgerly; John Michael Higgins; Peter MacNicol; Mark Hamill; Sunda Lynn Croonquist
Music composed by	Michael Kohler
Writer(s)	Michael Ouweleen; Erik Richter
Director(s)	Richard Ferguson-Hull
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"X Gets the Crest" is the third episode of Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law season three, and the twenty-third overall. It aired on August 7, 2005 on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim block. It was written by Michael Ouweleen and Erik Richter, and directed by Richard Ferguson-Hull. The Hanna-Barbera series ridiculed in this episode is Ricochet Rabbit.

Sheriff Ricochet Rabbit is put on trial for damages. Although the more important problem, is that Harvey lost his crest to X in a poker game.

Detailed summary

Memorable quotes

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Peanut	Thomas Allen
Peter Potamus	Chris Edgerly
X, the Eliminator	Peter MacNicol
Harvey Birdman	Gary Cole
Phil Ken Sebben	Stephen Colbert
Myron Reducto	Stephen Colbert
Avenger	Unavailable
Ricochet Rabbit	Mark Hamill
Droop-a-long Coyote	N/A
Number One	N/A
Husband	Chris Edgerly
Wife	N/A
Zardo	John Michael Higgins
Victoria Principal
Annie Hoaxley
Sheepy Wolf
Judge Mentok	John Michael Higgins
George Washington	N/A
Bono	N/A
TV host	Sunda Lynn Croonquist
Juan
Ernie Devlin	N/A
Droopy	N/A

Organizations

Locations

Earth
- United States
  - Sebben & Sebben offices
  - Courthouse
  - Ling Ling Burger
  - X the Eliminator's residence
  - Texas
    - Hoopen Holler
  - Zardo's residence
- South America (indirectly mentioned)
  - Guyana (mentioned)
- Caribbean (mentioned)
- France (photo)
  - Paris (photo)
    - Eiffel Tower (photo)

Objects

Birdman-shaped phone
Suddsoluxe
Reducto's shrink gun
The New Westburg Times-Picayune newspaper
The Penny Master newspaper

Vehicles

None

Production

Development

Filming

In one deleted scene, when Phil first comes into Harvey's office with his missing eye patch, the reaction causes the Bear and Peter Potamus to die and become stuffed carpet rugs.

A second deleted scene when X goes to the former F.E.A.R. HQ, where the husband would like X to give them their magazines because they failed to give a forward address, which includes Rifle Enthusiast (with Ranger Smith shooting at Yogi), Gun Fancy (with Yogi striking back with a cannon), Apocalypse Tomorrow (with Ranger Smith setting off a bomb inside Jellystone Park, killing the bears), and San Francisco's Gump's catalog (with Yogi's head mounted on the wall).

A third deleted scene features a montage of X's life becoming much better because of the crest, which includes moving into a neighborhood fortress (with a moving van called U-Schlep, a parody of U-Haul), having a big party, working out at a gym, a new wardrobe, trading in an old car for a new one, and a night on the town with a bunch of other supervillains.

Music

The score was composed by Michael Kohler.

Release

Dates are in order of release:

United States: August 7, 2005 on Adult Swim (Cartoon Network)

Behind the scenes

The month on Harvey's calendar is January.
Although previously spelled as Hoop 'n' Holler, this episode distinguishes it as Hoopen Holler.
Harvey's beard is light brown.
Ouweleen, Richter, Cole, and MacNicol provide audio commentary for this episode on DVD releases.
The TV host's name isn't revealed although judging by the "P" logo, it at least gives the beginning of her name. The show is a parody of The Oprah Winfrey Show.

Errors

Only when X wants Harvey's crest, is it the source of his powers. The source of Harvey's powers is supposed to solar radiation from the sun.

