Chris befriends an old, German puppeteer, whom Herbert the Pedophile recognizes as the Nazi officer who sent him to a concentration camp when Herbert was in the Air Force during World War II.
Tropes:
- Affably Evil: Franz is quite charming for an unrepentant Nazi.
- Asshole Victim: Franz's death is initially portrayed in a somber manner, as he falls in slow motion while Herbert tries to save him...but quickly turns over to this trope since Franz was, as Herbert calls him, a "Nazi-bastard".
- All Germans Are Nazis: Franz is a seemingly kind old man running a classical toy shop. But then we find out that he was a merciless SS Officer of a concentration camp who condemned countless people to death and many more to hard labor. Worse yet, he’s not sorry for what he did and nearly kills Peter and Chris when they discover his secret.
- Bilingual Bonus: Franz's disguised last name is Gutentag which means "good day" while his real last name is "Schlechtnacht" which means "bad night", highlighting that he's the opposite of who he seems to be.
- Bowdlerization:
- The DVD version includes an extra scene in the beginning in which Stewie encourages Chris to masturbate.
- Herbert's line about being sent to a concentration camp: The TV version just had "concentration camp" while the DVD was more specific and used "Dachau" (the first concentration camp set up in Germany during Hitler's regime opened in 1933 by Heinrich Himmler)
- An extra scene of Peter and Chris in the basement where Peter tells Chris that, since their captor is a Nazi, the two may be turned into lamp shades, wallets, and soap (like the Jews were in concentration camps), followed by a cutaway of an Irish Spring soap commercial with Peter as the soap.
- The fight between Herbert and the German puppeteer: On the TV version, Herbert beats up the German puppeteer and he falls and dies on the walkway outside his house. On DVD, there's an extra scene where the German puppeteer dies a Karmic Death (Herbert stuffs him in a gas oven and turns it on).
- Bury Your Gays: The Nazis took Herbert to a concentration camp under the belief he was gay, which Herbert doesn't understand why someone would think that despite him lusting after young boys. Subverted in that Herbert obviously lived and because the Nazis ended up making his hands sticky by collecting bottles with liquid in them instead of outright killing him.
- Death by Falling Over: Franz dies after tripping on the steps of his house and falling down onto the sidewalk (which, due to his old age and frailty, is fatal for him).
- Doesn't Know Their Own Child: Peter forgetting when Chris' birthday is leads to the latter mistaking the former for an impostor (It Makes Sense in Context).
- Everyone Has Standards: Peter isn't the cleanest person himself but gets grossed out from Chris's clothes shattering due to being so semen encrusted from his masturbation habit.
- Evil Versus Evil: One side we have an elderly pedophile. On the other side, we have an elderly Nazi.
- Idiot Ball: During the confrontation in the basement, Chris somehow confused Peter for Franz and vice versa just because they switched places. Peter, of all people, has to point out that they look nothing alike, yet Chris trusts Franz and gets held at gunpoint.Peter: You idiot!
Chris: Well, learn my birthday, asshole! - Mid-Battle Tea Break: Herbert and Franz take a break from their fight to take their pills, and when Franz has trouble getting up off of his couch, he (very politely) asks Herbert to call his nurse, a blonde woman named Frieda, to help him up, which Herbert agrees to do.
- Names to Run Away from Really Fast: Franz's real last name is Schlechtnacht which means "bad night", which you certainly are going to have if you end up in his concentration camp or find out his secret which he's willing to guard at all costs.
- Nazi Grandpa: Age has not diminished Franz's enthusiasm for Nazism.
- Save the Villain: When the fight moves to the porch, Franz falls off of the porch and herbert makes an effort to extend a hand to save him, but it's too late and Franz falls onto the ground, resulting in his death.
- Shout-Out:
- Chris' friendship with the old Nazi recalls the Stephen King novella "Apt Pupil".
- When Lois comes looking for Chris and Peter, she and Franz have an awkward exchange about Peter's weight. This is taken from a conversation between Clarice and Jame Gumb in the film version of Silence of the Lambs.
- Soundtrack Dissonance: Played for laughs. The elderly Wimp Fight is given rousing action music. It takes more than 30 seconds of this for even the slightest physical contact, as they have to hobble towards each other.
- Spot the Imposter: Played for Laughs. Chris holds a gun up to both Peter and Franz, asking which one is his father.
- Take That!: At Twilight and Kristen Stewart in the scene where Chris plays with the puppets that look like Jacob and Edward.
- Wimp Fight: The fight between Herbert and Lt. Schlechtnacht. Justified, since they're old men.
- Wrong for the Right Reasons: Chris calls out Herbert for making him do a bunch of work in suggestive ways because he believes Herbert wants free labor, not because Herbert is a pedophile.
