History Recap / FamilyGuyS8E1RoadToTheMultiverse

* TheMultiverse: The premise sees Stewie and Brian casually universe-hopping.

* AnachronismStew: The Disney universe appears to be based on Disney's Golden Age from the 1930s to the 1950s (particularly ''Snow White and the Seven Dwarves'' as Lois looks like Snow White and Peter looks like Doc). However, Disney Meg is based on Ursula from ''WesternAnimation/{{The Little Mermaid|1989}}'', and Disney Joe is based on Mrs. Potts from ''WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast''. Both movies are from the UsefulNotes/DisneyRenaissance era (late 80's to 90's).

* AnachronismStew: The Disney universe appears to be based on Disney's Golden Age from the 1930s to the 1950s (particularly ''Snow White and the Seven Dwarves'' as Lois looks like Snow White and Peter looks like Doc). However, Disney Meg is based on Ursula from ''WesternAnimation/{{The Little Mermaid|1989}}'', and Disney Joe is based on Mrs. Potts from ''WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast''. Both movies are from Disney's "Renaissance" era (which is the late 1980s into the 1990s).

** In another of Stewie's homosexual moments, when they travel to a universe of half-naked men in speedos and Stewie says "Love it!" and Brian says "Hate it." Brian's dog habits are shown when he and Stewie reverse it when they travel to a universe of fire hydrants.
** In the universe where everyone has a happy head and a sad head, Happy Stewie is seen french-kissing Sad Stewie.

* ArtisticLicenceHistory: The [[JapanTakesOverTheWorld Japan-dominated world]], where the US never dropped the bomb on Hiroshima. The question of whether Japan would have surrendered anyway is highly controversial, but even granting that they wouldn't have, Japan was in ruins by the time of the atomic bombings, and any realistic hopes of victory were already long gone. Serious-minded Japanese victory scenarios usually place the PointOfDivergence much earlier when Japan was still in a strong position, and even most of those don't go as far as to have them successfully conquer North America. AlternateHistoryWank and RuleOfFunny apply, of course.

* ArtisticLicenceHistory: The [[JapanTakesOverTheWorld Japan-dominated world]], where the US never dropped the bomb on Hiroshima. Whether Japan would have surrendered anyway is highly controversial, but even granting that they wouldn't have, Japan was in ruins by the time of the atomic bombings, and any realistic hopes of victory were already long gone. Serious-minded Japanese victory scenarios usually place the PointOfDivergence much earlier when Japan was still in a strong position, and even most of those don't go as far as to have them successfully conquer North America. AlternateHistoryWank and RuleOfFunny apply, of course.

* ArtisticLicenceHistory: The [[JapanTakesOverTheWorld Japan-dominated world]], where the US never dropped the bomb on Hiroshima. Whether Japan would have surrendered anyway is controversial, but by the time of the atomic bombings Japan was in ruins and any realistic hope of victory was already long gone. Serious-minded Japanese victory scenarios usually place the PointOfDivergence much earlier when Japan was still in a strong position, and even most of those don't go as far as to have them successfully conquer North America. AlternateHistoryWank and RuleOfFunny apply, of course.

* ArtisticLicenceHistory: The [[JapanTakesOverTheWorld Japan-dominated world]], where the US never dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima. Whether Japan would have surrendered anyway is controversial, but at the time of the bombings Japan was already in ruins and victory had ceased to be a realistic prospect long before that. Serious-minded Japanese victory scenarios usually place the PointOfDivergence much earlier when Japan was still in a strong position, and even most of those don't go as far as to have them successfully conquer North America. AlternateHistoryWank and RuleOfFunny apply, of course.

* AlternateHistoryWank: In one universe [[JapanTakesOverTheWorld Japan has conquered America]] because the latter never dropped the atomic bomb on the former.

* ArtisticLicenceHistory: The universe where [[JapanTakesOverTheWorld Japan has taken over the world]]:
** Stewie explains the point of divergence as being that "the United States never dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, so the Japanese just never quit". Whether Japan would have surrendered anyway is a controversial and debated topic, but even granting that they wouldn't have, Japan was already in ruins by that point, and nothing short of a miracle for them could have turned the war in their favor. Realistic "Japan wins [=WW2=]" scenarios are usually based on a Japanese victory at Midway, or a more crushing victory at Pearl Harbor, but even most of those don't go as far as to have them successfully conquer North America. One has to assume they won not due to superior resources or strategy, but by sheer tenacity, while the allies were eventually so worn down they just gave up.
** A minor one is that Spooner St. consists of Japanese-style houses, even though Japan actually Westernized during the Meiji Restoration. It's possible that in the wake of their victory they sought to purge their culture of foreign influences, which included re-embracing traditional Japanese architecture.

