
Character Analysis

Dusty
Played by Dermot Mulroney
30 jokes across 6 episodes of Arrested Development
11.5
30
7.1
6.9
Character Comedy
Dusty delivers 30 scored jokes across 6 episodes of Arrested Development, averaging 7.1 on craft and 6.9 on impact for a career WAR of 11.5. Their comedy leans toward character comedy. The highest-scoring line is below.
Funniest Dusty Lines
Dusty:Fifty-six and a half.
George Sr. · Dusty:Oh, you served in Vietnam? Surfed. I surfed in Vietnam. Two group tours.
Dusty:I mean, was that an option? Because you did almost kill my dad.
Michael · Dusty:She asked you to get rid of family memories? Why? Is that weird? It's just that, typically, the drinking does that.
Dusty · Michael:Two brothers can't be charged for the same crime. Well, I hate to say it, but you may have been getting better advice from Barry.
All Jokes — 30 total
Dusty:You know, I smashed my phone a couple years ago, too. With a hammer. Never missed it. Miss the hammer, but I guess that's why. God made rocks.
Dusty:Get off my beach, you stupid seagulls.
Dusty:I helped her take down all your pictures.
Dusty:Those steps are just for the feet of the Bay Boys. Get back in the ball, dude.
George Sr. · Dusty:Oh, you served in Vietnam? Surfed. I surfed in Vietnam. Two group tours.
Lucille · Dusty:We went for sushi last night, and he never touched his fork. Well, a little bit for the rice. It's the hard part. But not when the guy was looking.
Dusty:If you think that I enjoy being put in the position of ridiculing you, intimidating you, emasculating you, you're wrong, little guy. Wrong.
Dusty:Dusty: 'Dusty's an expert on Orient... Uh... Asian inscrutability.'
Dusty:Dusty: 'You said we'd get ice cream.'
Dusty:Well, maybe, like, babies, but that's weird, because who likes babies?
Dusty:Right. That's why I chose the word 'weird.'
Dusty:I just wasted an hour and a half working on an opening joke, till I realized that it's from Fast and Furious. It doesn't even work unless you're in a Camaro.
Dusty:I hate him! I hope he loses! I'm going to my fort!
Dusty:What a [BLEEP] day! Sorry. Just... I heard my... my dad's in the hospital.
Lottie · Dusty:You cut your hair. Eh. Yeah.
Dusty:Uh, I... I didn't know about the videotape. So, I mean, what... You can just see he... he's throwing the body right off the cliff, so everyone's like, 'Uh...' 'I mean, what else could it be?'
Dusty:I'm feeling like people are judging me, and it's just not making me feel that great.
Dusty:Stepmom.
Dusty:Nah. I mean, she's a little old for me, don't you think? She's, like... your age.
Dusty:Fifty-six and a half.
Dusty:Not gonna let that ruin my recess.
Dusty:I mean, was that an option? Because you did almost kill my dad.
Dusty:Mistrial! Mistrial! Yes, yes, I missed your trial!
Michael · Dusty:No touching! Or touching. Yeah, feel it. It's a rental.
Michael · Dusty:She asked you to get rid of family memories? Why? Is that weird? It's just that, typically, the drinking does that.
Dusty:Mother, I'm going to open the box! Mom's not here, so it turns out she's not as all-powerful as I think she is.
Dusty:These are three-quarter-inch, Michael. This is not a TV station in the '70s.
Lottie · Dusty:Objection. Is this going somewhere? Yeah, that's what I wanted to find out.
Dusty · Lottie · Judge:Oh, that'll be great timing, because I've been drinking this free court water. Does the prosecution have any objections? I need a break. Oh, let him go. Oh, he worked through recess.
Dusty · Michael:Two brothers can't be charged for the same crime. Well, I hate to say it, but you may have been getting better advice from Barry.