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6!!Bannon Custody Battle
7* "I'm taking the boys, Benton! And there's not a ''damn'' thing you can do about it! ''(storms out, but comes back in)'' Forgot my keys."
8* "I owe Dr. Quest very much big time." After saying it multiple times, Harvey cuts him off: "Drink your juice box."
9* "Avenger! My personal digital assistant! ''(quietly)'' Uh, how do you make a "T" again? Do you push it and leave it down, or...?"
10* Dr. Benton Quest on the stand:
11--> '''Harvey''': Dr. Quest, tell us a little about your relationship?\
12'''Dr. Quest''': Well, Race and I met one night-\
13'''Harvey''': ''(gritting teeth)'' With your ''boys''.\
14'''Dr. Quest''': Oh, heh, ''right''!
15* The bartender giving the Quest boys scotch:
16--> '''Harvey''': They're eleven.\
17'''Bartender''': Riiiiiight. ''(drops a couple cherries into their drinks)''
18!!Very Personal Injury
19* The RunningGag where the characters tenderly discuss [[GroinAttack the nature of Apache Chief's injury]], and how it's [[AmbiguousSyntax never made clear]] whether the issue is that he can no longer [[SizeShifter be large]] [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything or that he can no longer]] [[TheLoinsSleepTonight be large.]] TheReveal that the waitress at the diner he was at is in fact a beautiful IndianMaiden leads immediately to him [[AttackOfThe50FootWhatever increasing in size abruptly]], which only serves to confuse the matter further. It's even better when everyone in the courtroom starts pointing at him when he grows.
20* Black Vulcan gets called to the stand and goes on a rant about the stereotyping the Justice League forces on heroes like him and Apache Chief.
21-->'''Black Vulcan:''' You think I named MYSELF Black Vulcan? Hell no! I used to go by Supervolt. "Black Vulcan" was Aquaman's idea! And I said "Well, maybe we should just call you 'Whitefish!'"
22!!Shaggy Busted
23* TheTeaser for the episode, where a (live-action) cop pulls over Shaggy and Scooby.
24--> '''Officer''': Where are you headed tonight?\
25'''Shaggy''': Like, there's this green monster, officer, sneakin' around at the old cotton mill! ''(giggles)'' We're headed out there to meet the gang and, like, try to catch it!\
26'''Officer''': A "green monster".\
27'''Shaggy''': Yeah, a real fattie man!
28* Peanut, to Daphne: "Oooh, sprechen sie sexy."
29* When Avenger hears that Birdman wants to hire an assistant, he flies into his cage, dejected.
30--> '''Birdman''': ''(notices)'' What? Ohhh. ''(tries to pet Avenger)'' Come on, it's just an assistant. ''(Avenger backs away)'' Not a partner, like you. ''(Avenger lets Birdman pet him)'' Who's my eagle? ''(slams cage and speed walks out, shutting off the lights)'' Night!
31* This:
32--> '''Birdman''': You mean to tell me they're not...?\
33'''Guard''': ''(walks in front of everyone)'' Hi.\
34'''Fred Jones''': Nope, they're just stupid.
35!!Death by Chocolate
36* The live-action interrogation clip where a pair of cops get aggressive at a man in a Boo-Boo costume.
37!!Shoyu Weenie
38* Phil trying to get Harvey to do a "trust fall":
39-->'''Phil:''' Good. Now, close your eyes and fall back. I'm right behind you.\
40''(Harvey looks behind him to see the open window of his top-floor office, and Phil directly to the right.)''\
41'''Harvey:''' When I was in high school, we did a "trust fall" in aerobics class and dropped the first girl.\
42'''Phil:''' That's it. Let me cradle you.\
43'''Harvey:''' She landed flat on her back.\
44'''Phil:''' Did you ever know that...you're my hero?\
45'''Harvey:''' And then everyone started laughing because she was fat.\
46'''Phil:''' '''''FALL, YOU BASTARD!'''''
47** And then Phil walks out the window.
48* Peanut's explanation (in Japanese) that it's considered customary in American culture to blow something up once a business deal has concluded. And then he fires a bazooka at Phil, leading to this line:
49-->'''Phil:''' Hey, lady, I need a yank. HA HA! Dislocation.
