“Arrested Development” creator Mitch Hurwitz announced on Oct. 2 that his show would return for a fourth season on TV leading up to the long-awaited movie. Cadenza could hardly contain its excitement about this news. Here’s a recap of our favorite moments in the classic comedy series.

Best Use of the Banana Stand
In “Pier Pressure,” the narrator explains that, back in the day, the banana stand was a popular place to meet drug dealers, inspiring a song: “Big Yellow Joint.” For this reason, Buster hopes that George-Michael will be able to procure some weed for Lucille Two.

Best Reaction from Lucille
Lucille hires a private detective, Gene Parmesan, to try to track down Oscar in Mexico. What she gets is a master of disguise who dresses up in very varied costumes, evoking squeals of delight, memorably frantic hands and screams of “Ahhhh! I knew it!”

Best Running Gag
The Bluths accidentally adopt a Korean son to whom they give the name Annyong. “Annyong” is the Korean word for hello, so naturally it is the first thing he says to them. Whenever someone addresses him as Annyong, he immediately chimes in with a response of “annyong.” This leads to some memorable glares from Lucille and outbursts from Gob. The best part of the joke? Annyong’s real name turns out to be Hel-loh.
The one-armed J. Walter Weatherman is a close runner-up in this category. A friend of George Sr., he teaches the Bluth kids lessons involving his prosthetic arm falling off. This mainly just terrifies them.

Most Valuable Guest Star
Martin Short, the legendary comedian, guest-starred in “Ready, Aim, Marry Me!” as the Bluth family’s (not real) Uncle Jack, a former radio star and fitness guru who needs to be carried around by a strong man named Dragon. Armed with a golden catchphrase of “Throw me at ‘em!” (and he was indeed thrown at ‘em), Short proved again why he’s such a master of physical comedy.

Best One-Liner Character
Dr. Fishman, or ”Dr. Wordsmith,” a recurring character who works at the hospital, has a tendency to deliver lines that are so literal that they become ambiguous. A personal favorite: In “Let ‘Em Eat Cake,” the doctor has some bad news about George Sr. When he alerts the family that “we’ve lost him,” the family assumes that George Sr. has died. Instead, he escaped out the window, wearing Annyong’s Uncle Sam wig.

Best Recurring Character
Gob’s “bleep”-heavy, incredibly offensive hand puppet Franklin Delano Bluth definitely takes the cake. Whether he’s knocking people out because of his ether-soaked lips, recording “It Ain’t Easy Being White” on his album “Franklin Comes Alive” or testifying during George Sr.’s trial, he’s a funny addition to any story arc, especially when Buster uses him as a replacement for his hook hand.

Best name for Ann (Her?)
Both Michael and Maeby continually refer to George-Michael’s girlfriend Ann Veal as “Bland” despite George-Michael’s protests. Close runner-up: “Egg.”

Best Tobias Gag
What is perhaps the longest-running joke in the series involves the constant hints about Tobias’ sexuality (including his novel, “The Man Inside Me”). When Tobias leaves the model home, he decides to return disguised as the falsetto-voiced British nanny “Mrs. Featherbottom.” While everyone knows the truth, they go along with the charade, because Mrs. Featherbottom is an excellent (and free) housekeeper. The character is introduced in “The Immaculate Election,” but the best bit is in “Meat the Veals,” when Tobias’ alter ego attempts to fly down the staircase to the floor using an umbrella, a la Mary Poppins. It doesn’t work.

Best Use of the Hot Cops
Before showering audiences with “illusions,” Gob was a stripper for the Hot Cops, a stripper crew that makes several appearances both in flashbacks and storylines throughout the series. In “Pier Pressure,” Michael plans to use the group as part of an elaborate plan to teach George-Michael not to dabble in drugs. Of course, the Hot Cops don’t come off as a real police force, and Michael is quickly one-upped in lesson-making by J. Walter Weatherman, the one-armed man.

Best use of the line, “I’ve made a huge mistake”
Many characters in Arrested Development have spoken the words “I’ve made a huge mistake.” It was most memorable in the episode in which Gob discovers he is the father of Steve Holt, George-Michael’s high school rival, as he says he’s made a “huge tiny mistake.”