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9	Much of the humor from the animated series ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' comes from the characters failing to recognize their stupidity, being clueless when others harshly criticize them, and so forth.
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11	* In Season 4's "[[Recap/FamilyGuyS4E20PatriotGames Patriot Games]]":
12	** Brian loses a bet with Stewie and now owes him $50.\
13	'''You'd Expect:''' Brian, knowing how dangerous and violent Stewie can be when he doesn't get his way, agrees to pay him ASAP.\
14	''' Instead:''' Brian repeatedly procrastinates in paying off the bet, which leads to Stewie viciously beating him to a bloody pulp on two occasions. Only when Stewie shoots him in both knees and roasts him with a flamethrower does Brian finally agree to pay Stewie the $50.
15	** After the first beating, Brian tries to avoid Stewie and sees him playing golf in the hallway.\
16	'''You'd expect''': Brian to keep his mouth shut and sneak behind the baby.\
17	'''Instead''': He puts on a fake mustache and greets Stewie, who sees through the disguise and dishes out another ruthless beating.
18	* In "North by North Quahog", Peter is driving while Lois is sound asleep when he notices a comic book next to him.\
19	'''You'd Expect''': Peter would simply ignore the comic and focus on driving.\
20	'''Instead''': He decides to read the comic while driving, eventually causing his car to crash into a tree.
21	* Season 8's "[[Recap/FamilyGuyS8E2FamilyGoy Family Goy]]":
22	** Peter sees Horace disposing of old life-sized cardboard cutouts in the trash bin. He is immediately attracted to Kathy Ireland's cutout and asks to take it home, to which Horace consents.\
23	'''You'd expect''': Peter to understand that the cutout is not a living object and keep it simply as a souvenir.\
24	'''Instead''': He serenades "Kathy" with Billy Ocean's "Suddenly Last Summer" while at the bar, then begins treating the item as a living, breathing human being, whom he wishes to be his lover. When Chris takes the cutout into his room, Peter becomes convinced that "Kathy betrayed him" and strikes the cutout, causing its head to fall off. He buries it in his yard, somehow thinking he killed a human being and should cover up his crime.
25	* In the Season 8 episode "[[Recap/FamilyGuyS8E11DialMegForMurder Dial Meg for Murder]]":
26	** Meg is sent to prison for harboring a convict when he escapes to see her. She returns with a hardened attitude, wanting revenge on her family and schoolmates who have taunted and/or abused her through the years.\
27	'''You'd expect:''' Connie and her friends to avoid her now that she's not the mousy, little nerd-girl she once was (just in case the new look, tattoos, and cold expression don't make it apparent).\
28	''' Instead:''' [[BullyingADragon They make fun of her]] as usual, prompting Meg to crack their skulls open and further humiliate Connie by french kissing her.
29	** Meg kidnaps Brian at gunpoint and takes him away in the car. She then pulls up to Goldman's Pharmacy, orders Brian to stay in the car, and attempts to rob the store.\
30	'''You'd expect:''' Brian to stay in the car or run somewhere else and call the police.\
31	''' Instead:''' Brian goes into the store, sees what Meg is doing, and threatens to call the cops if Meg doesn't put the gun away. Remember that Brian is in a situation where Meg could have easily turned around and shot him. Thankfully, she didn't, but given the circumstances, it could have easily happened.
32	* Season 8's "[[Recap/FamilyGuyS8E10BigManOnHippocampus Big Man on Hippocampus]]":
33	** The Griffins appear on ''Series/FamilyFeud'', where they win their way to Fast Money. Lois provides all the No. 1 answers and scores 199 points in the first half of the game, one point away from winning the $5,000 grand prize. Peter has been chosen to play the second half of the game.\
34	'''You'd expect''': Peter to easily come up with at least one answer that will push the family's total above 200 and thus net them the $5,000 prize.\
35	'''Instead''': On the first question -- "Name something you sit in" -- Peter repeats Lois' answer, "chair", as well as variations such as "big chair" and "little chair", wasting precious time. He then asks, "What if I can't think of anything else?" to which Dawson tells him he can pass the question.\
36	'''So now you'd expect''': Peter to pass and hear the next question.\
37	'''Instead''': At least another four seconds are wasted by him asking "How do I pass?", to which Dawson gives the obvious answer. However, Peter only blurts out "Chair." In the end, time expires, and (at least in fiction) the Griffins, thanks to Peter, are responsible for the biggest Fast Money meltdown in history.\
38	'''You'd also expect''': Peter to have gone first in Fast Money. The Griffins would have done even better had anyone other than Peter played Fast Money, but he probably would have had a meltdown had his family forced him to watch. But there's no reason that Peter had to go second. Having him go first and Lois second would have meant Peter couldn't give the same answer and get permanently stuck on one question, ensuring he'd score enough for Lois to secure the win.
