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* BeatWithoutABut: After Mayor West rolls around in radioactive waste to get superpowers like the Griffins, [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome but just ends up with lymphoma]]:
--->'''Hartman:''' What in God's name were you trying to prove?\\
'''West:''' I was trying to gain superpowers.\\
'''Hartman:''' Well, that's just silly! \\
'''West:''' Silly, yes. Idiotic, yes.\\
''[after a long {{beat}}, the scene ends]''
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* LiterallyFallingThroughTheCracks: After being turned into a BlobMonster by his final wish, Peter quickly discovers he can't ride an escalator without getting dragged underneath it. Later, horribly depressed by all the downsides of his condition, he pulls the plug in his bath and literally goes down the drain. He's so fluid that he ends up going all the way through the sewers intact, eventually winding up in Hollywood.
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* RadiationInducedSuperpowers: The Griffins get superpowers from exposure to radioactive waste. Unfortunately when Mayor West tries the same thing it doesn't work out so well for hiim.

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* HeroAntagonist: Mayor West, sort of. He attempts to take action against the Griffins himself, only to end up sick after rolling in toxic waste.



* VillainProtagonist: The Griffins themselves. They only use their superpowers for selfish or reckless reasons, and their hunger for power turn them into straight up supervillains by the end. They eventually learn their lesson, though.

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* VillainProtagonist: The Griffins themselves. They only use their superpowers for selfish or reckless reasons, and their hunger for power turn turns them into straight up supervillains by the end. They eventually learn their lesson, though.

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* ActorAllusion: Mayor West assures the town that he's capable of defeating the Griffins, since [[Series/Batman1966 he's fought superbeings before]].



* MyBrainIsBig: Stewie as a result of the toxic waste exposure
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: After Mayor West got lymphoma from bathing in toxic waste in an attempt to combat them, the Griffins decided to stop their megalomania and help him recover.

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* MyBrainIsBig: Stewie as a result of the toxic waste exposure
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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: After Mayor West got gets lymphoma from bathing in toxic waste in an attempt to combat them, the Griffins decided decide to stop their megalomania and help him recover.



* SuperpowerLottery: Meg is the clear loser, compared to the rest of the family (and just in general).

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* SuperpowerLottery: Meg is the clear loser, compared to the rest of the family (and just in general). All she gets are extended fingernails that barely qualify as WolverineClaws.



* VillainProtagonist: The Griffins themselves. They only use their superpowers for selfish or reckless reasons, and their hunger for power turn them into straight up supervillains by the end. They eventually learn their lesson, though.



* AffectionateParody: ''Film/TheLittleRascals''

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* AffectionateParody: ''Film/TheLittleRascals''Of ''Film/TheLittleRascals''.
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* KingOfTheDinosaurs: Peter morphs into a ''Tyrannosaurus'' when the Griffins storm the town meeting.
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** Chris setting his friend on fire because he called him "Chris Grissle" years ago, which he barely even remembers.

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** Chris setting his friend on fire because he called him "Chris Grissle" Gristle" years ago, which he barely even remembers.

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'''Airdate:''' February 14, 2002

In this, the first series finale (now considered a [[SeriesFauxnale fauxnale]]), Brian and Stewie show three stories based on viewer requests. In "No Bones About It," a genie grants Peter three wishes...one of which leaves Peter a boneless blob, in "Super Griffins," the family gets hit with radioactive waste and gain superhero powers (but don't use them for good), and Peter and the other adults of Quahog are troublemaking children in the ''Our Gang'' parody, "L'il Griffins."

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'''Airdate:''' February 14, 2002

In this, the first series finale (now considered a [[SeriesFauxnale fauxnale]]),
'''Original air date:''' 2/14/2002 ''(produced in 2001)''

'''Production code:''' 3ACX-12

Brian and Stewie show three stories based on viewer requests. In "No Bones About It," a genie grants Peter three wishes...one of which leaves Peter a boneless blob, in "Super Griffins," the family gets hit with radioactive waste and gain superhero powers (but don't use them for good), and Peter and the other adults of Quahog are troublemaking children in the ''Our Gang'' parody, "L'il Griffins."



* SeriesFauxnale: Not counting the banned episode, "[[Recap/FamilyGuyS3E22WhenYouwishUponAWeinstein When You Wish Upon a Weinstein]]"[[note]]which was supposed to air in 2000, before airing years later as a result of being banned[[/note]], this was the last episode to air before the show was {{Uncanceled}} in 2005.

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* SeriesFauxnale: Not counting the banned episode, "[[Recap/FamilyGuyS3E22WhenYouwishUponAWeinstein When You Wish Upon a Weinstein]]"[[note]]which was supposed to air in 2000, before airing years later in 2003 as a result of being banned[[/note]], this was the last episode to air before the show was {{Uncanceled}} in 2005.{{Uncanceled}}.

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* MyBrainIsBig: Stewie
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: The Griffins when they learn that Mayor West got lymphoma, and stop their megalomania to help him recover.