50* When Reducto has one of the members of Shoyu Weenie on the stand, she answers his question in a slow, breathy voice in Japanese. Pretty much [[ArousedByTheirVoice every man in the courtroom turns to her with a shocked and/or aroused look on their faces and dropped jaws]], including a guy carving a wood statue with a chainsaw and a clown making a balloon animal. It helps that the translation of what she was saying is roughly "My name is Seiko, I like that song, it's a pretty song."
51* A ShoutOut to "Je T'aime... moi non plus".
52* Another member (the cap-wearing preteen tomboy) is hungry and hasn't eaten since their trip to America. She tries to get Harvey's attention by pointing her open mouth. Harvey response by giving her a football and speaking in slow English so she would understand. The girl tries to eat the ball. She's been at Harvey's side throughout the episode.
53* When the Neptunes are called to the stand, Mentok wants Jabberjaw back to his seat because he can't stand his Curly-esque VerbalTic.
54!!The Dabba Don
55* Harvey just doesn't seem to grasp the whole "mobster" thing, so he keeps waking up with the heads of different cartoon characters in his bed, including WesternAnimation/QuickDrawMcGraw, WesternAnimation/{{Jabberjaw}} and [[WesternAnimation/TheHerculoids The Gleep]].
56--> '''Harvey''': AAAAAHHHHH!!!! Ew, Gleep juice! ...or is that Gloop?
57* Peanut keeps trying to suck up to Freddy, hoping to be accepted into the mob.
58* While Fred Flintstone is on trial:
59--> '''Pterosaur:''' ''(on witness stand)'' The guy's a pig, a neanderthal.\
60'''Fred Flintstone:''' You're ''DEAD'' to me, can opener!
61* When Fred is found not guilty, everyone goes to the bar to celebrate:
62--> '''Thundarr''': There he is! C'mere, you. ''(kisses Harvey on the mouth)'' Mwah! ''(kisses him a second time, deeper)''\
63'''Harvey''': Wow, that's a ''man'' kiss.
64* The ending, which is a parody of the climax to ''Film/TheGodfather'', which shows Mr. Slate being forced to sign over the quarry, the bird can opener being assassinated, and Pebbles' baptism.
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68!!SPF
69* Harvey gets paranoid of the sun and wears protective coverings, telling Peanut that the sun can kill him. Peanut responds by quoting a parody of the NRA slogan "People with suns kill people" whilst [[JugglingLoadedGuns polishing a gun pointing right at him]].
70* The cut to an old 1960s clip of Birdman receiving his powers from the sunlight, which delves into an orgasmic reaction.
71* Harvey complaining about Potamus parking his blimp/arc across two spaces, followed by him shouting "Hippo!" at Potamus, after which a sex doll pokes out of his trunk.
72* Harvey's increasingly desperate addiction to tanning cream after he cuts himself off from sunlight, and Peanut exploiting the crap out of him like a drug dealer, until the addiction finally reaches a point where Peanut tells him that he should probably slow down a little.
73* Peanut acting as Harvey's dealer and selling him the tanning lotion for ridiculous prices. It never seems to occur to Harvey that he could just ''go to the store'' and buy it there.
74* Eventually, even [[TheHedonist PEANUT]] thinks Harvey might be hitting the lotion a little too hard.
75* The other characters holding an intervention for Harvey [[HypocriticalHumor while each engaging in addictions of their own]].
76--> '''Phil (with like 30 cigarettes stuffed in his mouth):''' WHO'S STRONGER, BIRDMAN?! THE ADDICTION OR YOU?! HA HA! Did that one go out? The one on the edge?
77!!Trio's Company
78* Reducto's reaction to meeting WesternAnimation/InchHighPrivateEye? Some kind of weird obsession due to the man being "so perfectly miniature" that Reducto doesn't know if he should destroy him or love him.
