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->''"It’s Vegas. People come here to be animals."''
Directed by Creator/RichardJLewis
Written by Creator/JerryStahl
JustForFun/TheOneWith... the [[UsefulNotes/FurryFandom furries.]]
In the A-Plot, Catherine and Brass encounter a car crash with two victims, one of which is discovered to be a raccoon furry. In the B-Plot, Nick and Sara investigate a man shot dead in a freezer and attempt to find a culprit, made harder by a seemingly incriminating false lead.
This episode is notorious for its depiction of furries, rife with inconsistencies and ArtisticLicense, and reviled enough that a google search for '[[OvershadowedByControversy That Episode]]' with no further context turns it up on most search engines. This is largely due to being one of the first mainstream depictions of the fandom, leaving a bad taste in the mouths of most who were only shown a group of deviants and perverts.
Interestingly, real furries were consulted as fact checkers, and the [=PAFCon=] scenes were shot with a few real suiters. However, the majority of the depictions consist of actors in poorly made animal costumes, and the consulted individuals have since claimed the majority of their comments and notes were ignored.
Original air date, October 30, 2003.
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!!This episode provides examples of:
* ADeadlyAffair: [[spoiler:One of these occurring between Linda, Mr. Lee, and Robert sets in motion the events of the furry plot.]]
* ArtisticLicenseMedicine: Blood is stated to freeze at around 22 degrees farenheit. Actual blood freezes around 31 degrees, and is unlikely to freeze that fast midair as depicted.
* AnArmAndALeg: Mentioned to have happened to the last victim left inside the Big & Best Freezer, upon his attempted removal from the floor.
* AtrociousAlias: Sexy Kitty. Mr. Lee even has trouble saying the name in one go when being interrogated.
* BlackComedy: As usual for this show, when discussing victims.
--> '''Robins:''' Last time this happened they tried to chop the guy out. 1989, day the Mirage opened.
--> '''Nick:''' What happened?
--> '''Robins:''' Lost an arm and a leg. I miss the cold weather.
* BlameTheParamour: [[spoiler:Mr Lee's]] reasoning behind attempting to make Robert [[spoiler:sick on purpose.]]
* BodilyFluidBlacklightReveal: On Bud's fursuit during inspection, leading to Catherine's significant revulsion.
* CasualKink: {{Exaggerated}} at times, as while it's reasonable for attendees at [=PAFCon=] to assume other attendees are all furries, they continue to keep up their discussions even after it become clear they're talking to investigators.
* ConnectedAllAlong: [[spoiler:George and Virgil are revealed at the end to be cousins.]]
* CreepyCrossdresser: Bud (known in {{Kayfabe}} as 'Sexy Kitty') is portrayed as one of these, and treated as such by his interrogators.
* CreepyDoll: Although they're only plush raccoons, the investigators are creeped out by the mass amounts of them on Robert Pitt's bed when they search his house.
* CreepyMascotSuit: David admits he finds the sight of the corpse in a fursuit as this, due to its similarity to an old children's show character he was fond of.
* Defictionalization: Real-Life furries amused by the episode created real [=PAFCon=] shirts advertising the fictional convention in the years following this episode's relief, accompanied by the quote "I thought it was a coyote!"
* DetectivesFollowFootprints: The first clue found at the scene are a set of large pawprints leaving the crash.
* DramaticUnmask: The removal of the fursuit head at the crime scene.
* DrunkDriver: Robert Pitt is identified as one of these, leading to his court mandated AA meetings.
* FantasticRacism: Mr. Lee dislikes Rocky for his chosen fursona species, claiming all raccoons to be 'lowlifes'.
* FetishesAreWeird: The Episode, which led to most of its negative reception. The murderer and victim are both furries, as are most of the people encountered during the investigation. None of them are portrayed as anything but sexual deviants.
* FightFurYourRightToParty: Inevitably, everyone at the 'furpile' Brass and Catherine attend.
* GetOut: Said from Linda to [[spoiler:Robert]] while driving after mistaking him for drunk.
* GoryDiscretionShot: SubvertedTrope. The camera clearly pans over to the car driver and their smashed in face. Then again, its kept partially obscured by shadow, meaning you only see streams of blood and a peacefully shut eye.
