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2	'''Original air date:''' 9/30/1999
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4	'''Production code:''' 1ACX-11
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6	Peter's Bible-thumping father, Francis, comes to visit, making Lois feel bad for being Protestant (since Francis is Catholic), Meg feel bad for having a crush on Joe's son, and Chris feel bad for pooping in the bathroom (which Francis mistakes for masturbating).
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8	!!Tropes used in the episode:
9	* AdamWesting: Creator/PatrickWarburton voices ComicBook/{{Superman}} during the Hell cutaway. This is a nod to Warburton voicing the character for a Creator/JerrySeinfeld commercial for American Express in 1998.
10	* BitchSlap: Francis delivers two of them to Peter; first for taking the Lord's name in vain, the other for Peter calling him out on what a truly horrible father he is right to his face.
11	* BitingTheHandHumor: Francis denouncing the FOX camera man as a heathen and punching him out.
12	* BlackComedyBurst: A commercial parodies the Got milk? ad campaign, only a doctor is shown telling a woman she has a (possible breast cancer) tumor that's malignant and she only has six months to live.
13	* {{Bowdleris\|e}}ation:
14	** When Channel 4 broadcasts the episode in the UK, they digitally erased the word "Whore" from the sign that Francis tacks on below the "Just Married" sign, so Francis' sign becomes "to a Protestant".
15	** Before it aired on Channel 4, the episode had its UK premiere on Sky One. On this channel, the entire flashback mentioned above was cut, along with Francis accusing Chris of sinning (and Chris's response), Tom Tucker talking about "Cock Awareness Week", Peter mentioning bestiality, and Superman's line in Hell.
16	* BreadEggsMilkSquick:
17	** When imagining himself in Hell, Peter meets Adolf Hitler, Al Capone, John Wilkes Booth, and Superman, who killed a hooker for making a joke about his [[SpeedSex premature ejaculation]] being "faster than a speeding bullet."
18	** When Lois asks Peter where will he and his coworkers eat lunch under the strain of working for Francis Griffin, Peter retorts the following.
19	---> '''Peter''': Lois, lunch is a sin. Taking a break is a sin. [[BestialityIsDepraved Bestiality is a sin.]] I don't know how that one came up, exactly.
20	* BrotherSisterIncest: Implied with this exchange from Cindy about Bobby on The Brady Bunch.
21	--> '''Cindy''': I don't want to tattle, but is Bobby really a doctor?
22	* CallBack: The scene where Peter's at church was also in the original pilot episode.
23	* CallingTheOldManOut: When Francis berates him at work, Peter stands up to him in a civil manner. [[DisproportionateRetribution His response is to fire Peter.]]
24	* CensoredTitle: On Channel 4's website in the UK, the title of the episode becomes "Holy Cr*p".
25	* ComicallyMissingThePoint: After hearing Francis' stories, Stewie becomes awed by God because he believes he's ''[[EvilCannotComprehendGood evil]]''.
26	* DisproportionateRetribution:
27	** After being called out on his being a bad father, Francis fires Peter on the spot and slaps him in front of his coworkers.
28	** After a hooker made a wise-crack about him "[[SpeedSex being faster than a speeding bullet]]", Superman [[HalfTheManHeUsedToBe ripped the hooker in half like a phone book]].
29	* TheDutifulSon: Peter is so completely devoted to and forgiving of Francis, much to the confusion of everyone who meets Francis.
30	* EarlyBirdCameo: Vern, the {{vaudeville}} performer who would appear often early in the revival. He does his routine without his piano-playing partner Johnny. His piano-playing partner, Johnny, does not appear until "Blind Ambition".
31	* EscapePod: The family uses one when Peter's mother comes knocking.
32	* EveryoneHasStandards: Even the Pope cannot believe how horrible Francis is and assures Peter it's perfectly okay to love his dad without liking him.
33	* GodBeforeDogma: Francis' intolerance and fanaticism are contrasted with the Pope's more reasonable and accepting stances.
34	* GoldenMoment:
35	** Parodied [[RunningGag throughout the episode]], where Peter envisions having "one of those father-son moments [[ShapedLikeItself like on TV]] where we hug and the music goes 'La la laaaa'", complete with [[LeftTheBackgroundMusicOn his own accompanying orchestra.]]
36	** The end of the episode provides [[DownplayedTrope a quasi-sincere instance of this]] as he confronts Francis for the last time, only for Francis to admit that despite him loving Peter, [[MomentKiller he still doesn't]] ''[[MomentKiller like]]'' [[MomentKiller him]]. After a brief moment of hesitation, [[CallBack Peter asks the band to keep playing anyway]], [[BittersweetEnding because that's as good as they're gonna get.]]
