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* BodyHorror: Stewie performing improvised surgery on Brian using home building tools.

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* BodyHorror: Stewie performing improvised surgery on Brian using home building tools. Doesn't help that Stewie prefers to use the worse improvised methods that hurt Brian more.


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* {{Jerkass}}: Stewie gets Brian fired from his job just because Brian is ''happy.''
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* PimpDuds: Peter wears a flashy purple pimp outfit when he becomes Quagmire's boss and holds a golden goblet.
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* StrikeEpisode: This episode begins when the airline Quagmire works for goes on strike. This is what leads him to become a stripper- he gets mistaken for one when he shows up to a bachelorette party in his pilot's uniform, and he needs the money, so he decides to go along with it.

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* StrikeEpisode: This episode begins when the airline Quagmire works for goes on strike. This is what leads him to become a stripper- stripper -- he gets mistaken for one when he shows up to a bachelorette party in his pilot's uniform, and he needs the money, so he decides to go along with it.
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* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: A platonic, subverted version. While Stewie is annoyed with Brian's attitude after he got a job, he says that he's happy if Brian's happy. The credits play for a couple of seconds, then:
-->'''Stewie:''' Can't do it, let's get him fired.

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->'''Quagmire:''' What do we want?
->'''Other pilots:''' FAIR WAGES!
->'''Quagmire:''' When do we want it?
->'''Other pilots:''' ORIGINALLY NOW, BUT IT'S BEEN DELAYED UNTIL 9:40 DUE TO WEATHER IN PHILLY!

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->'''Quagmire:''' -->'''Quagmire:''' What do we want?
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'''Other
pilots:''' FAIR WAGES!
->'''Quagmire:'''
WAGES!\\
'''Quagmire:'''
When do we want it?
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it?\\
'''Other
pilots:''' ORIGINALLY NOW, BUT IT'S BEEN DELAYED UNTIL 9:40 DUE TO WEATHER IN PHILLY! PHILLY!



* WorkplaceAcquiredAbilities: Brian actually gains useful skills at the hardware store. It comes in handy when Stewie accidentally opens his hernia.

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* WorkplaceAcquiredAbilities: Brian actually gains useful skills at the hardware store. It comes in handy when Stewie accidentally opens his hernia.hernia.
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* InsistentTerminology: To emphasize how superior his knowledge of carpentry is to Lois, Brian doesn't listen to her until she uses his wording.

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* InsistentTerminology: To emphasize how superior his knowledge of carpentry is to Lois, Lois; Brian doesn't listen to her until she uses his wording.wording.
* LaserGuidedKarma: How did Brian get hernia? He originally tried to save a woman when she crashes her car in the ocean, only to leave her to sink when she reveals she has a baby with her.
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* TakeThat:
** After performing surgery on Brian, Stewie comments that the guy who killed Joan Rivers must have really messed up.
** Peter notes that his Music/ThePretenders cover band, much like the actual band, has been described as "Meh."
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* PaperThinDisguise: Peter, Joe, and Cleveland disguise themselves as each other to try to remain hidden from Quagmire at the strip club.
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* PinkIsErotic: When Quagmire performed as a stripper, it involved pink lighting and pink smoke. He also wore pink when he worked as a prostitute with Peter as his pimp.
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* StrikeEpisode: This episode begins when the airline Quagmire works for goes on strike. This is what leads him to become a stripper.

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* StrikeEpisode: This episode begins when the airline Quagmire works for goes on strike. This is what leads him to become a stripper.stripper- he gets mistaken for one when he shows up to a bachelorette party in his pilot's uniform, and he needs the money, so he decides to go along with it.
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* StrikeEpisode: This episode begins when the airline Quagmire works for goes on strike. This is what leads him to become a stripper.
->'''Quagmire:''' What do we want?
->'''Other pilots:''' FAIR WAGES!
->'''Quagmire:''' When do we want it?
->'''Other pilots:''' ORIGINALLY NOW, BUT IT'S BEEN DELAYED UNTIL 9:40 DUE TO WEATHER IN PHILLY!
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* SodaCanShakeUp: Stewie gets Brian fired by placing a shaken-up can of soda on his boss' desk with a note saying it was from Brian.
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** '''''Saturday Night Live''''': During Quagmire's HBO documentary about being a prostitute, Quagmire mentions that the women on the show are funnier than the men, but he hasn't been able to catch it to see if it's true.

