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* At the beginning of this episode, Peter seems to be unfamiliar with what is arguably Van Halen's most successful album, 1984. Or at least unfamiliar with its biggest hit. How is this possible if Peter is a child/teen of the 80s? That song was EVERYWHERE. Also, glam metal seems to be one of Peter's favorite music genres. This would be like a Classical Music Maven not being aware of "Fur Elise."

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* At the beginning of this episode, Peter seems to be unfamiliar with what is arguably Van Halen's most successful album, 1984. Or at least unfamiliar with its biggest hit. How is this possible if Peter is a child/teen of the 80s? That song was EVERYWHERE. Also, glam metal seems to be one of Peter's favorite music genres. This would be like a Classical Music Maven not being aware of "Fur "Für Elise."

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** He's just that damn stubborn.




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** Seth once gave his take on it, saying that everyone can understand Stewie, they just don't take anything he says seriously. He likens it to "a two year old telling you to go fuck yourself"--you just laugh it off because the kid is too young to understand what that means.
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*** Because telling your boss that your idiot friend siphoned jet fuel to make his truck fly sounds just about as credible as "my dog ate my homework".




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** Some minor sexualization to emphasize the fact that Ida is trans now.




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*** Have you the slightest idea how torturous it would be for Peter, a working-class person, to sue a huge company like Pawtucket Patriot? PR agencies are their bodyguards.




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** It was probably just a town legend. Many cities have them.




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** He was only a recurring character, not a mainstay.
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*** If it was Quagmire, the car would have been his red Chevy Bel Air.
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* At the beginning of this episode, Peter seems to be unfamiliar with what is arguably Van Halen's most successful album, 1984. Or at least unfamiliar with its biggest hit. How is this possible if Peter is a child/teen of the 80s? That song was EVERYWHERE. Also, glam rock seems to be one of Peter's favorite music genres. This would be like a Classical Music Maven not being aware of "Fur Elise."

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* At the beginning of this episode, Peter seems to be unfamiliar with what is arguably Van Halen's most successful album, 1984. Or at least unfamiliar with its biggest hit. How is this possible if Peter is a child/teen of the 80s? That song was EVERYWHERE. Also, glam rock metal seems to be one of Peter's favorite music genres. This would be like a Classical Music Maven not being aware of "Fur Elise."
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* At the beginning of this episode, Peter seems to be unfamiliar with what is arguably Van Halen's most successful album, 1984. Or at least unfamiliar with its biggest hit. How is this possible if Peter is a child/teen of the 80s? Especially since glam rock seems to be his favorite. This would be like a Classical Music Maven not being aware of "Fur Elise."

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* At the beginning of this episode, Peter seems to be unfamiliar with what is arguably Van Halen's most successful album, 1984. Or at least unfamiliar with its biggest hit. How is this possible if Peter is a child/teen of the 80s? Especially since That song was EVERYWHERE. Also, glam rock seems to be his favorite.one of Peter's favorite music genres. This would be like a Classical Music Maven not being aware of "Fur Elise."
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!! PANAMA! (riff) PAN-A-MA-HAAAA!!!!
* At the beginning of this episode, Peter seems to be unfamiliar with what is arguably Van Halen's most successful album, 1984. Or at least unfamiliar with its biggest hit. How is this possible if Peter is a child/teen of the 80s? especially since glam rock seems to be his favorite. This would be like a Classical Music Maven not being aware of "Fur Elise."

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!! PANAMA! (riff) (guitar riff) PAN-A-MA-HAAAA!!!!
* At the beginning of this episode, Peter seems to be unfamiliar with what is arguably Van Halen's most successful album, 1984. Or at least unfamiliar with its biggest hit. How is this possible if Peter is a child/teen of the 80s? especially Especially since glam rock seems to be his favorite. This would be like a Classical Music Maven not being aware of "Fur Elise."
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!! PANAMA! (riffs) PAN-A-MA-HAAAA!!!!

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!! PANAMA! (riffs) (riff) PAN-A-MA-HAAAA!!!!
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!! PANAMA! (riffs) PAN-A-MA-HAAAA!!!!
* At the beginning of this episode, Peter seems to be unfamiliar with what is arguably Van Halen's most successful album, 1984. Or at least unfamiliar with its biggest hit. How is this possible if Peter is a child/teen of the 80s? especially since glam rock seems to be his favorite. This would be like a Classical Music Maven not being aware of "Fur Elise."
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** Peter was retelling the saga, so given that he's not bright, he wouldn't remember that.
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** In all fairness, this is a show that will get things wrong for comedy, thus, it's handwaved for the sake of the plot, after all there is a reason AcceptableBreaksFromReality trope, along with the ArtMajorBiology, ArtisticLicenseBiology and ArtisticLicenseMedicine tropes exist. However, in much the same fairness, not many do know that herpes can't be contracted through blood and some will assume that it can be. However, likewise, dogs can contract herpes (it's called the canine herpes simplex virus) but they can't contract it from nor give it to humans and not too many know that. Either way, if they went with accuracy, it would probably break the plot and the humor of the episode.

