| “E. Peterbus Unum” | |
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 The flag of Petoria |
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| Episode no. | Season 2 Episode 18 |
| Written by | Neil Goldman Garrett Donovan |
| Directed by | Rob Renzetti |
| Guest stars | Shawn Pyfrom |
| Production no. Neil Goldman and Garrett Donovan are a television writing team who have worked on television comedies Family Guy and Scrubs. Neil Goldman and Garrett Donovan are a television writing team who have worked on television comedies Family Guy and Scrubs. Robert "Rob" Renzetti is an American Animator and director who created the Animated television series My Life as a Teenage Shawn Caminiti Pyfrom (born August 16, 1986) is an American Actor who has appeared in several Television series and Movies | 2ACX13 |
| Original airdate | July 12, 2000 |
| Season 2 episodes | |
| Family Guy - Season 2 September 23, 1999 – August 1, 2000 |
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Plot
Peter gets audited by the Internal Revenue Service, and is denied a tax refund. Peter Griffin is a Fictional character and the Protagonist of the animated television series The His plans to build a backyard pool are further derailed when a request for a zoning variance leads to Mayor West revealing that Peter's house is not even part of the United States. Zoning is a term used in Urban planning for a system of land-use Regulation in various parts of the world including North America the United Kingdom A variance is a requested deviation from the set of rules a municipality applies to land use known as a zoning ordinance building code or municipal code Mayor Adam West is a fictionalized Caricature of actor Adam West on the animated television series Family Guy.
Peter declares his house to be the new microstate of "Petoria. A microstate or ministate is a sovereign state having a very small population or very small land area but usually both " He spends a night in Quahog insulting Horace (at The Druken Clam) and bringing beer out into the streets, stepping on grass that can't be touched and violating numerous laws such as littering, sexual harassment and vandalism. Litter is Waste disposed in the wrong place by Unlawful human action and can vary in size of incident occurrence or items Vandalism is the behaviour attributed to the Vandals in respect of Culture: ruthless Destruction or spoiling of anything beautiful or Venerable He flaunts his diplomatic immunity by singing a parody of MC Hammer's song "U Can't Touch This" and mentions that he can't be sued by Hammer. Diplomatic immunity is a form of legal immunity and a policy held between governments which ensures that Diplomats are given safe passage and are considered not A parody (ˈpɛɹədiː US, [ˈpaɹədiː] UK) in contemporary usage is a work created to mock comment on or poke fun at an original work its subject MC Hammer (born Stanley Kirk Burrell; March 30, 1962) is an American MC most popular during the late 1980s and early 1990s known for his " U Can't Touch This " was MC Hammer 's most widely-known single, propelling sales of its album Please Hammer Don't Hurt 'Em, which
Snubbed at the United Nations, Peter follows the advice of a diplomat from Iraq and annexes Joe's pool, calling it "Joe-hio. The United Nations ( UN) is an International organization whose stated aims are to facilitate cooperation in International law, International security For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Iraq topics. A swimming pool, swimming bath, wading pool, or simply a pool, is an artificially enclosed Body of water intended for Swimming or Ohio ( is a Midwestern state of the United States. As part of the Great Lakes region, Ohio has long been a cultural and geographical crossroads " Days later, when Chris tries to go to school, he is turned away because the US Army surrounds and blockades the nation of Petoria with tanks and missiles as part of "Operation: Desert Clam. The United States Army is a military organization whose primary mission is to "provide necessary forces and capabilities. " Further, all electricity and water has been cut and Lois homeschools the kids. Lois Griffin (née Pewterschmidt) is a Fictional character from the animated series Family Guy. Peter is forced into negotiating for a repatriation, after Lois and the children leave him to the US, under the threat of "Operation: Bomb the Crap Out of Your House" (according to the General, "the guy who makes up the names is on vacation" and "my grammar sucks"). After some negotiations, Peter ends up repatriating his country and returning Joe's pool. Grateful to Peter, Lois promises to scratch his back with a matchbook every night. A matchbook is a small Cardboard folder ( Matchcover) enclosing a quantity of Matches and having a coarse striking surface on the exterior In the end, all the events of the episode turn out to have been filmed and used ever since in social studies classes 200 years in the future.
Notes
- A flashback shows Peter getting "another dog", who honks a bicycle horn whenever he wants a treat. The dog returns as Brian's cousin Jasper in a cutaway scene in "The Thin White Line" and is properly introduced in the following episode, "Brian Does Hollywood. " The Thin White Line " is the first episode of the third season of Family Guy, and the first part of a two-part story arc (part two being " "Brian Does Hollywood" is an episode of Family Guy and the conclusion of the two-part story arc (Part 1 being " The Thin White Line " "
- In a meta-reference, one of the students asks "So, like, can the family understand the baby or what’s the deal with that?" This has been wondered by many Family Guy fans. Meta-reference, a Meta-fiction technique is a situation in a work of fiction whereby Fictional characters display an awareness that they are in such a work such Stewart Gilligan "Stewie" Griffin, is a Fictional character in the animated series Family Guy.
