Season 4, Episode 13
It Gets Better
At UC Irvine things get steamy when George-Michael finds himself in a love triangle with his best friend Ray and his girlfriend Becky.
15 recurring jokes in this episode
The Bluths
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... reference Peanuts
Michael walks dejectedly from the dorm room he was recently voted out of.
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The Chicken Dance
George Michael doesn't like the name "block block" for their software because he thinks it sounds like a chicken.
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... don't understand Spanish
George Michael, on his new double-castle dorm room: "Todo mio. Todo ... mia? Mio."
Michael says, "Adios, brodiero." This is not a word.
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... flirt with incest
Tutoring coordinator, to George Michael about tutoring Maeby: "Stay on top of her. You may need to ride her pretty hard."
Related Joke: Maeby is terrible at math
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... drive a stair car
George Michael drives the stair car into a low overhang on a parking garage on his first day at college.
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hop-ons
Paul and George Michael discuss who is the hop-on when it comes to their fake internet company.
George Sr.
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The Cornballer
The Cornballer is where the parts for BabyTock come from. "It's a sharp metal box you put in a crib."
Related Joke: ... has perfect rhythm
Maeby
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Maeby is terrible at math
When George Michael is deciding to tutor Maeby in Algebra, her latest grade is reported as, "an Elvis Presley head."
Maeby doesn't get George Michael's come-on line because she doesn't know what it means to "solve for x."
George Michael: "I'm not 100 percent finished with it." Maeby: "How finished are you with it? 200 percent? 500 percent?
George Michael
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Les Cousins Dangeroux
George Michael loved Rebel Alley in the remake of Les Cousins Dangeroux.
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... has perfect rhythm
George Michael's perfect rhythm makes him think that Julliard might start a new program for his wood block percussion.
George Michael was raised on a program called BabyTock to give him a head start on math. "It's a sharp metal box you put in a crib."
He waited 41 seconds to reply to Michael's question about his software — and knew it was precisely 41 seconds.
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Star Wars kid
The mother he nannied for while on a year abroad in Spain sees George Michael's video and says, "I f****d that guy!" She's noticeably pregnant.
Miscellaneous
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"He's very good."
Barry tells George Michael to "take to the sea," which is still terrible legal advice several decades later.
Related Joke: Maritime law
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banners
The family puts up a banner reading "Good Luck In College George Michael."
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meta
George Michael says he signed up for Netflix to see the remake of Les Cousins Dangeroux.
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Maritime law
Barry tells George Michael to "take to the sea," which is still terrible legal advice several decades later.