History Characters / ArrestedDevelopmentRecurringCharacters

* UnknownRival: Even before their shenanigans in Season 4, Gob keeps track of Tony’s career exploits and is highly jealous of him. But while the Narrator refers to their relationship as a “longtime rivalry”, when Gob auditions to be part of his magic DVD in Season 2 he mainly acts like an awestruck fanboy. Tony, by contrast, seems to barely know who Gob is but is intrigued by his act and not adverse to his success.

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* AsHimself: John Beard was a real newscaster for the UsefulNotes/LosAngeles area’s local FOX affiliate and was active during ''Arrested Development''’s run. He relocated to Buffalo in the seven-year break between the show’s FOX cancellation and its Netflix resumption, but he still filmed all his parts.

%%* SmugSnake

* AmoralAttorney: He is ardently unethical, always willing to take the sleaziest route to a conclusion. He's also overtly demeaning to people (which got him sued by a paralegal) and is not above discussing his various indiscretions. He's even unethical to his clients, charging them for performing no meaningful work. He'd probably be even more corrupt if he wasn't such a disgustingly LazyBum as well.

%%* AmoralAttorney

%%* TheBigGuy: Rocky Richter.

* ThemeNaming: According to the narrator, all of Ron Howard's daughters, legitimate and otherwise, have where they were conceived as their middle names. Paige [[LandOfMyFathersAndTheirSheep Carlyle]], [[Creator/BryceDallasHoward Bryce]] [[UsefulNotes/DFWMetroplex Dallas]]... Rebel '''Alley'''.

->'''George''': ''...I've got the worst [bleep]ing attorneys.''

* LoveTriangle: Between Rebel, Michael, and [[spoiler:George Michael]].

Steve Holt is a student at George Michael and Maeby's high school. Introduced first in "Bringing Up Buster", he is initially Maeby's crush, and is a BookDumb high school jock. [[labelnote:He is actually GOB's son, born to Eve Holt, a woman GOB impregnated at high school, making him Michael's nephew. Despite numerous attempts to reconnect with GOB, it never works out for him.[[/labelnote]]

Steve Holt is a student at George Michael and Maeby's high school. Introduced first in "Bringing Up Buster", he is initially Maeby's crush, and is a BookDumb high school jock.

Lucille Austero, known by the Bluths as "Lucille 2", is Lucille's next-door-neighbour, best friend and rival. She also suffers from chronic vertigo. She begins a relationship with Buster in the first season after unknowingly flirting with him in "Key Decisions". In Season 2, we see that she is a major investor in the Bluth company stocks, which she has registered under the named "Standpoor" as a nod to her vertigo, to the point of her taking ownership of the company away from the Bluths themselves. She becomes an AscendedExtra as the series goes on, especially in Season 4.

Kitty Sanchez is George's, and later Michael's personal secretary. She's still loyal to George despite his imprisonment. George was actually having an affair with her, and continues to throughout the series. After getting breast implants in Season 1, she becomes fond of flashing her breasts to people.

The Bluth family's incompetent lawyer, whom Michael desperately tries to replace with rival Wayne Jarvis. He is homophobic[[note]]Which caused his (gay) paralegal to sue him with a rival lawyer[[/note]] and homosexual himself. Like most of the Bluth family, he is lazy and selfish. He makes many appearances throughout the series.

...''[[RunningGag her?]]'' George Michael's bland girlfriend as of the end of Season 1. Although George Michael is infatuated with her, Michael cannot bring himself to like her, due to her lack of any personality beyond her Christianity.

J. Walter Weatherman is an ex-Bluth company employee who lost his arm in a company accident. Throughout the Bluth children's childhoods, George has used him and his ArtificialLimb as a lesson-teaching device, by [[ScareEmStraight convincing them that their actions have led to a man losing his arm]].

Carl Weathers is Tobias' idol and acting coach, whose training his purchases with his last $1100 given to him by Michael to regain his medical license under Jessie's suggestion.

Maggie Lizer is a blind prosecutor whom Michael starts going out with after an unsuccessful one-night-stand. She turns out to be the prosecutor in the case against his father, and asks him to look over the list of evidence they have against him in the case.

!!Saddam Hussein/H. Maddas/Achmed
!!!Played by: Larry Thomas ("Achmed")

An Iraqi dictator, and the long-time business partner of George Sr. His involvement in the plot was first hinted when George revealed that he ''may'' have committed some "light treason", but it was confirmed at the end of Season 1 that George had been making model homes in Iraq to aid Hussein. Evidence relating to the business ventures of the two was stored in the [[SdrawkcabName H. Maddas]] cooler, until it was destroyed by GOB at the end of "Spring Breakout". George claims that Hussein set him up, and used him as a pawn in his plans.

It is ultimately revealed in "Exit Strategy" that the real Saddam Hussein was hiding in the Iraq model home as one of his own lookalikes under the name "Achmed".

George's long-time rival and the leader of Sitwell Enterprises.

A professional magician, and GOB's idol. He shows up in "Sword of Destiny", allowing Buster (and by extension, GOB) to be on his DVD, "Use Your Illusion", although for copyright reasons he is considering changing the title to "[[Music/GunsNRoses Use Your Illusion II]]"[[note]]Since both are Music/GunsNRoses albums, it ends up being "Use Your Allusion"[[/note]]. He plays a bigger part in Season 4.

A British girl whom Michael meets in Wee Britain during "For British Eyes Only", and falls in love with.

A British man who threatens Michael and his family in Season 3.

%%Marky Bark is an ostrich farmer and a political activist whom Lindsay meets in Season 4 at a methadone clinic. The government have been suspicious of him ever since he accidentally signed up for the wrong political group (which turned out to be al-Qaeda). He has a condition called Face Blindness that prevents him from recognising faces.

Steve Holt is a student at George Michael and Maeby's high school. Introduced first in "Bringing Up Buster", he is initially Maeby's crush, and is a BookDumb high school jock. [[spoiler:He is actually GOB's son, born to Eve Holt, a woman GOB impregnated at high school, making him Michael's nephew. Despite numerous attempts to reconnect with GOB, it never works out for him. By Season 4, he's working as pest control.]]

