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* DeliberateValuesDissonance: Emulating activities from '80s movies gets Chris arrested for stalking, while the family chews Peter out for clinging to old movies with outdated values and messages.



* ValuesDissonance: In-universe. Emulating activities from '80s movies get Chris arrested for stalking, while the family chews Peter out for clinging to old movies with outdated values and messages.

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* {{Deconstruction}}: Multiple 80's movies are deconstructed in this episode.
** In order to get a girl's attention , Peter gives Chris a bunch of old [[UsefulNotes/TheEighties 80’s movies]] and tells him to do what the characters did in those movies. Sometime later Joe brings Chris home and tells them he was [[DontTryThisAtHome imitating the boombox serenade scene]] from ''Film/SayAnything'' by standing outside a female classmates window with a boombox playing "In Your Eyes" by Music/PeterGabriel and as a result is being charged with [[StalkerWithACrush felony stalking]].
** In one of his efforts to prove the 80’s are still relevant and timeless, Peter plays up the Wille Coyote/Road Runner dynamic with the gopher from Caddyshack. This backfires for two reasons:
*** The Gopher, in clear violation of natural instinct, does his dance routine to Kenny Loggins “I’m Alright” leaving him exposed.
*** Peter’s opening salvo to the routine is to kill the gopher with a rocket launcher. From a mere two feet away. Not only does the gopher end up as gore splattered everywhere and not only does the family admonish him for killing the poor animal, he’s the only one shocked the gopher didn’t get away in time.



* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: In order to get a girl's attention , Peter gives Chris a bunch of old [[UsefulNotes/TheEighties 80’s movies]] and tells him to do what the characters did in those movies. Sometime later Joe brings Chris home and tells them he was [[DontTryThisAtHome imitating the boombox serenade scene]] from ''Film/SayAnything'' by standing outside a female classmates window with a boombox playing "In Your Eyes" by Music/PeterGabriel and as a result is being charged with [[StalkerWithACrush felony stalking]].
** In one of his efforts to prove the 80’s are still relevant and timeless, Peter plays up the Wille Coyote/Road Runner dynamic with the gopher from Caddyshack. This backfires for two reasons:
*** The Gopher, in clear violation of natural instinct, does his dance routine to Kenny Loggins “I’m Alright” leaving him exposed.
*** Peter’s opening salvo to the routine is to kill the gopher with a rocket launcher. From a mere two feet away. Not only does the gopher end up as gore splattered everywhere and not only does the family admonish him for killing the poor animal, he’s the only one shocked the gopher didn’t get away in time.
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** The Gopher, in clear violation of natural instinct, does his dance routine to Kenny Loggins “I’m Alright” leaving him exposed.
** Peter’s opening salvo to the routine is to kill the gopher with a rocket launcher. From a mere two feet away. Not only does the gopher end up as gore splattered everywhere and not only does the family admonish him for killing the poor animal, he’s the only one shocked the gopher didn’t get away in time.

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** *** The Gopher, in clear violation of natural instinct, does his dance routine to Kenny Loggins “I’m Alright” leaving him exposed.
** *** Peter’s opening salvo to the routine is to kill the gopher with a rocket launcher. From a mere two feet away. Not only does the gopher end up as gore splattered everywhere and not only does the family admonish him for killing the poor animal, he’s the only one shocked the gopher didn’t get away in time.
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* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: In order to impress a girl, Peter gives Chris a bunch of old 80’s movies and tells him to do what the characters did in those movies. Sometime later Joe brings Chris home and tells them he was [[DontTryThisAtHome imitating the boombox serenade scene]] in ''Film/SayAnything'' by standing outside a classmates window with a boombox playing "In Your Eyes" by Music/PeterGabriel and as a result is being charged with [[StalkerWithACrush felony stalking]].

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* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: In order to impress get a girl, girl's attention , Peter gives Chris a bunch of old [[UsefulNotes/TheEighties 80’s movies movies]] and tells him to do what the characters did in those movies. Sometime later Joe brings Chris home and tells them he was [[DontTryThisAtHome imitating the boombox serenade scene]] in from ''Film/SayAnything'' by standing outside a female classmates window with a boombox playing "In Your Eyes" by Music/PeterGabriel and as a result is being charged with [[StalkerWithACrush felony stalking]].
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* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: In order to impress a girl, Peter gives Chris a bunch of old 80’s movies and tells him to do what the characters did in those movies. Sometime later Joe brings Chris home and tells them he was standing outside a classmates window with a boombox playing 80’s music and as a result is being charged with felony stalking.

