Liza Minnelli (Lucille Austero): Linda in ARTHUR (1981)

As the fun-loving, hard-partying "Lucille 2," Minnelli merrily swanned her way through the love lives of two-thirds of the Bluth brothers, using the same kooky charms that, twenty years earlier, had enabled her to win the heart of another rich boy with issues. On A.D., Lucille eventually wearied of trying to make men out of wealthy idiot man-children and ran off with hairless real-estate magnate Stan Sitwell. If Linda had shown as much sense, a terrible and pointless sequel might have been averted.

Ed Begley, Jr. (Stan Sitwell): Himself in WHO KILLED THE ELECTRIC CAR? (2006)

On A.D., Begley played a hairless CEO and philanthropist whose toupee looked like shag carpeting that the dog had gone on, and false eyebrows that would have made him a hit at any Halloween party because, as he meekly explained, "Cruelty-free really limits your choices." He could have been making fun of the concerned, caring celebrity mouthpiece Ed Begley, Jr., one of the many distinguished talking heads who stick up for the titular vehicle in the go-to documentary for anyone who won't be satisfied until they know what Zsa Zsa Gabor has to say on the issue at hand.

Alia Shawkat (Mae "Maeby" Fünke): Camille in BART GOT A ROOM (2009)

In the commentary track on the Arrested Development Season One DVD, it's reported that the kiss the entrancing young Ms. Shawkat plants on Michael Cera in the pilot episode was the first time she'd kissed a boy, not just on-camera, but, like, ever. That kiss set off a series-long chain of confusion and misunderstandings as Cera's George Michael struggled with his attraction to a girl he felt he couldn't be with because, depending on which episode you were watching and how closely network censors had vetted the script, they might have been blood relations. It also set the mold for roles such as the high-school girl Shawkat plays here, who, as graduation nears, longs to give herself to her best guy pal, who in turn is reluctant to take her up on it because... actually, we're not sure what his problem is. Maybe he fell on his head or something.

Jeffrey Tambor (George Bluth, Sr.): Tom Manning in HELLBOY (2004) and HELLBOY II: THE GOLDEN ARMY (2008)

Like his Arrested Development alter ego, Tambor's character in the Hellboy movies is a harried manager and erratic father figure, who is forced to balance his responsibilities as head of the Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense with awkward attempts to reach out to his star agent, a red granite behemoth whose own emotional development has been somewhat arrested. In the first film's tenderest scene, he takes a moment during a chaotic raid on a Russian hellmouth to give Hellboy some paternal advice on the best way to light a cigar. Sadly, the sequel ends with a strong suggestion that the two of them won't be trading cards on Father's Day anytime soon.

Jason Bateman (Michael Bluth): Adam Leavitt in THE KINGDOM (2007)

As Michael Bluth, Bateman's efforts to hold his family together were complicated by his father's possible collaboration with Saddam Hussein, and culminated in his undertaking a rescue mission to Iraq. In the geopolitical action thriller The Kingdom, Bateman was able to draw upon his experience as a team player and his knowledge of Mideast trouble spots to play a wisecracking FBI agent who's part of a team investigating a terrorist murder in Saudi Arabia. In the climax, he's abducted and threatened with beheading, a situation that turns out much better for him than if he'd depended on Bluth Company for his rescue.