History Recap / FamilyGuyS16E6TheDInApartment23

* KidsAreCruel: Everyone at school for Chris and Meg turn on them and even attack them.

* FelonyMisdemeanor: The townsfolk of Quahog treat a slightly insensitive tweet as an unforgivable crime.
* FromBadToWorse: Everyone turns on him over a tweet, then they refuse to accept his apology or realize his point, attempt to lynch him, and then he ultimately ends up having to move away into an isolated life in a run-down apartment.

* FelonyMisdemeanor: Everyone in town hates Brian for his tweet.

* AnAesop: Be careful what you say online, because what you might think is a joke may be considered offensive.

** Brian pointed out that Peter did stuff that was so much worse than what Brian did and he didn't get kicked out or sent to jail. He also pointed to the angry mob that there are many worse tweets and posts that people look at online, but nobody cares, and they worry about the minor things.
** Lois not only called out Brian's stupidity on posting a tweet like that, but she did have a good point about kicking Brian out. Not only is Brian a pariah, but it affected them as well even getting death threats and things thrown at their house.

* {{Cliffhanger}}: Brian is kicked out of the Griffin's house and is forced to live on his own. He remains kicked out by the end of the episode.
* ComicalOverreacting: The various angry mobs are portrayed this way, as noted below. They go from simply condemning Brian for his tweet to harassing him at every turn (including demanding he kill himself), ostracizing the family purely because of guilt by association, and resorting to physical violence.

* WhatTheHellHero: When Brian's own family turns on him and, fearing their own safety, kicks him out, Brian rightfully calls them out on it.

-->'''Brian:''' You know what? '''Fuck you!''' I'm not a racist, all right? I just told a bad joke. There's a huge difference. But nobody on the internet ever takes the time to ask themselves, "Is this worth freaking out over?" or, "Are there bigger problems in the world than this tweet?" Well, I assure you, there are. And just for the record, I love black people. I've watched tons of black porn. So, what do you all want from me, huh? You-you want to ruin my life? Then congratulations. You did it. Everybody hates me. I can't leave the house without getting harassed. No one will hire me. I can't turn on my phone without strangers telling me to kill myself or that they're gonna kill my family. Leave me alone! ''I'm'' the self-righteous, liberal douchebag, not you! I've kissed a transsexual before! How many of you can say that?! Where's my fucking medal?! I am so far left, I'm spinning in circles, you shitheads! Instead of killing myself, I should kill all of you!\\

* WhatTheHellHero:
** Lois calls out Brian this for his offensive tweet, saying how he can't post jokes that sound racist because they now live in a society where people can't just say whatever they like anymore and use [[JustJokingJustification "I'm joking" as an excuse]].
** When Brian's own family turns on him and, fearing their own safety, kicks him out, Brian rightfully calls them out on it.

** Although they ''absolutely'' should have handled it more maturely, the angry mob ''did'' have the right to be angry at Brian for posting a racially charged joke.
** While Brian says he isn't the monster the mob thinks he is, Lois is right in that he hasn't done anything to prove he's ''not''.

* DisproportionateRetribution: The entire town ostracizes Brian, and then the Griffins, only because of Brian's ill-advised tweet, despite the Griffins having done much worse in the past and the tweet itself being intended as nothing more than a joke. In this same episode, Meg and Chris brutally massacre most of the students harassing them at lunch, but this incident is never brought up again.

* RejectedApology: Brian tries to apologize to everyone for his tweet, but they keep rudely interrupting him until [[RageBreakingPoint he snaps.]]

