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* In ''Series/DiagnosisMurder'' book "[[Literature/DiagnosisMurderTheSilentPartner The Silent Partner]]", Billy Tidewell sues the Community General Hospital and Dr. Jack Stewart for his father dying from a penicillin allergy during a kidney transplant. However, the penicillin actually came from Billy's donated kidney, which Billy took intentionally in order to murder his father.
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* In ''Series/DiagnosisMurder'' book "[[Literature/DiagnosisMurderTheSilentPartner The Silent Partner]]", Billy Tidewell sues the Community General Hospital and Dr. Jack Stewart for his father dying from a penicillin allergy during a kidney transplant. However, the penicillin actually came from Billy's donated kidney, which Billy [[WeaponizedAllergy took intentionally in order to murder his father.father]].
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* One episode of ''Series/{{Sliders}}'' had a universe where since 85% of the population went to law school, this happened ''all the time''. When Rembrandt bumped into a woman, she subsequently sued him for collision. Also, fast-food lawsuits had gotten so serious that ordering a soda required a "carbonated beverage release form", while ordering fries required a doctor's note confirming that the customer had a low cholesterol level.
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* ''[[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries The New Batman Adventures]]'' parodied this with an [[NoCelebritiesWereHarmed unnamed Johnnie Cochran lookalike]] popping up to say a catchy line to support a lawsuit. In the commentary for one such episode, the creators note [[UnintentionalPeriodPiece how dated the joke wound up being]].
** In "[[Recap/TheNewBatmanAdventuresE12OverTheEdge Over the Edge]]", Batman's identity is exposed. Minor villains launch a billion-dollar lawsuit against Wayne Enterprises. JC pops in: "If the bat's on a spree, Wayne must pay the fee!"
** When the Joker somehow acquired vast wealth in "[[Recap/TheNewBatmanAdventuresE7JokersMillions Joker's Millions]]", he used high-powered lawyers [[OffOnATechnicality to get acquitted of his various crimes]] (clearly referencing Cochran's most famous case): "If a man's filled with glee, that man must go free!"
* In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheBoondocks'', Riley and his grandpa sue the school after Riley's teacher uses the N-word to refer to Riley, [[NWordPrivileges just the same as Riley had been throwing it around at everyone else]], with fantasies of getting a large sum of money.
** In "[[Recap/TheNewBatmanAdventuresE12OverTheEdge Over the Edge]]", Batman's identity is exposed. Minor villains launch a billion-dollar lawsuit against Wayne Enterprises. JC pops in: "If the bat's on a spree, Wayne must pay the fee!"
** When the Joker somehow acquired vast wealth in "[[Recap/TheNewBatmanAdventuresE7JokersMillions Joker's Millions]]", he used high-powered lawyers [[OffOnATechnicality to get acquitted of his various crimes]] (clearly referencing Cochran's most famous case): "If a man's filled with glee, that man must go free!"
* In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheBoondocks'', Riley and his grandpa sue the school after Riley's teacher uses the N-word to refer to Riley, [[NWordPrivileges just the same as Riley had been throwing it around at everyone else]], with fantasies of getting a large sum of money.
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* ''[[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries The New Batman Adventures]]'' parodied this with an [[NoCelebritiesWereHarmed unnamed Johnnie Cochran lookalike]] popping up to say a catchy line to support a lawsuit. In the commentary for one such episode, the creators note [[UnintentionalPeriodPiece how dated the joke wound up being]].
** In "[[Recap/TheNewBatmanAdventuresE12OverTheEdge Over the Edge]]", Batman's identity is exposed. Minor villains launch a billion-dollar lawsuit against Wayne Enterprises. JC pops in: "If the bat's on a spree, Wayne must pay the fee!"
** When the Joker somehow acquired vast wealth in "[[Recap/TheNewBatmanAdventuresE7JokersMillions Joker's Millions]]", he used high-powered lawyers [[OffOnATechnicality to get acquitted of his various crimes]] (clearly referencing Cochran's most famous case): "If a man's filled with glee, that man must go free!"
** In "[[Recap/TheNewBatmanAdventuresE12OverTheEdge Over the Edge]]", Batman's identity is exposed. Minor villains launch a billion-dollar lawsuit against Wayne Enterprises. JC pops in: "If the bat's on a spree, Wayne must pay the fee!"
** When the Joker somehow acquired vast wealth in "[[Recap/TheNewBatmanAdventuresE7JokersMillions Joker's Millions]]", he used high-powered lawyers [[OffOnATechnicality to get acquitted of his various crimes]] (clearly referencing Cochran's most famous case): "If a man's filled with glee, that man must go free!"
