History Main / OurLawyersAdvisedThisTrope

* One of ''WebVideo/GradeAUnderA's'' videos exposing Prank Channels specifies that there's only a ''possibility'' that the pranksters he brings up are fakes, and then proceeds to come up with an alternate explanation for everything suspicious - for example, when he sees a victim/paid actor turning violent during a prank, Grade points out that the prankster gets punched, but his head doesn't move in the same direction as the punch, which violates the law of conservation of momentum. As such, Grade concludes...that the laws of physics are incorrect.
-->'''Grade:''' Because, right, the only other possibility is that this video is fake, which, I'm sure you'd agree, would be an ''absurd'' thing to suggest.

* "''Series/{{Cops}}'' is filmed on location with the men and women of law enforcement. All suspects are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law".

* Simon Amstell while hosting ''Series/NeverMindTheBuzzcocks'' commented that Courtney love would indeed snap him like twiglet, or "[[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Music/KurtCobain kill me and make it look like suicide]].". Instead of the usual disclaimers of it being his opinion the show simply put up "Simon Amstell is definitely wrong.".

* On ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'', Robin's song "P.S. I Love You" includes the lyrics, "The lawyers at the record company / made me promise to say / that the views expressed in this song do not necessarily reflect the views of Dominant Records or any of its subsidiaries."

* ''VideoGame/EarthwormJim'' has a disclaimer in most versions of the Easy Mode credits stating that Shiny has no opinion either way about the concept of evolution after Doug TenNapel (a noted Creationist) snarks at the 'What Are Worms?' text mentioning it. Ironically that disclaimer is also read out by Doug TenNapel (and is left out of the Windows 95 version for unknown reasons.)

* [[http://paizo.com/store/games/cardBoardGames/other/r/v5748btpy741t James Ernest's Totally Renamed Spy Game]]. Take one guess whose name needed changing.

* A weird one in ''[[LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya The Sigh of Haruhi Suzumiya]]''. While making their student film, Haruhi's subconscious RealityWarper powers start acting up, causing Mikuru to start shooting EyeBeams around, and a random cat they picked up to [[TalkingAnimal start talking]]. Haruhi is [[LockedOutOfTheLoop the only one who doesn't see any of this]], so the rest of the brigade realize they need to convince her none of it is real without alerting her that it's, you know, real. Koizumi's suggestion is to end the movie with AllJustADream, but that idea is shot down. Kyon uses this trope instead.

These may be mandated with threats of legal actions by government bodies or could be attempts by the well advised creators to reduce their vulnerability to civil litigation from civilian citizens. Please note that these threats may or may not be actually true, considering the number of people who do exactly the opposite of this disclaimer and still roam the streets at night, but we are heavily implying that you follow them anyway.

-->'''Manatsu:''' It says, “in your household,” right? So if you live alone, then that’s just one person.\\

* ''VisualNovel/{{Melody}}'' contains a disclaimer that basically states that the story doesn’t violate any laws or Patreon guidelines. Since the creators had gotten burned for violating Patreon’s guidelines once before, you can imagine how fastidiously they kept to this.

* Mr. Huph of ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles'' uses this trope while berating Bob for helping customers file insurance claims.

* ''WesternAnimation/DespicableMe'': Gru is reading from a book he wrote himself:
--> Edith: That one looks like me!
--> Gru: No! What are you talking about? These are kittens. [[BlatantLies Any relation to persons living or dead is completely coincidental.]]

