Line #7 Recap/FamilyGuyS14E7HotPocketDial


1	Peter and Quagmire's friendship hits a fork in the road when the latter accidentally dials the former while admitting his love for Lois.
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3	!!Tropes:
4	* AllLoveIsUnrequited: Quagmire, after multiple episodes of lusting after Lois, finally reveals that he actually has feelings for her. Unfortunately, Lois doesn't reciprocate due to her marriage to Peter.
5	* BestialityIsDepraved: Peter enjoys an erotic dance from a pheasant performing through glass. Then he asks the audience what's wrong with that picture.
6	* BreakingTheFourthWall: After requesting a "pheasant on the glass", and we see Peter watching a pheasant performing a glass dance, he turns to the audience and dares them to tell him what's wrong with the scene. [[note]] The answer being the [[ArtisticLicenseBiology plumage of the pheasant indicates its a male]], even though it has breasts and is shown laying an egg. [[/note]]
7	* DisproportionateRetribution: Peter suggests breaking into Quagmire's house and assaulting him for being in love with Lois. [[EveryoneHasStandards Brian immediately rejects the idea.]]
8	* DumbassHasAPoint: Peter makes a completely valid point in telling other people that there is a difference between lusting over someone and being in love when they try to rationalize Quagmire's secret feelings for Lois by telling him that Quagmire wanted to have sex with Lois many times.
9	* FeudEpisode: Peter and Quagmire are at this, when Quagmire dials Lois.
10	* FlippingTheBird: Peter gives Quagmire the bird when he leaves Spooner Street.
11	* TheFunInFuneral: One cutaway has Quagmire whispering a sexual innuendo at his grandmother's funeral.
12	* FurryReminder: A gag has Ariel under the sea wishing for legs...and then ravenously devouring Joe's pair when they end up dismembered in the water. She says it was the fish part of her that wanted legs.
13	* JerkassRealization: Peter apologizes to Quagmire for going crazy over Quagmire's unrequited feelings for Lois.
14	* JustFriends: How Quagmire and Lois settle as once the tension dies down.
15	* KeepingSecretsSucks: While Quagmire makes no secret about how sexually attracted he is to Lois, his romantic feelings for her have been hidden for a long time now and have given him internal conflict when it comes to his friendship with her and her husband (and Quagmire's best friend) Peter.
16	* MutualEnvy: Quagmire is jealous of Peter's marriage to Lois and Peter is jealous of Quagmire's feelings for Lois. Inevitably, this leads to a conflict between the two.
17	* OralFixation: Peter develops a fondness for toothpicks, but later ditches the habit when he sees a senior using it to pick her gross teeth.
18	* PetTheDog: Brian is surprisingly defensive of Quagmire in this episode. He's the one who constantly advises Peter to not let Quagmire's love for Lois get in the way of their friendship and puts himself in the middle of Peter and Quagmire at the end of their fight before helping Cleveland restrain Peter.
19	* ProperlyParanoid: Although he may be overreacting, Peter's belief that Quagmire wants to steal Lois from him is not unfounded considering how he comes dangerously close to doing so in earlier episodes like "Meet the Quagmires" and "Big Man on Hippocampus." There's also how Quagmire has no qualms sleeping with married women, most especially the time he slept with Cleveland's first wife Loretta.
20	* ShoutOut: [[WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid1989 Ariel]] appears, wishing for a pair of human legs, and when Joe's severed legs float to the sea bed, she eats them, [[BreakingTheFourthWall claiming it was the fish part of her that wanted them]].
21	* SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: Gender-inverted. This is the exact reason why Quagmire is secretly in love with Lois.
22	-->'''Quagmire''': No, I don't want a woman like Lois. I want Lois, she's perfect! I've loved her for years! She's warm and kind and beautiful. I've never been so in love with anyone.
23	* SkewedPriorities: Joe pays more attention to Peter's idea for a movie than Quagmire's accidentally recorded confession.
24	* TimeToMove: Quagmire decides to move to another place after his conflict with Peter regarding his feelings towards Lois because his house is right next to Peter's and that living next to Peter will cause more tension between the two. He moves back to his old house by the end of the episode.
25	* TooDumbToLive: Peter picks his teeth while driving, leading to him swallowing and choking on the toothpick after going over a speed bump.
26	* UnrequitedLoveLastsForever: By the end of the episode, Quagmire is still in love with Lois, but he decides he would rather remain friends with her and Peter.

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