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* AnAesop: What works for some people won't always work for you.
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* DrivenToSuicide: Subverted: Lois wasn't gonna jump off the bridge; she just wanted to get away from the empty house to think. Peter's weight and running on the flimsy bridge is what caused Lois to fall off.
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* DrivenToSuicide: Subverted: Subverted. Lois wasn't gonna going to jump off the bridge; she just wanted to get away from the empty house to think. Peter's weight and running on the flimsy bridge is what caused Lois to fall off.
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* WhatTheHellHero: The family gets mad at Lois for her decluttering phase, and Lois gets mad at the family because they got mad at ''her''. It's later turned into a supportive thing when the Griffins realize that Lois is in serious, emotional distress.
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* WhatTheHellHero: The family gets mad at Lois for her decluttering phase, and phase; Lois gets mad at the family because they got mad at ''her''. It's later turned into a supportive thing when the Griffins realize that Lois is in serious, emotional distress.
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* FrustratedOverheadScribble: Chris becomes so frustrated by Lois's newfound obsession with removing anything she considers "clutter" from the house that a scribble appears over his head in the shape of a thought bubble. Lois is not only aware of the scribble, but accuses Chris of further cluttering up the house with it.
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* FrustratedOverheadScribble: Chris becomes so frustrated by Lois's newfound obsession with removing anything she considers "clutter" from the house that a scribble appears over his head in the shape of a thought bubble. Lois is not only aware of the scribble, but accuses Chris of further cluttering up the house with it. Chris then gets so angry that his head turns into a 1930's work whistle.
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* BaitAndSwitch: After Lois gets everyone to declutter their rooms, she has an epiphany that ''Peter'' doesn't kindle joy for her and kicks him out. However, rather than the rest of the episode being about their ailing marriage, Lois just goes off the deep end with decluttering by kicking out the rest of the family and making the house into a featureless white void.
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* BaitAndSwitch: BaitAndSwitch:
** After Lois gets everyone to declutter their rooms, she has an epiphany that ''Peter'' doesn't kindle joy for her and kicks him out. However, rather than the rest of the episode being about their ailing marriage, Lois just goes off the deep end with decluttering by kicking out the rest of the family and making the house into a featureless white void.
** After Lois gets everyone to declutter their rooms, she has an epiphany that ''Peter'' doesn't kindle joy for her and kicks him out. However, rather than the rest of the episode being about their ailing marriage, Lois just goes off the deep end with decluttering by kicking out the rest of the family and making the house into a featureless white void.
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** At the end of the episode, Peter compares the living room to the living room in the video for John Lennon's "Imagine"; we then cut to Peter and Lois dressed as John Lennon and Yoko Ono playing "Imagine" to the tune of "Camptown Races", because they can't afford the real song.
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* FrustratedOverheadScribble: Chris becomes so frustrated by Lois's newfound obsession with removing anything she considers "clutter" from the house that a scribble appears over his head in the shape of a thought bubble. Lois is not only aware of the scribble, but accuses Chris of further cluttering up the house with it.
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* AnAesop: What works for some people won’t always work for you.
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* FriendsRentControl: Averted. Peter explains via an OverlyLongGag that Lois's parents pay for their house.
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** Brian parodies ''{{Film/Shaft}}'' with an ode to former President UsefulNotes/WilliamHowardTaft. Doubles as a Shout Out to ''{{Theatre/Hamilton}}''.
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* ShoutOut: When Stewie's time machine transports everyone to the future, Chris is replaced with [[WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}} Bender]].
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** When Stewie's time machine transports everyone to the future, Chris is replaced with [[WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}} Bender]].
** When Stewie's time machine transports everyone to the future, Chris is replaced with [[WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}} Bender]].
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* BaitAndSwitch: After Lois gets everyone to declutter their rooms, she has an epiphany that ''Peter'' doesn't kindle joy for her and kicks him out. However, rather than the rest of the episode being about their ailing marriage, Lois just goes off the deep end with decluttering by kicking out the rest of the family and making the house into a featureless white void.
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* ItsAllAboutMe: Lois displays this during her SanitySlippage, throwing away other people's things because they don't bring ''her'' joy.
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** While chasing after Lois, Peter is reminded of ''Film/{{Rocky}}'' and ''Film/{{Cliffhanger}}''.
