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* ImprovComedyIsInane: Peter, Quagmire, and Joe decide to form an improv comedy group called Room for Improv-ment, since improv is "the most consistently funny form of comedy." Quagmire, having been a member of several improv groups in college, quickly becomes domineering at their rehearsals. At their first performance, Quagmire's attempts at conventional improv fall flat with the audience, while Peter easily wins them over with a bad Creator/JohnWayne impression and lame puns.
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* OverlyLongGag: During the first improv session (which involves each person saying one word at a time to form a story), Peter keeps saying "And" over and over until Joe and Quagmire call him out.
--> '''Quagmire:''' Peter!
--> '''Joe:''' Jeez!
--> '''Peter:''' [[ComicallyMissingThePoint And.]]
--> '''Quagmire:''' Peter!
--> '''Joe:''' Jeez!
--> '''Peter:''' [[ComicallyMissingThePoint And.]]
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* ThisIsGonnaSuck: Joe has this reaction during the improv group's first rehearsal.
--> '''Joe:''' I can already tell this is not gonna be fun...
--> '''Joe:''' I can already tell this is not gonna be fun...
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* AluminumChristmasTrees: Putin says that he will provide the group with everything from "A to backwards R." "Я," or "Ya," is the last letter of the Cyrillic alphabet, so Putin does give the correct Russian version of "A to Z."
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* KnowNothingKnowItAll: Whilst Peter's impression gets a genuine laugh out of people, it's basically all he knows, failing to comprehend the comedy exercises Quagmire brings up nor the more subtle humour of other comedians. Yet he considers himself the funniest man on God's Green Earth.
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'''Dan Akroyd:''' Bears on unicycles, every one of them.
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'''Dan Akroyd:''' Aykroyd:''' Bears on unicycles, every one of them.
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* RussianBear: After arriving in Russia, Stewie and Brian are surprised to find the stereotype is true.
-->'''Stewie:''' Wow, those are the Russian people? I mean, you do think of bears on unicycles when you think of Russian people, but... THEY'RE ALL BEARS ON UNICYCLES!?\\
'''Dan Akroyd:''' Bears on unicycles, every one of them.
-->'''Stewie:''' Wow, those are the Russian people? I mean, you do think of bears on unicycles when you think of Russian people, but... THEY'RE ALL BEARS ON UNICYCLES!?\\
'''Dan Akroyd:''' Bears on unicycles, every one of them.
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Meh, this is definitely subjective, I should probably move this to the YMMV
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* TakeThatCritics: The improv group that Peter, Quagmire, and Joe form in the episode has been seen as a TakeThat by some to ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' creators Creator/TreyParkerAndMattStone. In detail, Peter's interchangeable and irrelevant comedy is funny to him and the audience, but Quagmire sees it as a failure. He believes that a nuanced, character-based story and punchlines are a legitimate form of comedy, something that Stone and Parker had previously criticized ''Family Guy'' for lacking. In the end, the episode pits Peter and Quagmire at odds with each other, a battle that Peter ultimately wins, giving the impression that Creator/SethMacFarlane and the ''Family Guy'' writing crew is satisfied with their distinct brand of comedy.
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* TakeThatCritics: The improv group that Peter, Quagmire, and Joe form in the episode has been seen as a TakeThat by some to ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' creators Creator/TreyParkerAndMattStone. In detail, Peter's irrechangable and irrelevant comedy is funny to him and the audience, but Quagmire sees it as a failure. He believes that a nuanced, character-based story and punchlines are a legitimate form of comedy, something that Stone and Parker had previously criticized ''Family Guy'' for lacking. In the end, the episode pits Peter and Quagmire at odds with each other, a battle that Peter ultimately wins, giving the impression that Creator/SethMacFarlane and the ''Family Guy'' writing crew is satisfied with their distinct brand of comedy.
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* TakeThatCritics: The improv group that Peter, Quagmire, and Joe form in the episode has been seen as a TakeThat by some to ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' creators Creator/TreyParkerAndMattStone. In detail, Peter's irrechangable interchangeable and irrelevant comedy is funny to him and the audience, but Quagmire sees it as a failure. He believes that a nuanced, character-based story and punchlines are a legitimate form of comedy, something that Stone and Parker had previously criticized ''Family Guy'' for lacking. In the end, the episode pits Peter and Quagmire at odds with each other, a battle that Peter ultimately wins, giving the impression that Creator/SethMacFarlane and the ''Family Guy'' writing crew is satisfied with their distinct brand of comedy.