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* MyBrainIsBig: Stewie
Stewie as a result of the toxic waste exposure
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: The Griffins when they learn that After Mayor West got lymphoma, and lymphoma from bathing in toxic waste in an attempt to combat them, the Griffins decided to stop their megalomania to and help him recover. recover.
* SuperpowersForADay: The premise of this short is that the Griffins gain superpowers from being showered in toxic waste.



* ToxicWasteCanDoAnything: Zigzagged. The Griffins gain superpowers from being drenched by radioactive waste, while Mayor Adam West just gets lymphoma.

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* ToxicWasteCanDoAnything: Zigzagged.ZigZagged. The Griffins gain superpowers from being drenched by radioactive waste, while Mayor Adam West just gets lymphoma.



* WolverineClaws: Meg, though considering her role as the show's ButtMonkey-cum-ChewToy, her Wolverine claws don't actually hurt anyone. They leave a scratch that's kind of bleeding and kind of hurts, but not really. They also work great for making little kids cry by popping their balloons.
-->"Ouch, though!"

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* WolverineClaws: Meg, though considering her role as {{Downplayed}}. Meg gets something similar, but because she is the show's ButtMonkey-cum-ChewToy, resident ButtMonkey, her Wolverine claws don't actually hurt anyone. They just leave a scratch that's kind of bleeding and kind of hurts, but not really. They also work great for making little kids cry by popping their balloons.
-->"Ouch, though!"
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* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Upon becoming a blob, Peter has to essentially slither his body across the ground to move. This results in him becoming filthy to the point where he has to take twelve baths a day.
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* DidntThinkThisThrough: Two of Peter's wishes are very ​poorly thought-out:

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* DidntThinkThisThrough: BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Two of Peter's wishes are very ​poorly thought-out:

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* DidntThinkThisThrough: After being threatened to have all of his bones broken by a random guy on the bus, Peter wishes he didn't have any bones to break. This results in Peter being turned into a boneless blob who needs his family to take care of him 24/7.

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* DidntThinkThisThrough: Two of Peter's wishes are very ​poorly thought-out:
** His second wish is to have his own theme music. It sounds fun at first, but it annoys other people and he can't turn it off, causing him to get threatened by a man on the bus which in turn causes him to make a poorly thought-out third wish.
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After being threatened to have all of his bones broken by a random guy man on the bus, Peter wishes uses his third wish to ensure he didn't doesn't have any bones to break. This results in Peter being turned into a boneless blob who needs his family to take care of him 24/7.



* HumanoidAbomination: Creator/KellyRipa turns out to be a Cthulu-esque monster who eats human hearts when off the set.



* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Upon becoming a blob, Peter has to essentially slither his body everywhere he goes. This results in him becoming filthy to the point where he has to take twelve baths every day.

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* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Upon becoming a blob, Peter has to essentially slither his body everywhere he goes. across the ground to move. This results in him becoming filthy to the point where he has to take twelve baths every a day.




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* ThreeWishes: Peter gets three wishes from the genie of the (beer) bottle. His first wish is to see what Creator/KellyRipa looks like off-stage, his second wish is to have his own theme music, and his third wish is to have no bones.

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* DidntThinkThisThrough: After being threatened to have all of his bones broken by a random guy on the bus, Peter wishes he didn't have any bones to break. This results in Peter being turned into a boneless blob who needs his family to take care of him 24/7.



* InkSuitActor: The man who threatens to beat up Peter is modeled after and voiced by wrestler Bill Goldberg.

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* InkSuitActor: The man who threatens to beat up Peter is modeled after and voiced by wrestler Bill Goldberg.{{Wrestling/Goldberg}}.
* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Upon becoming a blob, Peter has to essentially slither his body everywhere he goes. This results in him becoming filthy to the point where he has to take twelve baths every day.


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* SeriesFauxnale: Not counting the BannedEpisode, "[[Recap/FamilyGuyS3E22WhenYouwishUponAWeinstein When You Wish Upon a Weinstein]]"[[note]]which was supposed to air in 2000, before airing years later as a result of being banned[[/note]], this was the last episode to air before the show was {{Uncanceled}} in 2005.

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* SeriesFauxnale: Not counting the BannedEpisode, banned episode, "[[Recap/FamilyGuyS3E22WhenYouwishUponAWeinstein When You Wish Upon a Weinstein]]"[[note]]which was supposed to air in 2000, before airing years later as a result of being banned[[/note]], this was the last episode to air before the show was {{Uncanceled}} in 2005.



* RealityEnsues: Mayor West exposes himself to radioactive waste in an attempt to gain superpowers which he can use to fight the Griffins. He ends up getting lymphoma.


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* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Mayor West exposes himself to radioactive waste in an attempt to gain superpowers which he can use to fight the Griffins. He ends up getting lymphoma.

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* KingOfTheDinosaurs: Peter morphs into a ''Tyrannosaurus'' when the Griffins storm the town meeting.