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* ManChild: When Peter can't sleep, he pesters Quagmire into reading him a ''Clifford'' story, and insists on lying in bed with him while doing so. To compound Quagmire's problem, reading the story puts the two women he was with to sleep as well.
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* PleasePutYourHatBackOn: As part of her decluttering spree, Lois takes of Chris and Meg's hats. They come off like Lego headpieces, with their heads having peg holes, to Lois' surprise.
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* PleasePutYourHatBackOn: PleaseKeepYourHatOn: As part of her decluttering spree, Lois takes of Chris and Meg's hats. They come off like Lego headpieces, with their heads having peg holes, to Lois' surprise.shock.
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* InterchangeableAsianCultures: Downplayed; Tricia Takanawa as a stand-in for Marie Kondo is Japanese but she says she conceived her "Throw it Away" philosophy after climbing "Asia mountain".
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* InterchangeableAsianCultures: Downplayed; Tricia Takanawa as a stand-in for Marie Kondo is Japanese as well, but she says she conceived her "Throw it Away" philosophy after climbing "Asia mountain".
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* PleasePutYourHatBackOn: As part of her decluttering spree, Lois takes of Chris and Meg's hats. They come off like Lego headpieces, with their heads having peg holes, to Lois' surprise.
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* DrivenToSuicide: Subverted: Lois wasn't gonna jump off the bridge. She just wanted to think in a quiet place. Ironically, she couldn't do this at her now empty house.
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* DrivenToSuicide: Subverted: Lois wasn't gonna jump off the bridge. She bridge; she just wanted to think in a quiet place. Ironically, she couldn't do this at her now get away from the empty house. house to think. Peter's weight and running on the flimsy bridge is what caused Lois to fall off.
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* ShoutOut: When Stewie's time machine transports everyone to the future, Chris is replaced with [[WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}} Bender]].
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* AndIMustScream: Lois at the climax, while thinking on the bridge.
* ContinuityPorn: Short, but it's there. Among the things Peter gets rid of (and later hides in a warehouse lot) are the broken vinyl of Surfin' Bird and the cardboard cutout of Kathy. It's like the things he threw away are the things used for his gags and cutaways.
* DrivenToSuicide: Subverted: Lois wasn't gonna jump off the bridge. She just wanted to think in a quiet place. Ironically, she couldn't do this at her now empty house.
* ContinuityPorn: Short, but it's there. Among the things Peter gets rid of (and later hides in a warehouse lot) are the broken vinyl of Surfin' Bird and the cardboard cutout of Kathy. It's like the things he threw away are the things used for his gags and cutaways.
* DrivenToSuicide: Subverted: Lois wasn't gonna jump off the bridge. She just wanted to think in a quiet place. Ironically, she couldn't do this at her now empty house.
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* WhatTheHellHero: The family gets mad at Lois for her decluttering phase, and Lois gets mad at the family because they got mad at ''her''. It's later turned into a supportive thing when the Griffins realize that Lois is in serious, emotional distress.
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* Get out: At the peak of her decluttering spree Lois kicks the family out of the house.
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* Get out: GetOut: At the peak of her decluttering spree Lois kicks the family out of the house.
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* Get out: At the peak of her decluttering spree Lois kicks the family out of the house.
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* SanitySlippage: Lois becomes more and more unstable as the episode goes on, eventually throwing ''everything'' out of the house, including ''her family''.
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* SanitySlippage: Lois becomes more and more unstable as the episode goes on, eventually throwing ''everything'' out of the house, including ''her family''.family''.
* WhiteVoidRoom: The end result of Lois' obsessive decluttering is the interior of the house being rendered featureless, hollow and white.
* WhiteVoidRoom: The end result of Lois' obsessive decluttering is the interior of the house being rendered featureless, hollow and white.
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Lois discovers the joys of decluttering but eventually goes too far and ends up throwing her entire family out of the house.
!!This episode contains examples of:
* OverlyLongGag: The "my house that ''I'' paid for" scene.
* SanitySlippage: Lois becomes more and more unstable as the episode goes on, eventually throwing ''everything'' out of the house, including ''her family''.
!!This episode contains examples of:
* OverlyLongGag: The "my house that ''I'' paid for" scene.
* SanitySlippage: Lois becomes more and more unstable as the episode goes on, eventually throwing ''everything'' out of the house, including ''her family''.
