Screwed the Pooch

Infobox Television episode
Title =Screwed the Pooch
Series =Family Guy


Caption =Brian and Sea Breeze are discovered.
Season =3
Episode =13
Airdate =November 29, 2001
Production =3ACX08
Writer =Dave Collard and Ken Goin
Director =Pete Michels
Guests =Bob Barker
Episode list =List of Family Guy episodes
Season list = Infobox Family Guy Season 3
Prev =To Love and Die in Dixie
Next =:"This article is about the Family Guy episode. For the slang phrase, see ."

"Screwed the Pooch" is the 41st episode of "Family Guy". It guest-stars Bob Barker as himself.

Plot summary

While Peter, Cleveland, Quagmire, and Joe are playing poker, Joe suggests they take Peter to Atlantic City after seeing Peter's "poker face." Peter can't go, as he and his family are going to visit his in-laws, despite the fact that his father-in-law hates him. Peter starts cultivating himself, without success. Meanwhile, Brian's sex drive has been strong lately, and becomes almost uncontrollable after he sniffs the anus of a female dog at the park. Lois and Peter are oblivious to it until they catch him masturbating in the bathroom. Lois believes it is normal, and suggests that Brian go with them to get time off and help clear his mind. Brian says no, but eventually decides it would be the best choice.

The family goes to visit Lois' parents, and Peter finally wins the respect and friendship of Carter Pewterschmidt, Lois' wealthy and elitist father after helping him win a poker match, which involved Michael Eisner, Bill Gates, and Ted Turner. Later, Eisner, Gates, Carter, and Peter go out smashing mailboxes to have some "extra fun."

Not long after, the cordiality between Peter and Carter is destroyed when Brian leaps onto the track and runs to Sea Breeze - Carter's prize-winning racing greyhound - at the racetrack, and rapes her also causing their bet to be lost. Sea Breeze ends up pregnant, and Brian is immediately blamed. Brian wants to raise the puppies himself, but Carter disapproves, so Brian elopes with Sea Breeze and they run away together in hopes to raise the puppies together.

With help from Eisner and Gates, Sea Breeze is tracked down to a motel they were hiding inside of a room. The custody case soon after goes to court, Carter brings up sordid details of Brian's past and personality to destroy his chances of gaining custody. During the trial, Brian demonstrates himself to know much about the Griffin children, proving that he would indeed be a caring father for his puppies.

It is decided by the judge that in order to have custody of his puppies, Brian must be castrated. Brian faces a tough decision of would he rather have custody of his puppies or keep his testicles. Just as Brian goes under the knife, he, Lois, and Peter discover that the puppies are born, but they don't resemble Brian; they resemble Ted Turner. Brian doesn't get fixed and the three leave to go home, while Peter says "You know whats funny? I always thought that dogs laid eggs, and I learned something today."

Cultural references

* Peter says he is like Roo when he is in the kangaroo’s pouch. He is referencing the joey (Kanga and Roo) from the "Winnie-the-Pooh" books.
* After Joe tells Peter to find a common ground with Lois’ father, Peter acts upon the advice as if he were Ebenezer Scrooge; he shouts at Bob Cratchit, who’s copying letters in the corner, telling him he has to work through Christmas, as in Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol". Cratchit asks, “But, sir, what of Tiny Tim?” Peter responds, “Bah, he and his ukulele shall go wanting” (a reference to Tiny Tim the musician, not Cratchit’s son).
* Carter mentions that, at a party, Peter approached the Premier of the People's Republic of China and said, “Dong, where is my automobile?” The line is a reference to John Hughes’ movie "Sixteen Candles".
* Peter leaves the set of "Survivor" and trips into the set of "The Price Is Right". He mentions B.B. Anderson who is a contestant of , and there is also a shot of Richard Hatch and Colleen Haskell.
* The elderly couple in the motel say they are going to see Bobby Darin in concert soon, who actually died in 1973.
* Bill Gates’ signal for a helicopter to pick him up is the Microsoft Windows symbol, and is a parody of the iconic method of signaling for Batman. The Windows logo’s colours are upside-down (the Windows logo is, from top row to bottom row: red–green, blue–yellow).
* Michael Eisner, Bill Gates, Carter Pewterschmidt and Peter Griffin are playing mailbox baseball when driving a car and lying on the baseball pitch, just like in "Dazed and Confused".
* When Peter is said to be banned from renting videos because he taped over their tapes, the clip of the film shown that Peter spoils the plot for is "Citizen Kane", thus saving customers from "two long boobless hours."
* The "magic picture that if you stare at it long enough, you see something" is the description of an autostereogram.
* The demonic girl in the courtroom is Regan MacNeil from "The Exorcist".
* In a parody of the Elián González situation, Brian and Sea Breeze are found cowering in the closet of the motel room in which they were hiding.

References

* S. Callaghan, “Screwed the Pooch.” "Family Guy: The Official Episode Guide Seasons 1–3". New York: HarperCollins, 2005. 152–155.
* A. Delarte, “Nitpicking Family Guy: Season 3” in "Bob’s Poetry Magazine", 2 August 2005: 47–48 [http://bobspoetry.com/Bobs02Au.pdf http://bobspoetry.com/Bobs02Au.pdf]

External links

*FGwiki