79--> '''Reducto''': I hate him! ''(Harvey slaps him)'' I love him! ''(slap)'' I hate him! ''(slap)'' I love him! ''(slap)'' [[Film/{{Chinatown}} I hate him AND love him!!]] ''(starts to tear up)''
80!!The Devlin Made Me Do It
81* Before Devlin comes in, Peter Potamus comes into Birdman's office to use Birdmans shredder to shred what appears to be sexy pictures of [[WesternAnimation/TheJetsons Jane Jetson]], one of her dressed as Lincoln, his boxers, and finally his helmet.
82* The AndKnowingIsHalfTheBattle message on one of Devlin's tapes that Harvey was using for evidence is ruined by Devlin himself pointing out how riding without a helmet (the exact thing the PSA is trying to tell kids not to do) [[DoNotDoThisCoolThing is cool, talking about using a condom and hitting on the his sister Sandy]].... which leads to Harvey frantically trying to stop the tape while blocking the screen.
83* Devlin's how-to tapes, culminating with "How to Jump Over a Ravine On a Bicycle ''Comma Bobby''".
84* Bobby, the kid who got injured imitating Devlin, has some really hilarious moments too due to the sheer amount of crap he's put through, such as his lawyer Freezoid accidentally leaving him in the middle of the street while talking to Birdman, causing him to get hit by a truck, and Birdman tipping over Bobby's wheelchair because Peanut told him he saw Bobby scratching his nose so he must be faking his injuries.
85--> '''Harvey:''' You saw him scratch his nose?!\
86'''Peanut:''' Yes, [[CrossesTheLineTwice when they were prying his little wheelchair off the truck, he went like "Uhuhuhuuuuh" *flails his arms*]]
87* Devlin constantly stuffing his face with various anti-pain pills. He's pretty loopy most of the time.
88--> '''Devlin''': *stuffs a fistful of pills into his mouth* I'M GONNA WIN!!
89* The original stunt that put Bobby in the hospital, he rode his bike down a playground slide while imagining Devlin doing a similar ramp stunt.
90--> ''(Devlin successfully completes his stunt)''\
91'''Audience:''' YAY!\
92''(Bobby crashes his bike right into a ravine)''\
93'''Playground Kids:''' YAY!\
94'''Fat kid:''' Loser!
95* Devlin keeps revving his motorbike engine while on the witness stand and cutting off Freezoid who's trying to question him.
96--> '''Freezoid:''' ''I'll freeze your ass!'' Do you hear me? '''Dead!'''
97* Apparently Devlin and Phil are already acquainted. Unfortunately Devlin doesn't have much of a long-term memory anymore.
98--> '''Phil''': By the way Birdman, you're fi- ''Ernie Devlin?!''\
99'''Devlin''': Who?\
100'''Phil''': Its me, Phil! ''(Devlin stares)'' Ken! ''(stare)'' Seb! ''(stare)'' ...Ben. ''(Devlin is now asleep)'' Phil...\
101'''Harvey''': I didn't know you knew each other?\
102'''Phil''': Yeah yeah, from my time at the carnival\
103'''Harvey''': ''(whispering to Peanut)'' Bearded lady.
104!!High Speed Buggy Chase
105* Avenger quits his secretary job (Harvey didn't actually pay him) and starts working for Harvey's rival Vulturo. The replacements Ken gets for Harvey don't really work out very well — first he gives him a finch (he's too small to work the typewriter and doesn't understand English), then a penguin (keeps turning down the thermostat to freezing), an Emu (it's terrifying), and finally a parrot (which also leaves Harvey for Vulturo).
106* Harvey's reaction to Phil entering with the parrot[[note]]Phil has an eyepatch, do the math.[[/note]]:
107-->'''Harvey:''' PIRATES, PEANUT! PIRATES!
108!!Back to the Present
109* After George Jetson boldly declares that he and his family come from [[TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture the magnificent far-off year of 2002]], Harvey glances at his calendar... which is for [[TimeMarchesOn 2004]].
110* The Jetson family struggling to reach Birdman's desk without conveyor belts, and taking ''all day'' to crawl a few feet.
111* The reason the Jetsons are in the past? They want to sue the present day for causing global warming in the future. Turns out that the reason they all live on those poles is because of massive flooding.
