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This is an episode that's structured around a court case, in a series not normally focused on litigation. In other words, it's an [[Out-of-Genre Experience]] where the genre being shifted into is "[[Law Procedural]]." Sometimes this is a serious matter, and sometimes -- almost all the time on [[Sit Com]]s -- it's because of a [[Frivolous Lawsuit]].
Because lawyers get to have all the fun in court, you can expect a major character to be incongruously forced into playing one. They'll almost always succeed in arguing their case [[Hard Work Hardly Works|despite not actually having a law degree, or indeed starting the episode with any clue about what they're doing]].
You should also expect an [[Egregious|egregiously]] large number of [[Courtroom Antic
Compare [[Jury Duty]] and [[Rogue Juror]]. See also [[Prison Episode]], which this sometimes doubles as. (Or is sometimes followed by.)
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== Anime ==
* [[Parodied]] in ''[[Ranma ½]]'', with the case of the...missing takoyaki. [[Serious Business]]. {{spoiler|Turns out everyone had one.}}
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