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* FreakOut: Stewie has one after Peter tore out a huge chunk of the house where his bedroom was to build his men's club.
--> '''Stewie:''' What is this?! There's something wrong with the house! ''I don't like change!''
--> '''Stewie:''' What is this?! There's something wrong with the house! ''I don't like change!''
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* CallBack: Franchise/SpiderMan saves Cleveland with a web, telling him that everyone gets one. He asks Peter to back him up, Peter says that [[Recap/FamilyGuyS2E14LetsGoToTheHop apparently everyone gets one.]]
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* CallBack: Franchise/SpiderMan ComicBook/SpiderMan saves Cleveland with a web, telling him that everyone gets one. He asks Peter to back him up, Peter says that [[Recap/FamilyGuyS2E14LetsGoToTheHop apparently everyone gets one.]]
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* OutclassedAtTheGym: Joe recovers his mobility after a leg transplant and forces Peter, Cleveland and Quagmire to partake in extreme exercises they cannot handle, such as rock climbing, karate and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking dancing to a Judy Garland song]]. He eventually grows annoyed by the gang's lack of fitness and abandons them for a new group of friends.
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* AmusinglyAwfulAim: In "Believe It or Not, Joe's Walking on Air", Joe Swanson regains his ability to walk again, but also becomes more of a jerk. His wife Bonnie repeatedly shoots Joe in an attempt to make him a paraplegic again, hoping to make him more humble. She injures him everywhere except his spine, prompting him to cripple himself just to make her stop.
-->'''Bonnie:''' Joe, I'm so sorry! I'm a terrible shot!\\
'''Joe:''' For God's sake, just give me the gun! I'll do it myself!
-->'''Bonnie:''' Joe, I'm so sorry! I'm a terrible shot!\\
'''Joe:''' For God's sake, just give me the gun! I'll do it myself!
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%%* Amusingly Awful Aim: Bonnie intends to shoot Joe to recripple him. Sadly, she's such a lousy shot that she ends up hitting him everywhere ''but'' the spine, eventually driving Joe to just take the gun and do it himself. --Rogue Launched Trope
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* AmusinglyAwfulAim: Bonnie intends to shoot Joe to recripple him. Sadly, she's such a lousy shot that she ends up hitting him everywhere ''but'' the spine, eventually driving Joe to just take the gun and do it himself.
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* AmusinglyAwfulAim: Bonnie intends to shoot Joe to recripple him. Sadly, she's such a lousy shot that she ends up hitting him everywhere ''but'' the spine, eventually driving Joe to just take the gun and do it himself.
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* JerkassBall: Joe after being able to walk again. He's verbally abusive, dumps his friends, and plans to leave Bonnie.
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* TookALevelInJerkass: Joe after being able to walk again. He's verbally abusive, dumps his friends, and plans to leave Bonnie.
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* RememberTheNewGuy: In this episode, Cleveland has a kind-of girlfriend named Bernice who only appears in this episode before being PutOnABus, and essentially replaced by Donna in the spinoff.
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* HalfwayPlotSwitch: The episode starts off being about the ladies wanting to hang out at the Clam and Peter and the guys forming their own men's club, before being about Joe getting new legs.
* SeinfeldianConversation: When Peter realizes that they all talk about sex, he decides to start a "Would You Rather" about whom they would rather start a small business with. While the conversation is interesting, it doesn't have the same energy as the ones about sex.
-->'''Joe''': This is stupid, I wanna talk about VAGINAS!!!!
-->'''Joe''': This is stupid, I wanna talk about VAGINAS!!!!
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-->'''Cleveland:''' Is Portland the black one?\\
'''Joe:''' ''[matter-of-factly]'' Portland is the black one.
'''Joe:''' ''[matter-of-factly]'' Portland is the black one.
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-->'''Cleveland:''' Is Portland the black Black one?\\
'''Joe:''' ''[matter-of-factly]'' Portland is theblack Black one.
'''Joe:''' ''[matter-of-factly]'' Portland is the
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** Subverted with Bonnie coming out of nowhere with a gun to help Peter, Quagmire, and Cleveland re-cripple Joe. Joe takes the gun and shoots himself instead.
