Line #9 YMMV/HarveyBirdmanAttorneyAtLaw


1	!!Cartoon:
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3	* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: Does Phil have genuine problems seeing where things really are, or is he just screwing with Harvey? ("Sit down, Birdman. Not there, there!!")
4	* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic:
5	** ''"Whoooooo... is the man in the suuuuuit?"'' The song turned out to be so awesome that it ''spawned a television show.'' Supposedly, the only reason the show exists is because the creator improvised the theme song at some Williams Street party as a joke. They really liked it.
6	** The musical interlude in "Blackwatch Plaid".
7	* BigLippedAlligatorMoment:
8	** In "Shaggy Busted", Harvey says that experience is the only thing that separates us from the animals- "That, and product placement." The episode then goes into a live-action advertisement for Tab cola (including an actor dressed as a giant soda can).
9	** In "Blackwatch Plaid", after a short series of security camera footage, the episode suddenly transitions into a montage of a live-action Birdman doing completely random things. This has absolutely no bearing on the rest of the episode and is never brought up again.
10	** In "Sebben and Sebben Employee Orientation", the video repeatedly cuts to live-action footage instructing the viewer how to assemble an electric juicer.
11	%%* Crazy Awesome:
12	%%** Mentok.
13	%%** Harvey actually being effective ''as a superhero'' in the last episode.
14	* CrossesTheLineTwice: The entire "Deadomutt" two-parter from season one, which involves Birdman [[spoiler:accused of murdering a dog out of jealousy, going to trial for murder, being found Not Guilty, having that verdict overruled and sent to prison on death row, spending five years in jail, getting [[ItMakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext married to a gorilla]], and then finally being sent to the electric chair...at which point it is revealed that the whole ordeal was actually a big prank thrown for Birdman's 40th birthday (a CallBack to Birdman stating he is thirty-six [[BrickJoke in the first part]]), and that the dog he apparently killed is actually fine. Birdman fails to see the funny side, especially when it's revealed the marriage is totally legit and wasn't part of the prank.]]
15	* EnsembleDarkhorse:
16	** Phil Ken Sebben and Reducto. Both of them being voiced by Stephen Colbert helped.
17	** The judge, Mentok the Mindtaker
18	** For female fans, Birdgirl stands out as being (for the time the show came out) a rare heroine in a screwball comedy that was allowed to be as hilariously unhinged as the male cast (as opposed to the cast StraightMan), but without being defined by female-specific stereotypes (like G.G.).
19	** And of course, the bear.
20	* GeniusBonus: In "The Incredible Hippo", what flavor of Heisenberg Brothers Bagels should Potamus have? Harvey's [[UsefulNotes/QuantumPhysics not certain]].
21	* HarsherInHindsight: Well, as "harsh" as anything in a screwball comedy show like this:
22	** Reducto's obvious reaction to the Clown Car's first appearance, when Mightor first coughs it up in "Death by Chocolate". [[spoiler:That is the very clown car that would kill Reducto four years later in "Babysitter."]]
23	** The rather notorious scene where Scrappy is murdered by Avenger sparks some resemblance to ''Literature/GuardiansOfGahoole's'' Laughter Therapy--a humiliating ritual employed by the cultish Saint Aggie’s ‘orphanage’ to punish wayward owlets by picking them up in their claws and carrying them around while everyone laughs at them. That being said, since it's [[TheScrappy Scrappy]] getting this demise, ''Guardians of Gahoole'' readers may find this Hilarious in Hindsight instead.
24	* HilariousInHindsight:
25	** In "Guitar Control", which aired around election season of 2004, Phil runs for President of the United States. His voice actor, Creator/StephenColbert, would go on to do the same by the time the next election rolled around. And come the "Attorney General" special in 2018, Phil really ''did'' become president.
26	** "Beyond the Valley of the Dinosaurs": A [[Film/HotTubTimeMachine Hot Tub Time Machine]], anyone?
27	** Thanks to ActorAllusion, Creator/GaryCole later went on to voice Fred Jones’s [[spoiler:illegal and criminal]] father who is a [[BunnyEarsLawyer Bunny-Ears Mayor]] in a SuitWithVestedInterests in ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooMysteryIncorporated'', making the ''Scooby-Doo'' crossover episode this.
28	--->'''Harvey:''' Fred Jones... Fred Jones. Fred Jo—? ''[Fred walks in]'' Fred Jones!
