Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law

Third-rate superhero Harvey Birdman gets a new lease on life when he becomes a lawyer.

Cast:Gary Cole , Stephen Colbert , Thomas Michael Allen , John Michael Higgins , Chris Edgerly , Maurice LaMarche , Grey Griffin , Peter MacNicol , Erik Richter , Phil LaMarr , Paget Brewster , Neil Ross , Frank Welker , Michael McKean , Steve Landesberg , Lewis Black , Toby Huss , Tom Kenny

1Season 1

S1.E1 ∙ Bannon Custody Case

Sat, Dec 30, 2000

Race Bannon ends his longtime association with Dr. Benton Quest and sues for custody of Jonny and Hadji. Harvey, as always, takes the case.

2Season 1

S1.E2 ∙ Very Personal Injury

Sun, Sep 23, 2001

Ex-Superfriend Apache Chief spills coffee on his lap and loses his superpower, the ability to "grow large at will". Harvey represents the fallen superhero in his fight against the negligent coffee conglomerate.

3Season 1

S1.E3 ∙ Shaggy Busted

Sun, Jul 7, 2002

When the weaving Mystery Machine is pulled over, a giggling Shaggy and Scooby are held for possession. The gang enlists Harvey to defend the two in the entirely circumstantial case.

4Season 1

S1.E4 ∙ Death by Chocolate

Sun, Jul 14, 2002

The ATF surround Yogi Bear's cave and charge his sidekick, the cute, innocent Boo Boo, with eco-terrorism. The high profile case is assigned to Harvey who devotes himself to Boo Boo's defense-and to Boo Boo.

5Season 1

S1.E5 ∙ Shoyu Weenie

Sun, Jul 21, 2002

'Shoyu Weenie', a Japanese pop band, discovers that Jabberjaw and the Neptunes have stolen their hit single and decide to take their case to a higher power. When he's not available, they settle for Harvey.

6Season 1

S1.E6 ∙ The Dabba Don

Sun, Jul 28, 2002

Fred Flintstone is a family man - he works hard and provides a very good living for his wife, Wilma, and daughter, Pebbles. Looking to expand beyond 'construction' with a couple of small, side businesses, Fred seeks legal advice from Harvey. The case is seemingly a simple matter until the Feds start questioning the legitimacy of Fred's business dealings and his possible ties to the Mob.

Harvey, oblivious as always, refuses to see Fred as anything but an honest working stiff, struggling to provide for his family. That is, until he's made consigliere.

7Season 1

S1.E7 ∙ Deadomutt: Part 1

Sun, May 25, 2003

A hot new lawyer, Blue Falcone, joins Harvey's law firm. Everyone's excited to have, for the first time, an ex-superhero on the firm. Harvey does nothing to conceal his jealousy-or his hatred for the annoying Dynomutt. When Dynomutt is then found jammed and mangled beyond recognition in a copier machine, Harvey is the prime suspect. Harvey is arrested, tried, found guilty and sentenced to the electric chair.

8Season 1

S1.E8 ∙ Deadomutt: Part 2

Sun, Jun 1, 2003

Harvey's fate is decided in this conclusion to the Dynomutt murder trial.

9Season 1

S1.E9 ∙ X, the Exterminator

Sun, Jun 8, 2003

The assassin X the Eliminator is sitting at home, mostly having forgotten that he was paid a million bucks to obtain the crest from Birdman's helmet in 1967, when he sees Harvey in an ad for his law practice. X launches right back in his quest and, now posing as X the Exterminator, confronts Harvey. He is devastated to discover that Harvey just doesn't remember him.

1Season 2

S2.E1 ∙ Blackwatch Plaid

Thu, Jan 1, 2004

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.

2Season 2

S2.E2 ∙ Trio's Company

Sun, Apr 18, 2004

Inch-High Private Eye hires Harvey to represent him for a case in which he thinks he was fired because of his size, meanwhile Harvey develops feelings for his personal trainer.

3Season 2

S2.E3 ∙ The Devlin Made Me Do It

Sun, Apr 25, 2004

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.

