History WesternAnimation / Birdman

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Birdman was the headliner of ''Birdman and the Galaxy Trio'', part of Creator/HannaBarbera's brief SuperHero cycle in the mid-1960s.

Birdman is a WingedHumanoid that can fly, shoot solar rays from his fists and project "solar shields" to defend himself against attacks. He was recruited by a top-secret government agency, Inter-Nation Security. Together with his eagle companion, Avenger, TheyFightCrime wherever he is sent by his superior, Falcon-7. Birdman had one weakness: He gradually lost his strength if he is away from direct sunlight for an extended period. [[YouCantThwartStageOne The villains often exploited this by capturing Birdman and keeping him in a poorly lit room]].

For the supporting segment, see WesternAnimation/TheGalaxyTrio.

Creator/CartoonNetwork later "reimagined" the Birdman character as a practicing attorney in the AffectionateParody cartoon series ''WesternAnimation/HarveyBirdmanAttorneyAtLaw'' for its Creator/AdultSwim block. See that page for more information. A much more heroic/accurate version appeared as part of Creator/DCComics' ''ComicBook/FutureQuest'' series.

Not to be confused with the 2014 BlackComedy film ''Film/{{Birdman}}'' or the manga ''Manga/{{BirdMen}}''.
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!!Tropes in ''Birdman'':