Critical reception

Home availability

In the United States:
- October 10, 2006: Warner Home Video releases Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law: Volume Two on DVD.
In Australia:
- December 12, 2007: Madman Entertainment releases Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law: Volume Two on DVD.
- November 28, 2012: Madman Entertainment releases Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law: The Complete Cases on DVD.
In the United Kingdom and Ireland:
- December 7, 2009: Revolver Entertainment releases Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law: Volume Two on DVD.
- December 7, 2009: Revolver Entertainment releases Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law: Seasons 1,2 & 3 on DVD.

References

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-'''"X Gets the Crest"''' is the third episode of ''[[Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law]]'' season three, and the twenty-third overall. It aired on August 7, 2005 on [[Cartoon Network]]'s [[Adult Swim]] block. It was written by [[Michael Ouweleen]] and [[Erik Richter]], and directed by [[Richard Ferguson-Hull]]. The [[Hanna-Barbera]] series ridiculed in this episode is ''[[Ricochet Rabbit]]''.
+'''"X Gets the Crest"''' is the third episode of ''[[Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law]]'' season three, and the twenty-third overall. It aired on [[August 7]], [[2005]] on [[Cartoon Network]]'s [[Adult Swim]] block. It was written by [[Michael Ouweleen]] and [[Erik Richter]], and directed by [[Richard Ferguson-Hull]]. The [[Hanna-Barbera]] series ridiculed in this episode is ''[[Ricochet Rabbit]]''.
 Sheriff Ricochet Rabbit is put on trial for damages. Although the more important problem, is that Harvey lost his crest to X in a poker game.
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+| style="background-color:#clear"| [[X, the Eliminator]]
 | style="background-color:#clear"| [[Peter MacNicol]]
 |-
-| style="background-color:#clear"| [[Birdman|Harvey Birdman]]
+| style="background-color:#clear"| [[Harvey Birdman]]
 | style="background-color:#clear"| [[Gary Cole]]
 |-
-| style="background-color:#clear"| [[Falcon 7|Phil Ken Sebben]]
+| style="background-color:#clear"| [[Phil Ken Sebben]]
 | style="background-color:#clear"| [[Stephen Colbert]]
 |-
-| style="background-color:#clear"| [[Reducto|Myron Reducto]]
+| style="background-color:#clear"| [[Myron Reducto]]
 | style="background-color:#clear"| Stephen Colbert
 |-
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 | style="background-color:#clear"| [[Mark Hamill]]
 |-
-| style="background-color:#clear"| [[Droop-a-Long Coyote]]
+| style="background-color:#clear"| [[Droop-a-long Coyote]]
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 | style="background-color:#clear"| [[John Michael Higgins]]
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 |-
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 |-
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 * ''[[The New Westburg Times-Picayune]]''
 * ''[[The Penny Master]]''
+* [[Crust Club for Men]] (mentioned)
 ==Locations==
-* [[United States]]
+* [[Earth]]
-** Sebben & Sebben offices
+** [[United States]]
-** Courthouse
+*** Sebben & Sebben offices
-** [[Ling Ling Burger]]
+*** Courthouse
-** [[X the Eliminator's residence]]
+*** [[Ling Ling Burger]]
-** [[Texas]]
+*** [[X the Eliminator's residence]]
-*** [[Hoopen Holler]]
+*** [[Texas]]
-** Zardo's residence
+**** [[Hoopen Holler]]
-** Crust Club for Men (mentioned)
+*** Zardo's residence
-* South America (indirectly mentioned)
+** [[South America]] (indirectly mentioned)
-** Guyana (mentioned)
+*** Guyana (mentioned)
-* [[Caribbean]] (mentioned)
+** [[Caribbean]] (mentioned)
-* [[France]] (photo)
+** [[France]] (photo)
-** [[Paris]] (photo)
+*** [[Paris]] (photo)
-*** [[Eiffel Tower]] (photo)
+**** [[Eiffel Tower]] (photo)
 ==Objects==
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 In one deleted scene, when Phil first comes into Harvey's office with his missing eye patch, the reaction causes the Bear and Peter Potamus to die and become stuffed carpet rugs.