- At 07:11 in the episode, when Mayor West shows Peter the map of Spooner Street, the street right under Spooner is "McFar Lane. Seth Woodbury MacFarlane (born October 26 1973 is an Emmy award-winning American Comedian, Animator, Screenwriter, producer "
- According to the map of Peter's neighborhood, Joe lives at 33 Spooner St. , Quagmire lives at 29 Spooner St. , and Cleveland lives at 28 Spooner St.
- When Spooner St. is shown, it is shown to be on a really long street, going for at least another block. But on the map, Spooner St. is just a block long. It gets cut off by Clover Leaf and Westwood Terrace.
Cultural references
- When Joe, Cleveland, and Quagmire discuss tax refunds, Charlie Brown in a ghost costume claims he only "got a rock. A ghost is said to be the apparition of a Deceased person frequently similar in appearance to that person and usually encountered in places she or he frequented " This parodies a scene from the Peanuts Halloween special It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown in which the characters trick-or-treat and Charlie Brown consistently receives rocks. Peanuts is a syndicated daily and Sunday Comic strip written and illustrated by Charles M Halloween, or Hallowe’en, is a Holiday celebrated on the night of October 31. A television special is a Television program, typically a Short film or Television movie, which interrupts or temporarily replaces programming normally It's the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown is a critically-acclaimed and very popular animated Television special, based on the Comic strip Charles "Charlie" Brown is the main character in the Comic
- Joe mentions his fondness for action film star Steven Seagal, and home cinema. Action movies are a Film genre where action sequences such as fights, Shootouts Stunts Car chases or explosions either take precedence Steven F Seagal (born April 10 1951 is an American Action movie Actor, producer, writer director, Martial artist A parody of a Seagal film is shown with Seagal fighting Sea Lions for polluting the beach, parodying both his action films and the green message films he has done. On Deadly Ground is a 1994 environmental Action-adventure Film, co-produced directed by and starring Steven Seagal, and co-starring He is drawn with a beer gut. Central obesity, the "apple-shaped" Obesity commonly referred to as belly fat, is the accumulation of Visceral fat ( fat deposited
- When Peter digs in the backyard, Stewie warns him that he may find "a human skeleton with a Lincoln Log", a popular toy, "jammed in the temple. Lincoln Logs are a Toy consisting of notched miniature logs about ¾ inches (1-2 cm) in Diameter. " He also states that he wants the log back so he can complete a recreation of James Madison's cabin. James Madison Jr (March 16 1751 – June 28 1836 was an American Politician, the fourth President of the United States (1809–1817 and one of the Founding
- When Quagmire's sex doll shuts down, it says "Goodbye", as the Internet service provider America Online does when users log-off. A sex doll (also love doll) is a type of Sex toy in the size and shape of a sexual partner for aid in Masturbation. An Internet service provider ( ISP, also called Internet access provider or IAP) is a company which primarily offers their customers access to the Internet
- The scene in which Peter insists on drawing the repairman nude parodies the scene in the 1997 film As Good as It Gets in which Greg Kinnear draws Helen Hunt nude ("You're why cavemen painted on walls" is a direct quote from the film). The year 1997 in film involved some significant events Events Summer - Production begins on Star Wars Episode I The Phantom Menace As Good as It Gets is a 1997 film from TriStar Pictures that tells the story of an obsessive-compulsive, misanthropic, and bigoted Gregory Kinnear (born June 17, 1963) is an Academy Award -nominated American Actor and Television personality, who Helen Elizabeth Hunt (born June 15, 1963) is an American Emmy - Golden Globe - and Academy Award -winning actress
- The name "Petoria" may be a reference to Pretoria. Pretoria is a city located in the northern part of Gauteng Province, South Africa.
