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Character Analysis

Jeffrey Tambor

Oscar Bluth

Played by Jeffrey Tambor

70 jokes across 21 episodes of Arrested Development

WAR

25.4

Total Jokes

70

Avg Craft

7.1

Avg Impact

6.7

Comedy Style

Character Comedy

Oscar delivers 70 scored jokes across 21 episodes of Arrested Development, averaging 7.1 on craft and 6.7 on impact for a career WAR of 25.4. Their comedy leans toward character comedy. The highest-scoring line is below.

Funniest Oscar Lines

All Jokes — 69 total

S1E20

Oscar:One on the lips.

6.86.5
S1E20

Michael · Oscar:I have lemons, I make lemonade. - That's a very positive attitude. I hate the lemonade business. I hate the grind. You have to grind so many... lemons.

7.57.2
S1E20

Oscar:That was a song I wrote for David Cassidy; he was gonna sing it on The Mike Douglas Show. But he was too embarrassed to do it in front ofJohn and Yoko.

7.06.5
S1E20

Oscar:Fellas! Fellas!

7.16.7
S1E20

Oscar · Lucille:You still have the neck of a 20-year-old. - And you still have the hair of a lion.

6.55.5
S1E20

Oscar:Smile.

6.86.0
S1E21

Oscar:OH, YOUR TONGUE IS AS SHARP AS YOUR BODY IS STILL TAUT.

7.26.5
S2E01

Oscar:Do you have any cookies with no preservatives?

7.16.3
S2E01

Oscar:More than you'll ever know.

7.97.5
S2E04

Oscar · Tobias:I am surprised, though, that she's going after somebody so similar to my own type. But I suppose we all do expose our inner desires, don't we? I think you just did.

7.36.8
S2E05

Oscar:She's just so... loving and affectionate. I-I... this is not the woman I fell in love with.

7.67.0
S2E05

Oscar:Yeah. It's the only thing I could find. Where are the eggs? Doctor says they're bad for the baby.

7.16.8
S2E05

Oscar:Because that's what you are: a hot-tie.

6.05.3
S2E05

Oscar:Stop me from pouring this on myself. I can't take this anymore.

7.27.0
S2E05

Oscar · Michael:Is that her rape horn? It's more like a starter's pistol.

7.77.2
S2E05

Oscar:I just, uh, I just want to have sex with you. That's, that's all I'm good for.

7.06.7
S2E05

Lucille · Oscar:You smell like a pine cone. Yeah, that's the weed.

7.06.5
S2E05

Oscar:I'm on mushrooms! I'm on bad mushrooms!

7.47.2
S2E05

Oscar:I'm on mushrooms! I'm on bad mushrooms!

7.17.0
S2E06

Oscar · Michael · Oscar:which way do I try to get it in her? / I don't need any details. / Maybe I'll put it in her brownie.

7.77.7
S2E06

Oscar:Hey, Mikey, relax. It's just a giant banana.

6.96.5
S2E07

Oscar · Lucille:Lucille, I'll say it again. You never know what's going to happen in the army. Remember, Lucille? No, I don't.

6.76.5
S2E07

Oscar:Croc! No, sorry. Wait. Log. Just a log. No, wait. Sorry. Croc!

7.27.2
S2E09

Oscar:LUPE WASHED THEM, AND THEY SPROUTED. I THREW THEM OUT.

7.77.7
S2E11

Lucille · Oscar:You're high! - Oh, well, you can win every argument like that, but that does not make you right. - I need macaroons. - Oh, you're high!

7.26.8
S2E16

Oscar · Maeby:Her? Does she look old enough to play Topher Grace's mom?

6.36.2
S2E18

Oscar · Buster:Buster! The Cornballer! [Both Screaming] [Sizzling]

7.27.7
S3E07

Oscar:I could never leave a little bud behind.

7.67.0
S3E07

Buster · Oscar:At least you can stay and help me bury my poor turtle. / Or we could cremate it.

8.48.0
S3E07

Buster · Oscar:Oh, it's on 'standby'! / Got another one in you?

6.76.5
S3E07

Buster · Oscar:Wait a minute. You're not really smiling. / I'm Oscar.

7.37.0
S3E13

George Sr. · Oscar:Ah, this is why they dropped those other charges. You gave me up, George. - George? I'm not George.

6.96.3
S4E02

Oscar:George! Actually, we came in to use the bathroom, but they sat me. And they have mahimahi today. Will you join us? Will you have a mahimahi on me? On you.

7.16.5
S4E02

Oscar · Heartfire:This is Heartfire; she's an aura specialist. She did Matthew Modine. I will.

6.96.5
S4E02

George Sr. · Oscar · Narrator:Hey. Hey. He had his twin brother endure it. Did you bring me some lemonade? No, sir. It is crazy out there. For the first time we are out.