-A second deleted scene when X goes to the former F.E.A.R. HQ, where the husband would like X to give them their magazines because they failed to give a forward address, which include ''Rifle Enthusiast'' (with [[Ranger Smith]] shooting at [[Yogi Bear|Yogi]]), ''Gun Fancy'' (with Yogi striking back with a cannon), ''Apocalypse Tomorrow'' (with Ranger Smith setting off a bomb inside Jellystone Park, killing the bears), and San Francisco's ''Gump's'' catalog (with Yogi's head mounted on the wall).
+A second deleted scene when X goes to the former F.E.A.R. HQ, where the husband would like X to give them their magazines because they failed to give a forward address, which includes ''Rifle Enthusiast'' (with [[Ranger Smith]] shooting at [[Yogi Bear|Yogi]]), ''Gun Fancy'' (with Yogi striking back with a cannon), ''Apocalypse Tomorrow'' (with Ranger Smith setting off a bomb inside Jellystone Park, killing the bears), and San Francisco's ''Gump's'' catalog (with Yogi's head mounted on the wall).
 A third deleted scene features a montage of X's life becoming much better because of the crest, which includes moving into a neighborhood fortress (with a moving van called U-Schlep, a parody of U-Haul), having a big party, working out at a gym, a new wardrobe, trading in an old car for a new one, and a night on the town with a bunch of other supervillains.
 ==Music==
-The music is composed by [[Michael Kohler]].
+The score was composed by [[Michael Kohler]].
 ==Release==
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 * Harvey's beard is light brown.
 * Ouweleen, Richter, Cole, and MacNicol provide audio commentary for this episode on DVD releases.
-* The TV host's name isn't revealed although judging by the "P" logo, it at least gives the beginning of her name. The show is a parody of ''The Oprah Winfrey Show''.
+* The TV host's name isn't revealed although judging by the "P" logo, it at least gives the beginning of her name. The show is a parody of ''The [[Oprah Winfrey]] Show''.
 ==Errors==
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 ==Critical reception==
 ==Home availability==
-* * In the United States, it was first released onto DVD as part of ''[[Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law: Volume Two]]'' on October 10, 2006, by [[Warner Home Video]].
+* In the United States:
-* In the UK, [[Revolver Entertainment]] released the same DVD set on December 7, 2009, and also on the same day, the episode was collected together with the rest of the series in ''[[Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law: Seasons 1,2 & 3]]''.
+** [[October 10]], [[2006]]: [[Warner Home Video]] releases ''[[Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law: Volume Two]]'' on DVD.
-* In Australia, [[Madman Entertainment]] released the same set on December 12, 2007, then re-released the episode as part of ''[[Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law: The Complete Cases]]'' on November 28, 2012.
+* In [[Australia]]:
+** [[December 12]], [[2007]]: [[Madman Entertainment]] releases ''Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law: Volume Two'' on DVD.
+** [[November 28]], [[2012]]: Madman Entertainment releases ''[[Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law: The Complete Cases]]'' on DVD.
+* In the United Kingdom and [[Ireland]]:
+** [[December 7]], [[2009]]: [[Revolver Entertainment]] releases ''Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law: Volume Two'' on DVD.
+** [[December 7]], [[2009]]: Revolver Entertainment releases ''[[Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law: Seasons 1,2 & 3]]'' on DVD.
 ==References==
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+[[Category:2005]]
+[[Category:Adult Swim]]
+[[Category:Attorney at Law episodes]]
 [[Category:Birdman episodes]]
-[[Category:Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law episodes]]
+[[Category:Birdman]]
+[[Category:Directed by Richard Ferguson-Hull]]
+[[Category:Episodes]]
+[[Category:Williams Street]]
+[[Category:Written by Erik Richter]]
+[[Category:Written by Michael Ouweleen]]