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There's always money in the banana stand.
— Arrested Development · 2003
Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
It sounds like a dad's empty reassurance, and it turns out to be the most literal sentence on the show. That makes it Arrested Development in one line: the clue is said out loud, plainly, and nobody listens. Fans still repeat it to mean the answer was right in front of us, and the burnt stand became shorthand for the show's running jokes.
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In context
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In "Top Banana" (Arrested Development, season 1, episode 2, November 9, 2003), Michael visits his father George Sr. in prison while hunting for flight records, and George assures him there is always money in the banana stand, the family's frozen-banana stall. Michael puts his son George Michael in charge of the stand and later helps him burn it down as a gesture of defiance. Told what has happened, George Sr. is furious: there was $250,000 lining its walls.
Sources (2)
- Arrested Development Wiki, Top BananaSynopsis (prison scenes and fire) and QuotesReference checked
- Arrested Development Wiki, Bluth's Original Frozen Banana Standseason one summaryReference checked
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