I believe that the plaintiff must self represent, but the defendant has the option of legal representation. I’m not a lawyer though and it’s been a long time since I had a small claims case, so I might be wrong.

Hitler was a maniac and a despicable person, but I seem to remember reading that he was vegetarian and at least liked dogs. Maybe he was an animal rights activist, provided that you didn’t consider humans animals.

No, big planes have to do this sometimes after digesting excess passengers and cargo.