4Season 2

S2.E4 ∙ High Speed Buggy Chase

Sun, May 2, 2004

Speed Buggy is arrested for leading the cops on a high-speed chase. As Harvey prepares for the trial, longtime assistant Avenger resigns, landing a job with Harvey's rival Vulturo. Harvey searches for a replacement, downgrading from a legal eagle to a legal finch. And then a legal emu.

5Season 2

S2.E5 ∙ SPF

Sun, May 9, 2004

Harvey becomes addicted to fake tanning during a case representing Ding-a-Ling Wolf.

6Season 2

S2.E6 ∙ Back to the Present

Sun, May 16, 2004

The Jetsons travel "back" in time from the incredible, far off year of (ahem) 2002, to sue us all for screwing up the planet. Turns out there's a reason all the buildings in the Jetsons' world are on stilts: the ice caps melted and the earth is covered in water. Meanwhile, Phil is terrified - or is it excited - that the Jetsons are there to abduct and anally probe him.

7Season 2

S2.E7 ∙ Grape Juiced

Sun, May 30, 2004

Scandal hits the Laff-a-Lympics when Grape Ape is accused of steroid use. He, along with Beegle Beagle, his coach from the former Eastern European block, seek Harvey's services to prove his innocence and win back his medal. Meanwhile, Phil can be seen doing as series of "favors" for the Laff-a-Lympics committee in an effort to win the games for their city.

8Season 2

S2.E8 ∙ Peanut Puberty

Sun, Jun 6, 2004

It's a very special Harvey when Peanut begins to "develop" his superpowers. It's a difficult time for a young superhero and Peanut turns to Harvey to help him understand the changes he's going through. Like, power bands that shoot off with a mind of their own and solar shield that pops up at the most embarrassing times and won't go away. Harvey, of course, has no clue and has to seek the advice of other super beings to help him guide the sup-bescent Peanut. Meanwhile, Auggie Doggie hires Harvey to save Doggy Daddy from being euthanized for having bit someone.

9Season 2

S2.E9 ∙ Gone Efficien...t

Sun, Jun 13, 2004

Phil gets on a cost cutting kick and hires an efficiency expert named "DVD" (was "David," but he cut vowels from his life to save time.) Harvey is forced to prove his worth, get more efficient, or be sent packing. The pressure to find a case increases as Harvey's every move is timed and assigned a dollar value. Also, X the Eliminator, returns in an effort to, well, kill Harvey.

10Season 2

S2.E10 ∙ Droopy Botox

Sun, Jul 18, 2004

Believe it or not, Harvey successfully defends a plastic surgeon of botching Botox injections on Droopy. The relieved doctor pays instantly and, in a fit of generosity, throws in a free coupon book of cosmetic surgeries. That and a new promotion to VP vault Harvey to cult status in the firm. But something's wrong. Harvey feels guilty that a scary, grinning Droopy suffers while Harvey and the firm enjoy the largess. While Harvey wrestles with his guilt, the firm goes on an extreme makeover bender, getting "enhanced" beyond recognition. Also, X returns as "X the Interior Decorator" in an effort to, well, kill Harvey.

11Season 2

S2.E11 ∙ Guitar Control

Tue, Nov 2, 2004

When Quick Draw McGraw pulls out his trusty six-string in an attempt to put the El Kabong kibosh on the Dalton Gang, he gets hauled off to the hoosegow. So he turns to noted constitutional law expert Harvey Birdman to defend his right to keep and bear guitars. Meanwhile, Harvey's boss, Phil Ken Sebben, takes $12 billion from the powerful guitar lobby to fund his presidential campaign. Not that that would make him beholden to them. And Peanut and Baba Looey get into trouble when they get their hands on Quick Draw's private guitar arsenal.

1Season 3

S3.E1 ∙ Booty Noir

Sun, Jul 24, 2005

Reducto falls in love when he meets a derriere he just can't shrink. Unfortunately, said derriere belongs to Norlisa, Black Vulcan's girlfriend. She's ready to dump her fella for the arms of a small, green man, but can Reducto reciprocate? In the mean time, Wally Gator's arrested for, well, for being a redneck, and it's up to Harvey to defend him.

2Season 3

S3.E2 ∙ Harvey's Civvy

Sun, Jul 31, 2005

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 introduces a class action lawsuit as well. Harvey begs Potamus to take the case and the hippo litigates on Harvey's behalf.