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* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: In order to impress a girl, Peter gives Chris a bunch of old 80’s movies and tells him to do what the characters did in those movies. Sometime later Joe brings Chris home and tells them he was [[DontTryThisAtHome imitating the boombox serenade scene]] in ''Film/SayAnything'' by standing outside a classmates window with a boombox playing 80’s music "In Your Eyes" by Music/PeterGabriel and as a result is being charged with [[StalkerWithACrush felony stalking.stalking]].

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* RunningGag: Peter chooses the Roaring '20s and then the 1910s as his new favorite decades because of the legal cocaine. He then chooses the '70s because cocaine might as well have been legal due to being ubiquitous. Later in the episode, Peter contemplates suicide, noting that coming down from cocaine makes him depressed.



* ShaggyDogStory: When Stewie and Doug get the frisbee down, the kids down there don't really care since one claims they're diffent kids from before.

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* ShaggyDogStory: When Stewie and Doug get the frisbee down, the kids down there don't really care since one claims they're diffent different kids from before.


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* ValuesDissonance: In-universe. Emulating activities from '80s movies get Chris arrested for stalking, while the family chews Peter out for clinging to old movies with outdated values and messages.
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* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: In order to impress a girl, Peter gives Chris a bunch of old 80’s movies and tells him to do what the characters did in those movies. Sometime later Joe brings Chris home and tells them he was standing outside a classmates window with a boombox playing 89’s music and as a result is being charged with felony stalking.

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* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: In order to impress a girl, Peter gives Chris a bunch of old 80’s movies and tells him to do what the characters did in those movies. Sometime later Joe brings Chris home and tells them he was standing outside a classmates window with a boombox playing 89’s 80’s music and as a result is being charged with felony stalking.

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* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: In one of his efforts to prove the 80’s are still relevant and timeless, Peter plays up the Wille Coyote/Road Runner dynamic with the gopher from Caddyshack. This backfires for two reasons:

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* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: In order to impress a girl, Peter gives Chris a bunch of old 80’s movies and tells him to do what the characters did in those movies. Sometime later Joe brings Chris home and tells them he was standing outside a classmates window with a boombox playing 89’s music and as a result is being charged with felony stalking.
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In one of his efforts to prove the 80’s are still relevant and timeless, Peter plays up the Wille Coyote/Road Runner dynamic with the gopher from Caddyshack. This backfires for two reasons:
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* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: In one of his efforts to prove the 80’s are still relevant and timeless, Peter plays up the Wille Coyote/Road Runner dynamic with the gopher from Caddyshack. This backfires for two reasons:
** The Gopher, in clear violation of natural instinct, does his dance routine to Kenny Loggins “I’m Alright” leaving him exposed.
** Peter’s opening salvo to the routine is to kill the gopher with a rocket launcher. From a mere two feet away. Not only does the gopher end up as gore splattered everywhere and not only does the family admonish him for killing the poor animal, he’s the only one shocked the gopher didn’t get away in time.
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* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome:
** Chris trying to use techniques in 80s movies to woo a woman ends up with him getting arrested by Joe for stalking.
** Peter tries to prove '80s references are good by trying to kill the gopher from ''Film/{{Caddyshack}}'' with a [[NoKillLikeOverkill bazooka.]] And by try we mean he succeeded. He's the only one surprised by the messy results; everyone else [[WhatTheHellHero yells at him for killing the poor animal]].
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[This description was copied in violation of our Administrivia/{{Plagiarism}} policy. Please replace it Peter's obsession with original writing.]80's nostalgia goes out of control. Meanwhile, Stewie and Doug compete to climb a jungle gym.
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* TakeThat: When Peter tries to watch a Creator/ChristopherNolan movie, specifically ''Film/{{Tenet}}'', he remarks about now being lost on the movie, poking fun at how overly long and complex Nolan movies are.

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* TakeThat: When Peter tries to watch a Creator/ChristopherNolan movie, specifically ''Film/{{Tenet}}'', he remarks about now being lost on the movie, poking fun at how overly long and complex Nolan movies are.are.
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Peter's nostalgia for the '80s compels him to recreate iconic movie scenes from that decade; Stewie competes with Doug to retrieve a frisbee from the top of the jungle gym.

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Peter's nostalgia for the '80s compels him to recreate iconic movie scenes from that decade; Stewie competes [This description was copied in violation of our Administrivia/{{Plagiarism}} policy. Please replace it with Doug to retrieve a frisbee from the top of the jungle gym.original writing.]
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* TakeThat: When Peter tries to watch a Creator/ChristopherNolan movie, he remarks about now being lost on the movie, poking fun at how overly long and complex Nolan movies are.

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* TakeThat: When Peter tries to watch a Creator/ChristopherNolan movie, specifically ''Film/{{Tenet}}'', he remarks about now being lost on the movie, poking fun at how overly long and complex Nolan movies are.
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** Peter tries to prove '80s references are good by trying to kill the gopher from ''Film/{{Caddyshack}}'' with a bazooka. He's the only one surprised by the messy results; everyone else [[WhatTheHellHero yells at him for killing the poor animal]].