* AirVentPassageway: Episode "The Quake Threat". When Birdman is trapped in an ElaborateUndergroundBase, Avenger the eagle breaks in through an air vent to save him.
* AlternateCompanyEquivalent: Birdman to Creator/DCComics' ComicBook/{{Hawkman}}, at least on a superficial level.
* AllThereInTheManual: Creator/AlexToth wrote a complex backstory for Birdman, including his real name (Ray Randall) and origin story, but they were only vaguely alluded to in the show itself.
* AmplifiedAnimalAptitude: Avenger was pretty smart for an eagle. He also wore a collar with a communicator in it.
* AnyLastWords: In the episode "Professor Nightshade", after the title villain captures Birdman, he asks Birdman this question before trying to send him into the fourth dimension (time) to be lost forever.
* ArtisticLicenseMilitary: In "Professor Nightshade", a U.S. military officer addressed as "Admiral", a Navy rank, is clearly wearing an Army uniform.
* AsideComment:
** "The Quake Threat". After Birdman destroys several of Dr. Kiroff's robots:
-->'''Dr. Kiroff:''' He's destroyed my metal men '''[turns to face the camera]''' but there's more than one way to catch a bird!
** "The Brian Thief". When Doctor Shado sees Birdman approaching his laboratory:
-->'''Doctor Shado:''' It's Birdman, all right. He's finally arrived. ''[turns and looks at the audience]'' At long last!
** "Meets Reducto". The title villain does this after completing his Reduction Machine ShrinkRay device.
-->'''Reducto:''' With this Reduction Machine I will soon have this country, ''[turns to look at the camera]'' perhaps the entire world at my mercy!
* AttackReflector:
** "Vulturo, Prince of Darkness". The title villain develops a energy shield that can reflect Birdman's solar energy beam attacks back at him.
** "Professor Nightshade". When the title villain tries to use the Solar Box to send Birdman to the fourth dimension, the beam bounces off Birdman's energy glow and hits the villain, sending him to the fourth dimension instead.
* AwesomeBackpack: "Meets Reducto". The title villain's ShrinkRay device is a pistol connected to a backpack that holds the Reduction Device's electronic components.
* CapsLockNumLockMissilesLock: The mock episode "Coffee Break" features a keyboard with a coffee button surrounded by buttons for lasers, missiles and one for doomsday. Trying to convince his boss it's safe, Birdman commands Avenger to push the coffee button. At first, it seems Avenger pushes only the button he's supposed to, but then he accidentally presses the doomsday button as well.
* Myth/EgyptianMythology: Birdman received his powers from the falcon-headed Egyptian sun god, Ra (thus the bird and sun motifs).
* ElaborateUndergroundBase: In a series full of {{Supervillain Lair}}s to begin with, in the episode ("Number One") that brought them into the open and really defined them as a threat, [[NebulousEvilOrganisation F.E.A.R.]] turned out to have one of these. One also appeared in the episode "The Quake Threat" (belonging to Dr. Kiroff).
* ElementalShapeshifter: The episode "Skon of Space". The title villain is a triple threat version of this. He can change himself into fire, water and stone.
* EvilCounterpart: Vulturo, to Birdman. Also Birdgirl, [[{{Brainwashed}} to a lesser extent]].
* ExpoLabel: "The Constrictor". In the title villain's submarine is an escape hatch which is helpfully labeled "Escape Hatch" to let the audience know what it is.
* EyepatchOfPower: Falcon-7 wore one.
* FedToTheBeast
** In the episode "Hannibal the Hunter", Hannibal traps Birdman in a net and arranges for him to be dropped into a pit with two lions in it so they can eat him.
** In "The Empress of Evil", the title villain tries to have Birdman thrown into a pit filled with giant cobras while he's low on solar energy. Luckily, Avenger just happens to have a diamond that contains the light of the sun.
* ForgottenPhlebotinum: Birdman can only recharge his solar powers in sunlight. This means that in almost every episode he runs out of power, is captured by the villain and he has to re-expose himself to the sun's rays to regain his powers. In episode 20, "The Wings of Fear", he develops "Solar Energy Storage Bands", which provide him with solar energy to replenish his powers when he's out of the sunlight. After this episode they're never mentioned again, even though they would have been incredibly useful.
* FreezeRay: Two episodes have this.
** "The Pirate Plot". The pirates use a freeze ray to encase in ice several armed officers of the ship they're attacking.
** "Skon of Space''. The title villain uses a "cold ray" to freeze Birdman solid.
* HarmlessFreezing: In the episodes "Versus Cumulus, the Storm King", "Versus Dr. Freezoids", "Train Trek", "The Empress of Evil", "Skon of Space" and "The Pirate Plot".
* HuntingTheMostDangerousGame: In "Hannibal the Hunter", the title villain lured Birdman to his island and trapped him. When Birdman escaped the trap the hunter became the hunted.
* TheHunterBecomesTheHunted: "Hannibal the Hunter". The title villain lures Birdman to his island and traps him, then tries to have him [[FedToTheBeast fed to some lions]]. Birdman escapes and destroys Hannibal's base, freeing the captive wild animals held in it. While fleeing the animals Hannibal is captured by one of his own traps. Luckily this is a children's show, so Birdman captures Hannibal and saves him from the same fate he was trying to inflict.
* JetPack:
** At the end of "The Purple Moss", the villains escape their ship by donning jet packs and flying away. Unfortunately they're too high in the atmosphere and end up going into orbit around the Earth.
** Several FEAR {{mooks}} in "Wings of FEAR" fly using a combination of wings and a jet pack. They use them to kidnap people by swooping down, grabbing them and flying away.
* JustBetweenYouAndMe: "The Wild Weird West". After Birdman is captured by Dr. Kordo and Jesse Johns (a descendant of Jesse James), Johns tells Birdman that their next job will be kidnapping the state governor and holding him as a hostage. Dr. Kordo {{lampshade}}s it by telling Jesse that he talks too much.
