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When a lawyer goes: Your Honor, I Object! or Objection, Your Honor!, one would expect them to follow that up with a devastatingly accurate reason, which could either turn the tides of the court, or shut the other side down, hard. But when Unconventional Courtroom Tactics are involved, objections are usually followed by complete non-reasons like: "I object on the grounds that it sucks for me" or "I object for it being objectionable!" Most would expect that such a nonsensical move would get the lawyer doing it a lot of flak, and have the objection overruled, and most of the time that is how it will go down. But one can take this up to eleven by having the objection somehow sustained. Objections are used by lawyers in court when they feel the opposing lawyer has asked a witness an improper question that the court should not hear the answer to. In comedies, expect the phrase to be used by someone who isn't a lawyer at all, believing it to be something you say anytime you disagree with someone. Can be a case of I Always Wanted to Say That. Intentionally excessive use of this (see Real Life below) can be a type of Chewbacca Defense. See also Disregard That Statement. For the other "I object", see Speak Now or Forever Hold Your Peace. Examples |
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And then there was Ansem Retort. | |
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An accidental one in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Novak objects that the lawyer is leading the witness on cross-examination. This is allowable and expected. Parties aren't allowed to lead on direct examination (unless they specifically get permission to do so — this is what "permission to treat the witness as hostile" refers to), but it is permissible during cross-examination specifically because of the difference in dynamic; the direct examination is trying to get the witness to tell their story, and therefore the questions need to be open-ended to ensure that the story is coming from the witness and not the attorney, but the cross-examining attorney is trying to impeach the witness' story and may need to ask specific questions in order to do so. Barba gets a variation when a lawyer asks Olivia if her time as an SVU detective has led her to think all men are rapists. One early incident had Detective Munch testifying against a doctor who sexually assaulted a patient under the guise of treating her for hysteria. The defenses objections resulted in Munch, unprompted by the prosecutor, giving a history of hysteria and its treatments, culminating in explaining why the vibrator was invented; that got a simultaneous objection from the prosecution and the defense.note Presumably the objection is that it's beyond the scope of the questioning and/or that Munch's expertise hasn't been established to the standard required for court testimony — both of which would in fact be legally valid objections — but the judge sustains it without even requiring either party to state specific grounds. |
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In the The Addams Family episode "The Addams Family in Court", where Gomez is participating in a trial with the family observing, the entire family drives the judge nuts, including Uncle Fester who says "I Object!" just so he can participate in the trial, despite the fact that he is in the audience and thus obviously not supposed to interfere. | |
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In Tales of Monkey Island, Guybrush has the option of doing this while on trial; it's one of many ways to anger the judge (necessary to solve a puzzle). | |
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Fatal Instinct: Spoofed during Lana Ravine's trial. | |
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Bones When Brennan's father was on trial for murder. In the same episode, although she didn't actually object, Angela took the fifth to prevent herself from having to incriminate someone else. She was told that the Fifth Amendment only protected her from incriminating herself. She wound up taking the First, which protects freedom of assembly, including friendship, and is four better than the Fifth! The judge was not impressed. Also: |
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Psych uses this one in “Cloudy With a Chance of Murder.� | |
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The Simpsons: Another episode has Hutz get so fed up of hearing the words "objection" followed by "sustained" that he announces if he hears it one more time he'll scream. Sure enough... |
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Parodied in Extras in the Orlando Bloom episode, which opens as usual with a scene from the movie-within-a-show that's being filmed, which appears to be a courtroom-drama-romantic-comedy-of-manners. Bloom, the prosecuting attorney: "It seems very odd that you would send your wife flowers and not include a card. Whenever I send my wife flowers, I always write a card." Up pops the defense attorney: "Objection! When did you ever send me flowers?" This escalates into an argument, which the judge resolves by declaring, "I order you two to kiss and make up!" | |
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In an early Justice League episode, Green Lantern is being framed for the destruction of a planet and is being put on trial. When GL gets found guilty and the judge starts to sentence him, the Flash tries to interrupt with an "Objection!", which is denied. | |
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On The Good Wife, Alicia Florick is up against her former boss Stern. Stern is in the early stages of Alzheimer's Disease, something he's only told Alicia and she can't tell anyone else because he told her at a previous time when he was her client. She gets around this by repeatedly raising frivolous objections during one of Stern's cross-examinations, causing him to become confused and forget what he was going to ask next. | |
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On Unhappily Ever After, Ryan once rattled off three or four of these in a quick montage. The most memorable one was this: "I have contempt for this court!" | |