37	* HardTruthAesop: The episode ends up with both Peter and Francis concluding that it may be impossible for them to respect each other's way of life, but they can still love each other as family. The Pope even references the Commandment of "honoring thy mother and father", adding that nowhere does it says about ''liking'' them.
38	* HateSink: The episode makes no bones that, even with his few and fleeting moments of kindness, Francis was [[AbusiveParents an absolutely terrible parent]] to Peter and is an all-around awful human being, being an extraordinarily selfish, arrogant, and self-righteous HolierThanThou personality to everybody around him. He's so cruel, that he even has the nerve to insult '''The Pope''' right to his face when he defends Peter, almost provoking him into a fight before Peter breaks it up.
39	* HiddenHeartOfGold: Well, very hidden, but it's there. The ending demonstrates that Francis loathes much of Peter's lifestyle, but he sincerely loves him.
40	* HolierThanThou: In what is possibly his most audacious act in the episode, Francis has the temerity to challenge ''UsefulNotes/ThePope'' for thinking that Peter -- his son -- is a decent man worthy of God's love.
41	-->'''Francis''': I was wrong about YOU! You've gone soft on me, Holy Father! Even a tambourine-shaking Baptist could tell this boy's no good!\
42	'''The Pope''': ''([[BewareTheNiceOnes irritated]])'' [[TranquilFury Are you calling me a liar? Because I'll excommunicate your sorry...]]
43	* InnocentInnuendo:
44	--> '''Diane''': Tom, the city of Boston is examining its conscience tonight in preparation for a visit from the Pope.\
45	'''Tom''': That's right, Diane. I'll tell you what else will be examined: This cock. (pulls up a rooster) The Rhode Island Cock Society is sponsoring free check-ups for this year's Cock Awareness Week. [[LampshadeHanging Don't know why they went with such a suggestive name when they could've just as easily gone with "rooster."]]
46	* LousyLoversAreLosers: Peter's shocked when he finds Franchise/{{Superman}} in hell. Superman replies that after a hooker made the well-worn "[[SpeedSex faster than a speeding bullet]]" crack about his performance, he [[DisproportionateRetribution got so mad about it he tore her in half]].
47	* MasturbationMeansSexualFrustration: Parodied. Francis thinks Chris spends all his time in the bathroom masturbating, when he's really just... going to the bathroom.
48	* MundaneUtility: A cutaway shows Jesus using his amazing powers to win at golf.
49	* NoodleIncident: "Lois, lunch is a sin. Taking a break is a sin. [[BestialityIsDepraved Bestiality is a sin.]] [[LampshadeHanging I don't know how that one came up, exactly.]]"
50	* NotHyperbole: After Francis disappears during a baseball game and Peter comments that he thought he was just buying some peanuts and crackerjacks, [[WaxingLyrical Brian chimes in "I just hope he never comes back"]]. A short beat later...
51	-->'''Brian''': I wasn't being cute, I really hope he's dead.
52	* ObnoxiousInLaws: Francis to Lois simply because Lois isn't Catholic. His idea of a compliment to her is suggesting Lois will go to Purgatory with "all the unbaptized babies" instead of burning in Hell.
53	* PottyEmergency: Chris spends the entire episode not going to the bathroom after Francis assumes he spends all his time in the bathroom masturbating and tells him what he does in there is a sin.
54	* RacistGrandma: Not that Francis voiced anything against different races and ethnicities, but [[Administrivia/TropesAreFlexible he has a low opinion of other religions and ways of life]], like Peter's non-religious lifestyle and Lois's Protestantism.
55	* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Granted, Peter had to ''kidnap'' him just to get his attention, but UsefulNotes/ThePope ends up providing sincere, valuable reassurance to Peter that he is neither a failure of a Christian or a father, and also that [[EveryoneHasStandards Francis really is too much]].
56	* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: The family flees the house rather than have to put up with Peter's mother.
57	* SentimentalMusicCue: Parodied; Peter has an orchestra on standby in case an emotional sitcom moment occurs.
58	* ShoutOut:
59	** Mirroring the end of ''The Wizard of Oz'', Peter gives encouraging talks to the Scarecrow and Tin Woodman, but instead of the Cowardly Lion, he compliments out-of-the-spotlight actress Kristy [=McNichol=].
60	** A commercial parodies the Got milk? ad campaign.
61	** After Brian mentions the Old Testament story in which "God told Abraham to kill Isaac," a cutaway shows President Abraham Lincoln shooting bartender Isaac from ''The Love Boat''.
