Episode Transcript
Written by Richard Day and Jim Vallely.
Michael: We’ll just have to be honest with these Japanese investors. They, uh, come from a culture that values honor and respect.
G.O.B.: And Godzilla! (Roars like Godzilla.)
Buster: God-zirra! (Roaring.)
George, Sr.: God-zirra! (Roaring.)
Larry: Roar.
Michael: This needs to stop now. This is exactly what we shouldn’t do when they show up.
Lucille: (Growling.)
Michael: Mom, that’s enough.
Lucille: What? We’re out of vodka.
Michael: Sorry. Thought you were doing Godzilla.
Lucille: (Roars.)
Michael: Mom, that’s enough.
Lucille: What— I’m laughing.
G.O.B.: Okay, maybe that’s it. Maybe we should do to the Japanese what they do in their movies: build a miniature city. Put it outside the window. Tell them it’s far away. It’ll look real if you squint.
G.O.B.: God knows they’re squinters.
G.O.B.: What do you think, Dad? A whole... tiny town?
Larry: Another brilliant idea, Einstein.
G.O.B.: Really? You’d like to build it with me?
George, Sr.: Larry really never knows how to sell the sarcasm.
Larry: It’s a stupid idea.
Bob Loblaw: I agree with Michael. If you take money from these people under false pretenses, you’ll be committing fraud. The government’s already watching your father pretty closely. They’re going through his mail. They want to put your father in prison for good.
George, Sr.: Yeah, Bob’s right. We’ve got to start thinking practically. Life is not some cheesy Japanese movie where the hero pulls on a pair of jet pants.
Larry: And flies off the balcony like Astro Boy.
- infomole
- George, Sr. searches for jetpants at InfoMole. The screen first shows the results of his search on “ankle monitor” and one of the sponsors is “Watch Arrested Development: All good people watch the best show on TV. Buy the DVD’s ...
Narrator: And that’s when George Sr. did a Web search for the words “jet pants.”
George, Sr.: Even better.
- boom mike
- A boom mike is clearly visible after Bob Loblaw says the room might be wired with a listening device.
Bob Loblaw: The bigger problem is, who alerted the Japanese? I think you might have a spy. This room, or someone in it, might even be wired with a listening device.
Bob Loblaw: And you need to find that leak and plug it. Your father said that he was set up by a British syndicate. Maybe you should look for somebody English.
Michael: What?
Lucille: I think Michael’s already plugged our leak.
Michael: What is that supposed to mean?
G.O.B.: You’ve been spending a lot of time with Rita, and she’s British-ish.
Buster: She’s a spy!
Michael: I haven’t told Rita anything.
Narrator: This was not strictly true.
Michael: Let’s start with my family’s misdemeanors, and then we’re going to push right on through to the lighter treasons.
Michael: The Japanese backers, if they find out about this, that we haven’t started building, they might not come through with their investments.
