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* FauxHorrific: The characters reaction to the New Yorkers’ arrival in the cold open.
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'''Original air date:''' 8/22/2001 ''(produced in 2000)''
'''Production code:''' 2ACX-18
'''Production code:''' 2ACX-18
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* HalfwayPlotSwitch: ''Twice!'' The episode goes from being about New York tourists invading Quahog to Lois becoming more aggressive after getting a black belt to the Griffin family dealing with their mutually repressed anger.
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[[caption-width-right:242:[[BlatantLies One big happy family!]]]]
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* DramaticIrony: Lois and Peter believe Stewie striking the latter to be the first violent thing he's ever done and that he only did this because Lois practised martial arts. Anyone who's watched ''one episode'' of the series so far will know that Stewie always had ideas of inflicting harm on others without outside influence, and very often has acted on it.
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* AuthorsRetaliation: Peter expresses his frustration with Creator/Fox. Lois warns him that he shouldn't, but Peter scoffs, "What're they gonna do, cut our budget?" He then walks to the kitchen... with only one animation frame with very rough movement.
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* AuthorsRetaliation: Peter expresses his frustration with Creator/Fox.Creator/{{Fox}}. Lois warns him that he shouldn't, but Peter scoffs, "What're they gonna do, cut our budget?" He then walks to the kitchen... with only one animation frame with very rough movement.
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* HypocriticalHumor: "Nobody walks all over my wife because I won't let 'em" "Peter..." "Quiet, men are talking"
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* AcquaintedWithEmergencyServices: Quagmire's window slams on his bladder and he calls 911 for assistance. Based on his line "It's in a window this time." it appears that he's a frequently caller.
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* AcquaintedWithEmergencyServices: Quagmire's window slams on his bladder [[GroinAttack junk]] and he calls 911 for assistance. Based on his line "It's in a window this time." it appears that he's a frequently caller.
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* BigBrotherBully: Inverted; Chris draws pictures of Meg with a pig's body.
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* BigBrotherBully: Inverted; Chris Chris, the younger brother, draws pictures of Meg with a pig's body.
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* NoodleIncident: When Peter holds a "Fight the ass kicking wife stand" Lois says she's not a sideshow attraction anymore. Then it shows a clip of Lois as a midget cave person bouncing on a trampoline chanting "Me Likey Bouncy!". Later at The Drunken Clam, Peter offers to take her to the Olive Garden Italian Restaurant. Lois starts chanting "Me Likey Breadsticks!" before getting herself under control.
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* NoodleIncident: When Peter holds a "Fight the ass kicking wife stand" Lois says she's not a sideshow attraction anymore. Then it shows a clip of Lois as a midget feral cave person bouncing on a trampoline chanting "Me Likey Bouncy!". likey bouncy!". Later at The the Drunken Clam, Peter offers to take her to the Olive Garden Italian Restaurant. Lois starts chanting "Me Likey Breadsticks!" likey breadsticks!" before getting herself under control.
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* ViolenceReallyIsTheAnswer: After countless anger management techniques, the Griffin family snaps and resolve their anger by beating each other up.
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* ViolenceReallyIsTheAnswer: After countless anger management techniques, the Griffin family snaps and resolve their anger by beating each other up.up.
* ZanyScheme: Peter claims that his plan to get rid of the New York tourists who come during the fall is so brilliant that his brain would explode just by thinking about it. However, the following scene shows him behaving as silly as usual.
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* ZanyScheme: Peter claims that his plan to get rid of the New York tourists who come during the fall is so brilliant that his brain would explode just by thinking about it. However, the following scene shows him behaving as silly as usual.
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* AcquaintedWithEmergencyServices: Quagmire's window slams on his bladder and he calls 911 for assistance. Based on his line "It's in a window this time." it appears that he's a frequently caller.
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Chris is younger
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* AuthorsRetaliation: Peter expresses his frustration with Creator/Fox. Lois warns him that he shouldn't, but Peter scoffs, "What're they gonna do, cut our budget?" He then walks to the kitchen... with only one animation frame with very rough movement.
* BigBrotherBully: Inverted; Chris draws pictures of Meg with a pig's body.
* BigBrotherBully: Inverted; Chris draws pictures of Meg with a pig's body.
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* Curb-Stomp Cushion: Though Peter is obviously overwhelmed by Lois’s Taijutsu skills near the end of their fight, he doesn’t go down without a few good hits here and there.
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* Curb-Stomp Cushion: CurbStompCushion: Though Peter is obviously overwhelmed by Lois’s Taijutsu skills near the end of their fight, he doesn’t go down without a few good hits here and there.
