Family Guy Guide to References and Spoofs

Season 8 Ep.2: "Family Goy" References

2009-10-19T09:52:00.000-07:00

This episode has a Hall of Justice - Superfriends intro in which Peter is Superman, Lois is Wonderwoman, Brian is Batman, Stewie is Robin, and Chris is Aquaman.
Quagmire brings a Sports Illustrated swim suit special to the bar.
Joe talks about the Tonya Harding honeymoon video and finds it gross.
Peter admits to liking Kathy Ireland and falls in love with a cut out of her while singing Billy Ocean's "Suddenly" song.
Shakespeare's Lady Mac Beth is shown in space.
Quagmire thinks he received a spin off show, but then realizes it is Cleveland's show.
In the temple Stewie thinks all the short hairy guys make him feel like he's on the Forest moon of Endor, which appears in Star Wars Episode IV: Return of the Jedi as the home of the short hairy Ewoks.
Ben Stein is the guest star voicing a Rabbi in this episode.
Peter watches Mark Wahlberg in "Annoyed & Confused."
Peter wants his dad's ghost say he has to go to the Daegoba system, the second Star Wars reference in this episode.
Peter had a Parker Lewis phase. He dressed like the main character of the early 90's Fox show "Parker Lewis Can't Lose."
Peter is dressed like the Energizer bunny

Season 7 Ep.9: "The Juice is Loose" References

2009-10-12T10:37:00.000-07:00

Before the intro a slide let's you know that this episode was "recently discovered" just like the disclaimer in the Blair Witch Project.
Peter reads Teen Beat with a Jonas Bothers cover while baby sitting.
Stewie is watching Robert Mitchum in "out of shape in shape guy of the 50's."
Stewie tells Brian about working with Jack Black and how he hates Robin Williams. Brian asks him what it was like to perform the words of Diablo Cody.
Michael J Fox wants to tell Stewie about his future while stuck on a roof during a thunderstorm, a scene reminiscent of Fox's Back to the Future trilogy.
The real Conway Twitty appears to distract Lois singing his "I see the want in your eyes" song.
A minotaur with Sean Connery's head shows up to distract Lois.
Peter wants to watch Jimmy Kimmel try.
Peter won a round of golf with O.J. Simpson in a Honeynut Cheerios raffle.
During Peter's soul searching walk "Dust in the Wind" by Kansas is playing.
Peter wants to take down O.J. Simpson.
O.J.'s lawyer Fred Goldmann gets a present from him.
Mayor West tells Homer Simpson, they don't love him like they did in 1993.

Season 7 Ep.11: "Not All Dogs Go to Heaven" References

2009-10-05T10:30:00.000-07:00

The title is taken from a 1989 animated movie called All Dogs Go to Heaven.
The Griffins attend the Providence Star Trek convention.
Brian tells Stewie to get his blueprints for the Star Trek transporter signed by William Shatner. He wants them signed by Patrick Stewart.
Peter tries on LeVar Burtons visor ans sees the KKK.
The Star Trek: The Next Generation cast answers questions.
Somebody asks Jonathan Frakes about dry skin and Gates McFadden about water pressure.
Britney Spears is show being infected by a Gypsie in a Stephen King book.
In 1992 could not be bothered with anything but Dan Cortese.
Cartoon characters Calvin and Hobbes are friends of Stewie. He sends them a picture of Meg on his cellphone.
Stewie references Jackass 2 while farting into Peter's scuba suit.
Meg watches Kirk Cameron talk about god.
Peter prays for the cheat codes for Nintendo's 1987 video game "Mike Tyson's Punch Out."
Stewie kills Denise Crosby.
Stewie wants people to be nice to Wil Wheaton.
Peter uses a Kodak Disc camera introduced by Kodak in 1982.
Stewie takes the Next Generation cast to McDonalds.
Brian is growling the New Kids on the Block song "The Right Stuff."
Kirk Cameron's brother on "Growing Pains" show up at the Griffins home and wanting Sudafed.
Brian is portrayed as worse than Hitler on the Quahog news.
A Toyota Prius is thrown into the Griffin house.
Peter wants a comic strip pie eating dog like Marmaduke.
A Jack Daniels, Jagermeister, and a Zima bottle are circling Brian's head.
Michael Dorn wants to be called Dirk Diggler from the movie Boogie Nights in a game of bowling.
The real Rob Lowe and Adam West live together and house the entire universe in their night table lamp.

