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Chris becomes a witnesses of a convenience store robbery and helps puts the robber behind bars. But once he breaks out of jail, the Griffins are put into the Witness Protection Program and relocated to the town of Bumblescum in the DeepSouth. There, Chris forms a budding relationship with the {{tomboy}}ish Sam, Peter and Brian recreate the General Lee from ''Series/TheDukesOfHazzard'', and Stewie takes up playing the banjo.

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Chris becomes a witnesses of a convenience store robbery and helps puts the robber behind bars. But once he breaks out of jail, jail and swears to kill Chris, the Griffins are put into the Witness Protection Program and relocated to the town of Bumblescum in the DeepSouth. There, Chris forms a budding relationship with the {{tomboy}}ish Sam, Peter and Brian recreate the General Lee from ''Series/TheDukesOfHazzard'', and Stewie takes up playing the banjo.
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* HillbillyIncest: The Griffin family moves to the town of Bumblescum in the DeepSouth. Meg ends up impressing the locals with her city-life intellect, and one of her new friends hopes that [[BrotherSisterIncest her brother hasn't already claimed dibs on her]].
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* AccidentalMisnaming: After Peter and Brian successfully gets air with their new ''Series/TheDukesOfHazzard'' rig, Peter asides:
-->'''Peter''': Next time, let's get Meg to be Boss Hogg, and Chris can be Anus!\\
'''Brian''': Enos.\\
'''Peter''': What did I say?\\
'''Brian''': Anus.\\
'''Peter''': ''(laughs)''
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* AnimalGoesToSchool: The school at Bumblescum has a simple farm pig named Oinkie. It's implied that it consistently scored higher than the students on tests.
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-->'''Herbert''': Haven't seen the newspaper in a couple days. Wanderin' if he ever wanna come by?\\
''(beep)''\\
'''Herbert''': Guess who? Sorry to leave you so many messages; just lonely here, thinkin' 'bout the muscly arm paperboy... wishin' he'd come by and bring me some good newwws!\\
''(beep)''\\
'''Herbert''': Where are ya?\\
''(beep)''\\
'''Herbert''': Oh, you're startin' to piss me off, you lil' pigly son-bitch. [[MoodWhiplash Call me!]]
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* OverlyLongGag: The end of the episode sees the Griffins returning to their house in Quahog, only to find that their answering machine has ''113'' new messages, all apparently being from [[DirtyOldMan Herbert]]. The Griffins stand in understandably awkward silence as he repeatedly calls wondering where Chris is.

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* FloorboardFailure:
** Upon the Griffins' first introduction to [[TheAllegedHouse their crappy new house]], Peter suddenly falls into the floor, [[UnusuallyUninterestingSight casually remarking]] "There's a penny underneath the couch." [[BrickJoke Not long afterwards]], while exploring the upstairs, Peter crashes through and falls into the floor of the kitchen below (remarking "There's a Crunch Berry under the fridge."
** Late in the episode, when the criminal arrives at the town bridge to kill Chris, his attempt to shoot him is foiled when his foot suddenly goes through a plank, causing him to drop his gun into the water. Unfortunately, Peter's sheriff gun is jammed (and it turns out occupied by [[RunningGag a raccoon ready to maul him]]), so the crook instead opts to run up to Chris and strangle him to death.



* StrangelySpecificHoroscope: The episode has a criminal robbing a convenience store, but he's told that the cash register won't open unless he makes a purchase.
-->'''Crook:''' Alright, give me one of those Horoscope scrolls! ..."Financial transaction benefits you today." ''[[LampshadeHanging (amused)]]'' Ooooh!
-->'''Clerk:''' ''(with the same amused tone)'' Weirrrrrd!



** Peter chides Chris for not claiming that the robber of the convenience store was Celine Dion, calling the opportunity “our one chance to put that show-boating Canadian wench behind bars.”

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** Peter chides Chris for not claiming that the robber of the convenience store was Celine Dion, calling the opportunity “our "our one chance to put that show-boating Canadian wench behind bars."
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* StrangelySpecificHoroscope: During the robbery that kickstarts the episode, the crook is told that the cash register won't open unless he makes a purchase. He briefly plays along to buy a horoscope scroll.
-->'''Crook:''' ..."Financial transaction benefits you today"? ''(amused)'' [[LampshadeHanging Ooooh!]]\\
'''Clerk:''' ''([[ActuallyPrettyFunny also amused]])'' Weird!
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* BaitAndSwitch: Chris claims during his rumination on what to do with Sam "I haven't been this confused since the end of ''Film/{{No Way Out|1987}}''!" The cutaway reveals that he's ''not'' referring to the movie's famous TwistEnding -- rather, "[[TakeThat How does Kevin Costner keep getting work?!]]"

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* TheAllegedHouse: When the Griffins arrive at their new worn-out house, Meg asks if it is their house out of shock. Lois assures them that if they fix it up a little bit, "it could be a piece of crap". Cut to the inside, it is a piece of crap. With Lois complaining about the bad smell which Brian thinks could be bad meat or good cheese, a smoky oven, a bad comedian hiding in the closet, weak floors that Peter falls through, a jar in the basement with a hand in it, a raccoon that jumps out of the TV to attack Peter and an outhouse that gets tipped over.



