Line #3 Recap/FamilyGuyS8E21PartialTermsOfEndearment


1	'''Airdate''': June 20th, 2010 (UK)
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3	Lois' best friend, Naomi (voiced by Creator/JuliaSweeney) asks Lois to be a surrogate mother, as she has conception issues, but when Naomi and her husband die in a car accident, Lois must choose whether or not to abort the baby—and Peter (after trying to injure Lois so she can miscarry) becomes a pro-life advocate.
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5	'''NOTE''': Because of how heated abortion and the pro-life vs. pro-choice debate is in America, this episode never saw any airtime on FOX, Creator/CartoonNetwork, local syndication, TBS, or the Creator/FXNetworks, nor is it available on Creator/{{Hulu}} or even [[Creator/DisneyPlus Disney+/Star+]]. It did, however, get a stand-alone DVD release, was shown on overseas channels (albeit edited for time and content) in the United Kingdom and Australia, and was discussed briefly on the ''Family Guy'' live-action retrospective, "200 Episodes Later."
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7	'''NOTE 2''': For the purposes of neutrality, the politics of abortion will not be discussed on this page. Only information about the episode.
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9	!!"Partial Terms of Endearment" contains examples of:
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11	* AuthorTract: Subverted. Besides some of the usual Christian bashing when it comes to abortion, it doesn't favor or oppose abortion and actually shows the pros and cons of the issue. Sadly, this wasn't enough to let FOX run the episode.
12	* EndOfAnAge: This would be the last episode of the series to be presented in the 4:3 AspectRatio.
13	* ExperimentedInCollege: Lois and Naomi apparently hooked up in school before they married Peter and Dale.
14	* FamilyRelationshipSwitcheroo: Discussed. Meg offers to be Dale and Naomi's surrogate, and Lois says, "Meg, it was hard enough on your body when you gave birth to Stewie ... just kidding!"
15	* InsaneTrollLogic: Some of Peter's responses to the rest of the family asking why Peter's against abortion.
16	--> '''Brian''': What if the woman's raped?\
17	'''Peter''': [[BlamingTheVictim She should've thought of that before asking me for directions.]]\
18	'''Brian''': What?
19	* ItalianAmericanCaricature: A cutaway shows an Italian-American getting a vision test at the eye doctor's and reading off every letter as "Ey!" or "Oh!"
20	* MajorInjuryUnderreaction: Peter lets out a deadpan "Ow" after falling to the canyon floor at the end of the Road Runner gag.
21	* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: The Count, who apparently dated Meg once, got the hell out of dodge after realising that she had [[TripleNipple three nipples]].
22	* ShoutOut:
23	** Brian's desperate "Let me stay! Let me stay!" upon learning that Naomi is the person coming to visit is said in the same tone as the CowardlyLion's [[Film/TheWizardOfOz voice]].
24	** One of the traps that Peter sets for Lois so she'll miscarriage is done in the style of WesternAnimation/WileECoyoteAndTheRoadRunner.
25	** Meg once dated [[Series/SesameStreet The Count]].
26	--> "''One'' nipple, ah-ah-ah. ''Two'' nipples, ah-ah-ah. '''''THREE''''' nip-- oh hell no, I'm outta here."
27	* StatusQuoIsGod: At the end of the episode, Lois tells the family that she's considered all the positives that will come from having another child... then Peter hastily informs us that she still got the abortion.
28	* VerySpecialEpisode: Downplayed. It's not overly dramatic about the issue like "Screams of Silence: The Story of Brenda Q" was with domestic violence (in fact, "Partial Terms of Endearment" has a lot of the humor you'd expect from a typical ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' episode), but it does touch on a serious issue and addresses it with little to no jokes or childish [[TakeThat burns]] against the supporters and detractors.
29	* VomitIndiscretionShot: One cutaway shows Lois's [[MoodSwinger mood swings]] the last time she was pregnant. During her mood swings, she vomits into her hands.

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