* KidSidekick: Birdboy, though he was a relatively late addition (first appearing in the 27th episode out of 40) and didn't show up much (only appearing in five episodes total).
* LightEmUp: Most of Birdman's powers were, unintuitively, light-based (see Egyptian Mythology for the reason). He also did have bird-like wings and SuperStrength, though.
* LookBehindYou: "Monster of the Mountains". While the villain Chang is covering Birdman and Birdboy with a uranium ray gun, Birdboy points behind Chang and says, "We have Avenger!" [Birdman's pet eagle]. Chang says, "That's a very old trick," and Avenger swoops in from behind him and knocks the ray gun out of his hands.
* MonsterShapedMountain: FEAR's secret base in "Wings of FEAR" is inside a mountain called Death's Head Peak which has a giant skull at the apex.
* PersonOfMassDestruction: Nitron the human bomb is example of this type of character.
* ThePowerOfTheSun: The source of Birdman's powers.
* RapidAging: The title villain of "Versus the Speed Demon" can travel at SuperSpeed. While trying to escape a pursuing missile, he travels too fast and ages so quickly that he becomes an old man.
* RayGun: "Monster of the Mountains". The villain Chang threatens Birdman and Birdboy with a "uranium ray" gun, but Avenger, Birdman's pet eagle, swoops in from behind him to knock it out of his hands.
* RedRightHand: Every villian shows [[ObviouslyEvil a physical defect or tip-off to his monstrous nature]] except Hannibal the Hunter. Medusa was also a beautiful woman, but had green skin.
* RequiredSecondaryPowers: In "Versus the Speed Demon", the titular villain wears a titanium suit to protect his body from friction whenever he uses his SuperSpeed.
* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: "The Empress of Evil". The prince of the Maja Raja saves the day when he gives Birdman a diamond from his turban that he says came from the sun god, Ra. Holding the diamond powered Birdman up with its stored solar energy.
* SayMyName: '''BIRRRRRD-MAN!'''
* SeizeThem: In "Versus Cumulus, the Storm King" a U.S. Army officer orders his guards to do it to the title villain, and in "The Empress of Evil" the title villain commands her minions to do it to Birdman. In both cases it works about as well as you'd expect.
* SelfDestructMechanism: In "Versus Dr. Freezoids", "Number One", "The Deadly Duplicator", "Avenger for Ransom" and "Serpents of the Deep".
* ShrinkRay: The villains in the episodes "The Ant Ape" and "Meets Reducto" each have one of these.
* {{Sidekick}}: Birdman has Avenger, his powerful Golden Eagle companion, who can [[TimmyInAWell understand human speech and follow orders]]. In some later episodes, he is also aided by Birdboy.
* SomethingPerson: Birdman, with his on-and-off sidekicks Birdgirl and Birdboy.
* StandardPowerupPose: The title character adopts this pose when he recharges his solar energy by bathing in sunlight.
* StealthHiBye: Although Birdman doesn't normally do this, he does at the end of "Versus the Speed Demon" while the prison warden is telling him what will happen to the re-captured villain.
* SubmarinePirates: Episode "Serpents of the Deep". Dr. Shark operates from a submarine that has a weapon that can cut through objects. He uses it to steal a bathyscape so he can mine gold from the ocean floor.
* SuperHeroOrigin:
** Birdman received his powers from an Egyptian god.
** Birdboy obtained some of Birdman's powers after he used them to heal him from illness. After asking to become his sidekick, Birdman gives him a copy of his costume with mechanical wings.
* SuperSpeed: "Versus the Speed Demon". The title villain's power was moving and acting so quickly that no one could see him.
* TemptingFate: After the pirates in "The Pirate Plot" capture Birdman, Captain Kidd's first mate warns him that Birdman's eagle companion Avenger has escaped. Captain Kidd says, "What can an eagle do to harm us? Let it go!" After the pirates make Birdman walk the plank, Avenger swoops in, flies underwater (!) and bites through the ropes tying Birdman's hands, freeing him.
* ThatsAnOrder: "Vulturo, Prince of Darkness". After Birdman has been defeated by Vulturo, he orders his eagle {{sidekick}}, Avenger, to leave him and try to save some people nearby. When Avenger is reluctant to abandon him, Birdman makes it an order.
* ThisCannotBe: From "Vulturo, Prince of Darkness": right after Birdman has his solar powers renewed by the nearby passage of a comet, Vulturo says, "No! It cannot be!"
* ThreeShorts: Traditionally the first and last with an episode of WesternAnimation/TheGalaxyTrio in the middle.
* TimmyInAWell: Birdman's {{sidekick}} eagle, Avenger. Not only can he understand English and follow orders, but Birdman seems to understand what his screeching cries mean.
* WeaksauceWeakness: Birdman losing power from lack of sunlight. Makes you wonder why his enemies didn't act at night more often.
* WeMeetAgain: "The Empress of Evil". When Birdman meets Medusa (whom he has fought before) he says, "So, Medusa, we meet again." She responds, "Yes, and for the last and final time."
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Birdman is a WingedHumanoid that can fly, shoot solar rays from his fists and project "solar shields" to defend himself against attacks. He was recruited by a top-secret government agency, Inter-Nation Security. Together with his eagle companion, Avenger, TheyFightCrime wherever he is sent by his superior, Falcon-7. Birdman had one weakness: He gradually lost his strength if he is away from direct sunlight for an extended period. [[YouCantThwartStageOne The villains often exploited this by capturing Birdman and keeping him in a poorly lighted room]].

