History Recap / FamilyGuyS9E10FriendsOfPeterG

* AnAesop: It is alright to enjoy drinking alcohol, just don't overdo it.

* {{Hypocrite}}: Implied with Joe since while he did arrest Peter and Brian at the start of the episode and would’ve likely arrested them if he found out they brought beer into their AA meetings, he himself has a drinking problem yet he does not go to AA.

** However, he is much more disciplined with his alcohol intake than Peter is.

* ItsAWonderfulPlot: Death shows Peter what would happen if he kept on drinking and if he needs drunk alcohol throughout his life. For the former, he is an abusive husband and father and ends up in an affair with his employer Angela, who Peter finds to be revolting. As for the latter, he ends up an exemplary father, husband, and human being in general and prefers to hang out with dignified sober people who drink milk rather than the rowdy Quagmire and Joe who are still drinking beer.

* BeliefMakesYouStupid: A cutaway portrays the birth of Jesus as the catalyst for war and friends killing each other needlessly. This is particularly nonsensical, as ignoring religions both extinct and still worshiped today (like Judaism from which Christianity was born), wars have been thought for non religious reasons, such as expansion, resource control and sea access long before the birth of Christ. Furthermore, Jesus didn't attract a following until he was an adult; his birth wouldn't cause fanatical violence.
* BookDumb: At the start of the episode, Peter incorrectly guesses that the star of Forrest Gump is named Tim Honks. Then we are shown the correct answer, Tom Hanks, but Peter apparently has no idea who Hanks is. Brian even lampshades that the trivia questions the theater gives out are very easy and pandering.

* BaitAndSwitch: Peter, to his annoyance, keeps mistaking opening logos for the opening of the film at the start of the episode.

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* BeliefMakesYouStupid: A cutaway portrays the birth of Jesus as the catalyst for war and friends killing each other needlessly. This is particularly nonsensical, as ignoring religions both extinct and still worshiped today (like Judaism from which Christianity was born), wars have been thought for non religious reasons, such as expansion, resource control and sea access long before the birth of Christ.

* ItsAWonderfulPlot: Death shows Peter what would happen if he kept on drinking and if he quit drinking 24/7. For the former, he is an abusive husband and father and ends up in an affair with his employer Angela, who Peter finds to be revolting. As for the latter, he ends up an exemplary father, husband, and human being in general and prefers to hang out with dignified sober people who drink milk rather than the rowdy Quagmire and Joe who resume drinking beer.

* BookDumb: Or movie dumb in this case as at the start of the episode, Peter incorrectly guesses that the star of Forrest Gump is named Tim Honks. Then we are shown the correct answer, Tom Hanks, but Peter apparently has no idea who Hanks is. Brian even lampshades that the trivia questions the theater gives out are very easy and pandering.

* DefiantToTheEnd: Brian is this throughout the entire episode as he repeatedly voices his displeasure at being forced to attend AA and being taken off the bottle.

* InsaneTrollLogic:
** Brian says that that AA hasn’t really helped people over the years and says that people will be addicted to AA instead of alcohol, even though recovering alcoholics have better things to do in their time then attend AA 24/7 and only go to AA when required to. He also states that people who prefer to drink alcohol are more fun despite the amount of damage that ‘fun’ can do.
** Brian claims that the alcoholics quit drinking because they were hurting their loved ones, but if they get drunk in secret, they won't be hurting them. This is incredibly idiotic on several levels. It's often hard to hide drunkenness, and even if the drunkenness itself goes unnoticed, the consequences sure won't. Plus, even if you don't hurt others with your drunkenness, you're sure to hurt yourself sooner or later. This episode does not paint Brian in a positive light at all.

* TakeAThirdOption: After seeing how abusive he will become if he keeps drinking and how boring he would be if he never drank, Peter decides to only have half a six-pack and throw the other half away at the end of the episode.
* TokenGoodTeammate: Peter is at first unwilling to throw away his drinking habits just as much as Brian is, yet when Death shows him how much drinking can mess him up, he decides to be this and not be so dependent on alcohol. In the extended version, he even tries to be optimistic about being in AA before changing his mind about it.

* InsaneTrollLogic: Brian says that that AA hasn’t really helped people over the years and says that people will be addicted to AA instead of alcohol, even though recovering alcoholics have better things to do in their time then attend AA 24/7 and only go to AA when required to. He also states that people who prefer to drink alcohol are more fun despite the amount of damage that ‘fun’ can do.
** Brian also claims that the alcoholics quit drinking because they were hurting their loved ones, but if they get drunk in secret, they won't be hurting them. This is incredibly idiotic on several levels. It's often hard to hide drunkenness, and even if the drunkenness itself goes unnoticed, the consequences sure won't. Plus, even if you don't hurt others with your drunkenness, you're sure to hurt yourself sooner or later. This episode does not paint Brian in a positive light at all.

* ShoutOut: The entire "Mr. Booze" song pays homage to a scene in ''Robin and the Seven Hoods'' to mislead Joe.
** Peter also mentions the Nickelodeon show ''WesternAnimation/CatDog'' and even sings a quarter of the song.

* NeverMyFault: Peter says that everybody else who has a problem with his and Brian’s drinking is to blame rather than admitting that he and Brian are responsible for their own drinking. This is what kicks off the ItsAWonderfulPlot at the third-half of the episode.

Peter and Brian are sentenced to attend Alcoholics Anonymous.

* AnAesop: It is alright to enjoy drinking alcohol, just drink responsibly.

* TokenGoodTeammate: Peter is at first unwilling to throw away his drinking habits just as much as Brian is, yet when Death shows him how much drinking can mess him up, he decides to be this and not be so dependent on alcohol.

** Brian also claims that the alcoholics quit drinking because they were hurting their loved ones, but if they get drunk in secret, they won't be hurting them. This is incredibly idiotic on several levels. It's often hard to hide drunkenness, and even if the drunkenness itself goes unnoticed, the consequences sure won't. Plus, even if you don't hurt others with your drunkenness, you're sure to hurt yourself sooner or later. This episode does not paint Brian in a positive light at all..

* BookDumb: Or movie dumb in this case as at the start of the episode, Peter incorrectly guesses that the star of Forrest Gump is named Tim Honks. Then we are shown the correct answer, Tom Hanks, but Peter apparently has no idea who Hanks is. Brian even lampshades that the questions the theater gives out are very easy and pandering.