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** '''''Saturday Night Live''''': During Quagmire's HBO documentary about being a prostitute, Quagmire mentions that the women on the show are now funnier than the men, but he hasn't been able to catch it to see if it's true.
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** '''''Saturday Night Live''''': During Quagmire's HBO documentary about being a prostitute, Quagmire mentions that the women on the show are funnier than the men, but he hasn't been able to catch it to see if it's true.

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** '''''Saturday Night Live''''': During Quagmire's HBO documentary about being a prostitute, Quagmire mentions that the women on the show are funnier than the men, but he hasn't been able to catch it to see if it's true.true.
* WorkplaceAcquiredAbilities: Brian actually gains useful skills at the hardware store. It comes in handy when Stewie accidentally opens his hernia.

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When the airline he works for goes on strike, Quagmire becomes a male stripper after being mistaken for one at a bachelorette party...and things get worse when Peter steps in to help him out, turning their friendship into a pimp and prostitute relationship. Meanwhile, Brian gets a job at a hardware store so he can get medical insurance, and Stewie tries to get him fired.

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When the airline he works for goes on strike, Quagmire becomes a male stripper after being mistaken for one at a bachelorette party...and things get worse when Peter steps in to help him out, turning their friendship into a pimp and prostitute relationship. Meanwhile, Brian gets a job at a hardware store so he can get medical insurance, and Stewie tries to get him fired.fired (as he thinks Brian is being a pretentious know-it-all at his job).



** '''''American Gigolo''''': The episode title is a play on [[Film/AmericanGigolo the 1980 movie]] starring Richard Gere and Lauren Hutton, more famous for its title song "Call Me" by Blondie.

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** '''''American Gigolo''''': The episode title is a play on [[Film/AmericanGigolo the 1980 movie]] starring Richard Gere and Lauren Hutton, more famous for its title song "Call Me" by Blondie.Blondie.
**'''''Saturday Night Live''''': During Quagmire's HBO documentary about being a prostitute, Quagmire mentions that the women on the show are funnier than the men, but he hasn't been able to catch it to see if it's true.
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* HypocriticalHumor: Quagmire first insists that he's not a gigolo, but when someone pays him to have sex for 500 dollars, he tells his friends that he's a gigolo.

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When the airline he works for goes on strike, Quagmire becomes a male stripper after being mistaken for one at a bachelorette party...and things get worse when Peter steps in to help him out, turning their friendship into a pimp and prostitute relationship. Meanwhile, Brian gets a job at a hardware store so he can get medical insurance, and Stewie tries to get him fired.



* PoorCommunicationKills: The plot could have ended sooner if Peter had been aware that Quagmire was no longer using the e-mail address that Peter sent him the news of the strike ending. Or if he'd talked to Quagmire about it in person as opposed to just sending him the news via e-mail.



** '''''Access Hollywood''''': A cutaway segment features an edited version of the 2005 hot-mic conversation between GOP presidential candidate UsefulNotes/DonaldTrump and reporter Billy Bush, featuring lewd comments about women and sexuality, includes Peter's edited-in voice, to give the impression he is participating in the conversation. It was replaced by the Animal Sobriety Checkpoint cutaway in the reruns.

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** '''''Access Hollywood''''': A cutaway segment features an edited version of the 2005 hot-mic conversation between GOP presidential candidate UsefulNotes/DonaldTrump and reporter Billy Bush, featuring lewd comments about women and sexuality, includes Peter's edited-in voice, to give the impression he is participating in the conversation. It was In reruns and on DVD, this is replaced by the Animal Sobriety Checkpoint with a cutaway in about a cat getting pulled over by the reruns.police for a DUI and the cat ends up beating the police officer (and the whole thing turns out to be a public service announcement for more animal sobriety checkpoints).
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* InsistentTerminology: To emphasize how superior his knowledge of carpentry is to Lois, Brian doesn't listen to her until she uses his wording.
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* BodyHorror: Stewie performing improvised surgery on Brian using home building tools.
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** '''''American Gigolo''''': The episode title is a play on the 1980 movie starring Richard Gere and Lauren Hutton, more famous for its title song "Call Me" by Blondie.

