Season 4, Episode 9
Smashed
Tobias returns to his roots and reunites with his leading lady after a rough few weeks.
12 recurring jokes in this episode
The Bluths
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... don't understand Spanish
Cinco de Cuatro
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... flirt with incest
Argyle and Lucille Austero played the young lovers in The Fantasticks.
G.O.B.
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Mr. F (background)
The Mr. F theme plays behind Argyle Austero as he describes his role in the Fantasticks.
The Mr. F theme plays behind Argyle Austero when he threatens Michael.
Tobias
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Blue Man Group
Tobias: "Pardon the mess. I just blue myself for the first time in five years."
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... has hair plug complications
Tobias's audition tape for House has him punching up a line about Graft Versus Host.
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... is the world's first analrapist
Narrator: "Prison has taught Tobias a thing or two." He calls himself a "theralist" now.
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... is gay
Tobias to Mark Cherry: "How old are you?" Mark Cherry: "23." Tobias: "Well within my rights."
Tobias to Michael: "We'll have to go away and lick each other's wounds."
Tobias: "Maybe I'll do my famous 'gay' character. I don't think you've seen that character." Michael: "Yeah, I have."
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... giggles ambitiously
Tobias: "Am I crazy, or is this good?" He's crazy.
Buster
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"I'm a MONSTER!"
Tobias to Buster: "You're a monster, so you don't have to be perfect."
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Balboa Bay Window
Argyle Austero mistakenly identifies Michael as appearing in the magazine in a gorilla suit — it was Buster.
Miscellaneous
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Carl Weathers says "No ... I LOVE it."
Argyle doesn't just like the Fantasticks Four musical ... he LOVES it.
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bleeps
Tobias drops the queen mother of all swear words three times in quick succession when talking to Michael about their respective predicaments.