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** In all fairness, this is a show that will get things wrong for comedy, thus, it's handwaved for the sake of the plot, after all there is a reason AcceptableBreaksFromReality trope, along with the ArtMajorBiology, ArtisticLicenseBiology and ArtisticLicenseMedicine tropes exist. However, in much the same fairness, not many do know that herpes can't be contracted through blood and some will assume that it can be. However, likewise, dogs can contract herpes (it's called the canine herpes simplex virus) but they can't contract it from nor give it to humans and not too many know that. Either way, if they went with accuracy, it would probably break the plot and the humor of the episode.
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*** People remarrying after a spouse is presumed dead is stuff that can and does happen in real life, you know. We may need to WikiMagic up a professor of legislative history to figure out the details, but there's no reason to treat this as a bizarro-world thing.

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*** People remarrying after a spouse is presumed dead is stuff that can and does happen in real life, you know. We may need to WikiMagic up a professor of legislative history to figure out the details, but there's no reason to treat this as a bizarro-world thing.life.
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** Alternatively, Fox News found out he was a robot at some point and reported it, [[Recap/FamilyGuyS9E2ExcellenceInBroadcasting making it become untrue.]]

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* In the episode where Brian participates in a dog show against his will, he reminiscences of the day he went to live with the Griffins. Brian was an adult, homeless dog begging in the driveway; Peter had pity on him and took him along. However, in the episode where Peter introduces a younger dog to the family, Brian gets jealous and shows videos of him as a puppy, celebrating Christmas with them. How could the Griffins have Brian as a puppy, if he was already an adult when he and Peter first met?




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!!Brian's Origins
* In the episode where Brian participates in a dog show against his will, he reminiscences of the day he went to live with the Griffins. Brian was an adult, homeless dog begging in the driveway; Peter had pity on him and took him along. However, in the episode where Peter introduces a younger dog to the family, Brian gets jealous and shows videos of him as a puppy, celebrating Christmas with them. How could the Griffins have Brian as a puppy, if he was already an adult when he and Peter first met?
**NegativeContinuity. See, the episode where we have Brian as a stray was earlier in the show (I'm thinking before Mila Kunis but after Lacy Chabert), while the one where we see him as puppy was later in the show.
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* In the episode where Brian participates in a dog show against his will, he reminiscences of the day he went to live with the Griffins. Brian was a homeless adult that was begging in the driveway; Peter had pity on him and took him along. However, in the episode where Peter introduces a younger dog to the family, Brian gets jealous and shows videos of him as a puppy celebrating Christmas with them. How could the Griffins have Brian as a puppy, if he was already and adult when he and Peter first met?

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* In the episode where Brian participates in a dog show against his will, he reminiscences of the day he went to live with the Griffins. Brian was a an adult, homeless adult that was dog begging in the driveway; Peter had pity on him and took him along. However, in the episode where Peter introduces a younger dog to the family, Brian gets jealous and shows videos of him as a puppy puppy, celebrating Christmas with them. How could the Griffins have Brian as a puppy, if he was already and an adult when he and Peter first met?
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* In the episode where Brian participates in a dog show against his will, he reminiscences of the day he went to live with the Griffins. Brian was already an adult, homeless, and a beggar; Peter had pity on him and took him along. However, in the episode where Peter introduces a younger dog to the family, Brian gets jealous and shows videos of him as a puppy celebrating Christmas with the family. How could the Griffins have Brian as a puppy, if he was already and adult when he and Peter first met?

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* In the episode where Brian participates in a dog show against his will, he reminiscences of the day he went to live with the Griffins. Brian was already an adult, homeless, and a beggar; homeless adult that was begging in the driveway; Peter had pity on him and took him along. However, in the episode where Peter introduces a younger dog to the family, Brian gets jealous and shows videos of him as a puppy celebrating Christmas with the family.them. How could the Griffins have Brian as a puppy, if he was already and adult when he and Peter first met?
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* In the episode where Brian participates in a dog show against his will, he reminiscences of the day he went to live with the Griffins. Brian was already an adult, homeless, and a beggar; Peter had pity on him and took him along. However, in the episode where Peter introduces a younger dog to the family, Brian gets jealous and shows videos of him as a puppy celebrating Christmas with the family. How could the Griffins have Brian as a puppy, if he was already and adult when he and Peter first met?
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* If Meg can go around town telling everyone that Brian is a Athiest in "Not All Dogs Go to Heaven" then why doesn't she do the same method to expose her family for constantly abusing her?

