History Recap / FamilyGuyS3E8TheKissSeenAroundTheWorld

* WackySoundEffect: In the climatic scene, where Neil is threatening to jump from the roof of Quahog City Hall, Channel 5 and other news stations have arrived at the scene to capture footage of the standoff. Tom Tucker -- along with trying to goad Neil into jumping -- tells his producer that once Neil jumps to (during editing) add a cartoon slide whistle to the footage. Meg overhears this and calls Tom out as a cruel, ratings-hungry asshole.

* HarmfulToMinors: A teacher, Mr. Lazenby is arrested for teaching that evolution was put into motion when Gil Gerard, star of the television series Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, “used a time machine, went back and ejaculated into the primordial ooze.”

** The man who calls Peter a “phony” and later levels the charge at Neil is referred to by the staff and fans as “Holden Caulfield”, the protagonist of the 1951 novel The Catcher in the Rye, who often accused others of being “phonies”.

** Tom Tucker, by his even thinking about editing in a cartoon slide whistle sound effect into what he hopes will be a successful suicide attempt captured on video, all to make a joke out of the suicide of an unpopular if not annoying teenager. In the real world, this would get him (in the very least) a long unpaid suspension and required counseling, or (far more likely) result in him being fired on the spot and blacklisted from the industry.

'''Neil:''' (meekly) Yes sir.

'''Tom:''' Go back and bring it to me with urine in it like I asked!

* {{Jerkass}}: Tom Tucker, by his even thinking about editing in a cartoon slide whistle sound effect into what he hopes will be a successful suicide attempt captured on video, all to make a joke out of the suicide of an unpopular if not annoying teenager. In the real world, this would get him (in the very least) a long unpaid suspension and required counseling, or (far more likely) result in him being fired on the spot and blacklisted from the industry.

** Neil asks a hologram named Al, “Why haven’t I leaped?,” a reference to the science fiction show ''Series/QuantumLeap'', in which a character travels through time and cannot leave a certain period until he sets events “right.”

'''Original air date''': August 29, 2001

* ObviousStuntDouble: Neil’s class presentation is on the 1967 Star Trek episode “Arena.” Several of his statements are incorrect. It is episode #19 of the series rather than #18. Also, actor William Shatner's stunt double in the episode was Dick Dial, not Fred Lubbins

* RunningGag: "Hey, this guy's a big, fat PHONEY!"
* SchmuckBait: While Brian catches Meg kissing the television, Tom Tucker can faintly be heard saying “More news from the White House today on why President Bush stuck his finger in an electric socket. The president responded, ‘Dick Cheney told me that’s where leprechauns hide their gold.’”.

** When Stewie asks the bully how old he is and the bully replies, "seven", Stewie says, "My, you're practically a lady." This is a reference to ''Film/TheSoundOfMusic'', when Maria is introduced to the children.

* StealthInsult: According to Hugh Downs, Dan Rather is "an okay guy in small doses."
* TakeThat:

* DidNotGetTheGuy: Meg loses interest in her crush Tom Tucker when she sees how self-centered he really is.

* AmbiguousTimePeriod: Diane Simmons says, “In entertainment, Mary Tyler Moore is 64 years old today,” implying this scene in the episode took place December 29, 2000.

* SuicideAsComedy: Tom Tucker hoping that Neil will jump off the building and that it will be captured on tape, so they can make humorous commentary about the event on the news. Averted when Meg calls him on the plan.

* TheCameo: The Mass Media Murderer is also the robber in the convenience store in “To Love and Die in Dixie” who threatens Chris.

* AdamWesting: This is the episode that really establishes Mayor Adam West as being a total CloudCuckooLander.

* TastesLikeDiabetes: Lampshaded by Tom to Diane.
-->'''Diane:''' Great, cos you two are gonna have so much fun!\\
'''Tom:''' ''(through fake smile)'' Don't act any cheerier, Diane, you'll give us all diabetes.\\
'''Diane:''' ''(through fake smile)'' Bite me, Tom.

* PortmanteauCoupleName: Neil nicknaming the shipping between him and Meg as "Meil" (pronounced Meal).

* MoralEventHorizon: In-universe, Meg loses her crush on Tom after overhearing his conversation with his producer about editing what they anticipate/hope will be a suicide into a comedy skit. Meg immediately calls him out and tells him he is a cruel individual. (All Tom can do is give a "What did I do?"-type look.)

* CallBack: During a news broadcast, Tom Tucker mentions the loss of Betsy LeBeau to Fred Johnson in a school board race. LeBeau was mentioned as a candidate for school board in the past episode “Running Mates”.

* CharacterIntroduction: This episode introduces Mort and Muriel Goldman.