Lucille Austero, known by the Bluths as "Lucille 2", is Lucille's next-door-neighbour, best friend and rival. She also suffers from chronic vertigo. She begins a relationship with Buster in the first season after unknowingly flirting with him in "Key Decisions". In Season 2, we see that she is a major investor in the Bluth company stocks, which she has registered under the named "Standpoor" as a nod to her vertigo, to the point of her taking ownership of the company away from the Bluths themselves. She becomes an AscendedExtra as the series goes on, especially in Season 4. [[spoiler:She goes missing on the night of Cinco de Cuatro, her bloodied outline viewed against the staircar, with the identity of her possible murderer being the main {{cliffhanger}} of Season 4, since every main character has a motive. Buster is arrested for her murder, although his guilt remains unknown.]]

Kitty Sanchez is George's, and later Michael's personal secretary. She's still loyal to George despite his imprisonment. George was actually having an affair with her, and continues to throughout the series. After getting breast implants in Season 1, she becomes fond of flashing her breasts to people. [[spoiler:When George escaped from prison, she helped him flee the country. She was seen attending his fake funeral, but returns to the plot properly in the last two episodes of Season 2, when she kidnaps George Sr, and comes across a sample of his sperm.]]

* TheAlcoholic

* FieryRedhead
* GenkiGirl

* SmugSnake

The Bluth family's incompetent lawyer, whom Michael desperately tries to replace with rival Wayne Jarvis. He is homophobic[[note]]Which caused his (gay) paralegal to sue him with a rival lawyer[[/note]] and homosexual himself. Like most of the Bluth family, he is lazy and selfish. He makes many appearances throughout the series. [[spoiler:He is fired by Michael in the Season 3 premiere after he is caught trying to smuggle George, now a member of the Blue Man Group, out of the country.]]

* AmbiguouslyJewish
* AmoralAttorney
* ArmoredClosetGay

* SmallNameBigEgo

* TransparentCloset

...''[[RunningGag her?]]'' George Michael's bland girlfriend as of the end of Season 1. Although George Michael is infatuated with her, Michael cannot bring himself to like her, due to her lack of any personality beyond her Christianity. [[spoiler:In Season 3, she breaks up with George Michael after meeting "a man" at the talent contest she placed third in. In "Development Arrested" the man is revealed to be GOB, with whom she has become romantically involved (GOB had hinted previously in the season that he had a "religious girlfriend").]]

In Season 4, [[spoiler:she continues to date GOB after the latter (sorta) works things out with George Michael, and ends up getting engaged to him due to a misunderstanding. After GOB unintentionally leaves her on the altar, she ends up getting pregnant with Tony Wonder's child.]]

* PhraseCatcher: “Who?" and "Her?"
* YouKeepUsingThatWord: Ann and her mother have a decidedly unique interpretation of the word “secularity”.

* KentBrockmanNews

* SmugSnake

J. Walter Weatherman is an ex-Bluth company employee who lost his arm in a company accident. Throughout the Bluth children's childhoods, George has used him and his ArtificialLimb as a lesson-teaching device, by [[ScareEmStraight convincing them that their actions have led to a man losing his arm]]. He appears in "Pier Pressure", where [[spoiler:George Sr uses him to teach one last lesson: to not teach lessons to your son.]]

He reappears in Season 3's "Making a Stand", [[spoiler:working as a DoubleAgent of sorts for Michael and GOB against George Sr in the GambitPileup.]]

Carl Weathers is Tobias' idol and acting coach, whose training his purchases with his last $1100 given to him by Michael to regain his medical license under Jessie's suggestion. After [[spoiler:being fired by Tobias]] he starts spending time with Lucille 2.

Maggie Lizer is a blind prosecutor whom Michael starts going out with after an unsuccessful one-night-stand. She turns out to be the prosecutor in the case against his father, and asks him to look over the list of evidence they have against him in the case. [[spoiler:It's a bluff, and the evidence list is fake, but her [[BatmanGambit gambit]] goes even further than that - not only was she lying about the evidence, she was also lying about her blindness, and has been faking the condition for years since it helped her cheat on the exam.]]

She returns in Season 2, pregnant with a child Michael believes could be his. [[spoiler:Due to her track record, though, he also believes that she could be lying about the whole thing. Eventually he discovers that the baby isn't his, but the child of Officers Carter and Taylor, using Maggie as a surrogate mother. And ''then'' he discovers that Maggie isn't the mother at all, but her client Loretta is. In TheStinger of her final appearance, she is implied to be pregnant for real this time, and with Michael's child at that.]]

Maggie's seeing-eye dog, although [[spoiler:it turns out that he's the blind one, not Maggie]].[[note]]Not to be confused with Little Justice, one of George Sr.'s fellow inmates who appears in "Missing Kitty".[[/note]]

!!Saddam Hussein/H. Maddas[[spoiler:/Achmed]]
!!!Played by: [[spoiler:Larry Thomas ("Achmed")]]

An Iraqi dictator, and the long-time business partner of George Sr. His involvement in the plot was first hinted when George revealed that he ''may'' have committed some "light treason", but it was confirmed at the end of Season 1 that George had been making model homes in Iraq to aid Hussein. Evidence relating to the business ventures of the two was stored in the [[SdrawkcabName H. Maddas]] cooler, [[spoiler:until it was destroyed by GOB at the end of "Spring Breakout"]]. George claims that Hussein set him up, and used him as a pawn in his plans.

[[spoiler:It is ultimately revealed in "Exit Strategy" that the real Saddam Hussein was hiding in the Iraq model home as one of his own lookalikes under the name "Achmed".]]

->''"Excuse me, Mr. Bluth. [[spoiler:We lost him]]. He just, uh... [[spoiler:got away from us]]. I’m sorry."''

Introduced early in Season 2, Starla is GOB's business [[LiteralMinded model]], and later the Bluths' secretary to replace Kitty, who [[spoiler:helped George escape to Mexico]]. She claims to have had a relationship with music legend Quincy Jones. She ignores GOB's sexual advances, and later [[spoiler:becomes a love interest for Buster]]. She also develops rabies from a Quincy Jones' rabid guard dog later on in the season.

