Tobias returns to his roots and reunites with his leading lady after a rough few weeks.
George Michael's awkward desperation sustains 69 jokes across 53 minutes—just short of elite density.
Directed by Mitchell Hurwitz, Troy Miller · Written by Dean Lorey, Richard A. Rosenstock
WAR
72.1
Wins Above Replacement
“Smashed” ranks #60 of 84 Arrested Development episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 79.5 — Elite. The episode packs 69 scored jokes at 1.7 per minute, averaging 7.2 on craft and 6.8 on impact, with Tobias landing the most laughs. Every joke is ranked below with its individual craft and impact scores.
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Top Jokes
Ron Howard: Her lover? Well, this is hardly an episode of Happy Days.
Tobias: And I am also a registered sex offender.
Tobias Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Tobias: I just blue myself for the first time in five years.
Tobias Callback Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Callback Narrator: It's Tobias' Arrested Development.
Narrator Meta/Self-Referential Wordplay/Pun ★ Rewatch Callback Tobias: it's funny, I've been looking for a place to live, and that fills virtually every parole requirement I have.
Tobias Irony/Sarcasm Setup/Punchline ★ Rewatch All Jokes — 69 analyzed
Show all ↓ Hide ↑ Tobias: And I am also a registered sex offender.
Tobias Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Tobias: Now, let's have a wrap-about.
Tobias Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy Tobias: Daddy needs to get his rocks...
Tobias Misdirection Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch Tobias: Oh, is this going to be SAG or AFTRA?
Tobias Character Comedy Absurdist ★ Rewatch Tobias · Unknown: Anus tart. - Yep, that's me.
Tobias Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Callback Tobias: Ah, well within my rights.
Tobias Cringe/Discomfort Dark/Subversive Tobias: Oh, and Simon says you're out.
Tobias Absurdist Character Comedy Tobias: Sometimes I have to tell people 'cause they can't figure it out from when I say the things that I...
Tobias Character Comedy Meta/Self-Referential Mark Cherry: ♪ Go away, Getaway, get away, Getaway. ♪
Emmett: I'm not Andy (bleep)ing Richter. I'm Emmett.
Emmett Visual Gag Meta/Self-Referential ★ Rewatch Tobias: Simon says you're out.
Tobias Running Gag Absurdist Callback Tobias: Could you give me one second to organically get...? And I'm also a registered sex offender.
Tobias Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Callback Tobias: But I love her. Surely there must be some way we can be together.
Tobias Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy Tobias: ♪ Hot cops, we'll clean up the town... ♪ I ain't no squealer.
Tobias Visual Gag Callback ★ Rewatch Callback Tobias: I got here soon as I could. I'm Dr. House, and it's called GVH. The graft is rejecting the host.
Tobias Character Comedy Absurdist Narrator: But like a dog's wagging tail, Argyle's tapping feet betrayed his true feelings.
Narrator Visual Gag Observational ★ Rewatch Tobias · Argyle: She was in the movie The Fantastic Four. Oh, my God. I was in The Fantasticks.
Narrator: It's Tobias' Arrested Development.
Narrator Meta/Self-Referential Wordplay/Pun ★ Rewatch Callback Tobias: Well, that's a good luck sign on Broadway. On the East Coast it's 'break a leg,' on the West Coast it's 'lose a tooth.'
Tobias Absurdist Character Comedy Tobias: On the East Coast it's 'break a leg,' on the West Coast it's 'lose a tooth.'
Tobias Observational Absurdist ★ Rewatch Tobias: Beard! Beard, I'm only here to pick up my car keys.
Tobias Character Comedy Running Gag Tobias: the one she owns, not the one she famously went to 12 times.
Tobias Dark/Subversive Observational ★ Rewatch Tobias: True, I can't ethically ravage her body. I have to leave that to time
Tobias Dark/Subversive Character Comedy Gob: there are no schools or libraries or Internet or playgrounds within 20 miles of here.
Gob Dark/Subversive Irony/Sarcasm ★ Rewatch Tobias: it's funny, I've been looking for a place to live, and that fills virtually every parole requirement I have.
Tobias Irony/Sarcasm Setup/Punchline ★ Rewatch Mark Cherry: And this will make my stay shorter, right? I'll get out of here a week sooner?
