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* SexySantaDress: Ally wears it while singing Santa Baby in one of the Christmas episodes. Very hot indeed.
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* ScoobyStack: When Ally is breaking up with Larry, the entire office spy on her and try to learn the latest gossip or see how she's coping. At one point, they all (minus Richard who is in LA) stick their heads in her door and immediately pull them out when Ally notices them.
* SexySantaDress: Ally wears it while singingSanta Baby "Santa Baby" in one of the Christmas episodes. Very hot indeed.
* SexySantaDress: Ally wears it while singing
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* SweepsWeekLesbianKissSweepsWeekLesbianKiss: Thrice, always Ally with someone.
** Elaine once took Ally by surprise and starting kissing her in order to pretend Ally is gay and her girlfriend. Ally's date guy was a douche who would not take a hint to leave. He didn't buy it.
** Ally tries Elaine's bit on a guy who is a huge nutbag and loser who becomes convinced Ally and him are soul mates. Ally asks Georgia to do it and she obliges. The guy takes the bait and tells Ally there are ways to be cured.
** Ally and Ling once become fascinated with each other and try kissing in a very long scene. They agree it was good, but it missed one thing -- a penis.
** Elaine once took Ally by surprise and starting kissing her in order to pretend Ally is gay and her girlfriend. Ally's date guy was a douche who would not take a hint to leave. He didn't buy it.
** Ally tries Elaine's bit on a guy who is a huge nutbag and loser who becomes convinced Ally and him are soul mates. Ally asks Georgia to do it and she obliges. The guy takes the bait and tells Ally there are ways to be cured.
** Ally and Ling once become fascinated with each other and try kissing in a very long scene. They agree it was good, but it missed one thing -- a penis.
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* CannotTellAJoke: Ally is mortifed when she tells the patrons at her favorite bar a risque joke and they react with disgust.
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* CannotTellAJoke: Ally is mortifed mortified when she tells the patrons at her favorite bar a risque joke and they react with disgust.
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* MinorFlawMajorBreakup: Ally would often dump a guy after one awkward date over a minor flaw. One guy could not eat properly and put salad on his face, or once a guy had AnnoyingLaugh.
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WorkCom-slash-{{Dramedy}} by DavidEKelley about a neurotic lawyer and the wacky people she works with. The series lasted from September, 1997 to May, 2002. A total of 112 episodes in five seasons. Ally herself was played by Calista Flockhart.
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WorkCom-slash-{{Dramedy}} created by DavidEKelley about a neurotic lawyer and the wacky people she works with. The series lasted from September, 1997 to May, 2002. A total of 112 episodes (all but one of which was written or co-written by Kelley) in five seasons. Ally herself was played by Calista Flockhart.
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* Magazine/{{MAD}}: ''Ally's Appeal.'' (Interestingly, the singer played by Vonda Shepard is actually ''called'' Vonda here, but looks nothing at all like Miss Shepard.)
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* AngryDance: Lampshaded when John gets furious at Nelle for being a snobby Rich Bitch. He dances frantically in his office and Richard comes in. He points out to John that it's his Angry Dance. John replies that HE'S ANGRY!
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* BaitAndSwitchCredits - The opening promised a smiling and happy women most of the time, downplaying the show's dramatic moments.
* BathroomStallOfOverheardInsults - The trope swirls around this series like a cgi-baby circles Ally. There was one time Ally looks under the door of the stalls before she starts, only to find later that Elaine put her legs up.
* BathroomStallOfOverheardInsults - The trope swirls around this series like a cgi-baby circles Ally. There was one time Ally looks under the door of the stalls before she starts, only to find later that Elaine put her legs up.
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* BaitAndSwitchCredits - BaitAndSwitchCredits: The opening promised a smiling and happy women most of the time, downplaying the show's dramatic moments.
*BathroomStallOfOverheardInsults - BathroomStallOfOverheardInsults:
** The trope swirls around this series like a cgi-baby circles Ally. There was one time Ally looks under the door of the stalls before she starts, only to find later that Elaine put her legs up.