- Lois gives Asian Reporter Tricia Takanawa a televised tour of her house. This is a parody of the tour First Lady Jackie Kennedy gave CBS newscaster Charles Collingwood in 1962. First Lady of the United States is the unofficial title of the hostess of the White House. CBS Broadcasting Inc ( CBS) is an American radio and Television network. Charles Collingwood ( June 4, 1917 – October 3, 1985) was a pioneering CBS television newscaster Year 1962 ( MCMLXII) was a Common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Lois is dressed in a pink suit similar to the one Jackie Kennedy wore the day her husband was assassinated. John Fitzgerald "Jack" Kennedy (May 29 1917&ndashNovember 22 1963 often referred to by his initials JFK, was the thirty-fifth President of
- As First Lady of Petoria, Lois says she wants to be like the President Bill Clinton's wife Hillary, "only, you know, without the penis", a reference to the seeming control she ironically had over him. The President of the United States is the Head of state and Head of government of the United States and is the highest political official in United States by William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton (born William Jefferson Blythe III, August 19 1946 served as the forty-second President of the United States Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton (born October 26 1947 is the junior United States Senator from The penis (plural penises, penes
- A flashback shows Peter’s ancestor "Ulysses S. Griffin", based on Union General Ulysses S. Grant, winning the American Civil War in a drinking contest against Confederate general Robert E. Lee. During the American Civil War, the Union was a name used to refer to the federal government of the United States, which was supported by the twenty-three Ulysses S Grant, born Hiram Ulysses Grant (April 27 1822 &ndash July 23 1885 was an American general and the eighteenth President of the United States Causes of the war See also Origins of the American Civil War, Timeline of events leading to the American Civil War The coexistence of a slave-owning South The Confederate States of America (also called the Confederacy, the Confederate States, and CSA) formed as the government set up from 1861 Robert Edward Lee (January 19 1807 &ndash October 12 1870 was a career United States Army officer, an Engineer, and among the most celebrated In reality, Lee never drank. See also Prohibition, Temperance movement Teetotalism (or T-total is the practice and promotion of complete Abstinence from Alcoholic beverages When he says "OK, but we still don' t have to read books" and Grant agrees, it is a reference to the stereotype about the poor quality of Education in the southern United States. A stereotype (from Greek: stereo + týpos = "solid impression" is a generalized perception of first impressions behaviors presumed by a group
- Peter asks Drunken Clam bartender Horace, "Do you think G. Gordon Liddy paid for his drinks when he was strangling people with piano wire for the good of our nation?" Liddy was one of President Richard Nixon's chief operatives in the Watergate scandal. George Gordon Battle Liddy (born November 30, 1930) was the chief operative for the White House Plumbers unit that existed during several years of Piano wire is a specialized type of Wire made for use in Piano and other musical instrument strings as well as many other purposes The Watergate scandals were a series of Political scandals during the presidency of Richard Nixon that resulted in the Indictment of several of Nixon's
- During the M. C. Hammer song, Peter sings "Just like the bad guy from Lethal Weapon 2, I’ve got diplomatic immunity. Lethal Weapon 2 is a 1989 Action film directed by Richard Donner, and starring Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Joe Pesci " In that film, Joss Ackland's character plays a diplomat who runs a drug smuggling ring out of the South African consulate in Los Angeles. Sidney Edmond Jocelyn Ackland CBE (born February 29 1928) known as Joss Ackland, is an English Actor who has appeared The illegal drug trade or drug trafficking is a global Black market consisting of the cultivation manufacture distribution and sale of illegal Drugs The Republic of South Africa (also known by other official names) is a country located at the southern tip of the continent of Africa Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West
- Anti-litter mascot Woodsy Owl appears during the song in reaction to Peter’s littering (see "Give a larbage, throw out your garbage. Woodsy Owl is an Owl Icon for the United States Forest Service most famous for the motto "Give a hoot &mdash don't pollute!" Woodsy's current "Blind Ambition" is the third episode of season four of Family Guy, first broadcast on Fox on May 15 2005 ")
- Regis Philbin makes a cameo during Peter's song when Peter mentions "Let's see Regis rap this way. Regis Francis Xavier Philbin (born August 25, 1931) is an Emmy Award -winning American Television personality and occasional Actor "
- The Albanian diplomat next to Peter states "Excuse me, some of us are here to learn", in reference to the poor education and conditions of the country at the time.
- A diplomat at the United Nations tells Peter, "I used to be a laughing stock around here until my country invaded Kuwait," referencing events of the 1991 Gulf War. The United Nations ( UN) is an International organization whose stated aims are to facilitate cooperation in International law, International security For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Iraq topics. The State of Kuwait ( دولة الكويت IPA [dawlatt̪ alkuwajt̪]) is a sovereign Arab Emirate on the coast of the Persian Gulf, enclosed Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar.
- When asserting his right to annex Joe’s pool, Peter senselessly refers (via section, paragraph, and word) to the word “the” in Geneva Conventions, which regulates treatment of prisoners and civilians during a time of war. The Geneva Conventions consist of four Treaties formulated in Geneva, Switzerland, that set the standards for International law for humanitarian
- The U.S. Military refers to the stand-off against Petoria as "Operation Desert Clam", a parody of Operation Desert Storm, their name for the 1991 Gulf War. The United States Armed Forces are the overall unified military forces of the United States
- The political roundtable talk show in which the guests are separated by four squares ends with Alice from The Brady Bunch appearing in the center square as she did in the show’s theme song. The Brady Bunch is an American Television Situation comedy based around a large blended family. The phrase theme music usually refers to that of a radio program, Television program, or Movie.