George's long-time rival and the leader of Sitwell Enterprises. [[spoiler:He eventually becomes the major shareholder of the Bluth company stock when Lucille sells it to him aboard the Queen Mary, but he quickly sells it to Lucille 2.]]

The Bluths' first ''decent'' lawyer (with the possible and temporary exception of Wayne Jarvis), brought in by Michael in Season 3 [[spoiler:to replace Barry Zuckercorn]].

A British girl whom Michael meets in Wee Britain during "For British Eyes Only", and falls in love with. [[spoiler:While it's at first hinted that she is working with Trevor, the reality is that she's mentally retarded (earning her the title of MRF: Mentally Retarded Female).]]

A British man who threatens Michael and his family in Season 3. [[spoiler:He is actually Rita's uncle and caretaker, due to her disability.]]

Andy Richter and his four identical brothers. Besides Andy, there's Rocky Richter, Andy's stunt double and a police officer; Donny Richter, a teacher at the alternative, new-age high school Openings, which George Michael and Maeby attend in Season 3 [[spoiler:and in Maeby’s case, Season 4]]; Emmett Richter, whose face is blurred at all times due to refusing to make an appearance on the show; and Chareth Richter, who doesn't appear outside of the family photo in Season 3.

[[folder:Marky Bark]]
!!Marky Bark/[[spoiler:Divine Spirit]]
!!!Played by: Chris Diamantopoulos

Marky Bark is an ostrich farmer and a political activist whom Lindsay meets [[spoiler:and becomes romantically involved with]] in Season 4 at a methadone clinic. The government have been suspicious of him ever since he accidentally signed up for the wrong political group (which turned out to be al-Qaeda). He has a condition called Face Blindness that prevents him from recognising faces. [[spoiler:He also appears to George and Oscar as the Divine Spirit. Eventually, Marky tries to take down politician Herbert Love, the leader of congress at Cinco de Cuatro, but due to a complicated misunderstanding[[labelnote:click here for explanation]]Tobias boarded Marky's boat to take him to the raft his ''Franchise/FantasticFour'' musical was playing on, covered in blue paint and wearing a wig in an attempt to play Sue Storm, and brought his luggage along with him. Marky put Tobias' luggage, thinking it was Lindsay's luggage (which contained his bomb) on the Love float, leaving the bomb on their boat. When they tried to warn Lindsay, who had boarded Love's boat and become the leader of Congress, the bomb exploded.[[/labelnote]], he was caught in the explosion.]]

Marky is the son of the protestor Johnny Bark, who appeared in Season 1's "[[Recap/ArrestedDevelopmentS1E4KeyDecisions Key Decisions]]".
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* FieryRedhead
* HeroesLoveRedheads

Marky Bark is an ostrich farmer and a political activist whom Lindsay meets [[spoiler:and becomes romantically involved with]] in Season 4 at a methadone clinic. The government have been suspicious of him ever since he accidentally signed up for the wrong political group (which turned out to be al-Qaeda). He has a condition called Face Blindness that prevents him from recognising faces. [[spoiler:He also appears to George and Oscar as the Divine Spirit.]]

Marky is the son of the protestor Johnny Bark, who appeared in Season 1's "Key Decisions".

Tropes pertaining to the various recurring side characters of ''Series/ArrestedDevelopment''.

!!!Played by: Alessandra Torresani; Creator/MaeWhitman

...''[[RunningGag her?]]'' George Michael's bland girlfriend as of the end of Season 1. Although George Michael is infatuated with her, Michael cannot bring himself to like her, due to her lack of any personality beyond her Christianity. [[spoiler:In Season 3, she ends up sleeping with GOB behind George Michael's back.]]

* TheDogBitesBack: [[spoiler:Tricks GOB and Tony Wonder into sleeping with each other when both attempt to use her against each other as revenge for GOB leaving her at the altar and Tony getting her pregnant.]]

* PhraseCatcher: “Who?”, “Her?”, “Egg?”, “Bland?”
** “Who?”

[[folder:Johnny Bark]]
!!Johnny Bark
!!!Played by: Clint Howard

Johnny Bark is a protestor who appears in "Key Decisions", protecting a tree that the Bluth family were to cut down. He is the father of Marky Bark, an important character in Season 4.
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* KilledOffscreen: [[spoiler:Ambiguous. According to Marky, he died of "natural causes": being attacked by bees and then falling out of a tree. However, we later see him, "very much alive", in "Colony Collapse". Whether this chronologically took place before "Indian Takers", or whether Marky was mistaken or joking is not specified.]]
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-->'''Played By:''' Isla Fisher

!!Introduced in Season 1
[[folder: John Beard]]
!!John Beard
!!!Played by: [[AsHimself John Beard]]

A newscaster that has frequently appeared throughout the show from as early as the very first episode, whenever a news broadcast is shown.

* AscendedExtra: John Beard AsHimself ties Henry Winkler as Barry Zuckerkorn for most frequently credited SpecialGuest, yet he probably has a cumulative minute of screentime.
** He more properly fits the trope in season 4, as he has an actual role in the Tobias plot.
* AsHimself: John Beard was a real newscaster for the UsefulNotes/LosAngeles area’s local FOX affiliate and was active during ''Arrested Development''’s run. He relocated to Buffalo in the seven-year break between the show’s FOX cancellation and its Netflix resumption, but he still filmed all his parts.
* CoincidentalBroadcast: If what the Bluths do end up on the news, John Beard usually headlines it.
* KentBrockmanNews
* ManipulativeEditing: Used by the news crew to make GOB sound like he's confessing to killing [[spoiler:Earl Milford]].
-->'''GOB''': I didn’t kill him, alright? And don’t edit this for your broadcast so it looks like I’m screaming-\\
'''GOB''' ''(on broadcast)'': "I killed [[spoiler:Earl Milford]]!"\\
'''John Beard''': Startling confession tonight at 11:00.
* PungeonMaster: Justified, since most of the plot-relevant things that wind up on the news are featured in ‘lighter side’-type segments.
* RecurringExtra: Has appeared in all four seasons.
* SmugSnake
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[[folder: Steve Holt]]
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!!Steve Holt
!!!Played by: Justin Grant Wade
->''"[[SayMyName STEVE HOLT]]!"''