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** The trope swirls around this series like a cgi-baby circles Ally. There was one time Ally looks under the door of the stalls before she starts, only to find later that Elaine put her legs up.
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* BilingualBonus - Ling's argument in a Chinese restaurant, although it's still funnier when you have no idea what's being said.
* BirthdayHater: Ally was unable to appreciate her friends' plans for her birthday parties and couldn't even civilly accept their birthday wishes. She hated getting older without a husband in sight, feeling like a bit of a ChristmasCake. However, her friends could have been hadling the issue differently. Why inflict parties on her when she hates them?
* BirthdayHater: Ally was unable to appreciate her friends' plans for her birthday parties and couldn't even civilly accept their birthday wishes. She hated getting older without a husband in sight, feeling like a bit of a ChristmasCake. However, her friends could have been hadling the issue differently. Why inflict parties on her when she hates them?
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* BilingualBonus - BilingualBonus: Ling's argument in a Chinese restaurant, although it's still funnier when you have no idea what's being said.
* BirthdayHater: Ally was unable to appreciate her friends' plans for her birthday parties and couldn't even civilly accept their birthday wishes. She hated getting older without a husband in sight, feeling like a bit of a ChristmasCake. However, her friends could have beenhadling handling the issue differently. Why inflict parties on her when she hates them?them?
* BirthdayHater: Ally was unable to appreciate her friends' plans for her birthday parties and couldn't even civilly accept their birthday wishes. She hated getting older without a husband in sight, feeling like a bit of a ChristmasCake. However, her friends could have been
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* BlackBestFriend - Renee seems to thrive on setting Ally up.
* BunnyEarsLawyer - (a whole office full of them)
* BunnyEarsLawyer - (a whole office full of them)
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* BlackBestFriend - BlackBestFriend: Renee seems to thrive on setting Ally up.
*BunnyEarsLawyer - (a BunnyEarsLawyer: A whole office full of them)them, and they are literally lawyers. All are very weird, but their firm hardly ever loses the case. Elaine is a Bunny-Ears secretary.
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* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Renee.
* CloudCuckooLander - Ally.
* CloudCuckooLander - Ally.
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* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Renee.
Renee. It wasn't explained why she and Ally suddenly were not room-mates or what happened to her law firm.
*CloudCuckooLander - Ally.CloudCuckooLander: Ally, and lots of other people.
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* CrossOver - Season 1 had one with ''ThePractice''. Strangely, [[CelebrityParadox some characters are actually seen watching]] the famous "head in a bag!" scene later.
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* CrossOver - CrossOver: Season 1 had one with ''ThePractice''.''Series/ThePractice''. Strangely, [[CelebrityParadox some characters are actually seen watching]] the famous "head in a bag!" scene later.
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* FreudianSlip - Many, many characters many, many times. Ally sometimes slips into a FreudianSlipperySlope when flustered.
* {{Hallucinations}} - Ally has a lot of these.
* {{Hallucinations}} - Ally has a lot of these.
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* FreudianSlip - FreudianSlip: Many, many characters many, many times. Ally sometimes slips into a FreudianSlipperySlope when flustered.
*{{Hallucinations}} - {{Hallucinations}}: Ally has a lot of these.
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* InSeriesNickname: In spades. John Cage is "The Biscuit", Nelle Porter "Sub-zero", Mark Albert is "The Closer", one Elaine's friend and former employee is called "Peanut"
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* InSeriesNickname: In spades. John Cage is "The Biscuit", Nelle Porter is called "Sub-zero", Mark Albert is "The Closer", and one Elaine's friend and former employee is called "Peanut""Peanut".
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* JerkWithAHeartofGold - Richard Fish, Ling, Elaine and arguably Renee
* LittlestCancerPatient - He decides he wants to sue God.
