''Birdgirl'' is an American adult animated

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comedy television series. It is a spin-off of the television series '' Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law'' created by

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and Erik Richter, which itself was a comedic

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of the original 1967 ''Birdman'' cartoon and '' Space Ghost Coast to Coast''. The series stars the voices of Paget Brewster, Rob Delaney, Sonia Denis, Kether Donohue, John Doman,

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, Tony Hale and River L. Ramirez. The series premiered on

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on April 5, 2021. Unlike in the original ''Birdman'' cartoon, the Hanna-Barbera-owned characters—including Birdman himself—are missing from the series. On October 4, 2021, Kether Donohue, the voice of Gillian, posted on

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that ''Birdgirl'' had been renewed for a second season. This was confirmed on February 9, 2022. The second season premiered on Adult Swim on June 19, 2022 and HBO Max on June 20.

Plot

Judy Ken Sebben, the daughter of Phil Ken Sebben, fights crime as Birdgirl. When Phil Ken Sebben is killed in an accident, he names Birdgirl as the successor of Sebben & Sebben Worldwide. With help from her friend Meredith the Mind Taker, Birdgirl was able to get Judy to be the new

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of Sebben & Sebben while still fighting crime on the side. In undoing the crimes her own father committed and combating other emerging threats of rivals while trying to balancing between running the company and continuing her life as a superhero, Judy is aided by the Birdteam, an all-new crack team she forms with Meredith and other Sebben & Sebben Worldwide employees.

Characters

* Judy Ken Sebben/Birdgirl (voiced by Paget Brewster) – The daughter of Phil Ken Sebben. She lives a double life as the superheroine Birdgirl. When Phil apparently died, Judy became the new CEO of Sebben & Sebben Worldwide. * Meredith the Mind Taker (voiced by

) – The general manager of Sebben & Sebben Worldwide who is the best friend of Judy with mind-taking abilities. * Gillian Sans (voiced by Kether Donohue) – Judy's secretary at Sebben & Sebben Worldwide. * Dog with Bucket Hat (voiced by John Doman) – An anthropomorphic Basset Hound that wears a bucket hat who is the head of security at Sebben & Sebben Worldwide. * Charley "Strongarm" (voiced by River L. Ramirez) – Sebben & Sebben Worldwide's head of public relations. * Paul "The Feels" (voiced by Tony Hale) – Sebben & Sebben Worldwide's residential masseur. He is openly queer. * Brian O'Brien (voiced by Rob Delaney) – The head of human waste at Sebben & Sebben Worldwide. * Evie "The Big Ten" (voiced by Sonia Denis) – The daughter of one of Sebben & Sebben Worldwide's workers who is friends with the building as she can understand it. She later becomes the team's technology expert * Jessica from Accounting (voiced by Julie Dove) - One of Sebben & Sebben Worldwide's

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s. It is revealed in "The S.I.M.M." that she keeps the building and company together.

Series overview

Episodes

Season 1 (2021)

Season 2 (2022)

Reception

Reviewing the first 2 episodes, Den of Geek praises the "chaotic" pacing and characters, "sweet" backstory, and expresses hope in its potential; their review describes the show as an "exciting new Adult Swim venture that’s able to successfully carry on the unhinged atmosphere of the original ''Harvey Birdman'' while it takes the material to entirely different places." The AV Club expressed joy towards Brewster's titular character and lamented that the supporting characters were not as interesting as those in ''Harvey Birdman'', presumably because ''Birdman'' was contingent on the inclusion of

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cartoon incidentals, whereas ''Birdgirl'' takes place in a human-centric world.

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