History Recap / FamilyGuyS2E5LoveThyTrophy

* StopBeingStereotypical: The foster kids try to define how Santa Claus looks based on his and her cultures and eventually turn racist insults on each other.

* LaserGuidedKarma: Downplayed. Meg lies and claims to be Stewie's mother, while also claiming him to be a crack-addicted baby who eats dog food, all to milk more money out of sympathetic customers and buy a $1100 Prada bag. In the end, she's forced to give the purse up so they can get Stewie back, but considering that she contributed toward tearing the family apart for her own selfish gain, it's safe to say that she got off easy. Notably, in [[Website/FamilyGuyFanon the fanon version of this episode]], Meg [[AdaptationalKarma is grounded for a month and fired from her job]].

* LaserGuidedKarma: Meg lies and claims to be Stewie's mother, while also claiming him to be a crack-addicted baby who eats dog food, all to milk more money out of sympathetic customers and buy a $1100 Prada bag. In the end, she's forced to give the purse up so they can get Stewie back.

* OffModel: Just before the social worker removes Stewie from the Griffin home, Stewie's head is darker in color than usual for several seconds.

'''Original air date''': March 14, 2000

* AppleOfDiscord: Ownership for the trophy from the float contest drives a wedge between the residents of Spooner Street. In the end, it turns out Brian stole and buried it, sparking the whole plot.

-->'''Lois''': How dare you! This is a wonderful home!
-->''(cue a gunshot going off in the distance)''
-->'''Peter''' (shouting off-screen): Quagmire, you rat bastard! Come near my fence again, and that'll be your head!

* LesserOfTwoEvils: When Peter breaks in to the foster house, an overjoyed Stewie refers to him as this.

* MustacheVandalism: When Peter breaks into Joe's house to look for the stolen trophy, he takes a moment to draw a mustache on a picture of Joe and Bonnie. Moments later, while in Cleveland's house, he draws mustaches on Loretta and Cleveland Jr., but pauses when he gets to Cleveland because he already has a mustache. [[InvertedTrope He decides to erase Cleveland's mustache instead.]]
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: The neighbours are genuinely horrified when their MaliciousSlander about the Griffins gets Stewie taken away by social services. Lois and Peter are furious until they are reminded their petty rivalry over the trophy caused all this bad blood in the first place, pulling this trope on them in turn.
* OffModel: Just before the social worker removes Stewie from the Griffin home, Stewie's head is darker in color than usual for several seconds.

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Meg tries to ask Peter for the money to get a Prada bag if he loved her, which Peter is all for and hands her a $10 bill - until he hears the price. He than takes the money back and says "You wish I loved you that much.". While it may seem like a YankTheDogsChain moment, keep in mind the Griffin Family are in a poor spot with Peter himself having a mediocre paycheck. With this, he's completely in the right to refuse to give her the money, especially for something that she only wants to fit in.

* SurpinglyRealisticOutcome: Meg tries to ask Peter for the money to get a Prada bag if he loved her, which Peter is all for and hands her a $10 bill - until he hears the price. He than takes the money back and says "You wish I loved you that much.". While it may seem like a YankTheDogsChain moment, keep in mind the Griffin Family are in a poor spot with Peter himself having a mediocre paycheck. With this, he's completely in the right to refuse to give her the money, especially for something that she only wants to fit in.

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: After Stewie's foster parents hear the truth about the situation, they acknowledge that it's been a mistake, but point out that the Griffins ''did'' create an extremely unsafe environment for a toddler and were too wrapped up in their petty fight to notice their daughter's scheme. The foster mother also points out that "the law's on our side" when it comes to recovering Stewie, and attempting to kidnap him doesn't exactly make Peter out to be father of the year. It's only because they accept Meg's Prada bag as a bribe that they're willing to drop the matter.

** Creator/CharltonHeston says, [[Film/TheTenCommandments "Let my pigeons go!"]]

* ComicallyMissingThePoint: After Meg comes clean about her lies to being a teenage mother Peter is shocked at the fact that she's a teenager and Lois knew.

* RussianRoulette: Peter suggests this in order to decide who gets the trophy.

** To ''Series/TheTwilightZone1959''; Creator/RodSerling appears when Peter, Quagmire, Joe, and Cleveland are fighting over who stole the trophy, and again at the end of the episode when Brian buries the trophy in the yard.

* SpiesInAVan: The wives are surveilling the rescue of Stewie from a white van.

* TeenPregnancy: People at Flappy's pancake house automatically believe Meg to be this as she has the infant Stewie with her always. Meg goes along with it to milk off the extra profits.

* FamilyRelationshipSwitcheroo: While trying to get a job as a waitress, the owners of Flappy's pancake house believe Meg to being an unwed teenage mother of Stewie, who unbeknownst to them is really her baby brother. Meg however, doesn't correct their mistake and confirms to them that he's her son (for her financial gain) causing Stewie to have a SpitTake upon hearing this.