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Old 07-04-2009, 08:52 AM
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Arrested Development Subtle Jokes #1: Arm off


Thread for Subtle/Inner jokes, or any other Joke, Reference, Foreshadow or Recurring Gag
that's not obvious to the casual viewer

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Old 07-04-2009, 08:57 AM
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I'll start whit some of my favorite ones

When Oscar is in his trailer and Lucille calls him, on the TV in the backround you can see "Mr. Bananagrabber" is on

The classics "Arm Off" and "Wee Brain"

And many, at the last half of S3, there's many jokes about the Show's cancellation
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Old 07-04-2009, 09:52 AM
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I always like the running O.C./Don't call it that joke.
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Old 07-04-2009, 10:36 AM
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the OC dissorder
don't call it that


classic
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Old 07-04-2009, 10:51 AM
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Great thread! I loved the "Arm off" joke.
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Old 07-04-2009, 10:52 AM
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great idea..i like the one mentioned in the George Sr. thread of Oscar's blog
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Old 07-04-2009, 11:26 AM
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This one is really subtle

In "Good Grief" you see a weird code in wall in Mexico that says "P2252"

I've read some theories that say the code is a reference of the date Peanut first appeared on Charlie Brown (which follows the overall 'charlie brown' theme of the episode), but honestly I have no ****ing clue


Anyway, in "Prison Break-In" that same code is the code that unlocks George Sr.’s ankle bracelet that keeps him in house arrest

I Love this little thigs that you only notice after several viewings <3

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^^ Oh wow good eye!

In Fakin It' Franklin is wearing a shirt that says "George Bush doesn't care about black puppets!"
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Old 07-15-2009, 06:01 PM
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I wondered what those numbers meant Thanks!
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In Fakin It' Franklin is wearing a shirt that says "George Bush doesn't care about black puppets!"
I never noticed that

some more known ones
The actress who plays Nelly, the prostitute who Michael belives to be his sister is Jason Bateman's real sister

In Motherboy XXX, Barry Zuckerkorn jumps over a shark, in reference to his character on Happy Days (Fonz) jumping over the tank containing a shark and the phrase "jumping the shark"... it can also be seen as a joke to themselfs overdoing the Burger King joke in the episode, because Barry makes another Burgwer King reference right before jumping over the skark

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Old 11-14-2009, 10:18 AM
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I had to bump this because reading this pointed out some stuff and never saw before
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Arrested Development’s gags run the gamut from puns (Sunday brunch places named “Skip Church’s” and “Miss Temple’s”)...
I love this show sfm for making me see new things even after so many years.
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Old 11-14-2009, 09:20 PM
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thats brilliant
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Old 11-20-2009, 07:51 PM
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I love this show sfm for making me see new things even after so many years.
Dude, me too! It's amazing how this show was LIGHTYEARS ahead of everyone else, humor wise. So awesome!
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Old 11-23-2009, 12:25 PM
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I saw this on ONTD:



Guh I love this show. EVERYTHING is funny... EVE HOLT!

and GOB's "go camping with my dad".(reference to George Sr. always cancelling camping at the last minute to go away with his whores) . This show is too much, even those tiny jokes only massive fans will get like this one.
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