Line #16 Recap/FamilyGuyS4E5TheClevelandLorettaQuagmire


1	'''Airdate:''' June 12, 2005
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3	While on a fishing trip, Loretta (Cleveland's first wife) hits on Quagmire and the two are caught by Peter and Brian having sex. When Cleveland finds out, he reacts with indifference, and Peter decides to teach Cleveland not to be such a doormat.
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6	* AnimalsSeeInMonochrome: Subverted with Brian. The show has made jokes about Brian’s inability to see colors apart from black and white but apparently Brian can see people’s skin colors as he was able to see that Loretta is having an affair by seeing that the person she was having sex with was a white guy while Peter confused Quagmire and Cleveland’s skin colors during the situation.
7	* AngerIsHealthyAesop: Loretta has an affair with Quagmire after becoming unsatisfied with her passionless relationship with Cleveland. When Cleveland finds out and confronts Loretta, she's unashamed. She calls him out for not being a man enough to her, something Cleveland immediately confirms when he ''apologizes'' for the affair and tries to win her back. The Griffins are concerned by his submissiveness and indifference, so Peter tries to get him mad and succeeds by dressing up as Quagmire to replicate the affair. This overcorrects the problem and makes Cleveland so angry that he tries to kill Quagmire but backs out at the last second because he can't bring himself to hurt others, instead divorcing Loretta.
8	* AngstWhatAngst: InUniverse, Lois is concerned over the fact that Cleveland isn't at all affected by the fact that Loretta cheated on him and kicked him out of the house. A double dose of this occurs when Peter and Brian reveal to him that Quagmire is the one she slept with, and his response is [[SkewedPriorities "Better it be Quagmire than someone she could get a disease from."]]
9	* BadImpressionists: Peter attempts to get a rise out of Cleveland by imitating Quagmire (albeit badly): "Look at me, I'm Quagmire. I had sex with your wife. Giggity giggity giggity giggity!"
10	* BigOMG: Joe's reaction to the Hindenpeter exploding.
11	* BittersweetEnding: Cleveland and Quagmire are friends again, but Cleveland is now divorced.
12	* BlackComedy: During a game of charades on the boat, Joe accidentally falls overboard. Peter, thinking the game's still on, guesses he's imitating Creator/NatalieWood, who notoriously drowned under mysterious circumstances. His guess turns out to be right after Joe is saved.
13	* BlamingTheCuckold: While Cleveland is the victim of adultery, he gets blamed for it by his own wife as well as Lois, Peter, and even the episode itself because of his deadpan personality. The quote that would definitely fit in this situation if actually spoken by Loretta is “if you didn’t want me to cheat on you then you should have showed me passion”.
14	* {{Bowdlerise}}: When Peter gets kicked in the groin by the orange-haired host of ''Kicked in the Nuts'', the host’s mention of the word “nuts” when he tells Peter and Lois the name of the show was bleeped out on the FOX airing and on the censored track of the Region 1 DVD set. The Cartoon Network airing and the DVD’s uncensored audio track have the word intact.
15	* ChekhovsGun: Subverted twice, Peter refuses to use his CPR on Cleveland when he strangles him by putting a plastic bag over his head, while Adam West's banana (naturally) does nothing to protect Quagmire.
16	* TheChewToy: Joe's property is destroyed by the Petercopter and the Hindenpeter.
17	* CoversAlwaysLie: [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/familyguy/images/2/2d/4acx08.jpg/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/310?cb=20070529031610 The promo art]] makes it seem like Peter and Brian find out about Quagmire being the one that Loretta is cheating with right then and there. In the episode proper, they leave before Quagmire can raise his head, and they only figure out when they recognize Quagmire's tattoo.
18	* DisproportionateRetribution: Loretta decides to punish her husband Cleveland for failing to show passion and manliness to her by first having sex with Quagmire behind Cleveland’s back and then kicking Cleveland out of the house when he finds out.
19	* TheDogBitesBack:
20	** HenpeckedHusband and local ExtremeDoormat Cleveland finally snaps after Loretta has an affair.
21	** The ''Series/{{Bewitched}}'' parody also has Darrin get back at [[ObnoxiousInLaws Endora]] by splashing holy water on her.
22	--->'''Darrin:''' Power of Christ compels ya, bitch!
23	* ExactWords: After Peter says that telling the others about Loretta having an affair is the last thing in the world that he and Brian will do, ''they literally did everything in the world'' before telling the others about the affair.