Steve Holt is a student at George Michael and Maeby's high school. Introduced first in "Bringing Up Buster", he is initially Maeby's crush, and is a BookDumb high school jock. [[spoiler:He is actually GOB's son, born to Eve Holt, a woman GOB impregnated at high school, making him Michael's nephew. Despite numerous attempts to reconnect with GOB, it never works out for him. By Season 4, he's working as pest control.]]
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[[folder: Marta Estrella]]
!!Marta Estrella
!!!Played by: Leonor Varela[[note]]In "Bringing Up Buster" and "Key Decisions"[[/note]], Patricia Velásquez

Marta is a Spanish soap opera actress. While she is dating GOB, Michael quickly falls in love with her upon getting to know her in "Key Decisions". She has two sons.

* TheCameo: Albeit played by a different actress, in a montage in "Forget-Me-Now".
* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter:
** Thinking GOB, of all people, was a great (and [[YourCheatingHeart faithful]]) guy.
** She eventually comes to view her judgement of [[spoiler:Michael as a caring, family-driven person]] as this when she finds him [[spoiler:fighting GOB and Buster outside their father's hearing]] in "Marta Complex".
* NoodleIncident: ''Anything'' involving the plot of her ShowWithinAShow ''El Amor Prohibido''.
* PutOnABus: [[spoiler:She doesn't appear after "Marta Complex". To be fair, she broke up with Michael and GOB, so there's not a lot of reason for her to stick around.]]
* YourCheatingHeart: Near the end of their relationship, [[spoiler:she cheated on GOB with Michael.]]

[[folder:Lucille 2]]
!!Lucille Austero/Lucille 2/"Standpoor"
!!!Played by: Liza Minnelli

Lucille Austero, known by the Bluths as "Lucille 2", is Lucille's next-door-neighbour, best friend and rival. She also suffers from chronic vertigo. She begins a relationship with Buster in the first season after unknowingly flirting with him in "Key Decisions". In Season 2, we see that she is a major investor in the Bluth company stocks, which she has registered under the named "Standpoor" as a nod to her vertigo, to the point of her taking ownership of the company away from the Bluths themselves. She becomes an AscendedExtra as the series goes on, especially in Season 4. [[spoiler:She goes missing on the night of Cinco de Cuatro, her bloodied outline viewed against the staircar, with the identity of her possible murderer being the main {{cliffhanger}} of Season 4, since every main character has a motive. Buster is arrested for her murder, although his guilt remains unknown.]]

* AscendedExtra: In Season 4, after becoming the major shareholder in the company. In fact, most of the season's storyline revolves around her.
* BewareTheNiceOnes:
** She refuses to sell her Bluth shares when she finds out Lucille took advantage of her.
** [[spoiler: She delivers a withering TheReasonYouSuckSpeech to Lucille in Season 4, while being deposed as a defense witness]].
* SitcomArchnemesis: With Lucille Bluth as social friends and passive-aggressive rivals.
* VitriolicBestBuds: With Lucille. She begins to give as good as she gets in the later seasons.
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[[folder: Kitty Sanchez]]
!!Kitty Sanchez
!!!Played by: Creator/JudyGreer
->''"And say goodbye... ''(flashes breasts)'' to these."''

Kitty Sanchez is George's, and later Michael's personal secretary. She's still loyal to George despite his imprisonment. George was actually having an affair with her, and continues to throughout the series. After getting breast implants in Season 1, she becomes fond of flashing her breasts to people. [[spoiler:When George escaped from prison, she helped him flee the country. She was seen attending his fake funeral, but returns to the plot properly in the last two episodes of Season 2, when she kidnaps George Sr, and comes across a sample of his sperm.]]
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[[folder:Lupe]]
!!Lupe
!!!Played by: BW Gonzalez
->''"Mister Gay, he's bleeding! Mister Gay!"''

Lucille's Hispanic housekeeper, who often gets verbally abused by her employer. She was brought in to replace her sister, Luz.

* DemotedToExtra: Upon her return in Season 3, he appears in a total of three episodes across Seasons 3 and 4.
* OutdatedOutfit: A RunningGag told through {{Funny Background Event}}s is that she is often seen at holiday parties wearing wrong-themed sweaters passed down by Lucille, such as wearing a Halloween sweater at a Christmas party of a Thanksgiving sweater at a Valentine's Day party.
* PutOnABus: [[spoiler:Lucille fires her in Season 2 after she is caught sleeping with Buster.]]
** TheBusCameBack: Inexplicably returns in Season 3, albeit [[DemotedToExtra with a much minor role]].
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[[folder:Barry Zuckerkorn]]
!!Barry Zuckerkorn
!!!Played by: Henry Winkler, Max Winkler (Young Barry)
->'''George''': ''...I've got the worst [bleep]ing attorneys.''

The Bluth family's incompetent lawyer, whom Michael desperately tries to replace with rival Wayne Jarvis. He is homophobic[[note]]Which caused his (gay) paralegal to sue him with a rival lawyer[[/note]] and homosexual himself. Like most of the Bluth family, he is lazy and selfish. He makes many appearances throughout the series. [[spoiler:He is fired by Michael in the Season 3 premiere after he is caught trying to smuggle George, now a member of the Blue Man Group, out of the country.]]
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* {{Jerkass}}: To James, especially considering he's gay himself.

[[folder:James Spangler]]
!!James Alan Spangler
!!!Played by: Sam Pancake, Antony Desantis

Barry Zuckerkorn's gay paralegal. He filed a lawsuit against Barry, ironically with Barry's rival Wayne Jarvis.
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* ButtMonkey: It certainly appears so. In fact, Barry's homophobic comments against him are implied to be all too common.
-->'''Barry''': I am not a ''girl'', you bow-tied...\\
'''James''': ''(holds up tape recorder, presses record)'' Go on, call me something. I'm redoing my kitchen.

[[folder: J. Walter Weatherman]]
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!!J. Walter Weatherman
!!!Played by: Steve Ryan
->''"And '''that's''' why... you always [[DisproportionateRetribution leave a note]]."''

