History Recap / FamilyGuyS10E6Thanksgiving

* ADateWithRosiePalms: Chris intended to do so after Thanksgiving regardless of how he felt about Kevin deserting his post in Iraq.
-->'''Chris:''' If ''you'' think that I'm gonna masturbate after ''this'' tonight, [[DoubleSubversion you're right]]!

* SpottingTheThread: Joe notices that one of the movies Kevin made a reference to was released in 2007, during which time he was supposedly in a coma. This results in more and more details being unravelled until Kevin can't maintain his cover story anymore and reveals that he faked his death.

* ContinuityNod: During Brian and Ida's awkward conversation, Stewie references [[Recap/FamilyGuyS8E18QuagmiresDad Brian's reaction to learning who she was]].

* BothSidesHaveAPoint: Averted with Peter, who doesn't seem to feel that strongly about either side. Though he does call Kevin out a bit for letting his post abandoning and saying he's letting Afghanistan get away with 9/11.

* BottleEpisode: Outside of the beginning with Tom & Joyce, cutaways, and flashbacks, the entire episode takes place in the Griffin family house.

!!Tropes

* WholePlotReference: ''Series/AllInTheFamily'': A remarkably similar situation – a draft dodger who was living in Canada, to escape prosecution for ignoring his notice to report for duty and fight in the Vietnam War - was shown on a Holiday Episode, that being that series' 1976 ChristmasEpisode "The Draft Dodger." Like ''Family Guy'''s "Thanksgiving," the guest character is able to keep hold of his secret but as another character begins asking questions the truth slowly is revealed, leading to anger, disgust and an emotional argument about the merits of said war and questioning its morality, before a counterpoint is made and peace is (somewhat) restored.
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* {{Bowdleris|e}}ation and CriticalResearchFailure: Brian's line after Ida tells him that Kevin was wrong to desert his post in Iraq is "Okay, well, that's just some dumb tranny" in the DVD version. On TV, the line is "Okay, well, that's just some dumb drag queen." A drag queen and a tranny (transsexual) are not the same thing, even though they're both in the LGBT spectrum. A drag queen is a man (a homosexual one, hence the "queen" part[[note]]a heterosexual or bisexual male who crossdresses is just called a crossdresser[[/note]]) who dresses in an exaggerated feminine manner. A transsexual (specifically a male-to-female one) has gender dysphoria and gender identity issues[[note]]a.k.a the "feeling like a woman trapped in a man's body" feeling[[/note]] and gets surgery done to be a woman. However, this can be excused as social ignorance on Brian's part and the fact that the latter word has come to be used disparagingly against transsexuals and Fox may have requested a less harsh alternative to the original line, as they have before.

* WarIsHell: What Kevin believes. However most of them (including Ida and Quagmire, but not Brian) don't see it that way, and are angry at his desertion.
* WhatTheHellHero: Most of the characters (particularly Ida and Quagmire, with the exception of Brian) call Kevin out for deserting the army, ignoring his reason.

* {{Bowdleris|e}}ation and CriticalResearchFailure: Brian's line after Ida tells him that Kevin was wrong to desert his post in Iraq is "Okay, well, that's just some dumb tranny" in the DVD version. On TV, the line is "Okay, well, that's just some dumb drag queen." A drag queen and a tranny (transsexual) are not the same thing, even though they're both in the LGBT spectrum. A drag queen is a man (a homosexual one, hence the "queen" part[[note]]a heterosexual or bisexual male who crossdresses is just called a crossdresser[[/note]]) who dresses in an exaggerated feminine manner. A transsexual (specifically a male-to-female one) gets surgery done to be a woman. However, this can be excused as social ignorance on Brian's part and the fact that the latter word has come to be used disparagingly against transsexuals and Fox may have requested a less harsh alternative to the original line, as they have before.

* {{Bowdleris|e}}ation and CriticalResearchFailure: Brian's line after Ida tells him that Kevin was wrong to desert his post in Iraq is "Okay, well, that's just some dumb tranny" in the DVD version. On TV, the line is "Okay, well, that's just some dumb drag queen." A drag queen and a tranny (transsexual) are not the same thing, even though they're both in the LGBT spectrum. A drag queen is a man (a homosexual one, hence the "queen" part[[note]]a heterosexual male who crossdresses is just called a crossdresser[[/note]]) who dresses in an exaggerated feminine manner. A transsexual (specifically a male-to-female one) gets surgery done to be a woman. However, this can be excused as social ignorance on Brian's part and the fact that the latter word has come to be used disparagingly against transsexuals and Fox may have requested a less harsh alternative to the original line, as they have before.