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* JerkWithAHeartofGold - JerkWithAHeartofGold: Richard Fish, Ling, Elaine and arguably Renee
*LittlestCancerPatient - LittlestCancerPatient: He decides he wants to sue God.
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* NietzscheWannabe - Richard Fish.
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* NietzscheWannabe - NietzscheWannabe: Richard Fish.
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* PetTheDog - Ling, despite her abrasive personality and wildly offensive comments, likes to volunteer at an old folks home.
* RantInducingSlight - Ling hates it when people mispronounce her name by putting emphasis on the G or using a hard L.
* RatingsStunt - The good old 90s lesbian kiss stunt.
* ReallyGetsAround - Elaine [[UrbanLegendLoveLife or so she claims.]]
* RecordNeedleScratch - Constantly.
* RefugeInAudacity - Ling convinces a boy with leukemia that he can sue God. [[spoiler:Well, actually his church so he can get the money for treatment. He wins, then promptly dies.]]
* RichBitch - Ling
* SexySantaDress - Ally wears it while singing Santa Baby in one of the Christmas episodes. Very hot indeed.
* SofterAndSlowerCover - The show regularly features various famous songs redone by Vonda Shephard in a slower, quieter style. For example, Bing Crosby's "Swing On A Star" was covered with a slower tempo and emphasis on the "Pig" part of the song.
* RantInducingSlight - Ling hates it when people mispronounce her name by putting emphasis on the G or using a hard L.
* RatingsStunt - The good old 90s lesbian kiss stunt.
* ReallyGetsAround - Elaine [[UrbanLegendLoveLife or so she claims.]]
* RecordNeedleScratch - Constantly.
* RefugeInAudacity - Ling convinces a boy with leukemia that he can sue God. [[spoiler:Well, actually his church so he can get the money for treatment. He wins, then promptly dies.]]
* RichBitch - Ling
* SexySantaDress - Ally wears it while singing Santa Baby in one of the Christmas episodes. Very hot indeed.
* SofterAndSlowerCover - The show regularly features various famous songs redone by Vonda Shephard in a slower, quieter style. For example, Bing Crosby's "Swing On A Star" was covered with a slower tempo and emphasis on the "Pig" part of the song.
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* PetTheDog - PetTheDog: Ling, despite her abrasive personality and wildly offensive comments, likes to volunteer at an old folks home.
*RantInducingSlight - RantInducingSlight: Ling hates it when people mispronounce her name by putting emphasis on the G or using a hard L.
*RatingsStunt - RatingsStunt: The good old 90s lesbian kiss stunt.
*ReallyGetsAround - ReallyGetsAround: Elaine [[UrbanLegendLoveLife or so she claims.]]
*RecordNeedleScratch - RecordNeedleScratch: Constantly.
*RefugeInAudacity - RefugeInAudacity: Ling convinces a boy with leukemia that he can sue God. [[spoiler:Well, actually his church so he can get the money for treatment. He wins, then promptly dies.]]
*RichBitch - Ling
RichBitch: Ling.
*SexySantaDress - SexySantaDress: Ally wears it while singing Santa Baby in one of the Christmas episodes. Very hot indeed.
*SofterAndSlowerCover - SofterAndSlowerCover: The show regularly features various famous songs redone by Vonda Shephard in a slower, quieter style. For example, Bing Crosby's "Swing On A Star" was covered with a slower tempo and emphasis on the "Pig" part of the song.
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* ThemeMusicPowerUp - Ally's therapist advises her to think of a song she can sing to make herself feel better. She knows "this one song" and starts to sing it. It happens to be the show's theme song. [[SubvertedTrope The therapist cuts her off before she even reaches the first chorus and tells her it's an absolutely terrible song]].
* TwoFirstNames - Larry Paul, Ally's main love interest in Season 4
* VaginaDentata - In one episode, the female regulars are wondering aloud about Ling's latest lawsuit, and Elaine comments "Maybe her gynaecologist pulled the wrong tooth".
