History Recap / FamilyGuyS13E8OurIdiotBrian

* SoundtrackDissonance: "Cotton-Eye Joe" by Rednex plays during the dumb stunts montage.

* PlanetOfHats: In a CutawayGag, dogs that were shot into Space as test subjects colonized their own planet, where they dance all day.

** The newly-idiotic Brian comes with Peter to Orlando, Florida and does a guitar gesture with him when they see the "Welcome to Orlando" billboard. It brings to mind Peter and Quagmire's song that has the lyrics [[Recap/FamilyGuyS12E7IntoHarmonysWay "Everyone from Florida is stupid. Everyone from Florida is dumb."]]

--> ''"This book is priced to sell at a very low price. There is no other book like it in the world. Please buy it. We don't know what else we are going to do with so many copies of this book that absolutely no one wants to buy or read. In fact, we can't even give it away. It's so bad. you will want to gouge your eyes out after having only read the first sentence. No really, it's just that bad. In fact, if you've taken the time to read this paragraph, we should pay you".''

* TakeThat: "Cotton Eyed Joe" plays over the {{Montage}} of Idiot Brian. Said montage also includes a trip to Orlando.

** As Brian voices his excitement for the "two-wiener operation", he boasts that when he's watching Black Swan, he can masturbate with one aimed at Natalie Portman and the other aimed at...Stewie interrupts him knowing who he's talking about[[note]]the other actress Brian almost names is Creator/MilaKunis, a.k.a., the voice of Meg Griffin[[/note]]
** People who bought Brian's book, Faster Than the Speed of Love on Amazon also bought car batteries, a potato and a toilet.
** On the Amazon.com page for Faster Than the Speed of Love, the description reads:

* TookALevelInDumbass: Brian, who is later revealed to be suffering from a brain tumor. Also Peter, who had invited Brian to play in the garage filled with fumes from the car’s engine, despite recognizing this as suicidal when Angela did it in ''[[Recap/FamilyGuyS8E14PeterAssment Peter-Assment]]''.
* ToxicFriendInfluence: Hanging out with Peter leads to Brian embracing his newfound idiocy and getting dumber with time. Though once he has the operation Brian did state he was much happier when he wasn't an intellectual and stated his life before becoming an idiot was worse.

* ResetButton: Brian is reset to his [[FanNickname Liberal Douche]] [[CharacterizationMarchesOn Persona.]]

** The newly-idiotic Brian comes with Peter to Orlando, Florida and does a guitar gesture with him when they see the "Welcome to Orlando" billboard. It brings to mind Peter and Quagmire's song that has the lyrics [[Recap/FamilyGuyS12E7IntoHarmonysWay "Everyone from Florida is stupid. Everyone from Florida is dumb".]]

** The Adam Sandler DVD menu title that Brian and Peter watch is from ''That's My Boy''.
** The episode makes a meta-joke about star Mila Kunis' involvement in Black Swan.
** Brian says Sheldon Cooper's catchphrase "bazinga" from The Big Bang Theory. Peter calls Sheldon "the gay scientist". Sheldon's actor, Jim Parsons is gay.

* TookALevelInDumbass: Brian, who is later revealed to be suffering from a brain tumor. Also Peter, who had invited Brian to play in the garage filled with fumes from the car’s engine, despite recognizing this as suicidal when Angela did it in “Peter-assment”.

* ManipulativeBitch: Meg gets Brian to take the SATs for her by stroking his ego and lying about how much she enjoyed his novel.

* ShoutOut: Film/OurIdiotBrother

%%* ManipulativeBitch: Meg.

* ToxicFriendInfluence: Hanging out with Peter leads to Brian embracing his newfound idiocy and getting dumber with time.

* TookALevelInDumbass: Brian, who is later revealed to be suffering from a brain tumor. Also Peter, who had invited Brian to play in the garage filled with fumes from the car’s engine, despite recognizing this as suicidal when Angela did it in “Peter-assment”.

** The newly-idiotic Brian comes with Peter to Orlando, Florida. It brings to mind Peter and Quagmire's song that has the lyrics [[Recap/FamilyGuyS12E7IntoHarmonysWay "Everyone from Florida is stupid. Everyone from Florida is dumb".]]

** The newly-idiotic Brian comes with Peter to Orlando, Florida. It brings to mind Peter and Quagmire's song that has the lyrics [[Recap/FamilyGuyS12E7IntoHarmonysWay Everyone from Florida is stupid. Everyone from Florida is dumb.]]

** The newly-idiotic Brian comes with Peter to Orlando, Florida. It brings to mind Peter and Quagmire's song that has the lyrics [[FamilyGuyS12E7IntoHarmonysWay Everyone from Florida is stupid. Everyone from Florida is dumb.]]

* CallBack: The opera that Stewie takes Brian to is Carmen by Georges Bizet. It was used previously in "Brian Wallows and Peter's Swallows" when sung by Pearl Burton.

** The end where Peter shows Lois that he got surgery to get two penises, only to have one fall off: On the TV version, the scene is cropped so the viewer doesn't see what's going on below the waist. On DVD, there is no cropping (though Peter's penises are blurred out with pixelation) and there's an additional scene of Peter trying to pick up his fallen penis).