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** Subverted with Bonnie coming out of nowhere with a gun to help Peter, Quagmire, and Cleveland re-cripple Joe. After several misfires, Joe takes the gun and shoots himself instead.
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* BrickJoke[=/=]HypocriticalHumor: After Cleveland says that he hates shows that pull away from the story for something stupid, a cutaway shows Hitler juggling fish on a unicycle. When Peter later says that "recrippling" Joe would be the right thing to do like taking out Hitler, we return to the same cutaway except Peter punches Hitler off the unicycle.
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* BrickJoke[=/=]HypocriticalHumor: BrickJoke: After Cleveland says that [[HypocriticalHumor he hates shows that pull away from the story for something stupid, stupid]], a cutaway shows Hitler juggling fish on a unicycle. When Peter later says that "recrippling" Joe would be the right thing to do like taking out Hitler, we return to the same cutaway except Peter punches Hitler off the unicycle.
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* MoodWhiplash: Played for laughs when Joe forces Peter, Cleveland and Quagmire to rehearse "Film/SinginInTheRain Good Morning". First Joe goes from angrily commanding them to make no mistakes to smiling happily when Cleveland begins on the piano, and again after he yells at Quagmire and makes him cry.
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* MoodWhiplash: Played for laughs when Joe forces Peter, Cleveland and Quagmire to rehearse "Film/SinginInTheRain "[[Film/SinginInTheRain Good Morning".Morning]]". First Joe goes from angrily commanding them to make no mistakes to smiling happily when Cleveland begins on the piano, and again after he yells at Quagmire and makes him cry.
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* MoodWhiplash: Played for laughs when Joe forces Peter, Cleveland and Quagmire to rehearse "[Film/SinginInTheRain Good Morning]". First Joe goes from angrily commanding them to make no mistakes to smiling happily when Cleveland begins on the piano, and again after he yells at Quagmire and makes him cry.
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* MoodWhiplash: Played for laughs when Joe forces Peter, Cleveland and Quagmire to rehearse "[Film/SinginInTheRain "Film/SinginInTheRain Good Morning]".Morning". First Joe goes from angrily commanding them to make no mistakes to smiling happily when Cleveland begins on the piano, and again after he yells at Quagmire and makes him cry.
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* MoodWhiplash: Played for laughs when Joe forces Peter, Cleveland and Quagmire to rehearse "[Film/SinginInTheRain Good Morning]". First Joe goes from angrily commanding them to make no mistakes to smiling happily when Cleveland begins on the piano, and again after he yells at Quagmire and makes him cry.
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* AsHimself: Comedian Jamie Farr appears as himself hosting an instructional video on the surgery Dr. Hartman is about to perform on Joe.
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* ResetButton: Joe shoots his spine so he can be paraplegic again.
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* BigDamnHeroes: Spider-Man saving Cleveland's life following a rock climbing slip.
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* BigDamnHeroes: BigDamnHeroes:
** Spider-Man saving Cleveland's life following a rock climbingslip.slip.
** Subverted with Bonnie coming out of nowhere with a gun to help Peter, Quagmire, and Cleveland re-cripple Joe. Joe takes the gun and shoots himself instead.
** Spider-Man saving Cleveland's life following a rock climbing
** Subverted with Bonnie coming out of nowhere with a gun to help Peter, Quagmire, and Cleveland re-cripple Joe. Joe takes the gun and shoots himself instead.
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* BigDamnHeroes: Spider-Man saving Cleveland's life following a rock climbing slip.
* EveryoneHasStandards: Peter is disgusted by Joe intending to leave his pregnant wife.
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* SuddenlyShouting: How Joe brings "Good Morning" back to the final chorus. It terrifies Quagmire and brings him to tears.
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* SuddenlyShouting: How Joe brings "Good Morning" back to the final chorus. It terrifies Quagmire and brings him to tears.tears.
* TokenMinority: Joe's new friends include a counterpart to Cleveland named Portland.
-->'''Cleveland:''' Is Portland the black one?\\
'''Joe:''' ''[matter-of-factly]'' Portland is the black one.