* TwoFirstNames - Larry Paul, Ally's main love interest in Season 4
* VaginaDentata - In one episode, the female regulars are wondering aloud about Ling's latest lawsuit, and Elaine comments "Maybe her gynaecologist pulled the wrong tooth".
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* ThemeMusicPowerUp - ThemeMusicPowerUp: Ally's therapist advises her to think of a song she can sing to make herself feel better. She knows "this one song" and starts to sing it. It happens to be the show's theme song. [[SubvertedTrope The therapist cuts her off before she even reaches the first chorus and tells her it's an absolutely terrible song]].
*TwoFirstNames - TwoFirstNames: Larry Paul, Ally's main love interest in Season 4
*VaginaDentata - VaginaDentata: In one episode, the female regulars are wondering aloud about Ling's latest lawsuit, and Elaine comments "Maybe her gynaecologist pulled the wrong tooth".
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* InSeriesNickname: In spades. John Cage is "The Biscuit", Nelle Porter "Sub-zero", Mark Albert is "The Closer", one Elaine's friend and former employee is called "Peanut"
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* {{MaleRestroomEtiquette}}/{{WondrousLadiesRoom}}: Both displayed, due to the unisex bathroom.
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* {{MaleRestroomEtiquette}}/{{WondrousLadiesRoom}}: MaleRestroomEtiquette[=/=]WondrousLadiesRoom: Both displayed, due to the unisex bathroom.
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* FondMemoriesThatCouldHaveBeen: [[spoiler:Billy]] confessed his love for [[spoiler:Ally]] just moments before he died. He hallucinated and believed they were married and had kids together.
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* HeadDesk - At one point, Ally makes her head meet desk a few times, saying "I have my health" every time.
* HelloAttorney - Found in all of DavidEKelley's legal shows, but probably reaches its apotheosis here.
** The female attorneys are dismayed to learn that this is actually a central part of the firm's business strategy... [[SexSells as highlighted on their official PR material.]]
* ImagineSpot
* HelloAttorney - Found in all of DavidEKelley's legal shows, but probably reaches its apotheosis here.
** The female attorneys are dismayed to learn that this is actually a central part of the firm's business strategy... [[SexSells as highlighted on their official PR material.]]
* ImagineSpot
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* HeadDesk - HeadDesk: At one point, Ally makes her head meet desk a few times, saying "I have my health" every time.
*HelloAttorney - HelloAttorney: Found in all of DavidEKelley's legal shows, but probably reaches its apotheosis here.
**here. The female attorneys are dismayed to learn that this is actually a central part of the firm's business strategy... [[SexSells as highlighted on their official PR material.]]
*ImagineSpotImagineSpot: Ally has them on regular basis. It becomes a problem when she cannot distinguish them from reality. For example, one episode she kept seeing a famous singer, and she nearly attacked a real one who by chance appeared in their favourite bar.
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* [[MaleRestroomEtiquette]]/[[WondrousLadiesRoom]]: {{MaleRestroomEtiquette}}/{{WondrousLadiesRoom}}: Both displayed, due to the unisex bathroom.
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* BirthdayHater: Ally was unable to appreciate her friends' plans for her birthday parties and couldn't even civilly accept their birthday wishes. She hated getting older without a husband in sight, feeling like a bit of a ChristmasCake.
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* BirthdayHater: Ally was unable to appreciate her friends' plans for her birthday parties and couldn't even civilly accept their birthday wishes. She hated getting older without a husband in sight, feeling like a bit of a ChristmasCake. However, her friends could have been hadling the issue differently. Why inflict parties on her when she hates them?
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* TinkleInTheEye: When Elaine found an abandoned baby boy and wanted to adopt him, he tinkled in the eyes of nearly everybody, mainly Ling and Nelle. It made Elaine invent protective goggles.
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* BirthdayHater: Ally was unable to appreciate her friends' plans for her birthday parties and couldn't even civilly accept their birthday wishes. She hated getting older without a husband in sight, feeling like a bit of a ChristmasCake.
