Funniest Food References on Arrested Development

Everyone knows this, right?

The Bluths make awful impressions. Few people see them.Arrested DevelopmentFans can eat a chicken dinner without any Bluth references.

The Cornballer is dangerous. Hopefully, the cornballs are worth the third-degree burns. George Sr.'s failed '70s product remains a hit in the Bluth household when there is nothing else to eat.

Buster has a juice problem. Lucille sees an addict and cuts him off. "No sugar for you. You just get more awful."

Lucille thinks one banana costs $10. She clearly never seen a grocery store.

Don't throw away that bone. It could start a great stew.

Tobias’s Freudian slip shows he denies being gay.

The Bluth’s Original Frozen Banana Stand on the Oceanside Wharf offers several great flavors:

The Original Frozen BananaFrozen banana dipped in hot fudge and covered with fresh nuts.
The George DaddyFrozen dipped bananas sandwiched between Chocolate Grahams.
The Giddy-Girly BananaFrozen banana dipped in hot fudge, covered with pink heart candy.
The G.O.B.Frozen banana double dipped in chocolate with double the nuts.
The On the Go-Go BananaFrozen banana in a cup of sizzling hot fudge.
The Simple SimonSingle fudge dipped banana.
Double-Dipped FrozenDouble dipped in chocolate or caramel and frozen.

We're with Michael. We do not know what we expected.

Lucille Bluth puts vodka in her body; besides toast or an Ike and Tina Tuna sandwich, she drinks an ocean of vodka. Lindsay promoted the brand in “Public Relations”; it appears on the show several times.

Ann Veal is strange. Her horrifying egg snack shows this.

Lindsay never finishes Tobias's sandwich.

Lindsay cooks poorly compared to Lucille. She boils canned ham. Buster likes the dish, saying, "So watery and yet there’s a smack of ham to it!"

George Sr. loves ice cream sandwiches. His love for the sweet treat started at the prison visitor area.

Maeby, never take advice from someone who hasn't eaten solid food since the '60s.

George Michael convinces his father his fiancéée is not smart enough. His proof? Video of Rita eating the plastic fruit in the model home.

George Bluth hates rejection. When his children’s teachers quit, authorities couldn't catch The Muffin Man who sent poisoned baked goods. George Sr. admitted killing two of the 25 teachers, claiming the others copied him.

The joke about calling treats “Candy Beans (Jelly beans),” “Candy Balls (gumballs),” and “Candy Vines (Twizzlers/Red Vines)” is how the show handles copyright. Only a Bluth would say this.

No one knows what 'Club Sauce' is. Gob's description makes Lucille 2 dizzy.

You fleece businessmen by sweating them out then teasing them with tasty, thirst-quenching lemonade.

Lucille orders solid food but shows violence. She also ignores questions about plates or platters.

Buster wears his glasses to an award show for Marta, Gob’s Telenovela actress girlfriend, to avoid looking like a lizard and attract someone other than his mother. The result? A flirtation with chips.

Lucille’s got a point.

Michael wants George Michael to get a job at the banana stand by boosting his self-esteem. Saying, “Ten cents gets you nuts” to strangers, like your cousin, does not improve self-image.

Martin Mull played Colonel Mustard.Clue.Characters eat Parmesan and mustard throughout the series. Mull's character's name appears onArrested Development.This name references that role.

Buster reminds Lucille of her failed attempts to feed her children.

Buster desperately needs a pet.

Lindsay believes grape juice left out overnight turns into alcohol, thanks to Lucille's A+ parenting.

Buster finds Lucille 2 at the hospital vending machine. Choices include Cola, Iced Tea, Orange Soda, Root Beer, Spew, Squirm, Blue, Stuff, and Clear. Buster chooses root beer. A bar really should exist in the hospital.

In.Poof.In Poof magazine, Tony Wonder bakes himself into a huge sandwich to feed the troops and annoy Gob:

Tony Wonder wows the audience emerging from a giant sandwich with Liberace flair. A disgruntled ex-magician danced near the commotion. Police took him before the reporter could interview him, but bystanders saw it as a protest against chicken used by Tony Wonder’s staff.

Buster gets access to unlimited “juice” (fake blood made with sugary syrup). This is not pretty.

If you can't decide what to eat, Skip's Scramble lets you sample everything on the menu—blueberry waffles, banana pancakes, cornball cakes, sausage, Balboa Bay bacon, model home fries, fried eggs, ham, scrambled eggs, vodka on the rocks with toast, muffins, and hash browns—in one wok. Do not order the Skip's Scramble.

George Sr. created low-calorie, low-carb protein bars in prison, but only Annyong ate them while living at Balboa Towers.

Lucille demands service. She states, “If I wanted something your thumb touched, I’d eat the inside of your ear.” Her system also dislikes curly fries.

Lindsay, Tobias, and Maeby share a lack of kitchen skill. They toss a goose into the oven, calling the moment a "Thanksgiving miracle."

Hiding in the model home attic, George uses his hot tub for dinner. Problems arise. The chicken masala gets stuck in the intake.

Lucille makes cottage cheese because she knows nothing else besides toast and ashtray cereal. She gives Buster the cheese after burning him, suggesting her son Annyong might know how to finish it.George and Oscar both like shrimp. George uses how long Shrimp Fest runs in “Fakin’ It” to measure Buster’s recovery from a fake coma. “Burning Love” features popcorn shrimp with Club Sauce. Judge Kornzucker announces “Shrimp-Shooter Night starts in 15 minutes” in “Indian Takers.” Oscar learns in “Development Arrested” that free shrimp signals you were tricked.Buster sees the cottage cheese as war.

The Bluths follow the Atkins Diet, then binge on carbs at Lucille's demand.

George motivates Buster with food. Promise him grilled cheese for his investigation.

Buster gave a weed study. This yielded a good result.

After Lindsay serves a flambé dish with Lucille at lunch, the banana stand catches fire on George Michael’s watch. The money in the stand is gone!

To rebrand a Halliburton chemical company, the public gets this fake ice cream flavor—a copy of Ben & Jerry's, possibly lethal.

Lindsay and Tobias visit a restaurant with DeBrie and Marky Bark. They met this couple at a methadone clinic Tobias mistook for an improv class.Waitresses describe the restaurant as, “The Salvation Army meets a soup kitchen meets a gastro pub meets a Marxist or Leninist social structure.” Before ordering, one reminds them, “We don’t have the fish and we’re not taking any more lava lamps.”

George and Oscar have a weakness for shrimp.

This is one reason Gob is alone.