Creator/CartoonNetwork later "reimagined" the Birdman character as a practicing attorney in the AffectionateParody cartoon series ''WesternAnimation/HarveyBirdmanAttorneyAtLaw'' for its Creator/AdultSwim block. See that page for more information.

* AnyLastWords: In the ''Birdman'' episode "Professor Nightshade", after the title villain captures Birdman, he asks Birdman this question before trying to send him into the fourth dimension (time) to be lost forever.
* ArtisticLicenseMilitary
** In the ''Birdman'' episode "Professor Nightshade", a U.S. military officer addressed as "Admiral" is clearly wearing an Army uniform.
* AsideComment

* AttackReflector: Birdman episodes.

* AwesomeBackpack: Birdman episode "Meets Reducto". The title villain's ShrinkRay device is a pistol connected to a backpack that holds the Reduction Device's electronic components.
* CapsLockNumLockMissilesLock: The mock episode "Coffe Break" features a keyboard with a coffe button surrounded by buttons for lasers, missiles and one for doomsday. Trying to convince his boss it's safe, Birdman commands Avenger to push the coffee button. At first, it seems Avenger pushes only the button he's supposed to but it turns out he pushed the doomsday one as well.

* ElaborateUndergroundBase: In a series full of {{Supervillain Lair}}s to begin with, in the ''Birdman'' episode ("Number One") that brought them into the open and really defined them as a threat, [[NebulousEvilOrganisation F.E.A.R.]] turned out to have one of these. One also appeared in the episode "The Quake Threat" (belonging to Dr. Kiroff).
* ElementalShapeshifter: Birdman episode "Skon of Space". The title villain is a triple threat version of this. He can change himself into fire, water and stone.

* ExpoLabel: Birdman episode "The Constrictor". In the title villain's submarine is an escape hatch which is helpfully labeled "Escape Hatch" to let the audience know what it is.

** In the Birdman episode "Hannibal the Hunter", Hannibal traps Birdman in a net and arranges for him to be dropped into a pit with two lions in it so they can eat him.

* FreezeRay: Two Birdman episodes have this.

* HarmlessFreezing: In the Birdman episodes "Versus Cumulus, the Storm King", "Versus Dr. Freezoids", "Train Trek", "The Empress of Evil", "Skon of Space" and "The Pirate Plot".
* HuntingTheMostDangerousGame: In the Birdman episode "Hannibal the Hunter", the title villain lured Birdman to his island and trapped him. When Birdman escaped the trap the hunter became the hunted.
* TheHunterBecomesTheHunted: Birdman episode "Hannibal the Hunter". The title villain lures Birdman to his island and traps him, then tries to have him [[FedToTheBeast fed to some lions]]. Birdman escapes and destroys Hannibal's base, freeing the captive wild animals held in it. While fleeing the animals Hannibal is captured by one of his own traps. Luckily this is a children's show, so Birdman captures Hannibal and saves him from the same fate he was trying to inflict.

** Birdman episode "The Purple Moss". At the end the villains escape their ship by donning jet packs and flying away. Unfortunately they're too high in the atmosphere and end up going into orbit around the Earth.
** Birdman episode "Wings of FEAR". Several FEAR {{mooks}} fly using a combination of wings and a jet pack. They use them to kidnap people by swooping down, grabbing them and flying away.
* JustBetweenYouAndMe: Birdman episode "The Wild Weird West". After Birdman is captured by Dr. Kordo and Jesse Johns (a descendant of Jesse James), Johns tells Birdman that their next job will be kidnapping the state governor and holding him as a hostage. Dr. Kordo {{lampshade}}s it by telling Jesse that he talks too much.

* LookBehindYou: Birdman episode "Monster of the Mountains". While the villain Chang is covering Birdman and Birdboy with a uranium ray gun, Birdboy points behind Chang and says, "We have Avenger!" [Birdman's pet eagle]. Chang says, "That's a very old trick," and Avenger swoops in from behind him and knocks the ray gun out of his hands.
* MonsterShapedMountain: Birdman episode "Wings of FEAR''. FEAR's secret base is inside a mountain called Death's Head Peak which has a giant skull at the apex.

