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* "Magicians perform [[InsistentTerminology illusions.]] A trick is something a whore does for money... or cocaine."

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* "Magicians perform [[InsistentTerminology illusions.]] illusions]]. A trick is something a whore does for money... or cocaine."



* All the Bluth men's love of ice cream
* [[{{Leitmotif}} Dramatic music playing whenever Oscar says something that reveals he might be Buster's father]].
** Also, all of the responses to this - Buster usually misinterprets Oscar's meaning, Lucille either ignores him or rolls her eyes (though Buster gets a good eyeroll in during the birthday celebration for George Sr.), and Michael at one point exasperatedly tells Oscar, "Shut up."

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* All the Bluth men's love of ice cream
cream.
* [[{{Leitmotif}} Dramatic music playing whenever Oscar says something that reveals he might be Buster's father]].
father.]]
** Also, all of the responses to this - -- Buster usually misinterprets Oscar's meaning, Lucille either ignores him or rolls her eyes (though Buster gets a good eyeroll in during the birthday celebration for George Sr.), and Michael at one point exasperatedly tells Oscar, "Shut up." "



* [[RealLifeWritesThePlot In reference to Netflix's limited budget for season 4]], any past video clip shown has a fat "SHOW STEALER PRO TRIAL VERSION" watermark on it. [[spoiler:The trial expires during the last episode]].
* Tobias and the Creator/BlueManGroup.

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* [[RealLifeWritesThePlot In reference to Netflix's limited budget for season 4]], any past video clip shown has a fat "SHOW STEALER PRO TRIAL VERSION" watermark on it. [[spoiler:The trial expires during the last episode]].
episode.]]
* Tobias and the Creator/BlueManGroup.Music/BlueManGroup.



* [[Music/SimonAndGarfunkel "Hello darkness, my old friend..."]]

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* [[Music/SimonAndGarfunkel "Hello "Hello, darkness, my old friend..."]]



* A very minor one in season 4: No matter how hard he tries, George Michael can't get a nickname that isn't associated with a celebrity who was caught in a sex scandal (specifically, George Michael, Boy George, and [[spoiler: George Maharis, which was the name of an actor from the 1960s who was arrested for having sex with a hairdresser named Perfecto Telles in a men's room]].)

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* A very minor one in season 4: No matter how hard he tries, George Michael can't get a nickname that isn't associated with a celebrity who was caught in a sex scandal (specifically, (specifically: George Michael, Boy George, and [[spoiler: George [[spoiler:George Maharis, which was the name of an actor from the 1960s who was arrested for having sex with a hairdresser named Perfecto Telles in a men's room]].)room]]).



** His middle name is Onyango
** You do occasionally see him wear something that looks like a dashiki

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** His middle name is Onyango
Onyango.
** You do occasionally see him wear something that looks like a dashikidashiki.



* The sinister hook that plays to [[{{Foreshadowing}} foreshadow something bad coming up.]] Used in rapid succession in "The Righteous Brothers" every time someone sits down on the couch in the living room, which is sinking.

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* The sinister hook that plays to [[{{Foreshadowing}} foreshadow something bad coming up.]] up]]. Used in rapid succession in "The Righteous Brothers" every time someone sits down on the couch in the living room, which is sinking.
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* No Bluth understands even the most basic Spanish, even words that are almost exactly equivalent to English. It started with the "Hermano" joke and just snowballed from there.
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* During the first eight episodes of Season 5, [[spoiler:an ominous music plays and everybody stares at each other suspiciously any time Lucille Two is mentioned, especially when Michael asks about her]].
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* Characters getting burned by the [[https://arresteddevelopment.fandom.com/wiki/Cornballer Cornballer]] that George Bluth in the mid-1970s.

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* Characters getting burned by the [[https://arresteddevelopment.fandom.com/wiki/Cornballer Cornballer]] that George Bluth created in the mid-1970s.
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* Characters getting burned by the [[https://arresteddevelopment.fandom.com/wiki/Cornballer Cornballer]] that George Bluth in the mid-1970s.
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* Tobais and the Creator/BlueManGroup.

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* Tobais Tobias and the Creator/BlueManGroup.

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** This is subverted the one time George Michael overlaps with the narrator, as they're noticeably out of sync. This is due to a subtler running gag in season 4: George Michael claiming to have impeccable timing, but being demonstrably flawed.



* The Charlie Brown walk, with original Peanuts music.

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* The Charlie Brown walk, walk of sorrow, with original Peanuts music.
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* "Just the fact that you [[UnusualEuphemism call it "pop-pop"]] tells me you're not ready!"

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* "Just the fact that you [[UnusualEuphemism call it "pop-pop"]] 'pop-pop']] tells me you're not ready!"
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* "Just the fact that you [[UnusualEuphemism call it "pop-pop"]] tells me you're not ready!"
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** Earlier on, his attempt to combine "therapist" with "analyst": "analrapist".
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* "Light" treason.
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* "And THAT'S why you don't ''(insert misbehavior here)''."
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* The sinister hook that plays to [[{{Foreshadowing}} foreshadow something bad coming up.]] Used in rapid succession in "The Righteous Brothers" every time someone sits down on the couch in the living room, which is sinking.
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** Also, all of the responses to this - Buster usually misinterprets Oscar's meaning, Lucille either ignores him or rolls her eyes (though Buster gets a good eyeroll in during the birthday celebration for George Sr.), and Michael at one point exasperatedly tells Oscar, "Shut up."
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* Tobais and the Creator/BlueManGroup.
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** Another ongoing running gag involving Tobias is his sexuality and whether he's straight and just a fop. flamingly gay, bi, or metro.

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** The censored TV version is "or candy."



** The censored TV version is "or candy."
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* Lucille's ongoing rivalry with Lucille II.
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* The doctor at the hospital with his {{Bait-and-Switch-Comment}}s.

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* The doctor at the hospital with his {{Bait-and-Switch-Comment}}s.[[BaitAndSwitchComment Bait-and-Switch Comments]].
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* The doctor at the hospital with his BaitAndSwitchComments.

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* The doctor at the hospital with his BaitAndSwitchComments.{{Bait-and-Switch-Comment}}s.
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* The doctor at the hospital with his BaitAndSwitchComments.
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** Lucille is shocked by a blue painted Tobias, and refers to the event as an assault by a "colored person".

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** Lucille is shocked by the appearance of a blue painted Tobias, Tobias in kitchen, and refers to the event as an assault by a "colored person".
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* In Season Four, several characters make a praying gesture with their hands.

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* "Magicians perform [[InsistentTerminology illusions.]] A trick is something a whore does for money... or cocaine"

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* "Magicians perform [[InsistentTerminology illusions.]] A trick is something a whore does for money... or cocaine"cocaine."
** The censored TV version is "or candy."

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** "Who?"



* Family love Michael.

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* ** Family love Michael.


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** "You're ki[dd]ing me, Buster."

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** Michael love family.



** Michael love family.
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** Michael love marry.
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** For British eyes only!
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** Tobias thinks Linsay's attraction to Ice might have something to with them having the same body-type.

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** Tobias thinks Linsay's Lindsay's attraction to Ice might have something to with them having the same body-type.



* "MR. F"

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* "MR. F"MR. F
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* "MR. F"

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