Francine tries to relive the past by taking the family to Familyland, only to awaken the park's deranged founder who then turns it into a prison.
Tropes:
- All Part of the Show: Even after massive walls go up around the park and Roy Family ominously announcing that the park is closed forever, Klaus thinks it's all part of a show.Roy Family: (on PA system) Attention, Familyland patrons. Familyland is temporarily closed. FOREVER.(Everyone begins to panic and try to escape)Francine: What's happening?!Klaus: Relax, Francine. It's just a show.Roy Family: (on PA system) This is not a show. Familyland is now a prison. You will die here.
- And I Must Scream: Despite being frozen, Roy Family was fully conscious the whole time as he watched his park descend into decadence.
- Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking: After being thawed, Roy Family is disgusted to see fat families, selfish children, and interracial couples at his park.
- Bread, Eggs, Breaded Eggs: When Roy Family orders to "Shut it down. Shut it all down.", the technician looks at buttons labeled "SHUT IT DOWN", "SHUT IT ALL DOWN", and finally "SHUT IT DOWN, SHUT IT ALL DOWN" before choosing the third one.
- Chekhov's Gun: Hayley remarks that the park pumps in pleasant smells to make people happy and want to buy things. Francine remembers this during the battle and bakes her cinnamon cookies before sending the smell throughout the park to get her family to stop fighting.
- Cut the Juice: After being unfrozen and seeing the state of his park, Roy Family tells an employee to "Shut it down. Shut it all down."
- Didn't Think This Through: Roger realizes too late that his army is equipped with Raygun Gothic weapons that don't actually work as real guns.
- Expy: Familyland is a stand-in for Disneyland, having a fairy tale-themed park (Fantasyland), a wild west-themed park (Frontierland), an outer space-themed park (Tomorrowland), and a park dedicated to Roy Family's cartoon characters (Mickey's Toontown). The font on the sign is also similar to the Disneyland logo. Simpler Times Mountain is based on the ride Splash Mountain.
- Expy Coexistence: Roy Family is a clear stand-in for Walt Disney, who Klaus actually mentions by name but Steve hasn't heard of him.
- Happiness in Slavery: Francine is appalled when she realizes "Simpler Times Mountain" was a barely disguised, unapologetic love letter to slavery in the pre-Civil War United States by way of using funny animals talking about how "they liked working for free on farms."
- Human Popsicle: Roy Family was cryogenically frozen and spent all that time serving as a statue. He goes back to being frozen at the end of the episode, but realizes he needs to pee first, leaving him in a Potty Emergency pose.
- I Resemble That Remark!: Roger comments how yummy the park smells. Hayley cynically explains that they pump in pleasant smells to make people happy and want to buy things. The camera then pulls out to show Roger already covered in Familyland paraphernalia that he bought in the five seconds Hayley was in closeup.Roger: You are such a cynic.
- Laser-Guided Karma: Roy Family is left in a humiliating Potty Emergency pose when he freezes himself again, and his park is then shut down due to lawsuits from the families of the victims. Considering the epilogue states that a memorial now stands "in its place", this implies the entire park was also bulldozed or destroyed, meaning he'd have been buried alive. Plus, he'd have been aware of all this happening.
- Let Us Never Speak of This Again: Lampshaded. At the end of the episode, Francine asks if they're just gonna pretend the whole week never happened, and Stan nonchalantly says that they will.
- Loud of War: Roger uses the Trippin' Balls jingle to torment Stan's faction.
- Mocky Mouse: Mikey Muskrat, the mascot of Familyland.
- Mr. Alt Disney: Roy Family takes inspiration from many of the unsavory urban legends surrounding Walt Disney, such as accusations of racism (particularly due to Song of the South), accusations of antisemitism (even though he hired dozens of Jewish filmmakers who never felt prejudice from him), and the rumor that he was cryogenically frozen (he was actually cremated). He even shares his name with Disney's older brother and nephew, both of whom held influential positions at The Walt Disney Company.
- Negative Continuity: Lampshaded. Bullock regretfully says he doesn't have a family to enjoy the park with. Stan then mentions Avery Jr, his Indian baby "that he has sometimes," and Bullock matter-of-factly replies that this isn't one of those times.
- Not What It Looks Like: Subverted. Bullock explains that he has a fetish for family things. He acknowledges that "fetish" makes it sound sexual, which it is.
- Politically Incorrect Villain: Roy Family is racist, sexist, and also anti-semitic, as he asks the Smiths if their last name is Jewish.
- Produce Pelting: One feature of Wild Wild West World is a "shame the whore" parade, in which visitors throw tomatoes at a group of women.
- Read the Fine Print: Roy Family gives the Smiths a set of lifetime passes for "finding the meaning of family." Steve reads over them and finds that these passes include a lot of blackout dates.
- Shout-Out:
- One of the rides is called Brokeback Splash Mountain.
- After Familyland is sealed off for a week, Bullock narrates the new state of affairs in the park while the camera zooms all over the various areas now controlled by the Smith family members, similar to the opening titles of Game of Thrones. Steve even adopts a demeanor like King Joffrey.
- Skewed Priorities: Roger demands tripping balls from Stan, disregarding that they are already in a deadly war zone.
- Sole Survivor: The Smiths and Bullock are the only ones to survive the week at Familyland, with Stan, Steve, Hayley, and Roger being the only survivors of their respective factions.
- Tempting Fate: Lampshaded by Stan, who says he doesn't want to jinx it, but points out that one of the armies is comprised of children while his are all grown men, so they should come out casualty-free. Stan ends up being the only survivor of his kingdom.
- White Gloves: Lampshaded. Steve points out that Mikey Muskrat and his cartoon friends all wear white gloves but not pants.
- Would Hurt a Child:
- Bullock holds a boy at knifepoint after cutting ahead of him, only to back off when the kid takes out a revolver.
- Steve's faction consists entirely of tweens, all of whom are killed in the fighting.
- Your Head Asplode: Steve removes one astronaut's helmet and his head explodes as if undergoing decompression.
- Zeerust: Roger's main plan of going to Outer Space Land is to laugh at how inaccurate it is compared to his experiences. While the area is a classic Raygun Gothic, it's apparently just like how he remembers it, much to his delight.