3Season 3

S3.E3 ∙ X Gets the Crest

Sun, Aug 7, 2005

After 30 years of failed attempts, X gets the crest on Birdman's helmet. Convinced 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, Â winds up in newspaper headlines and on afternoon talk shows.

With X palling around with rock stars, Harvey running around in his skivvies plotting to destroy X and Ricochet on psychotropic drugs, things look pretty bleak. Is there any hope for our hero?

Um, probably not.

4Season 3

S3.E4 ∙ Bird Girl of Guantanamole

Sun, Aug 14, 2005

Phil brings his daughter to work and around the same time, Birdgirl makes an appearance in Harvey's office.

Desperate to be a part of the Birdteam - heck, desperate for there to even BE a Birdteam - Birdgirl sets out to prove her superhero and litigating and superhero litigating skills in the offices of Sebben and Sebben. She arrives just in time to help Harvey defend Morocco Mole on charges of being an enemy combatant. Oh, and Phil has the hots for Birdgirl, who may or may not be his daughter.

5Season 3

S3.E5 ∙ Turner Classic Birdman

Sun, Aug 21, 2005

Turner Classic Movies' Robert Osborne introduces a recently "discovered" episode of the "classic" "Birdman" series. In this very special Birdman, a pre-law school Harvey encounters a number of his future courtroom adversaries who try to kill him.

Oh, and a six-legged spider, which only manages to irritate entomologists everywhere.

6Season 3

S3.E6 ∙ Beyond the Valley of the Dinosaurs

Sun, Aug 28, 2005

When the whirlpool in Potamus' office sucks them back into pre-history, Harvey, Potamus, Peanut and Phil must find their way back to the office. Or rather, Harvey must find his way back. Phil wants to stay to exploit the untouched natural resources. Potamus wants to stay to exploit his status as idol among the natives; and Peanut wants to stay to exploit the market for hirsute cheesecake shots.

7Season 3

S3.E7 ∙ Evolutionary War

Sun, Sep 4, 2005

When Cavey Jr.'s school refuses to teach evolution, Captain Caveman turns to Harvey to defend the hairy little boy's right to an education. Harvey not only has to prove evolution but also explain the existence of a talking caveboy. As if that's not enough, Harvey also suffers his latest existential crisis at the hands of Reducto. A rousing song and dance number follows.

8Season 3

S3.E8 ∙ Free Magilla

Sun, Sep 11, 2005

Peebles is sued when a group of animal rights activists break into his store, free all the animals and kidnap Magilla. Said kidnapping ends when Magilla's captors tire of his incessant punning and leave him by the side of the road. In the meantime, Phil takes Potamus and his nephews on a fishing trip in hopes of either communing with or totally obliterating nature.

9Season 3

S3.E9 ∙ Return of Birdgirl

Sun, Sep 18, 2005

Birdgirl's back with a new case for Harvey; Race Bannon and Dr. Quest want to form a legal partnership. Unfortunately for Harvey, the case goes to the highest court in the land, the Justices League. In the meantime, Phil's set his site on Birdgirl and he won't take no for an answer. How far will Birdgirl go to protect her secret identity? Really, what girl doesn't dream of getting a marriage proposal... from her father?

10Season 3

S3.E10 ∙ Mindless

Sun, Sep 25, 2005

Sheer courtroom boredom drives Mentok to mind swap Spyro. Unfortunately, Mentok promptly loses Spyro's mind and is forced to drag him around until he finds the lost brain. Kitty-lovin' Harvey takes Top Cat and his crew into his home and somehow winds up in the pokey for running an illegal gambling establishment.

11Season 3

S3.E11 ∙ Sebben and Sebben Employee Orientation

Sun, Oct 16, 2005

Welcome to Sebben and Sebben, new employee! In this eleven and a half minute romp through the halls of everyone's favorite fake animated law firm you'll learn what makes working here so special. And that's not even including our unique approach to sexual harassment training.

