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Birdgirl does a little "Charge!" trumpet sound in her own theme song.


(Birdgirl! Birdgirl!)''

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(Birdgirl! Doo-doo-doo-doo-doo! Birdgirl!)''
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Helping her along the way are her employees and friends on "the Birdteam": Meredith the Mindtaker (Negin Farsad), Paul/The Feels (Creator/TonyHale), Charlie/Strongarm (Lorelei Ramirez), and her pet cat Birdcat.

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Helping her along the way are her employees and friends on "the Birdteam": Meredith the Mindtaker (Negin Farsad), Paul/The Feels (Creator/TonyHale), Charlie/Strongarm (Lorelei Ramirez), Evie/Big Ten and her pet cat Birdcat.
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* DarkSecret: "Baltimo" has one when Judy finds out that an unknown mineral dubbed Baltimo by Phil is used in company items and in a town called Sebben Town. The public never knew that it has a short halflife and the people who live in the town were consuming Baltimo that it's slowly killing them.
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* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: InUniverse. Judy's decision to change the tuna can-like design of Topple Popple makes an irate woman fan of the old design to screw her company by sending a virus to it. Ultimately, Judy decides to keep the old design around next to a slimmer, taller design.
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** It turns out Gillian takes Judy's identity as Birdgirl ''very'' seriously that she even goes to online boards to disagree with people completely being on the nail that both are the same person.
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* MythologyGag:
** "Thirdgirl" has Gillian telling Judy on keeping her secret as Birdgirl. The image of Judy in court shows a Lizardman goon seated in the benches.
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* SpinOffspring: Meredith is the daughter of Mentok: The Mind Taker from the original show.
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* SpinOffspring: Meredith is the daughter of Mentok: The Mind Taker from the original show.
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* DrivenToSuicide: Sebben & Sebben has the highest suicide rate of all companies in the world.
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''Birdgirl'' is a 2021 Dramedy WesternAnimation cartoon created by Michael Ouweleen and Erik Richter for Creator/CartoonNetwork's Creator/AdultSwim block with characters developed by Erik Richter and Christina Miller. The show is a StealthSequel and spinoff to ''WesternAnimation/HarveyBirdmanAttorneyAtLaw'' with production done by William Street.

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''Birdgirl'' is a 2021 Dramedy {{Dramedy}} WesternAnimation cartoon created by Michael Ouweleen and Erik Richter for Creator/CartoonNetwork's Creator/AdultSwim block with characters developed by Erik Richter and Christina Miller. The show is a StealthSequel and spinoff to ''WesternAnimation/HarveyBirdmanAttorneyAtLaw'' with production done by William Street.

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* ArtisticLicenseEconomics: Birdgirl appoints Judy as her replacement [=CEO=] without proper protocol in a few seconds. [[LampshadeHanging Dog in Bucket Hat even points it out.]]



** Apparently, she can't pronounce Meredith's weird sounds right either.

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** Apparently, she can't pronounce Meredith's weird sounds right either. This extends to other people.

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* SecretKeeper: Judy's team is made up of people who know her secret identity, though Brian only happened to become a part of the team because he accidentally overheard Charlie casually mentioning Judy's alter-ego.

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* SecretKeeper: SecretKeeper:
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Judy's team is made up of people who know her secret identity, though Brian only happened to become a part of the team because he accidentally overheard Charlie casually mentioning Judy's alter-ego.alter-ego.
** The [=ShareBears=] are therapeutic talking bears who give personal counseling to their owners while promising to never spill out their secrets to anyone...until Meredith accidentally reprograms them all to spout out loud the secrets they were told.
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* ItsPronouncedTropay:

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* ItsPronouncedTropay: ItIsPronouncedTroPAY:
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->''Who's the girl that saves the world?\\
(Birdgirl!)\\
Brings the fire, unique like pearls?\\
(Birdgirl!)\\
Who's the one they can't defeat?\\
(Birdgirl! Birdgirl!)''
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* BrickJoke: Judy lies about not going out to eat together with a fellow coworker by telling him he's not repulsive when he complains he is and after he leaves tells herself she has to come up with a good excuse to avoid going out with him. At the end of the episode, days later, he returns, but he's turned down by Judy's whole team unable to make up an excuse.

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* BrickJoke: Judy lies about not going out to eat together with a fellow coworker in "Pilot" by telling him he's not repulsive when he complains he is and is. It's after he leaves that Judy tells herself she has to come up with a good excuse to avoid going out with him. At the end of the episode, days later, he returns, but he's turned down by Judy's whole team unable to make up an excuse.



* WhatTheHellHero: Sebben & Sebben's employees and much of their executive board react this way to Birdgirl's absentee management style and destructive tendencies while in the office, to the point of voting to replace her in "Pilot".

