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** "Take This Job and Love It": Peter, Quagmire, and the pair of Clevland & Joe, each imagine a fantasiy sequence where they live out their dream job.

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** "Take This Job and Love It": Peter, Quagmire, The guys imagine what it would be like to have their dream jobs. Peter pictures himself as a Franchise/JamesBond-esque spy, Quagmire was an 80s areobics insttructor, and the pair of Clevland & Joe, each imagine a fantasiy sequence where they live out their dream job.Joe are partners in the L.A.P.D., ala ''Film/LethalWeapon''.
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** "Take This Job and Love It": Peter, Quagmire, and the pair of Clevland & Joe, each imagine a fantasiy sequence where they live out their dream job.

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* RuleThirtyFour: Reversed with Quagmire in "Family Goy," where he – the sexual deviant who always tries to corral a woman into bed with him, especially if they are older teenage girls – has no concept of Internet pornography, and is teased because of it. By mid-episode, it is played straight, as he gets a huge muscular left arm from masturbating for a few weeks straight.

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* RuleThirtyFour: Reversed with Quagmire in "Family Goy," where he – the sexual deviant who always tries to corral a woman into bed with him, especially if they are older teenage girls has no concept of Internet pornography, and is teased because of it. By mid-episode, it is played straight, as he gets a huge muscular left arm from masturbating for a few weeks straight.


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* TransChaser: The episode "[[Recap/FamilyGuyS8E18QuagmiresDad Quagmire's Dad]]" deals with Quagmire coping with the news that his father Dan has come out as transgender and now goes by Ida. At the end, he finally accepts Ida's identity as a woman, something reflected by his [[StrangelyArousing inexplicable erection]].
-->'''Quagmire:''' Sorry, sorry! Damn thing can't tell the difference.
* TransEqualsHypersexual: In "[[Recap/FamilyGuyS8E18QuagmiresDad Quagmire's Dad]]," Glenn's father Dan comes out as transgender and changes her name to Ida. She explicitly talks about what bottom surgery did to her genitals at a family dinner, browses porn on her phone in public, and doesn't disclose to Brian that she's trans before having sex with him.
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** Derek and Jillian's unborn child, brought up in a one-off joke in the uncut version of "And Then There Were Fewer".
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* SelfSoothingSong: During Brian's MushroomSamba in "Seahorse Seashell Party", he finds Peter being roasted alive over a fire rotisserie style by demons while singing "Wheels On The Bus."

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* QueerPeopleAreFunny
* QuicksandSucks: In a deleted scene Peter makes a quicksand pit while drunk, which lois falls into.

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* %%* QueerPeopleAreFunny
* QuicksandSucks: In a deleted scene Peter makes a quicksand pit while drunk, which lois Lois falls into.



* SurrealHumor: And how!

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%%* QueerPeopleAreFunny

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%%* * QueerPeopleAreFunny



%%* ReallyGetsAround: Quagmire, Brian, and Lois before she married Peter.

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%%* * ReallyGetsAround: Quagmire, Brian, and Lois before she married Peter.



%%* RepeatCut: Played straight to the point of being mocked in "Peter's Daughter" with Stewie, Brian, and the exploding, run-down house.

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%%* * RepeatCut: Played straight to the point of being mocked in "Peter's Daughter" with Stewie, Brian, and the exploding, run-down house.



%%* RichInDollarsPoorInSense: Carter Pewterschmidt.

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%%* * RichInDollarsPoorInSense: Carter Pewterschmidt.



%%* SexualExtortion: Angela with Peter.

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%%* * SexualExtortion: Angela with Peter.



%%* ShowerOfAngst: Stewie, after learning Rupert has "cheated" him, along with SanitySlippage.

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%%* * ShowerOfAngst: Stewie, after learning Rupert has "cheated" him, along with SanitySlippage.



%%* SitcomArchNemesis: Peter vs Ernie the Giant Chicken. Brian also seems to be gaining a more mutual hatred for Quagmire as episodes progress.

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%%* * SitcomArchNemesis: Peter vs Ernie the Giant Chicken. Brian also seems to be gaining a more mutual hatred for Quagmire as episodes progress.



