Arrested Development (TV series)/YMMV

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  • S1
    • E01 Pilot
    • E02 Top Banana
    • E03 Bringing Up Buster
    • E04 Key Decisions
    • E05 Visiting Ours
    • E06 Charity Drive
    • E07 My Mother the Car
    • E09 Storming the Castle
    • E10 Pier Pressure
    • E11 Public Relations
    • E12 Marta Complex
    • E13 Beef Consomme
    • E14 Shock and Aww
    • E15 Staff Infection
    • E16 Missing Kitty
    • E17 Altar Egos
    • E18 Justice Is Blind
    • E19 Best Man for the GOB
    • E20 Whistlers Mother
    • E21 Not Without My Daughter
    • E22 Let Em Eat Cake
  • S2
    • E01 The One Where Michael Leaves
    • E02 The One Where They Build a House
    • E03 ¡Amigos!
    • E04 Good Grief
    • E05 Sad Sack
    • E06 Afternoon Delight
    • E07 Switch Hitter
    • E08 Queen for A Day
    • E09 Burning Love
    • E10 Ready Aim Marry Me
    • E11 Out on a Limb
    • E12 Hand to God
    • E13 Motherboy XXX
    • E14 The Immaculate Election
    • E15 Sword of Destiny
    • E16 Meat the Veals
    • E17 Spring Breakout
    • E18 Righteous Brothers
  • S3
    • E01 The Cabin Show
    • E02 For British Eyes Only
    • E03 Forget Me Now
    • E04 Notapusy
    • E05 Mr. F
    • E06 The Ocean Walker
    • E07 Prison Break In
    • E08 Making a Stand
    • E09 S.O.B.s
    • E10 Fakin' It
    • E11 Family Ties
    • E12 Exit Strategy
    • E13 Development Arrested
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The following are Subjective Tropes relating to Arrested Development.

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• And the Fandom Rejoiced: At the news of ten new episodes being released in preparation for The Movie.
• Audience Alienating Premise: The show actually got a decent amount of support from the network, considering it lasted 3 years despite being rather expensive to produce. Some have theorized that FOX simply did not know how to effectively advertise the show, Emmy winning or not. It is basically about a family of egotistical yuppies where only one is sympathetic, Michael, and the rest are not. This was pointed out in the third season by Michael "Maybe we aren't as likeable as we think we are."
• Better On DVD: or on Hulu, as it were. (And remember to pause whenever a newspaper or other text piece appears on screen -- there are always a couple of extra jokes thrown in).
  • Watching the episodes in quick succession instead of an episode per week makes the countless running gags and brick jokes funnier because the set-ups are fresh in the viewer's mind. The show is also made even more hilarious when you watch the first season and catch all the Foreshadowing of things you now know are to come.
• Crowning Moment of Awesome: Lucille drinking Kitty under the table at Senor Tadpole's.

Waiter: Can I get you anything else, ma'am?" Lucille: No, thanks. I have to get back to rehab.

• Crowning Music of Awesome: David Schwartz's score for the show is almost as riddled with running jokes and clever allusions as the show itself.
• Dude Not Funny: In-universe example. "And secondofly, I know you're the big marriage expert around here. Oh wait, I forgot your wife is dead."
• Ear Worm: The "Mock Trial with J. Reinhold" theme song, as sung by William Hung.
  • Big Yellow Joint
  • The opening theme.
  • "You're a crook/Captain Hook/Judge, won't you throw the book..."
  • "Keep those balls in the air!"
  • "It ain't easy, bein' white..."
  • "FOR BRITISH EYES ONLY!"
  • "We're floating along on a yellow boat, making a stand on a yellow boat..."
• Ensemble Darkhorse: GOB and Tobias.
• Fridge Brilliance: In both episodes featuring Maggie Lizer, the blind lawyer, it made no sense that she would often make eye contact with Michael. Then, it turns out she's not really blind!
• Harsher in Hindsight: Lucille constantly calls Lindsay fat. It's treated negatively in universe, but it's still deeply uncomfortable to watch knowing that Portia De Rossi went public about her struggles with anorexia after the show ended.
• Hilarious in Hindsight: Through Foreshadowing and jokes that soon enter the annals of Arrested Development's Running Gags.
  • A good part of the humor in Lindsay and Tobias' relationship is that he's living in a Transparent Closet. In Real Life, Portia De Rossi (who plays Lindsay) came out as a lesbian after the show ended.
• Hollywood Homely: George-Michael's girlfriend Ann is often treated like this by Michael. While not particularly unattractive, she has a dowdy appearance and appears very unemotional and bizarre, failing to make any lasting impression on people.
• Magnificent Bastard: Lucille.
• Too Good to Last: The poster child for this trope. The show was too expensive to keep on the air at a loss for more than three seasons.
• The Woobie: George-Michael. Especially in the pilot.