* ADateWithRosiePalms: Chris intended to do so after thanksgiving regardless of how he felt about Kevin deserting his post in Iraq.
-->'''Chris:''' If ''you'' think that I'm gonna masturbate after ''this'' tonight, [[DoubleSubversion you're right]]!

** Also, there’s a part where Peter believes Iraq played a part in 9/11. This is a call-back to when he made the same mistake in the episode’Baby Not on Board’.

* ShoutOut:
** ''Series/AllInTheFamily'': A remarkably similar situation – a draft dodger who was living in Canada, to escape prosecution for ignoring his notice to report for duty and fight in the Vietnam War - was shown on a Holiday Episode, that being that series' 1976 ChristmasEpisode "The Draft Dodger." Like ''Family Guy'''s "Thanksgiving," the guest character is able to keep hold of his secret but as another character begins asking questions the truth slowly is revealed, leading to anger, disgust and an emotional argument about the merits of said war and questioning its morality, before a counterpoint is made and peace is (somewhat) restored.

* WhatTheHellHero: Most of the characters (particularly Ida and Quagmire, with the exception of Brian) call Kevin out for deserting the army, ignoring his reason.

* BerserkButton: Joe doesn’t take kindly to Kevin comparing U.S. Troops to Nazi Soldiers to refute Joe’s declaration that he must follows orders when the Nazi’s did the same thing.

-->'''Peter:''' [[LampshadeHanging What the hell is goin' on up there?!]]

* BeserkButton: Joe doesn’t take kindly to Kevin comparing U.S. Troops to Nazi Soldiers to refute Joe’s declaration that he must follows orders when the Nazi’s did the same thing.

* BothSidesHaveAPoint: Averted with Peter, who doesn't seem to feel that strongly about either side. Though he does call Kevin out a bit for letting abandoning and saying he's letting Afghanistan get away with 9/11.

* BothSidesHaveAPoint: Averted with Peter, who doesn't seem to feel that strongly about either side.

* {{Bowdleris|e}}ation and CriticalResearchFailure: Brian's line after Ida tells him that Kevin was wrong to desert his post in Iraq is "Well, you're just a dumb tranny" in the DVD version. On TV, the line is "Well, you're a dumb drag queen." A drag queen and a tranny (transsexual) are not the same thing, even though they're both in the LGBT spectrum. A drag queen is a man (a homosexual one, hence the "queen" part[[note]]a heterosexual male who crossdresses is just called a crossdresser[[/note]]) who dresses in an exaggerated feminine manner. A transsexual (specifically a male-to-female one) gets surgery done to be a woman. However, this can be excused as social ignorance on Brian's part and the fact that the latter word has come to be used disparagingly against transsexuals and Fox may have requested a less harsh alternative to the original line, as they have before.

* {{Bowdlerization}} and CriticalResearchFailure: Brian's line after Ida tells him that Kevin was wrong to desert his post in Iraq is "Well, you're just a dumb tranny" in the DVD version. On TV, the line is "Well, you're a dumb drag queen." A drag queen and a tranny (transsexual) are not the same thing, even though they're both in the LGBT spectrum. A drag queen is a man (a homosexual one, hence the "queen" part[[note]]a heterosexual male who crossdresses is just called a crossdresser[[/note]]) who dresses in an exaggerated feminine manner. A transsexual (specifically a male-to-female one) gets surgery done to be a woman. However, this can be excused as social ignorance on Brian's part and the fact that the latter word has come to be used disparagingly against transsexuals and Fox may have requested a less harsh alternative to the original line, as they have before.

-->'''Chris:''' If YOU think that I'm gonna masturbate after THIS tonight, [[DoubleSubversion you're right]]!

* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Two are doled out in quick succession, one by Ida directed at Keven, and the second by Kevin directed at everybody, but especially Joe.