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'''Gob:''' ''(looks to the couple, then to something in the newspaper)'' Well, they got the "Asian" right... "Hotties" might be a stretch... ''(shrugs)'' Well, let's start with the little one!

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'''Gob:''' -->'''Gob:''' ''(looks to the couple, then to something he has circled in the newspaper)'' Well, they got the "Asian" right... "Hotties" might be a stretch... ''(shrugs)'' Well, let's start with the little one!

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''(Michael gives George, Sr. a nonplussed look)''

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''(Michael gives George, George Sr. a nonplussed look)''



-->'''Buster:''' ... That was 90% gravity.

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-->'''Buster:''' ... That was 90% gravity.



* Gob has been reduced to using the family yacht as a temporary place of residence. Being LockedOutOfTheLoop, he only discovers that Michael is trying sell the yard when some prospective buyers, a married, middle-age couple of Asian-Americans, comes look it over:
-->''(the prospective buyers knocks on the door, Gob opens it dressed only in a bathrobe and with a newspaper in his hand; getting slightly confused, Gob looks to the couple, then looks to something in the newspaper)''\\
'''Gob:''' Well, they got the "Asian" right... "Hotties" might be a stretch... ''(he shrugs)'' Well, let's start with the little one!

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* In trying to avoid going home to Martha, Gob has been reduced to using the family yacht as a temporary place of residence. Being LockedOutOfTheLoop, he only first discovers that Michael is trying sell the yard said yacht when some prospective buyers, a married, middle-age couple of Asian-Americans, comes look it over:
-->''(the
over. Gob's encounter with the prospective buyers knocks then plays out in flashback, as he greets on the door, Gob opens it dressed yacht them while wearing only in a bathrobe and with holding a newspaper in his hand; getting slightly confused, Gob looks to the couple, then looks to something in the newspaper)''\\
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'''Gob:''' ''(looks to the couple, then to something in the newspaper)'' Well, they got the "Asian" right... "Hotties" might be a stretch... ''(he shrugs)'' ''(shrugs)'' Well, let's start with the little one!
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* As Michael is riding his bike to work, when a mysterious man in a limo pulls up next to him:

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* As Michael is riding his bike to work, when a mysterious man in a limo pulls up next to him:



''(Michael immediate jumps back on his bike and rides away)''

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''(Michael immediate immediately jumps back on his bike and rides away)''
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'''Michael''': Uh, just to be clear, "it looks like he's dead", or "he ''is'' dead"?\\

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'''Michael''': Uh, just to be clear, "it looks "looks like he's dead", or "he ''is'' dead"?\\



'''Maeby''': What a [SoundEffectBleep] doctor!

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'''Maeby''': What a [SoundEffectBleep] [''SoundEffectBleep''] doctor!
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* The head of the Magician's Alliance calls Michael over to his limo:
-->'''Rollo:''' If you care about your brother, get in the car.\\
'''Michael:''' ... Which brother?\\
'''Rollo:''' ... Gob.\\
''(Michael jumps back on his bike and cycles off)''

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* The head of the Magician's Alliance calls As Michael over to is riding his limo:
bike to work, when a mysterious man in a limo pulls up next to him:
-->'''Rollo:''' If you care about your brother, you'll get in the this car.\\
'''Michael:''' ... Which brother?\\
'''Rollo:''' ... Gob.\\
''(Michael immediate jumps back on his bike and cycles off)''rides away)''
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* The same doctor who misled the family about George in the last episode shows up to update them on Tobias.
-->'''Michael''': How is he, Doctor?\\
'''Dr. Fishman''': It... looks like he's dead.\\
'''Lucille''': Oh my god!\\
'''GOB''': Oh, little guy! The tears aren't coming! The tears just aren't coming!\\
'''Michael''': Uh, just to be clear, "it looks like he's dead", or "he ''is'' dead"?\\
'''Fishman''': It just ''looks'' like he's dead. He's got, like, blue paint on him or something. But he's going to be fine.\\
'''GOB''': What is ''wrong'' with you?!\\
'''Maeby''': What a [SoundEffectBleep] doctor!
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* Barry trying to pick up a prostitute in his car:
-->'''Barry''': Hey, you're not one of those silly men that's dressed like a woman, are you?\\
'''Prostitute''': No, baby, I'm the real thing!\\
''(Barry quickly drives off)''