J. Walter Weatherman is an ex-Bluth company employee who lost his arm in a company accident. Throughout the Bluth children's childhoods, George has used him and his ArtificialLimb as a lesson-teaching device, by [[ScareEmStraight convincing them that their actions have led to a man losing his arm]]. He appears in "Pier Pressure", where [[spoiler:George Sr uses him to teach one last lesson: to not teach lessons to your son.]]

He reappears in Season 3's "Making a Stand", [[spoiler:working as a DoubleAgent of sorts for Michael and GOB against George Sr in the GambitPileup.]]

* ArtificialLimb: His prosthetic arm.
* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: In-Universe. When Michael asks his father what happened to him, George replies:
-->'''George''': He's, uh, dead. You killed him when you left the door open with the air conditioner running.
* DoubleReverseQuadrupleAgent: [[spoiler:In Season 3, he appears to be working for George, but then reveals he was in on it with Michael and GOB the whole time. Even then, it's possible he was working with ''Buster'' the whole time.]]
* FakeArmDisarm: His prosthetic right arm detaches, and as such his lessons always ended with it being ripped off somehow.
* ForWantOfANail: All of his lessons involved a small misdemeanour committed by one of the children leading to the loss of his arm.
* HypocriticalHumor: At the end of "Pier Pressure", [[spoiler:he teaches Michael and GOB why you should never teach lessons to your son.]]
* MadLibsCatchphrase: “And ''that’s'' why you _________.”
* ScareEmStraight: His whole purpose in George's parenting.
* SpaceWhaleAesop: Forgetting to leave a note, yelling, or leaving the front door open while the air conditioner is on will result in a man losing his hand, or in the latter case, ''kill'' him.
* UncattyResemblance: In his introductory flashback, he is seen with a three-legged dog.

[[folder: Carl Weathers]]
!!Carl Weathers
!!!Played by: [[AsHimself Carl Weathers]]
->''"Whoa, whoa, whoa, there’s still plenty of meat on that bone! Now you take this home, throw it in a pot, add some broth, a potato... Baby, you’ve got a stew going!"''

Carl Weathers is Tobias' idol and acting coach, whose training his purchases with his last $1100 given to him by Michael to regain his medical license under Jessie's suggestion. After [[spoiler:being fired by Tobias]] he starts spending time with Lucille 2.

* AdamWesting: Playing as a more washed-up version of himself.
* CoolOldGuy: Is a pretty cheerful guy overall, at least with Tobias.
* EatDirtCheap: The famous stew line. His love of Burger King also stems from this.

[[folder:Stefan Gentles]]
!!Stefan Gentles
!!!Played by: James Lipton
->''"No... What I'm calling you... is a [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall television actor]]."''

The second prison warden at Orange County prison, Stefan Gentles is, on the side, an amateur script-writer, always trying to pitch the script for his new play, "New Warden". In Season 1, he places Tobias in prison as part of a training exercise, and also to pass his script on to Carl Weathers. In Season 3, he tries to seduce Lucille.

* HopelessWithTech: Has a lot of trouble working with his Tablet.
* SmallNameBigEgo: He considers himself a brilliant scriptwriter and constantly tries to promote his work, mostly with little success.
* TrueArt: InUniverse. He is an aspiring scriptwriter, and considers his scripts to be this.

[[folder:Maggie Lizer]]
!!Maggie Lizer
!!!Played by: Creator/JuliaLouisDreyfus
->''"I'm Maggie Lizer. As in, Maggie Lies-her ass off! ''(laughs awkwardly)'' ...One person laughed at that once, I don't know why I keep trying it."''

Maggie Lizer is a blind prosecutor whom Michael starts going out with after an unsuccessful one-night-stand. She turns out to be the prosecutor in the case against his father, and asks him to look over the list of evidence they have against him in the case. [[spoiler:It's a bluff, and the evidence list is fake, but her [[BatmanGambit gambit]] goes even further than that - not only was she lying about the evidence, she was also lying about her blindness, and has been faking the condition for years since it helped her cheat on the exam.]]

She returns in Season 2, pregnant with a child Michael believes could be his. [[spoiler:Due to her track record, though, he also believes that she could be lying about the whole thing. Eventually he discovers that the baby isn't his, but the child of Officers Carter and Taylor, using Maggie as a surrogate mother. And ''then'' he discovers that Maggie isn't the mother at all, but her client Loretta is. In TheStinger of her final appearance, she is implied to be pregnant for real this time, and with Michael's child at that.]]

* AmoralAttorney: Well, [[spoiler:she has been using her blindness to gain sympathy from the judge, jury and even the defendants themselves, and sometimes even to falsify evidence.]]
* BatterUp: Against [[spoiler:Tobias]] during their game of cat-and-mouse.
* FakePregnancy: [[spoiler:Zig-Zagged and Deconstructed]] in Season 2. While she appears to be pregnant, due to [[spoiler:her faking her blindness]], Michael believes that she could be faking it. [[spoiler:He sends Lindsay and Tobias to her house to investigate, and they find a fat suit. He confronts her about it, only for her to show her stomach, revealing that she really is pregnant. Then in the next episode, it turns out that it's not Michael's child, but the surrogate child of Officers Carter and Taylor. ''Then'' it turns out that it's not Maggie's child either - her client Loretta was the pregnant one all along, and Maggie ''had'' been wearing the fat suit (a latex model which led Michael to believe her).]]
* HoistByHerOwnPetard: When Tobias [[spoiler:infiltrates her house to steal evidence, it's her fake blindness that prevents her from letting on that she can tell he's there.]]
* ObfuscatingDisability: [[spoiler:Her "ocular retinoblastoma", which she has been faking for years.]]
* PutOnABus: After her two-parter, "Altar Egos"/"Justice is Blind".
** TheBusCameBack: For Season 2's "Out on a Limb"/"Hand to God".
* ThrowTheBookAtThem: In "Justice is Blind", Michael throws a copy of the Bible at her in court to [[spoiler:prove that she's not blind. Unfortunately, she actually ''was'' temporarily blind at that point, thanks to Tobias spraying her in the face.]]

!!Justice
Maggie's seeing-eye dog, although [[spoiler:it turns out that he's the blind one, not Maggie]].[[note]]Not to be confused with Little Justice, one of George Sr.'s fellow inmates who appears in "Missing Kitty".[[/note]]

* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: He doesn't appear in Season 2 even though Maggie does. [[spoiler:She presumably had no use for him once her blind act was up.]]
* FunnyBackgroundEvent: Justice causing havoc in the park when Michael and Maggie go for a walk.