%%* SpotlightStealingSquad: Stewie and Brian.

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%%* * SpotlightStealingSquad: Stewie and Brian.



%%* SpringtimeForHitler: InUniverse. Brian's second book, ''Wish It, Want It, Do It''.

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%%* * SpringtimeForHitler: InUniverse. Brian's second book, ''Wish It, Want It, Do It''.



%%* StrawCharacter: Christians and Conservatives, the episode with Radio/RushLimbaugh being the one exception, and even then only Limbaugh himself (who's voicing himself) isn't a straw man.

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%%* * StrawCharacter: Christians and Conservatives, the episode with Radio/RushLimbaugh being the one exception, and even then only Limbaugh himself (who's voicing himself) isn't a straw man.


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* SurrealHumor: And how!
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* SpontaneousSkeetShooting: When Peter joins the NRA after finding out his son is more..."endowed" than him. He practices skeet shooting old Madonna and Janet Jackson CDs.

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* SpontaneousSkeetShooting: When Peter joins the NRA after finding out his son is more..."endowed" than him. He practices skeet shooting old Madonna and Janet Jackson CDs.[=CDs=].
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* QuirkyDoctor: Dr. Hartman is the least competent doctor in his hospital. He has a tendency to [[BaitAndSwitch use misleading words and schtick]] to make the characters think they are sick, even when they aren't. He is also an [[TheAlcoholic alcoholic]].
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* WholePlotReference: ''Film/BackToTheFuture'', ''Film/WillyWonkaAndTheChocolateFactory'', ''{{Film/Poltergeist|1982}}'', ''Film/{{Tootsie}}'', ''Literature/AndThenThereWereNone''.

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* WholePlotReference: ''Film/BackToTheFuture'', ''Film/BackToTheFuture1'', ''Film/WillyWonkaAndTheChocolateFactory'', ''{{Film/Poltergeist|1982}}'', ''Film/{{Tootsie}}'', ''Literature/AndThenThereWereNone''.

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* WireDilemma: In the opening to "Brian Does Hollywood", Meg's trying to disarm a bomb.

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In the opening to "Brian Does Hollywood", Meg's trying to disarm a bomb.


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** In "Start Me Up", Peter Griffin tries to disarm another bomb and sings [[BlatantLies a helpful song]].
--> '''Peter''': Green is good, and green is good, and red is good, and yellow is good, so [[TooDumbToLive clip whatever you want]]!
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* SpeakingUpForAnother: Peter insultingly refers to Kenneth, the mail clerk at Happy-Go-Lucky Toy Factory, as a "Badass" after Kenneth is short with him. He's informed by a co-worker that "That 'Badass' donates half his paycheck to orphans. Orphans with diseases!". Peter decides that Kenneth is a [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Badass with a heart of gold.]]
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*QuicksandSucks: In a deleted scene Peter makes a quicksand pit while drunk, which lois falls into.
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** In the second half of the two-part season 3 premiere, "Brian Does Hollywood", we get to see the nominees for best score at the Adult Movie Awards. Some of the recipients for this particular Woody include Music/JohnWilliams and long-time ''Family Guy'' composer Walter Murphy.

