Judge Judy: Difference between revisions

* [[Conviction by Counterfactual Clue]]: Judy has committed this fallacy several times.

* [[Dumb Blonde]]: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSxbmUcR8ao This exchange ] -

'''Ashley Hunter''': Rocket science is where the scientists find out things about space. [''uncomfortable beat''] I think. }}

* [[Exact Words]]: The technique used by some litigants to get around responsibility for this or that action.

* [[Hey, It's That Voice!]]: 1970s [[Game Show]] fans may recognize announcer Jerry Bishop from ''[[The Cross Wits]]'' and the Disney Channel in the 80's.

* [[Hypocrite]]: When Joseph Wapner criticised Sheindlin's behavior she responded with:

** Also, Judy is vocal on stating that the show is all about being a living example of her belief that those who do wrong should suffer consequences. But those in the wrong suffer no consequences on this show. In fact, they gain from their bad behaviour. All participants get an all expenses paid trip to New York. All participants get a minimum attendance fee of $1,000. And any monetary judgements made against a participant are paid by the show. The only cost they receive is their dignity; millions of television viewers worldwide will get to see how inhuman they really are.

* [[Implausible Deniability]]: Most of the defendants pull this.

* [[Living Lie Detector]]: Judge Judy herself (or in her own words, "Truth Machine").

** She thinks she is, at least. Very rarely does she acknowledge the possibility that she MIGHT be wrong.

*** One case where she ''was'' proven wrong was where she accused a woman of lying when the woman claimed that she walked over a large distance to and from work every day. When her opponent actually ''spoke up in her defense'' when the judge didn't believe her, confirming that yes, she in fact ''did'' walk that distance every day, Judy admitted her mistake and apologized.<br />The above is a ''very'' rare occasion though. Generally speaking, Judy will get more and more irritated if she asks questions she thinks will embarrass defendants and make them look like feckless bums and then gets answers that don't suit her and prove otherwise. She's then most likely to simply change the subject.

* [[Mean Character, Nice Actor]]: When she's not in the courtroom she's a sweet grandmother.

** Also: "The cases are real. The people are real. The rulings are final."

* [[Teens Are Monsters]]: Judge Judy is a [[Favorite Trope|staunch believer in this trope]]. (To be fair, the [[Strawman Political|teens that typically appear on the show]] don't do much to prove her wrong.)

** Averted when she discovers that teens are genuine victims. In one case she tells the teenage son of a defendant in a claim he had nothing to do with in a heartfelt voice to get away from his father and sister any way he can, believing he was too good a person to be corrupted with their influence.

* [[Too Dumb to Live]]: It's a point-and-laugh show, so there are a lot of these, but extra points go to litigants who attempt to interrupt or speak up while Judy is tearing into their opponents.