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-->''There was a man! He dropped out! Now he's back! He has a daughter... and she's in college with him!''
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-->''There was a man! He dropped out! Now he's back! He has a daughter... and now she's in college with him!''
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-->''There was a man! He dropped out! Now he's back! He has a daughter...and she's in college with him!''
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-->''There was a man! He dropped out! Now he's back! He has a daughter... and she's in college with him!''
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** In the next sequence, Brian does this to James Woods and the executives. As mentioned, he tries and fails to convince them to return to the original material. When they ignore him and decide to go along with another of James Wood's ridiculous ideas, Brian tells them that he doesn't want to be involved in the project anymore. Before storming out, he chews the group out for destroying his dream, by taking something that he worked really hard on and was really precious to him and destroying it for the sake of money and ratings.
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** In the next sequence, Brian does this to James Woods and the executives. As mentioned, he He tries and fails to convince them to return to the original material. When they ignore him and decide to go along with another of James Wood's ridiculous ideas, Brian tells them that he doesn't want to be involved in the project anymore. Before storming out, he chews the group out for destroying his dream, by taking something that he worked really hard on and was really precious to him and destroying it for the sake of money and ratings.
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* ItalianAmericanCaricature: Brian cracks an ill-timed World War II joke to some Creator/{{NBC}} executives. He awkwardly asks if anyone's Jewish, causing the execs to look at each other and reveal [[SizableSemiticNose comically large, hooked noses]]. Brian hastily apologizes, but the execs laugh and admit they're just Italian-Americans.
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* StylisticSuck: There is absolutely ''nothing'' funny about "Classholes," and just about every single person watching the pilot episode can only glare at the TV in what could only be described as "bored loathing." To wit, literally, every time someone finishes speaking is punctuated by the LaughTrack even if they weren't attempting to make a joke.
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* StylisticSuck: There is absolutely ''nothing'' funny about "Classholes," and just about every single person watching the pilot episode can only glare at the TV in what could only be described as "bored loathing." To wit, literally, every time someone finishes speaking is punctuated by the LaughTrack even if they weren't attempting to make a joke. Not to mention that the theme song is an extremely dull ExpositoryThemeTune.
-->''There was a man! He dropped out! Now he's back! He has a daughter...and she's in college with him!''
-->''There was a man! He dropped out! Now he's back! He has a daughter...and she's in college with him!''
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* TimeSkip: An indeterminable amount of time passes between Peter and Lois taking Stewie to the hospital and the final scene of the episode with Peter's ''Jaws'' pitch being shown on TV, since Stewie (having fully recovered) walks in, mentions that it's now November and demands to know what happened to him.
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* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: After Brian finally tears the executives a new one for ruining his idea and quits, their reaction is....brief ambivalence before continuing with the show, since it was pretty clear they weren't passion motivated and Brian was such a minimal player in its conception by the end anyway.
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* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: After Brian finally tears the executives a new one for ruining his idea and quits, their reaction is....brief ambivalence before continuing with the show, since it was pretty clear they weren't passion motivated and Brian was such a minimal player in its conception by the end anyway.
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* ReasonYouSuchSpeech: Lois does this to Brian for letting the executives walk all over him and turn what she had previously described as a really good story into garbage for the sake of ratings.
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* ReasonYouSuchSpeech: TheReasonYouSuckSpeech:
** Lois does this to Brian for letting the executives walk all over him and turn what she had previously described as a really good story into garbage for the sake of ratings.
** Lois does this to Brian for letting the executives walk all over him and turn what she had previously described as a really good story into garbage for the sake of ratings.
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* HopeSpot: Following the pilots poor reception, Brian meets with James Woods and the executives, who state that they need to make some changes to make it more relatable. Brian is relieved about this and they should return to the original material. These hopes are then dashed by James Woods, who suggests an even more outlandish and preposterous idea, that he plays a cop and the chimp is his reincarnated partner who can't pay the rent. The executives agree with this, but for Brian, it's the last straw and he quits.
* RageBreakingPoint: When James Woods and the TV executives decide to make even more ludicrous changes to the storyline, Brian (seeing that Lois was right) puts his foot down, tells them that enough is enough and then quits on the spot.
* ReasonYouSuchSpeech: Lois does this to Brian for letting the executives walk all over him and turn what she had previously described as a really good story into garbage for the sake of ratings.
** In the next sequence, Brian does this to James Woods and the executives. As mentioned, he tries and fails to convince them to return to the original material. When they ignore him and decide to go along with another of James Wood's ridiculous ideas, Brian tells them that he doesn't want to be involved in the project anymore. Before storming out, he chews the group out for destroying his dream, by taking something that he worked really hard on and was really precious to him and destroying it for the sake of money and ratings.