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* Subverted in ''WesternAnimation/ClerksTheAnimatedSeries''. Jay slips on a wet mess that Randall left on the floor, and Randall taunts him about it. "What are you going to do, sue?" Right on cue, a lawyer walks in to buy some conveniences- but when Randall (yes, [[JerkAss Randall]]) asks him to take on the case, he refuses and leaves. Randall then begins a concerted campaign of harassment until the lawyer finally gives in and agrees to take on the case- against Dante, since he was the store manager at the time.
** At trial, the lawyer doesn't even show any significant effort, presenting the bare facts of the case without any grandstanding. Unfortunately, Dante still ends up looking really bad because his boss hired Randall (yes, [[JerkAss Randall]]), who presents an incompetent defense.
** At trial, the lawyer doesn't even show any significant effort, presenting the bare facts of the case without any grandstanding. Unfortunately, Dante still ends up looking really bad because his boss hired Randall (yes, [[JerkAss Randall]]), who presents an incompetent defense.
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* Happens in the early ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' episode "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS2E10BartGetsHitByACar Bart Gets Hit by a Car]]". Mr. Burns accidentally hits Bart with his limo; the family attorney 'tricks' Homer into exaggerating the resulting injuries to squeeze more money from Burns.
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* ''WesternAnimation/BeavisAndButthead'': Joe Adler, a recurring incompetent lawyer, specializes in this (with Beavis and Butt-Head's help). In the episode "Sexual Harassment," he decides to sue Beavis and Butt-Head's classmate Kimberly (as well as their high school and teacher) for giving the boys erections. In the episode "Whiplash," he decides to sue the city and the state for an obviously false case of whiplash (which he helps to create the illusion of) and is arrested for dozens of counts of fraud.
* Subverted in ''WesternAnimation/ClerksTheAnimatedSeries''. Jay slips on a wet mess that Randall left on the floor, and Randall taunts him about it. "What are you going to do, sue?" Right on cue, a lawyer walks in to buy some conveniences- but when Randall (yes, [[JerkAss Randall]]) asks him to take on the case, he refuses and leaves. Randall then begins a concerted campaign of harassment until the lawyer finally gives in and agrees to take on the case -- against Dante, since he was the store manager at the time. At trial, the lawyer doesn't even show any significant effort, presenting the bare facts of the case without any grandstanding. Unfortunately, Dante still ends up looking really bad because his boss hired Randall (yes, [[{{Jerkass}} Randall]]), who presents an incompetent defense.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'':
** In the movie "[[Recap/FuturamaM4IntoTheWildGreenYonder Into the Wild Green Yonder]]", Bender is caught in an explosion on Zapp Brannigan's ship, and screams that he can't feel his arms and will never be able to paint again. Kif tells him in a weary voice that [[UltimateJobSecurity you can't sue the military]], and Bender gets up.
** Professor Farnsworth considers one against the Wongs in "[[Recap/FuturamaS3E10WhereTheBuggaloRoam Where the Buggalo Roam]]":
--->'''Mrs. Wong''': Phew! Everyone OK? No one considering lawsuit?\\
'''Professor Farnsworth''': Hmm, I might have mental anguish...\\
'''Mr. Wong''': [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections I'll have you know I'm friends with every judge on planet.]]\\
'''Professor''': I'm OK then.
* ''WesternAnimation/GravedaleHigh'':
** The episode "Monster on Trial" featured old lady Fresno, who cried whiplash after her car was slightly nudged by Reggie during driving lessons, and sued Max Schneider for a million dollars. Turns out she did that 8 times already, but always wins anyway. She wins the case this time too (entering in a wheelchair), but the case finally gets overturned when she tries the same trick in a minor collision with the judge. [[ArtisticLicenseLaw So when a plaintiff gets into an accident involving the judge of a previous case, that judge is allowed to declare the lawsuit against himself and his old court ruling void]].
** Fresno also ran a red light when Reggie and Frankentyke chase her through Midtown, so karma nipped her in the bud.
* The ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnold'' episode "Arnold Saves Sid" had Oscar Kakashka comically threaten to sue Phil for smacking him on the hand.
* ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'': "Motor Ed" reveals that an amusement park clown had sued Ron all because he accidentally threw up all over him while on a fast ride after eating a bunch of chili cheese dogs.
-->'''Kim:''' Ron had to swear he would never go the fair on a full stomach again, and pay the dry cleaning.
-->'''Ron:''' Baggy pants... double charge.
* ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill'':
** The character Lucky was initially disliked because he ''entirely sustained'' himself on frivolous lawsuits and refused to get a job. When we first meet him, he's just bought himself a new truck with money taken from "slippin' on pee-pee on th' Costco." When picked up by an ambulance, he even knows the exact amount of morphine to be given that will dull his pain without damaging his ability to testify. In the original GrandFinale, Lucky accidentally gets injured in Dale's house[[note]]Lucky and Dale were pretending to swordfight with poison wands, Lucky jumps onto a railing in the basement, which breaks and causes him to fall and hurt his back.[[/note]] so he can sue him so he can have an expensive wedding with Luanne. It turns out that Dale built the railing himself--without a permit, makes his own poison (he's an exterminator), is his own boss, and made up a fake liability insurance carrier just to shut Hank up. Lucky's lawyer tries to sue Strickland Propane because Hank suggested that Dale hire Lucky. Lucky later manages to turn this around. [[spoiler:After the lawyer refuses to drop the case due to "[[AmoralAttorney malpractice reasons]]", Lucky fakes a video of him playing golf, thus making his suit void. The lawyer tried to "unfake" it to get the suit through, but Lucky manages to get "injured" again in the lawyer's office. Hank promptly threatens to take the case -- now against that lawyer -- to one of his colleagues, and his threat looks fairly credible as all of the other lawyers in the building are almost lining up in the hall to take it.]]
** In another episode, Dale sues the tobacco companies, lying to claim that years of secondhand smoke have made his wife unattractive and destroyed his marriage. When he discovers that the company has (electronic) bugs planted in his house, he tries to exploit it by insulting Nancy at every opportunity, which completely destroys her self-esteem and nearly ''does'' destroy their marriage (he didn't tell Nancy what he was doing because she's a bad actress). When Dale finally figures out what he's doing, he cross-examines ''himself'' and convinces everyone that he still finds Nancy gorgeous. Ironically, he was suing to get money for Nancy so she could get cosmetic surgery.
** In "[[Recap/KingOfTheHillS12E20CopsAndRobert Cops and Robert]]", Dale applies for a position at a "Hooters" {{Expy}} called Bazooms! specifically so that he can sue them for discrimination when they turn him down for being male, but that is subverted when he is offered the position. He accepts it in hopes that they won't tolerate a man working as a waitress there for very long (again, letting him sue for discrimination), but that is ''also'' subverted when he starts giving away free food to get bigger tips, giving them a perfectly legal reason to fire him.
* ''WesternAnimation/MyGymPartnersAMonkey'': Principal Pixiefrog's fear of lawsuits often either drove or exacerbated the wacky hijinks of the episode.
* ''WesternAnimation/PinkyAndTheBrain'': In one episode, Brain tries to get money for a plan by getting a job and fake an accident to sue his employer for. [[spoiler:Brain pretends to be a human who was turned into a mouse because of an accident he suffered at his workplace and the judge rules in the defendant's favor not because Brain was already a mouse before the "accident" but because the defendant's lawyer convinces the judge that Brain isn't a mouse.]]
* A skit from ''WesternAnimation/RobotChicken Franchise/StarWars II'' has [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXkxrb7fj3Q an ad for Bob Goldstein]], who helps those injured by the "[[AccidentalMisnaming Jeddy]]", including the Wampa, Ponda Baba, and Darth Maul.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/RockosModernLife'' episode "Fly Burgers", Rocko swats a fly named Flecko while cooking burgers. Flecko sees an ad on TV saying how he can make money by suing someone... and he sues Rocko. Rocko is sentenced to 30 days... as a fly. [[spoiler:Until the judge sees Flecko at a fancy restaurant, completely uninjured, and turns Rocko back.]]
* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''
** Happens in the early''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' episode "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS2E10BartGetsHitByACar Bart Gets Hit by a Car]]". Mr. Burns accidentally hits Bart with his limo; the family attorney 'tricks' Homer into exaggerating the resulting injuries to squeeze more money from Burns. The irony being they would have gotten something, at least covering Bart's hospital bill as Marge wanted, if they had just told the truth at trial rather than make up false claims. Or if Homer had just taken the half-million Burns had offered him and went home -- they ended up with nothing because Homer was greedy.
* Subverted in ''WesternAnimation/ClerksTheAnimatedSeries''. Jay slips on a wet mess that Randall left on the floor, and Randall taunts him about it. "What are you going to do, sue?" Right on cue, a lawyer walks in to buy some conveniences- but when Randall (yes, [[JerkAss Randall]]) asks him to take on the case, he refuses and leaves. Randall then begins a concerted campaign of harassment until the lawyer finally gives in and agrees to take on the case -- against Dante, since he was the store manager at the time. At trial, the lawyer doesn't even show any significant effort, presenting the bare facts of the case without any grandstanding. Unfortunately, Dante still ends up looking really bad because his boss hired Randall (yes, [[{{Jerkass}} Randall]]), who presents an incompetent defense.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'':
** In the movie "[[Recap/FuturamaM4IntoTheWildGreenYonder Into the Wild Green Yonder]]", Bender is caught in an explosion on Zapp Brannigan's ship, and screams that he can't feel his arms and will never be able to paint again. Kif tells him in a weary voice that [[UltimateJobSecurity you can't sue the military]], and Bender gets up.
