The Firebird (Godzilla)

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The Firebird
Premiere date	September 9, 1978
Starring	Ted Cassidy Jeff David Brenda Thompson Hilly Hicks Al Eisenmann Don Messick
Music composed by	Hoyt Curtin
Director(s)	Ray Patterson Carl Urbano Wally Burr (voices)
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"The Firebird" is the first episode of Godzilla season one. It aired on September 9, 1978 on NBC. It was directed by Ray Patterson and Carl Urbano, and voice directed by Wally Burr.

A fiery bird awakens from its slumber inside a volcano and plans to lay its eggs in Alaska, which will destroy the population if not stopped.

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Blake's partner	Unavailable
Blake	Unavailable
Fire bird	Unavailable
Pete Darien	Al Eisenmann
Godzooky	Don Messick
Doctor Quinn Darien	Brenda Thompson
Captain Carl Majors	Jeff David
Brock Borden	Hilly Hicks
Godzilla	Ted Cassidy

Locations

• Earth
  • Aleutian Islands
    • Alaska
    • Pitkin Island

Objects

• Godzilla signal

Vehicles

• Aurora
• Calico
• Carl's hovercraft
• Carl's helicopter

Music

The music was composed by Hoyt Curtin, who was credited as the musical director, with musical supervision from Paul DeKorte.

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: September 9, 1978 on NBC

Errors

• Quinn says the firebird is going to Alaska despite the fact they're technically already supposed to be in Alaska, which is part of the Aleutian chain.

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning

Home availability

• In the United States:
  • June 6, 2006: Classic Media and Sony Wonder releases Godzilla: The Original Animated Series: Volume 1 on DVD.