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Recap / Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law S2E5 "Back to the Present"

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The Jetsons come back in time from the future (sort of) to sue present day humanity for the damage global warming has caused.


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  • Butterfly of Doom: Elroy giving Peter Potamus lottery numbers winds up founding a new religion two-thousand years down the line.
  • Mistaken for Aliens: Sebben not only believes that The Jetsons are Greys, but that they are specifically after him.
  • Overly Long Gag: The Jetsons crossing Harvey's office room goes on for quit a bit.
  • Take That!: When Harvey loses the Jetson's case, he apologizes for the sake of the "aimless and painfully unfocused Democratic Party."
  • Zeerust: The episode pokes fun of how the supposed idealized future of The Jetsons comes across as antiquated to modern audience; their "future" time is set two years years in the past, their fashion is considered retro, they still use punch-cards, their technology is sprocket-based, etc.

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