* ReasonYouSuchSpeech: Lois does this to Brian for letting the executives walk all over him and turn what she had previously described as a really good story into garbage for the sake of ratings.
** In the next sequence, Brian does this to James Woods and the executives. As mentioned, he tries and fails to convince them to return to the original material. When they ignore him and decide to go along with another of James Wood's ridiculous ideas, Brian tells them that he doesn't want to be involved in the project anymore. Before storming out, he chews the group out for destroying his dream, by taking something that he worked really hard on and was really precious to him and destroying it for the sake of money and ratings.
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* StylisticSuck: There is absolutely ''nothing'' funny about "Classholes," and just about every single person watching the pilot episode can only glare at the TV in what could only be described as "bored loathing." To wit, literally every time someone finishes speaking is punctuated by the LaughTrack even if they weren't attempting to make a joke.
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* StylisticSuck: There is absolutely ''nothing'' funny about "Classholes," and just about every single person watching the pilot episode can only glare at the TV in what could only be described as "bored loathing." To wit, literally literally, every time someone finishes speaking is punctuated by the LaughTrack even if they weren't attempting to make a joke.joke.
* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: Another in-universe example. Brian's script was the heartwarming story of a single father trying to do right by his only daughter and help her get the best life. James Woods and the TV executives insisted upon changing it, to make it more "relatable" and turned it into another cheap comedy show that everyone hated. Despite the poor ratings, they don't learn their lesson and Brian quits before they can do any more damage.
* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: Another in-universe example. Brian's script was the heartwarming story of a single father trying to do right by his only daughter and help her get the best life. James Woods and the TV executives insisted upon changing it, to make it more "relatable" and turned it into another cheap comedy show that everyone hated. Despite the poor ratings, they don't learn their lesson and Brian quits before they can do any more damage.
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* EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys: Among the changes to Brian's pilot is the father getting a chimp sidekick.
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-->'''Peter:''' When you were babies, I knocked you out all the time. Sometimes by accident, sometimes when the Patriots lost.
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-->'''Peter:''' When you were babies, I knocked used to knock you kids out all the time.every month or so. Sometimes by accident, sometimes when the Patriots lost.
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* AbusiveParents: Peter casually mentions to Meg and Chris that he assaulted them as infants.
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* AbusiveParents: Peter casually mentions to Meg and Chris that he assaulted them as infants.infants, sometimes ''on purpose''.
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* HateSink: The producers at CBS are meant to be despised for not taking Brian’s beautiful drama into account. You really root for Brian when he decides to quit and not deal with them anymore.
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* HateSink: The producers at CBS are meant to be despised for not taking Brian’s beautiful drama into account.account, and turning it into a [[StylisticSuck painfully unfunny sitcom]] for the sake of ratings. You really root for Brian when he decides to quit and not deal with them anymore.
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* StylisticSuck: There is ''absolutely nothing funny'' about "Classholes," and just about every single person watching the pilot episode can only glare at the TV in would could solely be described as "bored loathing." To wit, literally every time someone finishes speaking is punctuated by the LaughTrack even if they weren't attempting to make a joke.
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* StylisticSuck: There is ''absolutely nothing funny'' absolutely ''nothing'' funny about "Classholes," and just about every single person watching the pilot episode can only glare at the TV in would what could solely only be described as "bored loathing." To wit, literally every time someone finishes speaking is punctuated by the LaughTrack even if they weren't attempting to make a joke.
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* StylisticSuck: There is ''absolutely nothing funny'' about "Classholes," and just about every single person watching the pilot episode can only glare at the TV in would could solely be described as "bored loathing." To wit, literally every time someone finishes speaking is punctuated by the LaughTrack even if they weren't attempting to make a joke.
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* BumblingDad: James Woods' character in ''Classholes!'' is a textbook example, befitting for the cliched comedy sitcom Brian's show was meddled into being.
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* StealthInsult: While complimenting the script, Lois remarks she was certain Brian had ripped off something, so she spent 18 hours checking to see if he did. Brian prefers to focus on how she liked the script.
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* StealthInsult: While complimenting the script, Lois remarks she was certain Brian had ripped off something, so she spent 18 hours checking to see if he did. Brian prefers to focus on how she liked the script.script.
* WouldHurtAChild: Peter has no problems against having Stewie get run over by Lois.
* WouldHurtAChild: Peter has no problems against having Stewie get run over by Lois.
