Free Magilla

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Free Magilla
Network	Adult Swim (Cartoon Network)
Premiere date	September 11, 2005
Starring	Gary Cole Stephen Colbert Thomas Allen Chris Edgerly Maurice LaMarche John Michael Higgins
Music composed by	Michael Kohler
Writer(s)	Christine Bielinski Michael Ouweleen Erik Richter
Director(s)	Richard Ferguson-Hull
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"Free Magilla" is the eighth episode of Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law season three, and the twenty-eighth overall. It aired on September 11, 2005 on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim block. It was written by Christine Bielinski, and series creators, Michael Ouweleen, and Erik Richter, produced by Evan W. Adler, and directed by Richard Ferguson-Hull. The Hanna-Barbera series ridiculed in this episode is Magilla Gorilla.

An animal activist group takes Mr. Peebles to court over the freedom of Magilla Gorilla.

Memorable quotes

Reducto: Mr. Pebbles.
Mr. Peebles: Uh, it's Peebles.
Reducto: Control yourself, sir!

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Magilla Gorilla	Maurice LaMarche
Mr. Felder	John Michael Higgins
Activist #2	Chris Edgerly
Harvey Birdman	Gary Cole
Avenger	Unavailable
Phil Ken Sebben	Stephen Colbert
Peter Potamus	Chris Edgerly
Stewie	Chris Edgerly
Fooey	Chris Edgerly
Spewie	Chris Edgerly
Peanut	Thomas Allen
Mr. Peebles	Maurice LaMarche
Debbie	N/A
Bandit	N/A
Scrappy-Doo	N/A
Jonny Quest	N/A
Hadji	N/A
Mailman	Maurice LaMarche
Newscaster	Thomas Allen
Melvin Van Peebles	Gary Cole
Myron Reducto	Stephen Colbert
Poochie	Unavailable

Organizations

• People's Animal Freedom Front
• Sebben & Sebben
• Freezoid, Zarog, & Skon

Locations

• Earth
  • United States
    • Peebles Pet Shop
    • Washington, D.C.
      • Sebben & Sebben offices
    • Marigold Lane
    • Bank
• The Moon

Objects

• Tribonin (mentioned)
• Times newspaper
• Freez-O-Lux
• Ol' Dirty Brew
• Bird Times
• Reducto's shrink gun

Vehicles

• 1/2 Blind Justice

Music

The music was composed by Michael Kohler.

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: September 11, 2005 on Adult Swim (Cartoon Network)

Behind the scenes

• Harvey's laptop has a pear-shaped logo in reference to Apple computers.
• Harvey's calendar says January. It appears to be the same one shown before with Victoria Principal's birthday noted.
• Stewie, Fooey, and Spewie are a parody of the Disney duck triplets, Louie, Dewie, and Hewey.
• Out of the three, Edgerly is only credited as Fooey.
• The camera cuts around ever needing to show Mentok. This is despite Higgins being available.

Home availability

• In the United States:
  • July 24, 2007: Warner Home Video releases Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law: Volume Three on DVD.
• In Australia:
  • August 6, 2008: Madman Entertainment releases Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law: Volume Three 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: Seasons 1,2 & 3 on DVD.
  • April 12, 2010: Revolver Entertainment releases Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law: Volume Three on DVD.