History Recap / FamilyGuyS4E4DontMakeMeOver

** When Peter, Cleveland, Quagmire and Joe are going to perform in the Quahog prison, Peter yells: "Hello Cleveland!!" This is a reference to ''Film/ThisIsSpinalTap''.

* SpoiledBrat: After Meg is praised one too many times for her new looks and goes into the life of a pop star, she develops an ego and an attitude problem with her family. Meg mistook lust for love and started believing that she can do no wrong and believes the band is nothing with her.

* BreakingTheFourthWall: Brian, in the last scene.

** The Griffin Family Band is similar to The Brady Bunch Variety Hour and The Partridge Family.

* {{Corpsing}}: Discussed [[invoked]]; Peter beats up Jimmy Fallon not for what he did to Meg, but for ruining SNL sketches he's ever been in by constantly looking at the camera and cracking up. While beating Fallon, Peter mentions that Carol Burnett used to do the same on her show but Fallon “hasn’t earned what she earned!” As an added bonus, Fallon ''actually'' laughs and looks at the camera '''every single time''' he is onscreen in the episode itself.

* {{Corpsing}}: Discussed InUniverse; Peter beats up Jimmy Fallon not for what he did to Meg, but for ruining SNL sketches he's ever been in by constantly looking at the camera and cracking up. While beating Fallon, Peter mentions that Carol Burnett used to do the same on her show but Fallon “hasn’t earned what she earned!” As an added bonus, Fallon ''actually'' laughs and looks at the camera '''every single time''' he is onscreen in the episode itself.

* {{Corpsing}}: Discussed; Peter beats up Jimmy Fallon not for what he did to Meg, but for ruining SNL sketches he's ever been in by constantly looking at the camera and cracking up. While beating Fallon, Peter mentions that Carol Burnett used to do the same on her show but Fallon “hasn’t earned what she earned!” As an added bonus, Fallon ''actually'' laughs and looks at the camera '''every single time''' he is onscreen in the episode itself.

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* BestKnownForTheFanservice: The magazine covers and photoshoots of the Griffin family's music career focuses on Meg looking hot for the camera. [[invoked]]

* BestKnownForTheFanservice: The magazine covers and photoshoots of the Griffin family's music career focuses on Meg looking hot for the camera.

* HeyYou: Meg starts calling her mother "Lois" as a sign of her AcquiredSituationalNarcissism.

* PapaWolf: Double-subverted. Peter beats up Jimmy Fallon, not because he had sex with her on live TV, but to get revenge on Fallon's horrible acting and constant cracking up when he was a cast member on ''SNL''. Peter then goes looking for the guy who slept with his daughter (not knowing that it was the same guy he just beat up). As an added bonus, Fallon ''actually'' laughs and looks at the camera '''every single time''' he is onscreen in the episode itself.

** The episode mocks former SNL cast member Creator/JimmyFallon for “[[{{Corpsing}} laughing and looking into the camera]] in every sketch [he’s] ever been in” (which ''was'' a big deal back when Fallon was on ''SNL'', but doesn't really hold water, since Fallon hasn't been on the show since the end of the 2003-2004 season, and this episode aired in 2005) While beating Fallon, Peter mentions that Carol Burnett used to do the same on her show but Fallon “hasn’t earned what she earned!”

* PapaWolf: Subverted and played straight. Peter beats up Jimmy Fallon, not because he had sex with her on live TV, but to get revenge on Fallon's horrible acting and constant cracking up when he was a cast member on ''SNL''. Peter then goes looking for the guy who slept with his daughter (not knowing that it was the same guy he just beat up). As an added bonus, Fallon ''actually'' laughs and looks at the camera '''every single time''' he is onscreen in the episode itself.

** When Peter, Cleveland, Quagmire and Joe are going to perform in the Quahog prison, Peter yells: "Hello Cleveland!!" This is a reference to the mock music documentary called This is Spinal Tap.
** The outfits and singing style of “Meg,” a Griffin “family band,” are similar to those of The Brady Bunch Variety Hour and The Partridge Family.
** As Stewie rides on Brian’s back, he quotes Yoda from Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back, saying “Strong with the force young Skywalker is.” When Brian complains “I don’t believe this,” Stewie says “That is why you fail,” like Yoda.
** On a dare from Brian, Stewie runs naked through the mall, screaming, “Help! I’ve escaped from Kevin Spacey’s basement!,” a reference to tabloid questions regarding the actor’s sexuality.