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* Barry tells Michael that he has been pretty busy recently, because he is "trying to get back into the dating world". We cut to the previous night, were Barry is driving around in his car while trying to pick up a prostitute in his car:
-->'''Barry''':
prostitute:
-->'''Barry:'''
Hey, you're not one of those those, uh, silly men that's dressed like a woman, are you?\\
'''Prostitute''':
ya?\\
'''Prostitute:'''
No, baby, I'm the real thing!\\
''(Barry immediately loses any interest and quickly drives off)''
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'''Lucille:''' ''(putting her most motherly smile)'' What can I say? I ''love'' the little dullard.\\

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'''Lucille:''' ''(putting on her most motherly smile)'' What can I say? I ''love'' the little dullard.\\
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* "And I said: And that's why you're no longer president. 2 Weeks! Let's do it in 2 Weeks! HEY!!!! (Pennies drop)"

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* "And I said: And that's why you're no longer president. 2 Weeks! Let's do it in 2 Weeks! HEY!!!! (Pennies drop)"HEY!!!!" ''(pennies drop)''



'''Michael:''' ''What?!'' The mere fact that you call making love "Pop-Pop" tells me you're ''not'' ready!

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'''Michael:''' ''What?!'' The mere fact that you call making love "Pop-Pop" "pop-pop" tells me you're ''not'' ready!
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* In panic over having knocked Rita unconscious and then drugged her, the family hastily rearranges the "Welcome Rita" party to be a party for Michael instead. It leads to a line that only Creator/WillArnett could deliver:

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* In panic over having knocked Rita unconscious and then drugged her, the family hastily rearranges the "Welcome Rita" party to be a party for Michael instead. It leads to a line that quite possibly only Creator/WillArnett could deliver: pull off:
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* In panic over having knocked Rita unconscious and then drugged her, the family hastily rearranges the "Welcome Rita" party to be a party for Michael instead:

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* In panic over having knocked Rita unconscious and then drugged her, the family hastily rearranges the "Welcome Rita" party to be a party for Michael instead: instead. It leads to a line that only Creator/WillArnett could deliver:
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** When he brought home an especially buxom date, Buster stuffed balloons up his shirt and made fun of her.
** GOB told one date "If you like the small, wait'll you try the medium" while gesturing to himself.
** Lucille ''[[CrossesTheLineTwice handed cleaning gloves and a washbucket to a Hispanic woman Michael brought home]]''.

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** When he brought brings home an especially buxom date, Buster stuffed stuffs balloons up his shirt and made fun of mocks her.
** GOB told tells one date "If you like the small, wait'll you try the medium" while gesturing to himself.
** Lucille ''[[CrossesTheLineTwice handed hands cleaning gloves and a washbucket supplies to a Hispanic woman Michael brought home]]''.
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* The montage of times that Michael's family has embarrassed him in front of a date.
** When he brought home an especially buxom date, Buster stuffed balloons up his shirt and made fun of her.
** GOB told one date "If you like the small, wait'll you try the medium" while gesturing to himself.
** Lucille ''[[CrossesTheLineTwice handed cleaning gloves and a washbucket to a Hispanic woman Michael brought home]]''.
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'''Maeby :''' ''(nonchalantly)'' All right. ''(leaves)''\\

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'''Maeby :''' '''Maeby:''' ''(nonchalantly)'' All right. ''(leaves)''\\



'''Tobias:''' ...Oh, no, no, I don’t want this for Maeby either. No.

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'''Tobias:''' ...Oh, no, Oh. No, no, I don’t don't want this for Maeby either. No.
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'''George Sr.:''' ''(sheeting with barely restrained anger)'' Neither can I.

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'''George Sr.:''' ''(sheeting with barely restrained anger)'' Neither can I.''I''.
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''(Lindsay walks out with a big smile on her face)''\\

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''(Lindsay walks out away with a big smile on her face)''\\
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'''Michael:''' Oh, okay. Well, then, so, [[YouKeepUsingThatWord technically it's not really an "intervention"]]. It's a little bit more of an ''imposition'', if you think about it.\\

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'''Michael:''' Oh, okay. Well, then, so, [[YouKeepUsingThatWord technically technically, it's not really an "intervention"]]. It's a little bit more of an ''imposition'', if you think about it.\\
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* Michael still don't remember who Ann is:

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* Michael still don't doesn't remember who Ann is:
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* Michael puts the two and two together that Gob haven't able to, and informs him that Steve Holt is his son:

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* Michael puts the two and two together that Gob haven't hasn't been able to, and informs him that Steve Holt is his son:
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* Lindsay mistaking George Michael's crush on his ethics teacher, Beth, for being a wish to fix her up with Michael with so she could fill the role of his mother. Much IncestSubtext ensues.

