Arrested development why is her name maybe

Claire smiled expansively at the twins. What's that name they call you? Frannie reddened. It's just a pet name. Frannie's a little too personal Halcyon seemed too The character of Frannie Halcyon is a wealthy Californian socialite who "spends most of her day in an oblivious, alcohol-induced haze," so it seems plausible that Lucille's pet name is a reference to Maupin's novels.

However, I have not been able to find any confirmation of this online. Names like these sometimes take on the pronunciation that a young child uses, which may not be perfect yet.

This is actually the case in my family, where my great aunt is called "Bojja" because her grandchild couldn't say "Bomma" the local default name for a grandmother as a young child. The name stuck. Similarly, I had an elephant teddybear. The Dutch for elephant is "olifant", but as a young child I could only get to "ojah". That name stuck for years as well.

Keep in mind that names sometimes evolve over time, e. Or, alternatively, maybe because Maeby then further bastardized the existing "ganny" nickname. Even if I'm correct, it could still be a reference, like Michael Seifert's answer offers. But I just thought I'd add an answer as to why weird names for grandparents are not all that uncommon. Sign up to join this community. The best answers are voted up and rise to the top. Stack Overflow for Teams — Collaborate and share knowledge with a private group.

She was still getting her homework done for free though. She is frustrated by the airheads and George Michael pours his heart out to her, but she misses the sentiment and only cares about the words. Maeby and George Michael are then thrust into each other's arms when the model home begins to sink, and they kiss. After kissing, Maeby and her cousin tried to avoid each other, but decided they should finish the kiss to make their situation less awkward.

She wins, much to her surprise. F " Maeby, struggling to finish a film, turns to Rita for advice. When she discovers that Rita is an MRF she rushes to halt production. Maeby takes inspiration from her grandmother's chemical peel and releases the successful film Gangee. George Michael and Maeby accidentally get married in " Fakin' It ". George Michael asks Maeby to participate in a fake wedding ceremony for elderly patients at Buster's hospital.

Maeby runs from the altar the first time, but goes through with it the second time. Little did they know the priest was real and the wedding was official. George Michael throws a surprise party for Maeby's 16th birthday and sends invitations to everyone in her address book, ruining her career at Tantamount.

They drink fake wine and get fake drunk and really make out. She then meets with Ron Howard who tells her that he sees the story as a movie. Maeby in Season Four. Immediately after the Queen Mary sank, Maeby tried to get her parents' attention by failing her senior year of high school while simultaneously getting a job at Imagine Entertainment. When her parents went out of town, she took a film crew to India to shoot Gangie on the Ganges.

While in India, she spotted her mother at the Four Seasons Mumbai, so she posed as a shaman to convince her mother to return and pay attention to her. Upon returning to the States, Maeby learned she had been fired from Image for not having her diploma. She decided to go back to high school, but kept flunking out hoping to get her parents' attention. After they abandoned her for Marky Bark and DeBrie she decided to make a career of remaining a high school senior at various schools.

In her fifth senior year she adopted the last name Featherbottom, the surname of her father's British nanny alter ego. She decided to finally graduate high school but realized she needed math tutoring. Her tutor ends up being her cousin George Michael. At that time Maeby learned there was an undercover cop at her school.

As Maeby was 23 many suspected it was her but after spotting a student named Perfecto Telles flashing a badge in a bar Maeby suspected it was him. After being told by Barry Zuckerkorn that she risked being expelled for being over 21 she decides to seduce Pefecto so she wouldn't be busted. Meanwhile she helped George Michael turn Fakeblock into a legitimate company until she overhyped it too much and he fired her. She also acted as a pimp for the unwitting Lindsay who was sleeping with Herbert Love.

George: Who? George: Her? From " Good Grief ". George Michael: Well of course. We can double date. You and Sally and me and Ann.

George Michael: What Ann? From " Hand to God ". George Michael: Her? Lindsay: Of course it is. Your father would never part with something so precious. Lindsay: You are? George Michael: Yeah. I feel like God moved her here from Ohio just to be with me. George: [Listening from the attic] Her? Michael: Me. That was, that was me. But um From " Meat the Veals ". Veal in " Meat the Veals " Maeby: I just saw them drive off. Maeby: Her?

George: Who the hell to? Michael: Who do you think? Lucille: Her? From " The Ocean Walker ". Michael: Likes her what? Lindsay: No, I mean, likes her. Like, is attracted to her.

Lindsay: Mom. Warden Gentiles likes Mom. From " Prison Break-In ". George: Him? Michael: Next to that guy?