* RapidAging: Birdman episode "Versus the Speed Demon". The title villain can travel at SuperSpeed. While trying to escape a pursuing missile, he travels too fast and ages so quickly that he becomes an old man.
* RayGun: Birdman episode "Monster of the Mountains". The villain Chang threatens Birdman and Birdboy with a "uranium ray" gun, but Avenger, Birdman's pet eagle, swoops in from behind him to knock it out of his hands.

* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: Birdman episode "The Empress of Evil". The prince of the Maja Raja saves the day when he gives Birdman a diamond from his turban that he says came from the sun god, Ra. Holding the diamond powered Birdman up with its stored solar energy.

* SelfDestructMechanism: In the ''Birdman'' episodes "Versus Dr. Freezoids", "Number One", "The Deadly Duplicator", "Avenger for Ransom" and "Serpents of the Deep".
* ShrinkRay: The villains in the Birdman episodes "The Ant Ape" and "Meets Reducto" each have one of these.

* SomethingPerson: Birdman

* SuperSpeed: Birdman episode "Versus the Speed Demon". The title villain's power was moving and acting so quickly that no one could see him.
* TemptingFate: Birdman "The Pirate Plot". After the pirates capture Birdman, Captain Kidd's first mate warns him that Birdman's eagle companion Avenger has escaped. Captain Kidd says, "What can an eagle do to harm us? Let it go!" After the pirates make Birdman walk the plank, Avenger swoops in, flies underwater (!) and bites through the ropes tying Birdman's hands, freeing him.
* ThatsAnOrder: Birdman episode "Vulturo, Prince of Darkness". After Birdman has been defeated by Vulturo he orders his eagle {{sidekick}}, Avenger, to leave him and try to save some people nearby. When Avenger is reluctant to abandon him, Birdman makes it an order.
* ThisCannotBe: Birdman episode "Vulturo, Prince of Darkness". Right after Birdman has his solar powers renewed by the nearby passage of a comet, Vulturo says, "No! It cannot be!"

* WeMeetAgain: Birdman episode "The Empress of Evil". When Birdman meets Medusa (whom he has fought before) he says, "So, Medusa, we meet again." She responds, "Yes, and for the last and final time."

Not to be confused with the 2014 BlackComedy film ''Film/{{Birdman}}''.

Not to be confused with the 2014 BlackComedy film ''[Film/{{Birdman}}''.

Not to be confused with the 2014 BlackComedy film ''Film/{{Birdman}} or The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance''.

Not to be confused with the 2014 BlackComedy film ''Film/{{Birdman}} or The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance''. Or its parody series WesternAnimation/HarveyBirdmanAttorneyAtLaw.

* AlternateCompanyEquivalent: Birdman, to Creator/DCComics' ComicBook/{{Hawkman}}.

* Myth/EgyptianMythology: Birdman received his powers from the Egyptian sun god, Ra (thus the bird and sun motifs).

* EvilCounterpart: Vulturo, to Birdman.

* EyePatchOfPower: Falcon-7 wore one.

* KidSidekick: Birdboy.

* {{Sidekick}}: Birdman has Avenger, his powerful Golden Eagle companion, who can [[TimmyInAWell understand human speech and follow orders]]. In later episodes, he is also aided by Birdboy.

** Both Vapor Man and Gravity Girl have powers that are common for their species.
* SuperSmoke: Vapor Man.

* {{Sidekick}}: Birdman has Avenger, his powerful Golden Eagle companion, who can [[TimmyInAWell understand human speech and follow orders]].

Not to be confused with the 2014 BlackComedy film ''Film/{{Birdman}} or The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance''. Or it's parody series WesternAnimation/HarveyBirdmanAttorneyAtLaw.

Before he became a [[WesternAnimation/HarveyBirdmanAttorneyAtLaw defense lawyer]], Birdman was the headliner of ''Birdman and the Galaxy Trio'', part of Creator/HannaBarbera's brief SuperHero cycle in the mid-1960s.

Not to be confused with the 2014 BlackComedy film ''Film/{{Birdman}} or The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance''.

The Galaxy Trio, stars of the backup segment, consisted of Vapor Man, who could turn his body into any kind of gas; Meteor Man, who could enlarge his fists or any other part of his body, and Gravity Girl, who could make people and objects seem lighter or heavier. Together, TheyFightCrime and patrol space in their cruiser, Condor One, maintaining order working for their superior, the Chief of the Galactic Patrol law enforcement agency.

