Original air date: 11/15/2001
Production code: 3ACX-09
Chris becomes a witnesses of a convenience store robbery and helps puts the robber behind bars. But once he breaks out of jail and swears to kill Chris, the Griffins are put into the Witness Protection Program and relocated to the town of Bumblescum in the Deep South. There, Chris forms a budding relationship with the tomboyish Sam, Peter and Brian recreate the General Lee from The Dukes of Hazzard, and Stewie takes up playing the banjo.
This episode contains examples of:
- Absurdly Youthful Mother: After Meg tells her friends that Chris is going to be killed, a five year old girl tells Meg that she has a daughter of her own who would most likely grow up to admire Meg.
- Accidental Misnaming: After Peter and Brian successfully gets air with their new The Dukes of Hazzard rig, Peter asides:Peter: Next time, let's get Meg to be Boss Hogg, and Chris can be Anus!
Brian: Enos.
Peter: What did I say?
Brian: Anus.
Peter: (laughs) - The Alleged House: When the Griffins arrive at their new worn-out house, Meg asks if it is their house out of shock. Lois assures them that if they fix it up a little bit, "it could be a piece of crap". Cut to the inside, it is a piece of crap. With Lois complaining about the bad smell which Brian thinks could be bad meat or good cheese, a smoky oven, a bad comedian hiding in the closet, weak floors that Peter falls through, a jar in the basement with a hand in it, a raccoon that jumps out of the TV to attack Peter and an outhouse that gets tipped over.
- Animal Goes to School: The school at Bumblescum has a simple farm pig named Oinkie. It's implied that it consistently scored higher than the students on tests.
- Artistic License – Biology: Meg incorrectly calls the raccoon which is constantly attacking Peter a rodent, which they are not.
- Bait-and-Switch: Chris claims during his rumination on what to do with Sam "I haven't been this confused since the end of No Way Out!" The cutaway reveals that he's not referring to the movie's famous Twist Ending — rather, "How does Kevin Costner keep getting work?!"
- Big Damn Heroes: The Bumblescum townsfolk save Chris, Sam, Peter, and Brian from the mugger at the end.
- Big Damn Kiss: Sam shares one with Chris thinking they'll never spend time together again. Chris is shocked by this since at that point he thinks Sam's still a boy, but once he decides to part ways on better terms and discovers the truth, it ends up presenting a different problem for him.
- Black Comedy Burst: A little girl's comment to Meg about having a baby at her young age.Little Girl: My daughter would absolutely love you!
- Brother–Sister Incest: Discussed by one of Meg's new friends, hoping to date her if "her brother don't already have dibs on her".
- Cannot Talk to Women: Chris is extremely nervous talking to girls, and panics after discovering Sam is one. When she points out that he didn't treat her any differently when he thought she was a boy, he realizes she's right and is able to get past it.
- Deep South: After Chris gets targeted by a criminal wanting to kill him, Witness Protection relocates the family to the extremely rural southern town of Bumblescum, Alabama, depicted as being almost a century behind in terms of social or technological progress. This obviously alienates the family, but they overall start to find their place in their new town despite its flaws (Meg becomes popular among her classmates, Peter and Brian become sheriff and deputy, Stewie starts a band, etc.), making it one of the more sympathetic portrayals of the South in this show.
- Dirty Old Man: This episode features the introduction of Herbert, the soft-spoken neighborhood pedophile who lusts after Chris.Herbert: You like popsicles? Then you need to come on down to the cellar, I got a whole freezer just full of popsicles!
- Everyone Has Standards: While the townsfolk get angry at the Griffins when Peter when he corrects them that the Confederacy lost the Civil War, they still come to save Peter and Chris from the robber. As one man says, as long as they're living there they're still members of the town too and they aren't going to let a criminal murder them.
- From Bad to Worse: After Peter gets attacked by the raccoon (the first time), he goes into the outhouse. It gets knocked over by a bird and, well...Peter: It's everywhere! It's in my raccoon wounds!
- Floorboard Failure:
- Upon the Griffins' first introduction to their crappy new house, Peter suddenly falls into the floor, casually remarking "There's a penny underneath the couch." Not long afterwards, while exploring the upstairs, Peter crashes through and falls into the floor of the kitchen below (remarking "There's a Crunch Berry under the fridge."
