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* ComicallyMissingThePoint: When Joe says that his book "The Hopeful Squirrel" (a book about a handicapped squirrel) is meaningful to him, Peter ask Joe if he was once a squirrel.



* ComicallyMissingThePoint: When Joe says that his book "The Hopeful Squirrel" (a book about a handicapped squirrel) is meaningful to him, Peter ask Joe if he was once a squirrel.
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* FitnessNut: Brian becomes this after getting hooked on jogging. He exercises non-stop and becomes so obsessed with keeping fit that he looks down on Stewie for eating bread.
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Realistic, but not surprisingly.


* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Brian takes up running and begins to become obsessed with it. Stewie even warns him that there's such a thing as too much exercise, but Brian doesn't believe him, saying "I'm not taking advice from a guy who eats bread."... And he pays dearly for it when he tries to run a marathon. Because he never took some time to give his body a chance to recover and strengthen, Brian ends up breaking a leg right out of the starting gate.
* TwistedAnkle: A brutal example; Brian's ankle doesn't just twist, it ''snaps''.

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* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Brian takes up running and begins to become obsessed with it. Stewie even warns him that there's such a thing as too much exercise, but Brian doesn't believe him, saying "I'm not taking advice from a guy who eats bread."... And he pays dearly for it when he tries to run a marathon. Because he never took some time to give his body a chance to recover and strengthen, Brian ends up breaking a leg right out of the starting gate.
* TwistedAnkle: A brutal example; Brian's ankle doesn't just twist, it ''snaps''.''snaps''.
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* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Brian takes up running and begins to become obsessed with it. Stewie even warns him that there's such a thing as too much exercise, but Brian doesn't believe him, saying "I'm not taking advice from a guy who eats bread."... And he pays dearly for it when he tries to run a marathon. Because he never took some time to give his body a chance to recover and strengthen, Brian ends up breaking a leg right out of the starting gate.

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* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Brian takes up running and begins to become obsessed with it. Stewie even warns him that there's such a thing as too much exercise, but Brian doesn't believe him, saying "I'm not taking advice from a guy who eats bread."... And he pays dearly for it when he tries to run a marathon. Because he never took some time to give his body a chance to recover and strengthen, Brian ends up breaking a leg right out of the starting gate.gate.
* TwistedAnkle: A brutal example; Brian's ankle doesn't just twist, it ''snaps''.
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* SurprisingRealisticOutcome: Brian takes up running and begins to become obsessed with it. Stewie even warns him that there's such a thing as too much exercise, but Brian doesn't believe him, saying "I'm not taking advice from a guy who eats bread."... And he pays dearly for it when he tries to run a marathon. Because he never took some time to give his body a chance to recover and strengthen, Brian ends up breaking a leg right out of the starting gate.

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* SurprisingRealisticOutcome: SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Brian takes up running and begins to become obsessed with it. Stewie even warns him that there's such a thing as too much exercise, but Brian doesn't believe him, saying "I'm not taking advice from a guy who eats bread."... And he pays dearly for it when he tries to run a marathon. Because he never took some time to give his body a chance to recover and strengthen, Brian ends up breaking a leg right out of the starting gate.
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* StealingTheCredit: When Peter becomes the new face of Joe's book, he takes full responsibility for the book's creation, causing Joe to quit.

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* StealingTheCredit: When Peter becomes the new face of Joe's book, he takes full responsibility for the book's creation, causing Joe to quit.quit.
* SurprisingRealisticOutcome: Brian takes up running and begins to become obsessed with it. Stewie even warns him that there's such a thing as too much exercise, but Brian doesn't believe him, saying "I'm not taking advice from a guy who eats bread."... And he pays dearly for it when he tries to run a marathon. Because he never took some time to give his body a chance to recover and strengthen, Brian ends up breaking a leg right out of the starting gate.
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* ObsessiveHobbyEpisode: The B-plot of this episode involves Brian dating a woman who's really into running, and subsequently getting obsessed with running and working out.

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* BodyHorror: When Brian loses too much weight

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* BodyHorror: When Brian loses too much weightweight, the sight horrifies Stewie. It gets worse when he enters the marathon, snaps his leg almost immediately, and is TrampledUnderfoot by the other contestants.



* EpicFail: When Peter makes a children story of his own
* StealingTheCredit: What happens when Peter becomes the new face of Joes Book
* TrampledUnderfoot: What happens to Brian when he enters the race with emaciatiated body

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* EpicFail: When Peter makes a children story of his own
* StealingTheCredit: What happens when When Peter becomes the new face of Joes Book
* TrampledUnderfoot: What happens to Brian when
Joe's book, he enters takes full responsibility for the race with emaciatiated bodybook's creation, causing Joe to quit.
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* Epic Fail: When Peter makes a children story of his own
* Stealing The Credit: What happens when Peter becomes the new face of Joes Book
* Trampled Underfoot: What happens to Brian when he enters the race with emaciatiated body

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* Epic Fail: EpicFail: When Peter makes a children story of his own
* Stealing The Credit: StealingTheCredit: What happens when Peter becomes the new face of Joes Book
* Trampled Underfoot: TrampledUnderfoot: What happens to Brian when he enters the race with emaciatiated body

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* ComicallyMissingThePoint: When Joe says that his book "The Hopeful Squirrel" (a book about a handicapped squirrel) is meaningful to him, Peter ask Joe if he was once a squirrel.

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* BodyHorror: When Brian loses too much weight
* ComicallyMissingThePoint: When Joe says that his book "The Hopeful Squirrel" (a book about a handicapped squirrel) is meaningful to him, Peter ask Joe if he was once a squirrel.squirrel.
* Epic Fail: When Peter makes a children story of his own
* Stealing The Credit: What happens when Peter becomes the new face of Joes Book
* Trampled Underfoot: What happens to Brian when he enters the race with emaciatiated body
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* AuthorAvatar: The handicapped squirrel in Joe's book is obviously based on himself.
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Peter helps Joe get his book published.

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Peter helps Joe get his children's book published.
(about a squirrel who doesn't let being handicapped overcome him) published, but Peter ends up being the face of the book.
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Peter helps Joe get his book published.

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*ComicallyMissingThePoint: When Joe says that his book "The Hopeful Squirrel" (a book about a handicapped squirrel) is meaningful to him, Peter ask Joe if he was once a squirrel.

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