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The Best Episodes Written By Michael Ouweleen

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    undefined Season 1 Episode 1 - Pilot
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    S1:E1

    30-something Judy Ken Sebben inherits her father's company, which would be great if that company weren't built around the most socially irresponsible 20th Century products and practices.

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    Writer:Michael Ouweleen

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  2. undefined Season 2 Episode 6 - Back to the Present
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    S2:E6

    The Jetsons enlist Harvey's help to sue us 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.

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    Writer:Michael Ouweleen

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  3. undefined Season 3 Episode 8 - Free Magilla
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    S3:E8

    Animal Rights activists break into Peebles' store to free Magilla and later sue him as well. Phil, Potamus and his nephews go on a fishing trip.

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    Writer:Michael Ouweleen

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  4. undefined Season 3 Episode 11 - Sebben & Sebben Orientation
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    S3:E11

    An insight look into working at Sebben and Sebben.

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    Writer:Michael Ouweleen

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  5. undefined Season 4 Episode 2 - The Incredible Hippo
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    S4:E2

    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.

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    Writer:Michael Ouweleen

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  6. undefined Season 4 Episode 3 - Babysitter
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    S4:E3

    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.

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    Writer:Michael Ouweleen

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  7. undefined Season 4 Episode 4 - Birdnapped
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    S4:E4

    Harvey decides to temporarily run the law firm, which leads to a full scale revolt, naturally. Armed with standard office supplies like staplers, manila envelopes and an occasional hand grenade, Sebben & Sebben employees form a massive uprising. Meanwhile, X, distraught over being ignored by Harvey, kidnaps Birdgirl to capture his attention - and his dinner plans.

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    Writer:Michael Ouweleen

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  8. undefined Season 4 Episode 7 - The Death of Harvey Birdman
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    S4:E7

    Harvey is upset when he must redo all of his cases. He soon realizes he has a much bigger problem to deal with, and he'll need Peanut and Judy's help.

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    Writer:Michael Ouweleen

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  9. undefined Season 3 Episode 10 - Mindless
    7.5/10(2 votes)

    S3:E10

    Mentok loses Spyro's mind after a mind-swap, and must watch over Spyro's body during his date. Harvey brings Top Cat home, who gets Harvey implicated in gambling schemes.

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    Writer:Michael Ouweleen

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  10. undefined Season 2 Episode 3 - The Devlin Made Me Do It
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    S2:E3

    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.

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    Writer:Michael Ouweleen

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  11. undefined Season 2 Episode 4 - High Speed Buggy Chase
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    S2:E4

    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.

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    Writer:Michael Ouweleen

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  12. undefined Season 2 Episode 5 - SPF
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    S2:E5

    After years of getting his powers from the sun, Harvey notices a suspicious spot on his skin. When his dermatoligist insists he stay out of the sun and use sunblock, the now droopy Birdman turns to a self-tanning cream for a pick me up. It isn't long before he's addicted to the stuff, using more and more to stay awake. All the while, he attempts to help out Ding-A-Ling in his case against the porn industry.

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    Writer:Michael Ouweleen

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  13. undefined Season 2 Episode 7 - Grape Juiced
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    S2:E7

    When Grape Ape is accused of using steroids in the Laff-a-Lympics, his medal is taken away from him. Now Harvey must defend him in court to prove that he's not a drug addict. Plus, Gigi becomes pregnant, and all are wondering if Harvey is the real daddy.

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    Writer:Michael Ouweleen

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  14. undefined Season 2 Episode 10 - Droopy Botox
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    S2:E10

    After winning a case against a deformed Droopy, Birdman finds himself in much success at the office. But is conflicted over the nature in which he won, and tries to set things right in his life.

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    Writer:Michael Ouweleen

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  15. undefined Season 2 Episode 11 - Guitar Control
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    S2:E11

    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.

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    Writer:Michael Ouweleen

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  16. undefined Season 3 Episode 2 - Harvey's Civvy
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    S3:E2

    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.

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    Writer:Michael Ouweleen

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  17. undefined Season 3 Episode 3 - X Gets The Crest
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    S3:E3

    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.

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    Writer:Michael Ouweleen

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  18. undefined Season 3 Episode 4 - Bird Girl of Guantanamole
    7.0/10(2 votes)

    S3:E4

    Phil brings his daughter to work and Birdgirl is desperate to be part of the Birdteam. She sets out to prove her superhero and litigating and superhero litigating skills. She also arrives just in time to help Harvey defend Morocco Mole on charges of being an enemy combatant. Phil has the hots for Birdgirl.

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    Writer:Michael Ouweleen

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  19. undefined Season 3 Episode 5 - Turner Classic Birdman
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    S3:E5

    Turner Classic Movies’ Robert Osborne introduces a “recently discovered” episode of the “classic” Birdman series. In this episode, a pre-law Harvey encounters a few of his future courtroom adversaries who try to kill him.

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    Writer:Michael Ouweleen

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  20. undefined Season 3 Episode 6 - Beyond the Valley of the Dinosaurs
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    S3:E6

    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 needs to find his way back, as the rest want to stay.

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    Writer:Michael Ouweleen

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  21. undefined Season 3 Episode 9 - Return of Birdgirl
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    S3:E9

    Bird Girl returns.

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    Writer:Michael Ouweleen

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  22. undefined Season 3 Episode 12 - Identity Theft
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    S3:E12

    Harvey runs into an old nemesis, The Deadly Duplicator, who unintentionally creates an army of Harveys.

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    Writer:Michael Ouweleen

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  23. undefined Season 4 Episode 1 - Shazzan
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    S4:E1

    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.

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    Writer:Michael Ouweleen

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  24. undefined Season 4 Episode 5 - Grodin
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    S4:E5

    X attempts to take charge of his life and transform into his best evil self, hiring Perfectionist the Life Coach to help him to become more evil in just 4 easy steps. Meanwhile, Devlin blazes in on his hog, forcing Harvey to defend him (again). This time, a kid sues him for being injured from one of Devlin's toys.

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    Writer:Michael Ouweleen

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  25. undefined Season 4 Episode 6 - Harvey Birdman, Juror In Court
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    S4:E6

    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.

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    Writer:Michael Ouweleen

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Michael Ouweleen Ratings Summary

"Pilot" is the best rated episode written by Michael Ouweleen. It scored 9/10 based on 1 votes. It was directed by N/A. It aired on 4/5/2021 and is rated 1.0 points higher than their second-best episode, "Back to the Present".