** Professor Farnsworth considers one against the Wongs in "[[Recap/FuturamaS3E10WhereTheBuggaloRoam Where the Buggalo Roam]]":
--->'''Mrs. Wong''': Phew! Everyone OK? No one considering lawsuit?\\
'''Professor Farnsworth''': Hmm, I might have mental anguish...\\
'''Mr. Wong''': [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections I'll have you know I'm friends with every judge on planet.]]\\
'''Professor''': I'm OK then.
* ''WesternAnimation/GravedaleHigh'':
** The episode "Monster on Trial" featured old lady Fresno, who cried whiplash after her car was slightly nudged by Reggie during driving lessons, and sued Max Schneider for a million dollars. Turns out she did that 8 times already, but always wins anyway. She wins the case this time too (entering in a wheelchair), but the case finally gets overturned when she tries the same trick in a minor collision with the judge. [[ArtisticLicenseLaw So when a plaintiff gets into an accident involving the judge of a previous case, that judge is allowed to declare the lawsuit against himself and his old court ruling void]].
** Fresno also ran a red light when Reggie and Frankentyke chase her through Midtown, so karma nipped her in the bud.
* The ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnold'' episode "Arnold Saves Sid" had Oscar Kakashka comically threaten to sue Phil for smacking him on the hand.
* ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'': "Motor Ed" reveals that an amusement park clown had sued Ron all because he accidentally threw up all over him while on a fast ride after eating a bunch of chili cheese dogs.
-->'''Kim:''' Ron had to swear he would never go the fair on a full stomach again, and pay the dry cleaning.
-->'''Ron:''' Baggy pants... double charge.
* ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill'':
** The character Lucky was initially disliked because he ''entirely sustained'' himself on frivolous lawsuits and refused to get a job. When we first meet him, he's just bought himself a new truck with money taken from "slippin' on pee-pee on th' Costco." When picked up by an ambulance, he even knows the exact amount of morphine to be given that will dull his pain without damaging his ability to testify. In the original GrandFinale, Lucky accidentally gets injured in Dale's house[[note]]Lucky and Dale were pretending to swordfight with poison wands, Lucky jumps onto a railing in the basement, which breaks and causes him to fall and hurt his back.[[/note]] so he can sue him so he can have an expensive wedding with Luanne. It turns out that Dale built the railing himself--without a permit, makes his own poison (he's an exterminator), is his own boss, and made up a fake liability insurance carrier just to shut Hank up. Lucky's lawyer tries to sue Strickland Propane because Hank suggested that Dale hire Lucky. Lucky later manages to turn this around. [[spoiler:After the lawyer refuses to drop the case due to "[[AmoralAttorney malpractice reasons]]", Lucky fakes a video of him playing golf, thus making his suit void. The lawyer tried to "unfake" it to get the suit through, but Lucky manages to get "injured" again in the lawyer's office. Hank promptly threatens to take the case -- now against that lawyer -- to one of his colleagues, and his threat looks fairly credible as all of the other lawyers in the building are almost lining up in the hall to take it.]]
** In another episode, Dale sues the tobacco companies, lying to claim that years of secondhand smoke have made his wife unattractive and destroyed his marriage. When he discovers that the company has (electronic) bugs planted in his house, he tries to exploit it by insulting Nancy at every opportunity, which completely destroys her self-esteem and nearly ''does'' destroy their marriage (he didn't tell Nancy what he was doing because she's a bad actress). When Dale finally figures out what he's doing, he cross-examines ''himself'' and convinces everyone that he still finds Nancy gorgeous. Ironically, he was suing to get money for Nancy so she could get cosmetic surgery.
** In "[[Recap/KingOfTheHillS12E20CopsAndRobert Cops and Robert]]", Dale applies for a position at a "Hooters" {{Expy}} called Bazooms! specifically so that he can sue them for discrimination when they turn him down for being male, but that is subverted when he is offered the position. He accepts it in hopes that they won't tolerate a man working as a waitress there for very long (again, letting him sue for discrimination), but that is ''also'' subverted when he starts giving away free food to get bigger tips, giving them a perfectly legal reason to fire him.