[[folder:Ann Veal]]
!!Ann Paul Veal
!!!Played by: Alessandra Torresani; Creator/MaeWhitman
->'''George Michael''': She’s not my girlfriend. And she’s not bland.\\
'''Maeby''': Really? Because, I mean, under her school picture it said “not pictured”.

...''[[RunningGag her?]]'' George Michael's bland girlfriend as of the end of Season 1. Although George Michael is infatuated with her, Michael cannot bring himself to like her, due to her lack of any personality beyond her Christianity. [[spoiler:In Season 3, she ends up sleeping with GOB behind George Michael's back.]]

* ButtMonkey: Seriously, nearly everybody regards her as bland, even in front of her.
* TheDogBitesBack: [[spoiler:Tricks GOB and Tony Wonder into sleeping with each other when both attempt to use her against each other as revenge for GOB leaving her at the altar and Tony getting her pregnant.]]
* {{Embarrassing|MiddleName}} {{Tomboyish|Name}} [[EmbarrassingMiddleName Middle Name]]: Paul.
* TheFundamentalist: One of her defining (gasp) traits is that she's a true Christian.
* TheNondescript: According to Maeby, you couldn't pick her from a lineup of ''one''.
* PhraseCatcher: “Who?”, “Her?”, “Egg?”, “Bland?”
** “Who?”
* YouKeepUsingThatWord: Ann and her mother have a decidedly unique interpretation of the word “secularity”.

[[folder:'''Spoiler Character''']]
!!Saddam Hussein/H. Maddas[[spoiler:/Achmed]]
!!!Played by: [[spoiler:Larry Thomas ("Achmed")]]
->'''GOB''': We've got the proof, Michael. Dad's signed contract with Saddam.\\
'''Buster''': ''(whispering)'' ...Hussein.

An Iraqi dictator, and the long-time business partner of George Sr. His involvement in the plot was first hinted when George revealed that he ''may'' have committed some "light treason", but it was confirmed at the end of Season 1 that George had been making model homes in Iraq to aid Hussein. Evidence relating to the business ventures of the two was stored in the [[SdrawkcabName H. Maddas]] cooler, [[spoiler:until it was destroyed by GOB at the end of "Spring Breakout"]]. George claims that Hussein set him up, and used him as a pawn in his plans.

[[spoiler:It is ultimately revealed in "Exit Strategy" that the real Saddam Hussein was hiding in the Iraq model home as one of his own lookalikes under the name "Achmed".]]

* TheChessmaster: George Sr claims that Saddam set him up, and had been coordinating his actions from the very start. While this may or may not be strictly true, [[spoiler:he did coordinate a lookalike to be sent to trial in his place while the real Saddam hid out in the model home]], so he definitely fits the trope.
* HiddenInPlainSight: [[spoiler:The real Saddam Hussein hides in the model home, disguised as a mere lookalike.]]
* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler:He remains hidden in the model home in Iraq while a lookalike is trialled for his crimes in his place.]]
* SdrawkcabName: "H. Maddas".
* WalkingSpoiler: His involvement in the plot is ''the'' major reveal of Season 1.

[[folder:Doctor Fishman]]
!!Doctor Fishman/Doctor Wordsmith
!!!Played by: Ian Roberts
->''"Excuse me, Mr. Bluth. [[spoiler:We lost him]]. He just, uh... [[spoiler:got away from us]]. I’m sorry."''

A very literal doctor who often gets assigned to the Bluths whenever they visit the hospital. His strange way of speaking often results in miscommunication between him and his patients.

* BluntMetaphorsTrauma: He doesn't seem to understand how certain phases can be allusions to death when taken non-literally.
* LiteralMinded: His defining character trait, which leads to some of the most hilarious moments on the show.

!!Introduced in Season 2
[[folder:Starla]]
!!Starla
!!!Played by: Mo Collins
->''"Solid as a rock!"''

Introduced early in Season 2, Starla is GOB's business [[LiteralMinded model]], and later the Bluths' secretary to replace Kitty, who [[spoiler:helped George escape to Mexico]]. She claims to have had a relationship with music legend Quincy Jones. She ignores GOB's sexual advances, and later [[spoiler:becomes a love interest for Buster]]. She also develops rabies from a Quincy Jones' rabid guard dog later on in the season.

* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: She isn't seen after "Sword of Justice", where she develops rabies. She was presumably accidentally replaced with Tobias, whom Michael inadvertently hired as his assistant.
* HookerWithAHeartOfGold: If she is a whore, as Lucille vehemently suggests.

[[folder:Gene Parmesan]]
!!Gene Parmesan
!!!Played by: Martin Mull

Lucille's Private Investigator.

* BunnyEarsLawyer: His disguises are comically bad, but he did manage to track down George Sr. before GOB's bounty hunter did.
* MasterOfDisguise: Parodied. He constantly turns up in various disguises and faked accents. They are all blatantly obvious, and the narration {{lampshade|Hanging}}s this, with the narrator saying, “Gene was far from the best.” Despite this, they invariably fool Lucille, eliciting a scream of delight from her each time. However, he gets anywhere instantly, which is surprisingly so given his standard—
* PaperThinDisguise: As bad as his fake accents and his detective skills.

[[folder:Stan Sitwell]]
!!Stan Sitwell
!!!Played by: Ed Begley Jr.

George's long-time rival, although he's a genuinely nice guy.

* BaldOfAwesome: {{Exaggerated|Trope}}. He has alopecia, rendering him completely hairless, and regularly donates large sums to charities.
** CastingGag: Ed Begley Jr. has a very full blond head in real life.
* NiceGuy
** BewareTheNiceOnes:[[spoiler: After the events of “[[Recap/ArrestedDevelopmentS3E13DevelopmentArrested Development Arrested]],” Stan buys up the Bluth Co. stock Michael’s family had sold, and then sells it to Lucille Austero at a loss. To recover his money, he signs a contract with the U.S. government to build a wall along the Mexican border.]]
* SitcomArchnemesis: To everyone except Michael, who regards him as a [[WorthyOpponent Worthy Competitor]].