39	** Peter gets amnesia and decides that he is technically a bachelor since he can't remember being married. An enraged Lois moves out and is forced to support the kids while they live in a crappy apartment, which makes her vulnerable to a seductive Quagmire. At some point, Peter gets his memory back thanks to Ernie hitting him in the head but feigns amnesia so he can enjoy the bachelor life for a few more days.\
40	'''You'd Expect''': Peter would realize his wife has left him. And since he just argued he's allowed to sleep with other women, it means that they are effectively separated and she is free to do the same.\
41	'''Instead''': Peter chills at home until Brian finds out he got his memory back and gives him a WhatTheHellHero speech while informing him that Lois is about to sleep with Quagmire. They only arrive in time to stop Lois because [[ItMakesSenseInContext Quagmire becomes impotent after she says she trusts him]].
42	* In Season 13's "[[Recap/FamilyGuyS13E6TheTwoThousandYearOldVirgin The 2000-Year-Old Virgin]]", Peter -- starting his computer and hoping to set up a Facebook account for Jesus -- admits he "had the house to himself" before finding he had multiple internet windows open. As he begins closing the windows, the content of one of the windows immediately piques Joe's curiosity, asking "How old is that girl?"\
43	'''You'd expect''': For Joe to get between Peter and the computer, so he can't destroy the evidence.\
44	'''Instead''': He just sits there while Peter drives to the shore, hastily hails a cargo ship, and throws the computer into the ocean.
45	* In the episode "[[Recap/FamilyGuyS5E14NoMealsOnWheels No Meals on Wheels]]", Peter opens up a restaurant and it doesn't do well at all until Joe and his friends stop by the place to eat, which makes the place become a huge hit. The only thing about it is everyone is handicapped, which bothers Peter greatly because it makes the place "less cool."\
46	'''You'd expect''': Peter would just suck it up and accept the fact that his restaurant is making a ton of money and that it doesn't matter who comes to eat.\
47	''' Instead:''' Peter decides to make a new policy denying service to the handicapped because the restaurant is no longer cool by Peter's standards.\
48	''' In the end''': LaserGuidedKarma slams Peter hard by having him become injured when Joe and his friends attack him, which makes Peter confined to a wheelchair and causes him to realize that handicapped people aren't any different or less cool than the non-handicapped. His restaurant presumably runs out of business too.
49	* In "[[Recap/FamilyGuyS9E11GermanGuy German Guy]]", Peter and Chris are locked up in the basement of an old Nazi and there is a small window where they can call for help. They see [[ButtMonkey Meg]] walking down the street.\
50	'''You'd expect:''' Peter and Chris to call for Meg and ask her to get them to rescue.\
51	''' Instead:''' They make fun of her weight and ruin any chance of having her help them out. They end up getting Herbert to help them.
52	* In the episode "[[Recap/FamilyGuyS4E3BlindAmbition Blind Ambition]]", Quagmire spies on Lois going to the bathroom and is getting aroused from it. Lois spots Quagmire and freaks out, getting him arrested. Peter and the others meet up with Quagmire the next day to address what happened.\
53	'''You'd expect''': Peter to either punch Quagmire in the face or scream at him for watching his wife go to the bathroom.\
54	'''Instead''': Peter ''defends Quagmire'' and claims he is a good guy that is just screwed up in the head now and then, ignoring the fact that Quagmire is a sexual deviant who sleeps with every woman he sees.
55	* In "[[Recap/FamilyGuyS8E17BrianAndStewie Brian & Stewie]]", the duo are locked in a bank vault door with no way out. Stewie has his cell phone will him, but unfortunately, the battery is about to run out and he has to make one call for help.\
56	'''You'd expect:''' Stewie to call the police or firemen to get them out of there.\
57	''' Instead:''' Stewie wastes the one call to a department store to return a sweater.
