Series synopsis
Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law is an American sci-fi & fantasy animation comedy action & adventure crime television series that premiered on Cartoon Network on December 30, 2000. It ended on July 22, 2007. It was created by Michael Ouweleen, Erik Richter. It stars Thomas Allen, John Michael Higgins and Chris Edgerly.
Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law features ex-superhero Harvey T. Birdman of Birdman and the Galaxy Trio as an attorney working for a law firm alongside other cartoon stars from 1960s and 1970s Hanna-Barbera cartoon series. Similarly, Harvey's clients are also primarily composed of characters taken from Hanna-Barbera cartoon series of the same era. Many of Birdman's nemeses featured in his former cartoon series also became attorneys, often representing the opposing side of a given case.
Premise
Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law features ex-superhero Harvey T. Birdman of Birdman and the Galaxy Trio as an attorney working for a law firm alongside other cartoon stars from 1960s and 1970s Hanna-Barbera cartoon series. Similarly, Harvey's clients are also primarily composed of characters taken from Hanna-Barbera cartoon series of the same era. Many of Birdman's nemeses featured in his former cartoon series also became attorneys, often representing the opposing side of a given case.
Premise: Feel the Power of Attorney!
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Thomas Allen as Peanut (voice)
- John Michael Higgins as Mentok the Mindtaker (voice)
- Chris Edgerly as Peter Potamus (voice)
Guest cast
- Gary Cole as Harvey Birdman (voice)
- Paget Brewster as Birdgirl (voice)
- Stephen Colbert as Phil Ken Sebben / Myron Reducto (voice)
- Peter MacNicol as X the Eliminator (voice)
- Bill Farmer as Secret Squirrel (voice)
- Paul Adelstein
- Michael McKean as Evelyn Spyro Throckmorton (voice)
- Nika Futterman
- Patience Cleveland
- Mark Hamill as Ricochet Rabbit (voice)
- Mary Birdsong
- Neil Ross
Episodes
This series spans 5 seasons with 49 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 0 | 10 | October 14, 2018 | |
| Season 1 | 9 | December 30, 2000 | June 8, 2003 |
| Season 2 | 11 | January 1, 2004 | November 2, 2004 |
| Season 3 | 12 | July 10, 2005 | October 23, 2005 |
| Season 4 | 7 | October 2, 2006 | July 22, 2007 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Space Ghost Pilot | |
| 2 |
VG episode - The Burning Question Bonus episodes from the Harvery Birdman Video Game on PSP |
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| 3 |
VG episode - Cleaning Crew Bonus episodes from the Harvery Birdman Video Game on PSP |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Bannon Custody Battle Harvey represents Dr. Quest in a parental custody battle with Race Bannon over Jonny and Hadji. |
December 30, 2000 |
| 2 |
Very Personal Injury Ex-Superfriend Apache Chief accidentally spills a latte on his lap and loses his super-ability to "grow large at will." With Harvey as his attorney, he sues Javalux. |
September 23, 2001 |
| 3 |
Shaggy Busted Shaggy and Scooby are being held on possession. Harvey defends the two in an entirely circumstantial case brought against them by Spyro. |
July 7, 2002 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Blackwatch Plaid When Harvey's boss Phil Ken Sebben believes his office has been burgled, he installs a series of oppressive security measures at the firm. The e-mail monitoring, cavity searches, color-coded crime alert system and security cameras aren't making the office any more safe, but Phil seems to enjoy them. Meanwhile, Harvey is under pressure to bring in a new client. He ends up representing Secret Squirrel, who is on trial for publicly displaying the equipment he keeps underneath his trench coat. |
January 1, 2004 |
| 2 |
Trio's Company Birdman joins a new health club and falls for his personal trainer, Gigi. It seems everyone else in the health club is reaching her target zone, except for Harvey. Back in court, Harvey is representing Inch-High Private Eye, who believes he's been illegally fired from his job based on his diminutive stature. |
April 18, 2004 |
| 3 |
The Devlin Made Me Do It Washed up motorcycle stuntman Ernie Devlin is sued when a kid injures himself trying to imitate his deep ravine jump. Harvey's legal strategy -- to attack the fractured, wheelchair bound child on the witness stand -- backfires. Pill-addled Devlin is a less than sympathetic defendant, so Harvey must scramble to salvage the case. Meanwhile, Avenger seems to have laid an egg. |
April 25, 2004 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Booty Noir Reducto falls in love when he meets a derriere he just can't shrink. Unfortunately, that derriere belongs to Norlisa, Black Vulcan's girlfriend. She's ready to dump her fella for the arms of a small, green man - but Reducto may not be able to reciprocate. In the meantime, Wally Gator's arrested for, well, for being a redneck, and it's up to Harvey to defend him. |
July 10, 2005 |
| 2 |
Harvey's Civvy Murro the Maurader sues Harvey for injuries suffered in 1967. Murro's lawyer, the psychically bombastic Shado the Brain Thief, not only litigates Murro's case, but he introduces a class action lawsuit as well. Harvey begs Potamus to take the case and the hippo litigates on Harvey's behalf. |
July 17, 2005 |
| 3 |
X Gets The Crest After 30 years of failed attempts, X the Eliminator acquires the crest on Birdman's helmet. Convinced that he's powerless without his crest, Harvey falls apart, stops shaving and loses a case defending Ricochet Rabbit from charges of wanton and willful destruction. X, on the other hand, turns his life around. He starts fighting for the cause of all that is good, winds up in newspaper headlines and on afternoon talk shows. With X hanging around with rock stars, Harvey running around in his skivvies plotting revenge and Ricochet on psychotropic drugs, things look pretty bleak. |
July 24, 2005 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Shazzan Avenger inexplicably starts talking. Peanut discovers a vase that, when rubbed, releases Shazzan, now in servitude to Peanut. Shazzan accuses Mentok of having imprisoned him in the vase centuries ago for gazing on the king's intended. Mentok was a genie called Mufti the Mizwa of Muzzy Tah in those days, one of several identities he has had over the years. Shazzan insists on Peanut representing him, and Mentok, after he is captured, manipulates Harvey into representing him. Mentok insists that Shazzan is attempting to frame him, and escapes from court to retrieve the halves of a magic disk that, when put back together and the magic word thus revealed is spoken (by Avenger), imprisons Shazzan in the vase again. |
October 2, 2006 |
| 2 |
The Incredible Hippo Peter Potamus consumes radioactive pellets that transform him into "the creature," turning him green and tripling his waist size. Meanwhile, Atom Ant is charged with having high radiations levels in his home. |
October 9, 2006 |
| 3 |
Babysitter Peter Potamus takes over Sebben & Sebben in Phil's absence. Reducto babysits Peanut on his birthday. Birdgirl/Judy is searching for her father Phil. Birdman goes to his highschool reunion. |
October 16, 2006 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | Cartoon Network |
|---|---|
| First aired | December 30, 2000 |
| Last aired | July 22, 2007 |
| Runtime | 11 minutes |
| Status | Ended |
| Schedule | Sunday at 12:30:00 |