- Late in the episode, when the criminal arrives at the town bridge to kill Chris, his attempt to shoot him is foiled when his foot suddenly goes through a plank, causing him to drop his gun into the water. Unfortunately, Peter's sheriff gun is jammed (and it turns out occupied by a raccoon ready to maul him), so the crook instead opts to run up to Chris and strangle him to death.
- Funny Background Event: During the party scene when one of the FBI agents is calling the Griffins to warn them about the escaped convict, you can see Quagmire running past him sporting a foam dome hat and a bra.
- Gender-Blender Name: Sam, given the reveal he's a tomboyish girl.
- Girl of the Week: Sam for Chris.
- Hidden Depths: Stewie quickly discovers an admiration for the banjo after arriving to the town, and throughout a B-plot, he forms his own bluegrass band and proves to be a pretty skilled player.
- Hillbilly Incest: The Griffin family moves to the town of Bumblescum in the Deep South. Meg ends up impressing the locals with her city-life intellect, and one of her new friends hopes that her brother hasn't already claimed dibs on her.
- Historical In-Joke: The Civil War reenactment is obviously supposed to be false — no, it was not started over Ulysses S. Grant showing up drunk to a meeting with Robert E. Lee — but there is a smidge of historical basis in this; Lee was a teetotaler who encouraged abstinence from alcohol, and Grant was repeatedly alleged to be an alcoholic, a mostly exaggerated reputation perpetuated by his critics.
- If It's You, It's Okay: Played with. After being kissed by Sam who he thought was a boy and conflicted because he is not good at talking to girls, Sam asks Chris to pretend she's a boy since he didn't have trouble talking to Sam when he thought she was a boy. They agree and go to make out.
- Lady Looks Like a Dude: Sam is revealed to be a woman by the third act of the episode, a fact disguised by her androgynous name, deep voice, and unisex clothing.
- Literal-Minded: Peter takes the saying that women are from Venus at face-value, and suggests that Chris get his crush a gift that consists of chemical and topographical features from the planet.
- Mistaken for Pedophile: Played for a Cutaway Gag while describing Peter's previous bad luck at getting jobs. During an interview, the boss asks him "Where do you see yourself in five years?"Peter's Mind: Don't say "Doin' your wife," don't say "Doin' your wife," don't say "Doin' your wife!"
Peter: Doin' your... (glances over at a photo of the boss with his wife and child) ...son?
(boss shoots Peter a very confused look) - Overly Long Gag: The end of the episode sees the Griffins returning to their house in Quahog, only to find that their answering machine has 113 new messages, all apparently being from Herbert. The Griffins stand in understandably awkward silence as he repeatedly calls wondering where Chris is.Herbert: Haven't seen the newspaper in a couple days. Wanderin' if he ever wanna come by?
(beep)
Herbert: Guess who? Sorry to leave you so many messages; just lonely here, thinkin' 'bout the muscly arm paperboy... wishin' he'd come by and bring me some good newwws!
(beep)
Herbert: Where are ya?
(beep)
Herbert: Oh, you're startin' to piss me off, you lil' pigly son-bitch. Call me! - Overturned Outhouse: When Peter goes outside to use the outhouse, it gets tipped over by a bird.Peter: Ah! Oh, God! Oh, it's everywhere! Ahhh! It's in my raccoon wounds! Oh-ho, God!
- Poking Dead Things with a Stick: Chris and his new friend, Sam, have fun poking a dead body with a stick during their first meeting.Chris: You know, it's true. The best things in life really are free. [Poke, poke]
- Police Are Useless:
- Expected, since Peter is the sheriff. Brian's a more competent deputy, though he still gets drunk on the job with Peter. More justifiable when Peter discovers that the criminal after Chris found out their location, since due to him pissing off much of the town during a Civil War reenactment, he has a hard time rounding up a posse and is forced to confront the criminal with only Brian in tow.
- The two FBI agents watching over the Griffins' house in Quahog mostly use their house to get drunk and throw a house party. When the criminal looking for Chris answers the door, they refuse to give any information about his location... to which the criminal backtracks and says he's looking for his sister instead, which they then helpfully oblige with. They don't even contact the Griffins of their screw-up until during the aforementioned party.
- Reused Character Design: The robber has the same voice and design as the Mass Media Murderer from the episode, "The Kiss Seen Around the World".
- Running Gag: Peter is attacked by a raccoon leaping out of increasingly bizarre hiding places, including a handgun that's obviously impossible to hold it, and even inside Lois' shirt, which she somehow never felt the creature inside.
- Samus Is a Girl: Despite Sam's boyish appearance and unisex name, Chris eventually discovers that Sam is a girl.