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** In the second half of the two-part season 3 premiere, "Brian "[[Recap/FamilyGuyS3E2BrianDoesHollywood Brian Does Hollywood", Hollywood]]", we get to see the nominees for best score at the Adult Movie Awards. Some of the recipients for this particular Woody include Music/JohnWilliams and long-time ''Family Guy'' composer Walter Murphy.
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* WasJustLeaving: In [[Recap/FamilyGuyS4E20PatriotGames "Patriot Games"]], Lois drills a hole in Stewie's bedroom wall to [[ThePeepingTom peep at Tom Brady in the shower]]. As she and Meg are shoving each other to claim the spot, Stewie enters and asks what the hell is going on. Lois evades by telling him that she and Meg were just leaving. Curious, he discovers the hole and [[AmbiguouslyGay becomes entranced too]].
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* TemporaryScrappy:
** [[Recap/FamilyGuyS7E5TheManWithTwoBrians "The Man with Two Brians"]]: After Peter starts worrying about Brian getting old, he goes out and gets the family another dog known only as "New Brian." Guess who feels jealous of him? Brian and Stewie both dislike New Brian, but all the other characters think he's great. Near the end of the episode, New Brian admits to Stewie that he violated Stewie's teddy bear (Rupert). The next scene has Stewie giving Peter, Lois, and the other characters a quite suspicious story about how New Brian [[NeverSuicide committed suicide]], [[BlatantLies then cut himself up, bagged the pieces, and put the bag in the trash outside]].
** And then, there's Vinny, who [[spoiler:replaces Brian after he is killed]]. He's quickly accepted into the Griffin household and accepted by all, even Stewie despite the incident above. Then, [[spoiler:Stewie]] runs into one of his time-traveling selves and uses the opportunity to save [[spoiler:Brian]]. Vinny, seeing how the latter's loss was still affecting the former, [[spoiler:helps out with the plan even though doing so means he would have never been adopted by the Griffins in the first place.]]
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** The classy, somewhat [[TheFifties 50's-esque]], Music/FrankSinatra-ish BGM playing during many scenes (mostly shots showing the Griffins' house from the outside, anyway) just ''doesn't fit'' what this show is about. For starters, it's an Creator/AdultSwim show. Do the math.

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** The classy, somewhat [[TheFifties 50's-esque]], Music/FrankSinatra-ish BGM playing during many scenes (mostly shots showing the Griffins' house from the outside, anyway) just ''doesn't fit'' what this show is about. For starters, it's an Creator/AdultSwim a Creator/{{Fox}} show. Do the math.
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* SecondPrize: In [[Recap/FamilyGuyS2E14LetsGoToTheHop "Let's Go to the Hop"]], after reminiscing about a girl he used to crush on in high school, Peter refers to his wife Lois as his "silver medal." Ouch.
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** A more closer example is in "Peter's Daughter", where Meg falls in love with a young doctor named Michael, and has been dating him for a good while, but when the recently [[OverprotectiveDad overly-protective Peter]], who became like this after Meg nearly drowned in the flood, keeps butting in, Michael breaks up with Meg, and two weeks later, Meg believes that she's pregnant with Michael's baby, leading to a ShotgunWedding. [[spoiler: It turns out that Meg isn't pregnant because she had her period.]]

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** A more closer example is in "Peter's Daughter", where Meg falls in love with a young doctor named Michael, and has been dating him for a good while, but when the recently [[OverprotectiveDad overly-protective Peter]], Peter, who became like this after Meg nearly drowned in the flood, keeps butting in, Michael breaks up with Meg, and two weeks later, Meg believes that she's pregnant with Michael's baby, leading to a ShotgunWedding. [[spoiler: It turns out that Meg isn't pregnant because she had her period.]]
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* UnnecessaryTimePrecision: During the cutaway gag of Peter’s rat farm in [[Recap/FamilyGuyS4E24Peterotica "Peterotica"]], Peter looks at his pocket watch before telling Armando that he is two months behind on paying rent.
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** "Grimm Job": Three horts base don Grimm's fairy tales.

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** "Grimm Job": Three horts base don shorts based on Grimm's fairy tales.
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* StumblingInTheNewForm: In "Switch the Flip", Brian and Stewie [[FreakyFridayFlip swap bodies]]. Brian initially has trouble standing up due to Stewie's oversized, football-shaped head.

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* SlapstickKnowsNoGender: All examples of physical comedy, from random abuse, to violent murder, and even rape, are PlayedForLaughs regardless of the gender of the perpetrator or the victim.
-->'''Lois:''' You can't hit me! I'm a girl!\\
'''Peter:''' Sometimes I wonder.

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* SlapstickKnowsNoGender: {{Slapstick}}: All examples of physical comedy, from random abuse, to violent murder, and even rape, are PlayedForLaughs regardless of the age or gender of the perpetrator or the victim.
-->'''Lois:''' You can't hit me! I'm a girl!\\
'''Peter:''' Sometimes I wonder.
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