* Games rated by the [[UsefulNotes/EntertainmentSoftwareRatingBoard ESRB]] and which have an online multiplayer component may come with the disclaimer "Online interactions not rated by the ESRB"[[note]]And in 2000s-era games, "Game experience may change during online play[[/note]] printed on the back of the box (if it's a physical copy) and on screens presented at startup. This is a warning that while the developer-made content may have been examined and certified by the ESRB as being suitable for players a specific age or older, the same cannot be said of player-created content like chats and player-made images (such as vehicle livery in {{Driving Game}}s), and thus neither the developer, publisher, the ESRB, nor related parties will be held responsible if you or your child encounter offensive content while playing online. In other words, the latest ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossing'' game might be safe for a 7-year-old to play as long as they play offline, but if they visit another player's town/island through online multiplayer, they might encounter players using swear words, [[VideoGamePerversityPotential wall tiles with ten-second phalluses drawn on them]], or worse, use of slurs and other hate-speech expressions.[[note]]Not to say that online game publishers and developers ''want'' these sort of content to exist, as many disclaimers and agreements for online games will warn the player to please not engage in toxic behavior. This also helps cover the pubs and devs if a player is engaging in behavior that leads to a lawsuit against the companies; the former two parties can state that they did warn players that any online interactions they output are solely the players' responsibility.[[/note]]

* The ''VideoGame/TraumaCenter'' series, being a series of games based around surgery, has the bog-standard disclaimers that the player is not a qualified practitioner of medicine and thus should not [[IKnowMortalKombat attempt to practice medicine without proper licenses, degrees, or certifications]]. ''Trauma Center: Second Opinion'' has a bit of fun with this: Should the player complete all seven [[BrutalBonusLevel X operations]], the player gets one final monologue that again states that the player is not a qualified medical doctor and therefore shouldn't go straight into real-life surgery...''and'' that if the player ''is'' an actual doctor, they probably shouldn't tell their patients [[IDontKnowMortalKombat how much they struggled]] with a (rather NintendoHard) video game about surgery.

* The ''VideoGame/TraumaCenter'' series, being a series of games based around surgery, has the bog-standard disclaimers that players should not attempt to practice medicine without proper licenses or certifications. ''Trauma Center: Second Opinion'' has a bit of fun with this: Should the player complete all seven [[BrutalBonusLevel X operations]], the player gets one final monologue that again states that the player is not a qualified medical doctor and therefore shouldn't go straight into real-life surgery...''and'' that if the player ''is'' an actual doctor, they probably shouldn't tell their patients [[IDontKnowMortalKombat how much they struggled]] with a (rather NintendoHard) video game about surgery.

* The ''VideoGame/TraumaCenter'' series, being a series of games based around surgery, has the bog-standard disclaimers that players should not attempt to practice medicine without proper licenses or certifications. ''Trauma Center: Second Opinion'' has a bit of fun with this: Should the player complete all seven [[BrutalBonusLevel X operations]], the player gets one final monologue that again states that the player is not a qualified medical surgeon and therefore shouldn't go straight into real-life surgery...''and'' that if the player ''is'' a qualified medical surgeon, they probably shouldn't tell their patients [[IDontKnowMortalKombat how much they struggled]] with a (rather NintendoHard) video game about surgery.

* Games rated by the [[UsefulNotes/EntertainmentSoftwareRatingBoard ESRB]] and which have an online multiplayer component may come with the disclaimer "Online interactions not rated by the ESRB"[[note]]And in 2000s-era games, "Game experience may change during online play[[/note]] printed on the back of the box (if it's a physical copy) and on screens presented at startup. This is a warning that while the developer-made content may have been examined and certified by the ESRB as being suitable for players a specific age or older, the same cannot be said of player-created content like chats and player-made images (such as vehicle livery in {{Driving Game}}s), and thus neither the developer, publisher, the ESRB, nor related parties will be held responsible if you or your child encounter offensive content while playing online. In other words, the latest ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossing'' game might be safe for a 7-year-old to play as long as they play offline, but if they visit another player's town/island through online multiplayer, they might encounter players using swear words, [[VideoGamePerversityPotential wall tiles with ten-second phalluses drawn on them]], or worse, use of slurs and other hate-speech expressions.[[note]]Not to say that online game publishers and developers ''want'' these sort of content to exist, as many disclaimers and agreements for online games will warn the player to please not engage in toxic behavior; this also helps cover the companies who can then state that if a player is engaging in behavior that leads to a lawsuit against the companies, they can state that the player broke the "don't be a toxic asshole, any online interactions you output are your responsibility" agreement.[[/note]]