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* WhatTheHellHero: Sebben & Sebben's employees and much of their executive board react this way to Birdgirl's absentee management style and destructive tendencies while in the office, to the point of voting to replace her in "Pilot"."Pilot" as the CEO.
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* ItsPronouncedTropay:
** Judy can't pronounce her office secretary's name Gillian right (it's a hard "g" like "gatekeeper.")
** Apparently, she can't pronounce Meredith's weird sounds right either.
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* BrickJoke: Judy lies about not going out to eat together with a fellow coworker by telling him he's not repulsive when he complains he is and after he leaves tells herself she has to come up with a good excuse to avoid going out with him. At the end of the episode, days later, he returns, but he's turned down by Judy's whole team unable to make up an excuse.
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Helping her along the way are her employees and friends on "the Birdteam": Meredith the Mindtaker (Negin Farsad), Phil/The Feels (Creator/TonyHale), Charlie/Strongarm (Lorelei Ramirez), and her pet cat Birdcat.

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Helping her along the way are her employees and friends on "the Birdteam": Meredith the Mindtaker (Negin Farsad), Phil/The Paul/The Feels (Creator/TonyHale), Charlie/Strongarm (Lorelei Ramirez), and her pet cat Birdcat.
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Helping her along the way are her employees and friends on "the Birdteam": Meredith the Mindtaker (Negin Farsad), Brian/The Feels (Creator/TonyHale), Charlie/Strongarm (Lorelei Ramirez), and her pet cat Birdcat.

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Helping her along the way are her employees and friends on "the Birdteam": Meredith the Mindtaker (Negin Farsad), Brian/The Phil/The Feels (Creator/TonyHale), Charlie/Strongarm (Lorelei Ramirez), and her pet cat Birdcat.
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* CassandraTruth: Judy doesn't believe at first her father died because she's too used to him FakingTheDead, until she's shown the fact he didn't eat takeout food.

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* CassandraTruth: Judy doesn't believe Dog in Bucket Hat at first her father died because she's too used to him FakingTheDead, until she's shown the fact he didn't eat takeout food.a bag with his severed foot.
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* CassandraTruth: Judy doesn't believe at first her father died because she's too used to him FakingTheDead, until she's shown the fact he didn't eat takeout food.


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* MakeMyMonsterGrow: For some reason, Calypsis gets bigger the more it consumes people.


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* SecretKeeper: Judy's team is made up of people who know her secret identity, though Brian only happened to become a part of the team because he accidentally overheard Charlie casually mentioning Judy's alter-ego.

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* HisNameReallyIsBarkeep: Dog in Bucket Hat, who is a dog in a bucket hat.
* MegaCorp: Sebben and Sebben has a hand in producing a ''wide'' range of products.

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* HisNameReallyIsBarkeep: Dog in Bucket Hat, who is a dog in a bucket hat.
* MegaCorp: Sebben and Sebben has a hand in producing a ''wide'' range of products.products between the events of Harvey Birdman and the show.
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* CircularReasoning: Birdgirl's first interaction with her secretary Gillian in "Pilot". Gillian can't unlock the CEO's office without approval from the CEO, and Birdgirl can't be the CEO because she's not in the office. Gillian than opens the office on Birdgirl's instructions, and because Gillian followed those instructions, Birdgirl must be the CEO.

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* CircularReasoning: Birdgirl's first interaction with her secretary Gillian in "Pilot". Gillian can't unlock the CEO's office without approval from the CEO, and Birdgirl can't be the CEO because she's not in the office. Gillian than then opens the office on Birdgirl's instructions, and because Gillian followed those instructions, Birdgirl must be the CEO.



-->'''Judy:''' Please, he had a hundred of those eyepatches!
-->'''Dog in Bucket Hat:''' (''takes out a wet paper bag'') Here's his foot.

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-->'''Judy:''' Please, he had a hundred of those eyepatches!
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eyepatches!\\
'''Dog
in Bucket Hat:''' (''takes out a wet paper bag'') Here's his foot.
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* ParentalNeglect: Judy comes to realize in "Pilot" that her Birdgirl persona developed from her need from attention from Phil, who treated anyone less aggressively zany than he was as beneath his notice.
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* TheCanKickedHim: "Pilot" has a prototype smart toilet, meant to convert human waste into fertilizer discs, sprout arms and begin converting people, growing larger the more it consumes.

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* TheCanKickedHim: "Pilot" has a prototype smart toilet, toilet named Calypsis, meant to convert human waste into fertilizer discs, sprout arms and begin converting people, growing larger the more it consumes.

