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* RevengeRomance: She married Tobias because she knew it'd drive her parents crazy.
* SexlessMarriage
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** More specifically, she's what some would call a "limousine liberal," an upper-class liberal who doesn't practice what she preaches. For instance, in one episode she claims to be an animal rights activist, and when Michael points out that her boots are made of ostrich, she basically replies that she's only interested in saving "cute" animals.

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** More specifically, she's what some would call a "limousine liberal," an upper-class liberal who doesn't practice what she preaches. For instance, in one episode she claims to be an animal rights activist, and when Michael points out that her boots are made of ostrich, she basically replies that she's only interested in saving "cute" animals.
animals. Of course, the main reason she advocates all these causes is to thumb her nose at and feel superior to her conservative family.
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** More specifically, she's what some would call a "limousine liberal," an upper-class liberal who doesn't practice what she preaches. For instance, in one episode she claims to be an animal rights activist, and when Michael points out that her boots are made of ostrich, she basically replies that she's only interested in saving "cute" animals.
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* TheOtherDarrin: At least three of them.

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* TheOtherDarrin: At least three of them.them.

!!Bob Loblaw
* ActorAllusion: This isn't the first time he's been brought in [[HappyDays to replace Barry Zuckercorn]].
* PunnyName: Taken UpToEleven when we discover he has a law blog.
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* CantBelieveISaidThat: He often does this before the other party has even left the room, mouthing "What is wrong with me?" while the other person's eyes are diverted for some reason.
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* OnlySaneMan: Michael is the only member of the Bluth family without any immediate glaring character flaws.

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* OnlySaneMan: Michael is the only member of the Bluth family without any immediate glaring character flaws. Even after his own issues start manifesting, he remains the most rational (with the exception of his son) Bluth.... not that they give him a particularly high bar to jump over.

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* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Subverted. Lucille mentions she sent him off to a boarding school, but it turns out he was hiding in the walls to gather evidence to exact revenge on the Bluth family.




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* PutOnABus: Lucille mentions she sent him off to a boarding school, but it turns out he was hiding in the walls to gather evidence to exact revenge on the Bluth family.

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!! Michael Bluth(JasonBateman)

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!! Michael Bluth(JasonBateman)
Bluth (JasonBateman)



!!Lindsay Fünke, his Twin Sister(PortiaDeRossi)

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!!Lindsay Fünke, his Twin Sister(PortiaDeRossi)
Sister (PortiaDeRossi)



!!George Oscar Bluth (GOB), his Older Brother(WillArnett)

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!!George Oscar Bluth (GOB), his Older Brother(WillArnett)
Brother (WillArnett)



!! George-Michael Bluth, his Son(MichaelCera)

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!! George-Michael Bluth, his Son(MichaelCera)
Son (MichaelCera)



!!Maeby Fünke, his Niece(AliaShawkat)

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!!Maeby Fünke, his Niece(AliaShawkat)
Niece (AliaShawkat)



!! Byron (Buster) Bluth, his Younger Brother(TonyHale)

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!! Byron (Buster) Bluth, his Younger Brother(TonyHale)
Brother (TonyHale)



!!Tobias Fünke, his Brother-In-Law(DavidCross)

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!!Tobias Fünke, his Brother-In-Law(DavidCross)
Brother-In-Law (DavidCross)



* ButtMonkey

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* ButtMonkey ButtMonkey
* CloudCuckooLander



!!George Bluth Sr, his Father(JeffreyTambor)

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!!George Bluth Sr, his Father(JeffreyTambor)
Father (JeffreyTambor)



!!Lucille Bluth, his Mother(JessicaWalter)

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!!Lucille Bluth, his Mother(JessicaWalter)
Mother (JessicaWalter)


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* ActingForTwo
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* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Subverted. [[spoiler:He's a mole who, after infiltrating the Bluth family, went into hiding in between the walls.]]

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* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Subverted. [[spoiler:He's Lucille mentions she sent him off to a mole who, after infiltrating boarding school, but it turns out he was hiding in the walls to gather evidence to exact revenge on the Bluth family, went into hiding in between the walls.]]family.
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* KavorkaMan: He ''would'' be TheLeisureSuitLarry, but ''somehow'' he actually does have women interested in him.

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* KavorkaMan: He ''would'' be TheLeisureSuitLarry, a CasanovaWannabe, but ''somehow'' he actually does have women interested in him.
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* DatingCatwoman: His relationship with AmoralAttorney Maggie Lizer.