24	* ExtremeDoormat: Cleveland's major flaw as illustrated in the episode -- Loretta cheated on him because he lacked the will to please her as her husband and as "a real man". Cleveland ends up bizarrely unfazed and accepts it as ''his own'' "failure", something that the Griffins are quite concerned with. It takes them teaching him anger (and Cleveland almost -- but ultimately deciding against -- murdering Quagmire) that [[GrewASpine he learns to grow a spine]], standing up to Loretta, declaring her betrayal unforgivable, and breaking their marriage off for good.
25	* GoneHorriblyRight: Peter succeeds in getting Cleveland to stop being so passive, but he becomes so furious that he ends up trying to kill Quagmire. It probably didn't help how he and Brian's "reenactment" of Loretta's affair with Quagmire looked like she was being raped, when it was fully consentual.
26	-->'''Lois:''' Peter, I think you've created a monster!
27	* GrewASpine: Cleveland finally gains the courage to snap at Loretta.
28	* GroinAttack: Occurs to Peter, who was a victim in the series "Kicked in the Nuts".
29	* HardTruthAesop: Try not to control how your friends are feeling about a stressful situation. You may make things worse by imposing on them.
30	* HindenburgIncendiaryPrinciple: Naturally happens with Peter's airship. It's even called the ''Hindenpeter''!
31	* {{Hyperaffixation}}: Peter shouts "To the Peter-copter!" and later "To the Hinden-Peter!" Both end badly.
32	-->'''Joe''': [[LampshadeHanging How can you afford these things?!]]
33	* {{Hypocrite}}: Loretta on two points. First off she is hypocritical in her criticism towards Cleveland for being a doormat as she demands for him to stop being one yet has the gall to continue treating him like one through abuse and infidelity. Secondly, Loretta’s hypocrisy is shown through the person she chose to cheat with as it is Quagmire, the very same guy whom Loretta criticized a couple of episodes earlier in “Blind Ambition” for sexually harassing and disrespecting women but here she dares Quagmire to search through her breasts for a fish and even seduces him into being a pervert with her.
34	* HypocriticalHumor: In the cutaway of Cleveland and Quagmire acting like the Fenstruk Brothers (the {{Casanova Wannabe}}s from 1970s ''Series/SaturdayNightLive''), Peter (dressed as Beldar Conehead) comes in and says, "You guys look stupid!"
35	* ImAManICantHelpIt: Defied; even Quagmire knows he can't fall on this excuse when he's busted for sleeping with Loretta.
36	* TheImmodestOrgasm: This is how Peter and Brian find out that Loretta is cheating on Cleveland. Loretta screams in orgasm while having sex with Quagmire and her screaming is so loud that it could be heard outside her house throughout the neighborhood and within earshot of Brian.
37	* InnocuouslyImportantEpisode: The events in this episode would ultimately lead to Cleveland getting [[WesternAnimation/TheClevelandShow his own show]].
38	* IronicEchoCut:
39	** When Peter and Brian discover the affair, they decide not to tell anyone, saying that would be the last thing in the world they would do. Cut to them having ''literally done everything in the world'' and telling everyone about the affair.
40	** Also, when Quagmire begs Peter not to tell Cleveland about him and Loretta, Peter promises not to tell. Cut to Peter telling Cleveland.
41	* JailbaitTaboo: Brian gets drunk and starts hitting on Meg, trying to ask if she's 18 yet. This makes her uncomfortable.
42	* JerkassHasAPoint: Loretta cheating on Cleveland because he wasn't "acting like a real man" is undeniably selfish, but she isn't out of line for her bewilderment towards Cleveland apologizing to ''her'' for failing to meet her demands, therefore proving [[ExtremeDoormat his complete spinelessness]].
43	* KarmaHoudini: Unlike Quagmire who did acknowledge that he deserves punishment for his role in the affair, Loretta did not get much repercussions for her affair and nasty behavior towards Cleveland as she got a divorce from Cleveland, which she was more than happy with accepting.
44	* KarmaHoudiniWarranty: KarmaHoudini is defied by Quagmire. His former best friend hunts him down with the intent to kill and will accept no excuses for his behavior. While Cleveland doesn't have it in his heart to kill him, Quagmire acknowledges he hurt his friend, and is willing to let him vent his anger boxing.
