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* RiddleForTheAges: Why exactly did they manufacture a "breakfast machine" that ''shoots people'' instead of making breakfast?
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** Stewie imagines being Jiminy Glick, interviewing Collin Ferrell.

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** Stewie imagines being Jiminy Glick, interviewing Collin Ferrell.Creator/ColinFarrell.



** In the joke in which Stewie makes a reference to Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun dying together, it depicts the two “performing” suicide by means of drug ingestion. In reality, Hitler shot himself and ingested a pill, while Braun just ingested a pill.

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** In the joke in which Stewie makes a reference to Adolf Hitler UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler and Eva Braun dying together, it depicts the two “performing” suicide by means of drug ingestion. In reality, Hitler shot himself and ingested a pill, while Braun just ingested a pill.
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** Stewie fantasizes Brian re-enacting the Matthew [=McConaughey’s=] character David Wooderson’s line in Dazed and Confused in front of the pool hall: “That’s what I like about high school girls. I keep getting older, they stay the same age.”
** The scene in which Stewie attacks the babysitter’s boyfriend is similar to one in the film ''Child’s Play''.
** Lois' line "the position has been filled" is a reference to the 1993 film ''Mrs. Doubtfire''.

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** Stewie fantasizes Brian re-enacting the Matthew [=McConaughey’s=] Creator/MatthewMcConaughey's character David Wooderson’s line in Dazed and Confused ''Film/DazedAndConfused'' in front of the pool hall: “That’s what I like about high school girls. I keep getting older, they stay the same age.”
** The scene in which Stewie attacks the babysitter’s boyfriend is similar to one in the film ''Child’s Play''.
''Film/ChildsPlay''.
** Lois' line "the position has been filled" is a reference to the 1993 film ''Mrs. Doubtfire''.''Film/MrsDoubtfire''.



** While stopping at Goldman’s Pharmacy, Peter imitates an Excedrin commercial and buys several copies of the fashion magazine Marie Claire, only to be disappointed by the physical appearance of actress Kathleen Turner.

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** While stopping at Goldman’s Pharmacy, Peter imitates an Excedrin commercial and buys several copies of the fashion magazine Marie Claire, only to be disappointed by the physical appearance of actress Kathleen Turner.Creator/KathleenTurner.
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** In a cutaway, Peter buys a “breakfast machine,” which turns out to be a Rube Goldberg machine which shoots him. The breakfast machine itself is similar to the breakfast machine featured in the film ''Pee Wee’s Big Adventure''. The Danny Elfman music used in the scene was adapted from said film.
** Kramer vs. Predator, pits Dustin Hoffman’s character from Kramer vs. Kramer against a Predator in a parody of the 2004 crossover film ''Alien vs. Predator'' which pitted the Xenomorphs from the ''Alien'' film series against the Predator of the ''Predator'' series.

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** In a cutaway, Peter buys a “breakfast machine,” which turns out to be a Rube Goldberg machine which shoots him. The breakfast machine itself is similar to the breakfast machine featured in the film ''Pee Wee’s Big Adventure''.''Film/PeeWeesBigAdventure''. The Danny Elfman music used in the scene was adapted from said film.
** Kramer vs. Predator, pits Dustin Hoffman’s Creator/DustinHoffman’s character from Kramer vs. Kramer ''Film/KramerVsKramer'' against a Predator in a parody of the 2004 crossover film ''Alien vs. Predator'' ''Film/AlienVsPredator'' which pitted the Xenomorphs from the ''Alien'' film series against the Predator of the ''Predator'' series.
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* RubeGoldbergHatesYourGuts: Peter reveal to Mort that he bought one of these. After all the bells and whistles, it inflates a balloon, which pulls a string...which pulls the trigger on a handgun, shooting Peter in the arm.

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* RubeGoldbergHatesYourGuts: Peter reveal to Mort that he bought one of these.these as a breakfast machine. After all the bells and whistles, it inflates a balloon, which pulls a string... which pulls the trigger on a handgun, shooting Peter in the arm.

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* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome:
** Stewie realizes late to his horror that Jeremy is still locked inside the trunk of the car. After doing the math, he decides that Jeremy's probably dead after three weeks still trapped inside the car.
** Peter, Chris, Brian and Stewie learn the hard way that ipecac doesn't just make you vomit, it makes you vomit ''painfully'' and ''repeatedly.''



* VomitChainReaction: This is caused by Brian, Peter, Stewie and Chris all drinking ipecac.

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* VomitChainReaction: This is caused by Brian, Peter, Stewie and Chris all drinking ipecac.ipecac.
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* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: A rare in-universe example; a CutawayGag features Meg walking onto an episode of ''Series/EverybodyLovesRaymond'' to tell Neil that she hates him. After walking out, the show just simply continues on like nothing happened.
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* EnduranceDuel: Peter, Chris, Brian and Stewie drink syrup of ipecac (a strong emetic used to make poisoned people vomit). Whoever lasts the longer without throwing up wins. (Chris wins, but really everybody loses).

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* ClingyJealousGirl: Meg is this momentarily when Neil starts dating somebody else.

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* ClingyJealousGirl: Meg is this momentarily when Neil starts dating somebody else.else and returns to being this when he hooks back up with the same girl just after getting him to end the contract she signed to unwittingly become his slave.
* CrazyJealousGuy: Stewie does ''not'' take it well that [=LaDawn=] has a boyfriend. Seeing them make out was the last straw for him, to which he attacks Jeremy and locks him up inside the trunk of a car.



* TogetherInDeath: After [=LaDawn=] rejects him, Stewie laments he was hoping he and [=LaDawn=] would "go all the way and die together like Hitler and Eva Braun". A cutaway gag pokes fun at Hitler and Braun jokingly suicide pact.

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* TogetherInDeath: After [=LaDawn=] rejects him, scolds him for touching her breasts, Stewie laments he was hoping he and [=LaDawn=] would "go all the way and die together like Hitler and Eva Braun". A cutaway gag pokes fun at Hitler and Braun jokingly suicide pact.
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* SuppositoryGag: Peter asks Mort if the suppositories he sells come in any other flavors, causing Mort to ask if he's been eating them. To which Peter sarcastically replies "No, I'm shoving them up my butt, of course I'm eating them!"

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* OddlySpecificGreetingCard: Peter tries to sell Meg to Mort (as his son Neil's girlfriend) to settle his tab at Mort's pharmacy. Lois is naturally outraged, but cools off after Peter gives her a card saying "I'm sorry I tried to sell our daughter".
-->'''Peter''': You wouldn't believe how hard it was to find one of those things in English.
* PopCulturePunEpisodeTitle: The title refers to the 2002-2005 television show ''8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter'' starring Creator/KateySagal and Creator/JohnRitter.



* RubeGoldbergDevice / RubeGoldbergHatesYourGuts: Peter reveal to Mort that he bought one of these. After all the bells and whistles, it inflates a balloon, which pulls a string...which pulls the trigger on a handgun, shooting Peter in the arm.

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* RubeGoldbergDevice / RubeGoldbergHatesYourGuts: Peter reveal to Mort that he bought one of these. After all the bells and whistles, it inflates a balloon, which pulls a string...which pulls the trigger on a handgun, shooting Peter in the arm.




* ShoutOut: The title refers to the 2002-2005 television show ''8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter'' starring Creator/KateySagal and Creator/JohnRitter.

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\n* ShoutOut: The title refers to the 2002-2005 television show ''8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter'' starring Creator/KateySagal and Creator/JohnRitter.

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