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''Arrested Development'' garnered critical acclaim (and Emmy awards) during its run, but it struggled with low ratings and numerous schedule changes. While it's considered [[Screwed by the Network]] by some (a common occurrence with FOX shows), the show did manage to get three seasons and fifty-three episodes under its belt before ending (rather than being cancelled). Series creator Mitch Hurwitz was offered the opportunity to move the series to Showtime, but he declined, since he felt the show had run its course.
A [[The Movie|movie]] based on the series, which will involve the show's original cast and many of the same writers and producers, is currently{{when}} in production. An abbreviated [[Uncancelled|fourth season]] -- consisting of [[A Day in the Limelight|Days in the Limelight]] which will bring the audience up to speed with the [[Time Skip|five missing years]] of the family's lives -- will be produced to lead into the movie. The new season and the movie are to be filmed back-to-back in [http://twitter.com/#!/batemanjason/status/120629729819766785 summer 2012 with a projected early 2013 release]. In an interesting twist, the fourth season will be exclusive to [[Netflix]].
The show [[The Wiki Rule|has a Wiki]] [http://arresteddevelopment.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page on Wikia] in addition to the in-universe-styled fansite [https://web.archive.org/web/20131030131200/http://the-op.com/ The Balboa Observer-Picayune]. The wiki with the most comprehensive coverage of Arrested Development, however, is often [[wikipedia:Arrested Development|Wikipedia itself]].
There is a [[Arrested Development (TV series)/Recap|Recap page]] listing the show's episodes and the tropes used in each of them (still in [[Title Drop|development]]).
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** The [[Continuity Lock Out]] is less about the plot and more about missing those sneaky little hidden jokes. For instance, if you miss the first couple episodes, you'll have no idea why the family is always driving a stair-car everywhere.
* [[Continuity Nod]]: And '''HOW!'''
* [[Could This Happen to You?]]: This was parodied by John Beard, who is a real life news anchor. Despite how outlandish or irrelevant the story he's teasing, John will always throw things like "What this means for your weekend, at 11."
* [[Country Matters]]:
{{quote|'''Tobias''' to Lindsay: "You selfish c-ount (sees Maebe)... ry... music... loving... person."}}
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* [[El Spanish-O]]: In one episode, George Bluth is mistaken for his brother while in Mexico. He tries to explain that they want his "brothero". It's even funnier that he puts the accent over the "e" (like you would if it were a real word in Spanish), so he's saying "bro-thero" instead of "brother-o".
* [[End of Series Awareness]]: Through out the whole run, as its viewership was small enough that it was always on thin ice.
* [[Enlistment-Ending Minor Malaise]]: One ongoing plot in season two has Lucille accidentally enroll her youngest son Buster in the army. She spends a long time pulling strings and using her body to keep him out of combat. Turns out it was [[All for Nothing]]; a seal eats his right hand in a freak accident, forcing Buster to wear a hook.
* [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin]] "Dead Dove: Do Not Eat".
{{quote|'''Michael:''' (Looks inside bag) "I don't know ''what'' I was expecting."}}
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{{quote|'''Lindsay:''' Michael, if this is a lecture about how we're all supposed to whatever, and blah blah blah, well you can save it because we all know it by heart.}}
** The narrator himself mentions Michael eating an entire "fifteen-dollar thing of candy beans" from a hotel mini-bar.
* [[By Wall That Is Holey]]: Played with in "The One Where They Build a House", where Buster, attempting to get injured to get out of <s> the</s> Army, runs under a falling wall ([[Steamboat Bill, Jr.|Mimicking]] [[Buster Keaton|another Buster]]).
* [[Cluster Bleep Bomb]]:
{{quote|'''Gob''': Please refrain from discussing or engaging in any sort of inter-office *bleep* ing, or s*bleep* ing, or finger*bleep* , or *bleep* sting or *bleep* eeing or or even *bleep* . Even though so many people in this office are begging for it. And if anybody does anything with my sister Lindsay, I'll take off my pants, I'll sh*bleep* . And I'll personally *long bleep* .
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