History YMMV / LegalEagle

** A little while after he released a video examining whether or not [[WebVideo/GameTheory MatPat]] had plagiarized his video about the legality of Fortnite dances, Devin uploaded a video about the legality of Willy Wonka's conduct in ''Film/WillyWonkaAndTheChocolateFactory'', shortly after Film Theory had uploaded a comprehensive video on the same topic. Devin noted in the comments that the irony of the situation was not lost on him.

** In one of his [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1VFfVsZt7w earliest reaction videos]], Devin comments that, "You're never going to see these kind of ''Series/PerryMason'' moments in court." A few years later, he [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-QcbOphxYs did a video]] about the civil trial against Alex Jones over the Sandy Hook massacre, which included a moment that many (including ''Jones himself'') called a "Perry Mason moment".

* HilariousInHindsight: A little while after he released a video examining whether or not [[WebVideo/GameTheory MatPat]] had plagiarized his video about the legality of Fortnite dances, Devin uploaded a video about the legality of Willy Wonka's conduct in ''Film/WillyWonkaAndTheChocolateFactory'', shortly after Film Theory had uploaded a comprehensive video on the same topic. Devin noted in the comments that the irony of the situation was not lost on him.

* HarsherInHindsight: In "Real Lawyer Reacts to Legal Memes", when reacting to a meme suggesting that Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died and was replaced by Creator/LarryKing, Devin jokes that Ginsburg will not die and will "live forever". Ginsburg would pass away just over a year later.

* {{Anvilicious}}: DJ usually maintains an air of political neutrality, but when it comes to discussing the likes of former President UsefulNotes/DonaldTrump and other hard-right politicians and pundits, he comes down ''hard'' on their various violations of legal and moral norms, clearly establishing his disdain for them as being very personal.

* {{Anvilicious}}: DJ usually maintains an air of political neutrality, but when it comes to discussing the likes of former President UsefulNotes/DonaldTrump and other hard-right politicians and pundits, he comes down ''hard'' on their various violations of legal and moral norms, establishing his disdain for them, and a clearly very personal one.

* CrossesTheLineTwice: In "Most Dangerous Toys of All Time", when talking about the legislation for toy guns that demands they have orange muzzles to distinguish them from the real ones, Devin decides to take verbal pot shots at the US police for their trigger-happy tendencies.

* HilariousInHindsight: A little while after he released a video examining whether or not [[WebVideo/GameTheory MatPat]] had plagiarized his video about the legality of Fortnite dances, Devin made a video about the legality of Willy Wonka's conduct in ''Film/WillyWonkaAndTheChocolateFactory'', shortly after Film Theory had made a comprehensive video on the same topic. Devin noted in the comments that the irony of the situation was not lost on him.

* CrossesTheLineTwice: In "Most Dangerous Toys of All Time", when talking about the legislation for toy guns that demands they have orange muzzles to distinguish them from the real ones, Devin decides to take verbal pot shots at the US police for their PoliceBrutality tendencies.

* AcceptablePoliticalTargets: DJ usually maintains an air of political neutrality, but can't help but slip his disdain for former President UsefulNotes/DonaldTrump in some videos for his egregious violations of legal and moral norms.
* AcceptableProfessionalTargets: Transactional attorneys, who Stone believes [[NoTrueScotsman aren't real lawyers]].
-->Transactional attorneys won't like that, but what are they gonna do, sue me? They can't.

* CriticalResearchFailure: In his video on ''Film/TheDarkKnight'', Devin claims that Batman would be held liable for felony assault for his fight against Joker's thugs at Harvey's fundraiser because, by instigating the fight, he has no self-defense claim. As many of the comments pointed out, the fundraiser took place in Bruce's penthouse - it's why Batman was even there in the first place - and thus while he's in a costume, legally he's still defending his property and would be able to argue self-defense.

* AcceptablePoliticalTargets: DJ usually maintains an air of political neutrality, but can't help but slip his disdain for former President UsefulNotes/DonaldTrump in some videos for his egregious violations of legal and moral norms.

-->"Transactional attorneys won't like that, but what are they gonna do, sue me? They can't."

* AcceptableProfessionalTargets: Transactional attorneys, who Stone believes [[NoTrueScostman aren't real lawyers]].

* AcceptableTargets: Transactional attorneys, who Stone believes aren't real lawyers.
-->"Transactional attorneys won't like that, but what are they gonna do, sue me? They can't"

* MexicansLoveSpeedyGonzales: Two of his favorite fictional lawyers are [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Lionel Hutz]] and [[Series/BreakingBad Saul Goodman]], even though both are designed to lampoon the profession. In both cases, it's because the specific ways the characters are presented show how the writers did their homework; in Hutz' case, the writers clearly know just how illegal some of his acts are (and they're [[ActuallyPrettyFunny just that funny]]), and in Saul's case, even though he's a blatant criminal, his actual legal advice is solid.

* MexicansLoveSpeedyGonzales: Two of his favorite fictional lawyers are [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Lionel Hutz]] and [[Series/BreakingBad Saul Goodman]], even though both are designed to lampoon the profession. In both cases, it's because the specific ways the characters are presented show how the writers did their homework; in Hutz' case, the writers clearly know just how illegal some of his acts are (and they're [[ActuallyPrettyFunny just that funny]]), and in Saul's case, even though he's a blatant criminal, his actual legal advice is solid.