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* TakeThatCritics: The improv group that Peter, Quagmire, and Joe form in the episode has been seen as a TakeThat to ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' creators Creator/TreyParkerAndMattStone. In detail, Peter's irrechangable and irrelevant comedy is funny to him and the audience, but Quagmire sees it as a failure. He believes that a nuanced, character-based story and punchlines are a legitimate form of comedy, something that Stone and Parker had previously criticized ''Family Guy'' for lacking. In the end, the episode pits Peter and Quagmire at odds with each other, a battle that Peter ultimately wins, giving the impression that Creator/SethMacFarlane and the ''Family Guy'' writing crew is satisfied with their distinct brand of comedy.
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* TakeThatCritics: The improv group that Peter, Quagmire, and Joe form in the episode has been seen as a TakeThat by some to ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' creators Creator/TreyParkerAndMattStone. In detail, Peter's irrechangable and irrelevant comedy is funny to him and the audience, but Quagmire sees it as a failure. He believes that a nuanced, character-based story and punchlines are a legitimate form of comedy, something that Stone and Parker had previously criticized ''Family Guy'' for lacking. In the end, the episode pits Peter and Quagmire at odds with each other, a battle that Peter ultimately wins, giving the impression that Creator/SethMacFarlane and the ''Family Guy'' writing crew is satisfied with their distinct brand of comedy.
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* TakeThatCritics: The improv group that Peter, Quagmire, and Joe form in the episode has been seen as a TakeThat to ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' creators Creator/TreyParkerAndMattStone. In detail, Peter's irrechangable and irrelevant comedy is funny to him and the audience, but Quagmire sees it as a failure. He believes that a nuanced, character-based story and punchlines are a legitimate form of comedy, something that Stone and Parker had previously criticized ''Family Guy'' for lacking. In the end, the episode pits Peter and Quagmire at odds with each other, a battle that Peter ultimately wins, giving the impression that Creator/SethMacFarlane and the ''Family Guy'' writing crew is satisfied with their distinct brand of comedy.
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** Mila Kunis was actually born in Soviet Ukraine, and emigrated to America with her family when the USSR collapsed.
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* StabTheSalad: After the group is arrested by the Russians, then-Prime Minister Vladimir Putin does this multiple times. First he takes out nunchucks, then uses them to hang his coat (in a ShoutOut to ''Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk''). Then he pulls out a crossbow, and uses it to hang his necktie. Then he assembles an AK-47, and uses it as a cigarette lighter.
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* StabTheSalad: After the group is arrested by the Russians, then-Prime Minister Vladimir Putin does this multiple times.[[RuleOfThree three times in a row]]. First he takes out nunchucks, then uses them to hang his coat (in a ShoutOut to ''Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk''). Then he pulls out a crossbow, and uses it to hang his necktie. Then he assembles an AK-47, and uses it as a cigarette lighter.
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* IncrediblyLamePun: After Putin does the three StabTheSalad gags, Stewie remarks that he was "''Putin'' them on," to no laugh from Dan or Chevy.
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* IncrediblyLamePun: IncrediblyLamePun:
** One of the improv groups that Quagmire was a member of was called "Three-Smile Island." He notes how much this actually dates him.
** After Putin does the three StabTheSalad gags, Stewie remarks that he was "''Putin'' them on," to no laugh from Dan or Chevy.
** One of the improv groups that Quagmire was a member of was called "Three-Smile Island." He notes how much this actually dates him.
** After Putin does the three StabTheSalad gags, Stewie remarks that he was "''Putin'' them on," to no laugh from Dan or Chevy.
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* CrossoverPunchline: After foiling the plot in the nick of time, Dan expresses hope the fuselage will fall in a spot where it won't cause much damage. It crashes into Cleveland's house in Stoolbend, sending him and his bathtub falling to the ground.
-->'''Tim the Bear:''' ''[walking out and facing the audience]'' I-I don't get it.
-->'''Tim the Bear:''' ''[walking out and facing the audience]'' I-I don't get it.
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* ShoutOut: Doubling as an ActorAllusion, Dan uses a [[Film/{{Ghostbusters|1984}} PKE Meter]] to track Mayor West.
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* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: After launching the missile, Mayor Adam West snaps out of his trance and, upon seeing that he's in the middle of snow-covered Siberia, wonders if he has bitten into a York Peppermint Pattie.
