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''Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law'' (2000-2007) was a comedic American animated television series created by Williams Street for [[Cartoon Network]]'s [[Adult Swim]] block. The show revolved around the day-to-day activities of a law firm staffed mainly by superheroes and other characters featured in [[The Sixties|1960s]]-era animated series produced by Hanna-Barbera, particularly ''Birdman and the Galaxy Trio''.
The main character is Harvey Birdman, a 1960s superhero who has traded in most of his superpowers for "power of attorney", and now works at the Law firm Sebben & Sebben, under [[Punny Name|Phil Ken Sebben]] ("Falcon 7", his boss in the original show). In each episode, Birdman has to deal with all manner of hassles at work and in the courtroom while defending such clients as Fred Flintstone (accused of being a mob boss), Secret Squirrel (accused of public indecency), Boo-Boo Bear (accused of being a mad bomber) and other iconic [[Hanna
It also spawned a single game of the exact same name, similar to a tongue-in-cheek [[Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney]] (understandable, as [[Self Plagiarism|it was made by]] [[Capcom]]), with Loads and Loads of in-jokes and references.
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* [[Bait and Switch Credits]]
* [[Barack Obama]]: He often appears as a background juror--before running for president, even!
* [[Beam
* [[Berserk Button]]: Don't let Peter Potamus find out you got that thing he sent you without telling him. Later in the series, he even goes so far as to turn into the "Incredible Hippo".
** To be fair, mustard paks are frustrating.
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* [[Crowded Cast Shot]]: Former [[Trope Namer]].
* [[Crying Indian]]: Apache Chief in "Back to the Present".
* [[Does This Remind You of Anything?]]: Frequently, particularly any episode involving Apache Chief.
* [[Dogged Nice Guy]]: Harvey
* [[Did I Just Say That Out Loud?]]: Judy/Birdgirl and her megaphone.
* [[Double Entendre]]: Phil Ken Sebben just ''loves'' these, preceding each one with a hearty "Ha! HA!"
{{quote| '''Phil:''' "Ha ha! Multiple entendre!"<br />
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* [[Even Evil Has Standards]]: Even The Deadly Duplicator can't stand $28 chimichangas!
* [[Everybody Laughs Ending]]: Parodied. People will laugh at the end of an episode for absolutely no/very little reason... except at the one when Scrappy was taken away to be eaten by Avenger.
* [[
* [[Expy]]: Mentoks father is an expy of both [[Marlon Brando]] and [[Superman|Jor-el]].
* [[Eyepatch of Power]]: Maybe. It does not help that Phil's uncovered eye isn't particularly good either.
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** "Ha HA! Right to work state."
** Gone Effcnt. {{spoiler|Firing everyone [[Glengarry Glen Ross|except the top three earners]]}}.
* [[G
{{quote| '''Peanut''': First taste is always free, with P to the N-U-T.}}
* [[Grumpy Bear]]: That angry cop that told Harvey to get down in "Booty Noir".
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{{quote| '''Birdman:''' Now you stay out of my office until you're all grown u- ''(sees her skintight costume as she's exiting)'' uh, uh, gone to LAW SCHOOL!}}
* [[Match Cut]]: In the new employee training episode, a shot of a helicopter fading into a shot of Phil Ken Sebben with a similarly shaped pipe in his mouth.
* [[
* [[Meta Twist]]: Prior to the final episode airing, it was announced that said episode would be a single half-hour episode instead of two fifteen-minute episodes. They advertised an ending in which the viewer wouldn't believe that it's the ending. {{spoiler|It was a regular fifteen-minute episode}}.
* [[Maurice La Marche]]: Various guest characters.
* [[Mythology Gag]]: The episode "Turner Classic Birdman", which is in the style of a classic ''Birdman'' episode. Introduced by Turner Classic Movies' Robert Osbourne.
* [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero]]: Apache Chief batting away an approaching meteor in "Very Personal Injury":
{{quote| '''Apache Chief''': that fireball won't be hurting anyone now.<br />
<cut to a scene of an alien celebration of "One Million Years of Civilization" being interrupted by an incoming meteor> }}
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** '''Phil Ken Sebben:''' ''I'M SORRY I CAN'T HEAR YOU. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU NOTICED, BUT I'VE GOT JUST THE'' '''''ONE EYE!'''''
** '''Shado, the Brain Thief''' has no indoor ''monologue''. Everything he thinks is broadcast like a reverberating PA system cranked [[Up to Eleven]]. This results in ''everyone'' covering their ears in an attempt to quiet the noise (even though it's being spoken directly to their heads), and at one point, a custodian even takes a broom and starts poking an actual PA system, thinking that's actually the case.
* [[Oh, Cisco]]: Every episode ends like this.
* [[Only Sane Man]]: Poor Harvey.
* [[Parental Incest]]: Phil is overwhelmingly attracted to Birdgirl. He is apparently the only person in the world that doesn't know she's his daughter. Birdgirl, [[Lawful Stupid|always a slave to the Superhero Sidekick Code of Conduct]], is willing to marry him in order to maintain her secret identity. Thankfully, Phil finds someone else he's more attracted to before the marriage can go through: [[Opposite Sex Clone|Aunt Phillis]].
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* [[Sleeps With Everyone but You]]: Harvey is the only person G.G. isn't eager to make out with/screw.
* [[Something Else Also Rises]]: Apache Chief
* [[Spell My Name With an "S"]]: Elliott Taggart, the Deadly Duplicator. That's ''two'' L's and ''two'' T's!
* [[Technology Marches On]]: Spoofed with X's death ray, which is a button-covered, desk-sized console that uses vacuum tubes and takes half a minute to charge up (once X can find an electric outlet) before firing (or a vacuum tube blows out) that he nonetheless treats as a portable weapon.
** Also spoofed when [[The Jetsons]] (from the far off year of 2002) try to sue the present.
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* [[Tonight Someone Dies]]: The last episode is titled "The Death of Harvey Birdman".
* [[Trust Building Blunder]]
* [[The Un
* [[Unsound Effect]]: Birdgirl has done this, Batman-style on at least one occasion.
* [[Wrong Genre Savvy]]: Birdgirl.
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