58	* In "[[Recap/FamilyGuyS10E7AmishGuy Amish Guy]]", Meg falls in love with an Amish boy, but his father tells them not to see each other. When Peter confronts the father, he manages to get on his good side and is about to lift the ban.\
59	'''You'd expect:''' Peter to leave now that everything had been sorted out.\
60	''' Instead:''' Peter decides to "teach them about rock and roll" by taking out a boom box and playing the music at full blast. This causes the Griffins to get banned from the Amish village. Oh and the song that was playing? ''[[{{Music/ACDC}} Highway To Hell]]''.
61	* "[[Recap/FamilyGuyS12E1FindersKeepers Finder's Keepers']]": In a sequence very similar to [[WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}} Yakko, Wakko and Dot's]] ''' what an idiot''' moment in ''[[WesternAnimation/WakkosWish Wakko's Wish]]'', the Griffin family finds the clue in a scavenger hunt-style treasure hunt, and Brian suggests they keep it a secret and not tell anybody else about it.\
62	''' You'd Expect:''' Peter would easily understand why Brian wanted to keep the treasure a secret and do so.\
63	''' Instead:''' Peter, wanting to prove to everyone he was right about the treasure, not only tells everyone about the treasure ''' on live TV''', but he shows the first clue to the treasure hunt, causing everyone in town to start looking for it.
64	* "[[Recap/FamilyGuyS6E2MovinOutBriansSong Movin' Out (Brian's Song)]]": Brian is convinced to move into an apartment with Jillian, despite his initial resistance to the idea. He comes to enjoy it, but cannot afford his half of the rent and has to have Stewie pay it for him. Eventually, Stewie, while being a JerkAss just because he has the option, reveals this to Jillian.\
65	'''You'd expect:''' Brian to just admit "Yes, I can't afford the rent" and then maybe work on fixing that the next day.\
66	''' Instead:''' He admits he was originally unenthusiastic about moving in with her. Convinced that he is not taking their relationship seriously, Jillian leaves him for Creator/AdamWest.
67	* "[[Recap/FamilyGuyS7E8FamilyGay Family Gay]]": Peter gets injected with the "gay gene" and becomes a homosexual. Lois hears about it and is naturally shocked. She wants the procedure to be reversed but she quickly changes her tune when Peter starts to bake food and help her choose what clothes to buy.\
68	'''You'd expect:''' Lois to immediately realize that Peter being gay means he wants to have sex with men instead of women.\
69	''' Instead:''' Lois is shocked that Peter does not want to have sex with her and then realizes that Peter is gay and not just an effeminate guy.
70	* In "[[Recap/FamilyGuyS7E13StewRoids Stew-Roids]]" when [[AlphaBitch Connie]] starts to date Chris just to make him popular, Chris falls in love with her and says that she is a really sweet girl. This makes Connie feel good about herself hearing that someone likes her for who she is and the two of them start to date as an actual couple.\
71	'''You'd expect:''' Chris would stay with Connie and make the relationship work.\
72	''' Instead:''' Chris dumps Connie for two other girls because he thinks he can have any girl he wants.
73	* In "[[Recap/FamilyGuyS10E23InternalAffairs Internal Affairs]]", Peter gives Joe advice to cheat on Bonnie, after she (almost) cheated on Joe episodes ago.\
74	'''You'd Expect:''' Joe would reject the idea of being evil and not do it because two wrongs don't make a right.\
75	''' Instead:''' He goes along with the idea and he gets caught cheating.
76	* In "[[Recap/FamilyGuyS10E3ScreamsOfSilenceTheStoryOfBrendaQ Screams of Silence: The Story of Brenda Q]]":
77	** In an attempt to get Brenda's (Quagmire's sister) fiancee Jeff to stop abusing her they consider murdering him, when they take him to the woods they plan to shoot him with the shotguns they brought. But Jeff overhears them and threatens to shoot Quagmire. Joe tells him if he puts the gun down, they'll forget about the whole thing, and surprisingly he puts the gun down. \
78	'''You'd Expect:''' Quagmire to just comply and agree to forget it and grab the gun while Jeff had his guard down or go back home and try something else \
79	''' Instead:''' Quagmire says they can't just forget the whole thing in front of him and Jeff takes him into the woods to kill him. Fortunately, Quagmire survives Jeff's attempts to strangle him and successfully kills the bastard by running him over with his car.
