Season 1, Episode 2
Top Banana
Michael puts George Michael in charge of the Bluth Bannana Stand, and his son subsequently burns down the stand. Elsewhere, Tobias auditions for a commercial, and Lindsay inadvertantly gets the part.
17 recurring jokes in this episode
The Bluths
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... always leave a note (foreshadowing)
G.O.B. leaves a note that reads: "DEAD DOVE Do Not Eat!"
Related Joke: ... messes up a trick. (foreshadowing)
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... don't understand hammers
"I can't swing a hammer?"
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... love ice cream
Ice cream sandwich.
G.O.B.
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"... from whence it came."
G.O.B. kills a dove, leaves a note about it, and then sends it back from "whence it came."
Related Joke: ... messes up a trick.
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trick vs. illusion
G.O.B. calls his fireball illusion "my least consistent trick."
Related Joke: ... messes up a trick.
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... messes up a trick.
Dead dove
fireball.
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Ice
Tobias
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... misses an important phone call
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... is a never-nude (foreshadowing)
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... is gay
"Okay, we are just about ass-to-ankles back here."
Lucille
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"You're HIGH!" "You're DRUNK!"
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... insults Lindsay
"You might want to let that fire go out before you stick your face in it."
Maeby
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Maeby is terrible at math
Maeby doesn't quite understand how the process of stealing money from the banana stand should work.