Season 7 Ep.4: "Baby Not On Board" References

2008-11-04T08:27:00.000-08:00

Peter is talking to Dr. Emmet Brown from the movie Back to the Future. He then gets on a skate board and skates around town to the song "The Power of Love" by Huey Lewis.
Peter's back is getting a massage by Patrick Swayze and Demi Moore from the movie Ghost.
While being massaged, Cleveland is listening to Marvin Gaye.
Peter and the guys discuss who to have sex with if they were gay. The choices are John Forsythe and Sean Connery, who is in the sauna with them.
Chris and his manager at the mini mart discuss a plot hole in Lord of the Rings.
The manager warns Chris about the 1983 movie Krull.
We learn that Brian drives a Prius.
Stewie claims that Peter is more useless than Aquaman, who is shown trying to save a girl on the beach.
Peter bought a Space Shuttle.
Meg wants to go the island of "Lost", but Stewie does not want to listen to the heavy breathing of Matthew Fox.
Stewie listens to Persian radio, which just finished Roxette's song "You got the Look."
Stewie thinks his house is more deserted than James Gandolfini's workout room.
On their road trip, the Griffins start singing Bette Midler's "That's how love moves."
Stewie finds a Hustler magazine under Chris' bed.
Patch Adams is said to be good with kids.
Stewie calls quagmire Bob Hope.
He then makes Cleveland and Quagmire watch the Directv help channel. On Screen you can see that "Two and Half Men", "The Office", and "Desperate Housewives" are playing.
The people in the car next to the Griffins are watching Operation Dumbosex with Don Knotts.
We get to see a morbidly obese, diabetic Fat Albert.
When giving his "I'm an easy target" speech at the train station, Peter quotes John Candy's character from the movie Planes, Trains & Automobiles.
Fozzy Bear got hurt in Saudi Arabia.
While his parents were gone, Stewie turned off the V-Chip.

Season 7 Ep.3: "Road to Germany" References

2008-10-20T06:29:00.000-07:00

Some of the stills in beginning are recreations of famous World War 2 photos.
The Griffins hold an Oscar watching party.
During the Oscars, Scarlett Johansson and Steve Buscemi are presenting the awards for best art direction.
One of Steve Buscemi's teeth decides to go to an Elton John party.
Chris wants to drink Mr. Goldman's Ensure drink, and Peter lists the advantages of Ensure in the style of its commercial.
Stewie asks Rick Moranis and the Little Shop of Horrors backup singers what happened to Mort.
Stewie claims Rene Russo was born September the 1st 1939, even though she was born on February the 17th 1954.
During the escape scene, Stewie gets on a makeshift skateboard and skates to the Back to the Future theme. Later this episode we can also hear the Indiana Jones theme.
While on the radar, the bleeps play Terence Trent D'Arby's "Wishing Well" song.
On a newspaper we can see Hitler shaking hand with Mickey Mouse.
Stewie sees Winston Churchill in wartime London.
On a warplane Stewie refers to Brian as Goose, a Top Gun reference.
Berlin's welcome sign calls it "The Happiest Place on Earth", just like Disneyland.
One of the Nazi's wearing a McCain, Palin support button.
The German scientists developed a collection of 100 hundred red balloons. After one of them pops, it resembles Nena's hit "99 Luftballons."
Mean Joe Green hands Stewie some uranium.

