"Arrested Development" has made four different references to the Fonz, all involving Barry. In the Season One episode "Altar Egos," when Michael (Jason Bateman) has a brief relationship with Maggie Lizer (Julia Louis-Dreyfuss), the prosecutor trying to put his father George (Jeffrey Tambor) away, Barry goes to comb his hair in a bathroom mirror only to realize it's perfect. It's the exact move the Fonz used to do on "Happy Days."
In "Motherboy XXX," the episode about Lucille (Jessica Walter) forcing her grandson George-Michael to appear at a mother-son function, Barry, Michael, Buster, and Gob (Will Arnett) meet on a dock where they've supposedly caught the shark that previously ate Buster's hand. Barry exits the scene by literally hopping over the shark. That's a reference to the phrase "jumping the shark," used to describe a TV show that has run out of original ideas. The phrase is describing an "Happy Days" episode "Hollywood: Part 3," which is about the Fonz water skiing over a shark.
The "Arrested Development" revival kept up the "Happy Days" references. Season 4 episode 4, "The B Team," has two. The first happens when young Barry Zuckercorn (Max Winkler) says "eh!" in a meeting with young George Sr. (Seth Rogen) and Lucille (Kristen Wiig). That's the Fonz's signature catchphrase.
Later in the same episode, Barry refers to a doorknob as a "chachi." Chachi was a popular "Happy Days" character who got his own spinoff and was played by Scott Baio – - who also played lawyer Bob Loblaw on "Arrested Development," and is standing right next to Barry when he says it.