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!! Michael Bluth

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!! Michael Bluth
Bluth(JasonBateman)



!!Lindsay Fünke, his Twin Sister

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!!Lindsay Fünke, his Twin Sister
Sister(PortiaDeRossi)



!!George Oscar Bluth (GOB), his Older Brother

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!!George Oscar Bluth (GOB), his Older Brother
Brother(WillArnett)



!! George-Michael Bluth, his Son

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!! George-Michael Bluth, his Son
Son(MichaelCera)



* TheDanza: Sort of.



!!Maeby Fünke, his Niece

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!!Maeby Fünke, his Niece
Niece(AliaShawkat)



!! Byron (Buster) Bluth, his Younger Brother

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!! Byron (Buster) Bluth, his Younger Brother
Brother(TonyHale)



!!Tobias Fünke, his Brother-In-Law

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!!Tobias Fünke, his Brother-In-Law
Brother-In-Law(DavidCross)



!!George Bluth Sr, his Father

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!!George Bluth Sr, his Father
Father(JeffreyTambor)



!!Lucille Bluth, his Mother

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!!Lucille Bluth, his Mother
Mother(JessicaWalter)



* MamaBear: She may not be nuturing, but when George-Michael was wrongfully suspended, his algebra teacher (who got him in trouble) mysteriously disappeared.

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* MagnificentBastard
* MamaBear: She may not be nuturing, nurturing, but when George-Michael was wrongfully suspended, his algebra teacher (who got him in trouble) mysteriously disappeared.

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* LadyDrunk

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* LadyDrunkLadyDrunk: Though, according to Michael in "Spring Breakout," Lucille is still verbally abusive to her children when she's sober.



* MamaBear: So she's not very nurturing. Mr. Vandenbosch, Michael's high school algebra teacher, was never heard from again after unjustly suspending Michael.

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* MamaBear: So she's She may not very nurturing. Mr. Vandenbosch, Michael's high school be nuturing, but when George-Michael was wrongfully suspended, his algebra teacher, was never heard from again after unjustly suspending Michael.teacher (who got him in trouble) mysteriously disappeared.



* CatchPhrase: STEVE HOLT!

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* CatchPhrase: CatchPhrase and SayMyName: STEVE HOLT!


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*HeyItsThatGuy: [[HappyDays The Fonz]] became a lawyer for a rich, dysfunctional family?!
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* InsistentTerminology: He does illusions, tricks are what a whore does for money. Or candy!

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* InsistentTerminology: He does illusions, tricks are what a whore does for money. Or candy![[strike: candy]] cocaine!
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* Flanderization

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* Flanderization{{Flanderization}}
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* StalkerWithATestTube: And she eventually gets what she's after, albeit, by accident.
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* HorrbleJudgeOfCharacter: Thinking that G.O.B. was a great guy.

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* HorrbleJudgeOfCharacter: HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: Thinking that G.O.B. was a great guy.

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* WhiteSheep: Unless you count crushing on his cousin against him, he's by far the nicest and most decent of the Bluths.

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* WhiteSheep: Unless you count crushing on his cousin against him, he's by far the nicest nicest, most decent, and most decent normal of the Bluths.



* JerkWithAHeartOfGold



* SmugSnake: Is quite corrupt but not at all smart about it (case in point- he chooses an appropriately AmoralAttornety who is a complete incompetent)

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* SmugSnake: Is quite corrupt but not at all smart about it (case in point- he chooses an appropriately AmoralAttornety AmoralAttorney who is a complete incompetent)




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* PopularIsDumb


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* AdamWesting


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* HorrbleJudgeOfCharacter: Thinking that G.O.B. was a great guy.

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* AsHimself: John Beard is the real newscaster for Orange County's local FOX affiliate.

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* AsHimself: John Beard is was the real newscaster for Orange County's the Los Angeles area's local FOX affiliate.

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** JerkassWoobie: You sometimes feel bad for him given how much both his parents treat him like dirt.



* BavarianFireDrill: A frequent perpetrator of these



* HighSchoolHustler




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* SmugSnake: Is quite corrupt but not at all smart about it (case in point- he chooses an appropriately AmoralAttornety who is a complete incompetent)

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* WhiteSheep: Pretty much explicitly designated in that role by his family.



* WhiteSheep: Unless you count crushing on his cousin against him, he's by far the nicest and most decent of the Bluths.