Season 7 Ep.2: "I Dream of Jesus" References

2008-10-13T18:41:00.000-07:00

The title "I Dream of Jesus" obviously alludes to the TV show "I Dream of Jeannie"
At the 50s style diner all of the wait staff look like icons of that decade. There's Marilyn Monroe, Elvis, and James Dean, the latter of whom is a mangled "after the accident" version.
Peter listens to the 1963 Trashmen hit "Surfin' Bird" excessively.
Star Jones' flabby arms are shown after the weight surgery.
Lois has an Allen Sherman record that just "walked away."
When Brian and Stewie destroy Peter's "Surfin' Bird" record, they do it Office Space style with baseball bats & rap music playing in the background. The scene is identical to one in the movie Office Space in which a printer is treated the same way the record is treated.
During Peter's visit at the record store, we can see an ABBA record in the background and a Pink Floyd poster on the wall.
Peter tries to pee on some of Amy Grant's CDs.
Marley Matlin is shown trying to use a voice recognition movie information service. She wants to see the movie The Last Mimzy, but the system tells her she wants to see 300.
Peter mentions the time he, Cleveland & Joe went to see Chronicles of Riddick.
When Jesus turns dinner into icecream, he does it to the sound effect that is used in the show "Bewitched" whenever Samantha performs magic.
George Bush gets to meet Jesus.
A couple in bed gets distracted by John Aston.
Jesus wants Peter to get him a "Cracked" magazine, which Peter finds hard to believe.
Jesus gets to be on the "Tonight Show" with Jay Leno. That night's show also features David Coulier of "Full House" and Joss Stone.
Jesus enters the "Tonight Show" set to a jazz instrumental version of "O Little Town of Bethlehem."
On Leno's show, Jesus says he plays a lot of Call of Duty 4 (a video game) and eats PinkBerry (an often-mentioned favorite treat of celebrities). He also claims to have revived River Phoenix, who ultimately overdosed again at the Viper Room.
The "New York Post" says "Jesus is bigger than Jesus," which is an allusion to this quote made famous by John Lennon: " The Beatles are bigger than Jesus."
Dane Cook introduces Jesus at the MTV Music Video Awards.
Jesus walks on stage with the Pussycat Dolls at the aforementioned video award show.
At a party, we overhear that Lindsay Lohan is taking off her top.

Season 7 Ep.1: "Love Blactually" References

2008-09-29T16:53:00.000-07:00

The title itself is a spoof of the movie Love Actually.
During a costume party, Peter is dressed up as Laura Bush, Lois is the guy who was killed by Laura Bush in a wreck, both Brian and Stewie are Snoopy, Quagmire is Napoleon Dynamite (and is wearing a "Vote for Pedro" shirt), and Cleveland is Charlie Chaplin. Quagmire thinks Joe is dressed up as FDR, Peter mistakes him for Stephen Hawking at the beach and Quagmire calls him crippled Magnum P.I. Actually, Joe is dressed down as Olympic swimmer Mark Spitz.
As Snoopy, Brian does the Snoopy dance.
At the costume party, Brian is introduced to a woman, that he thinks is dressed like a Freddy Kruger victim.
Peter punches Brian in the stomach thinking he can't feel it. Brian reminds him that it's Houdini who can't feel punches in the stomach.
While being Snoopy, Brian is followed through the house by Woodchuck (also a character from "Peanuts").
While in the bookstore, we can see a book with Darth Vader on the cover in the background.
Stewie picks up a book in which Horton hears domestic violence (a spoof of Dr. Suess' "Horton Hears a Who").
Brian picks up a book of Richard Dawkins, a popular British ethologist, evolutionary biologist and science writer.
Brian notices while watching a movie that it had to be a "touching" film since Robin Williams was wearing a beard.
While Cleveland is having sex with Carolyn, he exclaims "Boom goes the dynamite." This quote is taken directly from a viral YouTube video in which a Ball State student sportscaster says the same phrase during a score at a basketball match.
Peter thinks Cleveland's former wife is called Jennifer Hudson, Weezie, or Florida (the latter two names of which are from "The Jeffersons" even though Florida refers to Florence).
When Brian is lying, his snout gets long just like Pinocchio's nose.
In a flashback, Cyrano de Bergerac is exposed as being anti-semitic.
Quagmire shows off his privates by saying Apache Penis EE-NAY-CHUCK, spoofing Apache Chief of the "Super Friends."
A naked Quagmire alludes to the famous 1837 fairy tale The Emperor's New Clothes.

Family Guy Store - Shop for all your Family Guy Stuff online

2008-09-29T09:40:00.000-07:00

Here's the web address of a little Family Guy online store. It has a lot of fine Family Guy products I have never seen anywhere else. I hope you enjoy it: The Family Guy Store