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Community: Played for Laughs during "Basic Lupine Urology," with the case of the murdered yam. | |
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In Idiocracy, Joe's lawyer tries to object to the judge's clear bias, forgets and objects that "he won't be able to pay ME after he gives back all the money he stole from the hospital!" | |
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Done by the Genie in Aladdin and the King of Thieves during Aladdin's trial. | |
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Elly of For Better or for Worse goes to court to contest a traffic ticket. When the plaintiff's lawyer is explaining the situation, Elly (who is defending herself) hastily objects. The judge explains that she needs to stand up and say "Your Honor"; Elly even more passionately shoots to her feet and shrieks, "On my honor, I object!" | |
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In Trials and Tribulations Godot objects, just before throwing a cup of coffee over Phoenix's face. | |
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In The Rats, The Bats, and the Ugly, there is an oddly phrased but technically valid objection during Chip's second court martial. | |
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After Hank accidentally saws off Dale's index finger (it gets reattached) in King of the Hill, Dale has a judge impose a restraining order. While Hank gives his account and his history with Dale: | |
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Played with on The Closer. The lawyer gives two perfectly reasonable objections, then follows it with a silly one for kicks. | |
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Played up in one Penny Arcade strip. | |
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In the spin-off crossover Professor Layton vs. Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney in the final case when the Storyteller lays out the whole convoluted plot, pressing the first statement has Phoenix say "HOLD IT!" followed by a bewildered yell, being unable to wrap his head around it. One of the Special Episodes features Edgeworth solving a puzzle. His victory one-liner is a Call-Back to his trope-naming original quote. |
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Subverted in an episode of The Practice, in which Bobby Donnell is so exhausted due to lack of sleep that he can barely stay awake in the courtroom. Opposing counsel says something ridiculous that the judge (and by this point, the audience) would reasonably expect Bobby to loudly object to. The judge looks at Bobby, who is dozing off, waits a beat, and just says "Sustained" anyway. | |
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Schlock Mercenary: During the court room portion of the HTRN Takedown arc, Captain Tagon is forced to defend himself in Petey's court, since Petey doesn't allow lawyers. | |
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In the Red Dwarf episode "Justice", Kryten's defence of Rimmer on 1,169 counts of manslaughter is to present him (accurately) as a sad incompetent. Naturally, Rimmer can't bring himself to let this slide, and repeatedly objects to his own defence. After he's found innocent, he objects again. | |
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Turnabout Storm has Twilight objecting during the trial on the grounds of "This can't go on!". Of course, considering the target of and the circumstances behind the objection, it's anything but Played for Laughs. | |
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In the Porridge episode "Rough Justice", Stephen Rawley (a judge convicted of corruption) finds his watch has gone missing, and Fletcher decides Harris stole it, and arranges a trial with himself prosecuting, Warren defending and Rawley (against his better judgement) on the bench. It starts well: | |
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Gilligan's Island: In "Plant You Now, Dig You Later", during a mock-courtroom scene, the Skipper and Mr. Howell (acting as lawyers) object several times. In one case, Mr. Howell can't actually think of a reason for the objection. Then the following exchange occurs: | |
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And case 5 of Spirit of Justice gives us this: | |
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Subtle example in The Krytos Trap. The setting is a military trial, where Tycho Celchu has been charged with the murder of Corran Horn. Commander Ettyk, the prosecutor, is questioning a witness (Iella Wessiri) who had partnered with Horn in the past, and who had also participated in the retaking of Coruscant with Horn. The direct examination concluded more or less as follows: | |
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One Bloom County strip had legal assistant Opus damning the torpedoes and going for the gusto in court: | |
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In one episode of The Magic School Bus when Ms. Frizzle takes the class on one of her field trips while on trial for stealing Keisha's cucumber, Arnold objects to "being the smallest defense attorney in history." | |
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Two different cases in General Protection Fault. Case 1, Fooker's trial in the Ubersoft crossover. Case 2, Man vs. Mold. Upon being told that her plaintiff (Trent) had been convicted for attempted murder before: |
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In the non-canon Gargoyles episode "And Justice For All", Goliath's public defender Amy is trying to stall for time for Goliath to bring back decisive evidence proving his innocence to the judge. When she's about to pass judgment on him for having escaped from custody, Amy can only weakly object to the use of the word "escaped". | |
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Will & Grace: Grace attempts to sue a client who refuses to pay her over disagreements with her interior design choices. She ends up representing herself in arbitration after the client (who's partner at a major law firm) hires Will and orders him to handle the case. | |