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* CurbStompCushion: Though Peter is obviously overwhelmed by Lois’s Taijutsu skills near the end of their fight, he doesn’t go down without a few good hits here and there.
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* CurbStompCushion: Curb-Stomp Cushion: Though Peter is obviously overwhelmed by Lois’s Taijutsu skills near the end of their fight, he doesn’t go down without a few good hits here and there.
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* Curb-Stomp Cushion: Though Peter is obviously overwhelmed by Lois’s Taijutsu skills near the end of their fight, he doesn’t go down without a few good hits here and there.
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* Curb-Stomp Cushion: CurbStompCushion: Though Peter is obviously overwhelmed by Lois’s Taijutsu skills near the end of their fight, he doesn’t go down without a few good hits here and there.
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* BigBrotherBully: Chris draws pictures of Meg with a pig's body.
* FakeHigh: While under the influence of Brian’s “mood-enhancing pills,” the Griffins imitate South African mbube group Ladysmith Black Mambazo.
* NoodleIncident: When Peter holds a "Fight the ass kicking wife stand" Lois says she's not a sideshow attraction anymore. Then it shows a clip of Lois as a midget cave person bouncing on a trampoline chanting "Me Likey Bouncy!". Later at The Drunken Clam, Peter offers to take her to the Olive Garden Italian Restaurant. Lois starts chanting "Me Likey Breadsticks!" before getting herself under control.
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** A few of the characters that Lois fights off at the Drunken Clam are [[Film/SupermanII General Zod, Ursa, and Non]]. She even sends them flying off into the Phantom Zone.
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** A At the bar, Peter says “Krypton sucks,” and a few of the characters that Lois fights off at the Drunken Clam are [[Film/SupermanII General Zod, Ursa, and Non]]. She even sends them flying off into the Phantom Zone.
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** The part where Lois grabs Peter’s crotch and says “This is mine! This is where my babies come from!” is a reference to a real incident that happened between O.J. Simpson and Nicole Brown Simpson when they were still married.
** Peter calls Lois “Martin Mull” because of her bleaching the facial hair in her upper lip. Mull is notable for sporting a blond upper lip mustache and has guest-starred in the show in "If I'm Dyin', I'm Lyin'".
** While the family lists derogatory terms for a fat person, Stewie shouts “country virtuoso Roy Clark.”
** In Stewie’s fantasy radio program, he interviews deceased variety show host Ed Sullivan and then imitates a commercial for the board game Operation.
** Peter watches a fictitious sequel to the film Speed 2: Cruise Control, titled Speed 3: Glacier of Doom.
** Peter calls Lois “Martin Mull” because of her bleaching the facial hair in her upper lip. Mull is notable for sporting a blond upper lip mustache and has guest-starred in the show in "If I'm Dyin', I'm Lyin'".
** While the family lists derogatory terms for a fat person, Stewie shouts “country virtuoso Roy Clark.”
** In Stewie’s fantasy radio program, he interviews deceased variety show host Ed Sullivan and then imitates a commercial for the board game Operation.
** Peter watches a fictitious sequel to the film Speed 2: Cruise Control, titled Speed 3: Glacier of Doom.
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** While voicing the “man-eating tree,” Peter claims he ate “insane New York anchorman Dan Rather” and “asexual former Mayor Ed Koch.”
** Cleveland says that protesters at the Million Man March set fire to their port-a-potties.
** Cleveland says that protesters at the Million Man March set fire to their port-a-potties.
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* Curb-Stomp Cushion: Though Peter is obviously overwhelmed by Lois’s Taijutsu skills near the the end of their fight, he doesn’t go down without a few good hits here and there.
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* Curb-Stomp Cushion: Though Peter is obviously overwhelmed by Lois’s Taijutsu skills near the the end of their fight, he doesn’t go down without a few good hits here and there.
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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: When Stewie knocks Peter out with a baseball bat, Lois comes to the horrible realization that she brought violence into the family with her taijutsu (it was ''really'' because [[EnfantTerrible Stewie was already evil and he was feeling petty]], but that's neither here nor there) and immediately meets up with a family therapist.
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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: When Stewie knocks Peter out with a baseball bat, Lois comes to the horrible realization that she brought violence into the family with her taijutsu (it was ''really'' because [[EnfantTerrible Stewie was already evil and he was feeling petty]], but that's neither here nor there) and immediately meets up with a family therapist.
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* FeelingTheBabyKick: Bonnie feels her baby kicking and invites Peter to feel it. Because she had been taking taijutsu lessons, the unborn child gives Peter one hell of a kick to the face.