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* If Meg can go around town telling everyone that Brian is a Athiest Atheist in "Not All Dogs Go to Heaven" then why doesn't she do the same method to expose her family for constantly abusing her?

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**That and the whole TeenieWeenie thing.



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* RuleOfFunny aside, in the episode where Brian dates a blind girl and Peter falls down the stairs, why the hell would Peter make a nest UPSTAIRS? He could've made one downstairs and never have to worry about falling down them again.
** Simple. He's [[TheDitz Peter]].
** He did think about never falling down again. He just decided to do both nests ([[DoubleEntendre giggity giggity]]) one at a time.


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* RuleOfFunny aside, in the episode where Brian dates a blind girl and Peter falls down the stairs, why the hell would Peter make a nest UPSTAIRS? He could've made one downstairs and never have to worry about falling down them again.
** Simple. He's [[TheDitz Peter]].
** He did think about never falling down again. He just decided to do both nests ([[DoubleEntendre giggity giggity]]) one at a time.

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* In the episode "Quagmire's Dad" after Dan's sex change operation, Dr. Hartman says, "Whew. That thing was ON THERE." But later in the episode, Ida says that all the doctor did was turn the penis inside out to simulate a vagina. So...what was "ON THERE"?
** I think the joke is that since he's a Quagmire, his penis probably put up a fight. It's been shown Glenn's seems to have a mind of its own, so that could've been the case as well here.
*** What I mean is, the procedure apparently didn't involve the REMOVAL of the penis; instead, the INVERSION of the penis. So it doesn't make sense that his penis being "on there" would be a problem.
* RuleOfFunny aside, in the episode where Brian dates a blind girl and Peter falls down the stairs, why the hell would Peter make a nest UPSTAIRS? He could've made one downstairs and never have to worry about falling down them again.
** Simple. He's [[TheDitz Peter]].
** He did think about never falling down again. He just decided to do both nests ([[DoubleEntendre giggity giggity]]) one at a time.
* Another RuleOfFunny aside, if Quagmire was born in 1948 why does his dad look like she's in her late 50s/early 60s? It was also mentioned his father fought in Vietnam.
** It could be that Quagmire's father also knows the secret to looking young for a very long time [[spoiler: carrots]], so she could also be a lot older than she looks. As for fighting in Vietnam, most likely she felt a call to the war effort and signed up. Back then, the military wasn't so stringent with their age-checking of soldiers (the youngest soldiers killed in Vietnam got as young as 14), and besides, are you going to turn away a young-looking, healthy, willing soldier?
** Be this as noted, much of the ones that either signed up or were caught in the draft were also able-bodied, so age might not have really been a factor (some of the ones that did serve were in their forties or so). It wouldn't have been unreasonable to assume that Ida (then "Dan") was able-bodied enough.
* If Peter's father is a religious fundamentalist, why is he seen at Brian's gay cousin's wedding?
** Not all Christians hates gays.
*** In this show?
*** Yeah, but Peter's father is shown to think pretty much everything is a sin, he doesn't seem like a very open-minded person.
** Forget gays, doesn't Christianity frown on interspecies relationships?
** [[HandWave Not all Christians hate interspecies romances]].
*** "Bestiality is a sin. I don't remember how that came up exactly..."
* It's been proven that in this series humans can breed with animals... how exactly does this work and I know the results are Dylan (Brian's human son) and Quagmire having a giraffe that looks like him and Seabreeze's litter being fathered by Ted Turner and Quagmire in the video game. I hope they don't do a Mythbusters episode involving humans breeding with animals and seeing what the results are.
** Somehow, I doubt they would make a 6-month episode, and besides, that's kind of illegal. Also, where is the fridge logic here?
*** Actually, the fridge logic here is that I just want to know how does this even work and how is it legal in Family Guy's world?
*** Well, if the animal is sentient, maybe it qualifies as a "human" for purposes of Family Guy logic. No explanation re: Seabreeze/Ted Turner and Quagmire's giraffe, though.
*** Well, there is also the fact that a transwoman, a foot, a washing machine, and a sock got pregnant and, like the animal thing, those should be impossible (this was lampshaded with the washer machine). So, apparently, the concept runs on InsaneTrollLogic ("human sperm can get '''''anything''''' pregnant without fail") and RuleOfFunny.
* If Quagmire was in the navy, how come he's not in uniform at the Naval Ball in "Quagmire's Dad?"
** I believe he had been dishonorably discharged at some point.
* In "I Dream of Jesus" Peter's "Surfin' Bird" record is destroyed, and Brian and Stewie go around town buying all the records to prevent Peter from buying a new one. Why couldn't Peter just download it to an [=MP3=] player or listened to it on Website/YouTube?
** Cause downloading it would be a pain to pay for it (unless it's from iTunes) and Website/YouTube would clamp down hard on anyone who would put it on that website.
*** It's already been established Peter is a complete moron.
* On ''WesternAnimation/TheClevelandShow'', Justin Bieber is shown to be a robot controlled by remote. The ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' episode "Lois Comes Out Of Her Shell" aired almost a year later and shows him to be a human. Is this RuleOfFunny or is the WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy continuity separate from its SpinOff?
** Justin Bieber impersonator.
* Why has Joe not arrested Quagmire yet? He's shown to be a very by-the-book cop with few exceptions (The family shown in "Thanksgiving"), who by no means should tolerate Quagmire's rampant sexual actions, which according to the show would qualify knowingly spreading every STD that exists and numerous counts of rape (also, a psychic who was not played as a fraud called Quagmire out for being Jack the Ripper in a past life, but that's not technically a crime) in addition to having God knows how many illegitimate children. If not for the fact that Family Guy is an out and out SadistShow, Quagmire would be buried in child support debt and likely in prison for life, if not on death row.
** Has Quagmire ''ever'' committed rape? There's no evidence he has; "being a pervert", whilst creepy, is not quite illegal. And knowingly spreading [=STD=]s is not even a crime.
*** Molesting Meg in her sleep, kidnapping multiple Asian women and keeping them in his trunk, underage girls including a 12 year old crossing guard, and also Peter blatantly telling him that he didn't get his own spin-off because he's a rapist. Among probably dozens of other examples. And people have been arrested for knowingly spreading deadly diseases like [=HIV=] and [=AIDS=].
*** Depending on what disease (and he has said he has them all), yes, I believe knowingly spreading it is illegal in Rhode Island.
** To my knowledge, doing it with someone under false pretenses is considered rape (as in "they didn't know, therefore it's not true consent") in some jurisdictions and Quagmire has done it with women under false pretenses. Doing it with someone without telling them that you have [=HIV=] would fly under much the same charge.
** In April In Quahog, Quagmire tricked Joe into allowing him to have sex with Bonnie. Joe's only response was to say: "Who else but Quagmire?"
*** Because he's Joe's friend, and Joe's a DirtyCop who'd pull some favors.
* How does Quagmire even get all these women besides drugging them?
** It was shown in one episode or another that Quagmire is a master of seduction.
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**** Some parents just don't like admitting that they failed as parents sometimes, so to take the blame off of themselves, they will sink into denial and make up certain things to make the other parties come off as more guilty as their kids are.
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* Why do the characters sometimes use the informal British English term"bum" to refer to their buttocks?
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**Kind of like Quagmire's situation in “Quagmire's Mom", she wouldn't get in trouble but Brian is, legally, considered an adult, so the prosecution will ignore that.