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''Birdgirl'' is a 2021 Dramedy WesternAnimation cartoon created by Michael Ouweleen and Erik Richter for Creator/CartoonNetwork's Creator/AdultSwim block with characters developed by Erik Richter and Christina Miller. The show is a StealthSequel and spinoff to WesternAnimation/HarveyBirdmanAttorneyAtLaw with production done by William Street. It stars Paget Brewster, Rob Delaney, Sonia Denis, Kether Donahue, John Doman, Negin Farsad, Tony Hale and Lorelei Ramirez.

It stars many months after the events of WesternAnimation/HarveyBirdmanAttorneyAtLaw and Judy Ken Sebben settles into her life as a corporate lawyer under her father, Phil Ken Sebben, was reported to be dead. Despite Judy's misgivings (she claims that Phil tries this one too many times), she is appointed by the board of directors to succeed Phil to lead Sebben & Sebben Worldwide because Phil didn't leave a will or instructions on what should happen in case he's no longer able to do his duties.

Judy is tasked to lead the company while trying to balance her life fighting crimes as Birdgirl (sometimes with hilarious results) and forms the Birdteam, composing her colleagues Meredith the Mind Taker, Paul (aka The Feels), Charlie (aka The Strongarm) and her pet cat, known as Birdcat.

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''Birdgirl'' is a 2021 Dramedy WesternAnimation cartoon created by Michael Ouweleen and Erik Richter for Creator/CartoonNetwork's Creator/AdultSwim block with characters developed by Erik Richter and Christina Miller. The show is a StealthSequel and spinoff to WesternAnimation/HarveyBirdmanAttorneyAtLaw ''WesternAnimation/HarveyBirdmanAttorneyAtLaw'' with production done by William Street. It stars Paget Brewster, Rob Delaney, Sonia Denis, Kether Donahue, John Doman, Negin Farsad, Tony Hale and Lorelei Ramirez.

It stars many months after the events of WesternAnimation/HarveyBirdmanAttorneyAtLaw and Judy Ken Sebben settles into her life as a corporate lawyer under her father, Phil Ken Sebben, was reported to be dead. Despite Judy's misgivings (she claims that Phil tries this one too many times), she is appointed by the board of directors to succeed Phil to lead Sebben & Sebben Worldwide because Phil didn't leave a will or instructions on what should happen in case he's no longer able to do his duties.
Street.

Following the death of Sebben & Sebben's eccentric CEO, Phil Ken Sebben, his daughter Judy is tasked Ken Sebben (Creator/PagetBrewster) finds herself stepping into his shoes. Judy means well and wants to lead help, but she's got some obstacles in her way: primarily her excitable and incautious crime-fighting alter ego Birdgirl, whose approach to superheroics tends to leave a trail of collateral damage in its wake. Additionally, Sebben & Sebben tends to attract eccentric personnel and clients, whose ideas aren't always as ethical or sensible as Judy might like.

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the company while trying to balance way are her life fighting crimes as Birdgirl (sometimes with hilarious results) employees and forms the Birdteam, composing her colleagues friends on "the Birdteam": Meredith the Mind Taker, Paul (aka The Feels), Charlie (aka The Strongarm) Mindtaker (Negin Farsad), Brian/The Feels (Creator/TonyHale), Charlie/Strongarm (Lorelei Ramirez), and her pet cat, known as Birdcat.
cat Birdcat.



* ParentalNeglect: Judy comes to realize in "Pilot" that her Birdgirl persona developed from her need from attention from Phil, who treated anyone less aggressively zany than he was as beneath his notice.



* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: In "Pilot", Brian makes a point when Birdgirl aka Judy doesn't always show up at board of directors meetings when needed and gives the company a bad name thanks to her bad decisions when she became CEO, forcing the board to choose him over Birdgirl.

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* TheCanKickedHim: The Pilot episode has a prototype smart toilet, meant to convert human waste into fertilizer discs, sprout arms and begin converting people, growing larger the more it consumes.
* FakingTheDead: When Judy was told that Phil died in "Pilot", she said that it's impossible as Phil tends to do this to get away from the public. The Dog with the Hat later shows a paper bag that has Phil's decapitated foot in it.

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* TheCanKickedHim: The Pilot episode "Pilot" has a prototype smart toilet, meant to convert human waste into fertilizer discs, sprout arms and begin converting people, growing larger the more it consumes.
* CircularReasoning: Birdgirl's first interaction with her secretary Gillian in "Pilot". Gillian can't unlock the CEO's office without approval from the CEO, and Birdgirl can't be the CEO because she's not in the office. Gillian than opens the office on Birdgirl's instructions, and because Gillian followed those instructions, Birdgirl must be the CEO.
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FakingTheDead: When Averted: Judy was told that Phil died in "Pilot", she said that it's impossible as Phil tends to do this to get away from the public. The Dog with the Hat later shows a paper bag that has initially doesn't believe Phil's decapitated foot actually dead, as he faked his death many times over the duration of ''Harvey Birdman''. Dog in it.Bucket Hat tries producing Phil's eyepatch as proof they found a body.
-->'''Judy:''' Please, he had a hundred of those eyepatches!
-->'''Dog in Bucket Hat:''' (''takes out a wet paper bag'') Here's his foot.
* HisNameReallyIsBarkeep: Dog in Bucket Hat, who is a dog in a bucket hat.