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** Peter tries to prove '80s references are good by trying to kill the gopher from ''Film/{{Caddyshack}}'' with a [[NoKillLikeOverkill bazooka.]] And by try we mean he succeeded. He's the only one surprised by the messy results; everyone else [[WhatTheHellHero yells at him for killing the poor animal]].
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* JerkassHasAPoint: While she spends the episode treating Peter like a dog and snapping at him, Lois is right about Peter's references being annoying.
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** Peter tries to prove '80s references are good by trying to kill the gopher from ''Film/{{Caddyshack}}'' with a bazooka. He's the only one surprised by the messy results; everyone else yells at him for killing the poor animal.

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** Peter tries to prove '80s references are good by trying to kill the gopher from ''Film/{{Caddyshack}}'' with a bazooka. He's the only one surprised by the messy results; everyone else [[WhatTheHellHero yells at him for killing the poor animal.animal]].
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** Stewie ends the episodes with his take of the ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'' "To Be Continued" meme, complete with "[[Music/{{Yes}} Roundabout]]" playing in the background.
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** Stewie ends the episodes with his take of the ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'' "To Be Continued" meme, complete with "[[Music/{{Yes}} Roundabout]]" playing in the background.

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* CharlieChaplinShoutOut: When trying out the 1910s, Peter dresses up as Charlie Chaplin and briefly imitates silent movies.



* DontExplainTheJoke: The ghost of Creator/JohnHughes gives Peter advice about how he should stop recreating a decade that's long past and try instead to forge his own path.
-->'''John Hughes:''' After all, [[Film/FerrisBuellersDayOff life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.]]\\
'''Peter:''' ''[excitedly]'' Yeah! Like your movie!



* OhCrap: Doug's reaction when he sees that Stewie has caught up with him to retake the frisbee.
* SelfDeprecation: Kenny Loggins appears in a cutaway to say he still supports Peter making '80s references because he gets enough money to buy a hot tub every time the show uses one of his songs. A shot of his deck shows several hot tubs, with a new one being installed.



* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Chris trying to use techniques in 80s movies to woo a woman ends up with him getting arrested by Joe for stalking.

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Chris trying to use techniques in 80s movies to woo a woman ends up with him getting arrested by Joe for stalking.stalking.
** Peter tries to prove '80s references are good by trying to kill the gopher from ''Film/{{Caddyshack}}'' with a bazooka. He's the only one surprised by the messy results; everyone else yells at him for killing the poor animal.
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* ComicallyMissingThePoint: Lois tells Peter to stop living in the 1980s, so Peter thinks she meant to live in a different decade. [[RunningGag A couple of times,]] Peter mentions this as what she meant, and Lois starts telling him that's not what she meant before Peter interrupts her.
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** When Stewie and Doug start their climbing, the crowd includes the Little Red Haired Girl from ''ComicStrips/{{Peanuts}}''.

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** When Stewie and Doug start their climbing, the crowd includes the Little Red Haired Girl from ''ComicStrips/{{Peanuts}}''.''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}''.

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* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Chris trying to use techniques in 80s movies to woo a woman ends up with hi getting arrested by Joe for stalking.

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** When Stewie and Doug start their climbing, the crowd includes the Little Red Haired Girl from ''ComicStrips/{{Peanuts}}''.
* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Chris trying to use techniques in 80s movies to woo a woman ends up with hi him getting arrested by Joe for stalking.
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* DrivenToSuicide:

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* DrivenToSuicide: Peter attempts this when he finally runs out of steam of referencing the 80s.
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Peter's nostalgia for the '80s compels him to recreate iconic movie scenes from that decade; Stewie competes with Doug to retrieve a frisbee from the top of the jungle gym.
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!!Tropes:
* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Stewie's attitude to Doug in the episode.
* DrivenToSuicide:
* HiddenDepths: Peter reveals to know how to ''legally'' drill a hole in the wall.
* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: Doug reveals himself to be one as he acts decent to Stewie when helping him when he gets stuck on the jungle gym, only to reveal that he was faking in order for Stewie to give up the frisbee and take credit for it. Later though, when Stewie saves him from falling off the jungle gym, he shares credit with him.
* ShaggyDogStory: When Stewie and Doug get the frisbee down, the kids down there don't really care since one claims they're diffent kids from before.
* ShoutOut: Countless media from past decades.
* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Chris trying to use techniques in 80s movies to woo a woman ends up with hi getting arrested by Joe for stalking.
* TakeThat: When Peter tries to watch a Creator/ChristopherNolan movie, he remarks about now being lost on the movie, poking fun at how overly long and complex Nolan movies are.

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