[[folder:Sally Sitwell]]
!!Sally Sitwell
!!!Played by: Christine Taylor

Stan Sitwell's daughter, and Michael's childhood crush. Michael never acted on his intentions due to their parents' feud. Their relationship eventually reaches a halt when Maggie returns and Michael believes she is pregnant with his baby.

* AscendedExtra: Despite only appearing in two episodes throughout the first three seasons, she is given a much bigger part in Season 4, where she [[spoiler: becomes Lucille 2's campaign advisor, and then is revealed to be behind Tony Wonder's grand plan]].
* BaldWomen: [[spoiler: It’s strongly hinted in Season 4 that she’s inherited her father’s [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alopecia_universalis alopecia universalis]] and is starting to wear hairpieces, just like Stan]].
* BigBad: [[spoiler:At the end of Season 4, she may be shaping up to become one for the Bluths.]]

[[folder:Tony Wonder]]
!!Tony Wonder
!!!Played by: Creator/BenStiller
->''"Did somebody say... 'wonder'?"''

A professional magician, and GOB's idol. He shows up in "Sword of Destiny", allowing Buster (and by extension, GOB) to be on his DVD, "Use Your Illusion", although for copyright reasons he is considering changing the title to "[[Music/GunsNRoses Use Your Illusion II]]"[[note]]Since both are Music/GunsNRoses albums, it ends up being "Use Your Allusion"[[/note]]. He plays a bigger part in Season 4.

* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: To Gob.
* ImpossiblyAwesomeMagicTrick: He somehow managed to have himself baked into a loaf of bread and turned into a giant sandwich for the troops.
* InadvertentEntranceCue: {{Exploited|Trope}}. He loves to hide in hidden compartments just so he can make a grandiose entrance when someone says the word “Wonder.”
* NotSoDifferent: [[spoiler: From Gob]] in Season 4. [[spoiler: They both have an interest in magic and they both have never felt genuine friendship. They even share a {{leitmotif}}.]]
* SuddenlySexuality: [[spoiler: ZigZagged.]] He publicly comes out of the closet in Season Four; [[spoiler: and although this is revealed to be a publicity stunt, he and Gob develop genuine romantic feelings for each other, leaving Tony’s actual sexuality somewhat ambiguous.]]
* UnknownRival: Even before their shenanigans in Season 4, Gob keeps track of Tony’s career exploits and is highly jealous of him. But while the Narrator refers to their relationship as a “longtime rivalry”, when Gob auditions to be part of his magic DVD in Season 2 he mainly acts like an awestruck fanboy. Tony, by contrast, seems to barely know who Gob is but is intrigued by his act and not adverse to his success.
* WhatIsThisFeeling: [[spoiler: His reciprocated feelings for Gob]] in Season 4 [[spoiler: take them both by surprise.]]

!!Introduced in Season 3
[[folder:Bob Loblaw]]
!!Bob Loblaw
!!!Played by: Scott Baio
->''"Why should you go to jail, for a crime someone else... [[BaitAndSwitch noticed]]?"''

The Bluths' first ''decent'' lawyer (with the possible and temporary exception of Wayne Jarvis), brought in by Michael in Season 3 [[spoiler:to replace Barry Zuckercorn]].

* AmoralAttorney: See the quote above.
* DemotedToExtra: Being the Bluths' new lawyer in Season 3, his appearances are very regular until [[spoiler:he has to drop their case in "S.O.B.s" due to Lindsay using up their retainer on her divorce]]. Due to this, he only makes one appearance in Season 4.
* ObliviousToLove: Lindsay initially prefaces her flirtations with him by saying she’s looking into getting a divorce from her husband. He carries on with the rest of their interactions as if she’s consulting him as her divorce lawyer. [[spoiler:It's later subverted when he responds to her flirting (he most likely figured it out at some point down the path and continued to act as her lawyer for the business she provided him with), but even when he asks her out, it's just to get evidence for his new client, Tobias.]]
* PunnyName: "Bob Loblaw", said aloud, sounds like BlahBlahBlah. It's taken even further when we find out he has a law blog - the Bob Loblaw Law Blog, and later in the newspaper title, "Bob Loblaw Lobs Law Bomb".
* StrictlyProfessionalRelationship: He doesn't pursue a relationship with Lindsay because he cannot date a client of his. [[spoiler:Eventually double subverted: he passes Lindsay's case off to Treat, his paralegal (soon to be a lawyer), in order to ask her out on a date, only for it to be revealed later that he was only doing it to get evidence against Lindsay for his new client: Tobias.]]
* TurnCoat: [[spoiler:He dumps Lindsay as a client to represent Tobias in the same case.]]

[[folder:Rita Leeds]]
!!Rita Leeds
!!!Played by: Charlize Theron

A British girl whom Michael meets in Wee Britain during "For British Eyes Only", and falls in love with. [[spoiler:While it's at first hinted that she is working with Trevor, the reality is that she's mentally retarded (earning her the title of MRF: Mentally Retarded Female).]]

* AmbiguousDisorder: [[spoiler:We know that she's "mentally retarded", but no further information about her disability is disclosed.]]
* BigBadEnsemble: [[spoiler:When it comes to light that she's working with Trevor, the two are set up as this for Season 3. Ultimately subverted, as it turns out he really is her uncle, and she isn't evil in the slightest.]]
* CloudCuckoolander: [[spoiler:Not noticeable at first, but a lot of her dialogue is this after she is revealed as an MRF.]]
* KissingCousins: Trevor explains that her parents were cousins, [[spoiler:and he believes that this is the reason for her disability.]]
* OneOfTheKids: Due to teaching at a school in Wee Britain. [[spoiler:Or attending the school as a student, as it turns out.]]
* PutOnABus: [[spoiler:When the marriage with Michael doesn't go through, she is forced to move back to Britain, and disappears from the show.]]
* RummageSaleReject: How she dresses is pretty questionable, but Michael finds it charming.
* SecretlyWealthy: [[spoiler:To the extent that ''her family owns all of Wee Britain''. When Lucille and George find out, they encourage Michael to go ahead with the wedding.]]
* SmartPeopleSpeakTheQueensEnglish: Subverted. [[spoiler:This is how the Bluths can’t recognize her as mentally retarded: her British accent.]]
* VillainousFriendship: The final moments of "For British Eyes Only" shows [[spoiler:her getting into a car with Trevor, implying this.]]

