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Very Personal Injury
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Apache Chief sits in shame due to performance issues.
Network Adult Swim (Cartoon Network)
Premiere date September 2, 2001
Run time 12:07
Starring Gary Cole
Stephen Colbert
Maurice LaMarche
Jack Angel
Phil La Marr
Laraine Newman
Music composed by Michael Kohler
Writer(s) Michael Ouweleen
Erik Richter
Director(s) Vincent Waller
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"Very Personal Injury" is the second episode of Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law season one. It aired on September 2, 2001 on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim block. It was written by series creators, Michael Ouweleen and Erik Richter, produced by Christine Griswold and Jeffrey Goldstein, and directed by Vincent Waller. The Hanna-Barbera series ridiculed in this episode are the Super Friends incarnations of the late 1970s, which introduced ethnic superheroes that only ended up being underutilized, stereotypical clichés.

Apache Chief, a down on his luck former Super Friend, sues Javalux after spilling their hot coffee on himself.

Detailed summary

Memorable quotes

Debbie: An Apache Chief to see you, Mr. Birdman.
Harvey: Which one?
Debbie: He says that's his name.

Characters

Legend
Character debut Speaking debut Ep. debut No lines Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character Actor
Announcer Maurice LaMarche
General Jack Angel
Citizen #1 Stephen Colbert
Apache Chief Maurice LaMarche
Citizen #2 Phil La Marr
Citizen #3 Jack Angel
Drunk citizen Jack Angel
Harvey Birdman Gary Cole
Avenger Unavailable
Debbie (voice only) Laraine Newman
Myron Reducto Stephen Colbert
Sybil Sussler Laraine Newman
Judge Mightor Gary Cole
Aquaman
Superman
Black Vulcan Phil La Marr
Zan Michael Bell
Woman Unavailable
Radioactive Blob
Atomic Standard-sized Poodle
Space Dragon
The Bear Unavailable
Alexander N/A
Juan Gigante N/A
Negotiator N/A
Pitseleh N/A
Frank Tickler N/A
Jesse Jackson N/A


Organizations

Locations

Objects

Vehicles

  • None

Production

Development

The footage that came back from overseas was in bad shape and took extensive time to fix by the editors. The crew worked hard to make the animation look like the quality of the time, in particular, a subtle joke about the change in color to the telephone pole took a long time to get right.

Filming

Michael Bell, the voice of Zan, objected to the use of Zan transforming into a washcloth, but the producers, who respected his opinion, told him that it needed to be different to fit the joke. He finally accepted, but not without a shrug of disappointment.

Music

The music was composed by Michael Kohler.

Release

Dates are in order of release:

  • United States: September 2, 2001 on Adult Swim (Cartoon Network)

Behind the scenes

  • Apache Chief's case is a parody of the famous 1994 case Lieback v. MacDonald's Restaurants.
  • Debbie still isn't named on-screen, although she's identified by name in the credits for the first time.
  • Alexander is the real name given to Number One, the leader of F.E.A.R. in the Birdman TV series.
  • Michael Ouweleen, Erik Richter, and Melissa Warrenburg provide audio commentary for this episode on DVD releases.

Errors

  • When Apache Chief picks up the telephone pole, the shade of brown lightens, although this is an in-joke to animation errors back when Super Friends originally aired.
  • The Bird Cage is called the Bird Cafe.

Everlasting influence

  • The case is reopened in "The Death of Harvey." In the same episode, Apache Chief also uses a travel cup for safety.

Critical reception

Home availability

References

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