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** '''''American Gigolo''''': The episode title is a play on [[Film/AmericanGigolo the 1980 movie movie]] starring Richard Gere and Lauren Hutton, more famous for its title song "Call Me" by Blondie.
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* TheCameo: [[Recap/FamilyGuyS4E9BreakingOutIsHardToDo The "Who else but Quagmire" guy]] appears to hire Quagmire to have sex with his wife, as he can't do it himself. Peter refers to this as an awesome cameo.
* CreditsGag: Stewie notes how obnoxious Brian's been acting since getting a job, but he says he can live with it if Brian is happy. The end credits start, but then suddenly cut back to Stewie, who says he can't live with it and is going to get Brian fired.
* HiddenDepths: Meg gives a cello recital and does quite well. It's moot, though, since everyone ended up leaving partway through her performance.
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** '''''Access Hollywood''''': A cutaway segment features an edited version of the 2005 hot-mic conversation between GOP presidential candidate UsefulNotes/DonaldTrump and reporter Billy Bush, featuring lewd comments about women and sexuality, includes Peter's edited-in voice, to give the impression he is participating in the conversation.

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** '''''Access Hollywood''''': A cutaway segment features an edited version of the 2005 hot-mic conversation between GOP presidential candidate UsefulNotes/DonaldTrump and reporter Billy Bush, featuring lewd comments about women and sexuality, includes Peter's edited-in voice, to give the impression he is participating in the conversation. It was replaced by the Animal Sobriety Checkpoint cutaway in the reruns.
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* CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot / PoorCommunicationKills: The plot could have ended sooner if Peter had been aware that Quagmire was no longer using the e-mail address that Peter sent him the news of the strike ending. Or if he'd talked to Quagmire about it in person as opposed to just sending him the news via e-mail.

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* CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot / PoorCommunicationKills: The plot could have ended sooner if Peter had been aware that Quagmire was no longer using the e-mail address that Peter sent him the news of the strike ending. Or if he'd talked to Quagmire about it in person as opposed to just sending him the news via e-mail.
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* CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot / PoorCommunicationKills: The plot could have ended sooner if Peter had been aware that Quaigmire was no longer using the e-mail address that Peter sent him the news of the strike ending. Or if he'd talked to Quaigmire about it in person as opposed to just sending him the news via e-mail.

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* CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot / PoorCommunicationKills: The plot could have ended sooner if Peter had been aware that Quaigmire Quagmire was no longer using the e-mail address that Peter sent him the news of the strike ending. Or if he'd talked to Quaigmire Quagmire about it in person as opposed to just sending him the news via e-mail.
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* CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot / PoorCommunicationKills: The plot could have ended sooner if Peter had been aware that Quaigmire was no longer using the e-mail address that Peter sent him the news of the strike ending. Or if he'd talked to Quaigmire about it in person as opposed to just sending him the news via e-mail.
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** '''''Access Hollywood''''': A cutaway segment features an edited version of the 2005 hot-mic conversation between GOP presidential candidate DonaldTrump and reporter Billy Bush, featuring lewd comments about women and sexuality, includes Peter's edited-in voice, to give the impression he is participating in the conversation.

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** '''''Access Hollywood''''': A cutaway segment features an edited version of the 2005 hot-mic conversation between GOP presidential candidate DonaldTrump UsefulNotes/DonaldTrump and reporter Billy Bush, featuring lewd comments about women and sexuality, includes Peter's edited-in voice, to give the impression he is participating in the conversation.
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** '''''AccessHollywood''''': A cutaway segment features an edited version of the 2005 hot-mic conversation between GOP presidential candidate DonaldTrump and reporter Billy Bush, featuring lewd comments about women and sexuality, includes Peter's edited-in voice, to give the impression he is participating in the conversation.
** '''''American Gigolo: The episode title is a play on the 1980 movie starring Richard Gere and Lauren Hutton, more famous for its title song "Call Me" by Blondie.

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** '''''AccessHollywood''''': '''''Access Hollywood''''': A cutaway segment features an edited version of the 2005 hot-mic conversation between GOP presidential candidate DonaldTrump and reporter Billy Bush, featuring lewd comments about women and sexuality, includes Peter's edited-in voice, to give the impression he is participating in the conversation.
** '''''American Gigolo: Gigolo''''': The episode title is a play on the 1980 movie starring Richard Gere and Lauren Hutton, more famous for its title song "Call Me" by Blondie.
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* ShoutOut:
** '''''AccessHollywood''''': A cutaway segment features an edited version of the 2005 hot-mic conversation between GOP presidential candidate DonaldTrump and reporter Billy Bush, featuring lewd comments about women and sexuality, includes Peter's edited-in voice, to give the impression he is participating in the conversation.
** '''''American Gigolo: The episode title is a play on the 1980 movie starring Richard Gere and Lauren Hutton, more famous for its title song "Call Me" by Blondie.

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