History Recap / FamilyGuyS7E12Episode420

* {{Bowdlerization}}: During the "Bag of Weed" song, Stewie sings about how Michael Jackson gets enjoyment by having sex with someone like him. On the TV version, Stewie is clothed and standing on the bed Michael Jackson is in. On the DVD version, Stewie is naked and lying next to him

* {{Bowdlerization}}: During the "Bag of Weed" song, Stewie sings about how Michael Jackson relaxes by having sex with someone like him. On the TV version, Stewie is clothed and standing on the bed Michael Jackson is in. On the DVD version, Stewie is naked and lying next to him.

* HypocriticalHumor: Lois opposes marijuana legalization and disapproves of Brian supporting
it, despite having smoked pot herself. Brian even calls her out on it.

* HypocriticalHumor: Lois supports marijuana legalization and disapproves of Brian doing so despite having smoked pot herself. Brian even calls her out on it.

* BrokenAesop: The episode advocates for the legalization of marijuana by having Brian specifically say that the town's productivity has gone up since everyone started smoking. However, this is contradicted by some scenes that show how those who have used the substance have become almost completely unable to function properly. Tom and Diane can barely form cohesive sentences while reporting the news, and Peter himself struggles to set up one of his trademark {{Cutaway Gag}}s.

* ArtisticLicenseLawEnforcement: As a police officer, Joe wouldn't be the one giving Brian a random drug test at his home. [[CaptainObvious That duty would fall in Brian's probation officer]]. Brian would also be supervised as he urinated (as awkward as that sounds for both parties) to ensure that he won't fake the results of his test, which is exactly what he tries by asking Stewie to pee for him. Also, even if Joe was a probation officer, he would never be assigned to Brian's case due to the conflict of interest that Brian being a family member of Joe's best friend would create.

* ArtisticLicenseLawEnforcement: As a police officer, Joe wouldn't be the one giving Brian a random drug test at his home. [[CaptainObvious That duty would fall in Brian's probation officer]]. Brian would also be supervised as he urinated (as awkward as that sounds for both parties) to ensure that he won't fake the results of his test, which is exactly what he tries by asking Stewie to pee for him.
** Also, even if Joe was a probation officer, he would never be assigned to Brian's case due to the conflict of interest that Brian being a family member of Joe's best friend would create.

* AreYouPonderingWhatImPondering: When Lois catches Brian trying to use some of Stewie's urine to use in a random drug test orchestrated by Joe, Lois scolds Brian for going to such lengths and tells him that he has to make a change if he intends on doing so--and it's implied that Lois was going to tell Brian that he should just simply stop smoking marijuana.

* KindheartedCatLover: Quagmire to the point of irritating his friends with how much he fawns over his cat.
* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: Peter is given one before and after getting into Carter's car for no other reason that Carter being a {{Jerkass}}
* SelectiveEnforcement: The cops blatantly ignore the fact that Peter has a small body bag in the backseat, along with a note saying "this is where we'll hide the body," and is not only covered head-to-toe in blood, but [[DrunkDriver driving drunk]], but when they discover Brian in possession of [[DrugsAreBad a quarter-ounce of pot]], [[PoliceBrutality they arrest him on the spot and throw him in jail]].

** Carter and Peter make an anti-cannabis video showing UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler as a pot smoker, but are then sued by Creator/{{Fox News|Channel}} for using their copyrighted image of Hitler.

* ToTheTuneOf: "A Bag O' Weed" is sung to the tune of "Me Ol' Bamboo" from ''Film/ChittyChittyBangBang''.

* KickTheSonOfABitch: Carter's goons viciously beat Peter in the same episode that Peter killed Quagmire's cat and tried to cover that up.

--->'''Cop:''' I don't appreciate drug addicts in my town! I'm a family guy!\\

** At one point Peter is too stoned to properly setup his own cutaway, and thus it ends up simply being a LongList of celebrities he hates. [[Music/{{Coldplay}} Chris Martin]] gets mentioned four times. Other celebrities mentioned on the list include: Carlos Mencia, Music/AmyWinehouse, Paul Tsongas, Creator/AndySamberg, Music/JustinTimberlake, Creator/EvePlumb, Creator/DavidArquette, that forehead guy on ''Series/TheOffice'' (Creator/RainnWilson), and Creator/KateBeckinsale. According to DVD commentary, the celebrities on that list were picked at random and the writers have nothing against them, though some of the celebrities on that list are considered annoying, detestable, marginally-talented, and/or overrated enough for viewers in real life to hate them.

** At one point Peter is too stoned to properly setup his own cutaway, and thus it ends up simply being a LongList of celebrities he hates. [[Music/{{Coldplay}} Chris Martin]] gets mentioned four times. Other celebrities mentioned on the list include: Carlos Mencia, Music/AmyWinehouse, Paul Tsongas, Creator/AndySamberg, Music/JustinTimberlake, Eve Plumb, David Arquette, that forehead guy on ''The Office'' (Creator/RainnWilson), and Creator/KateBeckinsale. According to DVD commentary, the celebrities on that list were picked at random and the writers have nothing against them, though some of the celebrities on that list are considered annoying, detestable, marginally-talented, and/or overrated enough for viewers in real life to hate them.

** At one point Peter is too stoned to properly setup his own cutaway, and thus it ends up simply being a LongList of celebrities he hates. [[Music/{{Coldplay}} Chris Martin]] gets mentioned four times. Other celebrities mentioned on the list include: Carlos Mencia, Music/AmyWinehouse, Paul Tsongas, Andy Samberg, Music/JustinTimberlake, Eve Plumb, David Arquette, that forehead guy on ''The Office'' (Rainn Wilson), and Kate Beckinsale. According to DVD commentary, the celebrities on that list were picked at random and the writers have nothing against them, though some of the celebrities on that list are considered annoying, detestable, marginally-talented, and/or overrated enough for viewers in real life to hate them.

* TakeThat: Carter and Peter make an anti-cannabis video showing UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler as a pot smoker, but are then sued by Creator/{{Fox News|Channel}} for using their copyrighted image of Hitler.

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