80	** The gang witnesses first-hand just how cruel Jeff is towards Brenda.\
81	'''You'd Expect:''' Joe, being a cop, to arrest Jeff on the spot for assault.\
82	'''Instead:''' He does nothing, claiming [[ArtisticLicenseLaw he cannot prosecute Jeff unless Brenda herself reports him to the police]]. While this would normally be true if the abuse were happening behind closed doors, bear in mind that Jeff up to this point has made absolutely '''no''' effort to hide his abuse of Brenda, and even beats her ''in plain sight and in front of everyone, Joe included''.
83	* In "[[Recap/FamilyGuyS5E9RoadToRupert Road to Rupert]]", Meg tries to learn to drive, but Peter and his friends keep on annoying her.\
84	'''You'd Expect:''' For Meg to ignore them and focus on driving.\
85	''' Instead:''' She loudly tells them to shut up. [[PokeThePoodle Cleveland then wet-willies her]], [[CrossesTheLineTwice Peter lights her scalp on fire]], [[PetTheDog then Quagmire puts it out]]... [[SubvertedTrope by spraying]] [[ShootTheShaggyDog her in soda]]. All of this happened in front of Joe.\
86	'''You'd Also Expect:''' Joe, being a police officer, would defend Meg and have Peter, Quagmire, and Cleveland arrested for what they did.\
87	''' Instead:''' He just sits there and does nothing! [[WhatTheHellHero In fact, he joins into the fray!]]
88	* Meg makes a ReasonYouSuckSpeech to her entire family in "[[Recap/FamilyGuyS10E2SeahorseSeashellParty Seahorse Seashell Party]]" for the way they've treated her over the years. However, she later went on to apologize for it.\
89	'''You'd Expect:''' Meg shouldn't care what she said to the people who constantly abuse her. If dealt with properly, this situation would probably get her family to learn a lesson and come to treat Meg with more respect.\
90	''' Instead:''' Meg assumes that being the "lightning rod" of the family keeps the dysfunctions at bay. Thus she apologizes to her abusers and continues to take their crap.
91	* In "[[Recap/FamilyGuyS13E5TurkeyGuys Turkey Guys]]", Peter accidentally drives himself and Brian to the bottom of a lake. Then Peter escapes from the car first to get more air.\
92	'''You'd Expect:''' Peter to get Brian out of the sunken car first before getting the turkey.\
93	''' Instead:''' He picks up the turkey first, leaving Brain to nearly drown.
94	* In "[[Recap/FamilyGuyS13E12StewieIsEnceinte Stewie is Enceinte]]", Stewie is concerned that Brian doesn't want to hang out with him anymore.\
95	'''You'd Expect:''' Stewie to discuss it with Brian about it and sort out their problem.\
96	''' Instead:''' Stewie hatches a horrible, '''horrible''' idea to make himself [[{{Squick}} pregnant]] through scientific means with the help of Brian's DNA, without ''his'' consent to any of it.
97	* In "[[Recap/FamilyGuyS13E16RoastedGuy Roasted Guy]]", Peter decides that he wants a roast done in his honor and tells his friends to "Leave no punches".\
98	'''You'd Expect:''' Peter to go along with the comments his friends are making as it's implied that he does understand what a roast is.\
99	''' Instead:''' He takes all the criticisms to heart and reacts by abandoning his friends and making new ones (who turn out to talk bad about him worse than anybody did at the roast).
