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Family Guy S4E25: "You May Now Kiss the...Uh...Guy Who Receives"
(aka: Family Guy S 4 E 25 You May Now Kiss The Uh Guy Who Recieves)

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Original air date: April 30, 2006

Production code: 4ACX-28

To make the citizens forget that he blew their tax money on a gold statue of the Sugar Smack Dig 'Em Frog, Mayor West drafts a bill that will make all same-sex marriages illegal, which is a problem for Brian (who goes to great lengths to have the bill vetoed so his gay cousin Jasper can marry his Filipino boyfriend), Chris (who only agrees with the anti-gay marriage bill so he can feel up a Blonde Republican Sex Kitten at school), and Lois (who was raised to think that heterosexual marriage is the only acceptable marriage in the world).


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  • As the Good Book Says...: Chris tried to use this to justify his views against gay marriage. Brian is not impressed.
    Chris: But Brian, the Bible says gay marriage is an abomination against God!
    Brian: Oh don't give me that young Republican crap, Chris! The Bible also says a senior citizen built an Ark and rounded up two of every animal.
  • Awful Wedded Life: Carter and Babs outright admit to Lois that they hate each other, causing her to realise how unfair it is that two gay men who love each other can't get married while two straight people who hate each other can.
  • Black Comedy Animal Cruelty: Noah has no problem with throwing the elephant-penguin offspring overboard the Ark, despite him not giving any specific guidelines about mating.
  • Bread, Eggs, Milk, Squick: Two escalating examples when Stewie looks through a candy jar at the Pewterschmidt house. The third item he finds is a Luden's cough drop and the fourth is a fishing lure.
  • Brick Joke: While looking through Carter's candy jar, Stewie finds the keys to a Volkswagen Scirocco. Later, Mayor West drops the gay marriage ban after Brian gives him the Volkswagen Scirocco keys courtesy of Stewie.
  • Butt-Monkey: When Stewie finds out men can marry other men, he turns to Meg and tells her that's pretty much it for her relationship prospects.
  • Comically Small Demand: Mayor West drops the charges for Brain holding him hostage for the keys to a Volkswagen Scirocco.
  • Crazy-Prepared: Adam West. When Brian pulls out a gun, Mayor West tells him, "I should warn you. I have a tiny bulletproof shield the exact size of a bullet, somewhere on my body. And if you hit it, I'll be unharmed and your plan will be foiled. You'll be the laughing stock of me." He gets one again when he pulls out Stratego from his esophagus.
  • Depraved Homosexual: A Deleted Scene reveals that Jasper is marrying Ricardo against his will. He isn't even aware he's getting married nor can he speak English.
  • Grammar Nazi: Mort insists that the name of "Dig 'Em" be corrected to "Dig Them".
    Mort: You're not welcome in Quahog, Dig Them.
  • Hot Skitty-on-Wailord Action: Somehow, a male elephant and a female penguin managed to have a crossbred elepenguin together, much to Noah's chagrin in the cutaway gag.
    Noah: (pointing to the elephant-penguin hybrid) What the hell is this?!
    Elephant: You didn't give any specific guidelines about mating.
  • Hypocritical Humor: Herbert and Quagmire refuse to sign Brian's gay marriage petition. Quagmire refuses because he believes marriage and sex should be between two heterosexuals (despite his promiscuity ranging from Really Gets Around to Extreme Omnisexual) and Herbert (who is a homosexual pedophile) calls Brian a "pervert" and slams the door in his face.
  • Innocent Innuendo: While talking to Alyssa, Chris is worried that he's gonna be burying his dog (referring to the possibility of Brian getting shot for holding Mayor West hostage). Alyssa's response? "Whoa, whoa. I said you could touch my boobs, let's start with that."
  • Interspecies Romance: A cutaway involves an elephant and a penguin having a hybrid baby on Noah's Ark. Though in the animals' defense, Noah didn't really give any specific guidelines on mating.
    Noah: Did you name it?
    Elephant: What?