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* JerkWithaHeartofGold - Richard Fish, Ling, Elaine and arguably Renee
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* JerkWithaHeartofGold JerkWithAHeartofGold - Richard Fish, Ling, Elaine and arguably Renee
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* JerkwithaHeartofGold JerkWithaHeartofGold - Richard Fish, Ling, Elaine and arguably Renee
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* Theychangeditnowitsucks - The first season featured cool CGI antics reminiscent of old Warner Brother cartoons with eyes popping out and hearts pounding out of characters' chests. Later seasons dropped the CGI cut-aways and focused on the antics of the characters.
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* JerkwithaHeartofGold - Richard Fish, Ling, Elaine and arguably Elaine
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* ThemeMusicPowerUp - Ally's therapist advises her to think of a song she can sing to make herself feel better. She knows "this one song" and starts to sing it. It happens to be the show's theme song. [[SubvertedTrope The therapist cuts her off before she even reaches the first chorus and tells her it's an absolutely terrible song]].
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* ThemeMusicPowerUp - Ally's therapist advises her to think of a song she can sing to make herself feel better. She knows "this one song" and starts to sing it. It happens to be the show's theme song. [[SubvertedTrope The therapist therapist cuts her off before she even reaches the first chorus and tells her it's an absolutely terrible song]].song]].
* Theychangeditnowitsucks - The first season featured cool CGI antics reminiscent of old Warner Brother cartoons with eyes popping out and hearts pounding out of characters' chests. Later seasons dropped the CGI cut-aways and focused on the antics of the characters.
* Theychangeditnowitsucks - The first season featured cool CGI antics reminiscent of old Warner Brother cartoons with eyes popping out and hearts pounding out of characters' chests. Later seasons dropped the CGI cut-aways and focused on the antics of the characters.
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* SexySantaDress - Ally wears it while singing Santa Baby in one of the Christmas episodes. Very hot indeed.
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* VaginaDentata - In one episode, the female regulars are wondering aloud about Ling's latest lawsuit, and Elaine comments "Maybe her gynaecologist pulled the wrong tooth".
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* Hallucinations - Ally has a lot of these.
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* Hallucinations {{Hallucinations}} - Ally has a lot of these.
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* BaitAndSwitchCredits - The opening promised an smiling and happy women most of the time, i can only remember her as sad or depressed.
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WorkCom-slash-{{Dramedy}} by DavidEKelley about a neurotic female lawyer and the wacky people she works with. The series lasted from September, 1997 to May, 2002. A total of 112 episodes in five seasons. Ally herself was played by Calista Flockhart.
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WorkCom-slash-{{Dramedy}} by DavidEKelley about a neurotic female lawyer and the wacky people she works with. The series lasted from September, 1997 to May, 2002. A total of 112 episodes in five seasons. Ally herself was played by Calista Flockhart.
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[[quoteright:175:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/AllyMcBeal.gif]]
WorkCom-slash-{{Dramedy}} by DavidEKelley about a neurotic female lawyer and the wacky people she works with. The series lasted from September, 1997 to May, 2002. A total of 112 episodes in five seasons. Ally herself was played by Calista Flockhart.
The series went for 'nutty' in a very big way, with preposterous lawsuits (man is fired for having bad comb over and sues, dying boy sues God, etc), dream and fantasy sequences all over the place, spontaneous dance numbers and the like. Probably best known in its early years for the CGI baby dancing to the "ooga-chaka" chorus from Blue Swede's "Hooked On A Feeling", and in its later seasons for a surfeit of "daring" "lesbian" kisses among various women in the cast. Achieved a kind of brilliance in the legal arguments made by the character John Cage. Achieved retch-inducing horror in its mundane romantic complications.
The show was the second-most popular program on {{Fox}} when it was around, and was such a huge part of pop culture that ''Time'' ran a cover story on it, accusing it of killing feminism. However, after its cancellation [[DeaderThanDisco it vanished off the public radar]], and now it's most known for being the subject of a ''{{Futurama}}'' episode.
