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Arrested Development :: Bringing Up Buster (01x03)

 
Episode Information
 
Title: Bringing Up Buster
Episode #: 01x03
Production Number: ARR-103
Original Airdate: Sunday November 16th, 2003
*Also Known As:
9.5/10 (4 Votes cast)
Other Release Dates: (Edit)
Country: Aired On:
FR (TPS Star) Jan 10, 2005
Episode Crew
Director: Joe Russo
Writer: Richard Rosenstock
Mitchell Hurwitz
 
Episode Summary
 
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Wanting to get to know his brother better, Michael decides to spend some time with Buster. Meanwhile, George Michael tries out for the school play to get closer to Maeby and G.O.B breaks up with Marta, but finds himself with no where to go.
 
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Guest Stars
 
Guest Stars
Justin Grant WadeplayedSteven HoltRecurring (first appearance)
Leonor VarelaplayedMartaRecurring (first appearance)
Richard SimmonsplayedHimself 
Co-Guest Stars
Bart TangrediplayedCoach Jerry 
Jim IshidaplayedAdministrator 
Uncredited
Pat WarrenplayedAqua Aerobics Instructor 
 
Main Cast
 
Jason BatemanplayedMichael Bluth
Portia de RossiplayedLindsay Bluth Fünke
Will ArnettplayedGeorge "G.O.B." Bluth II
Michael CeraplayedGeorge Michael Bluth
Alia ShawkatplayedMae "Maeby" Fünke
Tony HaleplayedByron "Buster" Bluth
David CrossplayedTobias Fünke
Jessica WalterplayedLucille Bluth
Jeffrey TamborplayedGeorge Bluth Sr. / Oscar Bluth
Ron Howard (1)voicedNarrator
 
Episode Notes
 
Ratings: 4.2/7 Nielsen rating
 
On The Next Arrested Development Gag: Tobias gets a review of his Shakespeare play, and Buster is back where he belongs.
 
The Parents Television Council filed a complaint against this episode for its innuendo and bleeps, but it was denied by the FCC.
 
In this episode and in the next episode, Marta is played by Leonor Varela. But when Marta appears in subsequent episodes, she will be played by Patricia Velasquez.
 
 
Episode Quotes
 
(Michael leans on the Corn Baller)
Michael: Mother of God! Ohh...Every damn time! Aww...this is a big one -
 
Michael: I gotta say, buddy, I'm in pretty good shape! You could be eating my dust all day long!
Buster: Well, you might -- (long extended BLEEP with Buster pointing excitedly)!
Michael: Let's hope it doesn't come to that.
 
Buster: It's like she gets off by being withholding.
G.O.B.: Look whose got something to say.
Buster: I'm Mom and I want to shoot down everything you say so I can feel good about myself. 'Cause I'm an uptight -- (BLEEP) -- Buster -- You old horny slut!
Michael: Well, no one's gonna top that.
 
George Sr.: (regarding Buster) Maybe it was the eleven months he spent in the womb. The doctor said there were claw marks on the walls of her uterus. But he was her ‘miracle baby', and I was just too burnt out on raising you guys to care. So, he turned out a little soft, you know.
 
G.O.B.: And if I'm going to be staying here --
Lucille: Staying here? What, did that Mexican throw you out?
G.O.B.: She's not "that Mexican," Mom. She's my Mexican. And she's Colombian or something. Anyway, it's over.
Lucille: You've got three days.
G.O.B.: Hey...if I can't find a horny immigrant by then, I don't deserve to stay here.
 
George Sr.: I never see you anymore, Michael.
Michael: You're in prison. And I was here yesterday.
George Sr.: Oh, yeah, that's .. that's .. I'm sorry. I couldn't break away from the poker game. Capital-G was down to his boxers.
Michael: Strip poker?
George Sr.: Yeah, and it's tough. We can really only play about ... two hands.
 
 
Episode Goofs
 
The school play is Much Ado About Nothing, but the line that is spoken during the play, "I would kiss before I spoke", is from As You Like It.
 
 
Cultural References
 
Episode Title: Bringing Up Buster

The episode title refers to the 1938 movie Bringing Up Baby starring Katherine Hepburn and Cary Grant.
 
 
Episode References
 
Bonding

George Michael and Michael bonding over the cornball parallels the scene where George Michael and Michael bond while burning the banana stand in "Top Banana".
 
 
Featured Songs
 
 
 
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