- Actress Susan Sarandon appears to do an ad campaign seeking donations to feed the children of Petoria (Stewie). Susan Sarandon (born Susan Abigail Tomalin; October 4 1946 is an American Actress. She says, "Many of you know me as Tim Robbins' mother. Timothy Francis Robbins (born October 16, 1958) is an Academy Award -winning American Actor, Screenwriter, director . . but I'm actually his girlfriend" referring to jokes about their age difference. Sarandon is twelve years older than Robbins.
- When Stewie uses newspapers as diapers, he gladly defiles the comic strip The Family Circus, referencing Jeffy, a character in that strip. A newspaper is a written Publication containing News, information and Advertising, usually printed on low-cost paper called Newsprint. A comic strip is a sequence of drawings that tells a story Currently in the Western world, most comic strips are written and drawn by a Comics artist The Family Circus (originally The Family Circle) is a syndicated Comic strip created and written by cartoonist Bil Keane and inked/colored
- Peter holds a pool party for leaders of nations who congratulated him on Petoria’s "invasion" of the US. Former President of Serbia Slobodan Milošević jokes that his coleslaw is "made out of people", a reference to the film Soylent Green. The President of Serbia is the Head of state of the Republic of Serbia. Coleslaw (or cole slaw) is a Salad consisting primarily of shredded raw Cabbage. Soylent Green " in popular culture the section "Cultural impact" was created as a "catch-all" of the cultural references to The former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein talks with Libyan president Muammar al-Gaddafi at the pool party about "The Junior Mint" episode of Seinfeld. Saddam Hussein Abd al-Majid al-Tikriti ( Arabic: ar صدام حسين عبد المجيد التكريتي --> April 28 1937 &ndash December 30 Libya ( ليبيا ar-Latn Lībiyā; Libyan vernacular: Lībya; Amazigh:) officially the Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Muammar Abu Minyar al-Gaddafi 1 (معمر القذافي) (born 7 June 1942) also known as Colonel Gaddafi "The Junior Mint" is the 60th episode of the American Sitcom Seinfeld. Seinfeld is an American Situation comedy, or sitcom that originally aired on NBC from July 5 1989 to May 14 1998 lasting nine seasons Interestingly, another Seinfeld episode featured a Hussein lookalike warning a coatless Kramer and George "you’ll catch your deaths" from being out in the cold. Peter’s pool party is also attended by Cuban president Fidel Castro and Panamanian General Manuel Noriega, despite the fact that Noriega had been in a Miami prison for drug smuggling for more than seven years at the time this episode originally aired. The Republic of Cuba (ˈkjuːbə or) consists of the island of Cuba (the largest and second-most populous island of the Greater Antilles) Isla de la Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz (born August 13 1926 is a Cuban revolutionary leader who was prime minister of Cuba from December 1959 to December 1976 and then president until Panama, officially the Republic of Panama (República de Panamá) is the southernmost country of Central America. Manuel Antonio Noriega (born February 11, 1934) He was never officially the President of Panama, but held the post of "chief executive officer" Some famous leaders who are now dead attend the party including Chinese Communist leader Mao Zedong, who died in 1976, and Ayatollah Khomeini, who died in 1989. China ( Wade-Giles ( Mandarin) Chung¹kuo² is a cultural region, an ancient Civilization, and depending on perspective a National Mao Zedong ( 26 December 1893 – 9 September 1976) was a Chinese Military and political leader who led Seyyed Ruhollah Musavi Khomeini ( Persian:, pronounced muːsæviː-je xomejniː}}( September 24, 1902 – June 3 1989 Slobodan Milošević died in 2006 while Saddam Hussein was hanged in the same year, but both were alive when the episode was made.
- Mayor West invited civil rights leader Jesse Jackson to open the negotiations with a prayer. Jesse Louis Jackson Sr (born October 8 1941 is an American Civil rights activist and Baptist minister. However, he could not be there, so West settled for La Toya Jackson, singer and sister of Michael Jackson. La Toya Jackson (born May 29, 1956) is an American Singer - Songwriter, Musician, bestselling Author Michael Joseph Jackson (born August 29 1958 is an American musician entertainer and businessman
References
- S. Callaghan, “E. Peterbus Unum. ” Family Guy: The Official Episode Guide Seasons 1–3. New York: HarperCollins, 2005. 112–115.
- A. Delarte, “Nitpicking Family Guy: Season 2” in Bob’s Poetry Magazine, 2. May 2005: 24–25 http://bobspoetry.com/Bobs02My.pdf
External links
- "E. Peterbus Unum" at Family Guy Wiki.
- E. Peterbus Unum at the Internet Movie Database
- "E. Peterbus Unum" at TV.com
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