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Other characters on the show include Eddie's sister, Steffy; his teacher, Miss Finch; classmates Spring Robin, Olivia Owl, Tommy Turkey, Sleepy Bat and Gregory Woodpecker. The first episode introduces Eddie's younger sister, Abby.

 

* [[Accidental Art]]: In "Life of Riley", Betty is proud of the paintings that Abby did by covering herself in paint and rolling on a canvas.

* [[All Girls Want Bad Boys]]: Subverted in "Life of Riley". The females in class love Riley's bad-bird nature {{spoiler|until they find out he dropped out of school}}.

* [[An Aesop]]: Pretty much every episode, but not as heavy-handedly as most.

* [[Brick Joke]]: Morty's big feet at the end of "Father and Son Camp Out".

* [[Character Development]]: Even in the course of 13 episodes, Mr. Nuthatch becomes less paranoid, and Sleepy does more than just sleep at the drop of a hat.

* [[Disguised in Drag]]: Sleepy, as part of a staged purse-snatching {{spoiler|done to try and summon Birdman}}.

* [[Drive-In Theater]]: "A Face in the Crowd" starts at a ''fly''-in theater.

* [[Feather Fingers]]: The entire cast has arm-like wings which are generally used as arms, although they are also capable of flight. However, in one episode, the characters use their feet to bowl.

* [[Flintstone Theming]]: Lots of things get avian names. In particular, "anybird" for "anyone" starts showing up in later episodes.

* [[Genre Savvy]]: In one of his [[Imagine Spot|Imagine Spots]] involving a rescue, Eddie looks at the [[Fourth Wall]] and says, "I could fly, but rope swinging makes for a good visual."

** Another good example:

'''Eddie''': It's more fun this way. }}

* [[Getting Crap Past the Radar]]:

* [[Haunted House]]: Eddie and friends explore one in "I Heard It Through the Grapevine", complete with [[Ominous Pipe Organ]].

* [[Hurricane of Puns]]: The show is up to its beak in bird puns. For just one example:

'''Gregory''': Lucky I didn't call ''fowl''! }}

* [[Humanoid Female Animal]]: Betty and Miss Finch both qualify.

* [[I Was Quite a Fashion Victim]]: In "Dollars and Sense", Steffy laughs at a picture of Betty from the 70s.

* [[Imagine the Audience Naked|Imagine the Audience Without Feathers]]: Eddie's advice to Gregory in "Gulls and Dolls".

* [[Left the Background Music On]]: In the resolution of the second episode, dramatic violins play over Eddie's apology to his classmates until Olivia says, "stop the violins."

* [[Malicious Slander]]: One episode revolves around Eddie spreading false rumors about a creepy old man, some of which he has conflated from a book his father is reading. At the end, the creepy old man gives Eddie [[An Aesop]] about how "you can't un-ring a bell".

* [[Men Can't Keep House]]: The result of Morty and Betty trading places after the argument that sets up the B-plot to "Life of Riley".

* [[Performance Anxiety]]: In one episode, Eddie's friend Gregory is shown to have a fine singing voice, but is afraid to perform onstage. {{spoiler|At first, he has Eddie lip-sync to him, but then feels guilty over pushing Eddie into the spotlight this way and runs off. Eddie finally fakes a sore throat, forcing Gregory to step in as his understudy and overcome his stage fright.}}

* [[Precocious Crush]]: Eddie has one of these on his teacher, Miss Finch.

* [[Real Song Theme Tune]]: A cover of "Surfin' Bird". Yes, ''that'' "Surfin' Bird".

* [[Scout Out]]: Eddie's Bird Scout troop.

** In "To Beak or Not to Beak", the bill for {{spoiler|Eddie's beak surgery}} is "$$$ A LOT".

** Thinking that he has a lead on a {{spoiler|serial killer}}, Eddie says that he's going to "sell the story to [[CBS]]."

* [[Slice of Life]]

* [[Species Surname]]: Played straight with everyone.

* [[Spit Take]]: Morty and Betty's reaction to {{spoiler|the beak-shrinking machine Eddie is wearing}} in "Big Beak or Not Big Beak".

* [[Stealth Pun]]: In one episode, Morty said that he hated a peacock he went to school with, then adds that said peacock "[[NBC|went into television]]".

** The plastic surgeon in "Big Beak or Not Big Beak" is a duck. In other words, {{spoiler|he's a quack}}.

* [[Technology Marches On]]: Eddie has to tell Gregory and Tommy what e-mail is.

* [[Tempting Fate]]: When Olivia tells Eddie that his amateur film might fail, he asks what's the worst that could happen and she tells him, "you could lose all your friends". {{spoiler|Guess what happens halfway through the episode}}.

* [[Toothy Bird]]: Entire cast. Even more strangely, their faces are drawn more like snouts than actual beaks.

* [[Totally Radical]]: Parodied:

'''Steffy''': (''rolls eyes'') }}

* [[True Companions]]: Eddie, Tommy, Gregory and Sleepy realize they are this in the series finale.

* [[Vomit Indiscretion Shot]]: Abby gets one in "A Face in the Crowd".

* [[Wingding Eyes]]: Eddie gets the star variant in "Birdman" after imagining that {{spoiler|capturing footage of Birdman}} would make him famous.

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