* ''WesternAnimation/MyGymPartnersAMonkey'': Principal Pixiefrog's fear of lawsuits often either drove or exacerbated the wacky hijinks of the episode.
* ''WesternAnimation/PinkyAndTheBrain'': In one episode, Brain tries to get money for a plan by getting a job and fake an accident to sue his employer for. [[spoiler:Brain pretends to be a human who was turned into a mouse because of an accident he suffered at his workplace and the judge rules in the defendant's favor not because Brain was already a mouse before the "accident" but because the defendant's lawyer convinces the judge that Brain isn't a mouse.]]
* A skit from ''WesternAnimation/RobotChicken Franchise/StarWars II'' has [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXkxrb7fj3Q an ad for Bob Goldstein]], who helps those injured by the "[[AccidentalMisnaming Jeddy]]", including the Wampa, Ponda Baba, and Darth Maul.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/RockosModernLife'' episode "Fly Burgers", Rocko swats a fly named Flecko while cooking burgers. Flecko sees an ad on TV saying how he can make money by suing someone... and he sues Rocko. Rocko is sentenced to 30 days... as a fly. [[spoiler:Until the judge sees Flecko at a fancy restaurant, completely uninjured, and turns Rocko back.]]
* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''
** Happens in the early
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** The irony being they would have gotten something, at least covering Bart's hospital bill as Marge wanted, if they had just told the truth at trial rather than make up false claims. Or if Homer had just taken the half-million Burns had offered him and went home - they ended up with nothing because Homer was greedy.
** There is also Homer vs. an 'all you can eat' seafood restaurant in "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS4E8NewKidOnTheBlock New Kid on the Block]]." If they kick Homer out before he has had '[[BuffetBuffoonery all he can eat,]]' does this make it fraudulent publicity?
** There is also Homer vs. an 'all you can eat' seafood restaurant in "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS4E8NewKidOnTheBlock New Kid on the Block]]." If they kick Homer out before he has had '[[BuffetBuffoonery all he can eat,]]' does this make it fraudulent publicity?
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* In the ''WesternAnimation/SonicBoom'' episode, "[[Recap/SonicBoomS1E17DontJudgeMe Don't Judge Me]]", Dr. Eggman spends most of the episode in a neck brace, claiming Sonic injured his neck in a battle between them, and attempting to sue him over it. He very nearly gets away with it, too, until Sonic notices him move his neck just fine and points it out near the end of the episode.
* [[MeaningfulName Courtney]] from ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama''. Her first lawsuit wasn't so unjustified (fellow competitor Harold rigged the votes against her, sending her home instead, and the host of the show didn't care even when the ruse was revealed), but she also bargained for unfair advantages (most notably contact with the outside world via her PDA) along with reentry into the second season. Once she was back in the game, she threatened to sue the producers again every time something didn't go her way. Her lawyers eventually got fed up with her litigious behavior and stopped returning her calls.
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* On ''WesternAnimation/MyGymPartnersAMonkey'', Principal Pixiefrog's fear of lawsuits often either drove or exacerbated the wacky hijinks of the episode.
* ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill'':
** The character Lucky was initially disliked because he ''entirely sustained'' himself on frivolous lawsuits and refused to get a job. When we first meet him, he's just bought himself a new truck with money taken from "slippin' on pee-pee on th' Costco." When picked up by an ambulance, he even knows the exact amount of morphine to be given that will dull his pain without damaging his ability to testify. In the original GrandFinale, Lucky accidentally gets injured in Dale's house[[note]]Lucky and Dale were pretending to swordfight with poison wands, Lucky jumps onto a railing in the basement, which breaks and causes him to fall and hurt his back.[[/note]] so he can sue him so he can have an expensive wedding with Luanne. It turns out that Dale built the railing himself--without a permit, makes his own poison (he's an exterminator), is his own boss, and made up a fake liability insurance carrier just to shut Hank up. Lucky's lawyer tries to sue Strickland Propane because Hank suggested that Dale hire Lucky.
*** Lucky later manages to turn this around. [[spoiler:After the lawyer refuses to drop the case due to "[[AmoralAttorney malpractice reasons]]", Lucky fakes a video of him playing golf, thus making his suit void. The lawyer tried to "unfake" it to get the suit through, but Lucky manages to get "injured" again in the lawyer's office. Hank promptly threatens to take the case - now against that lawyer - to one of his colleagues, and his threat looks fairly credible as all of the other lawyers in the building are almost lining up in the hall to take it.]]
