List of The Birds tropes

List of tropes of the 1999-2000/2001-present adult animated sitcom The Birds

Tropes with their own pages

 * Tropes/The Birds/Characters
 * Tropes/The Birds/Funny
 * Tropes/The Birds/TearJerker
 * Tropes/The Birds/ShoutOut

Tropes

 * A Dog Named "Dog" - Slick owns a politically incorrect dog named, well, "Dog".
 * Abusive Parents - Derrick Packwood, whose abusiveness is mostly verbal but sometimes physical, he even once Gary as a child a "Good-for-nothing idiot" for god's sake!, the abusiveness went on until season 17 ("Father & Son"), where it's revealed the reason he's verbally abusive: his parents died when he was 3, he later apologized for his actions and was never seen again after the episode.
 * Actor Allusion - Not all but plenty of guest stars, especially the Batman vs. Superman cutaway gag from season 3 ("Powers That Be"), where Adam West reprises his role as Batman, while Dean Cain reprises his role as Superman.
 * Animation Bump - the animation was originally cel-animated before sometime in Season 2, the animation switched to digital-ink-and-paint.
 * Berserk Button - TBA


 * Biting The Hand Humor/Take That - Not only to Fox, but NBC itself, examples include:
 * An entire episode titled "Broadcasting Fart Jokes Est. 1926" (S5 E12), revolves around Gary pitching a drama to NBC, only for the executives to screw up and change it into a cheesy sitcom about friends.
 * In the episode "Slickerdog" (S3 E1), Slick takes his dog Dog for a walk, during the walk, Dog barks at a FOX executive.
 * In the episode "Gary's Birthday" (S2 E4), Gary tells The Birthday God his 2 wishes: happiness on his birthday, and for Saturday Night Live to be cancelled.
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 * Black Best Friend - Or more, black friend, Gary is this to Lily.
 * Black Comedy - One of the main aspects of the show, some strong (like the AIDS joke Gary made in a season 3 episode), some light-hearted (like a baby almost falling to death but to be saved by Slick), but it all depends on who's writing the episode.