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'''Wimp:''' I'm Herman's anxiety and I keep him out of trouble and believe me, there's trouble everywhere.<br />
'''Animal:''' I'm Herman's lust. Without me he'd miss out on all the good stuff. You know, fun, food, babes.<br />
'''Narrator:''' Sometimes they agree... Ummm, usually they don't. But the struggle is going on inside all of us and it's all going on inside... [[Title Drop|Herman's Head]].}}
Originally broadcast on Fox (1991-1994), this half-hour [[Sit Com]] would have been just an ordinary [[Work Com|office-based comedy]] except for its use of one of the most imaginative devices ever tried on broadcast television: the viewers were allowed to see the inner workings of the title character's mind. The inside of Herman Brooks' head was presented as an attic in which dwelt four characters who represented the conflicting forces which drove his personality and his life: Angel (his Sensitivity), Animal (his Lust), Wimp (his Anxiety) and Genius (his Intellect).
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=== This show provides examples of: ===
* [[Bait and Switch Credits]]:
* [[Casanova Wannabe]]:
* [[Celebrity Paradox]]: See [[Hey
* [[Cerebus Syndrome]]:
* [[Christmas Episode]]
* [[Completely Missing the Point]]:
* [[Consolation World Record]]:
* [[A Date With Rosie Palms]]: Herman's insiders watch a flashback of when he had sex with Heddy, but the tape breaks. Angel accuses the others of constantly replaying this moment, and demands to know what they've been up to while she's been asleep. Cue guilty look from the three men.
* [[Different for Girls]]:
* [[Freudian Trio]]: Literally: Animal (Id), Angel (Ego), Genius (Superego). It's not surprising Wimp faded into the background in later episodes.
* [[Friend or Idol Decision]]
* [[Ghost in The Machine]]
* [[Good Angel, Bad Angel]]
* [[Greek Chorus]]
* [[Half
* [[Hey
** And the boss is played by Jason Bernard, who played Elias' father Caleb in ''[[V]]''.
* [[Hey
** Parodied in one episode, where Louise (Smith's character) tells off an old friend ([[The Brady Bunch|Maureen McCormick]]) of the boss without realizing who it is. When the boss confronts the staff about it, not knowing who spoke to Maureen but knowing that she sounded "like a cartoon character", Louise gets an [[Oh Crap]] moment -- only for the boss to turn and start yelling at another woman, who protests in a [[Betty Boop]] voice.
** Averted by Hank Azaria, who doesn't sound like any of his ''Simpsons'' characters.
* [[Idiot Ball]]:
* [[Looking for Love In All The Wrong Places]]:
* [[Orphaned Punchline]]:
* [[Professionals Do It On Desks]]: Herman and Heddy have sex on Mr Bracken's desk.
* [[Shout Out]]:
** A [[Running Gag]] involved Louise being mistaken for Lisa Simpson every time she talked to someone on the phone.
** Eventually it got shouted out on ''The Simpsons'', as well, with Lisa covering up a sinister laugh by saying she was "thinking of something funny I saw on ''Herman's Head''."
* [[Slap Slap Kiss]]
* [[Sit Com]]
* [[What
* [[Will They or Won't They?]]:
* [[Work Com]]
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