** In another episode, Dale sues the tobacco companies, lying to claim that years of secondhand smoke have made his wife unattractive and destroyed his marriage. When he discovers that the company has (electronic) bugs planted in his house, he tries to exploit it by insulting Nancy at every opportunity, which completely destroys her self-esteem and nearly ''does'' destroy their marriage (he didn't tell Nancy what he was doing because she's a bad actress). When Dale finally figures out what he's doing, he cross-examines ''himself'' and convinces everyone that he still finds Nancy gorgeous. Ironically, he was suing to get money for Nancy so she could get cosmetic surgery.
** In "[[Recap/KingOfTheHillS12E20CopsAndRobert Cops and Robert]]", Dale applies for a position at a "Hooters" {{Expy}} called Bazooms! specifically so that he can sue them for discrimination when they turn him down for being male, but that is subverted when he is offered the position. He accepts it in hopes that they won't tolerate a man working as a waitress there for very long (again, letting him sue for discrimination), but that is ''also'' subverted when he starts giving away free food to get bigger tips, giving them a perfectly legal reason to fire him.
* The ''WesternAnimation/GravedaleHigh'' episode "Monster on Trial" featured old lady Fresno, who cried whiplash after her car was slightly nudged by Reggie during driving lessons, and sued Max Schneider for a million dollars. Turns out she did that 8 times already, but always wins anyway. She wins the case this time too (entering in a wheelchair), but the case finally gets overturned when she tries the same trick in a minor collision with the judge. [[ArtisticLicenseLaw So when a plaintiff gets into an accident involving the judge of a previous case, that judge is allowed to declare the lawsuit against himself and his old court ruling void.]]
** Fresno also ran a red light when Reggie and Frankentyke chase her through Midtown, so karma nipped her in the bud.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/RockosModernLife'' episode "Fly Burgers", Rocko swats a fly named Flecko while cooking burgers. Flecko sees an ad on TV saying how he can make money by suing someone... and he sues Rocko. Rocko is sentenced to 30 days... as a fly. [[spoiler:Until the judge sees Flecko at a fancy restaurant, completely uninjured, and turns Rocko back.]]
* In the ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' movie "[[Recap/FuturamaM4IntoTheWildGreenYonder Into the Wild Green Yonder]]", Bender is caught in an explosion on Zapp Brannigan's ship, and screams that he can't feel his arms and will never be able to paint again. Kif tells him in a weary voice that [[UltimateJobSecurity you can't sue the military]], and Bender gets up.
** Professor Farnsworth considers one against the Wongs in "[[Recap/FuturamaS3E10WhereTheBuggaloRoam Where the Buggalo Roam]]":
--->'''Mrs. Wong''': Phew! Everyone OK? No one considering lawsuit?\\
'''Professor Farnsworth''': Hmm, I might have mental anguish...\\
'''Mr. Wong''': [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections I'll have you know I'm friends with every judge on planet.]]\\
'''Professor''': I'm OK then.
* Joe Adler, a recurring incompetent lawyer on ''WesternAnimation/BeavisAndButthead'', specializes in this (with Beavis and Butthead's help). In the episode "Sexual Harassment," he decides to sue Beavis and Butthead's classmate Kimberly (as well as their high school and teacher) for giving the boys erections. In the episode "Whiplash," he decides to sue the city and the state for an obviously false case of whiplash (which he helps to create the illusion of) and is arrested for dozens of counts of fraud.
* [[MeaningfulName Courtney]] from ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama''. Her first lawsuit wasn't so unjustified (fellow competitor Harold rigged the votes against her, sending her home instead, and the host of the show didn't care even when the ruse was revealed), but she also bargained for unfair advantages (most notably contact with the outside world via her PDA) along with reentry into the second season. Once she was back in the game, she threatened to sue the producers again every time something didn't go her way. Her lawyers eventually got fed up with her litigious behavior and stopped returning her calls.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/SonicBoom'' episode, "[[Recap/SonicBoomS1E17DontJudgeMe Don't Judge Me]]", Dr. Eggman spends most of the episode in a neck brace, claiming Sonic injured his neck in a battle between them, and attempting to sue him over it. He very nearly gets away with it, too, until Sonic notices him move his neck just fine and points it out near the end of the episode.
* ''WesternAnimation/PinkyAndTheBrain'': In one episode, Brain tries to get money for a plan by getting a job and fake an accident to sue his employer for. [[spoiler:Brain pretends to be a human who was turned into a mouse because of an accident he suffered at his workplace and the judge rules in the defendant's favor not because Brain was already a mouse before the "accident" but because the defendant's lawyer convinces the judge that Brain isn't a mouse.]]
