- Occurrence of a joke
- Joke in the background
- Foreshadowing
- Combined joke
13 episodes feature this joke:
Season 1
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1: Pilot
Michael: "So this is the magic trick, huh?" G.O.B."Illusion, Michael. A trick is something a whore does for money..." [sees children] "... or candy!"
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2: Top Banana
G.O.B. calls his fireball illusion "my least consistent trick."
Related Joke: ... messes up a trick.
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9: Storming the Castle
Marta: "The magic?" Michael: "Oh, the tricks! The little tricks. Those are great."
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15: Staff Infection
Lucille: "Well, it’s important to the company that I keep up the image of my lifestyle." Michael: "Illusion, Mom."
Season 2
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9: Burning Love
Sally: "Still doing your little tricks?" G.O.B.: "Do you consider this to be a little trick?" [squirts her with lighter fluid]
Related Joke: ... messes up a trick.
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14: The Immaculate Election
GOB: "I’m calling it 'Tricks...' let me finish... 'Around the Office.'"
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15: Sword of Destiny
Buster: "Now, our magic trick." G.O.B.: "Illusion." Buster: "Silence, slave! In this magic trick, I'm going to put a sword through my assistant's tummy. May I have the trick sword, please?!"
Season 3
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2: For British Eyes Only
Michael: "Tricks." Tobias: "Illusions, Michael!"
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6: The Ocean Walker
Michael [watching Rita walk on water]: "Is that your trick, G.O.B.?" G.O.B.:"No, Michael, that's not my trick." Narrator: "On the next Arrested Development..." G.O.B.: "It's my ILLUSION!"
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8: Making a Stand
Michael: "We're gonna wait till after lunch for the tricks." G.O.B.: "That's not a trick, Michael ... it's a business opportunity!"
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11: Family Ties
G.O.B.: "She turns illusions for money."
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12: Exit Strategy
G.O.B.: "And now I would like to behold one of the late great Jesus’ biggest illusions, The Burning Bush."
Season 4
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7: Colony Collapse
I will be performing one of my magical illusions.
"If what Jesus did was a trick. I say it wasn't. It was an ILLUSION."
"It's an illusion. Tricks are what whores do for [interrupted] ..."