** Stewie explains the point of divergence as being that "the United States never dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, so the Japanese just never quit". Whether Japan would have surrendered anyway is a controversial and debated topic, but Japan was already in ruins, and nothing short of a miracle for them could have turned the war in their favor by that point. Realistic "Japan wins [=WW2=]" scenarios are usually based on a Japanese victory at Midway, or a more crushing victory at Pearl Harbor, but even most of those don't go as far as to have them successfully conquer North America. Supposedly the completely indefatigable Japanese wore down the allies to the point where they eventually just gave up.

* AlternateHistoryWank: In one universe [[JapanTakesOverTheWorld Japan has conquered America]] because the latter never dropped the atomic bomb on the former. Whether Japan would have surrendered anyway is a controversial and debated topic, but Japan was already in ruins and wouldn't be in a position to gain any new territories for years. Supposedly the completely indefatigable Japanese wore down the allies to the point where they eventually just gave up.

* ArtisticLicenceHistory: Both of these examples regards Japan in the Japanese style universe:
** The Griffins live in a Japanese-style house. In real life, Japan had Westernized during the Meiji Restoration (though Japanese-style houses can be found in some parts of Japan, albeit not as widespread as what's depicted in the media, both Western and Japanese).
** Stewie also mentions that "Japan never quit" WWII because America never dropped the nuke. In reality, other factors like ''the Soviets'' invading Manchuria also contributed to Japanese surrender, and the allies were not about to let Imperial Japan go unpunished with or without a nuke. Also, there's the implication that [[JapanTakesOverTheWorld Japan took over the world]] without nukes, even though the Point of Divergence was when Japan was practically defeated and on the brink of ruin, and would be in no position to invade anyone for years.

** The first universe shows what the world would look like if Christianity never existed, in which the [[DarkAgeEurope Dark Ages]] never happened and science was able to progress by 1000 years compared to us. However, the Dark Ages weren't caused by Christianity being imposed on other cultures, but rather the fall of UsefulNotes/TheRomanEmpire. Not to mention Christian monks preserving knowledge is the reason why a lot of information was not lost after Western Rome's fall, and while the Catholic Church stifled some advancements (an obvious example being the Inquisition), it also facilitated them, especially in the Renaissance. Furthermore, the non-existence of Christianity would also have implications for the existence of Islam, and Islamic scholars themselves were responsible for numerous advancements in science and math in the Middle to Renaissance ages. The Crusades were also a big influence on the Age of Discovery, so it's doubtful the Americas would have been colonized just the same. Overall, the absence of Christianity would be such a major change that the world would look completely unfamiliar, much less be a futuristic utopia by our standards.

* ArtisticLicenseReligion: The first universe shows what the world would look like if Christianity never existed, in which the [[DarkAgeEurope Dark Ages]] never happened and science was able to progress by 1000 years compared to us. However, the Dark Ages weren't caused by Christianity being imposed on other cultures, but rather the fall of UsefulNotes/TheRomanEmpire. Not to mention Christian monks preserving knowledge is the reason why a lot of information was not lost after Western Rome's fall, and while the Catholic Church stifled some advancements (an obvious example being the Inquisition), it also facilitated them, especially in the Renaissance. Furthermore, the non-existence of Christianity would also have implications for the existence of Islam, and Islamic scholars themselves were responsible for numerous advancements in science and math in the Middle to Renaissance ages. The Crusades were also a big influence on the Age of Discovery, so it's doubtful the Americas would have been colonized just the same. Overall, the absence of Christianity would be such a major change that the world would look completely unfamiliar, much less be a futuristic utopia by our standards.

** In the Disney universe, many of the characters appear as parodies of Disney characters -- Lois as Snow White.
Chris as Winnie the Pooh.
Meg as Ursula from The Little Mermaid. Quagmire as a bird from Song of the South. Cleveland as Flower from Bambi. Joe in a parody of Mrs. Potts from Beauty and the Beast. Mayor Adam West as The Dormouse from Alice in Wonderland. Herbert as the Evil Queen from Snow White. Bruce as Tinkerbell. Tom Tucker as The March Hare from Alice in Wonderland.

* AnimationBump: The Creator/{{Disney}} sequence uses more fluid animation to match the style of its namesake

* ButtMonkey: Meg. Even in the futuristic alternate universe, where she's smoking hot, she's still considered ugly compared to Lois (Stewie says, "If you saw Lois you'd have to put your penis in a wheelchair." On DVD, the line is, "If you saw Lois your penis would shoot right off your body.") Of note, and probably obvious to many, this universe's Lois doesn't appear.

* AnimationBump: The Creator/{{Disney}} sequence.

* AlternateHistory: Some of the universes, like the Japan-dominated universe and the World War III universe.

* WhatMeasureIsANonHuman: In the World War III universe, Lee Harvey Oswald shot Mayor [=McCheese=], with Jackie Kennedy eating the scattered head.

-->'''Stewie:''' Who cares? He's a cheeseburger.