Peter must repeat the third grade in order to net a promotion at work. Meanwhile, Brian and Stewie help Frank Sinatra, Jr. make his nightclub more modern.

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* AIIsACrapshoot: Peter built a robot to work at the company, saying [[TemptingFate it has no emotions and is programmed to not hurt people]]. The robot immediately strangles him, while shouting, "Angry! Angry!"
* AntiRoleModel: A couple of kids react positively to the way that Peter bullies Omar.
* BackToSchool: The main plot is about Peter having to repeat third grade to get a promotion.
* {{Bowdlerization}}: The following changes were made between the TV version and the DVD version:
** The scene of Stewie watching a movie called ''The Detarded'' (like ''The Departed'', but with Leonardo [=DiCaprio=]'s and Matt Damon's characters as mentally retarded) was cut on TV, but not DVD.
** The cutaway of John Madden outlining the people a bride had sex with before she got married: On the TV version, Madden points out "...and even this guy!" On DVD, Madden says, "[The bride] did some handwork on this guy."
** The cutaway of John Wilkes Booth forced to sit behind Abraham Lincoln at Ford's Theater: On TV, Booth grumbles, "God, could he be any more annoying?" On the DVD, the line is, "Christ, can he be any more annoying?"
** Tom Tucker's sentence when Peter has trouble spelling "lesbians" during a spelling bee: On the TV version, Tom Tucker's sentence is, "The lesbians are going shopping for double-sided marital aids." On the DVD version, the sentence is, "The lesbians are going shopping for double-headed marital aids."[[note]]the FOX censors didn't like that the "head" in "double-headed" referred to the penis[[/note]]
* KarmaHoudini: Played with. While it was acknowledged that Peter blew up a children's hospital and he's found guilty, he's only sentenced to seven days in prison (with him being released [[StatusQuoIsGod just in time for the next episode]]).
* MisfortuneCookie: Peter regrets opening his fortune cookie after it said that a grand piano would fall on him and it came true.
--> '''Peter:''' Next time you get a fortune cookie, don't open it!
* RunningGag: The Cleveland Bathtub Gag appears for a third time. Only this time, Cleveland doesn't say "What the hell?!"
-->'''Cleveland''': I can't feel my legs!
-->'''Joe''': ''(offscreen)'' Welcome to the party, pal!
-->'''Cleveland''': Oh, wait. There they are.
-->'''Joe''': ''(offscreen)'' Oh...
* SelfDeprecation: The nightclub goes under because Creator/AndyDick (voicing himself) showed up to party, thus causing everyone to run away in a panic.
* ShaggyDogStory: After finally completing third grade, Peter learns that he's going to jail for blowing up a children's hospital early in the episode.
* ShoutOut: The episode's title is a reference to Creator/JudyBlume's ''[[Literature/{{FUDGE}} Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing]]'', whose protagonist is likewise named Peter.
* SkewedPriorities: Peter's reason for getting a promotion at work is so he can use the executive bathroom. Not for the extra money, or for the health benefits, but for the bathroom.