* Games rated by the [[UsefulNotes/EntertainmentSoftwareRatingBoard ESRB]] and which have an online multiplayer component may come with the disclaimer "Online interactions not rated by the ESRB"[[note]]And in 2000s-era games, "Game experience may change during online play[[/note]] printed on the back of the box (if it's a physical copy) and on screens presented at startup. This is a warning that while the developer-made content may have been examined and certified by the ESRB as being suitable for players a specific age or older, the same cannot be said of player-created content like chats and player-made images (such as vehicle livery in {{Driving Game}}s), and thus neither the developer, publisher, the ESRB, nor related parties will be held responsible if you or your child encounter offensive content while playing online. In other words, the latest ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossing'' game might be safe for a 7-year-old to play as long as they play offline, but if they visit another player's town/island through online multiplayer, they might encounter players using swear words, [[VideoGamePerversityPotential wall tiles with ten-second phalluses drawn on them]], or worse, use of slurs and other hate-speech expressions.

* Games rated by the [[UsefulNotes/EntertainmentSoftwareRatingBoard ESRB]] and which have an online multiplayer component may come with the disclaimer "Online interactions not rated by the ESRB"[[note]]And in 2000s-era games, "Game experience may change during online play[[/note]] printed on the back of the box (if it's a physical copy) and on screens presented at startup. This is a warning that while the developer-made content may have been examined and certified by the ESRB as being suitable for players a specific age or older, the same cannot be said of player-created content, chats, and other interactions because those are made and posted on the fly, and thus neither the developer, publisher, the ESRB, nor related parties will be held responsible if you or your child encounter offensive content while playing online. In other words, the latest ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossing'' game might be safe for a 7-year-old to play as long as they play offline, but if they visit another player's town/island through online multiplayer, they might encounter players using swear words, [[VideoGamePerversityPotential wall tiles with ten-second phalluses drawn on them]], or worse, use of slurs and other hate-speech expressions.

* Games rated by the [[UsefulNotes/EntertainmentSoftwareRatingBoard ESRB]] and which have an online multiplayer component mayb come with the disclaimer "Online interactions not rated by the ESRB"[[note]]And in 2000s-era games, "Game experience may change during online play[[/note]] printed on the back of the box (if it's a physical copy) and on screens presented at startup. This is a warning that while the developer-made content may have been examined and certified by the ESRB as being suitable for players a specific age or older, the same cannot be said of player-created content, chats, and other interactions because those are made and posted on the fly, and thus neither the developer, publisher, the ESRB, nor related parties will be held responsible if you or your child encounter offensive content while playing online. In other words, the latest ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossing'' game might be safe for a 7-year-old to play as long as they play offline, but if they visit another player's town/island through online multiplayer, they might encounter players using swear words, [[VideoGamePerversityPotential wall tiles with ten-second phalluses drawn on them]], or worse, use of slurs and other hate-speech expressions.

* Games rated by the [[UsefulNotes/EntertainmentSoftwareRatingBoard ESRB]] and which have an online multiplayer component mayb come with the disclaimer "Online interactions not rated by the ESRB"[[note]]And in 2000s-era games, "Game experience may change during online play[[/note]] printed on the back of the box (if it's a physical copy) and on screens presented at startup. This is a warning that while the developer-made content may have been examined and certified by the ESRB as being suitable for players a specific age or older, the same cannot be said of player-created content, chats, and other interactions because those are made and posted on the fly, and thus neither the developer, publisher, the ESRB, or related parties will be held responsible if you or your child encounter offensive content while playing online. In other words, your copy of the latest ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossing'' game might be safe for a 7-year-old to play as long as they play offline, but if they visit another player's town/island through online multiplayer, they might encounter players using swear words, [[VideoGamePerversityPotential wall tiles with ten-second phalluses drawn on them]], or worse, use of slurs and other hate-speech expressions.