62	** Peter imagines his father-son business with himself as Lamont Sanford and his father as Fred G. Sanford of ''Sanford and Son''.
63	** Peter says that baseball worked as a means of male bonding that worked for Rosie O'Donnell and his dad in ''A League of Their Own'', a 1992 film depicting the founding of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League.
64	** The Pope comments that he doesn't think that he is in Boston, and Peter supposedly points out Harvard, but instead points to a barn. When the Pope says "That's just a barn," Peter replies "Ohh, someone went to Yale!", a nod to the fierce rivalry between Yale and Harvard.
65	** On the TV show ''The Brady Bunch'' where the Brady children come running down the stairs, Cindy asks if Bobby is really a doctor, referencing the old joke of children taking off their clothes to "play doctor".
66	** The lyrics to the unofficial Major League Baseball anthem "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" make their way into Brian and Peter's conversation.
67	** The back of the jacket of one of the Pope's road managers reads "Pope-a-Palooza," a reference to the Alternative rock festival Lollapalooza.
68	** Peter drives the Pope past the chain gang from the film ''Cool Hand Luke''.
69	** The sequence in which Peter exclaims "To the Popemobile!" parodies sequences in which Batman and Robin rush to the Batmobile in the 1960s Batman television series, which starred Family Guy cast member Adam West.
70	** The escape pod refers to the similar pod used in ''Star Wars''.
71	** When Francis asks Peter which is his favorite book of the bible, he responds with, "the one where Jesus swallows the puzzle piece and the man in the big yellow hat has to take him to the hospital." This a reference to the children's book, ''Curious George Goes to the Hospital'' by Margret and H.A. Rey.
72	* SlutShaming:
73	** At Lois and Peter's wedding, Francis tacked a sign reading "to a Protestant Whore" under the traditional "Just Married" sign.
74	** Years later, he tells Meg she'll go to hell for even holding Kevin Swanson's ''hand'' and tells Chris the same thing for supposedly masturbating.
75	* TapOnTheHead: Parodied. When Peter steals the Popemobile, the guy guarding it tells Peter that "even the slightest tap on the head knocks me out. I always wake up feeling fine afterwards, but it's just so darned inconvenient." The fellow then demonstrates this by lightly touching his head and knocks himself out, allowing Peter to steal the car.
76	* ThrowTheBookAtThem: Francis threatens Brian with violence when he questions getting Stewie baptised, and when Brian sarcastically replies how Christian it is to threaten to hurt others into believing Francis follows through with his threat by hitting the dog with a bible.
77	* TwoDecadesBehind: The Pope is depicted as an Italian, even though John Paul II, the real-life Pope at the time of this episode, was Polish. His ''predecessor'' was Italian... but said predecessor died in 1978.
78	* UngratefulBastard: Francis, full-stop. No matter what Peter tries to do to bond with him, Francis disregards him. When Peter manages to get him a job at the toy factory, Francis thanks ''God'' while giving Peter the whip.
79	* UrineTrouble: The sign outside of the Quahog Mariners Banquet Hall reads "Now Free of that Urine Smell".
80	* WaxingLyrical: Parodied after Francis walks out on a baseball game Peter invited him to.
81	--> '''Peter''': All I did was ask him to buy me some peanuts and crackerjack.
82	--> '''Brian''' (dryly): I don't care if he ever comes back. ({{Beat}}) [[NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer I wasn't being cute. I really hope he's dead]].
83	* WeAreNotGoingThroughThatAgain: At the end of the episode, after Peter manages to get Francis a job with the Pope, his mother shows up needing a place to crash. The Griffins' response is to jump into [[Franchise/StarWars an Escape]] [[EscapePod Pod]] and [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere fly away]].
84	* {{Workaholic}}: Francis. The episode starts with him getting forced into retirement, and he later leaves a ball game Peter took him to and breaks into the factory ''just to keep working''. He's later shown to be hypercompetent enough to do Peter's entire day's work at the toy fact factory in seconds.
85	* WritingAroundTrademarks: In the "Superman in Hell" gag, not only is he not called by name, his cards [[SceneryCensor conveniently]] cover up his S-symbol.
86	* ZanyScheme: Peter is trying to think of a way to get Francis to express love for him. Francis is highly religious, and the Pope just so happens to be traveling in Rhode Island around the same time. When Peter sees the Pope on TV, he announces "I just got a crazy idea!"--and promptly sticks his hand in a working waffle iron. Once the pain fades, he realizes he can kidnap the Pope and get him to help with Francis.

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