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Inverted on M*A*S*H, when Hawkeye allows a military lawyer to scrub up and observe them in the operating room. | |
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Played with in one episode of Law & Order when a defense attorney tries to suppress an alleged search of her clients' home on the grounds that the police didn't have a warrant for said search...except when she serves this motion to the prosecution, they have no idea what she's talking about and didn't even know the evidence she's referring to existed. As far as the defense attorney is aware, her motion is valid, but the prosecution correctly points out that the court can't exclude evidence the prosecution isn't in possession of. | |
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Liar Liar has the most honest version: | |
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In Apollo Justice's first trial, when the prosecution states that the victim was the winner of the poker game: | |
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In Dual Destinies, with Phoenix during the first case. | |
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Family Matters has Steve Urkel accused of blowing up the science lab. Knowing he is innocent, Laura defends him in a trial held before the Absurdly Powerful Student Council. Carl is called upon by the prosecution to describe the many, many, many disasters Steve has caused at their house. On cross-examination, Laura establishes that Steve has always taken responsibility for his mistakes, and asks Carl why Steve isn't claiming this one. | |
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In Little Fuzzy, the objections start before the trial begins. Gus Brannhard (Jack Holloway's lawyer) objects to Leonard Kellogg being tried first and Leslie Coombes (Kellogg's lawyer) has the same objection to Holloway being tried first. Chief Justice Pendarvis resolves both objections by ordering the two trials combined, and swearing in each defense lawyer as a special prosecutor against the other's client. During the testimony of the first witness, Coombes objects to the witness referring to fuzzies as "people," and Brannhard immediately counter-objects to the witness being forced to not refer to fuzzies as people. After Kellogg commits suicide in jail, Coombs objection to "the farce of trying a dead man" is shot down by citing People of the Colony of Baphomet versus Jamshar Singh, Deceased. It's a Running Gag that one could find a precedent in colonial law for almost anything. |
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Judgment at Nuremberg has a Played for Drama version of this trope, when the prosecutor brings up the Feldenstein Case, a notorious incident where a Jewish merchant was sentenced to death by a Third Reich Kangaroo Court that was presided over by one of the four judges on trial. The defending lawyer, Rolfe, tries objecting, but stumbles over his words while trying to find a reason and can only claim that it's too sensitive a topic to discuss, which naturally holds no water in a trial regarding crimes against humanity. Until this point Rolfe had been skilfully rebutting the prosecution's arguments, so the fact that he's trying to object despite knowing he has no good grounds to do so indicates just how royally screwed his client will be by discussion of the Feldensein Case. | |
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LegalEagle has explained that such a tactic, that is objecting when you know will be overruled, is actually a valid tactic in court battles. For one, even if the objection is overruled it still goes on record that you objected, and if you don't it can hurt your attempt at an appeal because they are likely to question why you didn't object during the court case. Another is that is simply breaks up the flow of opposing counsel, which can prevent them from getting into a good tangent or speech and make them lose their train of thought. Of course, he is quick to point out that being too trigger-happy with objections is annoying and can turn the jury and judge against you which, naturally, is utterly devastating to you. | |
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In one of Denis Norden's humorous monologues on My Word!, he described how he was in court for allegedly assaulting his ballroom dancing partner. At one point, the prosecutor dances with her in order to demonstrate how the ordeal has ruined her ability. Norden instantly jumps up. | |
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The Venture Bros.: in "Trial of the Monarch", Dr. Venture raises an objection from the gallery about the lewd content of the Monarch's testimony . | |
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The Fairly OddParents!: Timmy Turner didn't have better grounds than the case above when he had to convince the Fairy Council he's not the worst godchild ever. He objected on the grounds he was losing. Later on, when the case was turned on his favor and the Fairy Council was about to acquit him, the Prosecutor objected and, when asked for grounds, he started searching through his papers until he found Timmy's Secret Wish. | |
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There was a Ctrl-Alt-Del comic about Metal Gear Ac!d where a guard, after facing a card which allows him to be shot, says "I object on the ground that it sucks for me". | |
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Franziska does this in Justice For All. "Objection! I... I... I object... For objection's sake..." Hilariously, this is actually a case of Reality Is Unrealistic — she'd already objected, so while the outburst itself wasn't necessary, it would technically be a continuing objection. | |
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In The Trial Of Tim Heidecker, Tim represents himself and frequently launches spurious objections, of which all but one end up being overruled by an (increasingly aggravated) Judge Szymczyk. | |
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In the final episode of The IT Crowd a central piece of evidence in Victoria's case is a sex tape made by Douglas Reynholm. After Victoria's lawyer decides that that enough of the tape has been shown and switches it off, Douglas objects with: | |