* FunnyForeigner




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* PluckyOfficeGirl: A quite crazy version of this
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* {{Adorkable}}: This is the role that made MichaelCera's career.

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* {{Adorkable}}: This is the role that [[strike: kept MichaelCera out of the {{Oubliette}} for Canadian teen actors that is {{Degrassi}}]] made MichaelCera's his career.
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* {{Adorkable}}: This is the role that made MichaelCera's career. SoYeah...

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* {{Adorkable}}: This is the role that made MichaelCera's career. SoYeah...
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*{{Adorkable}}: This is the role that made MichaelCera's career. SoYeah...

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!!George Bluth Sr

* CorruptCorporateExecutive
* FakingTheDead

!!Lucille Bluth

*EvilMatriarch
*LadyDrunk
*LadyMacbeth
*MamaBear: So she's not very nurturing. Mr. Vandenbosch, Michael's high school algebra teacher, was never heard from again after unjustly suspending Michael.
*MyBelovedSmother: Mainly to Buster.
*[[spoiler:TheManBehindTheMan]]
*SmugSnake

!!George Oscar Bluth (GOB)

*AccidentalMarriage
*EnsembleDarkhorse
*InsistentTerminology: He does illusions, tricks are what a whore does for money. Or candy!
*JerkAss
*KavorkaMan: He ''would'' be TheLeisureSuitLarry, but ''somehow'' he actually does have women interested in him.
*LargeHam
*LeitMotif: it's the Final Countdown...
*StageMagician
*TedBaxter
*WellDoneSonGuy: Increasingly desperate for this from his dad as the series progressed.

!!! Franklin Delano Bluth:
*DemonicDummy: A comically racist variation of this.
*JiveTurkey
*NoIndoorVoice



!! George-Michael Bluth

*AccidentalMarriage: See KissingCousins. They didn't know the priest was real.
*DoggedNiceGuy
*KissingCousins: Maeby...
*MissingMom
*TheUnfunny
*TheWoobie: Especially in the pilot.

!! Byron (Buster) Bluth

* ButtMonkey
*CatchPhrase: Hey brother/hermano/etc...
*[[spoiler: HookHand]]
* [[spoiler: LukeIAmYourFather]]: Note the {{Leitmotif}} whenever Buster talks to Oscar in season two.
* ManChild
* MayDecemberRomance: With Lucille Two.
* MommasBoy
* ParentalIncest: Played with.
--> '''Lucille Bluth:''' You know, [Buster's] damaged goods. He was born with a hole in his heart.
--> '''Lucille Austero:''' Well listen, Lucille, I'm gonna fill that hole, 'cause we're in love!
--> '''Lucille Bluth:''' Oh, please! You're no more in love with him than I am!
--> '''Buster:''' -quickly- Okay, we're all saying some things we're going to regret.

!!Lindsay Fünke

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!! George-Michael Bluth

*AccidentalMarriage: See KissingCousins. They didn't know the priest was real.
*DoggedNiceGuy
*KissingCousins: Maeby...
*MissingMom
*TheUnfunny
*TheWoobie: Especially in the pilot.

!! Byron (Buster) Bluth

* ButtMonkey
*CatchPhrase: Hey brother/hermano/etc...
*[[spoiler: HookHand]]
* [[spoiler: LukeIAmYourFather]]: Note the {{Leitmotif}} whenever Buster talks to Oscar in season two.
* ManChild
* MayDecemberRomance: With Lucille Two.
* MommasBoy
* ParentalIncest: Played with.
--> '''Lucille Bluth:''' You know, [Buster's] damaged goods. He was born with a hole in his heart.
--> '''Lucille Austero:''' Well listen, Lucille, I'm gonna fill that hole, 'cause we're in love!
--> '''Lucille Bluth:''' Oh, please! You're no more in love with him than I am!
--> '''Buster:''' -quickly- Okay, we're all saying some things we're going to regret.

!!Lindsay Fünke
Fünke, his Twin Sister



!!Tobias Fünke

*AmbiguouslyGay
*ButtMonkey
*ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: He's a Never-Nude, which is just what it sounds like.
*TheNotSecret: Mrs. Featherbottom
*TheProblemWithPenIsland: He is an analyst and a therapist, therefore, his business cards say "analrapist"
*TransparentCloset: The last season the "ambiguously gay" jokes and moments become far too prevalent.
*UnEntendre : Practically every other line of his is this.