* TookALevelInJerkass: Joe after being able to walk again. He's verbally abusive, dumps his friends, and plans to leave Bonnie.
* ToxicFriendInfluence: Joe remarks that being crippled meant that Peter, Quagmire, and Cleveland's inherent laziness enabled him to do the same. Of course, by this point, Joe has been acting so obnoxious that the guys were arguably more of a PositiveFriendInfluence.
* TokenMinority: Joe's new friends include a counterpart to Cleveland named Portland.
-->'''Cleveland:''' Is Portland the black one?\\
'''Joe:''' ''[matter-of-factly]'' Portland is the black one.
* TookALevelInJerkass: Joe after being able to walk again. He's verbally abusive, dumps his friends, and plans to leave Bonnie.
* ToxicFriendInfluence: Joe remarks that being crippled meant that Peter, Quagmire, and Cleveland's inherent laziness enabled him to do the same. Of course, by this point, Joe has been acting so obnoxious that the guys were arguably more of a PositiveFriendInfluence.
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* CurbStompBattle: Peter, Cleveland, and Quagmire's attempt to "recripple" Joe.
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* CurbStompBattle: Peter, Cleveland, and Quagmire's attempt to "recripple" Joe.Joe ends with them getting their asses handed to them.
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* LamePunReaction: At the Quahog Men's Club, [[WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones Fred]] tells Barney that he saw Betty naked and got an "e-rock-tion". Stewie then says he got a headache.
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* LamePunReaction: At the Quahog Men's Club, [[WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones Fred]] tells Barney that he saw Betty naked and got an "e-rock-tion". The scene then cuts to Stewie then says saying he got a headache.
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* BrickJoke[=/=]HypocriticalHumor: After Cleveland says that he hates shows that pull away from the story for something stupid, a cutaway shows Hitler juggling fish on a unicycle. When Peter later says that "recrippling" Joe would be the right thing to do like taking out Hitler, we return to the cutaway where Peter punches Hitler off the unicycle.
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* BrickJoke[=/=]HypocriticalHumor: After Cleveland says that he hates shows that pull away from the story for something stupid, a cutaway shows Hitler juggling fish on a unicycle. When Peter later says that "recrippling" Joe would be the right thing to do like taking out Hitler, we return to the same cutaway where except Peter punches Hitler off the unicycle.
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* OwMyBodyPart: Happens to Joe after Bonnie shoots him the first time. "AAH! MY PERFECT ASS!"
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* ArtisticLicenseGunSafety: Lampshaded. Bonnie admits to being a terrible shot.
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* FailedAttemptAtDrama: Bonnie tries to recripple Joe by shooting his spine. She hits him with six bullets but misses with each one. This prompts Joe to do it himself.
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* OnlyAFleshWound: Joe is shot seven times. He manages to survive with serious injuries and becoming paralyzed from the waist down again.
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* LimbSensationFascination: After acquiring new functional legs, Joe proceeds to show off his old athletic and martial arts abilities to the point of becoming arrogant.
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* LimbSensationFascination: After acquiring new functional legs, Joe proceeds to show off his old athletic and martial arts abilities to the point of becoming arrogant.arrogant.
* SuddenlyShouting: How Joe brings "Good Morning" back to the final chorus. It terrifies Quagmire and brings him to tears.
* SuddenlyShouting: How Joe brings "Good Morning" back to the final chorus. It terrifies Quagmire and brings him to tears.
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* AdolfHitlarious: Hitler, on a unicycle, juggling fish. See BrickJoke See, we had a plan for that all along.
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* AdolfHitlarious: Hitler, on a unicycle, juggling fish. See BrickJoke See, we had a plan for that all along.BrickJoke.
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* LamePunReaction: At the Quahog Men's Club, [[WesternAnimation Fred]] tells Barney that he saw Betty naked and got an "e-rock-tion". Stewie then says he got a headache.
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* LamePunReaction: At the Quahog Men's Club, [[WesternAnimation [[WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones Fred]] tells Barney that he saw Betty naked and got an "e-rock-tion". Stewie then says he got a headache.