[[folder:Trevor]]
!![[spoiler:Uncle]] Trevor
!!!Played by: Dave Thomas

A British man who threatens Michael and his family in Season 3. [[spoiler:He is actually Rita's uncle and caretaker, due to her disability.]]

* BigBad: Implied at first to be one for Season 3; he is part of the group who set up George, Sr. [[spoiler:Except not really, because he doesn't actually have anything to do with that group at all.]]
* MustHaveNicotine: He is a chain smoker to the point where he even smokes while brushing his teeth.

[[folder:Larry Middleman]]
!!Larry Middleman
!!!Played by: Bob Einstein

George Sr's surrogate while he remains under house arrest in Season 3.

* DemotedToExtra: He only makes a brief appearance after [[spoiler:"The Ocean Walker"]].
* PutOnABus: [[spoiler:George fires him after he gives away the family's plan to get Michael married to Rita so that they can inherit her money. He does make a brief appearance in "S.O.B.s", working for someone else.]]
* SpannerInTheWorks: [[spoiler:He gives away George and Lucille's plan in "The Ocean Walker" when George starts thinking aloud, not realising that Larry is still repeating what he's saying. This gets him fired.]]
* TheStoic: He's definitely a professional. He acts only a George's eyes and ears. In fact, he hardly even shows emotion when George tells him to.

[[folder:The Richter Quintuplets]]
!!The Richter Quintuplets
!!!Played by: Andy Richter

Andy Richter and his four identical brothers. Besides Andy, there's Rocky Richter, Andy's stunt double and a police officer; Donny Richter, a teacher at the alternative, new-age high school Openings, which George Michael and Maeby attend in Season 3 [[spoiler:and in Maeby’s case, Season 4]]; Emmett Richter, whose face is blurred at all times due to refusing to make an appearance on the show; and Chareth Richter, who doesn't appear outside of the family photo in Season 3.

* ActingForTwo: All four are played by Andy Richter.
* AdamWesting[=/=]AsHimself: Andy Richter appears as himself, with just a slightly sadder life.
* AscendedExtra: Their only appearance in the first three seasons was in the Season 3 episode “S.O.B.s”, but they return multiple times in Season 4. It's most notable with Emmett, who ''didn't'' even appear in "S.O.B.s" (besides being blurred out in a family picture), but turns up in-person in Season 4 to play the Human Torch in Tobias' Franchise/FantasticFour play.
%%* TheBigGuy: Rocky Richter.
* CallBack: Chareth's name and personality (the Narrator refers to him as "the flirt") are a reference to the persona Michael adopted when flirting with Maggie Lizer in "Altar Egos", Chareth Cutestory.
* CastingGag: Not the first time that Andy’s had something to do with Quintuplets.
* TheGhost: Chareth, who doesn't appear at all throughout Season 3 or 4 of the show, and Emmett, but only due to his {{Pixellation}}.
* GranolaGirl: Donny works at a very liberal school and abides to its teachings.
* HiddenInPlainSight: [[spoiler:Rocky goes undercover at the high school in Season 4 as his brother Donny.]]
* IdiotBall: They all show shades of this. Perhaps most notably is Emmett not letting the documentary crew use his face in the show, not realising that they can easily overlay the face of one of his four identical brothers.
* OutOfFocus: Chareth, who only appears in the family photo in Season 3.
* {{Pixellation}}: Emmett's face is blurred out whenever he is shown.
* SelfDeprecation: Rocky complains about Andy looking like a "pig" even though they're identical brothers.
* SiblingRivalry: Between some of them, Rocky seems particularly bitter about Andy’s success.
* TheSmartGuy: Donny is apparently the smartest of the quintuplets, but that's not saying much.
* SpecialGuest: Introduced in "S.O.B.s" to parody this.

!!Introduced in Season 4
[[folder:Dr. Norman]]
!!Dr. Norman
!!!Played by: John Slattery

Dr. Norman is a disgraced anaesthesiologist one of Oscar's friends staying with him in the Southern Californian desert. He later gives medical advice to George Sr.

* BlackComedyRape: He doesn't think women should be awake for sex.
* MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate: He's a disgraced former anesthesiologist.
* NoodleIncident: An incident with a patient that cost him his practice. It's implied that this patient either nearly died and/or was unnecessarily sedated.
* TheStoner: He is a frequent abuser of all kinds of prescription medicine.

[[folder:Rebel Alley]]
-->'''Played By:''' Isla Fisher

Ron Howard's illegitimate daughter. Had a very wild rebel streak before her son was born and is now aspiring to be an actress.

* CommitmentIssues: It actually turns her on when Michael pretends to not be interested in her.
* FieryRedhead
* HeroesLoveRedheads
* {{Hypocrite}}: Destructive and spoiled, yet self-righteous enough to try to take the high ground against the Republicans that she hates. Of course, the dinner between her and Herbert Love exemplifies that they really are NotSoDifferent in terms of morals.
* LoveTriangle: Between Rebel, Michael, and [[spoiler:George Michael]].
* MeaningfulName: She was a heck of a rebel back in the day. She might still be one today.
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: [[spoiler:Inadvertently destroys Michael's relationship with his son; whenever they try to make up and reconnect, she shows up and the meet-up never happens. Not to mention that her son unwittingly destroys the brief financial success that Sudden Valley was enjoying.]]

[[folder:James Buck]]
!!James Buck
!!!Played by: Rocky McMurray

The first warden at Orange County prison, James Buck appears in two episodes in Season 1, where he allows GOB to enter his prison as a publicity stunt, and then ends up [[spoiler:detaining him against the trailer in which GOB's parents were getting intimate in, after denying the legitimacy of GOB's eventual escape (via getting stabbed and being rushed to a hospital)]]. He is replaced by Stefan Gentles.
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* {{Jerkass}}: He allows GOB into the prison, not for the publicity, but because he was eager to see what kind of beating a brash magician like he would receive in the prison.
[[/folder]]