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* Lindsay mistaking George Michael's massive crush on his ethics teacher, Beth, for being a wish to fix him seeing her up with Michael with so she could fill the role of his mother.as a replacement mother-figure. Much IncestSubtext ensues.



'''George Michael:''' ...You're my aunt.\\

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'''George Michael:''' ...Michael:''' ''(gobsmacked)'' ...You're my aunt.\\

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* Michael explains to Lucille that George Sr. is in need of a "intimate" meeting at the prison.
-->'''Michael:''' You think I'm comfortable asking you to do this? I mean, he needs you, Mom.\\

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* George, Sr. admits to Michael that he is feeling lonely and sad in prison and is need of human contact:
-->'''Narrator:''' Michael, for the first time, saw his father as a vulnerable human being.\\
'''George Sr.:''' ''(pitifully)'' ...Daddy horny, Michael!\\
''(Michael gives George, Sr. a nonplussed look)''
** George Sr. then explains what it is about:
--->'''George Sr.:''' ''(serious tone)'' I haven't had sex in a month.\\
'''Michael:''' ''(does some quick calculus in his head)'' You know, you've been here ''two'' months.\\
'''George, Sr.:''' ...It's hard to gauge time.\\
'''Michael:''' Yeah. I'll bet.
**
Michael explains to Lucille that George Sr. is in need of a "intimate" meeting at the prison.
-->'''Michael:''' --->'''Michael:''' You think I'm comfortable asking you to do this? I mean, he needs you, Mom.\\
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Michael: About that...\\

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Michael: '''Michael:''' About that...\\



'''Lucille:''' They ''don't'' want you.\\

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'''Lucille:''' They ''don't'' don't want you.\\
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* Mrs Featherbottom's (i.e. Tobias') attempt to give Maeby a "magical entrance" Mary Poppins-style by jumping off a landing into the living room holding an umbrella. [[RealityEnsues He crashes straight through the table and onto the floor below.]]

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* Mrs Featherbottom's (i.e. Tobias') attempt to give Maeby a "magical entrance" Mary Poppins-style by jumping off a landing into the living room holding an umbrella. [[RealityEnsues [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome He crashes straight through the table and onto the floor below.]]
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Michael: It was so stupid!\\

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Michael: '''Michael:''' It was so stupid!\\
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'''George Sr.:''' Got you to stop drinking, didn't it?

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'''George Sr.:''' Got you her to stop drinking, didn't it?
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'''Blog Post on [=ImOscar.com=]''' [+I CAN'T STAY IN PRISON ONE MORE DAY!+]

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'''Blog Post on [=ImOscar.com=]''' com=]:''' [+I CAN'T STAY IN PRISON ONE MORE DAY!+]
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'''Michael:''' He drove all the way up here to be with me. Wow. Well, I guess I'm, uh, I'm no better than-- ''(looks over his shoulder and sees Gob running away in blind panic) No'', I'm better.

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'''Michael:''' He drove all the way up here to be with me. Wow. Well, I guess I'm, uh, I'm no better than-- ''(looks over his shoulder and sees Gob running away in blind panic) No'', panic)'' ...''No'', I'm better.
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'''Oscar:''' ''(presses his hands against the glass and looks Michael straight in the eyes)'' I understand. Your child comes first.\\

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'''Oscar:''' ''(presses his hands against the glass and looks Michael straight in the eyes)'' [[OutOfCharacterAlert I understand. Your child comes first.\\]]\\
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'''Gob:''' [[InsistentTerminology ''Illusion,'']] Michael. A trick is something a whore does for money. ''[Michael gestures to gasping nearby children]'' ... Or candy!

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'''Gob:''' [[InsistentTerminology ''Illusion,'']] ''[[InsistentTerminology Illusion]]'', Michael. A trick is something a whore does for money. ''[Michael gestures to gasping nearby children]'' ... Or candy!

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