* ShamingTheMob: Brian lays a massive rant at the mob after they wouldn't give him a chance to apologize. It doesn't work.
-->'''Brian:''' [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech You know what? '''Fuck you!''' I'm not a racist, all right? I just told a bad joke. There's a huge difference. But nobody on the internet ever takes the time to ask themselves, "Is this worth freaking out over?" or, "Are there bigger problems in the world than this tweet?" Well, I assure you, there are. And just for the record, I love black people. I've watched tons of black porn. So, what do you all want from me, huh? You-you want to ruin my life? Then congratulations. You did it. Everybody hates me. I can't leave the house without getting harassed. No one will hire me. I can't turn on my phone without strangers telling me to kill myself or that they're gonna kill my family. Leave me alone! ''I'm'' the self-righteous, liberal douchebag, not you! I've kissed a transsexual before! How many of you can say that?! Where's my fucking medal?! I am so far left, I'm spinning in circles, you shitheads! Instead of killing myself, I should kill all of you!]]\\

-->'''Brian:''' You know what? '''Fuck you!''' I'm not a racist, all right? I just told a bad joke. There's a huge difference. But nobody on the internet ever takes the time to ask themselves, "Is this worth freaking out over?" or, "Are there bigger problems in the world than this tweet?" Well, I assure you, there are. And just for the record, I love black people. I've watched tons of black porn. So, what do you all want from me, huh? You-you want to ruin my life? Then congratulations. You did it. Everybody hates me. I can't leave the house without getting harassed. No one will hire me. I can't turn on my phone without strangers telling me to kill myself or that they're gonna kill my family. Leave me alone! ''I'm'' the self-righteous, liberal douchebag, not you! I've kissed a transsexual before! How many of you can say that?! Where's my fucking medal?! I am so far left, I'm spinning in circles, you shitheads! Instead of killing myself, I should kill all of you!\\

* BothSidesHaveAPoint: Brian pointed out that Peter did stuff that was so much worse than what Brian did and he didn't get kicked out or sent to jail. He also pointed to the angry mob that there are many worse tweets and posts that people look at online, but nobody cares, and they worry about the minor things.

** Although they ''absolutely'' should have handled it more maturely, the angry mob ''did'' have the right to be angry at Brian for posting a bad joke.

** Even the angry mob had the right to be angry (but not going overboard) at Brian for posting a bad joke. Although they could have handled it more maturely.
** While Brian says he isn't the monster the mob thinks he is, Lois is right in that he hasn't done anything to prove he's not.

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome:
** Brain deletes the tweet and all of his social media accounts. He tries to apologize for it, but the mob isn't having it and keeps cutting him off. After all, in real life, there's several instances where you can't take back something you said. Rather than a scene where he gives a touching speech, likely AnAesop that shames the mob into admitting he has a point, Brian loses his temper and starts reprimanding them, calling them hypocrites who are no better than him and screams "Black Porn" at the top of his lungs in front of women and children, which just makes things worse.
** The backlash from the tweet becomes so bad that the rest of the Griffins, whom Brian thought would support him unconditionally, throw him under the bus and kick him out for their own safety. And since he's the most hated person in Quahog, Brian is forced to move into a shithole apartment on the edge of town.

!!This episode contains examples of:

* PoliticalOvercorrectness: Everyone who hates Brian are ''definitely'' all over the place with this trope, notably, during Brian's apology to the mob. Him saying "ladies and gentlemen" is seen as sexist by the men because he said "ladies" first. Then he corrects it to "gentlemen and ladies," but then the ladies find it sexist. ''Then'' he says "people in the audience," which offends ''one'' guy (and therefore angering the crowd again) because '''he identifies as a basketball'''. It just keeps getting more ridiculous from there until Brian finally snaps.

-->'''Brian:''' You know what? '''Fuck you!''' I'm not a racist, all right? I just told a bad joke. There's a huge difference. But nobody on the internet ever takes the time to ask themselves, "Is this worth freaking out over?" or, "Are there bigger problems in the world than this tweet?" Well, I assure you, there are. And just for the record, I love black people. I've watched tons of black porn. So, what do you all want from me, huh? You-you want to ruin my life? Then congratulations. You did it. Everybody hates me. I can't leave the house without getting harassed. No one will hire me. I can't turn on my phone without strangers telling me to kill myself or that they're gonna kill my family. Leave me alone! ''I'm'' the self-righteous, liberal douchebag, not you! I've kissed a transsexual before! How many of you can say that?! Where's my fucking medal?! I am so far left, I'm spinning in circles, you shitheads! Instead of killing myself, I should kill all of you!
-->'''Random Mob Guy:''' I'd like to see you TRY.

