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* ShoutOut: The episode's title is a reference to Creator/JudyBlume's ''[[Literature/{{FUDGE}} Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing]]''.

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* ShoutOut: The episode's title is a reference to Creator/JudyBlume's ''[[Literature/{{FUDGE}} Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing]]''.Nothing]]'', whose protagonist is likewise named Peter.
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* AntiRoleModel: A couple of kids react positively to the way that Peter bullies Omar.
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* AntiRoleModel: A couple of kids react positively to the way that Peter bullies Omar.
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* MisfortuneCookie: Peter regrets opening his fortune cookie after it said that a grand piano would fall on him and it came true.
--> '''Peter:''' Next time you get a fortune cookie, don't open it!
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* ShoutOut: The episode's title is a reference to Creator/JudyBlume's ''[[Literature/{{FUDGE}} Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing]]''.
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* RunningGag: The Cleveland Bathtub Gag appears for a third time. Only this time, Cleveland doesn't say "What the hell?!"
-->'''Cleveland''': I can't feel my legs!
-->'''Joe''': ''(offscreen)'' Welcome to the party, pal!
-->'''Cleveland''': Oh, wait. There they are.
-->'''Joe''': ''(offscreen)'' Oh...

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Peter must repeat the third grade[[note]]even though "And the Weiner Is..." from season two established that he completed the fourth grade as an adult[[/note]] in order to net a promotion at work. Meanwhile, Brian and Stewie help Frank Sinatra, Jr. make his nightclub more modern.

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Peter must repeat the third grade[[note]]even though "And the Weiner Is..." from season two established that he completed the fourth grade as an adult[[/note]] in order to net a promotion at work. Meanwhile, Brian and Stewie help Frank Sinatra, Jr. make his nightclub more modern.



* AntiRoleModel: A couple kids react positively to the way that Peter bullies Omar.

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* AntiRoleModel: A couple of kids react positively to the way that Peter bullies Omar.Omar.
* BackToSchool: The main plot is about Peter having to repeat third grade to get a promotion.



* SelfDeprecation: The nightclub goes under because Creator/AndyDick (voicing himself) showed up to party, thus causing everyone to run away in a panic.

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* SelfDeprecation: The nightclub goes under because Creator/AndyDick (voicing himself) showed up to party, thus causing everyone to run away in a panic.panic.
* ShaggyDogStory: After finally completing third grade, Peter learns that he's going to jail for blowing up a children's hospital early in the episode.
* SkewedPriorities: Peter's reason for getting a promotion at work is so he can use the executive bathroom. Not for the extra money, or for the health benefits, but for the bathroom.
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* AIIsACrapshoot: Peter built a robot to work at the company, saying [[TemptingFate it has no emotions and is programmed to not hurt people]]. The robot immediately strangles him, while shouting, "Angry! Angry!"
* AntiRoleModel: A couple kids react positively to the way that Peter bullies Omar.



* KarmaHoudini: Played with. While it was acknowledged that Peter blew up a children's hospital and he's found guilty, he's only sentenced to seven days in prison (with him being released [[StatusQuoIsGod just in time for the next episode]]).

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* KarmaHoudini: Played with. While it was acknowledged that Peter blew up a children's hospital and he's found guilty, he's only sentenced to seven days in prison (with him being released [[StatusQuoIsGod just in time for the next episode]]).episode]]).
* SelfDeprecation: The nightclub goes under because Creator/AndyDick (voicing himself) showed up to party, thus causing everyone to run away in a panic.

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Peter must go back to school in order to get a promotion.

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Peter must go back to school repeat the third grade[[note]]even though "And the Weiner Is..." from season two established that he completed the fourth grade as an adult[[/note]] in order to get net a promotion.
promotion at work. Meanwhile, Brian and Stewie help Frank Sinatra, Jr. make his nightclub more modern.



* AbusiveParents: Peter farting in Meg's face.
* {{Gasshole}}: The RunningGag of Peter farting in Meg's face is introduced in this episode.

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* AbusiveParents: {{Bowdlerization}}: The following changes were made between the TV version and the DVD version:
**The scene of Stewie watching a movie called ''The Detarded'' (like ''The Departed'', but with Leonardo [=DiCaprio=]'s and Matt Damon's characters as mentally retarded) was cut on TV, but not DVD.
**The cutaway of John Madden outlining the people a bride had sex with before she got married: On the TV version, Madden points out "...and even this guy!" On DVD, Madden says, "[The bride] did some handwork on this guy."
**The cutaway of John Wilkes Booth forced to sit behind Abraham Lincoln at Ford's Theater: On TV, Booth grumbles, "God, could he be any more annoying?" On the DVD, the line is, "Christ, can he be any more annoying?"
**Tom Tucker's sentence when
Peter farting has trouble spelling "lesbians" during a spelling bee: On the TV version, Tom Tucker's sentence is, "The lesbians are going shopping for double-sided marital aids." On the DVD version, the sentence is, "The lesbians are going shopping for double-headed marital aids."[[note]]the FOX censors didn't like that the "head" in Meg's face.
* {{Gasshole}}: The RunningGag of Peter farting in Meg's face is introduced in this episode.
"double-headed" referred to the penis[[/note]]
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* Gasshole: The RunningGag of Peter farting in Meg's face is introduced in this episode.
* KarmaHoudini: Played with. While it was acknowledged that Peter blew up a children's hospital and he's found guilty, he's only sentenced to seven days in prison (with him being released just in time for the next episode).

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* Gasshole: {{Gasshole}}: The RunningGag of Peter farting in Meg's face is introduced in this episode.
* KarmaHoudini: Played with. While it was acknowledged that Peter blew up a children's hospital and he's found guilty, he's only sentenced to seven days in prison (with him being released [[StatusQuoIsGod just in time for the next episode).episode]]).
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Peter must go back to school in order to get a promotion.

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* AbusiveParents: Peter farting in Meg's face.
* Gasshole: The RunningGag of Peter farting in Meg's face is introduced in this episode.
* KarmaHoudini: Played with. While it was acknowledged that Peter blew up a children's hospital and he's found guilty, he's only sentenced to seven days in prison (with him being released just in time for the next episode).

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