Arrested Development (TV Series)

Top Banana (2003)

Jason Bateman: Michael Bluth

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Quotes 

• Michael : [opens a bag in the fridge marked "Dead Dove, do not eat", closes it quickly]  I don't know what I was expecting...

• T-Bone : [Michael arrives at the banana stand after suspecting his father of burning down a warehouse full of incriminating evidence and attempting to run the company from prison, to find T-Bone, a former inmate, working at the banana stand]  Welcome to Bluth Banana, where bananas are our business. May I interest you in a banana this day?

  Michael Bluth : T-Bone, what are you doing here?

  T-Bone : Oh. Your dad gave me this job.

  Narrator : Michael realized that his father had even taken control of the banana stand. But he still had some unanswered questions, so he did a little detective work.

  Michael Bluth : You burned down the storage unit?

  T-Bone : Oh, most definitely.

• Michael : [about the Banana Stand]  I burned it. Right down to the ground.

  George Sr. : Are you kidding? There was money in that banana stand.

  Michael : Well, it's all gone now, dad. So the next time you want have a little power struggle, just know that you're playing with fire.

  George Sr. : There was $250,000 lining the walls of the banana stand.

  Michael : What?

  George Sr. : Cash, Michael.

  Michael : Why didn't you tell me?

  George Sr. : How much clearer can I say

  [yells] 

  George Sr. : There's always money in the banana stand!

  Prison guard : [George Sr. Has grabbed Michael and started shaking him]  No Touching!

  George Sr. : [George puts his hands in the air]  No touching!

  Prison guard : No touching.

• Michael Bluth : [Michael and George Michael are watching the banana stand burn to the ground]  This is going to be our best summer ever.

  [Gob scoots up] 

  Michael Bluth : You mailed that insurance check, right, Gob?

  [Gob scoots off, Michael chases after him] 

• Michael Bluth : You certainly haven't been shopping! The only thing I found in the refrigerator was a dead dove in a bag.

  Gob : You didn't eat that dove, did you? Because I only have a couple of days left to return it.

• Michael Bluth : Well, I'll tell you what. I'm going to give you a promotion. Welcome aboard, Mr. Manager.

  George-Michael Bluth : Wow. I'm Mr. Manager.

  Michael Bluth : Well, manager; we just say manager. And you can hire an employee if you need one.

  George-Michael Bluth : Do you think I need one?

  Michael Bluth : Don't look at me, Mr. Manager.

  George-Michael Bluth : Right, it's up to me now. I'm Mr. Manager.

  Michael Bluth : Manager. We-we just say, uh...

  George-Michael Bluth : I know, but you...

  Michael Bluth : Doesn't matter who.