History Characters / ArrestedDevelopmentRecurringCharacters

* VillainousFriendship: The final moments of "For British Eyes Only" shows [[spoiler:her getting into a car with Trevor, implying this.]]

* BaldOfAwesome: {{Exaggerated|Trope}}. He has alopecia, rendering him completely hairless, and regularly donates large sums to charities.

* 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. Confirmed in Season 5.]].

** [[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.]]
-->'''Steve:''' [[spoiler:Heck of a birthday this is shaping up to be...]]
** [[spoiler:And in Season 4, he finally introduces himself to his cousins George Michael and Maeby and follows them to Mexico... where they promptly ditch him.]]

* BeautifulAllAlong: Averted, as much as GOB tries (even though she is played by an attractive actress). When he gets her to take off the glasses and let down her hair, he finds out that she is crossed-eyed and her hair is a puffy, unruly mess. While putting off having sex with her, he keeps trying different combinations in the hopes that she'll look better.
-->'''GOB''': Glasses off. Glasses on. Hair up. Glasses off. Down, on. Have we done up, off?
** However, she does look much better upon her return in the last two episodes of Season 2.

* HiddenInPlainSight: [[spoiler:Rocky goes undercover at the high school in Season 4 as his brother Donny.]]

* ThemeNaming: According to the narrator, all of Ron Howard's daughters, legitimate and otherwise, have where they were conceived as their middle names. Paige [[UsefulNotes/{{Wales}} Carlyle]], [[Creator/BryceDallasHoward Bryce]] [[UsefulNotes/DFWMetroplex Dallas]]... Rebel '''Alley'''.
** [[spoiler: Her son is named Lem. Early in season 4, Ron Howard meets with Michael in a Lunar Expedition Module.]]
* 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.]]

* AscendedExtra: John Beard AsHimself ties Creator/HenryWinkler 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 FOX O&O station, KTTV-11 and was active during ''Arrested Development''’s run. He relocated to Buffalo's NBC station, WGRZ-2, in the seven-year break between the show’s FOX cancellation and its Netflix resumption, but he still filmed all his parts.

-->'''GOB''': I didn’t kill him, alright? And don’t edit this for your broadcast so it looks like I’m screaming-\\

* 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.

* [[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 insinuated that he was assassinated by the gay mafia, but the finale subverts it, showing that he is indeed alive.]]

Tropes to be added.

* NotSoStoic: Despite being a consummate professional who is willing to put up with a lot of stuff, even he has his limits. Notably, he punches Gob out cold for calling him a "idiot parrot-man".

* 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}}.]]

* {{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.

* KilledOffForReal]: The {{Cliffhanger}} of Season 4 and DrivingQuestion of Season 5 is the disappearance and possible murder of Lucille 2. [[spoiler: The Season 5 finale reveals that she was indeed murdered by Buster.]]

In Season 4, she has become the majority shareholder in the Bluth company. [[labelnote:Spoiler Information]]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.[[/labelnote]]

* [[spoiler: KilledOffForReal]]: [[spoiler: The Season 5 finale reveals that she was murdered by Buster.]]

* 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 puts the question to rest: she ''is'' dead, and Buster killed her.]]

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[[folder: Wayne Jarvis]]

[[folder: J. Walter Weatherman]]

[[folder: Carl Weathers]]

[[folder: Steve Holt]]

!!!Played by: Alessandra Torresani[[note]]in "Let Them Eat Cake"[[/note]]; Creator/MaeWhitman

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]] love interest for Tobias.
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* WhatDoesSheSeeInHim: Whenever she is identified as George Michael's girlfriend, someone will comment "What, is she funny or something?".

** Thinking GOB, of all people, was a great (and [[YourCheatingHeart faithful]]) guy.

* YourCheatingHeart: Near the end of their relationship, [[spoiler:she cheated on GOB with Michael.]]

* 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. Subverted in the 2nd half of Season 5 which reveals that he was actually straight. Unfortunately, it's also the reason that he's dead.]]

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

* YouKeepUsingThatWord: Ann and her mother have a decidedly unique interpretation of the word "secularity."

Tropes to be added

* ManicPixieDreamGirl: That's what she appears to be to Michael. [[spoiler:deconstructed, in that her quirky behavior is merely due to her mental disability.]]

* ManicPixieDreamGirl: That's what she appears to be to Michael.