* TheJoyOfX: The title obviously references Literature/FearAndLoathingInLasVegas. Referenced in the EndOfEpisodeSilliness.
* LonersAreFreaks: Surmised about Robert Pitt while searching his house. Since he has no family to be contacted, Catherine surmises the raccoon plushies may be his attempt to create a fake family.
* MurderByMistake: [[spoiler:Robert is revealed to have been shot this way, mistaken for a wild animal while throwing up.]]
* OnlyBadGuysCallTheirLawyers: [[spoiler:Virgil]], who is eventually revealed to be the killer, demands a lawyer upon being taken in.
* PredatorPreyFriendship: In the eyes of Linda and Mr. Lee at least, which is noted as odd.
* RealisticDictionIsUnrealistic: The presenter at [=PAFCon=] talks with relatively normal diction, casting him as socially awkward in contrast to the scripted, smooth talking main cast.
* TheReveal: [=PAFCon=] plot: [[spoiler:Linda Lamb is Linda Jones.]]
** Freezer Plot: [[spoiler:Virgil and George are cousins.]]
* RunningOverThePlot: First few seconds- car crash. Instantly the plot is established.
* ShoutOut: Even after his identity is revealed, Robert Pitt is continually referred to as [[Music/TheBeatles Rocky Raccoon]] for his fursona.
** While considering how to go about identifying suspects, Brass suggests putting out an APB on WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry.
* TheSilentBob: Oddly, everyone at [=PAFCon=] in a mask is depicted as one of these, refusing to talk even to the investigators or each other except for vocalizations and animal noises.
* SurpriseCarCrash: The victim's attempt to avoid a collision with an animal leads directly into a collision with a vehicle.
* SuspiciousSkiMask: [[spoiler:Virgil]] wears one of these in the freezer while holding up Al.
* UnsettlingGenderReveal: Bud as the feline stripper 'Sexy'.
* {{Yiff}}: Defined, albeit in the real-life definition and loosely, by Bud in an interrogation.
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Directed by Creator/RichardJLewis
Written by Creator/JerryStahl
JustForFun/TheOneWith... the [[UsefulNotes/FurryFandom furries.]]
In the A-Plot, Catherine and Brass encounter a car crash with two victims, one of which is discovered to be a raccoon furry. In the B-Plot, Nick and Sara investigate a man shot dead in a freezer and attempt to find a culprit, made harder by a seemingly incriminating false lead.
This episode is notorious for its depiction of furries, rife with inconsistencies and ArtisticLicense, and reviled enough that a google search for '[[OvershadowedByControversy That Episode]]' with no further context turns it up on most search engines. This is largely due to being one of the first mainstream depictions of the fandom, leaving a bad taste in the mouths of most who were only shown a group of deviants and perverts.
Interestingly, real furries were consulted as fact checkers, and the [=PAFCon=] scenes were shot with a few real suiters. However, the majority of the depictions consist of actors in poorly made animal costumes, and the consulted individuals have since claimed the majority of their comments and notes were ignored.
Original air date, October 30, 2003.
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!!This episode provides examples of:
* ADeadlyAffair: [[spoiler:One of these occurring between Linda, Mr. Lee, and Robert sets in motion the events of the furry plot.]]
* ArtisticLicenseMedicine: Blood is stated to freeze at around 22 degrees farenheit. Actual blood freezes around 31 degrees, and is unlikely to freeze that fast midair as depicted.
* AnArmAndALeg: Mentioned to have happened to the last victim left inside the Big & Best Freezer, upon his attempted removal from the floor.
* AtrociousAlias: Sexy Kitty. Mr. Lee even has trouble saying the name in one go when being interrogated.
* BlackComedy: As usual for this show, when discussing victims.
--> '''Robins:''' Last time this happened they tried to chop the guy out. 1989, day the Mirage opened.
--> '''Nick:''' What happened?
--> '''Robins:''' Lost an arm and a leg. I miss the cold weather.
* BlameTheParamour: [[spoiler:Mr Lee's]] reasoning behind attempting to make Robert [[spoiler:sick on purpose.]]