29	** Black Vulcan mocking Aquaman during "Very Personal Injury" for suggesting the name, calling him Whitefish. His voice actor, Creator/PhilLaMarr, would later voice Aquaman himself in ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice2010'' and ''VideoGame/InjusticeGodsAmongUs''.
30	*** Aqualad in ''Young Justice'' is also an original character who is black (and his father [[spoiler:is named Black Manta]]) and ends up becoming the second holder of the Aquaman title in Season 3.
31	*** Adding to that the DCEU's Aquaman is Latino, and played by a [[Creator/JasonMomoa Hawaiian Native American]].
32	** Yakky Doodle being frustrated that people can't correctly guess his gender became this after Yakky's appearances on the 2021 series ''WesternAnimation/{{Jellystone}}'', in which Yakky is now female.
33	* MemeticMutation:
34	** "Ha ha! ...DoubleEntendre."
35	** "[[CrowdedCastShot EVERYONE GET IN HERE]]."
36	** "Did ya get that thing I sent ya?"
37	** "...IN MY PANTS."
38	** "Back to the Present" had a brief scene of Birdman [[http://i.imgur.com/yfWq5Bh.jpg looking at his calendar for the year (which was 2004)]] after [[WesternAnimation/TheJetsons George Jetson]] says that he and his family are from the future (which, to them, is the year 2002). People have begun replacing the year on the calendar with the current year as a way to mock or poke fun at others who mention things that are now outdated or overdue.
39	* NightmareFuel: While all the cast experiences adaptational jerkass, Avenger has become ''a serial killer''. ''And Birdman knows about it.'' This is not an ordinary animal with predatory instincts. he is intelligent enough to write, and he always chooses sapient animals as his victims. And he's just out and about. No amount of comedy can quite take off the edge of the utterly chilling idea that that quiet secretary of your defense attorney, the one you must have passed a million times without even giving him a second thought, has taken innocent lives, keeps the corpses, and treats those corpses as playthings behind closed doors.
40	* OlderThanTheyThink: Birdman's first name, Harvey, first originated in ''WesternAnimation/SpaceGhostCoastToCoast''. Due to the show's popularity, however, some believe this series is where the name came from.
41	* ParodyDisplacement:
42	** This show [[AudienceColoringAdaptation shaped the way]] the general public views WesternAnimation/PeterPotamus. He's more remembered as an AmoralAttorney who wants to know if you got the thing he sent ya, rather than a world traveler.
43	** The show itself has this effect as well--for years, many fans would only recognize Birdman by his ''Harvey'' Birdman iteration here rather than his original self.
44	* QuestionableCasting: The narrator from the "Employee Orientation" episode? That's Ferdinand Jay Smith, best known as the composer for the [[Creator/{{HBO}} Starship HBO]] and the [[Creator/{{ABC}} ABC Star Tunnel]]. One has to wonder how he got roped into this...he even came back for the ''Attorney General'' special.
45	* {{Squick}}: Phil Ken Sebben lusting after his daughter Birdgirl. He is repeatedly told the truth but doesn't believe it. Near the end of the episode where he and Birdgirl are to be married [[spoiler:he looks out over the crowd and decides "...there... might... have... been... someone... else... (he)... was... meant... to... be... with". Birdgirl's [[{{Squick}} aunt]] Phyllis, Phil's [[BrotherSisterIncest sister]]]]! Not to mention how [[spoiler: Aunt Phyllis looks just like Phil with a blonde wig and very large boobs in a dress. Yes, the eyepatch and mustache too]]. When he finally does understand who Birdgirl is (in the last episode) he is utterly disgusted and disappointed in her for trying to get into his pants. Especially since he's helpless, [[DoubleEntendre with the one eye. ...in his pants]].
46	* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: There was criticism of the change from the earlier episodes where the parodies and fanon theories were more heavily used. As the series progressed a lot of people who wanted more of that found themselves frustrated. Which can make a double edge sword as a lot would argue the comedy is what made the series more than being a proper parody. On the other hand it makes the show (and it's ilk) look like they only used the Hanna Barbera character models to save money as there was very little point to the parody aspect when most of the characters are so far removed from source.
47	* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotPolitical: The show's premise is essentially the misadventures of a crass, crude, immature, AmoralAttorney, so this was hard to avoid. Right off we have a recurring character who frequently is trying to cover up his sexual exploits (well before the me-too movement but hardly before people like Peter Potamous).
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49	!!Visual Novel:
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51	* SugarWiki/NoProblemWithLicensedGames: The game was well received for its humor and faithfulness to the show.

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