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Good Omens (2019): In a Kangaroo Court scene in Hell, the prosecuting demon objects to the defendant's request to speak in his own defense, arguing that the charges are obviously indefensible. Hell being Hell, the objection is upheld. | |
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In one episode of Duckman, Bernice is testifying as to Duckman's character. | |
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Happens with Denny Crane in Boston Legal season 3 episode 10 "The Nutcracker" after opposing counsel badgers a witness. | |
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The illustrated version of The Wee Free Men includes a transcript of the case "Princess Sandy of Brokenrock vs. Fairy Nettle". When the wicked witch is mentioned, her lawyer jumps up and says "I object!" on the grounds she isn't actually wicked. The judge responds "Oh good. I was hoping someone would." | |
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JAG: Deconstructed in the second season episode "Rendezvous", when incriminating evidence is presented and the defendant asks defense counsel to object. Inverted for laughs in another episode, when Bud is so tired and overworked that he ends up nodding off in the middle of a case. Mack, who's the presiding judge, has to wake him up to ask him if he wants to object to something the prosecutor said. |
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An interesting variant in Picket Fences. After Wambaugh pulls a completely legal but morally slimy legal maneuver, Judge Bone orders him jailed for contempt. When he asks why, Bone replies "for being contemptible." | |
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In The Exorcism of Emily Rose, the attorney for the priest accused of criminal neglect of Emily Rose puts on a "demonology" expert to testify that Emily was possessed. The prosecutor objects. When the judge asks for a reason, he says, "How about silliness, your honor?" Though he could have phrased it better, that's still a reasonable objection. | |
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In a Pearls Before Swine strip where the Crocs, represented by Rat, are suing Zebra, whose lawyer is the Guard Duck. At one point in the deposition, Rat says "I object. I object to you. I object to your face. And your mama's fat." After which, the Guard Duck tells Zebra "this could get contentious." | |
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One of the Special Episodes features Edgeworth solving a puzzle. His victory one-liner is a Call-Back to his trope-naming original quote. | |
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Guardians of Pokémon: Being a parody of the already over-the-top Ace Attorney series, it was bound to happen eventually in Chapter 148. Mitsumi objects to the entire trial when Blight goes too far over the top trying to frame Gary for some sort of crime. | |
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In an episode of The Legend of Korra, Tonraq and other South Tribe men are being put on trial for possible rebel activity. When they are found guilty, Bolin interrupts the judge's sentencing with an "Objection!", only to shrink back in his seat when the judge barks at him to sit down. | |
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In an episode of Las Vegas an Amoral Attorney tries to net a hefty salary by encouraging his client to pursue a Frivolous Lawsuit against the Montecito. He objects during a meeting with the casino's bosses and main lawyer when he's not even in a courtroom, which is duly pointed out to him. | |
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In the Paperinik New Adventures issue Fragments of Autumn, PK's friend Lyla is tried for shooting a fellow officer. At one point, PK, who was excluded from the hall at the moment, objects... Since no one else was doing it. This gets him banned from testifying. | |
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A client does this on Judge Rinder: | |
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A Few Good Men. The prosecution puts on a doctor to give his opinion as to the cause of Willie Santiago's death. Lt. Cmdr. Galloway objects on the basis of his qualifications. When the judge overrules her, she "strenuously objects" and is again overruled. She ends up just making it look like they're afraid of the doctor's testimony. | |
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In the Star Trek: Voyager/Doctor Who crossover "In Thy Image" by Paul Gadzikowski (later adapted as a comic in the style of Paul's The Hero of Three Faces, the Doctor is representing the Emergency Medical Hologram in a hearing to prove the EMH's personhood. When the Starfleet JAG attorney suggests that the EMH's failure to take a name indicates a recognition that he's not a person, content to be known only by his function — a doctor — his counsel naturally objects. | |
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Star Trek: The Next Generation: In the episode "The Measure of a Man" Picard defends Data in a courtroom process, objecting to a plan that would see him labelled as Starfleet "property" and dismantled. The prosecution, for their case against Data, requests to remove the defendant's hand. Picard is immediately on his feet with his objections before realizing that he can't actually object in a legal manner-in typical Picard style, he just doesn't like the idea of them removing his second officer's body parts-and withdraws his objection. In the episode "Devil's Due", Picard argues a court case against a woman claiming to be Ardra, a supernatural being in Velexian myth, with Data arbitrating. Ardra objects when Picard leads a witness, while Data himself objects to Ardra's Courtroom Antics in displaying her "powers" ("The advocate will refrain from making her opponent disappear"). When the Enterprise crew gets hold of her technology and Picard starts displaying the same powers, Ardra objects again, but Data decides he's allowed some leeway in the circumstances. Once Picard has successfully duplicated the tricks Ardra used earlier, and only those tricks, Data promptly declares that Picard's leeway has run out. |
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