History Recap / FamilyGuyS10E5BackToThePilot

** Invoked during Brian stopping the terrorist attacks when he says, "Mohammed [[{{Pun}} 'Atta']] stayed home" despite no one knowing his name and using the phrase "Seacrest out" despite ''Series/AmericanIdol'' not premiering until 2002.

* ClusterBleepBomb: The Kool-Aid Man blames Stewie and Brian with this after he shatters in the bowlderized versions:
-->'''Kool-Aid Man:''' YOU GUYS DID THIS! YOU GUYS F*bleep*ING DID THIS! TALKING ABOUT MY GUTS?! F*bleep*ING ME UP?! F*bleep* YOU!

* TakeThat: To George W. Bush. Not only does the episode state that Bush only won his re-election because he exploited people's fears after 9/11, but after he lost, he formed a second Confederacy, most likely out of spite, which leads into a second Civil War.

* TheBusCameBack: In the future, Cleveland moves back to Quahog from [[WesternAnimation/TheClevelandShow Stoolbend]]. A couple years later, his show would be cancelled and he would return for real.

* BackToTheEarlyInstallment: Brian and Stewie go back to the first episode and observe the EarlyInstallmentWeirdness, while Brian uses the time [[SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong to warn his past self about 9/11.]] [[HitlersTimeTravelExemptionAct Unfortunately it backfires]].

** Invoked during Brian stopping the terrorist attacks when he says, "Mohammed 'Atta' stayed home" despite no one knowing his name and using the phrase "Seacrest out" despite ''Series/AmericanIdol'' not premiering until 2002.

* ContrivedCoincidence: Due to the low power of the Return Pad's D Battery supply, it instead takes Brian and Stewie to the Super Bowl XXXIII. Despite the now simpler means of power, none of them has any money to buy batteries... until Brian remembers that he and Peter were in a blimp above the stadium and dumped a huge amount of cash from the sky.

-->'''Lois''': You sure you got time to smoke.

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Brian's attempt to avert 9/11 results in the Southern states seceding from the union as Bush wasn't able to hold on to power without the terrorist attacks to exploit peoples' fears, and a few years in the future the United States are now engaged in civil war after a nuclear war.

-->'''Future!Peter''': Hey, Lois, I found some double-sided tape. I think I can do about eight minutes of funny stuff with it. That should get us to the Meg kissing booth story.

-->'''Future!Peter''': Chris, I heard you got a D on your report card. ''[to the camera]'' Here's a cutaway.

** Invoked during Brian stopping the terrorist attacks when he says, "Mohammed 'Atta' stayed home" despite no one knowing his name and using the phrase "Seacrest out" despite ''Series/AmericanIdol not premiering until 2002.
** In one bad future, Brian becomes the writer of the Franchise/HarryPotter novels, despite ''Sorcerer's Stone'' having already been released in the UK in 1997 with the first film being released in 2001.

* TheBusCameBack: In the future, Cleveland moves back to Quahog from [[WesternAnimation/TheClevelandShow Stoolbend]]. Some time later, his show would be cancelled and he would return for real.

** Invoked during Brian stopping the terrorist attacks when he says, "Mohammed 'Atta' stayed home" despite no one knowing his name and using the phrase "Seacrest out" despite ''Series/AmericanIdol not premiering until 2003.

-->'''Peter''': Lois, I am not going back to work tomorrow. That new boss has it in for me! He's meaner than a shifty salesman.

-->'''Present!Stewie''': Yeah, I mean, now we just, like, return text messages and screw around and whatnot.
-->''(After this, cutaway to the present family getting out their cell phones and other hobbies and Peter smokes a cigarette.)''

-->''(After this, the family gets out their cell phones and other hobbies and Peter smokes a cigarette.)''

** In one bad future, Brian becomes the writer of the Franchise/HarryPotter novels, despite ''Sorcerer's Stone'' having already been released in the UK in 1997.

* CriticalResearchFailure: After returning to the present, it's discovered Brian changed history so that he wrote the Harry Potter novels. The pilot episode took place in 1999, and Philosophers Stone came out in 1997.

* CriticalResearchFailure: After returning to the present, it's discovered Brian changed history so that he wrote the Harry Potter novel. The pilot episode took place in 1999, and Philosophers Stone came out in 1997.

Stewie and Brian travel back in time to the pilot episode.