7.77.5
S4E02

Oscar · George Sr.:I just can't go on pretending to be you, sitting silently... Shh. ...in a, in a 100-degree mud hut for an hour and a half.

7.56.8
S4E02

Oscar · Barry:I just pooped in a hole and covered it up. I hope I did the right thing. There's a commode. It's, it's directly uphill from the maca root.

7.37.0
S4E02

Lucille · Oscar:I love it when you call my name. George! Don't call me that. Call me Father B.

7.46.7
S4E06

Oscar · Lucille:Buster? No, no. I won't... I won't hear of it. It could kill him. I meant Gob.

7.87.5
S4E06

Oscar:Well, this is America. If they don't want us to burn signs, they shouldn't write them in Spanish.

7.36.7
S4E06

Oscar:Hello, brother. Thought I'd find you in a blouse and a beekeeper hat.

7.36.7
S4E06

George Sr. · Oscar:I told one lie, but I-I was going to share the money with you. Two lies. And why do I think that you charge more than five dollars for lemonade? Three small lies.

7.87.3
S4E10

Oscar:Do you think I'm here for the donkey punch? Which I do love, and it's the only night you can get it.

7.06.5
S5E02

Oscar:Well, this is America. They don't want us to burn signs, they shouldn't write 'em in Spanish.

6.86.5
S5E09

Oscar:Buster's in jail? My boy. My boy.

6.05.3
S5E09

Oscar:I guess stuff does happen like this in real life.

6.96.3
S5E09

Oscar · Buster:Wait a minute. It's a fake hand. How can it hurt? No, it's a rental from prison, and Mother said my next hand... is gonna be out of my own pocket

7.06.5
S5E09

Oscar · Buster:Outside, inside, outside, inside... Now, we cannot draw attention to ourselves. - I'm just a guy fixing a broken hand. - Right. And I'm... I'm just a guy who's wearing a blue hat. Nothing to see here, folks. Nothing to see.

6.46.2
S5E09

Buster · Oscar:Oh, I'm like a kid in a candy shop. - No way. - I think I saw William Shatner wearing this while riding a bicycle once.

6.76.0
S5E09

Buster · Oscar:Oh, I'm like a kid in a candy shop. No way. I think I saw William Shatner wearing this while riding a bicycle once.

6.26.3
S5E09

Stan Sitwell · Oscar · Buster:You're taking me as a hostage in case the cops see us? Hey, guy, I wouldn't know about that. - We can pretend we're cousins. - Cousins?

6.86.3
S5E10

Oscar · Buster:Inside, outside, inside, outside... - Who is this guy? - I don't know... inside... but I don't like the looks of him... outside...

6.76.5
S5E10

Oscar · Buster:Tell him to off. Yeah, yeah, yeah, to F off, twinkle toes. Tell him to F off.

6.76.0
S5E10

Oscar:This is what we in the Bluth family call a 'Don't Tell Michael.'

7.67.3
S5E10

Oscar · Buster:Inside, outside. Inside, outside. Inside, outside. Outside. Inside, outside. - You blow our cover, and she's a goner. - Inside, outside.

6.76.3
S5E10

Oscar · Buster:Wet side, dry side, wet side, dry side, wet side, dry side...

6.76.0
S5E11

Buster · Oscar:Inside. Outside. Inside.

7.06.5
S5E11

Oscar · Buster:Feels like we're outside. It feels like we're inside.

7.97.5
S5E11

Buster · Oscar:That was to get out of testifying. No, that was a three-month coma.

8.69.0
S5E11

Oscar:If something happens out there, and I get caught and I don't come back, I just want to tell you that... this... this... being with you has been... ah, it's been... I cherish it. My son.

7.57.3
S5E11

Oscar:They throw these in with the posters. Actually, he's not technically free. He still has to officially sign out from prison and pay their $75 process fee.

7.16.8
S5E11

George Sr. · Oscar:I'm fighting against the competition. What, is she dating? No, I'm talking about Buster.

7.47.0
S5E11

Oscar · Buster:A guy could have a mighty nice life up here. Do you... You want us to die here together?

7.87.5
S5E11

Oscar:Oh, yeah. I... I noticed there's a blood-like substance back there. But that's a tomorrow job. That's for the daytime.

6.97.0
S5E12

Oscar · George Michael:Oscar and his son both confess they knew they weren't fugitives but pretended to be to spend time together

7.06.5
S5E12

Oscar:Oscar's three activity choices are all variations of staying inside: 'lay down inside, get scared of the dark inside, or play hide-and-go-seek inside'

6.66.2
S5E12

Oscar:Oscar's ultimatum: 'it's me or the weed'

6.66.2
S5E12

Oscar:Oscar saying 'Outside, outside, outside...' repeatedly

5.95.8
S5E12

Gob · Oscar:Gob introducing Oscar: 'Please say hello to my new right-hand man!' while Oscar only has his left hand

6.66.5