Season 5 Ep.6: "Prick Up Your Ears" References

2008-09-14T08:43:00.000-07:00

Mayor West watches a sitcom entitled "Rodney King of Queens."
Chris is watching an episode of "Genital Hospital" (as in "General Hospital").
Michael Jackson is doing a Mini Wheats commercial in which he discusses that the kid in him likes the frosted side, and the grown-up likes the kid inside. This is not only spoofing the tagline of the Mini Wheats commercial, but it also alludes to Jackson's alleged sexual misconduct with a minor.
As Peter discusses missed opportunities in his life, he imagines himself as a Tetris block messing up the game.
While Peter teaches Sex Ed class, he demonstrates sexual intercourse with a Rainbow Brite doll and a bust of Shakespeare.
Stewie is playing with Fisher Price toys.
Peter says that without his advice, his Sex Ed students will be as hopeless as Liam Neeson trying to play an American cowboy.
"Family Guy" tosses to a commercial with the theme of "Knight Rider."
An unhip guest speaker at James Woods High School tries to relate to students by referencing The Matrix and "Mad TV."
That same guest speaker also introduces "Opal Rings" as a tactic in abstaining from sex. This is a spoof of "Purity Rings."
Picasso is shown painting a picture of Diane Wiest.
To protect himself from the tooth fairy, Stewie sets up a toy army consisting of a green-colored Spongebob, Transformer Starscream, and Man-E Faces from "He-Man & the Masters of the Universe."
Stewie says that the sneaky tooth fairy is "quieter than Britney Spears' dietitian."
Peter is watching "Laguna Beach."
Herbert is dreaming of Fred Savage of "The Wonder Years."
During role playing night, Lois dresses up as Grimace, the purple McDonald's character who Peter refers to as Ronald McDonald's "retarded friend."
Tom Tucker accuses fellow anchor Diane of watching "CSI" while having sex with strangers.
Stewie wears Herbert's dentures and pretends to be Gary Busey.
Brian says that unlike Karen Carpenter, his girlfriend does not overdo bulimia.
Stewie says Jillian looks jolly like Ruben Studdard, John Goodman and Santa.
Stewie says "...just like Geri fought comedy on 'The Facts of Life'."
Lois says "Meth is a hell of a drug", just like Rick James said "Cocaine is a hell of a drug" during an episode of the "Chapelle's Show."
Peter says he'll be more convincing than when Mel Gibson apologized to the Jews.
Stewie encounters a laser grid similar to the one from Entrapment.
Stewie has a picture of Chris Noth ("Sex in the City's" Mr. Big) in his wallet.
Harry Houdini is shown getting out of a dinner date by disappaering into the coat closet.
In a running gag about text messages, Cleveland says "Sock it to me," a famous line from late 60s tv show "Laugh-In."

Season 5 Ep.5: "Whistle While Your Wife Works" References

2008-09-13T14:51:00.000-07:00

The episode title itself is an allusion to a song from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs called "Whistle While You Work."
Chris acts out a scene in which he plays an FBI agent chasing David Koresh, the former leader of the Waco, Texas Branch Davidian cult.
When Brian doesn't want to introduce his new girlfriend to Stewie, Stewie starts chanting the famous old-school cheer "U-G-L-Y - you ain't got no alibi..."
Peter hides his porn in a "Get Smart"-style spy headquarter.
Quagmire says, "Skinemax doesn't show the good stuff until 3 a.m." (Skinemax is the nickname for pay-tv channel Cinemax).
Peter flashes back to a time when the guys hung out at I.H.O.P. with the "big horned guy" from Legend.
While hanging out at the brewery, the guys wonder who they'd strike down first if they were God -Debra Messing or French Stewart.
Nobody but Quagmire knows who Tim Daly or Tony Shaloub of "Wings" are. (This is funny because Quagmire is a pilot, and "Wings" was a 90s tv show centered around quirky characters running a Nantucket-based airline).
Peter has weekly phone discussions with his friends during which they recite plots of movies to him. (It's the same movies every week). He relies on Cleveland for discussing You, Me, and Dupree & Quagmire for Along Came Polly.
Peter mocks a Life cereal commercial.
When Stewie asks what Brian could possibly have to talk about with his airheaded girlfriend Jillian, Brian says they talk about MTV's "Real World / Road Rules Challenge."
Brian's ring tone is Axel F. by Harold Faltermeyer, made famous in the Beverly Hills Cop movie.
Jillian tries to watch Mr. 3000 but doesn't understand how to work her DVD player.
We find out that Lois uses Pert shampoo, and Peter uses Speedstick.
Brian says he & Jillian first met at Quizno's.
Brian says breaking up with Jillian will be tougher than reviews of the play "Our American Cousin" (the play during which Lincoln was assassinated).
Peter writes letters to Penthouse.
Peter says he always knew he'd get Lois like Danny DeVito knew he'd get Rhea Perlman.
Stewie has the song Cars by Gary Numan on his mix tape.