* A skit from ''WesternAnimation/RobotChicken Franchise/StarWars II'' has [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXkxrb7fj3Q an ad for Bob Goldstein,]] who helps those injured by the "[[AccidentalMisnaming Jeddy]]", including the Wampa, Ponda Baba, and Darth Maul.
* The ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnold'' episode "Arnold Saves Sid" had Oscar Kakashka comically threaten to sue Phil for smacking him on the hand.
* ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'': "Motor Ed" reveals that an amusement park clown had sued Ron all because he accidentally threw up all over him while on a fast ride after eating a bunch of chili cheese dogs.
-->'''Kim:''' Ron had to swear he would never go the fair on a full stomach again, and pay the dry cleaning.
-->'''Ron:''' Baggy pants... double charge.
* ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill'':
** The character Lucky was initially disliked because he ''entirely sustained'' himself on frivolous lawsuits and refused to get a job. When we first meet him, he's just bought himself a new truck with money taken from "slippin' on pee-pee on th' Costco." When picked up by an ambulance, he even knows the exact amount of morphine to be given that will dull his pain without damaging his ability to testify. In the original GrandFinale, Lucky accidentally gets injured in Dale's house[[note]]Lucky and Dale were pretending to swordfight with poison wands, Lucky jumps onto a railing in the basement, which breaks and causes him to fall and hurt his back.[[/note]] so he can sue him so he can have an expensive wedding with Luanne. It turns out that Dale built the railing himself--without a permit, makes his own poison (he's an exterminator), is his own boss, and made up a fake liability insurance carrier just to shut Hank up. Lucky's lawyer tries to sue Strickland Propane because Hank suggested that Dale hire Lucky.
*** Lucky later manages to turn this around. [[spoiler:After the lawyer refuses to drop the case due to "[[AmoralAttorney malpractice reasons]]", Lucky fakes a video of him playing golf, thus making his suit void. The lawyer tried to "unfake" it to get the suit through, but Lucky manages to get "injured" again in the lawyer's office. Hank promptly threatens to take the case - now against that lawyer - to one of his colleagues, and his threat looks fairly credible as all of the other lawyers in the building are almost lining up in the hall to take it.]]
** In another episode, Dale sues the tobacco companies, lying to claim that years of secondhand smoke have made his wife unattractive and destroyed his marriage. When he discovers that the company has (electronic) bugs planted in his house, he tries to exploit it by insulting Nancy at every opportunity, which completely destroys her self-esteem and nearly ''does'' destroy their marriage (he didn't tell Nancy what he was doing because she's a bad actress). When Dale finally figures out what he's doing, he cross-examines ''himself'' and convinces everyone that he still finds Nancy gorgeous. Ironically, he was suing to get money for Nancy so she could get cosmetic surgery.
** In "[[Recap/KingOfTheHillS12E20CopsAndRobert Cops and Robert]]", Dale applies for a position at a "Hooters" {{Expy}} called Bazooms! specifically so that he can sue them for discrimination when they turn him down for being male, but that is subverted when he is offered the position. He accepts it in hopes that they won't tolerate a man working as a waitress there for very long (again, letting him sue for discrimination), but that is ''also'' subverted when he starts giving away free food to get bigger tips, giving them a perfectly legal reason to fire him.
* The ''WesternAnimation/GravedaleHigh'' episode "Monster on Trial" featured old lady Fresno, who cried whiplash after her car was slightly nudged by Reggie during driving lessons, and sued Max Schneider for a million dollars. Turns out she did that 8 times already, but always wins anyway. She wins the case this time too (entering in a wheelchair), but the case finally gets overturned when she tries the same trick in a minor collision with the judge. [[ArtisticLicenseLaw So when a plaintiff gets into an accident involving the judge of a previous case, that judge is allowed to declare the lawsuit against himself and his old court ruling void.]]
** Fresno also ran a red light when Reggie and Frankentyke chase her through Midtown, so karma nipped her in the bud.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/RockosModernLife'' episode "Fly Burgers", Rocko swats a fly named Flecko while cooking burgers. Flecko sees an ad on TV saying how he can make money by suing someone... and he sues Rocko. Rocko is sentenced to 30 days... as a fly. [[spoiler:Until the judge sees Flecko at a fancy restaurant, completely uninjured, and turns Rocko back.]]
* In the ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' movie "[[Recap/FuturamaM4IntoTheWildGreenYonder Into the Wild Green Yonder]]", Bender is caught in an explosion on Zapp Brannigan's ship, and screams that he can't feel his arms and will never be able to paint again. Kif tells him in a weary voice that [[UltimateJobSecurity you can't sue the military]], and Bender gets up.