!!Tropes in ''Birdman and the Galaxy Trio'':

* ActionGirl: Unusual for a 60s superhero cartoon, Gravity Girl was a full fledged member of the team who was just as powerful and competent as her male teammates.

** In several ''The Galaxy Trio'' episodes, members of the title group and radio officers at Intergalactic Headquarters use "Over and out" to end communications.

* AsideGlance: ''The Galaxy Trio''. At the end of the episode "The Eye of Time", Meteor Man looked into the camera and winked at the audience.

* DeflectorShields: The Galaxy Trio's starship, ''Condor One'', has "defense shields" that can be raised to stop incoming attacks.
* DistressCall: Occurs at the beginning of many ''The Galaxy Trio'' episodes, such as "TITAN, the Titanium Man" and "Gralik of Gravitas".

* EscapePod: ''The Galaxy Trio'' episode "Galaxy Trio and the Sleeping Planet". At the end of the episode the space pirate Krag escapes his ship in a smaller ship.
* EverybodyLaughsEnding: At the end of the Galaxy Trio episode "The Demon Raiders", Meteor Man and Vapor Man say that by the time the villain gets out of prison they will both have long white beards. Gravity Girl says that she might have grey hair, but not a beard. All three of them have a laugh at her [[SarcasmMode clever joke]].

* GravityMaster:
** Gravity Girl is from the planet Gravitas and has control over gravity as a racial superpower.
** In "Gralik of Gravitas", the villain Gravitas develops a gravity ray that can either tremendously increase gravitational force on an object or apply AntiGravity to it.

* HornAttack: In the Galaxy Trio episode "The Eye of Time", when the title heroes go back to 1st century Scandanavia a Viking wearing a horned helmet charges head-first at Meteor Man.
* HumanAliens: Most of the races in Galaxy Trio.
* HumanHammerThrow: ''The Galaxy Trio'' episode "The Rock Men". Meteor Man grabs one of the Rock Men by the ankle, whirls him around his head and throws him at the villain.

* KnockoutGas: ''The Galaxy Trio'' episode "The Duplitrons". Meteor Man is taken out twice by sleep gas: once while he's flying in a rocket pod, the second time after he wakes up in the Duplitrons' base.
* LetsSplitUpGang: ''The Galaxy Trio'' episode "Invasion of the Sporoids". Our heroes arrive at a planet where an outpost has just been destroyed and an observer almost killed by a gigantic monster. Gravity Girl suggests that they spread out and search the area. As a result the monster ambushes her and traps her inside a transparent membrane.

* NormalFishInATinyPond: Galaxy Trio episode "Cavemen of Primevia". Criminals from Vapor Man's home world enslave a planet, boasting of their great powers. Vapor Man scornfully notes that they are about average before defeating them with ease.

* PutTheirHeadsTogether: ''The Galaxy Trio'' episode "Versus the Moltens of Meteorus". While Meteor Man is fighting the Moltens, he picks up two of them and slams their heads together, knocking them out.

* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething
** ''The Galaxy Trio''. Gravity Girl is the princess of her home planet, but chooses to explore the galaxy as a superhero and leave the ruling to the rest of her family.
** Birdman episode "The Empress of Evil". The prince of the Maja Raja saves the day when he gives Birdman a diamond from his turban that he says came from the sun god, Ra. Holding the diamond powered Birdman up with its stored solar energy.

* SemanticSuperPower: Vapor Man can do pretty much anything by making a gas, like freeze vapor, acid vapor, etc.

* SizeShifter: Meteor Man.
* SomethingPerson: Birdman, Vapor Man and Gravity Girl. Subverted with Meteor Man, whose powers had nothing to do with meteors.

* TeleportersAndTransporters: The Galaxy Trio often use a ''Franchise/StarTrek''–style transporter called a "Lazon Cube" to beam down to planets from their starship, Condor One.

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* JetPack

* EgyptianMythology: Birdman received his powers from the Egyptian sun god, Ra (thus the bird and sun motifs).

** Birdman episode "The Empress of Evil". The prince of the Maja Raja saves the day when he gives Birdman a diamond from his turban that he says came from the sun god, Ra.