-->'''Peter:''' Oh, you are freakin' dead, kid!
-->'''Peter:''' Oh, you are freakin' dead, kid!
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* DoubleStandardRapeFemaleOnMale: Surprisingly {{downplayed|Trope}}: After winning a tijitsu match, Lois demands sex from Peter and doesn't care if he's unwilling to consent or not. While Peter's awkward, scarred behavior in the morning is played somewhat for laughs, Brian expresses immediate concern when Peter explains what happened. Said behavior inadvertently provokes Stewie into smacking Peter in the head with a baseball bat, [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone in turn causing Lois to realize that her aggression was negatively impacting her family.]]
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* DoubleStandardRapeFemaleOnMale: Surprisingly {{downplayed|Trope}}: After winning a tijitsu tijutsu match, Lois demands sex from Peter and doesn't care if he's unwilling to consent or not. While Peter's awkward, scarred behavior in the morning is played somewhat for laughs, Brian expresses immediate concern when Peter explains what happened. Said behavior inadvertently provokes Stewie into smacking Peter in the head with a baseball bat, [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone in turn causing Lois to realize that her aggression was negatively impacting her family.]]
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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: When Stewie knocks Peter out with a baseball bat, Lois comes to the horrible realization that she brought violence into the family with her taijutsu (it was ''really'' because [[EnfantTerrible Stewie was already evil and he was feeling petty]], but that's neither here nor there) and immediately meets up with a family therapist.
* ShoutOut:
** The title is an obvious reference to ''Film/LethalWeapon''.
** Peter says in one line that "Brothers and sisters fighting is as natural as a white man's dialog in a Creator/SpikeLee movie," followed by a cutaway specifically referencing ''Film/DoTheRightThing''.
** Lois at one points comments that she's cutting loose, just like "Creator/JulieAndrews in that movie where she shows her breasts." [[BaitAndSwitch The following gag is not of]] ''Film/{{SOB}}'', but ''Film/MaryPoppins''.
** "Come one, come all! She [[UsefulNotes/MuhammadAli floats like a butterfly, stings like]] when I pee!"
** A few of the characters that Lois fights off at the Drunken Clam are [[Film/SupermanII General Zod, Ursa, and Non]]. She even sends them flying off into the Phantom Zone.
** At one point, Peter calls Lois' sensei Creator/RalphMacchio, no doubt a reference to his role in ''Film/TheKarateKid1984''.
** During her TrainingMontage, Lois is shown [[ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}} trying and failing to kick a football being held down by Lucy von Pelt]].
** Once she prepares to fight her sensei, Lois' PreAsskickingOneLiner is "[[Film/MadMaxBeyondThunderdome spin the wheel, raggedy man!]]"
** "Ooh, look at me! I'm insane! I'm Creator/MartinLawrence on a bender!"
* TakeThat: The plot gets kicked off by the arrival of New Yorkers, derisively called "leafers", arriving to Rhode Island in droves to see the autumn leaves. The episode pulls no punches in showing how obnoxious the New England-native writing team thinks they are. In a more pointed jab:
-->'''Peter''': Look at the garbage those damn leafers dumped on our lawn! New York Post, New York Magazine, [[UsefulNotes/MLBTeams the New York Mets]]...
* ShoutOut:
** The title is an obvious reference to ''Film/LethalWeapon''.
** Peter says in one line that "Brothers and sisters fighting is as natural as a white man's dialog in a Creator/SpikeLee movie," followed by a cutaway specifically referencing ''Film/DoTheRightThing''.
** Lois at one points comments that she's cutting loose, just like "Creator/JulieAndrews in that movie where she shows her breasts." [[BaitAndSwitch The following gag is not of]] ''Film/{{SOB}}'', but ''Film/MaryPoppins''.
** "Come one, come all! She [[UsefulNotes/MuhammadAli floats like a butterfly, stings like]] when I pee!"
** A few of the characters that Lois fights off at the Drunken Clam are [[Film/SupermanII General Zod, Ursa, and Non]]. She even sends them flying off into the Phantom Zone.
** At one point, Peter calls Lois' sensei Creator/RalphMacchio, no doubt a reference to his role in ''Film/TheKarateKid1984''.
** During her TrainingMontage, Lois is shown [[ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}} trying and failing to kick a football being held down by Lucy von Pelt]].
** Once she prepares to fight her sensei, Lois' PreAsskickingOneLiner is "[[Film/MadMaxBeyondThunderdome spin the wheel, raggedy man!]]"
