History Characters / ArrestedDevelopmentRecurringCharacters

* LiteralMinded: His defining character trait, which leads to some of the most hilarious moments on the show.

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. [[labelnote:Spoiler Information]]t'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.[[/labelnote]]

* HoodOrnamentHottie: JOB encounters her posing at a yacht show.

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

%%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. [[labelnote:Spoiler Information]]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 (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), he was caught in the explosion.[[/labelnote]]

%%Marky is the son of the protestor Johnny Bark, who appeared in Season 1's "[[Recap/ArrestedDevelopmentS1E4KeyDecisions Key Decisions]]".
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* RedHerringMole: [[spoiler:Rita is set up to be this. First we are treated to some cryptic conversations between her and her uncle making her look like a spy. And then we learn about a dubious "Mr. F", the same name Michael sees engraved on her wristband. However, "Mr F." was a CIA mole who turns out to be Mr. Fünke.]]

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!!!Played by: [[spoiler:Larry Thomas ("Achmed")]]

* {{Badass}}: Rocky is a gung-ho stuntman who is surprisingly physically capable.

* FutureLoser: [[spoiler:In Season 4, Steve has finally gotten out of high school, works as a pest exterminator, has gained some weight, and his hairline is starting to recede just like he feared it would. Arguably a subversion, since he's still cheerful, energetic, self-employed and successful. Which is altogether more what the rest of his biological family can say.]]

* TheFundamentalist: One of her defining (gasp) traits is that she's a true Christian.

* NotSoStoic: Even he has his limits though. Notably, he punches Gob out cold for calling him a "idiot parrot-man".

* 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.]]

* ForgettableCharacter: Pretty much every other member of the Bluth than George Michael constantly keep forgetting that she exists, and even in the few cases they do remember her, they always forget her name.

** TheBusCameBack: In "Spring Breakout", where she plays a major part in the plot when she [[spoiler:kidnaps George Sr.]]

** TheBusCameBack: [[spoiler:Lucille has rehired him in Season 4, following her being arrested for hijacking the ''Queen Mary''.]]

** TheBusCameBack: Inexplicably returns in Season 3, albeit [[DemotedToExtra with a much minor role]].

** TheBusCameBack: For Season 2's "Out on a Limb"/"Hand to God".

** 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.]]

** NotSoStoic: Even he has his limits though. Notably, he punches Gob out cold for calling him a "idiot parrot-man".

-->'''Michael:'' Yeah, who's Ann?\\

-->Michael: Yeah, who's Ann?\\

* ForgettableCharacter: Pretty much every other member of the Bluth than George Michael constantly keeps forgetting she exists, and even in the few cases they do remember her, they always forget her name.