!!Maeby Fünke

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!!Tobias Fünke

*AmbiguouslyGay
*ButtMonkey
*ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: He's a Never-Nude, which is just
!!George Oscar Bluth (GOB), his Older Brother

*AccidentalMarriage
*EnsembleDarkhorse
*InsistentTerminology: He does illusions, tricks are
what it sounds like.
*TheNotSecret: Mrs. Featherbottom
*TheProblemWithPenIsland:
a whore does for money. Or candy!
*JerkAss
*KavorkaMan:
He is an analyst and a therapist, therefore, ''would'' be TheLeisureSuitLarry, but ''somehow'' he actually does have women interested in him.
*LargeHam
*LeitMotif: it's the Final Countdown...
*StageMagician
*TedBaxter
*WellDoneSonGuy: Increasingly desperate for this from
his business cards say "analrapist"
*TransparentCloset: The last season
dad as the "ambiguously gay" jokes and moments become far too prevalent.
*UnEntendre : Practically every other line
series progressed.

!!! Franklin Delano Bluth, GOB's puppet:
*DemonicDummy: A comically racist variation
of this.
*JiveTurkey
*NoIndoorVoice

!! George-Michael Bluth,
his is this.

Son

*AccidentalMarriage: See KissingCousins. They didn't know the priest was real.
*DoggedNiceGuy
*KissingCousins: Maeby...
*MissingMom
*TheUnfunny
*TheWoobie: Especially in the pilot.

!!Maeby Fünke
Fünke, his Niece


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!! Byron (Buster) Bluth, his Younger Brother

* ButtMonkey
*CatchPhrase: Hey brother/hermano/etc...
*[[spoiler: HookHand]]
* [[spoiler: LukeIAmYourFather]]: Note the {{Leitmotif}} whenever Buster talks to Oscar in season two.
* ManChild
* MayDecemberRomance: With Lucille Two.
* MommasBoy
* ParentalIncest: Played with.
--> '''Lucille Bluth:''' You know, [Buster's] damaged goods. He was born with a hole in his heart.
--> '''Lucille Austero:''' Well listen, Lucille, I'm gonna fill that hole, 'cause we're in love!
--> '''Lucille Bluth:''' Oh, please! You're no more in love with him than I am!
--> '''Buster:''' -quickly- Okay, we're all saying some things we're going to regret.

!!Tobias Fünke, his Brother-In-Law

*AmbiguouslyGay
*ButtMonkey
*ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: He's a Never-Nude, which is just what it sounds like.
*TheNotSecret: Mrs. Featherbottom
*TheProblemWithPenIsland: He is an analyst and a therapist, therefore, his business cards say "analrapist"
*TransparentCloset
*UnEntendre : Practically every other line of his is this.

!!George Bluth Sr, his Father

* CorruptCorporateExecutive
* FakingTheDead

!!Lucille Bluth, his Mother

*EvilMatriarch
*LadyDrunk
*LadyMacbeth
*MamaBear: So she's not very nurturing. Mr. Vandenbosch, Michael's high school algebra teacher, was never heard from again after unjustly suspending Michael.
*MyBelovedSmother: Mainly to Buster.
*[[spoiler:TheManBehindTheMan]]
*SmugSnake
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*TheWoobie

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*TheWoobie
*TheWoobie: Especially in the pilot.

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*TheUnfunny
*TheWoobie
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!! John Beard

*AscendedExtra: John Beard AsHimself ties Henry Winkler as Barry Zuckercorn for most frequently credited SpecialGuest, yet he probably has a cumulative minute of screen time.
*AsHimself: John Beard is the real newscaster for Orange County's local FOX affiliate.
*AWorldwidePunomenon: Justified, since most of the plot-relevant things that wind up on the news are featured in "lighter side"-type segments.
*KentBrockmanNews
*SmugSnake
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*OnlySaneMan: Sort of.

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*OnlySaneMan: Sort of.Michael is the only member of the Bluth family without any immediate glaring character flaws.

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[[WMG: The Bluth family]]

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[[WMG: The !The Bluth family]]family



* CaptainErsatz: The Bluth family bears an intriguing similarity to [[TheGodfather the Corleones]]. They're also more than a little reminiscent of a couple of former [[GeorgeHWBush First]] [[GeorgeWBush Families]]..

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* CaptainErsatz: The Bluth family bears an intriguing similarity to [[TheGodfather the Corleones]]. Corleones]].
**
They're also more than a little reminiscent of a couple of former certain [[GeorgeHWBush First]] presidential]] [[GeorgeWBush Families]]..dynasty]]..