* NeverMyFault: Brian insists that it was just a bad joke blown out of proportion and goes as far as to shame the angry mob for not accepting that excuse since there are bigger things in the world to be concerned about. However, Lois points out that it was Brian's own fault in the first place because he should have known better than to post something so racist.

* PoliticalCorrectnessGoneMad: Everyone who hates Brian are ''definitely'' all over the place with this trope, notably, during Brian's apology to the mob. Him saying "ladies and gentlemen" is seen as sexist by the men because he said "ladies" first. Then he corrects it to "gentlemen and ladies", but then the ladies find it sexist. ''Then'' he says "people in the audience", which offends ''one'' guy (and therefore angering the crowd again) because '''he identifies as a basketball'''. It just keeps getting more ridiculous from there until Brian finally snaps.

Brian posts a bad joke about Kevin Hart on Twitter, which comes back to haunt him.

* Foreshadowing: The slow motion scene of Brian about to post his joke and the sound of a gunshot when he presses "Tweet" show that it's going to end in disaster.

** When Brian comes back into the house after excoriating the crowd, Lois is aghast that he would mention "black porn," something that many people find patently offensive. She also points out that for all of his protests, Brain hasn't done or said anything that had proven that he ''wasn't'' racist.

* StoryArc: This episode began a three-week story arc involving Brian experiencing and living through the consequences of his social media post.

Brian posts a bad joke about Kevin Hart on Twitter, which earns him the ire of everyone in Quahog.

* BothSidesHaveAPoint: Brian pointed out that Peter did stuff that was so much worse than what Brian did and he didn't get kicked out or sent to jail. He also pointed to the angry mob that there are many worse tweets and posts that people look at online, but nobody cares and they worry about the minor things.
** Lois not only called out Brian's stupidity on posting a tweet like that, but she did have a good point about kicking Brian out. Not only is Brian an outcast, but it affected them as well even getting death threats and things thrown at their house.

-->'''Brian:''' You know what? '''Fuck you!''' I'm not a racist, all right? I just told a bad joke. There's a huge difference. But nobody on the internet ever takes the time to ask themselves, "Is this worth freaking out over?" or, "Are there bigger problems in the world than this tweet?" Well, I assure you, there are. And just for the record, I love black people. I've watched tons of black porn. So, what do you all want from me, huh? You-you want to ruin my life? Then congratulations. You did it. Everybody hates me. I can't leave the house without getting harassed. No one will hire me. I can't turn on my phone without strangers telling me to kill myself or that they're gonna kill my family. Leave me alone! I'm the self-righteous, liberal douchebag, not you! I've kissed a transsexual before! How many of you can say that?! Where's my fucking medal?! I am so far left, I'm spinning in circles, you shitheads! Instead of killing myself, I should kill all of you!

** Brain deletes the tweet and tries to apologize for it, but the mob isn't having it and keeps cutting him off. After all, in real life, there's several instances where you can't take back something you said. Rather than a scene where he gives a touching speech, likely AnAesop that shames the mob into admitting he has a point, Brian loses his temper and starts shouting at them, which just makes things worse.

* GuiltByAssociationGag: Because of being associated with Brian, Chris and Meg are ostracized by the other kids, Lois is shunned at the grocery store, and Peter gets rejected by his friends, complete with Joe threatening to arrest Peter because of Brian's actions. All this happens despite them being just as annoyed at Brian as everybody else was.

* RefugeeInAudacity: Brian tries hitting on a college girl in a library by pretentiously quoting a book she's reading, by awkwardly opening a random page to read aloud as she's reading it.

* AnAesop: Given, or rather attempted, mid-episode, but can't get the first syllable of the first word out before he is shouted down.
** Be careful what you say online, because what you might think is a joke may be considered offensive.

* JerkassHasAPoint and TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Brian's failed attempt to tell the mob that, in essence, they are hypocritical and have made mistakes as well. When an attempt to be nice about it and offer an apology doesn't even gain any headway, his angry rant does.