| “Love Thy Trophy” | |
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 Peter and co. with their trophy. |
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| Episode no. | Season 2 Episode 5 |
| Written by | Mike Barker and Matt Weitzman |
| Directed by | Jack Dyer |
| Guest stars | Debra Wilson |
| Production no. This article is about the writer and producer of Family Guy For the British film director see Mike Barker (film director Mike Barker (born in Los Angeles California Matt Weitzman (born November 13th) is one of the creators of American Dad!, and one of the original writers of Family Guy. Debra Renee Wilson Skelton (born April 26, 1962) is an American Comedienne and actress. | 1ACX13 |
| Original airdate | March 14, 2000 |
| Season 2 episodes | |
| Family Guy - Season 2 September 23, 1999 – August 1, 2000 |
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Plot summary
For Quahog's yearly harvest festival parade with floats, the theme by Peter, "That episode of Who's the Boss? where Tony sees Angela naked in the shower", is chosen. Peter Griffin is a Fictional character and the Protagonist of the animated television series Who's the Boss? is an American Television sitcom starring Tony Danza, Judith Light, Alyssa Milano,
The float built by Peter, Quagmire, Cleveland and Joe wins, but the men can't agree at whose house the golden clam trophy should reside. Glenn Quagmire is a character on the animated series Family Guy, best known for his satyriasis. Cleveland Brown Sr is a Fictional character on the animated series Family Guy, and Central character in the upcoming spin-off series Lieutenant Joseph "Joe" Swanson is a Fictional character in the Fox Animated Television show Family Guy They eventually decide on having it be placed over the road, held up by the statues from the float. The next day, the trophy is found to be missing, and everyone immediately suspects each other of stealing it.
Meanwhile, Meg gets a job at a pancake house so she can buy herself a Prada bag. Megan "Meg" Griffin is a Fictional character from the animated television series Family Guy. Prada SpA is an Italian high-fashion company (also referred to as fashion House or Label) specializing in Luxury goods for men and women She lets the restaurateur, Flappy, believe that Stewie is her baby so she'll get the job. Stewart Gilligan "Stewie" Griffin, is a Fictional character in the animated series Family Guy. She soon realizes that allowing customers to think Stewie is a crack-addicted baby and that she is his single mother makes people give her higher tips. Stewie plays along because he loves the restaurant's pancakes.
Things come to a head when a woman from Child Protective Services asks Flappy for Meg's address. Child Protective Services (CPS is the name of a Governmental agency in many states of the United States that responds to reports of Child abuse Upon questioning the Griffin's neighbors, they show disdain for the Griffens because of the fight over the missing trophy, leading CPS to place Stewie in a foster home. Foster care is a system by which a certified stand-in "parent(s" cares for minor Children or young peoples who have been removed from their birth parents Upon finding this out, Peter, Lois, Quagmire, Cleveland, Loretta, Joe, and Bonnie put their argument aside to bail Stewie out. Lois Griffin (née Pewterschmidt) is a Fictional character from the animated series Family Guy. Loretta Brown is a Fictional character on the FOX Animated television series Family Guy, the ex-wife of Cleveland Brown These are characters from the animated TV series Family Guy. Characters are only listed once normally under the first applicable subsection in the list very minor characters When an espionage mission fails, they instead trade Meg's newly-acquired Prada bag for Stewie, but they still don’t know what happened to the trophy. That night, it is revealed (by Rod Serling) that Brian buried it in the Griffins' yard (he has an uncontrollable habit of burying shiny objects). Rodman Edward "Rod" Serling ( December 25, 1924 &ndash June 28, 1975) was an American Screenwriter, best known Brian Griffin is a Fictional character from the animated television series Family Guy, and is voiced by show creator Seth MacFarlane Brian knocks Serling out with a shovel and proceeds to bury him as well.
Notes
- Quagmire's first name is revealed by the women from Child Services.
- Lois calls Bonnie "Debbie" at one point.