** Professor Farnsworth considers one against the Wongs in "[[Recap/FuturamaS3E10WhereTheBuggaloRoam Where the Buggalo Roam]]":
--->'''Mrs. Wong''': Phew! Everyone OK? No one considering lawsuit?\\
'''Professor Farnsworth''': Hmm, I might have mental anguish...\\
'''Mr. Wong''': [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections I'll have you know I'm friends with every judge on planet.]]\\
'''Professor''': I'm OK then.
* Joe Adler, a recurring incompetent lawyer on ''WesternAnimation/BeavisAndButthead'', specializes in this (with Beavis and Butthead's help). In the episode "Sexual Harassment," he decides to sue Beavis and Butthead's classmate Kimberly (as well as their high school and teacher) for giving the boys erections. In the episode "Whiplash," he decides to sue the city and the state for an obviously false case of whiplash (which he helps to create the illusion of) and is arrested for dozens of counts of fraud.
* [[MeaningfulName Courtney]] from ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama''. Her first lawsuit wasn't so unjustified (fellow competitor Harold rigged the votes against her, sending her home instead, and the host of the show didn't care even when the ruse was revealed), but she also bargained for unfair advantages (most notably contact with the outside world via her PDA) along with reentry into the second season. Once she was back in the game, she threatened to sue the producers again every time something didn't go her way. Her lawyers eventually got fed up with her litigious behavior and stopped returning her calls.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/SonicBoom'' episode, "[[Recap/SonicBoomS1E17DontJudgeMe Don't Judge Me]]", Dr. Eggman spends most of the episode in a neck brace, claiming Sonic injured his neck in a battle between them, and attempting to sue him over it. He very nearly gets away with it, too, until Sonic notices him move his neck just fine and points it out near the end of the episode.
* ''WesternAnimation/PinkyAndTheBrain'': In one episode, Brain tries to get money for a plan by getting a job and fake an accident to sue his employer for. [[spoiler:Brain pretends to be a human who was turned into a mouse because of an accident he suffered at his workplace and the judge rules in the defendant's favor not because Brain was already a mouse before the "accident" but because the defendant's lawyer convinces the judge that Brain isn't a mouse.]]
* A skit from ''WesternAnimation/RobotChicken Franchise/StarWars II'' has [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXkxrb7fj3Q an ad for Bob Goldstein,]] who helps those injured by the "[[AccidentalMisnaming Jeddy]]", including the Wampa, Ponda Baba, and Darth Maul.
* The ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnold'' episode "Arnold Saves Sid" had Oscar Kakashka comically threaten to sue Phil for smacking him on the hand.
* ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'': "Motor Ed" reveals that an amusement park clown had sued Ron all because he accidentally threw up all over him while on a fast ride after eating a bunch of chili cheese dogs.
-->'''Kim:''' Ron had to swear he would never go the fair on a full stomach again, and pay the dry cleaning.
-->'''Ron:''' Baggy pants... double charge.
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* ''Fanfic/PoundTheTable'': One of Noa Schaefer's first major cases as a lawyer involves her defending Jacques Canter, a tennis player accused of being a mutant (and thus that he used his powers to cheat) [[SoreLoser by the man who lost to him in the U.S. Open]]. Noa is able to prove that the alleged "enhanced physical abilities" that let Carter win are non-existent and his skills are the same as those of the average well-trained tennis player, and so the judge declares the lawsuit frivolous and orders the plaintiff and his sponsors (one of which is Nike) to pay $250 million in reparation money to Carter.
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* ''WebVideo/LegalEagle'' has several videos talking about the subject, including [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYjX3Div93A The Most Frivolous Lawsuits Ever]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fakd3d9q4JE The Most Ridiculous Lawsuits Ever]], and ([[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers for fair and balance]]) [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_jaU5V9FUg Lawsuits That Actually Weren't Ridiculous]] which includes the infamous "frivolous" lawsuit of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liebeck_v._McDonald%27s_Restaurants Stella Liebeck]] who suffered third-degree burns and had to spend eight days in hospital ''receiving skin grafts''... which [=McDonalds=] accused of being frivolous.
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* ''WebVideo/LegalEagle'' has several videos talking about the subject, including [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYjX3Div93A The Most Frivolous Lawsuits Ever]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fakd3d9q4JE The Most Ridiculous Lawsuits Ever]], and ([[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers for (for fair and balance]]) balance) [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_jaU5V9FUg Lawsuits That Actually Weren't Ridiculous]] which includes the infamous "frivolous" lawsuit of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liebeck_v._McDonald%27s_Restaurants Stella Liebeck]] who suffered third-degree burns and had to spend eight days in hospital ''receiving skin grafts''... which [=McDonalds=] accused of being frivolous.
