Stan becomes convinced that the new Middle Eastern neighbors are terrorists. Meanwhile, Roger tries to find if he has any superpowers and Steve joins a scout group that performs mischief.
Tropes:
- Early-Installment Weirdness: This episode follows the show's original premise of political satire, which slowly disappeared as the seasons progressed.
- Mistaken for Terrorist: Stan believes the Memaris are actually terrorists, which drives the conflict of the episode.
- Myth Arc: The beginning of the long-running "Golden Turd" arc. Unbeknownst to him and Steve, Roger excretes a turd composed of solid gold and gems. It's found by two line workers, one of whom kills the other for it. But when he tries to tell his fiancée, he finds that she's actually cheating on him.
- Shout-Out:
- Roger attempts to make him and Steve fly, and it momentarily appears that they do in front of a moon billboard.
- The final shot of Francine and Stan is a reference to the infamous Abu Ghraib torture scandal.