** Also during the cutaway showing the fake moon landing, Neil Armstrong walks out of the studio, where he is approached by a fan, who questions why Armstrong is not on the moon. Armstrong stutters at various reasons as to why there is no moon landing, choosing instead to attack the fan with his helmet. This is a reference to when Buzz Aldrin attacked a skeptic who was insulting him about not being honest about the moon landing claims

** For their band Peter dresses like a member of Devo, Cleveland like a member of a funk band, Joe like a glam rocker, and Quagmire like Tommy Lee, drummer of Mötley Crüe.
** Dr. Diddy’s name is a cross between Dr. Dre and Sean Combs' Diddy, two hip hop music performers and producers.

** During the “1980s fixing-stuff-up montage,” “One Foot in Front of the Other” by Bone Symphony is heard. It played during a montage on the 1984 film Revenge of the Nerds. The robot that sweeps the floor is also from that film.

** While the Clam is a karaoke bar, Mort Goldman performs Maureen McGovern’s 1973 hit “The Morning After.”

** This episode ends like a typical episode of Saturday Night Live with Peter, acting as the host, waving goodbye to the audience, surrounded the cast and musical guest, which was apparently Counting Crows. Peter exclaims, “Our thoughts are with you, Chevy,” presumably referring to Chevy Chase.

* TakeThat: Against Creator/JimmyFallon and his {{Corpsing}} on ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' (which ''was'' a big deal back when Fallon was on ''SNL'', but doesn't really hold water, since Fallon hasn't been on the show since the end of the 2003-2004 season, and this episode aired in 2005).

** News anchor Tom Tucker says that the next news story will concern “Joan Rivers speaking from beyond the grave,” despite the fact that the actress was still alive when this episode first aired.
** The episode mocks former SNL cast member Jimmy Fallon for “laughing and looking into the camera in every sketch [he’s] ever been in.” While beating Fallon, Peter mentions that Carol Burnett used to do the same on her show but Fallon “hasn’t earned what she earned!”

* GainaxEnding: At the end we learn that the apparent final scene was really just the last SNL sketch, followed by what appears to be that show's end credits. Then ... Brian abruptly turns it off when ''Showtime at the Apollo'' comes on, and when his eyes come around to the camera he [[BreakingTheFourthWall addresses it]], getting defensive about how he turned off the show because he always goes to bed at 1 a.m. and not because he's racist (see BrickJoke, above). It could be seen as questioning the entire reality of the show, since it seems improbable that Brian is both backstage at SNL with the Griffins and watching the show at home.

* JailBait: Dr. Diddy suggests Meg to be this for her new musical image. Surprisingly, Peter approves of this.

!!"Don't Make Me Over" contains examples of ([[YMMV/FamilyGuyS4E4DontMakeMeOver YMMV goes here]]):

* ShoutOut: The title "Don't Make Me Over" is taken from a Dionne Warwick song, written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David.

** Bill Cosby appears before a commercial break as he did in his 1970's animated series Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids.

* AcquiredSituationalNarcissism: Meg after getting her makeover.

* EatTheCamera / TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou: Done on Brian Griffin's racist barking at the end of the episode.

* TookALevelInJerkass: Meg.

* DidntThinkThisThrough: Peter, Quagmire, Cleveland and Joe form their own band and are excited about their first gig at a prison...until they realize they don't know any songs just as they're about to perform.

** After the faux SNL episode ends, It’s Showtime at the Apollo begins. The variety show, filmed at the Apollo Theater, used to air on NBC affiliates after the current episode of SNL ended.

* AllJustADream: Or in this case, A Saturday Night Live sketch hosted by The Griffin family.

Also during the cutaway showing the fake moon landing, Neil Armstrong walks out of the studio, where he is approached by a fan, who questions why Armstrong is not on the moon. Armstrong stutters at various reasons as to why there is no moon landing, choosing instead to attack the fan with his helmet. This is a reference to when Buzz Aldrin attacked a skeptic who was insulting him about not being honest about the moon landing claims