* BodilyFluidBlacklightReveal: On Bud's fursuit during inspection, leading to Catherine's significant revulsion.
* CasualKink: {{Exaggerated}} at times, as while it's reasonable for attendees at [=PAFCon=] to assume other attendees are all furries, they continue to keep up their discussions even after it become clear they're talking to investigators.
* ConnectedAllAlong: [[spoiler:George and Virgil are revealed at the end to be cousins.]]
* CreepyCrossdresser: Bud (known in {{Kayfabe}} as 'Sexy Kitty') is portrayed as one of these, and treated as such by his interrogators.
* CreepyDoll: Although they're only plush raccoons, the investigators are creeped out by the mass amounts of them on Robert Pitt's bed when they search his house.
* CreepyMascotSuit: David admits he finds the sight of the corpse in a fursuit as this, due to its similarity to an old children's show character he was fond of.
* Defictionalization: Real-Life furries amused by the episode created real [=PAFCon=] shirts advertising the fictional convention in the years following this episode's relief, accompanied by the quote "I thought it was a coyote!"
* DetectivesFollowFootprints: The first clue found at the scene are a set of large pawprints leaving the crash.
* DramaticUnmask: The removal of the fursuit head at the crime scene.
* DrunkDriver: Robert Pitt is identified as one of these, leading to his court mandated AA meetings.
* FantasticRacism: Mr. Lee dislikes Rocky for his chosen fursona species, claiming all raccoons to be 'lowlifes'.
* FetishesAreWeird: The Episode, which led to most of its negative reception. The murderer and victim are both furries, as are most of the people encountered during the investigation. None of them are portrayed as anything but sexual deviants.
* FightFurYourRightToParty: Inevitably, everyone at the 'furpile' Brass and Catherine attend.
* GetOut: Said from Linda to [[spoiler:Robert]] while driving after mistaking him for drunk.
* GoryDiscretionShot: SubvertedTrope. The camera clearly pans over to the car driver and their smashed in face. Then again, its kept partially obscured by shadow, meaning you only see streams of blood and a peacefully shut eye.
* TheJoyOfX: The title obviously references Literature/FearAndLoathingInLasVegas. Referenced in the EndOfEpisodeSilliness.
* LonersAreFreaks: Surmised about Robert Pitt while searching his house. Since he has no family to be contacted, Catherine surmises the raccoon plushies may be his attempt to create a fake family.
* MurderByMistake: [[spoiler:Robert is revealed to have been shot this way, mistaken for a wild animal while throwing up.]]
* OnlyBadGuysCallTheirLawyers: [[spoiler:Virgil]], who is eventually revealed to be the killer, demands a lawyer upon being taken in.
* PredatorPreyFriendship: In the eyes of Linda and Mr. Lee at least, which is noted as odd.
* RealisticDictionIsUnrealistic: The presenter at [=PAFCon=] talks with relatively normal diction, casting him as socially awkward in contrast to the scripted, smooth talking main cast.
* TheReveal: [=PAFCon=] plot: [[spoiler:Linda Lamb is Linda Jones.]]
** Freezer Plot: [[spoiler:Virgil and George are cousins.]]
* RunningOverThePlot: First few seconds- car crash. Instantly the plot is established.
* ShoutOut: Even after his identity is revealed, Robert Pitt is continually referred to as [[Music/TheBeatles Rocky Raccoon]] for his fursona.
** While considering how to go about identifying suspects, Brass suggests putting out an APB on WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry.
* TheSilentBob: Oddly, everyone at [=PAFCon=] in a mask is depicted as one of these, refusing to talk even to the investigators or each other except for vocalizations and animal noises.
* SurpriseCarCrash: The victim's attempt to avoid a collision with an animal leads directly into a collision with a vehicle.
* SuspiciousSkiMask: [[spoiler:Virgil]] wears one of these in the freezer while holding up Al.
* UnsettlingGenderReveal: Bud as the feline stripper 'Sexy'.
* {{Yiff}}: Defined, albeit in the real-life definition and loosely, by Bud in an interrogation.
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