112* Oh, and the real kicker -- Harvey is actually George's ancestor. When Harvey takes this as a sign that he will finally get laid at some point, George just states that "there are other ways".
113* Phil becoming convinced that the Jetsons are TheGreys and are out to anally probe him.
114!!Blackwatch Plaid
115* The entire plot surrounding Secret Squirrel being sued for flashing. Half due to the hilarious use of the character Secret Squirrel, and half due to Phil Sebben's hidden camera footage showing Harvey and his co-workers in live action (including footage of live-action Harvey frolicking around Atlanta and the Turner Mansion's front lawn), and climaxing with the combination of these two plot lines.
116!!Grape Juiced
117* Reducto freaking out when he tries shrinking [[WesternAnimation/LaffALympics Grape Ape]] and Grape Ape just pumps himself back to normal size again.
118--> '''Reducto''': (running around screaming) I HAVE MET THE UNSHRINKABLE!!
119!!Peanut Puberty
120* The ridiculousness of the A-plot's premise: Peanut has reached the age where his powers are starting to manifest (which is played ''exactly'' like going through puberty) and is undergoing the combined hell of sexual maturity and superpowers to the point of experiencing PowerIncontinence. Harvey ends up asking X The Eliminator to be Peanut's "first villain", which X agrees to in return for Harvey's crest. The whole thing becomes moot after Peanut gets TheTalk from Black Vulcan and hooks up with his first villain on his own.
121* Phil's obedience training with Doggie Daddy; one of the last scenes shown is [[BlackComedyRape Phil humping Doggie for no reason, while Doggie looks away disinterested]]. Complete with squeaking noises.
122--> '''Phil:''' ''I'M THE ALPHA MALE! I AM THE ALPHA MALE!''
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126!!Booty Noir
127* Reducto encounters a rather large-bottomed woman whose posterior is the first thing he's shown not being able to bring himself to shrink. He winds up falling in love with her and undergoing a crisis of identity because of it.
128!!Harvey's Civvy
129* Mentok's battle with Shado the Brain Thief. During the trial, Mentok gets so fed up with Shado's ripoff of his power, that they veer off into a sort of wizard's duel, trying to out-do each other.
130* Shado uses his powers to garner the jury's sympathy. When he continues even after Mentok tells him to stop, the following exchange occurs.
131-->'''Mentok:''' What did I say?! How ''dare'' you defy me, Mentok!\
132''(Shadow uses his powers)''\
133'''Mentok:''' The mind ''toker''! ''(realizes what he said was wrong)'' I mean, Mentok!\
134''(Shadow uses his powers again)''\
135'''Mentok:''' ...The MILF Spunker-''(claps hand across mouth)'' [[ActuallyPrettyFunny Oh, I see. Good trick.]]
136* And then they start affecting locations outside the courtroom- Shado has a marching band at a sporting event spell his name out, Mentok has an electronic highway sign say "MENTOK FREAKIN [[XtremeKoolLetterz RULZ]]", [[RushmoreRefacement Shado's face appears on Mount Rushmore]] (with the Bear pointing at it), Mentok's face appears on the ''surface of Mars''- at which point, Mentok stops due to sheer exhaustion (with the courtroom now a scene of chaos- half an elephant embedded in the wall, the jury is now entirely Canadian Mounties) and he and Shado head out for drinks.
137* The best part about that scene is that while they're trying to out-do each other, "Dueling Banjos" is playing in the background.
138* The fact that Shado's voice is Creator/TobyHuss doing a slight variant on his voice for [[Series/TheAdventuresOfPeteAndPete Artie, The Strongest Man in the World]].
139!!X Gets the Crest
140* The people from Hoot n Holler, the setting of the cartoon ''WesternAnimation/{{Ricochet Rabbit|AndDroopALongCoyote}}'', keeps shooting into the air and yelling whenever anyone says the name of the town. Eventually, Harvey just starts avoiding saying the name.