* Games rated by the [[UsefulNotes/EntertainmentSoftwareRatingBoard ESRB]] and which have an online multiplayer component come with the disclaimer "Online interactions not rated by the ESRB"[[note]]And in 2000s-era games, "Game experience may change during online play[[/note]] as a warning that while the developer-made content may have been examined and certified by the ESRB as being suitable for players a specific age or older, the same cannot be said of player-created content, chats, and other interactions because those are made and posted on the fly, and thus neither the developer, publisher, the ESRB, or related parties will be held responsible if you or your child encounter offensive content while playing online. In other words, your copy of the latest ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossing'' game might be safe for a 7-year-old to play as long as they play offline, but if they visit another player's town/island through online multiplayer, they might encounter players using swear words, [[VideoGamePerversityPotential wall tiles with ten-second phalluses drawn on them]], or worse, use of slurs and other hate-speech expressions.

* Games rated by the [[UsefulNotes/EntertainmentSoftwareRatingBoard ESRB]] and which have an online multiplayer component come with the disclaimer "Online interactions not rated by the ESRB"[[note]]And in 2000s-era games, "Game experience may change during online play[[/note]] as a warning that while the developer-made content may have been examined and certified by the ESRB as being suitable for players a specific age or older, the same cannot be said of player-created content, chats, and other interactions because those are made and posted on the fly, and thus neither the developer, publisher, the ESRB, or related parties will be held responsible if you or your child encounter offensive content while playing online. In other words, your copy of the latest ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossing'' game might be safe for a 7-year-old to play as long as they play offline, but if they visit another player's town/island through online multiplayer, they might encounter players using swear words, [[VideoGame/PerversityPotential wall tiles with ten-second phalluses drawn on them]], or worse, use of slurs and other hate-speech expressions.

* Games rated by the [[UsefulNotes/EntertainmentSoftwareRatingBoard ESRB]] and which have an online multiplayer component come with the disclaimer "Online interactions not rated by the ESRB"[[note]]And in 2000s-era games, "Game experience may change during online play[[/note]] as a warning that while the developer-made content may have been examined and certified by the ESRB as being suitable for players a specific age or older, the same cannot be said of player-created content, chats, and other interactions because those are made and posted on the fly, and thus neither the developer, publisher, the ESRB, or related parties will be held responsible if you or your child encounter offensive content while playing online. In other words, your copy of the latest ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossing'' game might be safe for a 7-year-old to play as long as they play offline, but if they visit another player's town/island through online multiplayer, they might encounter players using swear words, [[VideoGame/Perversitypotential wall tiles with ten-second phalluses drawn on them]], or worse, use of slurs and other hate-speech expressions.

* Games rated by the [[UsefulNotes/EntertainmentSoftwareRatingBoard ESRB]] and which have an online multiplayer component come with the disclaimer "Online interactions not rated by the ESRB"[[note]]And in 2000s-era games, "Game experience may change during online play[[/note]] as a warning that while the developer-made content may have been examined and certified by the ESRB as being suitable for players a specific age or older, the same cannot be said of player-created content, chats, and other interactions. In other words, your copy of the latest ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossing'' game might be safe for a 7-year-old to play as long as they play offline, but if they visit another player's town/island through online multiplayer, they might encounter players using swear words, [[VideoGame/Perversitypotential wall tiles with ten-second phalluses drawn on them]], or worse, use of slurs and other hate-speech expressions.

* In ''[[VideoGame/MarioParty Mario Party Superstars]]'', the instruction screens for the original ''Mario Party'' minigames that require rotating the control stick advise players not to use their palm to spin it. Doing this was a common practice among players in the original Nintendo 64 version, and doing so could lead to getting blisters or lacerations, which caused many players to take legal action against Nintendo. This notice was likely put to prevent facing a lawsuit.