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Brian's TV pilot for a drama about a single father who goes back to college gets turned into a crass comedy about a hot coed whose father enrolls in college with her. Meanwhile, Chris and Meg try to cover up Stewie's brain injury, a la Weekend at Bernie's.
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Brian's TV pilot for a drama about a single father who goes back to college gets turned into a crass comedy about a hot coed whose father enrolls in college with her. Meanwhile, Chris and Meg try to cover up Stewie's brain injury, a la Weekend at Bernie's.
''Film/WeekendAtBernies''.
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* AbusiveParents: Peter casually mentions to Meg and Chris that he assaulted them as infants.
-->'''Peter:''' When you were babies, I knocked you out all the time. Sometimes by accident, sometimes when the Patriots lost.
-->'''Peter:''' When you were babies, I knocked you out all the time. Sometimes by accident, sometimes when the Patriots lost.
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* FrameUp: Peter tries to have Lois framed for injuring Stewie's head, and Lois then decides to frame the injuries on someone else herself.
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* DisproportionateRetribution: Joe hired a sitter so he could watch the episode at the Griffins'. After seeing how awful it is, Joe tries to give Brian a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown and the others barely manage to restrain him.
* EnemyMine: In Peter's movie (''Big Jaws''), the hunters and the shark have to team up against an even bigger shark.
* EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys: Among the changes to Brian's pilot is the father getting a chimp sidekick.
* EnemyMine: In Peter's movie (''Big Jaws''), the hunters and the shark have to team up against an even bigger shark.
* EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys: Among the changes to Brian's pilot is the father getting a chimp sidekick.
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* HateSink: The producers at CBS are meant to be despised for not taking Brian’s beautiful drama into account. You really root for Brian when he decides to quit and not deal with them anymore.
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* HateSink: The producers at CBS are meant to be despised for not taking Brian’s beautiful drama into account. You really root for Brian when he decides to quit and not deal with them anymore.anymore.
* IncomingHam: "Hey, what's up, douchebags? I'm here to audition for this stupid pilot."
* InstantlyProvenWrong: When it's all over, Brian tries to take comfort in how he at least got something on the air and says not everyone can say that. The TV then returns to Peter's movie idea, ''Big Film/{{Jaws}}''.
* LetsSeeYouDoBetter: The leads from ''Series/TwoAndAHalfMen'' are on hand to see Brian's meddled, awful pilot. The real Charlie Sheen even does the line.
-->'''Charlie Sheen:''' You're always saying our show sucks. Let's see yours.
* {{Retool}}: Brian's pilot started as a dignified story about a single father going back to college to do right by his daughter and became a forced, zany comedy. After the initial ratings prove low, James Woods proposes changing his character to a cop, while the chimp is his reincarnated partner and can't pay the rent.
* StealthInsult: While complimenting the script, Lois remarks she was certain Brian had ripped off something, so she spent 18 hours checking to see if he did. Brian prefers to focus on how she liked the script.
* IncomingHam: "Hey, what's up, douchebags? I'm here to audition for this stupid pilot."
* InstantlyProvenWrong: When it's all over, Brian tries to take comfort in how he at least got something on the air and says not everyone can say that. The TV then returns to Peter's movie idea, ''Big Film/{{Jaws}}''.
* LetsSeeYouDoBetter: The leads from ''Series/TwoAndAHalfMen'' are on hand to see Brian's meddled, awful pilot. The real Charlie Sheen even does the line.
-->'''Charlie Sheen:''' You're always saying our show sucks. Let's see yours.
* {{Retool}}: Brian's pilot started as a dignified story about a single father going back to college to do right by his daughter and became a forced, zany comedy. After the initial ratings prove low, James Woods proposes changing his character to a cop, while the chimp is his reincarnated partner and can't pay the rent.
* StealthInsult: While complimenting the script, Lois remarks she was certain Brian had ripped off something, so she spent 18 hours checking to see if he did. Brian prefers to focus on how she liked the script.
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Brian's TV pilot for a drama about a single father who goes back to college gets turned into a crass comedy about a hot coed whose father enrolls in college with her. Meanwhile, Chris and Meg try to cover up Stewie's brain injury, a la Weekend at Bernie's.
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*ExecutiveMeddling: An InUniverse example. The executives at CBS are really adamant about the changes in the show.
*HateSink: The producers at CBS are meant to be despised for not taking Brian’s beautiful drama into account. You really root for Brian when he decides to quit and not deal with them anymore.
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*ExecutiveMeddling: An InUniverse example. The executives at CBS are really adamant about the changes in the show.
*HateSink: The producers at CBS are meant to be despised for not taking Brian’s beautiful drama into account. You really root for Brian when he decides to quit and not deal with them anymore.