100	* In "[[Recap/FamilyGuyS11E7FriendsWithoutBenefits Friends Without Benefits]]," Meg is devastated when she finds out that her crush, Kent, is not only gay but has a crush on her brother. And she ''still'' decides to win his affections.\
101	'''You'd Expect:''' Meg to realize that Kent is into other men and to find someone else. As Ruth says, "There's a lot of sweet guy trim at this school."\
102	''' Instead:''' She plans to get Kent and Chris to have sex with each other, and she asks Chris to sleep with Kent and tell her what it's like. He refuses.\
103	''' So now you'd expect:''' Meg to give up on getting Chris to sleep with him.\
104	''' Instead:''' She decides to roofie him and fabricates a story about Chris wanting to have sex with Kent but having to pretend to be asleep during the act, not realizing that [[DidntThinkThisThrough Chris wouldn't be able to tell Meg about what it was like sleeping with Kent if he was drugged and unconscious- and also failing to realize that even if he could tell her what it was like, he'd completely lack the incentive to tell a person who had him drugged and raped what it was like to sleep with his unwitting rapist]]. She does have a HeelRealization and tries to call off the plan, but it was too little, too late when Kent and Chris find out and [[WhatTheHellHero call her out on it]]. Ultimately, Kent, already creeped out by Meg's advances toward him, avoids her altogether, fully convinced she's a complete psycho--[[{{Yandere}} and he's not exactly wrong]].
105	* In "[[Recap/FamilyGuyS13E17FightingIrish Fighting Irish]]", Peter brags to Quagmire, Joe, and Cleveland that he can beat Creator/LiamNeeson in a fight. To prove it, they travel to Connecticut, where Neeson is filming a movie. Peter tries to sneak onto the set so he can fight Neeson but is caught by police who ask him what he is doing.\
106	'''You'd Expect:''' Peter to lie and say that he only wanted Neeson's autograph, or wanted a part in the movie, and probably be let off with a warning.\
107	''' Instead:''' In a calm voice, he tells them, ''rather casually'' nonetheless, that he was going to inflict violence upon him.\
108	''' As a result:''' The police promptly arrest him.
109	* In the Season 9 episode, "[[Recap/FamilyGuyS9E4HalloweenOnSpoonerStreet Halloween on Spooner Street]]", Meg and Chris are both going to a Halloween party, both disguised with the majority of party-goers not knowing who they are, including each other. It all culminates in a game of spin the bottle--and they end up becoming the lucky pair.\
110	'''You'd Expect:''' For at least one of these two siblings to recognize the other. Chris may have been fully clad in his [[Franchise/{{Transformers}} Optimus Prime]] costume, but only the top half of Meg's face was covered by her Slutty Cat mask. And since Chris cannot make lip contact while in his costume, forcing him to take the head off if he wants to kiss, Meg should recognize him too before any lip contact could be made.\
111	''' Or:''' For at least one of them to speak at least once in the closet, which will lead to one of them recognizing the other.\
112	''' Instead:''' Neither of them recognize each other and proceed to [[BrotherSisterIncest unwittingly make out]], and as Meg points out, they did so much. By the time they realize their mistake, [[{{Squick}} they both freak out]], and everyone watching was shocked, [[EvenEvilHasStandards including]] [[{{Jerkass}} Connie D'Amico]].
113	-->'''Connie:''' [[PunctuatedForEmphasis Oh]]. [[BigOMG My]]. [[{{Squick}} God]].
114	* Season 13's "Brian The Closer" has two:
115	** Peter – hoping to get a rope, which Brian had been using as a chew toy, away from the dog – ties one end to the back of his car while Brian is still chewing it, then starts to drive away.\
116	'''You'd think''': Brian would immediately see the rope tied to the car and, once Peter is putting the car in gear, would let go of the rope.\
117	'''Instead''': He keeps chewing on the rope, even as Peter begins driving the car faster.\
118	'''Extra points''': To Peter, for not only doing something incredibly stupid in the first place (driving a car knowing that his dog is chewing on a rope attached to the car) but failing to pay attention as he runs over and kills a young child riding a bicycle, and nearly hits Joe as he swerves into his yard, instead choosing to taunt Brian.
119	** Later, Joe is trimming his hedges with an electric trimmer and sees Brian walk by, showing off his new look after dental surgery.\
120	'''You'd think''': Joe would turn off the trimmer when setting it in his lap.\
121	'''Instead''': Nope. [[ForegoneConclusion His legs are severed as a result]].
122	* In Season 13's "Quagmires Mom" Quagmire ''somehow'' thought it would be a good idea to share the pictures he took of the underage girl he slept with in their one-night stand.\
123	'''You'd expect:''' Quagmire to discard the photos as soon as possible\
124	''' Instead:''' He shares it with a bunch of people including with was Joe, who is an officer of the law.