- The Sheriff: Peter easily gets this job (with Brian as deputy) as the town treats it on a rotating volunteer basis, mainly because all they seem to do is "hang out here, eat pie, and get drunk."
- Shout-Out: The title is a reference to the 1985 crime film To Live and Die in L.A., and is also a reference to the song “Dixie”: "I wish I was in Dixie, hurrah, hurrah; in Dixieland I’ll take my stand, to live and die in Dixie."
- The plot of this episode is similar to the 1991 film, Cape Fear.
- Chris gives Barbara a bottle of Elizabeth Taylor’s brand of perfume and says “I guess that means you’ll smell like bourbon and vicodin,” referring to the actress’s alleged substance abuse problems.
- The FBI agents are a reference to The Odd Couple when they note “We’ll be watching your house together, even though he’s a slovenly liberal and I’m a fastidious conservative."
- After Lois says that she made dinner with Shake 'N' Bake, Stewie says “And I helped!” a line directly from Shake ’n’ Bake commercials.
- After Stewie plays a song on the banjo, he screams "I got blisters on me fingers!" which is what Ringo Starr screams at the end of The Beatles song "Helter Skelter".
- Peter paints his car to resemble the General Lee, the Dukes' iconic car from The Dukes of Hazzard.
- Similarly, the show pauses with the car in mid-air and The Balladeer gives some narration before a commercial break. This was done frequently on The Dukes of Hazzard. Waylon Jennings even reprises the role.
- When the robber asks for the names of Peter and Brian, Peter claims he is T. J. Hooker and Brian is McMillan and Wife, referring to two television police dramas.
- When Peter and Brian are being chased by the Civil War survivors one of them asks "Has anyone seen my foot?" This is a reference to a Jerky Boys skit in which Sol Rosenberg is selling Confederate memorabilia, one of the items being a Confederate foot.
- One of the criminals in the lineup at the beginning of the episode is Morpheus from The Matrix.
- The pig in the classroom shares traits similar to Arnold Ziffel, the pig on the sitcom Green Acres, who also attended school.
- Strangely Specific Horoscope: During the robbery that kickstarts the episode, the crook is told that the cash register won't open unless he makes a purchase. He briefly plays along to buy a horoscope scroll.
- Sweet Polly Oliver: Sam who enjoys dressing as a boy.
- Sweet on Polly Oliver: Chris finds himself confused after being kissed by Sam who he thinks is a boy.
- Take That!:
- Chris' reaction after seeing No Way Out (1987)? "How does Kevin Costner keep getting work?!"
- When Chris gives Barbara some perfume, he tells her the perfume will make her smell like Elizabeth Taylor, meaning that she'll smell like "bourbon and Vicodin".
- Peter chides Chris for not claiming that the robber of the convenience store was Celine Dion, calling the opportunity "our one chance to put that show-boating Canadian wench behind bars."
- The historically inaccurate Civil War play the locals put on is a huge swipe at Lost Cause revisionism.
- Throw the Dog a Bone: In the south, Meg gains increased popularity due to being smarter than her classmates and being seen as an exotic newcomer.
- Too Dumb to Live:
- Sam's grandfather drowned while trying to save his own reflection in the water. Chris nearly ends up doing the same thing.
- The FBI being trusted to watch the Griffins house while they're in witness protection get drunk, play videogames and give the criminal trying to kill Chris his address thinking that he meant for Meg.
- Peter giving the criminal Chris' information and photo before he goes to jail.
- Truth in Television: The historically inaccurate Civil War play is a (highly exaggerated) depiction of the tropes of Lost Cause revisionism: Lee being portrayed as an honorable man, while Grant is depicted as a disgusting drunken butcher.
- Unsettling Gender-Reveal: Chris thought Sam was a boy until she changed to go swimming. Due to his problem with talking to girls, Chris panics and runs away.
- War Reenactors: The Griffins watch a local recreation of The American Civil War's history... which according to the locals was started off because Ulysses S. Grant showed up late and drunk to a meeting with Robert E. Lee, and that Lee and the Confederacy won. Peter pointing out how blatantly inaccurate this is only gets the town to turn on the Griffins.
- Witless Protection Program: The Griffins are sent to live in The Deep South after a criminal that Chris testified against breaks out of prison. All it takes is him asking the FBI agents where Chris' sister is (after they wouldn't tell him where Chris was) for the whole thing to come apart.