* FamilyBusiness: The Bluth Corporation

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* FamilyBusiness: The Bluth Corporation Corporation



[[WMG: George Bluth Sr]]

*FakingTheDead

[[WMG: Lucille Bluth]]

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[[WMG: George !!George Bluth Sr]]

*FakingTheDead

[[WMG: Lucille Bluth]]
Sr

* CorruptCorporateExecutive
* FakingTheDead

!!Lucille Bluth



[[WMG: George Oscar Bluth (GOB)]]

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[[WMG: George !!George Oscar Bluth (GOB)]]
(GOB)



As Franklin Delano Bluth:
*DemonicDummy: A comedic and hilariously racist variation of this.

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As !!! Franklin Delano Bluth:
*DemonicDummy: A comedic and hilariously comically racist variation of this.



[[WMG: Michael Bluth]]

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[[WMG: !! Michael Bluth]]
Bluth



[[WMG: George-Michael Bluth]]

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[[WMG: !! George-Michael Bluth]]
Bluth



[[WMG: Byron (Buster) Bluth]]

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[[WMG: !! Byron (Buster) Bluth]]
Bluth



--> '''Lucille:''' You know, [Buster's] damaged goods. He was born with a hole in his heart.
--> '''Lucille Two:''' Well listen, Lucille, I'm gonna fill that hole, 'cause we're in love!
--> '''Lucille:''' Oh, please! You're no more in love with him than I am!

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--> '''Lucille:''' '''Lucille Bluth:''' You know, [Buster's] damaged goods. He was born with a hole in his heart.
--> '''Lucille Two:''' Austero:''' Well listen, Lucille, I'm gonna fill that hole, 'cause we're in love!
--> '''Lucille:''' '''Lucille Bluth:''' Oh, please! You're no more in love with him than I am!



[[WMG: Lindsay Fünke]]

-> [reading from Jessie's smear article]''"Lindsay's a combative, entitled princess"? I should hire someone to kick your ass for that"''

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[[WMG: Lindsay Fünke]]

-> [reading from Jessie's smear article]''"Lindsay's a combative, entitled princess"? I should hire someone to kick your ass for that"''

!!Lindsay Fünke



-> [reading from Jessie's smear article]''"Lindsay's a combative, entitled princess"? I should hire someone to kick your ass for that!"''



[[WMG: Tobias Fünke]]

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[[WMG: Tobias Fünke]]
!!Tobias Fünke



[[WMG: Maeby Fünke]]

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[[WMG: Maeby Fünke]]
!!Maeby Fünke



[[WMG: Oscar Bluth]]

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[[WMG: Oscar Bluth]]
!Supporting Characters

!!Oscar Bluth



[[WMG: Steve Holt]]

*CatchPhrase: STEVE HOLT! *armpump*
*GenerationXerox: his mother, [[spoiler: EVE HOLT!]]

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[[WMG: Steve Holt]]

!!Steve Holt

*CatchPhrase: STEVE HOLT! *armpump*
HOLT!
*GenerationXerox: his mother, [[spoiler: EVE HOLT!]]HOLT!



[[WMG: Ann Veal]]

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[[WMG: Ann Veal]]
!!Ann Veal



[[WMG: Annyong]]
*PokemonSpeak: Subverted, everyone thinks he's continually saying his name but Annyong is actually the Korean word for hello.

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[[WMG: Annyong]]
!!Annyong
* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Subverted. [[spoiler:He's a mole who, after infiltrating the Bluth family, went into hiding in between the walls.]]
*PokemonSpeak: Subverted, Subverted: everyone thinks he's continually saying his name but Annyong is actually the Korean word for hello.



*PutOnABus

[[WMG: Barry Zuckerkorn]]
*ArmouredClosetGay

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*PutOnABus

[[WMG: Barry Zuckerkorn]]
*ArmouredClosetGay

!!Barry Zuckerkorn
*ArmoredClosetGay



[[WMG: Kitty Sanchez]]
*BuxomIsBetter

[[WMG: Marta Estrella]]
*TheOtherDarrin

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[[WMG: Kitty Sanchez]]
*BuxomIsBetter

[[WMG: Marta Estrella]]
*TheOtherDarrin
!!Kitty Sanchez
*BuxomIsBetter: Parodied. Her post-op nipples point in different directions.

!!Marta Estrella
*TheOtherDarrin: At least three of them.

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