Previously, On Arrested Development

NPR's guide to the running gags from the show.

Tobias

... is a never-nude

Tobias fears being nude more than you'll NEVER know, so he must wear cut-off jeans at all times.

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14 episodes feature this joke:

Season 1

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

  • 5: A New Start

    Tobias utters "never-nude" when wind whips up and nearly exposes his shorts to the airport crowds in India.

    "Some people battle addiction; other people are incapable of being nude."

Sources: Joke data compiled by Adam Cole / NPR. Episode metadata from The TVDB via a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 United States (CC BY 3.0 US) license.