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!!!Played by: Bob Einstein

* HeroesLoveRedheads: Is a love interest for [[spoiler:both Michael and George Michael.]]

** In the epilogue of the same episode:
---> '''Doctor Fishman''': You look really hot.

---> '''Doctor Fishman''': I’m sorry to say this, but it's too late for me to do anything for your son.\\

* YankTheDogsChain: [[spoiler:In Season 4. For a moment it looks like GOB is going to make a serious attempt to reconnect with him, but he eventually bails out on Steve and even berates him later for not sending him any birthday cards through the years. Then Maeby doesn’t recognize him despite him doing his trademark pose.]]

* PutOnABus: [[spoiler:Michael fires him in "The Cabin Show", the Season 3 premiere.]]

* UltimateJobSecurity: His incompetence, unwillingness to do any sort of work for the family (while billing them for nothing), and completely unprofessional personality still isn't enough to get anyone in the family to agree to fire him (even though on a number of occasions George Sr. bemoans his horrible legal advice, which presumably is originating from Barry). He eventually gets the boot, though (long after he had proven his uselessness time and again but gets sent packing nonetheless).

* {{Pixellation}}: Emmett's face is blurred out whenever he is shown.

Tropes to be added.

%%* HeroesLoveRedheads

* TheNondescript: According to Maeby, you couldn't pick her from a lineup of ''one''.

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]]. [[labelnote:Spoiler Information]] He appears in "Pier Pressure", where George uses him to teach one last lesson to his son: [[HypocriticalHumour Not to teach lessons to your son]].[[/labelnote]]

* ArtificialLimb: His prosthetic arm.

* OneSteveLimit: Deliberately averted as the Bluth matriarch is also named "Lucille", which is how Lucille Austero becomes known as "Lucille 2". It helps draw the duality in their rivalry and also plays a little into Buster's character.

* UncertainDoom: [[spoiler:At the end of season 4, she is missing, but whether she's alive is unknown. Buster saw her unconscious or dead in a staircase and there was blood, but her body vanished before he could interact with it and that's all the hint he has. It's also noteworthy that more than one person in the part had reason to want her dead. The Season 5 finale confirms that she is indeed dead.]]

* [[spoiler: KilledOffForReal]]: [[spoiler: The 2nd half of Season 5 reveals that being encased in concrete killed him, and that his death wasn't an accident - he was assasinated by the gay mafia for lying about being gay.]]

* [[spoiler:UncertainDoom]]: [[spoiler:By mid-season 5 he's encased in a large block of concrete. Whether this is just another magic trick remains to be seen. The 2nd half of Season 5 confirms that he died from the concrete encasing.]]

* UncertainDoom: [[spoiler:At the end of season 4, she is missing, but whether she's alive is unknown. Buster saw her unconscious or dead in a staircase and there was blood, but her body vanished before he could interact with it and that's all the hint he has. It's also noteworthy that more than one person in the part had reason to want her dead]]

* 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.]]
* [[spoiler:UncertainDoom]]: [[spoiler:By mid-season 5 he's encased in a large block of concrete. Whether this is just another magic trick remains to be seen.]]

!!!Played by: Liza Minnelli

->''"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."''

* InadvertentEntranceCue: {{Exploited|Trope}}. He loves to hide in hidden compartments just so he can make a grandiose entrance when someone says the word “Wonder.”

!!!Played by: [[AsHimself Carl Weathers]]

* OneSteveLimit: Deliberately averted as the Bluth matriarch is also named "Lucille", which is how Lucille Austero becomes known as "Lucille 2".

* 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.]]

* 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]].

* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: An odd case. In looks, personality, profession, and background, she's clearly based on Creator/BryceDallasHoward (who looks similar enough to Isla Fisher that they could be mistaken for sisters). However, Bryce supposedly ''does'' exist in-universe, and she's said to be Rebel's sister.

Most famous (or is it infamous) for her portrayal of Sue Storm/The Invisible Woman in Ron Howard's contractually obligated film version of ''Comics/TheFantasticFour''. Later becomes a drug addict and a potential <strike>beard</strike> love interest for Tobias.

Most famous (or is it infamous) for her portrayal of Sue Storm/The Invisible Woman in Ron Howard's contractually obligated film version of ''Comics/TheFantasticFour''. Later becomes a drug addict and a potential <strike>beard</strike> love interested for Tobias.

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!!{{=DeBrie=}} Bardeaux

!!!Played by: Charlize Theron

!!!Played by: Henry Winkler, Max Winkler (Young Barry)

* AscendedExtra: John Beard AsHimself ties Henry Winkler as Barry Zuckerkorn for most frequently credited SpecialGuest, yet he probably has a cumulative minute of screentime.

* EatDirtCheap: The famous stew line. His love of Burger King also stems from this.

'''George''': ...Hope?\\

...''[[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. [[labelnote:Spoiler Information]]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").[[/labelnote]]

'''Buster''': ''(whispering)'' ...Hussein.