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====Defended====
====Defended====
*[[Bender Bending Rodríguez|Bender]] of spilling oil on [[Pluto]].
*[[Bender Bending Rodríguez|Bender]] of spilling oil on [[Pluto]].
*[[Bender Bending Rodríguez|Bender]] and [[Philip J. Fry|Fry]] of robbing a bank.
*[[Bender Bending Rodríguez|Bender]] and [[Philip J. Fry|Fry]] of robbing a bank ([[New New York v. Fry and Bender]]).
====Accused====
====Accused====
*[[Zapp Brannigan]] of blowing up [[DOOP]] headquarters.
*[[Zapp Brannigan]] of blowing up [[DOOP]] headquarters ([[DOOP v. Zapp]]).
*[[Robot Santa|Santa]] (really [[Bender Bending Rodríguez|Bender]]) of being Santa.
*[[Robot Santa|Santa]] (really [[Bender Bending Rodríguez|Bender]]) of being Santa ([[New New York v. Santa Bender]]).
*[[Dr. John Zoidberg]] of eating the [[Earth]] flag.
*[[Dr. John Zoidberg]] of eating the [[Earth]] flag ([[Earth v. Zoidberg]]).


==Additional Info==
==Additional Info==

Revision as of 17:07, 2 November 2009

Secondary character
Hyper-Chicken
Hyperchicken.jpg
ProfessionLawyer
RelativesTwelve Chicklings, children
Sister
Sister's Chicklings, nephews/nieces
First appearance"Brannigan, Begin Again" (2ACV02)
Episode
Voiced byMaurice LaMarche

A simple Hyper-chicken from a backwoods asteroid, is the most frequently seen lawyer in Futurama. He is a father and has often defended and accused members of Planet Express crew. Despite being incompetent, he often manages to win his cases and if he doesn't, he usually tells his clients to plead insanity. He seems to be a successful lawyer and handles large cases such as the destruction of DOOP's headquarters.

Defended and Accused

Defended

Accused

Additional Info

Trivia

  • The Hyper-Chicken is modeled on Jimmy Stewart's Academy Award-nominated portrayal of lawyer Paul Biegler in Anatomy of a Murder. Trying a murder case in a small town, Biegler wins over the sceptical jury by repeatedly comparing himself, "a simple country lawyer", to the high-powered prosecutor, Claude Dancer (George C. Scott). The "simple country lawyer" became a model for many following portrayals, notably the entire show Matlock.
  • In a deleted scene, Amy once admitted to sleeping with Bender's lawyer. The scene may have been deleted because they remembered that this is his lawyer.
  • The Hyper-Chicken advertises on buses, the ads simply read "ACCIDENTES! (800)λλλ-λλλλ".
  • In a deleted scene on Into the Wild Green Yonder, Zapp Brannigan calls him 'Matcluck'.

Quotes

    Hyper-Chicken: Now I may be just be a simple Hyper-Chicken, but I know when we're finger licked.

    Hyper-Chicken: Now Pramala, I know its scary up there in that witness box but, t'ain't no need to fear me... BAAAKAAA! I'm sorry I thought you was corn.

    Hyper-Chicken: Your Honours, freedom of speech entails to what comes out of a mouth, not what goes in...

    Judge Whitey: Counsellor, what evidence do you offer for this new plea of insanity?
    Hyper-Chicken: Well, for one, they done hired me to represent them.
    Judge Whitey: Insanity plea is accepted.

Appearances