125	* In the Season 14 episode "[[Recap/FamilyGuyS14E16TheHeartbreakDog The Heartbreak Dog]]", Brian and Bonnie share a kiss after discussing how they feel cooped up in their lives by their families, and Brian doesn't want anyone to find out.\
126	'''You'd expect:''' Brian to simply not tell anyone about the kiss so he won't get in trouble with Joe, or at least tell someone he trusts like Lois or Stewie.\
127	''' Or better yet:''' Brian could tell Joe directly that he heard that Bonnie was sad because Joe became so dependent on her, and did not say anything about the kiss.\
128	''' Instead:''' He tells [[TheDitz Peter]] about the kiss without explaining why, who recklessly blurts it out to Joe [[ItMakesSenseInContext during a game of charades]].\
129	''' As a result:''' Joe repeatedly humiliates Brian until he decides to run away with Bonnie to live their lives [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome which fails because they forgot to bring money in the heat of the moment]]. Eventually, Joe promises to give Bonnie some more freedom in her life, so she gets what she wants. What does Brian get? [[DisproportionateRetribution A bullet in the leg over a bad joke.]]
130	* In the two-part special "[[Recap/FamilyGuyS6E4And5StewieKillsLoisAndLoisKillsStewie Stewie Kills Lois]]", [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Stewie kills Lois]]. A year passes, and the family is still adjusting to her death.\
131	'''You'd Expect:''' Stewie to keep quiet about this. He's gone a whole year already with no one suspecting a thing, and he could have easily kept things that way.\
132	''' Instead:''' [[EvilGloating He just can't help but rub it in Brian's face]] that he did the deed after Brian doubted him earlier. Brian vows to bring Stewie to justice.
133	* In the Season 15 episode ''Gronkowsbees'', Stewie becomes a beekeeper and his honey sells out at the farmer's market. Stewie sees the potential and wants to speed up honey production by giving the insects steroids.\
134	'''You'd Expect:''' For Stewie to start easy with the steroids to see if it does speed up production and if there are any side effects that could be potentially dangerous.\
135	''' Instead:''' He dumps the whole thing. While this indeed speeds up honey production, it made the bees hyper-aggressive and rampage through Quahog.
136	* In the Season 16 episode, "The D in Apartment 23", Brian goes to the movies to watch the new ''Baywatch'' movie, and decides to post a tweet about a different movie, ''Ride Along 3''.\
137	'''You'd Expect:''' Brian would choose his words carefully. What might seem like a harmless joke could very easily be taken the wrong way by a lot of people.\
138	''' Instead:''' He writes, "About to see the new Kevin Hart movie. Just kidding. I’m white & went to college. [=#BaywatchMovie"=]. Predictably, the tweet goes viral and Brian is deemed a racist, and his whole family is made into pariahs, facing harassment and even death threats from everybody in Quahog.\
139	'''You'd Also Expect:''' Quahog to realize it was a poorly written joke, and at least tell Brian it was in bad taste and not blame the family either.\
140	'''Instead:''' They take it too seriously and give [[GuiltByAssociationGag the Griffins as a whole]] a hard time about it.
141	* In ''Fox-y Lady'', Peter takes advantage of Lois's anchor job at FOX News to pitch his animated sitcom, ''Handi Quacks'', to FOX. The [[StylisticSuck crude and amateurish pilot]] impresses FOX CEO Peter Chermin, who agrees to air it, but he angers Peter [[ExecutiveMeddling by suggesting some changes]]. Chermin then decides to air the pilot as is.\
142	'''You'd Expect:''' Peter to sign off on it.\
143	'''Instead:''' Peter: "[[WontTakeYesForAnAnswer NO!]]" And the show never airs...
144	* In ''Meet the Quagmires'', Death gives Peter multiple chances to ask Lois on a date, as Peter wants to be with her again and fix the timeline. After screwing up a few times, Peter finally gets the date. Enter Cleveland, and he asks Peter to come to his party at what would be the Drunken Clam. Peter declines, but Cleveland says that it's gonna be fun.\
145	'''You'd Expect:''' Peter declines again since he's already caused an alternative and better timeline where Lois is Quagmire's wife. If he wants his old timeline back very badly, all he has to do is go on the date with Lois, which will solidify it.\
146	''' Instead:''' Tempted by Cleveland, he just blindly ignores what he just got a few seconds ago, and goes to the party.\
147	'''Result:''' It wouldn't be until Brian snaps Peter back to reality. Realizing his mistake too late, he asks Death for another chance. Death, who is annoyed and frustrated with giving him continuous mulligans, [[RageQuit refuses]] and tells him to fix it on his own. Lois is also, and rightfully, angry with Peter for skipping, and getting a date with Quagmire.
