History Series / AllyMcBeal

* AnyoneCanDie: [[spoiler:Billy.]]

* EveryoneHasStandards: When Goergia attempted to sue the firm for ruining her mental health and friendships, none other than Ling said "even for me that's bogus".

* SleepsWithEveryoneButYou: Elaine is notorious for her oozing sexuality and flirting with every men around. She is sued by her friend nicknamed Peanut who feels she intentianally humiliated him. Eventually his issues are revealed — he's in love with her and thinks everyone is her type but him. They manage to patch things up and he drops the lawsuit, though she doesn't like him back in that way. Interestingly, later seasons imply Elaine doesn't sleep around and has problems finding a relationship.

** Elaine is a Bunny-Ears secretary. She's one of the most efficient and capable secretaries in TV history; in fact, {{Word of God}} states that she has so much free time on her hands (which she often uses to invent things) because she's ''supremely'' good at what she does.

* OnlyLawFirmInTown

* TwoFirstNames: Larry Paul, Ally's main love interest in Season 4

In 2021, a limited-series revival was attempted.

* BlackBestFriend: Renee seems to thrive on setting Ally up.

''Ally [=McBeal=]'' is a WorkCom-slash-{{Dramedy}} created by Creator/DavidEKelley about a neurotic lawyer and the wacky people she works with. The series ran on Creator/{{Fox}} from 1997 to 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.

* OverthetopChristmasDecorations: Ally loves Christmas, but her boyfriend Larry's not too keen. Ally pesters him to decorate his office a bit and he gets piles and piles of illuminated Christmas stuff and mechanized reindeer. We later find out he doesn't like Chistmas and other holidays because he has a small son, and Larry misses him even more during holidays.

* ImagineSpot: 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.
** And she DOES full-on kick a child attorney in the back, because she thought she was hallucinating about her "dancing baby"

* PrefersTheIllusion: One of the clients at Allu's firm is a sad, lonely, but very wealthy spinster. She has sequential dreams of a life where she met a man, got married, and raised a happy family. She is petitioning the court to put her in a chemically induced coma so she can sleep forever and live the life where she's actually happy.

* JerkWithAHeartofGold: Richard Fish, Ling, Elaine and arguably Renee.

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* 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.]]

* 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.)

* BouquetToss: Ally fights for the bouquet with other bridesmaids in one episode. She's so embarrassed with her behaviour that she swears not to attend any more weddings. She breaks her promise in the same episode because one of her clients made her come to her wedding and she couůdn't refuse, and Ally has to dance in the street wearing her pyjamas which was a bet/dare/"punishment" agreement with Renée.

-->From the opening theme by Music/VondaShepard "Searching my Soul".

'''''Ally [=McBeal=]''''' is a WorkCom-slash-{{Dramedy}} created by Creator/DavidEKelley about a neurotic lawyer and the wacky people she works with. The series ran on Creator/{{Fox}} from 1997 to 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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