* PlaceboEffect: Over the course of "Pilot", Meredith occasionally turns a "dial" in Birdgirl/Judy's brain that forces her to stop being Birdgirl (overexcited, unthinking, comically violent) and start communicating as Judy (a relatively normal person who needs to grieve the death of her father.) At the end of the episode, Meredith tries to tell Judy that there was no switch and Judy was in control of herself the entire time. [[IgnoredEpiphany Judy doesn't buy it.]]



* WhatTheHellHero: The entirety of "Pilot" where some of the [=S&SWW=] employees, including Meredith and Brian, criticize Birdgirl's reckless management of the company, choosing to fight crime instead of leading the company. [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome Making reckless decision in the company and driving its stocks down, the board decides to choose someone else]] instead.[[note]]This was before the berserk Calypsis devours Brian after he willingly leaped into it.[[/note]]

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* WhatTheHellHero: The entirety of "Pilot" where some of the [=S&SWW=] employees, including Meredith Sebben & Sebben's employees and Brian, criticize much of their executive board react this way to Birdgirl's reckless absentee management of the company, choosing to fight crime instead of leading the company. [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome Making reckless decision style and destructive tendencies while in the company and driving its stocks down, office, to the board decides point of voting to choose someone else]] instead.[[note]]This was before the berserk Calypsis devours Brian after he willingly leaped into it.[[/note]]replace her in "Pilot".

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* TheCanKickedHim: The Pilot episode has a prototype smart toilet, meant to convert human waste into fertilizer discs, sprout arms and begin converting people, growing larger the more it consumes.



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* MegaCorp: Sebben and Sebben has a hand in producing a ''wide'' range of products.


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* TheCanKickedHim: The Pilot episode has a prototype smart toilet, meant to convert human waste into fertilizer discs, sprout arms and begin converting people, growing larger the more it consumes.
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[[caption-width-right:350:Fighting crime and ensuring Sebben & Sebben Worldwide's success and stock ratings go up.]]

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''Birdgirl'' is a 2021 Dramedy WesternAnimation cartoon created by Michael Ouweleen and Erik Richter for Creator/CartoonNetwork's Creator/AdultSwim block with characters developed by Erik Richter and Christina Miller. The show is a StealthSequel and spinoff to WesternAnimation/HarveyBirdmanAttorneyAtLaw with production done by William Street. It stars Paget Brewster, Rob Delaney, Sonia Denis, Kether Donahue, John Doman, Negin Farsad, Tony Hale and Lorelei Ramirez.

It stars many months after the events of WesternAnimation/HarveyBirdmanAttorneyAtLaw and Judy Ken Sebben settles into her life as a corporate lawyer under her father, Phil Ken Sebben, was reported to be dead. Despite Judy's misgivings (she claims that Phil tries this one too many times), she is appointed by the board of directors to succeed Phil to lead Sebben & Sebben Worldwide because Phil didn't leave a will or instructions on what should happen in case he's no longer able to do his duties.

Judy is tasked to lead the company while trying to balance her life fighting crimes as Birdgirl (sometimes with hilarious results) and forms the Birdteam, composing her colleagues Meredith the Mind Taker, Paul (aka The Feels), Charlie (aka The Strongarm) and her pet cat, known as Birdcat.

You can see the official AS website [[https://www.adultswim.com/videos/birdgirl here]].

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* FakingTheDead: When Judy was told that Phil died in "Pilot", she said that it's impossible as Phil tends to do this to get away from the public. The Dog with the Hat later shows a paper bag that has Phil's decapitated foot in it.
* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: In "Pilot", Brian makes a point when Birdgirl aka Judy doesn't always show up at board of directors meetings when needed and gives the company a bad name thanks to her bad decisions when she became CEO, forcing the board to choose him over Birdgirl.
* WhatTheHellHero: The entirety of "Pilot" where some of the [=S&SWW=] employees, including Meredith and Brian, criticize Birdgirl's reckless management of the company, choosing to fight crime instead of leading the company. [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome Making reckless decision in the company and driving its stocks down, the board decides to choose someone else]] instead.[[note]]This was before the berserk Calypsis devours Brian after he willingly leaped into it.[[/note]]

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