12Season 3

S3.E12 ∙ Identity Theft

Sun, Oct 23, 2005

While engaging in one of the more dangerous aspects of lawyering, photocopying, Harvey has a run in with an old nemesis, The Deadly Duplicator. An unintentional slight sets the Duplicator off...to duplicate. And duplicate and duplicate. As a result, an army of Harveys faces off in court against an army of pretty much everyone else.

1Season 4

S4.E1 ∙ Shazzan

Mon, Oct 2, 2006

After centuries trapped in Phil's vase, Shazzan pops out by the hand of Peanut. Or rather, Master Peanut, who proceeds to wish for everything that's, uh, big. Shazzan, because ostensibly it's a law show, forms a case against his imprisoner, Mufti the Mizwa of Muzzy Tah! All the while, Avenger - without warning - speaks, embracing a fresh vocabulary of insults and occasional slurs. When everyone discovers Mufti is Judge Mentok, who will solve the case? Will it be Harvey or more likely, the talking bird? Or even Peanut, who just wished for a law degree from Harvard?

2Season 4

S4.E2 ∙ Incredible Hippo

Mon, Oct 9, 2006

In a harrowing office accident involving a bagel, happy-go-lucky Peter Potamus consumes radioactive pellets which transform him into THE CREATURE! Or rather, he turns green and his waist-size triples in seconds, which, let's face it, would send anyone over the edge. On the brighter side, his new flowing mane leaves him bearing a striking resemblance to Frank Stallone! Now, even the slightest stress, such as rending an impossible-to-open mustard pak (sic), can cause the Creature to appear and terrorize the office! Will any escape the bestial hipposity? Meanwhile, Reducto freaks out, strips naked and despoils his house with a mixture of duck feces and potting soil. In other words, business as usual.

3Season 4

S4.E3 ∙ Babysitter

Mon, Oct 16, 2006

Two heroes will fall and one, in Speedos, will rise out of a hot tub filled with cash. Actually, another hero will rise too, in a Baby Bjorn, deftly worn by Reducto. And then fall. Too many falls and rises to keep track of? Welcome to our dramatic episode! Will we reveal these spectacular mysteries in this logline? Sure! Oh, and two main characters will die.

4Season 4

S4.E4 ∙ Birdnapped

Mon, Oct 23, 2006

Following the untimely death of Phil Ken Sebben, Harvey steps up to run the law firm. As in most fraudulent presidencies, approval ratings are naturally in the toilet. So, armed with standard office supplies like staplers, manila envelopes and an occasional hand grenade, Sebben & Sebben employees form a massive uprising... until Phil returns from the dead! Or does he? Oh yeah, and somebody gets kidnapped.

5Season 4

S4.E5 ∙ Grodin

Mon, Oct 30, 2006

How can I become more evil? A common question. And X searches for answers in the Perfectionist's 14 step program on putting a little more evil in his life. Seize the day? Never! Seize the Crest! But will he be able to succeed this time? In under 12 minutes, this Birdman packs in motivational tips, a life affirming origin story and a benefit jump, courtesy of Devil, who contributed to, um, placing an innocent boy into a full body cast, sabotaging his youth and possibly future happiness. It's a special episode.

6Season 4

S4.E6 ∙ Juror in Court

Sun, Jul 15, 2007

Harvey suffers a mental breakdown in court, leading to the loss of a juror. At the same time, he's summoned to serve as a juror. On the same trial. But problem solved when Duplicator creates a 2nd Harvey to perform his civic duty. Can two Harveys win over a jury, when it's relatively clear that just one Harvey who tries really, really hard barely makes any substantial impact whatsoever? Meanwhile, Potamus claims sexual harassment at the hands of Judy Ken Sebben. Emotionally scarred, he finds comfort in support groups and hot interns.

7Season 4

S4.E7 ∙ The Death of Harvey

Sun, Jul 22, 2007

Harvey once and for all proves what kind of lawyer he is when he is forced to retry all 37 of his past cases, tying the entire series up and putting a nice bow on it. Until we realize that there is one former client left out there - Nitron - who has been released and is wreaking havoc on the city. Will Harvey be able to save the day - or does he die, like the title so clearly suggests? Will the Incredible Hippo return to help the Birdteam? And X, does he finally obtain the crest? Final answers will be revealed in this special double episode. Oh, and a certain bus makes a mysterious reappearance.