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** He's most likely considered a member of the family in the sense that a pet would be and some people give their pets the family last name. He's the family dog and, thus, he'd share their surname.

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**He's most likely considered a member of the family in the sense that a pet would be and some people give their pets the family last name. He's the family dog and, thus, he'd share their surname.
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** It's Like there's a spectrum of haircolor dominance, where blonde hair is dominant over red hair, brown hair is dominant over blonde hair, and so on. Chris can't have Lois' red hair because Peter's brown hair dominates over it. The blonde hair is a medium which serves as an example of TruthInTelevision.

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** It's Like there's a spectrum of haircolor dominance, where blonde hair is dominant over red hair, brown hair is dominant over blonde hair, and so on. Chris can't have Lois' red hair because Peter's brown hair dominates over it. it, pulling Chris's position on the haircolor spectrum back in the other direction.The blonde hair is a medium which serves as an example of TruthInTelevision.
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** It's Like there's a spectrum of haircolor dominance, where blonde hair is dominant over red hair, brown hair is dominant over blonde hair, and so on. Chris can't have Lois' red hair because Peter's brown hair dominates over it. The blonde hair is a medium which serves as an example of TruthInTelevision.
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!! Brian's status as a Griffin
* You know how it says on the YMMV page that Brian, Stewie and Carter shouldn't be on the jury for Adam West's murder because they're related to him? That raises a question. We know the Griffins' name is extended to Brian as a courtesy, but has he legally been named as Peter's brother, or what? Whatever the case, the family certainly did cast him out of the house quickly.
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** After he saves Stewie in "Yug Ylimaf", Brian says "thank God!" but it's more of a rhetorical statement than an expression of belief in theism.

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