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* BreakingTheFourthWall: In this episode, Peter breaks the Fourth wall when he points out that Bonnie has been pregnant "for like 6 years".
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** [[Advertising/SnapCrackleAndPop Snap, Crackle, and Pop]] get bombed in an ambush launched by the Keebler Elves.
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* RageBreakingPoint: How Lois catches Quagmire: she ends up taking so long setting up the toilet for her to sit, he snaps and yells at her to just sit down already.
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* LustMakesYouDumb: Quagmire chose to peep on Lois by ''hiding on the ceiling'', causing him to get caught and in serious legal trouble.
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* WorstNewsJudgementEver: After reporting on the "Quagmire peeps in the ladies' room" scandal, Tom Tucker mentions that an upcoming report will be about Diane's weight (she understandably gives him a DeathGlare in response).
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* DidntThinkThisThrough: Peter decides to set a world record for eating the most nickels. He then goes blind from nickel poisoning.
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* TakeThat: Quagmire thinks of Creator/ReneeZellweger to avoid getting turned on.
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* LousyLoversAreLosers: There's a scene where the audience can hear Peter and Lois having sex with the sound of all the coins Peter has ingested jangling around inside him, which [[SpeedSex lasts about ten seconds]].



** When the Drunken Clam is on fire, Peter, being unaware of the danger he is in, makes conversation with the panicking Horace by mentioning the NBC sitcom ''{{Series/Scrubs}}''.

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** When the Drunken Clam is on fire, Peter, being unaware of the danger he is in, makes conversation with the panicking Horace by mentioning the NBC sitcom ''{{Series/Scrubs}}''.''{{Series/Scrubs}}''.
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* CPRCleanPrettyReliable: {{Parodied|Trope}}; when Quagmire panics during his test to see if he can act non-pervertedly, he accidentally winds up in a security room of a clothing store. From there, he notices a woman in the changing room suddenly having a heart attack, rushing in to give her quick chest compressions and mouth-to-mouth. This ends up reviving her, [[AccidentalHero but this appears to have been an incidental gain]] as [[HowDidYouKnowIDidnt Quagmire has no idea what "CPR" is]].
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* NeverTrustATitle: Peter only becomes blind at the last quarter of the episode.
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** Zigzagged. Quagmire intentionally saved a woman from a heart attack, but he didn't actually know what CPR was.

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** Zigzagged.Double-subverted. Quagmire intentionally saved a woman from a heart attack, but he didn't actually know what CPR was.

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* HowDidYouKnowIDidnt: After a blind Peter is congratulated for saving Horace from the Drunken Clam.
-->'''Peter:''' That freaking place was on fire!?

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* HowDidYouKnowIDidnt: After HowDidYouKnowIDidnt:
** Quagmire saves a woman from a heart attack. Another woman thanks him for administering CPR.
--->'''Quagmire:''' What the hell's CPR?
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a blind Peter is congratulated for saving Horace from the Drunken Clam.
-->'''Peter:''' --->'''Peter:''' That freaking place was on fire!?
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* HowDoYouKnowIDidnt: After a blind Peter is congratulated for saving Horace from the Drunken Clam.

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* HowDoYouKnowIDidnt: HowDidYouKnowIDidnt: After a blind Peter is congratulated for saving Horace from the Drunken Clam.
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* HowDoYouKnowIDidnt: After a blind Peter is congratulated for saving Horace from the Drunken Clam.
-->'''Peter:''' That freaking place was on fire!?
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* OvershadowedByControversy: In-universe. Mort bowling a perfect 300 immediately takes a backseat to Quagmire peeping in the ladies room.
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After Quagmire gets in trouble for peeping on Lois going to the bathroom, Joe, Cleveland, and Peter try to cure Quagmire's perverted ways. That becomes short-lived, however, when Quagmire accidentally saves a woman in a changing room with CPR and is declared a hero. Peter becomes jealous of Quagmire and decides to do something that will make him famous. Unfortunately, that something is eating coins to get into The Guinness Book of World Records, and the nickel poisoning ends up costing Peter his eyesight.

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After Quagmire gets in trouble for peeping on Lois going While trying to the bathroom, Joe, Cleveland, and Peter try to cure Quagmire's curb his perverted ways. That becomes short-lived, however, when behaviour after getting caught peeping in the ladies room, Quagmire accidentally saves a woman in a changing room with CPR and is declared a hero. Jealous of Quagmire, Peter becomes jealous of Quagmire and decides to do something that people will make remember him famous. for. Unfortunately, that something is his attempt to break a world record by eating coins more nickels than anyone ever had, he succumbs to get into The Guinness Book of World Records, and the nickel poisoning and ends up costing Peter his eyesight.going blind.