** "Ooh, look at me! I'm insane! I'm Creator/MartinLawrence on a bender!"
* TakeThat: The plot gets kicked off by the arrival of New Yorkers, derisively called "leafers", arriving to Rhode Island in droves to see the autumn leaves. The episode pulls no punches in showing how obnoxious the New England-native writing team thinks they are. In a more pointed jab:
-->'''Peter''': Look at the garbage those damn leafers dumped on our lawn! New York Post, New York Magazine, [[UsefulNotes/MLBTeams the New York Mets]]...
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* BitingTheHandHumor: After the family has their big fight scene, the family contemplates what even provoked the violence in their system they just spent getting out, which Lois hypothesizes is [[NewMediaAreEvil the violent TV they watch.]] Peter takes it a step further and shames [[Creator/{{Fox}} the network]] that allows such "junk" on the air, which Lois advises against, to which Peter responds incredulously by saying [[TemptingFate "What are they gonna do? Cut our budget?"]] The final few seconds of the episode ends with ''extremely'' LimitedAnimation.
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* FantasticRacism: The Quahog residents are this way to the New York tourists.
* FantasticRacism: The Quahog residents are this way to the New York tourists.
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* DoubleStandardRapeFemaleOnMale: Surprisingly {{downplayed|Trope}}: After winning a tijitsu match, Lois demands sex from Peter and doesn't care if he is he's unwilling to consent or not.
* FantasticRacism: The Quahog residents are this way tonot. While Peter's awkward, scarred behavior in the New York tourists.morning is played somewhat for laughs, Brian expresses immediate concern when Peter explains what happened. Said behavior inadvertently provokes Stewie into smacking Peter in the head with a baseball bat, [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone in turn causing Lois to realize that her aggression was negatively impacting her family.]]
* FantasticRacism: The Quahog residents are this way to
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* TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior: Lois believes Stewie's anger outburst to being this after he hits Peter with a baseball bat and assaults a therapist. Stewie claims, technically, his first troubling act of violence was when he left a bomb ticking in his mother's uterus before he was born. Then he wishes her a 50th birthday, claiming that she's to die that age when the bomb detonates. The adults are all oblivious to this.
* TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior: Lois believes Stewie's anger outburst to being this after he hits Peter with a baseball bat and assaults a therapist. Stewie claims, technically, his first troubling act of violence was when he left a bomb ticking in his mother's uterus before he was born. Then he wishes her a 50th birthday, claiming that she's to die that age when the bomb detonates. The adults are all oblivious to this.
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-->'''Psychologist''': Mr. and Mrs. Griffin, does Stewart have a history of aggression?\\
'''Lois''': No, no. Hitting Peter is the first
'''Stewie''': ''(from a distance)'' Technically, the first act of violence was
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* DisproportionateRetribution: Stewie hits Peter in the head with a baseball bat simply because he was eating his graham crackers.
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* HatesBeingTouched: Chris says this to Meg after she shoves him for defending their dad and they fight.
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Lois becomes a black belt while working out the aggression she feels toward the tourists who flock to Quahog during autumn.
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!!This episode contains examples of:
* DoubleStandardFemaleOnMaleRape: After winning a tijitsu match, Lois demands sex from Peter and doesn't care if he is unwilling to consent or not.
* TakeThat: Peter's ranting against Fox channel for putting violence on the air.
* TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior: Lois believes Stewie's anger outburst to being this after he hits Peter with a baseball bat and assaults a therapist. Stewie claims, technically, his first troubling act of violence was when he left a bomb ticking in his mother's uterus before he was born. Then he wishes her a 50th birthday, claiming that she's to die that age when the bomb detonates. The adults are all oblivious to this.
* ViolenceReallyIsTheOnlyAnswer: After countless anger management techniques, the Griffin family snaps and resolve their anger by beating each other up.
* DoubleStandardFemaleOnMaleRape: After winning a tijitsu match, Lois demands sex from Peter and doesn't care if he is unwilling to consent or not.
* TakeThat: Peter's ranting against Fox channel for putting violence on the air.
* TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior: Lois believes Stewie's anger outburst to being this after he hits Peter with a baseball bat and assaults a therapist. Stewie claims, technically, his first troubling act of violence was when he left a bomb ticking in his mother's uterus before he was born. Then he wishes her a 50th birthday, claiming that she's to die that age when the bomb detonates. The adults are all oblivious to this.
* ViolenceReallyIsTheOnlyAnswer: After countless anger management techniques, the Griffin family snaps and resolve their anger by beating each other up.