141!!Beyond the Valley of the Dinosaurs
142* [[Film/BladeRunner "I've seen things you people wouldn't believe, and from this side only! The flight of a half-man, half-bird! Dinosaurs nuzzling their young in pastures where strip malls should be! Cookies on dowels... All those moments lost in time; gone, like eggs off a hooker's stomach. Time to die..."]] ''(janitor stuffs Phil clone into a woodchipper)''
143!!Sebben and Sebben Employee Orientation
144* Phil Ken Sebben performing ''Theatre/{{Hamlet}}'':
145-->'''Phil Ken Sebben''': To die... to sleep... to sleep, perchance to dream; aye, there's the rub... Ha ha... rub! For in that sleep of death, what dreams may come... must give us pause... make us bear those... uh, I've forgotten. Huh... I know I'm depressed about something. Uh-ba-da-da... mother: dead.... no, father dead. Mother alive. Kind of a sexy thing with the mom. Uncle: probably killed my father. Girlfriend: crazy as a loon. Her father's a chatterbox. I killed him... ah, this is all too complicated.
146-->'''Audience''': ''(cheers with thunderous applause)''
147* The part about the sexual harrassment policy, starring Peanut and two female employees. The video shows two IDENTICAL scenarios, the only difference is that in the "correct" one, Peanut has unplugged the security camera, so no record exists of his skeevy behavior.
148* At one point, the video goes off on a tangent about how in addition to all their other projects, Sebben & Sebben is also moving into world domination (apparently).
149* "S&Ls are unkillable! Ever see ''Film/ItsAWonderfulLife''? Even that Bailey bastard couldn't screw it up!"
150* Phil's introduced counting money aboard a private jet; an explosion occurs, he hits a button, and slides into the cockpit as the jet's suddenly in the middle of a war-zone; he gets hit by something and starts calling mayday before they transition to the next scene.
151!!Identity Theft
152* The Deadly Duplicator starts copying people in the courtroom. When he makes four Mentoks, one of them shouts "Finally!" [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y11lxG8WM9M and they immediately form a barbershop quartet.]]
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156!!Shazzan
157* Harvey being called to defend Mentok after [[ItMakesSenseInContext Mentok is accused of imprisoning a genie centuries ago]]. Harvey is busy taking Avenger to the vet, so Mentok tells him to play "Rock, Paper, Mentok" about it.
158--> '''Harvey''': Oh, I'm great at this game!
159--> '''Mentok''': Rock, paper, Mentok. I win, get over here.
160--> '''Harvey''': DAMNIT!
161!!Incredible Hippo
162* After encountering [[WesternAnimation/TheAtomAntShow Atom Ant]], Reducto goes insane and tries to form an alliance with Inch High to destroy him, because he's smaller than either of them. Inch, who doesn't have Reducto's bizarre obsession, doesn't really understand the problem.
163!!The Death of Harvey Birdman
164* "HA HA HA! [[BackForTheFinale Final episode stunt casting!]]"
165* Birdgirl's secret identity revealed:
166-->'''Phil''': Judy! [[LateToTheRealization You're Birdgirl?!]]
167-->'''Every single person in the crowd''': '''[[BluntYes YES!]]'''
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171!!Harvey Birdman: Attorney General
172* The promo for the "Harvey Birdman: Attorney General" special presents the case: Phil Ken Sebben somehow ran for and was elected president while blacked out. He doesn't remember running for the office, and he doesn't ''want'' the office. Cut to an image of him trying to get out from behind the President's desk as two other guys keep shoving him back behind it.
173** It cuts to a PSA of [[FriendOfMaskedSelf Judy Ken Sebben and Birdgirl]] campaigning to get Phil removed from office, which is to say, very obviously Judy repeatedly [[SecretIdentityChangeTrick jumping in and out of frame to take the Birdgirl wings and helmet on and off]] to pretend to be two different people as she reads through a script with lines for both, [[RuleOfFunny for some reason.]] As the rapid switches continue, she begins to get mixed up, and at one point Judy is saying one of Birdgirl's lines while trying to shrug out of the wings. The whole thing is endcapped by Judy and Birdgirl ''somehow'' managing to get in frame at the same time and still get their lines reversed.
174* TheReveal that Potamus was behind everything because he wanted to make a fortune selling memorabilia for an impeached president.
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