- Bonnie says "Peter's got a point" when Brian says that "some mysteries are best left unsolved. "
Censorship
Edits made in syndication:
- The Who's the Boss? floats scene, the Mona tree bark on the age spots comment is cut out.
- At the child agency, the scene between Lois and Chris talking about where babies come from is cut out. Christopher "Chris" Griffin is a Fictional character from the animated series Family Guy.
Cultural references
- Actor Charlton Heston chooses the winning parade theme by shooting pigeons who have suggestions for parade themes tied to their legs. Charlton Heston (born John Charles Carter; October 4 1923 &ndash April 5 2008) was an American Actor of This is a reference to the fact that Heston was president of the National Rifle Association at the time, and a strong supporter of gun ownership (After he is shot by Joe, Heston tells him that handling a gun is his right as an American). The National Rifle Association, or NRA, is a non-profit ( 501(c(4) group dedicated to the protection of the Second Amendment of the His line “Let my pigeons go!” is a parody of his line “Let my people go,” from the film The Ten Commandments. The Ten Commandments is a 1956 motion picture that Dramatized the Biblical story of Moses, an adopted Egyptian
- Peter’s parade theme is “The Episode of Who’s the Boss? where Tony sees Angela naked in the shower. Who's the Boss? is an American Television sitcom starring Tony Danza, Judith Light, Alyssa Milano, ” Who’s the Boss? was an ABC sitcom, lasting from 1984 until 1992, starring Tony Danza and Judith Light. The American Broadcasting Company ( ABC) is an American Television network. Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) Tony Danza (born Antonio Salvatore Iadanza on April 21, 1951 in Brooklyn New York) is an American Actor best known for starring Judith Light (born February 9, 1949) is an American Actress. She is best known for her role as Angela Bower on the sitcom Who's the The episode in question was the second episode of the sitcom, titled “Briefless Encounter. ”
- Stewie’s letter blocks spell “REDRUM,” or “MURDER” backwards, a reference to the 1980 horror film The Shining. Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) Horror films are Movies that strive to elicit Fear, Horror and terror responses from viewers The Shining is a 1980 horror Film directed by Stanley Kubrick, based on Stephen King 's novel of the same name
- After watching Peter dance, Stewie exclaims “Michael Flatley must be turning over in his grave” before noting that Flatley is still alive and marking him down in a murder list. Michael Ryan Flatley (born July 16, 1958 in Chicago Illinois) is an Irish step dancer from the south side of the Flatley is the creator and star of the Irish stepdancing production Lord of the Dance. Irish dances can broadly be divided into Social dance and Performance dances Irish social dancing can be divided further into céilí and set
- Brian reads a magazine called BONE that features a lay-out similar to that of TIME. Magazines, periodicals or serials are Publications generally published on a regular schedule containing a variety of articles, generally Time (trademarked in capitals as TIME) is a weekly American Newsmagazine, similar to Newsweek and
- The typo on the "In League With Satan" compilation album of black metal band Venom, (In League With Stan) is referenced. Black metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal. It often employs fast tempos shrieked vocals highly distorted guitars played with Tremolo picking, Venom are an English Peter Griffin says, "Yeah, and she said we worship some guy named Stan" and Bonnie replies "I actually said Satan, that's a typo. "
- In a cutaway, Quagmire tries to guess a woman’s astrological sign. Astrology (from Greek grc ἄστρον astron, "constellation star" and grc -λογία -logia) is a group of Systems Zodiac denotes an annual cycle of twelve stations along the Ecliptic, the apparent path of the sun across the heavens through the Constellations that divide the ecliptic After two incorrect guesses, he says “Well, I know you’re not a Virgo”, causing the woman to punch him. Virgo is the sixth Astrological sign in the Zodiac, originating from the constellation of Virgo. Virgo is generally associated with purity and virginity. On the floor, Quagmire says “From down here, you look like a Pisces,” a reference to the vagina’s supposed resemblance to a Vesica Piscis. Pisces is the twelfth Astrological sign in the Zodiac, which originates from the Pisces constellation. The vagina (from Latin, literally " Sheath " or " Scabbard " is a fibromuscular tubular tract leading from the Uterus The vesica piscis is a Shape which is the intersection of two Circles with the same radius intersecting in such a way that the center of each circle lies on the circumference