* OverlyLongGag: The fight between Peter and The Giant Chicken goes on longer than what was seen in "Da Boom" (and, from here on in, it would get longer than that).

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* OverlyLongGag: The fight between Peter and The Giant Chicken goes on longer than what was seen their first fight in "Da Boom" (and, from here on in, it would get longer than that).Boom".
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* ThePeepingTom: Quagmire at the start of the episode. Unlike most of his perverted shenanigans, [[RealityEnsues this time he gets in trouble for it]].

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* ThePeepingTom: Quagmire at the start of the episode. Unlike most of his perverted shenanigans, [[RealityEnsues [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome this time he gets in trouble for it]].
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* HalfwayPlotSwitch and RandomEventsPlot: The episode goes from Quagmire trying to cure himself of his perverted ways to Peter eating coins and going blind from it.

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* HalfwayPlotSwitch and RandomEventsPlot: HalfwayPlotSwitch: The episode goes from Quagmire trying to cure himself of his perverted ways to Peter eating coins and going blind from it.
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* PeepingTom: Quagmire at the start of the episode. Unlike most of his perverted shenanigans, [[RealityEnsues this time he gets in trouble for it]].

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* PeepingTom: ThePeepingTom: Quagmire at the start of the episode. Unlike most of his perverted shenanigans, [[RealityEnsues this time he gets in trouble for it]].
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* OutOfCharacterMoment: Peter is known to get extremely jealous if any man shows even the slightest attraction to Lois, so it's weird seeing him defending Quagmire after he got arrested for ''watching her go to the bathroom''.

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* BrickJoke: At the bowling alley, Peter sees Creator/JuddHirsch working on a missile below the lanes. Later in the show, the Keebler Elves plot against Snap, Crackle, and Pop, “assuming Judd Hirsch delivers with the goods.” Later on it is implied that Snap was killed during the ambush by the Keebler Elves.

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* BrickJoke: BrickJoke:
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At the bowling alley, Peter sees Creator/JuddHirsch working on a missile below the lanes. Later in the show, the Keebler Elves plot against Snap, Crackle, and Pop, “assuming Judd Hirsch delivers with the goods.” Later on it is implied that Snap was killed during the ambush by the Keebler Elves.Elves.
** Near the end of the episode, a blind Peter ties up his guard dog to a hobo, thinking he was actually tying him to a parking meter. Said guard dog runs away with the poor hobo being dragged along with him. Then at the end of the episode, it's stated that Peter received an eye transplant from the hobo who winded up getting killed from being dragged.


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* StatusQuoIsGod: Peter gets his eye sight back after an eye transplant at the end of the episode.

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* AccidentalHero: Zigzagged. Quagmire intentionally saved a woman from a heart attack, but he didn't actually know what CPR was.
* AccidentalMurder: Peter accidentally falls on and kills actress and former Saturday Night Live cast member Creator/JoanCusack in one of his attempts to be remembered for something. He then haphazardly stuffs her body into a maill box.

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* AccidentalHero: AccidentalHero:
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Zigzagged. Quagmire intentionally saved a woman from a heart attack, but he didn't actually know what CPR was.
** Played straighter with Peter, who saved Horace from the Drunken Clam when it got set on fire. However, because Peter was blind at the time, he had no idea.
* AccidentalMurder: Peter accidentally falls on and kills actress and former Saturday Night Live cast member Creator/JoanCusack in one of his attempts to be remembered for something. He then haphazardly stuffs her body into a maill mail box.



* ColdTurkeysAreEverywhere: As the guys try to rehabilitate Quagmire, Quagmire has trouble controlling his libido as he sees in his head sexy women everywhere as well as other various sexual stimulants.

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* ColdTurkeysAreEverywhere: As the guys try to rehabilitate Quagmire, Quagmire has trouble controlling his libido as he sees in his head sexy women everywhere (save for [[ButtMonkey Meg]]) as well as other various sexual stimulants.
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* PeepingTom: Quagmire at the start of the episode. Unlike most of his perverted shenanigans, [[RealityEnsues this time he gets in trouble for it]].

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After Quagmire gets in trouble for peeping on Lois going to the bathroom, Joe, Cleveland, and Peter try to cure Quagmire's perverted ways. That becomes short-lived, however, when Quagmire accidentally saves a woman in a changing room with CPR and is declared a hero. Peter becomes jealous of Quagmire and decides to do something that will make him famous. Unfortunately, that something is eating coins to get into The Guinness Book of World Records, and the nickel poisoning ends up costing Peter his eyesight.



* HalfwayPlotSwitch: The episode goes from Quagmire's sexual harassment suit to Peter losing his eye sight.
* OverlyLongGag: The fight between Peter and The Giant Chicken goes on long.

