Shoyu Weenie
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| Network | Adult Swim (Cartoon Network) |
| 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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"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
Announcer: And now, with their new #1 hit, in America: it's the Neptunes!
(The Neptunes perform their song on TV)
Mr. Morimoto: おい！ (They stole our song!)
Miko: 何日も食べてない。(I haven't eaten in weeks.)
Harvey: Aren't you cute? Here's a football. An American football!
Kenji: どうですか？勝ったますね？ (You think we have a chance?)
Harvey: 白人。(White guy.)
Characters
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Organizations
- Shoyu Weenie
- The Neptunes
- Sebben & Sebben
- Freezoid, Zarog, & Skon
- Columbia House
- F.E.A.R.
- Tschus Tschus
- Helmut Spassmacher Productions
Locations
- Earth
- Japan
- United States
- Washington, D.C.
- Sebben & Sebben offices
- Bryn's
- Reducto's residence
- Courthouse
- The Bird Cage
- Washington, D.C.
- 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."
- This is the first episode to feature Mentok, the Mindtaker as judge in the series.
- 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
- Mentok would eventually take Hiram Mightor's former job as judge from "The Dabba Don" onward, due to the latter being killed by Fred Flintstone's mob.
- However, Mightor would still make small appearances in other episodes of the series, in which he would say "Diddle-diddle-dee!" when another character says something vaugely phallic.
- 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.