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!!This show provides examples of:
* AscendedMeme: The dancing baby is one of the earliest internet memes.
* BackForTheFinale
* BaitAndSwitchCredits - The opening promised an smiling and happy women most of the time, i can only remember her as sad or depressed.
* BathroomStallOfOverheardInsults - The trope swirls around this series like a cgi-baby circles Ally. There was one time Ally looks under the door of the stalls before she starts, only to find later that Elaine put her legs up.
* BilingualBonus - Ling's argument in a Chinese restaurant, although it's still funnier when you have no idea what's being said.
* BitterSweetEnding
* BlackBestFriend - Renee seems to thrive on setting Ally up.
* BunnyEarsLawyer - (a whole office full of them)
* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Renee.
* CloudCuckooLander - Ally.
* CourtroomAntic
* CousinOliver: The daughter Ally had years before the series began tracks her down and moves in with her in the final season. Does this change Miss [=McBeal=]'s [[ItsAllAboutMe worldview]]? Does it heck.
* CrossOver - Season 1 had one with ''ThePractice''. Strangely, [[CelebrityParadox some characters are actually seen watching]] the famous "head in a bag!" scene later.
* {{Dramedy}}
* FreudianSlip - Many, many characters many, many times. Ally sometimes slips into a FreudianSlipperySlope when flustered.
* Hallucinations - Ally has a lot of these.
* HeadDesk - At one point, Ally makes her head meet desk a few times, saying "I have my health" every time.
* HelloAttorney - Found in all of DavidEKelley's legal shows, but probably reaches its apotheosis here.
** The female attorneys are dismayed to learn that this is actually a central part of the firm's business strategy... [[SexSells as highlighted on their official PR material.]]
* ImagineSpot
* IndulgentFantasySegue
* ItsAllAboutMe: Three guesses as to who "me" is.
* IvyLeagueForEveryone
* LittlestCancerPatient - He decides he wants to sue God.
* MusicalEpisode
* NietzscheWannabe - Richard Fish.
* TheNineties
* NoFourthWall
* OnlyLawFirmInTown
* PetTheDog - Ling, despite her abrasive personality and wildly offensive comments, likes to volunteer at an old folks home.
* RantInducingSlight - Ling hates it when people mispronounce her name by putting emphasis on the G or using a hard L.
* RatingsStunt - The good old 90s lesbian kiss stunt.
* ReallyGetsAround - Elaine [[UrbanLegendLoveLife or so she claims.]]
* RecordNeedleScratch - Constantly.
* RefugeInAudacity - Ling convinces a boy with leukemia that he can sue God. [[spoiler:Well, actually his church so he can get the money for treatment. He wins, then promptly dies.]]
* RichBitch - Ling
* SofterAndSlowerCover - The show regularly features various famous songs redone by Vonda Shephard in a slower, quieter style. For example, Bing Crosby's "Swing On A Star" was covered with a slower tempo and emphasis on the "Pig" part of the song.
* SweepsWeekLesbianKiss
* ThemeMusicPowerUp - Ally's therapist advises her to think of a song she can sing to make herself feel better. She knows "this one song" and starts to sing it. It happens to be the show's theme song. [[SubvertedTrope The therapist cuts her off before she even reaches the first chorus and tells her it's an absolutely terrible song]].
* TwoFirstNames - Larry Paul, Ally's main love interest in Season 4
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WorkCom-slash-{{Dramedy}} by DavidEKelley about a neurotic female lawyer and the wacky people she works with. The series lasted from September, 1997 to May, 2002. A total of 112 episodes in five seasons. Ally herself was played by Calista Flockhart.
