Her?

I was watching my daily dose of Grey's Anatomy, the world's trashiest medical tele-drama, when I couldn't help but feel like one of the guest characters seemed awfully familiar. In the episode, Heather Douglas is a 17-year old girl whose spine is permanently bent at 90 degrees. Only someone as ruggedly handsome and surgically capable as Dr. McDreamy can take on such a risky surgery and fix Heather's life. But can he straighten her spine without paralyzing her? And how will Heather's mom afford the $300,000 surgery? And even if she makes it through the surgery, will Heather ever have the courage to get a better haircut?

Under normal circumstances, these questions would have me on the edge of my seat. But this time, I couldn't shake the feeling that I knew Heather from before. What had her name been? Plant? Hog? Maybe Yam?

Hold on I got this. Her name was EGG!

She calls it a Mayonegg.

I mean Ann. Her name was Ann Veal, George Michael's non-incestuous true love from Arrested Development.
Ann!! How could I forget Ann?!!

So yeah, I was excited when I realized that Egg (also known as Mae Whitman.. but Egg is easier to remember. right right?) wasn't ending her TV career with Arrested Development. If you can't star in one of TV's best-written programs, what better replacement than the seedy underbelly of raunchy hospital romance known as Grey's Anatomy?

But it doesn't stop here. Not only does Egg appear in sexy adult doctor shows, but she's the voice of Katara, supahawt asian water-bender from Nick's animated show, Avatar: The Last Airbender.

Seriously. SERIOUSLY. Ann/Egg = Katara. I don't know how many of you have watched Avatar, but you should know that it is possibly Nickelodeon's greatest contribution to the world. And even though Aang is the Avatar and all, everyone knows that the real hero of the show is Katara. I mean she can water-bend people's blood to control their bodies. Katara is serious business.

By now you're still recovering from this whole Heather= Ann/Egg = Katara business, but we're not through. In 2001, Fox Family came out with a series known as State of Grace. It only aired two seasons, but in 6th grade I managed to watch most of the show during a back-to-back marathon. The show was set in the 60s, and was about two pre-teen girls who, despite their differences, grow to be best friends. One is Alia Shawkat, a Jewish girl who doesn't fit in at school, is shy and has too many freckles. The other one is Emma "Grace" McKee, a 12-year -old wealthy Catholic girl who can't stop getting into trouble. She's feisty, rebellious, and really into fondue. She is Ann. Egg. Katara. Crazy eh?

BUT WAIT. Stop everything. Who's the dark-haired girl next to Grace/Egg/Katara?? Why isn't George Michael in between them, biting his fingernails and stammering? What's going on?

SO Ann/Egg's co-star in State of Grace was none other than Alia Shawkat. Or as we all know and love her, Maeby Funke. From Arrested Development. George-Michael's incestuous true love. (well sort of).

If you are not out-of-your-mind excited about the fact that Maeby and Egg were co-stars on a show yeaaaars before Arrested Development, I want nothing to do with you. I haven't been this excited about anything since I first realized that LOST, Arrested Development and The O.C. all take place (somehow) in Newport Beach.

This whole Heather/Ann/Katara/Grace discovery has taken place in the library while I was going to study for my physics final, which is two days away. You may say this was a waste of valuable study time, but I can prove you wrong: