Tobias: ... giggles ambitiously - Previously, On Arrested Development : NPR

Previously, On Arrested Development

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Occurrence of a joke
Joke in the background
Foreshadowing
Combined joke

6 episodes feature this joke:

Season 1

1: Pilot

Tobias wants to be an actor.
5: Visiting Ours

Tobias's therapist wants to be an actor.
20: Whistler's Mother

Lindsay wants to be a cage dancer.

Season 2

10: Ready, Aim, Marry Me

Lindsay wants to be president.
18: Righteous Brothers

Season 4

9: Smashed

Tobias: "Am I crazy, or is this good?" He's crazy.

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