    Noah: Did you name it?
    Elephant: Uh, yeah, he's Paul.
    Noah: Yeah, well it's gonna be a hell of a lot harder for you now, 'cause he's going the fuck overboard.
  • Know When to Fold 'Em: Stewie's advice to Meg:
    Stewie: You hear that Meg? Guys can marry other guys now. So, ummm... this is awkward, but... I mean, if they can do that.. that's pretty much it for you, isn't it? Might as well pack it in, game over.
  • My God, What Have I Done?:
    • Lois when she realizes that her views on gay marriage were the result of her parents' poor excuse for a marriage.
    • Chris when he feels guilty for burning Brian's petition to support gay marriage because he wanted to have sex with Alyssa.
  • Naked People Are Funny: One cutaway involves Bill Clinton going to retrieve his mail... in the nude.
    Clinton: (singing) Oh this is one fine day to be nude! / Yes, this is one fine day to be nude! / The birds are singing, "Clinton, have a wonderful spring", / [starts skipping] And people walking by can stop and look at my thing! / Oh this is one fine day-
    [Chris appears]
    Chris: Liberal chubby-chaser! [Throws egg at Clinton]
    Clinton: Hahahahaha, well, if you can't laugh at yourself...
  • Pointless Civic Project: Mayor West spends Quahog's taxes on a solid gold statue of a cereal box mascot.
  • Scandalgate: The "Dig 'Em" scandal.
  • Screw This, I'm Outta Here!: Having problems with gay marriage and having one at her house (without Brian even asking her first), Lois decides to visit her parents and takes Stewie with her.
  • Sex for Services: Alyssa offers to let Chris touch her boobs in exchange for him sabotaging Brian's petition against the gay marriage ban.
  • "Shaggy Dog" Story: A Deleted Scene during the ending had Stewie discover that, after all the effort Brian put into getting Jasper's wedding approved, his partner (who doesn't speak a word of English) doesn't even know he's getting married.
  • Shout-Out: The ridiculous anti-Gay film Lois watches contains a gay man with corrosive acid blood, and a monster alien soon emerges from his chest.
  • Suspiciously Specific Denial: After Mayor West wastes taxpayer money on a gold statue of the Sugar Smacks frog mascot "Dig 'Em", he announces that there will be tax hikes that have absolutely nothing to do with the statue.
  • Take That!:
    • After getting all the signatures, Brian says he did some things in West Quahog that he's not proud of. A cutaway shows him watching Sex and the City with a couple gay guys.
    Brian: So, it's a show about three hookers and their mom?
    • A priest offers to show Lois My Giant, and she begs him not to.
  • Tomato in the Mirror: Parodied when Adam West gets hit by a brick and bleeds from his nose.
    Adam West: My God, I'm a tomato!
  • Undying Loyalty: Brian shows he will go to any lengths to help his cousin Jasper after everything Jasper has done for him. When Mayor West disregards Brian's petition despite all the necessary signatures, Brian steals the gun from the security guard and holds the mayor hostage.
  • The Unintelligible: Popeye is depicted as this, which is presented as being due to a stroke.
  • We Need a Distraction: The conflict in the episode is kicked off when Mayor West bans same-sex marriage in order to distract the citizens of Quahog from the fact he spent tax payer money on a solid gold statue of Dig 'em. He eventually relents on the ban after he sees the commotion Brian stirred up distracted people from complaining about the statue.
  • Very Special Episode: The episode tackles on LGBT+ rights, gay marriage, homophobia and marriage equality.
  • War Memorial: Mayor West attempts to claim that his statue of Dig 'Em is a tribute to Quahog soldiers who perished in the Gulf Conflict.
  • What Happened to the Mouse?: The subplot with Chris and Alyssa is never resolved. Though Chris realizes his mistake burning Brian's petition and presumably Alyssa breaks up with him because his dog got Mayor West to approve of gay marriage.

 
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In their defense Noah, you really should've set some mating guidelines.

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