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Character Analysis

Jeffrey Tambor

Oscar Bluth

Played by Jeffrey Tambor

70 jokes across 21 episodes of Arrested Development

WAR

12.9

Total Jokes

70

Avg Craft

7.1

Avg Impact

6.7

Comedy Style

Character Comedy

Best Jokes by Oscar

All Jokes — 69 total

S1E20

One on the lips.

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S1E20

I have lemons, I make lemonade. - That's a very positive attitude. I hate the lemonade business. I hate the grind. You have to grind so many... lemons.

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S1E20

That was a song I wrote for David Cassidy; he was gonna sing it on The Mike Douglas Show. But he was too embarrassed to do it in front ofJohn and Yoko.

7.06.5
S1E20

Fellas! Fellas!

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S1E20

You still have the neck of a 20-year-old. - And you still have the hair of a lion.

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S1E20

Smile.

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S1E21

OH, YOUR TONGUE IS AS SHARP AS YOUR BODY IS STILL TAUT.

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S2E01

Do you have any cookies with no preservatives?

7.16.3
S2E01

More than you'll ever know.

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S2E04

I am surprised, though, that she's going after somebody so similar to my own type. But I suppose we all do expose our inner desires, don't we? I think you just did.

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S2E05

She's just so... loving and affectionate. I-I... this is not the woman I fell in love with.

7.67.0
S2E05

Yeah. It's the only thing I could find. Where are the eggs? Doctor says they're bad for the baby.

7.16.8
S2E05

Because that's what you are: a hot-tie.

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S2E05

Stop me from pouring this on myself. I can't take this anymore.

7.27.0
S2E05

Is that her rape horn? It's more like a starter's pistol.

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S2E05

I just, uh, I just want to have sex with you. That's, that's all I'm good for.

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S2E05

You smell like a pine cone. Yeah, that's the weed.

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S2E05

I'm on mushrooms! I'm on bad mushrooms!

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S2E05

I'm on mushrooms! I'm on bad mushrooms!

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S2E06

which way do I try to get it in her? / I don't need any details. / Maybe I'll put it in her brownie.

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S2E06

Hey, Mikey, relax. It's just a giant banana.

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S2E07

Lucille, I'll say it again. You never know what's going to happen in the army. Remember, Lucille? No, I don't.

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S2E07

Croc! No, sorry. Wait. Log. Just a log. No, wait. Sorry. Croc!

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S2E09

LUPE WASHED THEM, AND THEY SPROUTED. I THREW THEM OUT.

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S2E11

You're high! - Oh, well, you can win every argument like that, but that does not make you right. - I need macaroons. - Oh, you're high!

7.26.8
S2E16

Her? Does she look old enough to play Topher Grace's mom?

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S2E18

Buster! The Cornballer! [Both Screaming] [Sizzling]

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S3E07

I could never leave a little bud behind.

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S3E07

At least you can stay and help me bury my poor turtle. / Or we could cremate it.

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S3E07

Oh, it's on 'standby'! / Got another one in you?

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S3E07

Wait a minute. You're not really smiling. / I'm Oscar.

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S3E13

Ah, this is why they dropped those other charges. You gave me up, George. - George? I'm not George.

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S4E02

George! Actually, we came in to use the bathroom, but they sat me. And they have mahimahi today. Will you join us? Will you have a mahimahi on me? On you.

7.16.5
S4E02

This is Heartfire; she's an aura specialist. She did Matthew Modine. I will.

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S4E02

Hey. Hey. He had his twin brother endure it. Did you bring me some lemonade? No, sir. It is crazy out there. For the first time we are out.

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S4E02

I just can't go on pretending to be you, sitting silently... Shh. ...in a, in a 100-degree mud hut for an hour and a half.

7.56.8
S4E02

I just pooped in a hole and covered it up. I hope I did the right thing. There's a commode. It's, it's directly uphill from the maca root.

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S4E02

I love it when you call my name. George! Don't call me that. Call me Father B.

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S4E06

Buster? No, no. I won't... I won't hear of it. It could kill him. I meant Gob.

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S4E06

Well, this is America. If they don't want us to burn signs, they shouldn't write them in Spanish.

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S4E06

Hello, brother. Thought I'd find you in a blouse and a beekeeper hat.

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S4E06

I told one lie, but I-I was going to share the money with you. Two lies. And why do I think that you charge more than five dollars for lemonade? Three small lies.

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S4E10

Do you think I'm here for the donkey punch? Which I do love, and it's the only night you can get it.

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S5E02

Well, this is America. They don't want us to burn signs, they shouldn't write 'em in Spanish.

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S5E09

Buster's in jail? My boy. My boy.

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S5E09

I guess stuff does happen like this in real life.

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S5E09

Wait a minute. It's a fake hand. How can it hurt? No, it's a rental from prison, and Mother said my next hand... is gonna be out of my own pocket

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S5E09

Outside, inside, outside, inside... Now, we cannot draw attention to ourselves. - I'm just a guy fixing a broken hand. - Right. And I'm... I'm just a guy who's wearing a blue hat. Nothing to see here, folks. Nothing to see.

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S5E09

Oh, I'm like a kid in a candy shop. - No way. - I think I saw William Shatner wearing this while riding a bicycle once.

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S5E09

Oh, I'm like a kid in a candy shop. No way. I think I saw William Shatner wearing this while riding a bicycle once.

6.26.3
S5E09

You're taking me as a hostage in case the cops see us? Hey, guy, I wouldn't know about that. - We can pretend we're cousins. - Cousins?

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S5E10

Inside, outside, inside, outside... - Who is this guy? - I don't know... inside... but I don't like the looks of him... outside...

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S5E10

Tell him to off. Yeah, yeah, yeah, to F off, twinkle toes. Tell him to F off.

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S5E10

This is what we in the Bluth family call a 'Don't Tell Michael.'

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S5E10

Inside, outside. Inside, outside. Inside, outside. Outside. Inside, outside. - You blow our cover, and she's a goner. - Inside, outside.

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S5E10

Wet side, dry side, wet side, dry side, wet side, dry side...

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S5E11

Inside. Outside. Inside.

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S5E11

Feels like we're outside. It feels like we're inside.

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S5E11

That was to get out of testifying. No, that was a three-month coma.

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S5E11

If something happens out there, and I get caught and I don't come back, I just want to tell you that... this... this... being with you has been... ah, it's been... I cherish it. My son.

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S5E11

They throw these in with the posters. Actually, he's not technically free. He still has to officially sign out from prison and pay their $75 process fee.

7.16.8
S5E11

I'm fighting against the competition. What, is she dating? No, I'm talking about Buster.

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S5E11

A guy could have a mighty nice life up here. Do you... You want us to die here together?

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S5E11

Oh, yeah. I... I noticed there's a blood-like substance back there. But that's a tomorrow job. That's for the daytime.

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S5E12

Oscar and his son both confess they knew they weren't fugitives but pretended to be to spend time together

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S5E12

Oscar's three activity choices are all variations of staying inside: 'lay down inside, get scared of the dark inside, or play hide-and-go-seek inside'

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S5E12

Oscar's ultimatum: 'it's me or the weed'

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S5E12

Oscar saying 'Outside, outside, outside...' repeatedly

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S5E12

Gob introducing Oscar: 'Please say hello to my new right-hand man!' while Oscar only has his left hand

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