Season 4, Episode 14
Off The Hook
Buster struggles to make it on his own and break away from his overbearing mother.
17 recurring jokes in this episode
The Bluths
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... reference Peanuts
Buster walks away dejectedly when Ophelia rejects him for Herbert.
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... love ice cream
Buster: "I'm a monst ... Do you have any ice cream?"
Related Joke: "I'm a MONSTER!"
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... don't understand Spanish
Tres de Cinco is the day before Cinco de Cuatro, itself the day before Cinco de Mayo. They really don't understand Spanish in Newport.
Buster
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... gets panic attacks
Buster is scared of the Queen Mary in a flashback.
Lucille: "No one will be there to hear your screams." Buster: "Aaaaaaaaah!"
Related Joke: seal
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... loves juice
Lucille Austero is juicing, and Buster is worried about joining her. He relents: "Let's get juiced."
Related Joke: Ostrich troubles
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... has odd genitals
Lucille: "Half your testicle was hanging out of that thing."
Related Joke: Balboa Bay Window
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"I'm a MONSTER!"
Literal doctor: "They could turn you into a killing monster." Buster: "Monster."
Buster: "I'm a monst ... Do you have any ice cream?"
Buster: "It's not Army's fault. I'm a monster."
Herbert Love: "Nice stop, blind side monster." Buster: "Blind side Buster."
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missing limbs
Buster was the first known injury to a drone pilot. They gave him a big hand.
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seal
Buster has to face down the seal which ate his hand when falls off of the Queen Mary.
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Balboa Bay Window
Balboa Bay Window reported that Buster's John-John Kennedy offended the Motherboy audience.
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... loves his mother
Buster is discovered napping on the couch with his neatly tailored Lucille replica.
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... wants a turtle
Lucille: "Hamster or turtle?" Buster: "Hamsters are gross."
Miscellaneous
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literal doctor
Buster was the first known injury to a drone pilot. They gave him a big hand.
Related Joke: missing limbs
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banners
"Welcome Home Mother! Buster Made This!"
"This Is Why I Was Late! Ha Ha! From Buster"
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"That was a freebie."
Buster destroys his neatly tailored Lucille replacement, and not Lucille herself.
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Hot mess
Just six weeks ago, Buster was a hot mess.
Lucille: "So you can see why I need the testimony of someone who isn't a hot mess." Buster: "You're a hot mess!" Lucille: "You're a hot mess!"
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Ostrich troubles
Cartoon on the back of a juice box says: "Q. What happens if you stick your head in the sand? A. Don't be surprised if someone uses you as a footstool."