History Series / BostonLegal

* FunnyAneurysmMoment: in the series 4 episode ''Attack of the Xenophobes'', Denny Crane says "I have nothing against the Chinese". Later in the series 5 finale, [[spoiler:his law firm of Crane Poole & Schmidt is bought out by a Chinese organisation, against his wishes; they ultimately fire Denny and remove his name from the firm]].

* VoiceOfDramatic: James Spader's voice can make the most {{Anvilicious}} [[strike:AuthorTract]] closing statement incredibly easy on the ears.

* CourtroomAntic: ''Oh dear God, yes''. A crazy, ridiculous stunt in the courtroom isn't ''quite'' a OnceAnEpisode occurrence, but it's damn close -- Alan and Denny being the biggest offenders.

** Jeffrey Coho takes this UpToEleven during his big trial. He accuses three separate witnesses of being the murderer, including the husband and the neighbor of the victim. Lastly, he accuses the mother of a defendant of being the real murderer of the defendant's lover, in order to get the son acquitted. [[spoiler:While Jeffrey thinks their story of the mother being in an incestuous relationship with her son and having killed out of jealousy is just a cover story, it's actually true.]]

* NiceHat: Not necessarily always a hat, but Alan is particularly fond of wearing strange things on his head. Ornaments (that light up, no less), mistletoe, wigs, coonskin caps… [[BunnyEarsLawyer Bunny ears…]]

---> Denny Crane (William Shatner)has a conversation with high-power attorney (and Shirley's ex) Ivan Tiggs (Tom Selleck), and mentions, " [[Series/StarTrek We're both leading men]]...[[Series/MagnumPI stars of our own shows]]..."

* DeadpanSnarker: Pretty much everybody, but Shirley Schmidt and,arguably, Paul Lewiston are reigning King and Queen of this trope.

** Subverted in yet another episode, where Alan and Denny separately represent two sons who are both accused of killing their father. [[spoiler:They secretly agree to have both the boys accuse the other one of being the murderer while on the stand, while pretending that they each pulled this trick on the other. The jury can't decide if it was one boy or the other, or if it was both boys, or someone else entirely, creating reasonable doubt.]]

** Heck, people have the show's theme song as cell phone ringtones. And in one of the final episodes someone sues the Network for not having television programing with older casts.

---> Denny Crane (William Shatner)has a conversation with high-power attorney (and Shirley's ex) Ivan Tiggs (Tom Selleck), and mentions, " [[Series/StarTrek We're both leading men...[[Series/MagnumPI stars of our own shows..."

* NotSoDifferent: Many sources are quick to point out that Alan and Denny are best friends despite being so ideologically different. While it is true that they are on opposite sides of the political spectrum, the reason that they are such great friends is down to the fact that, politics and personal interests aside, they are very similar personality wise, particularly when it comes to women.

* ''Series/BreakingBad''

* ThemeTuneCameo: Jerry Espenson sings along with the theme song during the opening credits of one episode. Denny Crane plays it on a kazoo to usher in a different episode. Not just a kazoo, a ''[[MundaneMadeAwesome trombone kazoo]]''.

* FunnyAneurismMoment: in the series 4 episode ''Attack of the Xenophobes'', Denny Crane says "I have nothing against the Chinese". Later in the series 5 finale, [[spoiler:his law firm of Crane Poole & Schmidt is bought out by a Chinese organisation, against his wishes; they ultimately fire Denny and remove his name from the firm]].

* TheRainman: Jerry Espenson, the brilliant attorney with Asperger's Syndrome.

* {{Slimeball}}: Lincoln Meyer is specifically designed to make your skin ''crawl''. Open and proud PeepingTom, cloying and condescending to everyone, and outright hostile to those who dare insult him? Check, check, and ''check''.

** Tara as well, when she conceals evidence to keep one of her informants out of jail for a crime he committed... but then got mad at Alan for concealing the same evidence she was trying to hide.

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[[caption-width-right:350:Yup, it's that kind of show.]]

** Denise is enjoying the Mariarachi band that's wandered into her corridor (hey, it's Crane, Poole and Schmidt!) until suddenly she realizes why it's there. [[spoiler:Her fiancee Daniel Post has died]]

''Boston Legal'' is a legal {{dramedy}} series than ran on Creator/{{ABC}} from 2004 to 2008. It was to the BunnyEarsLawyer trope what ''Series/{{House}}'' is to DrJerk. The series starts as a senior partner at the firm goes completely insane and has to be hauled off to a sanitarium -- and the rest of the staff aren't models of mental wellness, either. They include a renowned trial lawyer in the early stages of Alzheimer's (affectionately referred to as Mad Cow Disease by him and the rest of the firm), several lawyers suffering from everything from extreme shyness to UsefulNotes/AspergerSyndrome, and the lead, who is merely lecherous and corrupt (although he, too, suffers from occasional [[TalkativeLoon mental issues]]). Together they take on cases that are almost as odd as they are.

* TakeThat: Texas, Utah, Fox News, the New York Yankees, Scientology, liberals, conservatives, the polically neutral, the list goes on...