George Oscar "G.O.B." Bluth II is a fictional character on the television series Arrested Development. He is portrayed by Will Arnett. G.O.B. (usually written as "Gob", and pronounced [ʤoʊb] as in the Biblical figure Job) is the eldest Bluth son, and is an unsuccessful professional magician who is often used by his father George Bluth Sr. to undermine his brother's control of the family business.
His name — derived from his initials, much like Jo...
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George Oscar "G.O.B." Bluth II is a fictional character on the television series Arrested Development. He is portrayed by Will Arnett. G.O.B. (usually written as "Gob", and pronounced [ʤoʊb] as in the Biblical figure Job) is the eldest Bluth son, and is an unsuccessful professional magician who is often used by his father George Bluth Sr. to undermine his brother's control of the family business.
His name — derived from his initials, much like John Ellis "Jeb" Bush's — is pronounced like the biblical figure, Job (pronounced [ʤoʊb], rhymes with globe). By trade he is a part-time magician, and was formerly a stripper, working as one of the "Hot Cops". On occasion he has also attempted to make money by "following people to their cars", though the exact logistics of that remain unstated. G.O.B. is arrogant and self-centered, but much of the time this appears to hide his own insecurities which include how unintelligent he really is.
Not without a sense of theatrics, he speaks in an intense...
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