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* OverlyLongGag: Charlie's bird defense argument ends up naming most of the [=McPoyle=] family, while there isn't an express ThemeNaming to the family when all are said in quick succession it turns into a TongueTwister: Liam, Ryan, Lion, Margaret, Keith, Doyle, Pappy and Royal [=McPoyle=].
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* AccuseTheWitness: Well, the witness's ''pet'', but it's still in the spirit of this trope.
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* TheCloudcuckoolanderWasRight: Charlie's self-proclaimed expertise in the non-existent field of "bird law" ends up paying off, and everything he says about "Poconos swallows" is implied to be completely true in-universe.
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* MakeTheDogTestify: Charlie tries to do this, but he didn't know ornithologists only [[SpeaksFluentAnimal understand birds]] ''figuratively''.
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* ThePerryMasonMethod: Downplayed. The witness is incapable of speaking coherently, so the logical contradiction is just "he is wearing a hat, even though the bailiff said that everyone should take them off". The witness still "confesses", though, by attacking someone else--in full view of the court--in the same manner.
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He didn't know Royal was dangerous until after the bird was already mauling him. He had no reason to think Charlie's ramblings were anything more than nonsense
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* TooDumbToLive: Surprisingly, the Lawyer, who has been portrayed as a very smart person, doesn't think to get out of the way when the [=McPoyle=] pet bird, Royal, attacks him and [[EyeScream pecks his eye out.]]
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* ComicallySmallDemand: Liam [=McPoyle=] lost an eye and is suing Bill for the sum of two hundred dollars.
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* ArtisticLicenseLaw: The episode gets ''everything'' wrong in how an American court case is handled. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFAi-X-gNIQ&t=287s This video]] by WebVideo/LegalEagle provides most of the examples that are shown below.
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* ArtisticLicenseLaw: The episode gets ''everything'' wrong in how an American court case is handled.handled (probably intentional due to RuleOfFunny). [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFAi-X-gNIQ&t=287s This video]] by WebVideo/LegalEagle provides most of the examples that are shown below.
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-->'''Pappy:''' I have seen raccoons and oysters dancing in the head of a pin with the angels! They are laughing!
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-->'''Pappy:''' I have seen raccoons and oysters dancing in the head of a pin with the angels! They angels… they are laughing!laughing.
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* ScatterbrainedSenior: Once again, Pappy [=McPoyle=] shows that he might not be all there in the head.
-->'''Pappy:''' I have seen raccoons and oysters dancing in the head of a pin with the angels! They are laughing!
-->'''Pappy:''' I have seen raccoons and oysters dancing in the head of a pin with the angels! They are laughing!
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* BreakTheHaughty: This is the first time that the Lawyer hasn't managed to remain two steps ahead of the gang, and by the end of the episode he's lost both the case and his eye.
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* BreakTheHaughty: This is the first time that the Lawyer hasn't managed to remain two steps ahead of the gang, and by the end of the episode he's lost both the case [[EyeScream and his eye.an eye]].
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* CallBack: Mac [[Recap/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphiaS06E07WhoGotDeePregnant sleeps with Margaret McPoyle again]].
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** Mac [[Recap/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphiaS06E07WhoGotDeePregnant sleeps with Margaret McPoyle again]].
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* HollywoodLaw: See ArtisticLicenseLaw above.
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** The injury the The [=McPoyles=] are suing for happened over three years earlier in real world time. Even if one assumes the episodes in-universe don't entirely line up with real world time, the statute of limitations for personal injury in Pennsylvania is only two years.
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** The injury the The [=McPoyles=] are suing for happened over three years earlier in real world time. Even if one assumes the episodes in-universe don't entirely line up with real world time, the statute of limitations for personal injury in Pennsylvania is only two years.
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* ArtisticLicenseLaw: The episode gets ''everything'' wrong in how an American court case is handled. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFAi-X-gNIQ&t=287s This video]] by WebVideo/LegalEagle provides all of the examples that are shown below.
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* ArtisticLicenseLaw: The episode gets ''everything'' wrong in how an American court case is handled. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFAi-X-gNIQ&t=287s This video]] by WebVideo/LegalEagle provides all most of the examples that are shown below.
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** The injury the The [=McPoyles=] are suing for happened over three years earlier in real world time. Even if one assumes the episodes in-universe don't entirely line up with real world time, the statute of limitations for personal injury in Pennsylvania is only two years.
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* ArtisticLicenseLaw: The episode gets ''everything'' wrong in how an American court case is handled. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFAi-X-gNIQ&t=287s This video provides all of the examples that are shown below]].
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* ArtisticLicenseLaw: The episode gets ''everything'' wrong in how an American court case is handled. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFAi-X-gNIQ&t=287s This video video]] by WebVideo/LegalEagle provides all of the examples that are shown below]].below.
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* AndAnotherThing: Charlie makes a solid case about the real perpetrator being the Mc Poyle family bird. When Pappy points out that he has no evidence of the bird even existing, Charlie seems to admit defeat, before invoking this trope.
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* AndAnotherThing: Charlie makes a solid case about the real perpetrator being the Mc Poyle [=McPoyle=] family bird. When Pappy points out that he has no evidence of the bird even existing, Charlie seems to admit defeat, before invoking this trope.
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* TooDumbToLive: Surprisingly, the Lawyer, who has been portrayed as a very smart person, doesn't think to get out of the way when the [=McPoyle=] pet bird, Royal, attacks him and [[EyeScream pecks is eye out.]]
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* TooDumbToLive: Surprisingly, the Lawyer, who has been portrayed as a very smart person, doesn't think to get out of the way when the [=McPoyle=] pet bird, Royal, attacks him and [[EyeScream pecks is his eye out.]]
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** Mac tries to win Bill the case with a "bombshell" like in a lot of courtroom movies. Real court cases do not allow this to happen, the pre-trial discovery done to ensure there are no surprises during trial. Not only that, but the evidence he acquires all falls under hearsay.
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** Mac tries to win Bill the case with a "bombshell" like in a lot of courtroom movies. Real court cases do not allow this to happen, the pre-trial discovery is done to ensure there are no surprises during trial. Not only that, but the evidence he acquires all falls under hearsay.
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** While Charlie was right in that Pappy [=McPoyle=] would have needed to remove his hat, physical and mental examinations can only be performed by suitably license examiners. If this was real, Charlie would have been tackled by the bailiff the moment he went up to remove the hat.
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** While Charlie was right in that Pappy [=McPoyle=] would have needed to remove his hat, physical and mental examinations can only be performed by suitably license licensed examiners. If this was real, Charlie would have been tackled by the bailiff the moment he went up to remove the hat.
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* RiddleForTheAges: How the hell did Frank sneak a gym-bag full of drugs into a Court House?
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** The Lawyer's opening statement is basically him character assassinating Bill Ponderosa and the Gang, all but admitting that much of what he says is personal. Uncle Jack's opening statement is just accusations of the Lawyer being a liar and his client being innocent with absolutely no context or substance. Both fall under the per-view of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Character_evidence Character Evidence]], which would be thrown out as irrelevant, and in the Lawyer's case paints him as dangerously biased and unprofessional.
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** The Lawyer's opening statement is basically him character assassinating Bill Ponderosa and the Gang, all but admitting that much of what he says is personal. Uncle Jack's opening statement is just accusations of the Lawyer being a liar and his client being innocent with absolutely no context or substance. Both fall under the per-view purview of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Character_evidence Character Evidence]], which would be thrown out as irrelevant, and in the Lawyer's case paints him as dangerously biased and unprofessional.
