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Recap / Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law S2E3 "The Devlin Made Me Do It"

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A kid emulates the daredevil stunts of Ernie Devlin and he's being sued for his injuries.


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  • Anti-Role Model: Devlin is a painkiller junkie that's constantly getting himself hurt in increasingly contrived ways and he even gives terrible advice in his already dodgy instructional videos he starred in. The whole case is based around a kid being put into a full-body cast trying to emulate his stunts.
  • Expy: Lampshaded when Harvey first calls Devlin "Mr Kniev....lin"
  • Insanity Defense: Harvey makes the case that due to the mix of injuries and prescription addictions his job requires of him, Devlin is not mentally sound enough to be held accountable for Bobby emulating his stunts.
  • Kavorka Man: Even though he's old, overweight and well-passed his prime, Devlin's stunts attract a lot of sexually-available young women.
  • Psychic Static: Mentok isn't able to "take" Devlin's mind because of a metal plate in his head, getting nothing but static.
  • What Do You Mean, It's for Kids?: In-Universe, Freezoid makes a case that Devlin is irresponsible by pointed out his overtly dangerous and sexually-provocative content of his theme-park.

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