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* AluminumChristmasTrees: Putin says that he will provide the group with everything from "A to backwards R." "Я," or "Ya," is the last letter of the Cyrillic alphabet, so Putin does give the correct Russian version of "A to Z."
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* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Then-Prime Minister UsefulNotes/VladimirPutin, of all people, agrees to help the group track down West, as the activation of a Cold War sleeper agent would be an embarrassment to his government.
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* NotSoAboveItAll: After agreeing to provide the group with anything they'll need, Putin asks Stewie if he can introduce a Russian cutaway gag and then does so.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure:Then-Prime Minister UsefulNotes/VladimirPutin, of all people, agrees to help the group track down West, as the activation of a Cold War sleeper agent would be an embarrassment to his government.government.
* StabTheSalad: After the group is arrested by the Russians, then-Prime Minister Vladimir Putin does this multiple times. First he takes out nunchucks, then uses them to hang his coat (in a ShoutOut to ''Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk''). Then he pulls out a crossbow, and uses it to hang his necktie. Then he assembles an AK-47, and uses it as a cigarette lighter.
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* StabTheSalad: After the group is arrested by the Russians, then-Prime Minister Vladimir Putin does this multiple times. First he takes out nunchucks, then uses them to hang his coat (in a ShoutOut to ''Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk''). Then he pulls out a crossbow, and uses it to hang his necktie. Then he assembles an AK-47, and uses it as a cigarette lighter.
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** Mila Kunis was actually born in Soviet Ukraine, and emigrated to America with her family when the USSR collapsed.
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* BilingualBonus: Meg's Russian dialogue is unsubtitled when she's triggered by the phrase. The translation is "Agent 2476 is aware and is awaiting for instructions from our side. Please wait for us to call you."
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* ImplaccableMan: ImplacableMan: Mayor Adam West turns into one of these once he's awoken as an agent.
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* WholePlotReference: Of ''Film/SpiesLikeUs''.''Film/SpiesLikeUs''.
* YouAreNumberSix: Even as a Russian sleeper agent, Meg gets the "Shut up, Meg" bit, only her number is 2476.
* YouAreNumberSix: Even as a Russian sleeper agent, Meg gets the "Shut up, Meg" bit, only her number is 2476.
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* AsHimself: Both Dan Aykroyd and Chevy Chase voice themselves.
* BilingualBonus: Meg's Russian dialogue is unsubtitled when she's triggered by the phrase.
* TheCameo: Even after moving to [[WesternAnimation/TheClevelandShow Stoolbend]], Cleveland just can't take a bath without his house being destroyed.
* ImplaccableMan: Mayor Adam West turns into one of these once he's awoken as an agent.
* ImprovisedWeapon: Stewie stabs Adam with a shard of broken window glass.
* LockedOutOfTheLoop: Tim the Bear doesn't get the RunningGag of Cleveland's house getting destroyed and him falling out while he's in the tub.
* ManchurianAgent: Mayor Adam West is a sleeper agent for the KGB who gets activated when the trigger phrase is activated by Dan by mistake. During the end credits, it's revealed Meg is one as well.
* SuperWindowJump: Mayor Adam West does this to escape once he's been compromised as a sleeper agent.
* TriggerPhrase: Brian and Stewie learn from Dan and Chevy that the phrase to activate a sleeper agent is "Gosh, that Italian family at the next table sure is quiet."
* WholePlotReference: Of ''Film/SpiesLikeUs''.
* BilingualBonus: Meg's Russian dialogue is unsubtitled when she's triggered by the phrase.
* TheCameo: Even after moving to [[WesternAnimation/TheClevelandShow Stoolbend]], Cleveland just can't take a bath without his house being destroyed.
* ImplaccableMan: Mayor Adam West turns into one of these once he's awoken as an agent.
* ImprovisedWeapon: Stewie stabs Adam with a shard of broken window glass.
* LockedOutOfTheLoop: Tim the Bear doesn't get the RunningGag of Cleveland's house getting destroyed and him falling out while he's in the tub.
* ManchurianAgent: Mayor Adam West is a sleeper agent for the KGB who gets activated when the trigger phrase is activated by Dan by mistake. During the end credits, it's revealed Meg is one as well.
* SuperWindowJump: Mayor Adam West does this to escape once he's been compromised as a sleeper agent.
* TriggerPhrase: Brian and Stewie learn from Dan and Chevy that the phrase to activate a sleeper agent is "Gosh, that Italian family at the next table sure is quiet."
* WholePlotReference: Of ''Film/SpiesLikeUs''.
