History Recap / FamilyGuyS7E15ThreeKings

* TakeThat: Stewie compares what he sees as a CliffhangerCopout to ''Film/Contact'' with the sudden revelation of a secret backup machine after the first is destroyed in a suicide bombing.

* TakeThat: Stewie compares what he sees as a CliffhangerCoupout to ''Film/Contact'' with the revelation of a secret backup machine after the first is destroyed in a sucide bombing.

** The narrator reveals that Quag became a famous actor who died of a prescirption drug overdose at the Viper room nightclub, something that happened exactly to Creator/RiverPhoenix in real life, who played Quagmire's character Chris Chambers in the film.

* TakeThat: After describing Quag's death, the narrator says that what remains is "a hair-lipped reminder of what might have been", as a photo of Creator/JoaquinPhoenix is shown on screen accompanied by LosingHorns. After the commercial break, Peter tells Phoenix, if he is still watching, that he is "a good sport and a trooper.".

* TakeThat: After describing Quag's death, the narrator says that what remains is "a hair-lipped reminder of what might have been", as a photo of Creator/JoaquinPhoenix is shown on screen accompanied by LosingHorns. After the commercial break, Peter tells Phoenix, if he is still watching, that he is "a good sport and a trooper".

* TakeThat: After describing Quag's death, the narrator says that what remains is "a hair-lipped reminder of what might have been", as a photo of Creator/JoaquinPhoenix is shown on screen accompanied by LosingHorns.

* TakeThat: After describing Quag's death, the narrator says that what remains is "a hair-lipped reminder of what might have been", as a photo of Creator/JoaquinPhoenix is shown on screen with a womp-womp sound.

* Irony: The Creator/StephenKing episode of Family Guy doesn't have the main character whose [[Creator/SethGreen actor]] was actually in a [[Film/It1990 Stephen King adaptation]].

* StatingTheSimpleSolution: Quag complains that their journey is getting dangerous and asks why they couldn't have just taken a bus over. Petey says that it's because one of their friends is black.

* PlotHole: Discussed by Stewie. Denouncing bringing back Snuggly Jeff by way of a child's wish, she cites ''Film/{{Contact}}'' and her displeasure of [[ContrivedCoincidence there being a backup machine that the characters somehow never noticed until it was relevant]].

* ShoutOut

** As Peter/Andy gets ready to break the pipe, we see that Carter/Norton is watching ''Series/{{Friends}}''. Peter/Andy smashes the pipe when the theme song gets to the clapping part, instead of matching the thunderclaps from the storm like in the movie.
*** This is also a reference to the fact that show started a day before ''The Shawshank Redemption'' was released in theaters.

* PlotHole: Lampshaded when Petey pulls a gun on Ace. Ace responds that Petey wins for now, but that he'll get a gun tomorrow and come after him. Petey realizes that they live in the same town and he'd have to be on his guard every day, so he lets Ace take the body--remarking this whole thing is a big hole in the story. In the original novella, Ace and co. do indeed find the heroes later and beat the hell out of them in retribution, but this didn't make it into the movie.

* TantrumThrowing: Provides the page image.

* NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer: At the end, the narrator says that Cleve grew up to marry Creator/RebeccaRomijn, then says he's not making it up and that the actor who played the fat kid from ''Stand By Me'' (Creator/JerryOConnell) really did marry her. To be fair, O'Connell is FormerlyFat and grew into a very handsome man and a talented actor, but it's not still not a pairing you would have guessed from this role.

* NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer: At the end, the narrator says that Cleve grew up to marry Creator/RebeccaRomijn, then says he's not making it up and that the actor who played the fat kid from ''Stand By Me'' (Creator/JerryOConnell) really did marry her.

* WeWillMeetAgain: Poked fun at; After Petey drives off Ace and his gang with a gun, Ace promises to get a gun of his own and come after Petey. Realizing that their next meeting will be inevitable since they all live in the same small town, Petey lets Ace have the body to avoid further altercation.

* ShoutOut: The scene where Brian/Paul runs over Stephen King right before his car crash is a reference to how King himself got ran over in 1999, the same year ''Family Guy'' premiered.

** Instead of naked ladies, Peter/Andy carves ''Franchise/StarWars'' figurines out of soap.

** As Peter/Andy gets ready to break the pipe, we see that Carter/Norton is watching ''Series/{{Friends}}''. Peter/Andy smashes the pipe when the theme song gets to the clapping part.

* AbsenteeActor: Chris doesn't appear in this episode.

** Before they get chased by Chooper (actually Brain), Cleve mentions he's got a "bad feeling about this", just like in ''Franchise/StarWars''.

** The narrator reveals that Quag became a famous actor who died of a drug overdose at the Viper room nightclub, something that happened exactly to Creator/RiverPhoenix in real life, who played Quagmire's character Chris Chambers in the film.

** The narrator reveals that Quag became a famous actor who died of a drug overdose at the Viper room nightclub, something that happened exactly to Creator/{{River Phoenix}} in real life, who played Quagmire's character Chris Chambers in the film.