This is it. We've reached the end of our Bluthian journey. We've spent the past few weeks fondly reminiscing here at IGN TV, but now it's time to create some new memories. Some new photosets and gifs. On May 26th at 12:01am, the new season of Arrested Development will take over all our lives as all 15 episodes will arrive on Netflix at once rendering everyone incapable of getting any work done. Unless your job is to watch TV.
9 New Arrested Development Posters!
For the final Bluth, to take us home, we land on the masterful magician, George Oscar Bluth. AKA G.O.B. AKA Gob. AKA the oldest, most narcissistic (see: insecure) Bluth boy. When Gob's not dazzling audiences with his tricks illusions, he's avoiding meaningful relationships, shirking responsibilities and killing doves.
Ignored by his father, hated by his mother and held in contempt by his brother, Gob never tires in trying to make everyone appreciate him for doing meaningless, trivial things - a common trait among many Arresteders! He wants to be acknowledged as the best in anything even though he's the worst at everything. But Gob's the only one who goes to the absolute fringe of creativity to garner attention, coming up with the likes of Mr. Bananagraber and the "cracker hating" ventriloquist puppet, Franklin Delano Bluth. At least, unlike most others in the Bluth family, Gob will freely admit to making large-sized miscalculations in judgement.
Here are some of G.O.B's most "Come on!"-able moments:
We've gone through everyone's Chicken Dance here, in our Bluth profiles, except Gob's version. But the best has been saved for last. Because let's face facts: No one Chicken Dances the Chicken Dance like Gob Chicken Dances the Chicken Dance.
Since Gob clearly has no active or functional knowledge of birds (above), it would only make sense that he'd try to return his dead dove (of "Dead Dove: Do Not Eat" fame) to the majestic waters of the Pacific Ocean.
And why did Gob have a dove to accidentally kill in the first place? Because he's a magician, of course. And the founder of the Magicians' Alliance, a group that eventually decided that they didn't even want him as a member.
Yes, take all that you know about the cheesy theatricality of your bargain bin magic act and give it an extra smarmy smear and you've got Gob's obsession with electrifying crowds with his epic wizardry. But don't ever tell him that he performs "tricks."
Let us offer you the alternate take of the above scene, from the "Extended Pilot"...
The fact that Gob has devoted much of his spoiled life to learning (not very well, mind you) a completely useless trade that the rest of his family finds trite will never not be hilarious. At least it enabled him to bond with the son he never knew he'd fathered - Steve Holt!
Dawww. Now they can try to return dead birds to the pet store together.
Gob might not have ever made it to the big time as a magician, but you just wait until his freakin' bee business takes off.
Despite putting on an almost impenetrable air of confidence, Gob isn't really used to things going his way. Hence, this amazingly condensed, and delivered, adage - to be spoken at high volume with a dejected tone.
Gob's other catchprase, other brother and more on page 2...
Source : ign[dot]com
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