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10 Jokes You May Have Missed In Arrested Development Season Four

If the continued popularity of lists like this one is any indication, people are still discovering jokes from the first three seasons of Arrested Development ten years after it first started airing. The show was so full of obscure references, lines too quick or subtle to take note of, and details that take multiple viewings to really click in your mind that it was impossible to appreciate just how much comedy was hidden in its many layers. It’s why watching it over and over again, sharing your observations and favorite moments with fellow watchers, was immensely rewarding.

[h2]3) Debrie is a man, maybe?[/h2]

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Maria Bamford’s role as Debrie was one of the highlights of the new season, but there seems to be more to the character than meets the eye. The biggest hint occurs when she’s rushed into the hospital and doctors refer to her as a “61-year-old male.” Given Tobias’s track record of not being able to tell the difference between a man and a woman in the dark, and Marky Bark’s faceblindness that renders him similarly unable to notice the difference, there seems to be some strong indication that Debrie is transgendered or something.

[h2]4) Carl Weathers owns Swappigans[/h2]

I totally missed this, but this one seems to be legit. Carl Weathers, the famous spendthrift from the original series, is apparently in the restaurant business. The clues: the full name of the restaurant is CW Swappigans, it’s a barter restaurant that accepts various items in exchange for food from dumpsters, and then there’s the scene where he meets with Michael and grabs an armful of little Grinch dolls (a great callback to Lucille playing the Grinch in episode one). He says he wants them “for the restaurant.” When you think about it, it makes perfect, hilarious sense.

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