History Recap / FamilyGuyS12E11BriansABadFather

* DidntThinkThisThrough: Peter and Quagmire have a falling out after Peter shoots Quagmire in the arm during a hunting trip. Eventually, Peter offers Quagmire the opportunity to shoot him to make them even, thinking Quagmire would decline and consider the "thought" as being what counts. He never once considered that Quagmire would actually take him up on the offer, and tries to back out when he does.

* SpoilerTitle: The episode's title itself tells the viewers that Brian is a terrible father to Dylan.
** Also, for those who read episode listings, a spoiler title to [[Recap/FamilyGuyS12E6LifeOfBrian "Life of Brian"]] five episodes earlier - given Brian was apparently KilledOffForReal in that episode.

* TisOnlyABulletInTheBrain: Quagmire shoots Peter in the head, leaving him mentally handicapped with severe brain damage (well, more than he had anyways). Naturally, things are back to normal in the following next episode.

* BlowingARaspberry: What Peter tries to do to little Suzie. Normally, you'd do it on the cheek or in the very least, the arm. [[PaedoHunt Not here]].

* CallBack: Stewie returns as Zac Sawyer from "[=McStroke=]".
* CluelessAesop: Stewie's argument to have Dylan make amends with Brian essentially boils down to "Brian is related to you, so you have to forgive him". The episode seems to think what he's saying has actual merit, even though Brian willingly took advantage of Dylan and never cared about him unless he had something he could benefit from.

* DisproportionateRetribution: Quagmire shooting Peter in the brain as intended payback.

* JerkassBall: Brian previously parted ways with Dylan on good terms, yet now views spending contact with his son as a waste of time until he saw the opportunity to use him.

* KillEmAll: What sick-in-the-head Peter "thinks" would be cool and funny to do to a cafeteria full of students at an elementary school, what with using that as an analogy to grouping wild animals together to shoot as on a hunting trip.

** Also, for those who read episode listings, a spoiler title to FamilyGuyRecap/LifeOfBrian five episodes earlier - given Brian was apparently KilledOffForReal in that episode.

** Quagmire rendering [[TheSociopath Peter]] immobilized by giving him a BoomHeadshot.

Brian's estranged son, Dylan, returns to Quahog to film a new Disney Channel kidcom, and Brian uses his son's fame to get a job as a staff writer. Meanwhile, Peter tries to make things right with Quagmire after accidentally shooting him, and ends up fighting with him over Joe.

* FeudEpisode: Happens with Peter and Quagmire, after the former accidentally shoots the latter.

* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Brian when he realizes how selfish he was to use Dylan for his own writing career.
* ParentalAbandonment: Brian hasn't even ''bothered'' to contact Dylan in the years since the episode his son was introduced, and was even making excuses not to go visit Dylan when he called. But the instant Brian finds out that Dylan is going to be starring in a TV show, he races over to the studio to mooch off of his son's upcoming fame.

* DisproportionateRetribution: Quagmire shooting Peter in the brain as intended payback. He does openly say he was just going to shoot his arm, but after what ensued instead, he likely did it to make Peter shut up about [[EntitledBastard how he should shoot Joe for his attempt to]] TakeAThirdOption.

* DisproportionateRetribution: Quagmire shooting Peter in the brain as intended payback.

* RejectedApology: Dylan towards Brian at first, mostly because texting "SRY" with a frowny face emoji is not even a remotely sufficient apology for deliberately avoiding all contact with your son for years until it was be beneficial to your career. However, once Stewie reveals that Brian told he could not believe how selfish and horrible he was to Dylan and acknowledges he's a terrible father, Dylan is quick to reconcile with his canine pop.

!! Tropes associated with this episode (YMMV goes [[YMMV/FamilyGuyS12E11BriansABadFather here]]):

* ThisIsForEmphasisBitch: The MGM lion said this in a cutaway after "sticking his head in a circle at the beginning of movies" as a child.

* MeaningfulName: The episode's title itself tells the viewers that Brian is a terrible father to Dylan.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Brian had this when realized how selfish he was to use Dylan for his own writing career.

* SequelEpisode: To the sixth season's ''The Former Life of Brian''.

** Quagmire rendering [[TheSociopath Peter]] immobilized by giving him a BoomHeadshot

** Quagmire rendering [[TheSociopath Peter]] immobilized by giving him a BoomHeadshot.

** Also, Peter shooting Quagmire in the arm, considering the latter is a SerialRapist.

** Peter shooting Quagmire in the arm, considering the latter is a SerialRapist.

* ShoutOut:
** ''Series/TheLoveBoat'': A parody of ''Film/CaptainPhillips'' that doesn't end too well for Captain Stubing.

** Quagmire rendering Peter immobilized by giving him a BoomHeadshot.

* AssholeVictim: Peter at the end of the episode. After [[PaedoHunt molesting baby Susie]], and committing a bunch of other heinous acts throughout the series, he gets a well-deserved [[BoomHeadshot bullet to the head]] courtesy of Quagmire.

* KickTheSonOfABitch: Quagmire rendering Peter immobilized by giving him a BoomHeadshot.

** Quagmire could be counted as well when Peter shoots him due to being a proud sex-maniac who rapes his victim.

--->'''Peter''': But... but just the fact that I would make the offer is so meaningful to you.\\

* DidntThinkThisThrough: It really didn't occur to Peter that Quagmire would take him up on his offer to shoot him.
* DirtyCoward: Near the end of the episode, Peter offers Quagmire the chance to shoot him in the arm as payback so they'll be even, thinking that Quagmire will turn it down and consider the gesture as being what counts. However, when Quagmire actually agrees to do so, outright stating that the offer itself means ''nothing'' to him, Peter immediately tries to back out.

* BondOneLiner: Quagmire does his after he shoots Peter.