Trio's Company

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Trio's Company
We're gonna need a bigger bed.
Network	Adult Swim (Cartoon Network)
Premiere date	April 18, 2004
Run time	11:51
Starring	Gary Cole Stephen Colbert Thomas Allen Debi Mae West Maurice LaMarche Chris Edgerly John Michael Higgins Steve Patrick
Music composed by	Michael Kohler
Story by	Steve Patrick
Writer(s)	Michael Ouweleen Erik Richter
Director(s)	Richard Ferguson-Hull
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"Trio's Company" is the second episode of Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law season two, and the eleventh overall. It aired on April 18, 2004 on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim block. It was written by Steve Patrick, 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 are Inch High, Private Eye and Galaxy Trio.

Inch High hires Harvey to represent him against the agency that wrongfully fired him due to his diminutive size; Harvey gets mixed messages when a gym trainer moves into his apartment, although they haven't even been on one date, they haven't kissed, and keeps on calling him "Harry."

Memorable quotes

Potamus: Hey, Veetz, you get that thing I sent ya?

Potamus: Hey, hey, did you get that ring I sent ya?

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Mr. Finkerton	Chris Edgerly
Inch High	Maurice LaMarche
Peanut	Thomas Allen
Avenger	Unavailable
Barney Rubble	N/A
Harvey Birdman	Gary Cole
Gigi	Debi Mae West
Phil Ken Sebben	Stephen Colbert
Peter Potamus	Chris Edgerly
Veetz	N/A
Blue Falcone	N/A
The Bear	Unavailable
Video game announcer	Steve Patrick
Ishmael	N/A
Book Moby Dick	N/A
Myron Reducto	Stephen Colbert
Terry	Unavailable
Vince	Maurice LaMarche
Janitor	N/A
Vulturo	N/A
Judge Mentok	John Michael Higgins
Debbie	N/A
Doctor Quincy	N/A
Fred Jones	N/A
Cafeteria lady	N/A
Singing telegram	Thomas Allen
Clem	Maurice LaMarche
Black Vulcan	Phil LaMarr
Goat	Unavailable

Organizations

• Finkerton Detective Agency
• Sebben & Sebben
• Freezoid, Zarog, & Skon
• FDA

Locations

• Earth
  • United States
    • Finkterton Detective Agency HQ
    • Washington, D.C.
      • Sebben & Sebben offices
      • Gym
      • Gigi's residence
      • Birdman residence
      • Courthouse
    • Bedrock (mentioned)
    • Bird Lair
  • Andorra
  • Amusement park

Objects

• Ring Dongs
• Soundolux
• Moby Dick video game

Vehicles

• None

Production

Development

The idea came about based on the fact that Inch High probably wouldn't be very effective in real life, and Steve Patrick having a psycho girlfriend. He was too busy to do a complete job, so it was taken over by Ouweleer and Richter.

Filming

Barney popping out of the hole was added late.

When Reducto runs around screaming, Stephen Colbert actually ran around the booth screaming.

The scene shown during the end credits was put there because the episode was running late. The scene itself happens much earlier in the episode.

The DVDs for this episode contain four deleted scenes.

Music

The music was composed by Michael Kohler.

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: April 18, 2004 on Adult Swim (Cartoon Network)

Behind the scenes

• The title is a play on both "Three's company" and the Galaxy Trio.
• Ring Dongs are a parody of Ding Dongs.
• Chris Edgerly replaces Joe Alaskey as the voice of Peter Potamus.
• The scene where Harvey keeps on slapping Reducto to get the truth out of him is an allusion to a scene in the 1974 film Chinatown.
• Barney, Terry, and Vulturo's mouths move with the rest of the group, so neither of them has their distinctive voices coming through.
• In the steam room, the bear's voice is an archive of a real bear.
• The guy at the gym's counter is reading a magazine with the Galaxy Trio's logo on the cover.
• This is a rare occasion where Debbie is seen, but not heard, which is the opposite of what usually happens.
• Ouweleen, Richter, and Ferguson-Hull provide audio commentary for this episode on DVD releases. Notably, they mention that the series could've been about Vapor Man, called Stanley instead of Terry. Incidentally, he has the least focus of all the Galaxy Trio.

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.