Line #5 Recap/FamilyGuyS3E18FromMethodToMadness


1	'''Original air date:''' 1/24/2002 ''(produced in 2001)''
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3	'''Production code:''' 3ACX-11
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5	Stewie meets a child actress named Olivia, while Peter discovers that the man he recently saved from drowning is a nudist.
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8	!!This episode contains examples of:
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10	* AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents: After causing a scene over the nudists, Peter and Lois feel bad for upsetting Meg (who has fallen for the nudists' son, Jeff). They opt to show their support by getting naked themselves. Meg is horribly embarrassed, but Jeff tells her he appreciates the intended sentiment.
11	* BadImpressionists:
12	** {{Subverted}} with a stand-up comedian who did impressions of his friends and family, which all sound exactly the same (a stereotypical New York accent). In the next scene, we see him talking to his friends and family and they actually all really ''do'' sound the same.
13	** Later as Stewie attempts his own one-man show, he does a similarly crummy impersonation of his father that results in him getting knocked out by a heckler ([[ItMakesSenseInContext who happens to be a grown-up, drunken]] [[WesternAnimation/TheJetsons Elroy Jetson]]). Funnily enough, Creator/SethMacFarlane voices both Stewie and Peter, meaning it's a case of him playing a character playing another one of his characters.
14	* BrainBleach: Upon seeing Jeff naked in his house, Peter immediately borrows Lois' mace and sprays himself in the eyes.
15	* BreakupBreakout: After they go their separate ways, while Olivia ends up rising to fame and is mentioned to be getting a movie role in Hollywood, Stewie tries his hand at various avenues of fame, none of which are successful.
16	* CastingCouch: Stewie calls out Olivia for apparently sleeping with their acting teacher Simon to get her name billed first on a marquee.
17	* DrivenToMadness: By the end of the episode Stewie's ongoing loss of fame drives him insane until he ends up in a straightjacket inside a padded room. He immediately regains his sanity the moment Brian proves Olivia was right about his singing voice being flat.
18	* FanDisservice: Peter naked.
19	* FanService: Lois naked. Even Quagmire agrees, asking [[JizzedInMyPants if they have a towel]] after seeing Lois naked.
20	* FormerChildStar: Peter tells Lois that child actors turn out fine as adults, citing [[WesternAnimation/TheJetsons Elroy Jetson]] as an example, A cutaway, however, shows a battered and broke Elroy getting dragged out of a bar, all the while ranting about his former glory in a slurred tone. [[WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones Bamm-Ramm Rubble]] is the driver of the cab he gets pushed into.
21	* GodivaHair: Being a nudist, Dotty's hair is the only thing covering her breasts.
22	* HandPuppetMockery: Stewie, whose sanity was slipping in the hollow pursuit of fame, pretend to be his former variety show partner, Olivia, in an attempt to recapture the success they had prior to their messy breakup.
23	* HumiliationConga: After he and Olivia go their separate ways, Stewie embarks on a string of failed showbiz endeavors: a hated musical, a hated one-man show, being rejected from performing at the nursing home he was previously at unless he was with Olivia, being interviewed by his stuffed animals due to pretending they're real and ultimately landing in an insane asylum.
24	* LaserGuidedKarma: When Stewie and Olivia are entertaining residents at a nursing home, an elderly woman applauding them breaks her wrist. Then as an elderly man [[KickTheDog points and laughs at her over this,]] his ''jaw'' immediately ends up breaking.
25	* LetsSeeYouDoBetter: After Brian and Lois attend a poorly acted one-man show, Brian boasts that he could easily do a better job. He couldn't.
26	* MisophoniaGag: Peter and Lois cover their living room furniture with plastic wrap when Meg brings home their nudist neighbor. In one scene, Peter irritates Lois by rubbing his hand on the plastic to make a loud squeak.
27	* NakedPeopleAreFunny: The Campbells are a family of nudists, much to others' discomfort. Peter and Lois later get naked themselves to make up for any hostility.
28	* NeverBringAFriendToAnAudition: Brian auditions for an acting school, only for the casting director to immediately dismiss him before he gets a chance to show off his talent. When an angered Stewie then goes to bat for his friend and scolds them for not considering him, they're impressed by ''his'' skills and offer him the spot. Surprisingly, Brian holds no animosity for him.
29	* ScreamingAtSquick: After a nude Peter [[ItMakesSenseInContext thrusts himself at Meg after besting her at a game of Yahtzee,]] she begins screaming at this display.
30	* SlipperySwimsuit: When the Griffins go over the nudists' house, Lois asks Peter if he knew about their behavior early on, to which Peter reveals that he thought the man had just lost his swimsuit in the ocean.
31	* SnapBack: Stewie immediately regains his sanity the moment he realizes Olivia was right when she said he was flat.
32	* StageMom: Olivia's mother, when told that her daughter has a chance to be famous, immediately says how ''she'' always wanted to be a famous actress.
33	* TakeThat:
34	** Stewie's failed one-man show, according to a jeering audience member, is worse than ''Theatre/{{Seussical}}''.
35	** Linda Evans is apparently now a grocery store worker in the aftermath of ''Series/Dynasty1981'' ending.
36	** When a student at Stewie's school performs mime, the teacher explains that the hierarchy of performing ranks [[AllGaysLoveTheatre "musical theatre-legitimate theatre]]-stand-up-ventriloquism-magic-[[EveryoneHatesMimes mime".]]
37	* TraumaButton: One of the bullies hassling Jeff for being a nudist shouts, "My dad's a tailor, you jerk!"

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