It's safe to say that there is no busier practice right now than bankruptcy. The commencement of numerous bankruptcy proceedings in the past several months, moreover, means a corresponding wave of bankruptcy appeals in the near future. Appellate practitioners might think that appeals from a bankruptcy court are little different from any other appeal.  But just as bankruptcy litigation has a "distinctive character," Ritzen Group, Inc. v. Jackson Masonry, LLC, 140 S. Ct. 582, 586 (2020), bankruptcy appeals can be an odd duck, too, with a number of quirks that can surprise, if not trip up, an appellate practitioner with little to no prior experience in the field.