- Rod Serling, former host of The Twilight Zone, appears in the episode to give a typical exposition seen on the show. Rodman Edward "Rod" Serling ( December 25, 1924 &ndash June 28, 1975) was an American Screenwriter, best known The Twilight Zone is an American Television series created by Rod Serling. The neighborhood strife is similar to the episode “The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street. "The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street" is an episode of the American television anthology series The Twilight Zone. ”
- Under Meg’s encouragement, Stewie says he is “cuckoo for crack,” a reference to the slogan “Cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs. Crack cocaine or crack is a solid smokable form of Cocaine. It is a freebase form of cocaine that can be made using baking soda ( Sodium bicarbonate Cocoa Puffs is a Brand of Chocolate -flavored Puffed grain Breakfast cereal manufactured by General Mills. ”
- When Stewie says “My God, I’ve been adopted by a Benetton ad!”, this refers to the overtly multicultural Benetton Group clothing advertisements. Benetton Group SpA is a global clothing Brand, based in Treviso, Italy.
- Stewie asks his foster parents for pancakes in Spanish, French and impromptu Bushmen. Foster care is a system by which a certified stand-in "parent(s" cares for minor Children or young peoples who have been removed from their birth parents French ( français,) is a Romance language spoken around the world by 118 million people as a native language and by about 180 to 260 million people The Bushmen, San, Sho, Basarwa, ǃKung or Khwe are indigenous people of southern Africa that spans most areas of South Africa
- When the children are debating about Santa's race, the Chinese girl “Mulan,” referring to the Chinese folk character Hua Mulan and the Walt Disney character Mulan. Hua Mulan She is the Heroine who joined an all-male army described in a famous Chinese Poem known as the Ballad of Mulan. Walter Elias Disney (December 5 1901 – December 15 1966 was a multiple Academy Award -winning American Film producer, director, Screenwriter Mulan is a 1998 Animated feature film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation, and released by Walt Disney Pictures on June 19 1998
- In the end credits, while Stewie is coming down from his pancake addiction, he is haunted by a vision of himself crawling on the ceiling. The term " addiction " is used in many contexts to describe an obsession compulsion or excessive Physical dependence or psychological dependence such as This is a parody of a scene in the 1996 film Trainspotting. 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 Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) Trainspotting is a 1996 Scottish film directed by Danny Boyle based on the novel Trainspotting by Irvine Welsh
Notes
- According to the Family Guy Volume 2 DVD in a featurette about the show’s politically incorrect humor, Seth MacFarlane cites this episode as the one that solidifed Glenn Quagmire’s character as a (to quote MacFarlane), “heartless sex hound” (cf. the scene after he has sex with the social worker, she asks, “Glenn, honey, I have a question for you: what do you do for a living?” to which Quagmire [and, with a split screen effect, Seth speaking in Quagmire’s voice on the DVD featurette] replies, “Hey, I got a question for you too: why are you still here?”)
- Lois points out that Peter’s idea is esoteric; he believes it means delicious. Esoteric actually means something which is recognized by a select few, i. e. , a rather specific cultural reference.
References
- Callaghan, Steve. “Love Thy Trophy. ” Family Guy: The Official Episode Guide Seasons 1–3. New York: HarperCollins, 2005. 56–59.
- Delarte, Alonso. “Nitpicking Family Guy: Season 2. ” Bob’s Poetry Magazine May 2005: 11–12. http://bobspoetry.com/Bobs02My.pdf
External links
- "Love Thy Trophy" at Family Guy Wiki.
- Love Thy Trophy at the Internet Movie Database
- "Love Thy Trophy" at TV.com
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