45	* LawOfDisproportionateResponse:
46	-->'''Cleveland:''' I hate ''{{Series/Bewitched}}''! ''(flips couch over)''\
47	'''Stewie:''' [[SarcasmMode Hey, so that's a pretty reasonable reaction]].
48	* NeverMyFault: Loretta cheats on Cleveland yet when Cleveland confronts her about the infidelity, she makes it all look like Cleveland’s fault citing his lack of passion and “not being a real man”. She does not acknowledge that what she did was wrong.
49	* NotWhatItLooksLike: When Joe is pulled from the sea, Peter merely pokes at him with a stick. One of the Puerto Ricans gives Joe CPR, which leads Peter to proclaim, "Aw, ''gay''!"
50	* PastelChalkedFreezeFrame: The ending, parodying ''Film/RockyIII''.
51	* PlotHole: For some reason, Peter and Brian were unable to recognize that the person Loretta was having an affair with was Quagmire as they only saw a phone number on his rear. However, Peter and Brian saw the sex Loretta and Quagmire were having on a couch facing the front door Peter and Brian entered and Quagmire’s trademark Hawaiian shirt was seen on top of the couch. It is never explained why Peter and Brian were unable to see Quagmire’s face despite the aforementioned circumstances.
52	* {{Retcon}}: Brian suggests that Meg is 17 years old in this episode, but in “Peter's Two Dads,” Meg celebrates her 17th birthday. However, Brian was drunk when he said the above statement.
53	** It appears that no one knows how to revive Joe via CPR, although Quagmire has done it before in "Blind Ambition", but he did not know what it was when he initially did it.
54	* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech:
55	** Loretta gives one to Cleveland after he learns of her infidelity, with his response being to apologize for failing her.
56	--->'''Loretta:''' I cheat on you and you apologize to ''me?'' Cleveland Brown, you are ''pathetic.''\
57	'''Cleveland:''' [[ComicallyMissingThePoint I disagree, but I respect your candor]].\
58	'''Loretta:''' Goodbye, Cleveland.\
59	'''Cleveland:''' [[ComicallyMissingThePoint I love y]]--''[[DoorSlamOfRage (Loretta slams the door on him)]]''
60	** Cleveland gives her one toward the end.
61	--->'''Cleveland:''' Loretta, [[ThisIsUnforgivable what you did was unforgivable]]. This marriage is over!\
62	'''Loretta:''' Well, that's just fine, Cleveland, 'cause I am through being your wife!\
63	'''Cleveland:''' Well, I may not be perfect, but I deserve better than you.
64	* RejectedApology: Cleveland apologizes to Loretta for not giving her the passion and manliness she desired from him but Loretta refuses to accept the apology and even kicks Cleveland out of the house for it even though Loretta should be the one apologizing. This is oddly justified, as Cleveland has no business even apologizing when he did nothing wrong.
65	* ShoutOut:
66	** When Cleveland vows to kill Quagmire, he [[Franchise/{{Popeye}} eats some spinach]].
67	** [[Film/ReturnOfTheJedi "Good, let the hate flow through you."]]
68	** The ending with Quagmire and Cleveland boxing each other is like the ending to ''Film/RockyIII''. Quagmire even calls Cleveland "Apollo". Earlier, when Cleveland is doing chin-ups by the door, Mickey appears and says "He's a wrecking machine!".
69	** "[[Film/SupermanII What is the story with that cellophane S that Superman rips off his chest and throws at the bad guy]]?"
70	** Peter’s description of Loretta’s affair consists mostly of the word “Bam” spoken repeatedly. After a while, he asks Bamm-Bamm Rubble from ''WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones'' to take over, who then passes it on to Emeril Lagasse who finishes with his trademark “Bam!”.
71	** A flashback shows Peter in the audience of ''Crossing Over with John Edward'', a show in which Edward supposedly speaks to audience members’ dead relatives.
72	** A transition between two scenes imitates the ''WesternAnimation/{{TheTransformers}}'' animated series transition, in which the Autobot and Decepticon symbols alternate as the show moves between scenes showing one group and scenes showing the other. In this case, the faces are that of Peter and Quagmire. On the DVD commentary for this episode, the creators reveal that they had originally wanted to use the actual insignia of both factions, but were unable to acquire the rights.
73	** "Rock Lobster" is a song by the B-52s, who are known for their song "Love Shack".
