History Main / CourtroomEpisode

** The ''StargateAtlantis'' episode "Inquisition", which doubles as a ClipShow and features a JokerJury, has the main Atlantis team put on trial by the Coalition of Planets (which consists of the various weakling civilizations in Pegasus who were brutalized by the Wraith) for their numerous NiceJobBreakingItHero moments and general MoralDissonance throughout the series. The episode ended with them bribing one of the judges to vote in their favor, his vote being the swing vote.
** The ''StargateUniverse'' episode "Justice" is centered around an investigation and informal trial about [[spoiler: the death--eventually shown to be suicide--of Sergeant Spencer]].

** A good portion of the novel ''The Dosadi Experiment'' focuses on the courtroom drama of the Gowachin, which is [[{{Understatement}} much more interesting]] than its human equivalent.

* The ''{{Farscape}}'' episode "Dream A Little Dream" has Zhaan framed for murder on a planet whose [[PlanetOfHats hat]] is that 90% of them are lawyers. Rygel and Chiana have to defend her.

* {{Garfield And Friends}} episode: "Trial & Error"

* The ''RedDwarf'' episode "Justice."

This is an episode that's structured around a court case, in a series not normally focused on law-enforcement. In other words, it's an OutOfGenreExperience where the genre being shifted into is "LawProcedural".

*** "Wolf in the Fold". Scotty is accused of multiple acts of murder and Captain Kirk effectively acts as his defense attorney. The start of [[BostonLegal Denny Crane]]'s career, no doubt.

*** "Devil's Due". Picard must prove that an alien being is not the Devil. Data acts as the arbitrator in charge of hearing the case.
*** "A Matter of Perspective". Riker is accused of murdering an alien scientist. His trial includes holographic re-creations of events based on witness testimony.

* The ''RedDwarf'' episode "Justice".

* The flashforwards in the ''{{Lost}}'' episode "Eggtown".

* ''GetSmart'': "The Day Smart Turned Chicken". Smart is a witness in the court against KAOS, and they decide to frame him. Then he calls additional witnesses in his defense.

* Several episodes of ''TheSimpsons'' too; among them are "Bart gets hit by a Car" and "The Boy Who Knew Too Much".

* ''SpongebobSquarepants'': "Plankton V. Krabs".
* The ''{{Animaniacs}}'' episode "[[LaLaw La La Law]]".
* TheGrimAdventuresofBillyandMandy: "Keeper of the Reaper". [[EnsembleDarkhorse Fred Fredburger, yes!]]
* ''TheVentureBrothers'' episode "Trial of the Monarch" has the Monarch as the defendant, acting as his own lawyer. He doesn't care for having the jury described as his "peers".

* ''[[OneHundredAndOneDalmatians 101 Dalmatians: The Series]]'': "Twelve Angry Pups"

* Two examples from MarriedWithChildren: The first, where Al/Peggy/Steve/Marcy sue a motel for videotaping their exploits; the second, when Bud is caught "relieving some tension" at the school library.
** And the one where Al is sued by the guy that tried to rob him.

*** "Court Martial": Captain Kirk is accused of negligently causing the death of a crewman and perjury.

Compare RogueJuror.

* The ConSentiency series largely focuses on the exploits of a Secret Agent/Bureaucrat Jorj X. [=McKie=]. However, a good portion of the novel ''The Dosadi Experiment'' focuses on the courtroom drama of the Gowachin. Unlike human courtrooms, the Gowachin version is [[{{Understatement}} much more interesting]].

* Several BioWare games (KnightsOfTheOldRepublic, MassEffect2, NeverwinterNights, NeverwinterNights2) have sidequests where you either act as an attorney for a quest-giver, or are accused of something and have to defend yourself. Usually they involve all of collecting evidence, interviewing people, and making the right statements at court.

* Several BioWare games (KnightsOfTheOldRepublic, MassEffect2, NeverwinterNights, NeverwinterNights2) have sidequests where you either act as an attorney for a quest-giver, or are accused of something and have to defend yourself. Usually involves both collecting evidence, interviewing people and making the right statements at court.

** In "The Novocaine Mutiny", Hawkeye is tried for mutiny after temporary commander Major Burns is accidentally knocked unconscious during an argument between the two men in the O.R. This leads to a version of TheRashomon when the two men provide widely conflicting versions of the same events.

** In "The Novocaine Mutiny", Hawkeye is tried for mutiny after temporary commander Major Burns is accidentally knocked unconscious during an argument between the two men in the O.R.

** In "The Trial of Henry Blake", the titular C.O. is tried for dereliction of duty after Majors Burns and Houlihan file a complaint.

** In "Snap Judgment", Klinger is tried after circumstantial evidence pins him to a rash of thefts at the 4077th.