- Bananagrabber
- G.O.B.’s negative campaign includes an image of Bananagrabber as an example of evil. CONTEXT
- Christopher Lowell Show
- Michael says they stopped TiVoing the design show after Tobias moved out.
- Ghyslain Raza
- The videotape of George Michael recreating scenes from Star Wars is a reference to The Star Wars Kid. CONTEXT
- Goofus and Gallant
- George, Sr. compares Michael and G.O.B. to the “biblical brothers, Gallant and Goofuth.” CONTEXT
- hole in his heart
- Buster’s inability to put in the aorta leaves a hole in the heart. CONTEXT
- let me finish
- Regarding his magic video, G.O.B. calls it “Tricks... let me finish... Around the Office,” recalling his phrasing in Let ’Em Eat Cake.
- Mary Poppins
- Narrator says there was also “some Mary Poppins in Tobias’s acting;” his song (as Mrs. Featherbottom) “When you put a squirt of frosting down your throat, before we take our medications” is a clear knock-off of “Just a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down.”
- on the next Arrested Development
- “Lucille finds a housekeeper that she won’t lose her son to, and Steve Holt finally tracks down his real father.”
- poster
- Ann 2.0 reveals George Michael’s campaign poster: “v.i.r.g.i.n.: Voting In Righteous George Michael Is Noble” CONTEXT
- Roomba
- Lucille replaces Lupe with the robot vacuum, Roomba.
- Simpsons
- George Michael ties with Bart Simpson and “School Sucks” in the school election.
- spelling
- Maeby creates a poster for Steve Holt: “Volt for Steve Holt.” CONTEXT
- Star Wars
- George Michael recreates moments from Star Wars, including “You cut off my hand.”
- Perhaps paralleling the Star Wars storyline, G.O.B. (i.e., Darth Vader) cuts off Buster’s hand, and then is later revealed to be the surprise father of Steve Holt.
- Tantamount Pictures
- The clip from Wrench is “property of the Tantamount Television and Film Company.” CONTEXT
- Tyco
- George, Sr. and Lucille’s anniversary party bears an uncanny resemblance to the infamous Tyco party, down to the ice sculptures, male models poolside, and the $2.1 million price tag. (Thanks, TeddyT1186 and others.)
- “I’ve made a huge mistake.”
- G.O.B. says “I’ve made a huge mistake” after seeing Steve Holt’s campaign video.
- “Slut” shirt
- Lindsay is wearing the “Slut” shirt, first seen in My Mother The Car, in George Michael’s video. CONTEXT
- miscellany
- Blackstool, Chicago, chicken, Corona del Mar, deflection, E-bay, hand, medication, Mrs. Doubtfire, Mrs. Featherbottom, Phen-phen, Qusay Hussein, Sammy Davis, Jr., self-esteem, TiVo, Tracy, Wrench











