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Andy Buckley and Zach Woods played in The Office (2005) as David Wallace and Gabe Lewis, respectively.
The Narrator (Ron Howard) made a reference to the movie Psycho (1998), rather than the original Alfred Hitchcock movie released in 1960 (Psycho (1960)), due the fact Brian Grazer produced the Vince Vaughn adaptation. Grazer is not only mentioned in several episodes, he produced 52 episodes of Arrested Development (2003-2013).
Buster's nude scene was requested by Tony Hale. In an interview he recounted how it came about, "Oh God. Well, we were talking about how Buster begins to lose his mind and he's making clothes for his dummy mother, and I was talking to [series boss Mitchell Hurwitz] and [laughs] ... I was like, 'You know what? I wanna be naked.' It probably scarred my family's eyes for the rest of their lives. Of course, the next day, you're like, Oh God, oh Lord, what did I do? But I have such huge respect for Mitch, it was like, whatever. I knew it was gonna come out right and funny. I guess I was inspired by the madness of it, the absolute chaos of someone spiraling out of control, like in The Aviator (2004) when Leonardo DiCaprio [as Howard Hughes] is in that theater losing his mind. Buster's already in a detached universe. This just took it a step further."
The final use of the fake software in the show features a scene from episode 3.13, Development Arrested (2006), with the usual Showstealer Pro Trial Version watermark. At the end of the flashback, the picture freezes and "Trial version has expired - click here to purchase full version" appears under the watermark.
A Netflix coffee mug sits on the security guard's desk.
During Buster (Tony Hale)'s bionic hand training, one of the tests is to fast-forward during commercials. DVRs (digital video recorders) are often blamed for Arrested Development's low viewership during its initial run from 2003-2006 because at the time Nielsen ratings did not measure homes with DVRs.