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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-Barbera]] characters from [[The Dark Age of Animation]] - bringing new meaning to the phrase [[Lawyer-Friendly Cameo]], indeed. His most common opponent is the neurotic supervillain-turned-prosecutor Myron Reducto. ''Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law'' was known for its fast-paced jokes and pop-culture references.
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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{{quote| '''Everyone:''' ''"He's back! Phil's back! Phil's back!"''<br />
'''Random Employee:''' ''"[[Stephen Colbert|Stephen]]'s back!"'' }}
** [[Freeze
*** Before that, when Phil says he's leaving:
{{quote| '''Phil Ken Sebben''': So, I got this tremendous opportunity! My own law firm! Might put my name in the title! Get a big S-shaped desk! Great for interviews! A spin-off, if you will!<br />
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* [[Double Entendre]]: Phil Ken Sebben just ''loves'' these, preceding each one with a hearty "Ha! HA!"
{{quote| '''Phil:''' "Ha ha! Multiple entendre!"<br />
'''Phil:''' "[[Or Are You Just Happy to See Me?|Roll of quarters]]... Wait, that's not a roll of..." }}
** "Deedle-deedle-ee."
* [[Downer Ending]]: {{spoiler|''Screw'' the [["Everybody Laughs" Ending]], ''Harvey '''dies!'''''}}
** {{spoiler|Somewhat averted by the Fridge Logic}}.
* [[Dropped a Bridge
** They compacted him. Inch High was at the funeral.
* [[The Eeyore]]: Droopy Dog.
* [[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.
* [[Everything's Even Worse
* [[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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* [[Forgot I Could Fly]]: Harvey, while contemplating a way to break out of prison and ''watching birds''. He remembers in the finale.
** The trust fall was also high enough off the ground that Harvey's ability to fly should have made the window a non-issue.
* [[Freeze
* [[Fridge Brilliance]]: It never comes to mind until after the series ended, but {{spoiler|the doctor in the episode with Harvey's "mole" was completely right in that he was going to eventually die, and quite painfully too.}}
* [[Fridge Logic]]: {{spoiler|Harvey dies, but didn't the Duplicator make a second, identical Harvey in the previous episode? Where's that guy}}?
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** Woo-Ka!
* [[Insanity Defense]]: Harvey tried to use this to get Devlin off (the first time). [[You Fail Law Forever|He forgot this was a lawsuit trial.]]
* [[Instrument of Murder]]: [[Quick
* [[Insufferable Genius]]: Spyro, Mentok. Lampshaded when Harvey tries to make small talk with Spyro, and quickly understands why none of Spyro's school buddies kept in touch.
* [[Kavorka Man]]: Potamus.
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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.
* [[Me's a
* [[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
* [[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":
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* [[Self-Serving Memory]]: At the end of one episode, Harvey has a flashback of a scene at the beginning of the episode, except the scene looks incredibly different, with characters present that weren't there the first time and elements that don't even seem possible such as a scuba diver floating in the middle of the room.
* [[Shout-Out]]: More than just the obvious ones covered by [[Crossover]]. For example, the {{spoiler|bus that runs over Phil Ken Sebben}} has an ad for ''[[The Colbert Report]]'' on the side.
* [[Sleeps
* [[Something Else Also Rises]]: Apache Chief
* [[Spell My Name
* [[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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