Tobias: Am I crazy, or is this really good?
Tobias Irony/Sarcasm Reaction Beat Tobias: See, you keep writing this infantile, ridiculous melody over and over and over again.
Tobias Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Tobias: As your therapist, I'm happy that you're expressing yourself. But as a director, I don't have to like it. And I don't. But, also, good for you. Therapist now speaking. But, also, no.
Tobias Character Comedy Escalation ★ Rewatch Tobias · Argyle: Am I crazy, or is this good? It's really good.
Tobias · Argyle: Am I crazy, or is this good? - It's really good.
Tobias: Now what if, say, I could raise between $50 and $100?
Tobias Absurdist Character Comedy Mark Cherry: Hey! I can whistle. Ooh, we have to use that in the show.
Unknown actor in film: Three of us? Houston, we're having a baby.
Michael: Say hi to Ron Howard for me.
Michael Irony/Sarcasm Misdirection ★ Rewatch Michael: Like the $18 baked potato you ordered that you didn't touch.
Michael Observational Character Comedy George Michael: family first, unless there's a work thing, and then work first.
Lucille Austero: I'm a tall drink of water, and he's the chaser. Should be flipped, right?
Argyle: you owe my sister $700,000, and I'm going to chase you down until you pay up.
Argyle Setup/Punchline Escalation Argyle: Taps. And I can tap dance all over your face, if you know what I mean. Even if my heart won't snap back into place.
Argyle Physical/Slapstick Character Comedy Callback Narrator: ♪Mr. F.♪ Argyle was wrong on that count. It was Buster who wore the gorilla suit.
Narrator Callback Visual Gag ★ Rewatch Callback Lucille Austero · Narrator: Hello, anus tart. And she never even saw the license plate.
Tobias: Me doth think he hath a lady. As doth I dooth.
Tobias Character Comedy Wordplay/Pun Tobias: we are (bleep). You're (bleep). (bleep). I mean, unless some sort of miracle coincidence happens. But, no, the best thing to do is just walk away,
Tobias Escalation Character Comedy Tobias: Reverse psychology. It didn't work.
Tobias Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement Tobias · Michael: I will act as your assistant and maybe I'll do my famous gay character. - I don't think you've seen that character. - I think I have.
Michael · Tobias: I think I have. Mm... I don't think so.
Ron Howard: This is a hat-on haircut, so you just cut what they can see. You got it, Floyd? I call all my barbers Floyd.
Tobias: And as it is such, so also as such is it unto you
Tobias Character Comedy Absurdist ★ Rewatch Ron Howard · Michael: Did you not know that I'm Rebel's dad? I knew that part.
Ron Howard: Did you not know that I'm Rebel's dad?
Ron Howard: Her lover? Well, this is hardly an episode of Happy Days.
Tobias: I was arrested as a sex offender, but at least I knew it was my daughter I was arrested for coming on to.
Tobias Dark/Subversive Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch Tobias: which, with a wave of your little pink hand, you could make happen
Tobias Character Comedy Observational Ron Howard: I also don't want to.
Tobias: You are ruining my life, Ron Howard!
Tobias Escalation Character Comedy Tobias: Tobias Onyango Funke.
Tobias Character Comedy Absurdist ★ Rewatch Tobias · Narrator: He's back. I got the rights. We're going to make a musical. Or just lie.
Lucille Austero: Maybe they should retitle this Fantastic Three and Lousy One.
Lucille: In case you didn't know, the stage adds seven pounds. - Two words: diet pills.
Unknown patient: you're sure the Hispanic community is okay with all of this?
Tobias: The audience will be completely drunk, and if we're not perfect, they'll take it out on us, but... that's why you're going to be perfect.
Tobias Character Comedy Escalation Tobias: I'm a registered sex offender. All right. I'm a registered... I'm a registered sex offender.
Tobias Running Gag Escalation Callback Tobias · Buster: You're a monster, you don't have to be good. What? It wasn't a great choice of words.
Tobias · DeBrie: How could you do this to me? Or did I do this to you? You to me.
Tobias: I just blue myself for the first time in five years.
Tobias Callback Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Callback Unknown performer · Buster: Nice ad-lib. Not an ad-lib... I can't swim.
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