* HorribleHousing: When the Griffins arrive at their new worn-out house, Meg asks if it is their house out of shock. Lois assures them that if they fix it up a little bit, "it could be a piece of crap". Cut to the inside, it is a piece of crap. With Lois complaining about the bad smell which Brian thinks could be bad meat or good cheese, a smoky oven, a bad comedian hiding in the closet, weak floors that Peter falls through, a jar in the basement with a hand in it, a raccoon that jumps out of the TV to attack Peter and an outhouse that gets tipped over.
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* ContraltoOfDanger: Sam uses one, but when it is revealed that she's a girl, she uses a slightly less gruff sounding voice to reflect this.
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* PokingDeadThingsWithAStick: Chris and his new friend, Sam, have fun poking a dead body with a stick during their first meeting.
--> '''Chris:''' You know, it's true. The best things in life really are free. ''[Poke, poke]''

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'''Original air date''': November 15, 2001

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'''Original air date''': November 15, 2001
date:''' 11/15/2001

'''Production code:''' 3ACX-09
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* HorribleHousing: When the Griffins arrive at their new worn-out house, Meg asks if it is their house out of shock. Lois assures them that if they fix it up a little bit, "it could be a piece of crap". Cut to the inside, it is a piece of crap. With Lois complaining about the bad smell which Brian thinks could be bad meat or good cheese, a smoky oven, a bad comedian hiding in the closet, weak floors that Peter falls through, a jar in the basement with a hand in it, a raccoon that jumps out of the TV to attack Peter and an outhouse that gets tipped over.
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** Chris' reaction after seeing ''Film/NoWayOut''? "How does Creator/KevinCostner keep getting work?!"

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** Chris' reaction after seeing ''Film/NoWayOut''? ''Film/NoWayOut1987''? "How does Creator/KevinCostner keep getting work?!"
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** The historically inaccurate Civil War play the locals put on is a huge swipe at Lost Cause revisionism.


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* TruthInTelevision: The historically inaccurate Civil War play is a (highly exaggerated) depiction of the tropes of Lost Cause revisionism: Lee being portrayed as an honorable man, while Grant is depicted as a disgusting drunken butcher.
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* MistakenForPedophile: Played for a CutawayGag while describing Peter's previous bad luck at getting jobs. During an interview, the boss asks him "Where do you see yourself in five years?"
-->'''Peter's Mind''': Don't say "Doin' your wife," don't say "Doin' your wife," don't say "Doin' your wife!"\\
'''Peter''': [[FreudianSlip Doin' your]]... ''(glances over at a photo of the boss with his wife and child)'' ...son?\\
''(boss shoots Peter a ''very'' confused look)''
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*** Similarly, the show pauses with the car in mid-air and The Balladeer gives some narration before a commercial break. This was done frequently on ''The Dukes of Hazzard''. Waylon Jennings even reprises the role.

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*** Similarly, the show pauses with the car in mid-air and The Balladeer gives some narration before a commercial break. This was done frequently on ''The Dukes of Hazzard''. Waylon Jennings Music/WaylonJennings even reprises the role.
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** Peter paints his car to resemble the General Lee, the Dukes' iconic car from ''Series/TheDukesOfHazzard''.
*** Similarly, the show pauses with the car in mid-air and The Balladeer gives some narration before a commercial break. This was done frequently on ''The Dukes of Hazzard''. Waylon Jennings even reprises the role.
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* AbsurdlyYouthfulMother: After Meg tells her friends that brother is going to be killed, a ''five year old girl'' tells Meg that she has a daughter of her own who would most likely grow up to admire Meg.

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* AbsurdlyYouthfulMother: After Meg tells her friends that brother Chris is going to be killed, a ''five year old girl'' tells Meg that she has a daughter of her own who would most likely grow up to admire Meg.

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* AbsurdlyYouthfulMother: After Meg tells her friends that brother is going to be killed, a ''five year old girl'' tells Meg that she has a daughter of her own who would most likely grow up to admire Meg.



* TeenPregnancy: [[BlackComedy A horrifically yet hilariously dark example]]. After Meg tells her friends that brother is going to be killed, a ''five year old girl'' tells Meg that she has a daughter of her own who would most likely grow up to admire Meg.
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* CrossdressingVoices: Invoked with Sam. When she wears boyish clothing, she uses a [[TomboyishVoice tomboyish]] ContraltoOfDanger. When she is revealed to be a girl, her voice is slightly higher to reflect that she's a girl.
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* RunningGag: Peter is attacked by a raccoon leaping out of increasingly bizarre hiding places, including a handgun that's obviously impossible to hold it.

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* RunningGag: Peter is attacked by a raccoon leaping out of increasingly bizarre hiding places, including a handgun that's obviously impossible to hold it.it, and even inside ''Lois' shirt,'' [[FailedASpotCheck which she somehow never felt the creature inside]].

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