148	* In ''Better Off Meg'', everyone believes Meg to be dead, causing a funeral to happen.\
149	'''You'd Expect:''' For Meg to interrupt said funeral to exclaim that she is not dead.\
150	''' Instead:''' She decides to abandon Quahog and move to a new town to start a new life.\
151	'''Keep In Mind:''' After everything she's been through growing up, it'd be easier to leave her old CrapsackWorld than convince them she's not dead, for the risk of being ignored again.\
152	'''You'd Then Expect:''' For her to enjoy her new life and cut off all ties with her so-called "family", especially since she also has new friends.\
153	'''Eventually''': Chris gets a call from Meg telling him that she's alive.\
154	'''The Result''': Instead of helping her popularity, Chris decides to ''shove Meg into a moving van'' and sends her to a warehouse all tied up.
155	* In "Ready, Willing, and Disabled", Joe participates in the Special Olympics to regain his confidence after he fails to catch a perp. Unbeknownst to Joe, Peter spikes Joe's water bottle with steroids, which helps him win a race. The victory goes to Joe's head and he acts like he overcame his obstacles by himself, which pisses off Peter since he feels like Joe is blowing him off after helping him. During Joe's speech at the town hall, Peter tells everyone that he gave Joe steroids, which is how he won the race.\
156	'''You'd Expect''': Joe to either deny the claim or at least say he had no idea about the steroids and that Peter tricked him.\
157	'''Instead''': Joe takes full responsibility for it and gives up his medal while the town boos him off stage. Peter doesn't get any of the town's ire.
158	* In Season 19's "[[Recap/FamilyGuyS19E3BoysAndSquirrels Boys & Squirrels]]", Chris and Stewie find a baby squirrel whose foot has been hurt when Peter accidentally cut down the tree that it was living in. Not only that, but the tree also crushed its parents.\
159	'''You'd Expect''': Chris and Stewie to take the squirrel to a veterinarian or an animal sanctuary or ''anywhere'' but their own house where Brian, who hates squirrels, lives.\
160	'''Instead''': They both decide to take the squirrel into their house so they can nurse it back to health there.\
161	'''The Result''': Brian eventually attacks and mauls the squirrel to death just as it's taking its first steps after recovering from its injuries. Chris even calls Stewie out for forgetting that they live with Brian who has always had a hatred for squirrels.
162	* In "Leggo My Meg-O", Brian and Stewie stage a rescue mission for Meg after she's abducted in Paris. Eventually, they end up on a boat with a bunch of armed kidnappers, so Stewie gives a gun to Brian (who claims to not know how to use one) so he can defend himself.\
163	'''You'd Expect''': Brian to only use the gun to take out the kidnappers.\
164	'''Instead''': He shoots a waiter on another boat just to show off.\
165	'''Bonus Idiot Points''': That was his last bullet, so now Brian is left defenseless against the last of Meg's kidnappers. He's lucky the people from the other boat did the job for him.
166	* In Season 8's "The Splendid Source", Peter, Quagmire, Cleveland, and Joe find out there's a secret society and private island of people who come up with the best jokes of all kinds that ever existed. However, since the gang was one of the few people to discover them, they can't risk their organization being revealed.\
167	'''You'd Expect''': Them to either a)Make Peter and the others solemnly swear to never tell anyone about the society, since Peter even assured them they wouldn't, or b)Better yet, make the gang honorary members themselves. At the very least, they can keep an eye on them since they have various members all over the world.\
168	'''Instead''': They lock them all up in a dungeon hidden on the island, away from the rest of society.\
169	'''The Result''': The gang escapes and after a brief brawl, blows up the entire island, possibly ending the ultimate source of jokes.\
170	'''Keep In Mind''': Even if they didn't escape, their wives and families would've found out where they were eventually and broke them out themselves, especially since Joe is a ''freakin' cop''!

Context WhatAnIdiot / FamilyGuy