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'''Original air date''': October 7, 2007
Joe alienates everyone after getting new working legs.
!!This episode contains examples of:
* AcquiredSituationalNarcissism: Joe becomes more exercise-obsessed than ever, leading him to abandon his lazy friends and leave Bonnie.
* AdolfHitlarious: Hitler, on a unicycle, juggling fish. See BrickJoke See, we had a plan for that all along.
* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: Joe makes his friends participate in the activities he couldn't do without legs: mountain-climbing, karate, and performing a choreographed dance to "Good Morning" from ''Film/SinginInTheRain.''
* BrickJoke[=/=]HypocriticalHumor: After Cleveland says that he hates shows that pull away from the story for something stupid, a cutaway shows Hitler juggling fish on a unicycle. When Peter later says that "recrippling" Joe would be the right thing to do like taking out Hitler, we return to the cutaway where Peter punches Hitler off the unicycle.
-->'''Peter''': See, we had a plan for that all along.
* CallBack: Franchise/SpiderMan saves Cleveland with a web, telling him that everyone gets one. He asks Peter to back him up, Peter says that [[Recap/FamilyGuyS2E14LetsGoToTheHop apparently everyone gets one.]]
* CurbStompBattle: Peter, Cleveland, and Quagmire's attempt to "recripple" Joe.
* DisabilityAsAnExcuseForJerkassery: Inverted as Joe was nice until he was able to walk again.
* LamePunReaction: At the Quahog Men's Club, [[WesternAnimation Fred]] tells Barney that he saw Betty naked and got an "e-rock-tion". Stewie then says he got a headache.
* LampshadeHanging: Peter notes the similarity between the voices of Dr. Hartman and Carter Pewtersmidt — both played by Creator/SethMacFarlane — who do indeed sound nearly identical. Hartman and Carter then converse about this, with Carter noting it as being a bit lazy, whereas Hartman figures that there are only so many voices out there, with some bound to sound similar.
* LimbSensationFascination: After acquiring new functional legs, Joe proceeds to show off his old athletic and martial arts abilities to the point of becoming arrogant.
Joe alienates everyone after getting new working legs.
!!This episode contains examples of:
* AcquiredSituationalNarcissism: Joe becomes more exercise-obsessed than ever, leading him to abandon his lazy friends and leave Bonnie.
* AdolfHitlarious: Hitler, on a unicycle, juggling fish. See BrickJoke See, we had a plan for that all along.
* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: Joe makes his friends participate in the activities he couldn't do without legs: mountain-climbing, karate, and performing a choreographed dance to "Good Morning" from ''Film/SinginInTheRain.''
* BrickJoke[=/=]HypocriticalHumor: After Cleveland says that he hates shows that pull away from the story for something stupid, a cutaway shows Hitler juggling fish on a unicycle. When Peter later says that "recrippling" Joe would be the right thing to do like taking out Hitler, we return to the cutaway where Peter punches Hitler off the unicycle.
-->'''Peter''': See, we had a plan for that all along.
* CallBack: Franchise/SpiderMan saves Cleveland with a web, telling him that everyone gets one. He asks Peter to back him up, Peter says that [[Recap/FamilyGuyS2E14LetsGoToTheHop apparently everyone gets one.]]
* CurbStompBattle: Peter, Cleveland, and Quagmire's attempt to "recripple" Joe.
* DisabilityAsAnExcuseForJerkassery: Inverted as Joe was nice until he was able to walk again.
* LamePunReaction: At the Quahog Men's Club, [[WesternAnimation Fred]] tells Barney that he saw Betty naked and got an "e-rock-tion". Stewie then says he got a headache.
* LampshadeHanging: Peter notes the similarity between the voices of Dr. Hartman and Carter Pewtersmidt — both played by Creator/SethMacFarlane — who do indeed sound nearly identical. Hartman and Carter then converse about this, with Carter noting it as being a bit lazy, whereas Hartman figures that there are only so many voices out there, with some bound to sound similar.
* LimbSensationFascination: After acquiring new functional legs, Joe proceeds to show off his old athletic and martial arts abilities to the point of becoming arrogant.
