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  • Accidental Aesop: Don’t try too hard to make someone like you. It would just end in you getting your feelings hurt.
  • Broken Base: Quagmire's rant towards Brian. A perfect summation of everything wrong with the character, or is it filled with logical flaws and hypocrisy, considering that Brian has done good in past episodes and Quagmire is just as, if not more depraved than Brian is? And is incorporating Brian's unpopularity into the story a good bit of self-aware humor, or just a lazy excuse to not write the character better? Many have stated that while Quagmire wasn't wrong, it would have worked better had it been another character like Joe or Cleveland being the one to call Brian out.
  • Crosses the Line Twice: The episode opens with Peter and his friends watching a Parody Commercial about the Rat Pack singing offensive-sounding songs like "Drunk Old Injun," "Jewish Nose,"note  "Chinaman's Chance," and "Hey There, Fruity." They all have lyrics so over-the-top offensive they can come off as hilarious, even for the people the Rat Pack supposedly made fun of.
  • Harsher in Hindsight: Upon its airing, a lot of fans who were getting sick of Brian were thrilled to see Quagmire put him in his place. However, once it became a running theme for Quagmire to take out his anger on Brian for any reason he could find, the scene became less cathartic and more like the start of Quagmire becoming just as unlikable.
  • Just Here for Godzilla: Despite introducing Jerome as a recurring character, many people see this (and remember it) only for Quagmire's rant against Brian.
  • Signature Scene: Quagmire's "The Reason You Suck" Speech on Brian is one of the best-remembered scenes of the series.
  • Take That, Scrappy!: For those who hate Brian, Quagmire laying into all of his negative traits was very satisfying.

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