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* HalfwayPlotSwitch: HalfwayPlotSwitch and RandomEventsPlot: The episode goes from Quagmire's sexual harassment suit Quagmire trying to cure himself of his perverted ways to Peter losing his eye sight.
eating coins and going blind from it.
* OverlyLongGag: The fight between Peter and The Giant Chicken goes on long.longer than what was seen in "Da Boom" (and, from here on in, it would get longer than that).

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* GirlOnGirlIsHot: In the mall, three cheerleaders drop their pom-pom in the water, have a splash fight and end up making out together.

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* GirlOnGirlIsHot: In the mall, three cheerleaders drop their pom-pom in the water, take off their shirts before getting in, have a splash fight and end up making out together.



* ShoutOut: Peter spent a week with Superman, Aquaman, Wonder Woman and Batman in the Fortress of Solitude from the Superman movies. Peter interrupts their meeting, in which the heroes are discussing how to foil Lex Luthor.
** When the Drunken Clam is on fire, Peter, being unaware of the danger he is in, makes conversation with the panicking Horace by mentioning the NBC sitcom Scrubs.

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* ShoutOut: ShoutOut:
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Peter spent a week with Superman, Aquaman, Wonder Woman and Batman in the Fortress of Solitude from the Superman movies. Peter interrupts their meeting, in which the heroes are discussing how to foil Lex Luthor.
** When the Drunken Clam is on fire, Peter, being unaware of the danger he is in, makes conversation with the panicking Horace by mentioning the NBC sitcom Scrubs.''{{Series/Scrubs}}''.
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* AccidentalMurder: Peter accidentally falls on and kills actress and former Saturday Night Live cast member Joan Cusack in one of his attempts to be remembered for something. He then haphazardly stuffs her body into a maill box.
* BrickJoke: At the bowling alley, Peter sees Judd Hirsch working on a missile below the lanes. Later in the show, the Keebler Elves plot against Snap, Crackle, and Pop, “assuming Judd Hirsch delivers with the goods.” Later on it is implied that Snap was killed during the ambush by the Keebler Elves.

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* AccidentalMurder: Peter accidentally falls on and kills actress and former Saturday Night Live cast member Joan Cusack Creator/JoanCusack in one of his attempts to be remembered for something. He then haphazardly stuffs her body into a maill box.
* BrickJoke: At the bowling alley, Peter sees Judd Hirsch Creator/JuddHirsch working on a missile below the lanes. Later in the show, the Keebler Elves plot against Snap, Crackle, and Pop, “assuming Judd Hirsch delivers with the goods.” Later on it is implied that Snap was killed during the ambush by the Keebler Elves.
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* AccidentalHero: Zigzagged. Quagmire intentionally saved a woman from a heart attack, but he didn't actually know what CPR was.
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* AccidentalMurder: Peter kills actress and former Saturday Night Live cast member Joan Cusack in one of his attempts to be remembered for something.

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* AccidentalMurder: Peter accidentally falls on and kills actress and former Saturday Night Live cast member Joan Cusack in one of his attempts to be remembered for something.something. He then haphazardly stuffs her body into a maill box.
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!!This episode contains examples of:
* AccidentalMurder: Peter kills actress and former Saturday Night Live cast member Joan Cusack in one of his attempts to be remembered for something.
* BrickJoke: At the bowling alley, Peter sees Judd Hirsch working on a missile below the lanes. Later in the show, the Keebler Elves plot against Snap, Crackle, and Pop, “assuming Judd Hirsch delivers with the goods.” Later on it is implied that Snap was killed during the ambush by the Keebler Elves.
* BreakingTheFourthWall: In this episode, Peter breaks the Fourth wall when he points out that Bonnie has been pregnant "for like 6 years".
* ColdTurkeysAreEverywhere: As the guys try to rehabilitate Quagmire, Quagmire has trouble controlling his libido as he sees in his head sexy women everywhere as well as other various sexual stimulants.
* ForbiddenFruit: Anyone that Quagmire lusts after which includes a group of underage schoolgirls, a mother breastfeeding her child and a group of cheerleaders having a water fight in the fountain.
* GirlOnGirlIsHot: In the mall, three cheerleaders drop their pom-pom in the water, have a splash fight and end up making out together.
* HalfwayPlotSwitch: The episode goes from Quagmire's sexual harassment suit to Peter losing his eye sight.
* OverlyLongGag: The fight between Peter and The Giant Chicken goes on long.
* ShoutOut: Peter spent a week with Superman, Aquaman, Wonder Woman and Batman in the Fortress of Solitude from the Superman movies. Peter interrupts their meeting, in which the heroes are discussing how to foil Lex Luthor.
** When the Drunken Clam is on fire, Peter, being unaware of the danger he is in, makes conversation with the panicking Horace by mentioning the NBC sitcom Scrubs.

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