Season 5 Ep. 4: "Saving Private Brian" References

2008-09-04T15:15:00.000-07:00

The episode title itself is already an allusion to Tom Hank's movie Saving Private Ryan.
A song sounding almost identical to Def Leppards's "Pour Some Sugar on Me" serves as the music for an Army commercial.
Mickey Rooney is parodied in a commercial for crazy pills.
Stewie claims a phrase from "The Onion" as his own, and Brian calls him out on it.
Peter and Lois are watching "Robert," a spin-off of "Everybody loves Raymond."
Stewie and Brian discuss Revenge of the Sith.
Peter has therapy with Comedy Central's "Dr. Katz."
A high school band changes the lyrics of KISS' "Rock and Roll All Night" to "party every first Thursday."
Peter says Laura Dern looks like a banana.
Peter is seen reading a Choose Your Own Adventure book.
We learn that Muddy Waters sounds like Muddy Waters because he passes kidney stones while singing.
Stewie imagines that Dorothy of the Wizard of Oz has herpes.
Stewie tries to prove he's old enough to be in the Army by claiming he has "Webster " disease" (which alludes to the 80s sitcom Webster which featured dwarf actor Emmanuelle Lewis).
When Stewie and Brian join the Army, their drill Sgt. calls Brian a "private dancer, dancer for money." These are lyrics to a Tina Turner song.
Zinedine Zidane is seen giving a headbutt birthday telegram to an old lady. He became famous for headbutting Italy's defender Marco Materazzi in the 2006 World Cup.
When Chris stage dives and crashes through the floor, he ends up in the famous painting "Dogs Playing Poker" with Mayor West at the table.
During military training, the soldiers break into show tunes, ending with a tune from West Side Story.
Garth Brooks' alter ego Chris Gaines is referenced.
Peter imagines a car full of Gregory Pecks.
Part of the military obstacle course includes solving a Rubik's cube, finding Waldo, & playing Perfection (the latter of which is a Milton Bradley game). While Brian is running this course, the theme from Stripes is playing.
Stewie imagines a movie director having problems fitting Minnie Driver's head onto the screen.
Stewie thinks he's being shipped off to war in Fraggle Iraq (obvious pun for Jim Henson's "Fraggle Rock").
When Stewie tries to guess military codes, he uses tv & movie references as code words, among them Tango and Cash and Mary Hartman (the latter of which is a 70s soap opera parody).
Chris has a Wu-Tang Clan CD & a poster of Marilyn Manson in his room. Later in the episode, Peter punches Manson for corrupting his son Brian.
George Bush is seen playing with a Slinky toy in the White House.
Marilyn Manson is seen giving advice to Chris with words taken from a Grape Nuts commercial.

Season 5 Ep. 3: "Hell Comes to Quahog" References

2008-09-03T05:02:00.000-07:00

Peter stars in the Broadway musical version of the movie Red Dawn.
When Peter & his friends give Meg a ride to the skating rink, they stop in & skate Saturday Night Fever style.
The Griffins are watching a "Pepperidge Farm" commercial.
We get to see how the Iceman survives without a car.
When Peter says, "Grab some wood there, bub," this alludes to the same lines spoken by the principal in The Breakfast Club.
Stewie wants a sewing machine - a wish shared by the girls of the "Brady Bunch" during the episode entitled "54-40 & Fight."
A Hummer driver watches Madagascar while driving.
At the drive-in, Peter and Lois are watching Jeff Daniels and Bill Pullman in The Even Couple. This is an obvious spoof of the movie The Odd Couple.
Peter complains that Meg always ruins his good time, just like TBS does when they air the movie Showgirls.
The Griffins watch an episode of the "Ghost Whisperer" which features an exaggerated version of Jennifer Love Hewitt's breasts.
Peter kills Yogi Bear as a favor for a park ranger.
While working at Superstore USA, one of Meg's job duties is to feed Sloth of The Goonies a Baby Ruth.
The music playing as Brian drives the tank through Superstore USA is from "The A-Team," & Brian wearing a bandana & smoking a cigar represents Hannibal.
In a flashback, Peter encounters a gang of Tom Brokaws.
Peter says that what's worse than finding a job is Easter Sunday at Richard Gere's house. Peter than references the gerbil rumor by saying the Easter eggs are hidden in Gere's butt.
During a local news break, anchor Diane Simmons introduces a clip from the kids' show "The Electric Company" by yelling Rita Moreno's famous "Hey you guys..." (Though this catchphrase is from "The Electric Company," this can also be seen as this episode's second allusion to Sloth, who also says Moreno's famous phrase in The Goonies).
Peter is yelling about the sensation he gets while standing atop a mountain, which is taken from a York Peppermint Patty commercial.
"Hardcastle & McCormick" is mentioned.