The series went for 'nutty' in a very big way, with preposterous lawsuits (man is fired for having bad comb over and sues, dying boy sues God, etc), dream and fantasy sequences all over the place, spontaneous dance numbers and the like. Probably best known in its early years for the CGI baby dancing to the "ooga-chaka" chorus from Blue Swede's "Hooked On A Feeling", and in its later seasons for a surfeit of "daring" "lesbian" kisses among various women in the cast. Achieved a kind of brilliance in the legal arguments made by the character John Cage. Achieved retch-inducing horror in its mundane romantic complications.
The show was the second-most popular program on {{Fox}} when it was around, and was such a huge part of pop culture that ''Time'' ran a cover story on it, accusing it of killing feminism. However, after its cancellation [[DeaderThanDisco it vanished off the public radar]], and now it's most known for being the subject of a ''{{Futurama}}'' episode.
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!!This show provides examples of:
* AscendedMeme: The dancing baby is one of the earliest internet memes.
* BackForTheFinale
* BaitAndSwitchCredits - The opening promised an smiling and happy women most of the time, i can only remember her as sad or depressed.
* BathroomStallOfOverheardInsults - The trope swirls around this series like a cgi-baby circles Ally. There was one time Ally looks under the door of the stalls before she starts, only to find later that Elaine put her legs up.
* BilingualBonus - Ling's argument in a Chinese restaurant, although it's still funnier when you have no idea what's being said.
* BitterSweetEnding
* BlackBestFriend - Renee seems to thrive on setting Ally up.
* BunnyEarsLawyer - (a whole office full of them)
* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Renee.
* CloudCuckooLander - Ally.
* CourtroomAntic
* CousinOliver: The daughter Ally had years before the series began tracks her down and moves in with her in the final season. Does this change Miss [=McBeal=]'s [[ItsAllAboutMe worldview]]? Does it heck.
* CrossOver - Season 1 had one with ''ThePractice''. Strangely, [[CelebrityParadox some characters are actually seen watching]] the famous "head in a bag!" scene later.
* {{Dramedy}}
* FreudianSlip - Many, many characters many, many times. Ally sometimes slips into a FreudianSlipperySlope when flustered.
* Hallucinations - Ally has a lot of these.
* HeadDesk - At one point, Ally makes her head meet desk a few times, saying "I have my health" every time.
* HelloAttorney - Found in all of DavidEKelley's legal shows, but probably reaches its apotheosis here.
** The female attorneys are dismayed to learn that this is actually a central part of the firm's business strategy... [[SexSells as highlighted on their official PR material.]]
* ImagineSpot
* IndulgentFantasySegue
* ItsAllAboutMe: Three guesses as to who "me" is.
* IvyLeagueForEveryone
* LittlestCancerPatient - He decides he wants to sue God.
* MusicalEpisode
* NietzscheWannabe - Richard Fish.
* TheNineties
* NoFourthWall
* OnlyLawFirmInTown
* PetTheDog - Ling, despite her abrasive personality and wildly offensive comments, likes to volunteer at an old folks home.
* RantInducingSlight - Ling hates it when people mispronounce her name by putting emphasis on the G or using a hard L.
* RatingsStunt - The good old 90s lesbian kiss stunt.
* ReallyGetsAround - Elaine [[UrbanLegendLoveLife or so she claims.]]
* RecordNeedleScratch - Constantly.
* RefugeInAudacity - Ling convinces a boy with leukemia that he can sue God. [[spoiler:Well, actually his church so he can get the money for treatment. He wins, then promptly dies.]]
* RichBitch - Ling
* SofterAndSlowerCover - The show regularly features various famous songs redone by Vonda Shephard in a slower, quieter style. For example, Bing Crosby's "Swing On A Star" was covered with a slower tempo and emphasis on the "Pig" part of the song.
* SweepsWeekLesbianKiss
* ThemeMusicPowerUp - Ally's therapist advises her to think of a song she can sing to make herself feel better. She knows "this one song" and starts to sing it. It happens to be the show's theme song. [[SubvertedTrope The therapist cuts her off before she even reaches the first chorus and tells her it's an absolutely terrible song]].
* TwoFirstNames - Larry Paul, Ally's main love interest in Season 4
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