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Arrested Development :: Top Banana (01x02)
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| Title: | Top Banana |
| Episode #: | 01x02 |
| Production Number: | ARR-102 |
| Original Airdate: | Sunday November 09th, 2003 |
*Also Known As: - Escroquerie à l’assurance (
 France [TPS Star])
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Jan 03, 2005 |
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Episode Summary |
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Wanting to teach his son about responsibility, Michael puts George Michael in charge of the Bluth Frozen Banana Stand. However, George Michael decides to burn down the banana stand, which results in horrible financial consequences for the Bluth family. Meanwhile, Tobias auditions for a role in a commercial, but Lindsay inadvertently gets the part instead of Tobias.
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Episode Notes |
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Tony Hale (Buster) does not appear in this episode.
| On The Next Arrested Development Gag: GOB protests the pet store's frozen-dove exchange policy and Michael, realizing the banana stand is the only profitable part of the Bluth Empire, decides to rebuild.
| This is the first episode to feature the normal credits at the beginning of the episode.
| This is the first episode to feature Tobias' wearing his cutoffs. The "secret" of why Tobias constantly wears his cutoffs will be revealed in "In God We Trust".
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| Artist | Song Title | Played When | | •Bachman -Turner Overdrive | Taking Care of Business | |
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Michael: Well, you certainly haven't been shopping, all I found in the refrigerator was a dead dove in a bag...
G.O.B.: You didn't eat that did you? 'Cause I only got a couple of days left to return it.
| George, Sr.: ...this is my vacation, Michael.
Michael: You're doing time, Dad.
George, Sr.: I'm doing the time of my life.
| Lucille: Luz, that coat cost more than your house. (Lucille looks at Michael) That's how we joke. She doesn't even have a house.
| Lindsay: Did you enjoy your meal, Mom? You drank it fast enough.
Lucille: Not as much as you enjoyed yours. You want your belt to buckle, not your chair.
| Lucille: You might want to let that fire go out before you stick your face in it.
Lindsay: Ah, that's funny. Because I was going to say, you might want to lean away from that fire since you're soaked in alcohol.
Lucille: Mine was better.
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Tobias: Fire! Fire! Fire! (sings) ... Amazing grace, how sweet the sound...
| Michael: So, Mom, I'm trying to find...
Lucille: I don't know where they are.
Michael: ...these flight records. You know, it's really more believable if you let me finish.
| George Michael: Uh, I-I don’t know about this. You know, it can get pretty hairy in there.
Lindsay: Fine. Do what you want. If I know my daughter, that stand won’t be there in a week.
Michael: You stay on top of her, buddy. Do not be afraid to ride her. Hard.
| Tobias: Okay, we are just about ass-to-ankles back here, Maeby. Do you want to hop on your cousin’s lap there, please?
Michael: Whoa, bumpy road ahead.
| Michael: Well, I’ll tell you what. I’m going to give you a promotion. Welcome aboard, Mr. Manager.
George Michael: Wow. I’m Mr. Manager.
Michael: Well, manager; we just say manager.
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In the kitchen when Lindsay and Michael are talking, Lindsay takes out flowers from a bag and puts them on the counter. The shot cuts to Michael, and when it returns to Lindsay, she is taking the flowers back out of the bag again.
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Cultural References |
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Episode Title: Top Banana
The episode title is a play on a slang phrase that means leader or top of the pack.
| (after being confronted by Lindsay about his lack of work)
Tobias: Excuuuse me!
Tobias is using a line similar to one that comic Steve Martin made in one of his famous stand-up acts.
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(in prison)
George, Sr.: I’m doing the time of my life.
George Sr.'s line is a reference to the "Pilot in which he says "I’m having the time of my life" while behind bars.
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