Season 5 Ep. 2: "Mother Tucker" References

2008-09-01T11:44:00.000-07:00

In this episode we get to know Peter's mom Thelma, who looks a whole lot like the comic strip Maxine character.

During the air show, Peter complains that the show is so boring, he'd rather watch the video from The Ring which turns out to be a copy of the 80's movie Mannequin.

During Quagmire's air show performance, he crashes through billboards promoting "Veronica Mars", "The Simple Life" and, with a little help from Jack Daniels, "Greta van Sustren.

In one snippet we get to see the adult, tattooed Charlie Brown who claims to have sold Snoopy the drugs that killed him.

Gore Vidal is mentioned as a guest on Brian's radio show. Vidal actually shows up at the station later that episode

We get to see a Tourett's Syndrome-ridden spider in Charlotte's Web.

Stewie models a scene after the 1971 movie Harold & Maude.

One of the jingles Brian and Stewie play on the radio contains Long Duck Dong's famous "hey sexy girlfriend" line from Sixteen Candles.

Peter pretends to be Tom Tucker's private physician Dr.T and the Women, which is also a Richard Gere movie.

"3 Wishes with Amy Grant" is mentioned. During the scene, a weird looking Spiderman shows up.

Lois and Peter are watching the movie "Masturbator and Commander" which spoofs Master and Commander.

Peter's evil twin Thaddaus shows up in a balloon. He seems to be modeled after Professor Fate of The Great Race.

We are introduced to Darth Vader who seeks a loan to build the Death Star.

Brian and Stewie's radio show turns into a Howard Stern-like radio program when they ask their female guest to catch hot dogs with her mouth to win money toward her much needed breast enhancement.

While trying to play wacky sound bites for his radio show, Stewie accidentally plays a jingle of Denzel Washington taken directly from the movie Philadelphia.

We see Stewie in a Butterfinger commercial, saying D'oh like Homer Simpson of "The Simpsons".

Season 5 Ep. 1: "Stewie Loves Lois" References

2008-09-01T09:36:00.000-07:00

Robin Boy Wonder appears on the Quahog News, trying to save 4 girls going over the cliff. Unfortunately they do not appreciate his efforts, claiming he doesn't have any superpowers.

Peter references "Frampton comes Alive" after being called a monster claiming that album is a monster.

Peter attends college. After he passes a test, he runs outside as Kenny Loggins' "I'm Free" plays in the background. (This Loggins song is featured in the movie Footlose). Once outside, Peter jumps in the air while pumping his fist like in the final scene from The Breakfast Club.

While switching channels on the TV, Peter and Brian come across Tom Green's movie Freddie Got Fingered, E.T., and a commercial for the Yellow Pages.

When Stewie is showing off his moves, he threatens Lois & asks whether she wants some of this Maury Po'bitch, referencing the talk show host.

Stewie is eating a ScoobyDoo yogurt.

Stewie claims Brian loves Olympia Dukakis, which he admits.

Chris knows there's an Orange Julius in the mall.

Stewie compares Lois to a female Bonnie Hunt.

Stewie fell asleep watching Sabado Gigante which is featured in a snippet.

Quahog News interrupts a Native American version of "What's Happening".

Lois thinks she's just like Barbara Bush, who gave her son brain damage.

Stewie won some Eddie Money tickets on the radio.

Brian compares Stewie to Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Sulu.

Peter goes to see Enterprise's Dr. Coy about his prostate. Mr. Sulu shows up again while Peter has his pants around his ankles.

Stewie uses a machine gun the way Tony Montana uses it in Scarface.

Seamus carries with him, among other things, a map of Middle Earth and a band picture of Primus.

Stewie mentions Tommy Lee's Pool Party at which one of his son's party guests drowned.

Michael Jackson's child molestation trial is spoofed by Stewie testifying against him.

Dr. Hartman finds Mr. Sulu (third appearance in the episode) in Peter's behind.

The end credits are in direct reference to the closing credits of the 70's show "All in the Family."