74	** In a flashback Peter remembers the time when he was intoxicated at the library. He reads the novel Johnny Tremain out loud and is chased by a security guard. On the cover of the book it says Johnny Tremaine with an E.
75	* StatusQuoIsGod: Downplayed. Cleveland and Quagmire's friendship is still intact (after a good boxing match to get out their anger) but Cleveland and Loretta file for a divorce afterwards.
76	* StrangeMindsThinkAlike: Subverted, Adam West gives Quagmire a banana to defend himself against Cleveland. Telling Quagmire that when the time comes, he'd know what to do with the banana. When Quagmire gets around to using it, he still can't figure out what it's for and just throws it at Cleveland. All that succeeds in is confusing the two of them for a few seconds.
77	* SympatheticAdulterer: Subverted. Loretta tries to justify her adultery with Quagmire by arguing that Cleveland is emotionless, unpassionate, and boring. However this attempt to gain sympathy falls flat because first off, Loretta never made any indications towards Cleveland in what she wanted from him before the affair happened and secondly, Loretta became very nasty towards Cleveland when she is discovered as she yells at him, refuses to accept his apology, kicks him out of the house, refuses to apologize herself, and even lashes out at Cleveland and says she is through with being his wife when Cleveland learns anger and decides to divorce her.
78	* TakeThat:
79	** One cutaway pokes fun at John Edwards.
80	** Peter, on the CPR doll: "It's hard, jagged, and tastes like alcohoI. Just like kissing Faye Dunaway. ''(he and Lois laugh)'' Easy, now."
81	* TeachHimAnger: Peter tries to teach Cleveland to show his emotions. It works a little [[GoneHorriblyRight too well]].
82	* ThisIsUnforgivable: Cleveland tells this to Loretta.
83	* TimmyInAWell: Parodied. When they first hear Loretta screaming, Brian tries to tell Peter what's going on. Peter doesn't understand him and repeatedly guesses badly, but when Brian deadpans "Woof," he gets it.
84	* TookALevelInJerkass: Loretta, after being depicted initially as an outspoken woman who keeps the marriage together with Cleveland and the one wearing the pants in the relationship, becomes extremely nasty in this episode. Loretta not only cheats in Cleveland with Quagmire but she also domestically, verbally, and physically abuses Cleveland by calling him pathetic and saying directly to him that he is not a real man and kicks him out of the house by pushing him outside and slamming the door on his face.
85	* TheUnapologetic: Loretta. Even though she refuses to accept Cleveland’s apology for being spineless, she also refuses to apologize to Cleveland for cheating on him and shows herself as adamantly unrepentant for her affair with Quagmire. This behavior is shown throughout the episode even when Cleveland deems Loretta’s affair as unforgivable. Loretta though does apologize to Cleveland for her actions in this episode by the time she next appears in “Love Blactually”, if blaming Quagmire for her mistakes.
86	* TheUnfairSex: The affair is {{invoked\|Trope}} like this, though the episode ends with this narratively {{subverted\|Trope}}. Loretta ends up having an affair with Quagmire due to her dissatisfaction with Cleveland not being a "real man" for her, something that's only verified when his response to this discovery is to ''[[ExtremeDoormat apologize]]'' [[ExtremeDoormat like it's his own fault]]. Cleveland's [[AngstWhatAngst complete lack of reaction towards Loretta's actions]][[invoked]] concerns the Griffins enough that they try to TeachHimAnger, [[GoneHorriblyRight which ends up with Cleveland developing murderous hatred]] towards Quagmire, though he pulls himself out before he can hurt him. In the end, Cleveland chooses to forgive Quagmire, and after fully coming to grips with the gravity of Loretta's betrayal, [[GrewASpine he confronts her and vocally ends their relationship for good]].
87	* UnstoppableRage: Cleveland's rampage through Quagmire's house.
88	* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom:
89	** Quagmire's wandering eye leads to Loretta and Cleveland divorcing. He acknowledges that he crossed a line.
90	** Peter and Brian also qualify as they were the ones who accidentally caught Loretta engaging in infidelity. It was how they handled it that made things worse and when they try to get Cleveland to learn passion and anger through wearing masks of Loretta and Quagmire, they unintentionally cause him to go homicidally ballistic.
91	* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Though Cleveland and Loretta have a son, Cleveland Jr., neither his existence nor his fate because of the divorce is mentioned until the pilot of ''WesternAnimation/TheClevelandShow'', when the divorce is finalized with Cleveland winning custody of Junior.

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