* TyrannosaurusRex: This is one of Peter's morphs.
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* SeriesFauxnale: This and the "Road to Europe" episodes were the last ones to air until the show returned in 2005 (though on the DVD, the final episode to air before the 2005 revival was the BannedEpisode, "[[Recap/FamilyGuyS3E22WhenYouwishUponAWeinstein When You Wish Upon a Weinstein]]")

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* SeriesFauxnale: This and the "Road to Europe" episodes were the last ones to air until the show returned in 2005 (though on the DVD, the final episode to air before the 2005 revival was Not counting the BannedEpisode, "[[Recap/FamilyGuyS3E22WhenYouwishUponAWeinstein When You Wish Upon a Weinstein]]")Weinstein]]"[[note]]which was supposed to air in 2000, before airing years later as a result of being banned[[/note]], this was the last episode to air before the show was {{Uncanceled}} in 2005.
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* ActionPolitican: Mayor West is the only Quahog resident who tries to deal with the Griffins terrorizing the city. He utterly fails, but full props for trying.

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* ActionPolitican: ActionPolitician: Mayor West is the only Quahog resident who tries to deal with the Griffins terrorizing the city. He utterly fails, but full props for trying.

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* ActionPolitican: Mayor West is the only Quahog resident who tries to deal with the Griffins terrorizing the city. He utterly fails, but full props for trying.



* HeartIsAnAwesomePower: Meg uses her ability to grow her fingernails to hurt a guy who mocks her. When Tom Tucker shows a montage of the Griffins terrorizing Quahog, Meg is seen popping a baby's balloon.



* ToxicWasteCanDoAnything: Zigzagged. The Griffins gain superpowers from being drenched by radioactive waste, while Mayor Adam West just gets lymphoma.



* WolverineClaws: Meg, though considering her role as the show's ButtMonkey-cum-ChewToy, her Wolverine claws don't actually hurt anyone. They leave a scratch that's kind of bleeding and kind of hurts, but not really.

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* WolverineClaws: Meg, though considering her role as the show's ButtMonkey-cum-ChewToy, her Wolverine claws don't actually hurt anyone. They leave a scratch that's kind of bleeding and kind of hurts, but not really. They also work great for making little kids cry by popping their balloons.
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* DisproportionateRetribution: Chris mentions that a friend of his beat him up because he lost his shoe in Peter's boneless body.

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* DisproportionateRetribution: Chris mentions that a friend of his beat him up because he lost his shoe in Peter's boneless body.body and his mom got angry at him.



** Chris setting his friend on fire because he called him "Chris Grissle" years ago.

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** Chris setting his friend on fire because he called him "Chris Grissle" years ago.ago, which he barely even remembers.
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* HeManWomanHater: Peter and Quagmire, who are members of of "We Hate Broads Club".

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* HeManWomanHater: Peter and Quagmire, who are members of of the "We Hate Broads Club".

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* [[YMMV/FamilyGuyS3E21FamilyGuyViewerMailOne YMMV for this episode goes here]]

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* [[YMMV/FamilyGuyS3E21FamilyGuyViewerMailOne YMMV for this episode goes here]]
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* SeriesFauxnale: This and the "Road to Europe" episodes were the last ones to air until the show returned in 2005 (though on the DVD, the final episode to air before the 2005 revival was the BannedEpisode, "When You Wish Upon a Weinstein")

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* SeriesFauxnale: This and the "Road to Europe" episodes were the last ones to air until the show returned in 2005 (though on the DVD, the final episode to air before the 2005 revival was the BannedEpisode, "When "[[Recap/FamilyGuyS3E22WhenYouwishUponAWeinstein When You Wish Upon a Weinstein")Weinstein]]")
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* SuperpowerLottery: Meg is the clear loser, compared to the rest of the family (and just in general).
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-->"Ouch, though!"
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* EveryoneLaughEnding: How the segment ends.

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* EveryoneLaughEnding: EverybodyLaughsEnding: How the segment ends.
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* EverybodyLaughEnding: How the segment ends.

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* EverybodyLaughEnding: EveryoneLaughEnding: How the segment ends.

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* EverybodyLaughEnding: How the segment ends.



* WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity

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* WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanityWithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity: The segment in a nutshell. The Griffins to crazy with their powers and learn to use them responsibly.
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* FunnyBackgroundEvent: Near the end, when Mayor West runs off the stage, you can see an audience member grabbing a woman's ass.

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* FunnyBackgroundEvent: Near the end, when Mayor West runs off the stage, you can see an audience member grabbing a woman's ass. Doubles as a FreezeFrameBonus since it happens so fast.
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* RealityEnsues: Mayor West exposes himself to radioactive waste in an attempt to gain superpowers. He ends up getting lymphoma.

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* RealityEnsues: Mayor West exposes himself to radioactive waste in an attempt to gain superpowers.superpowers which he can use to fight the Griffins. He ends up getting lymphoma.

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