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Family Guy :: A Hero Sits Next Door (01x05)
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Episode Information |
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| Title: | A Hero Sits Next Door |
| Episode #: | 01x05 |
| Production Number: | 1ACX05 |
| Original Airdate: | Sunday May 02nd, 1999 |
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Peter searches for a replacement pitcher for Happy-Go-Lucky Toys' softball team and finds one in his new neighbor, Joe Swanson, which he welcomes with open arms...until it's revealed that Joe is wheelchair-bound.
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| •Seth MacFarlane | voiced | Peter Griffin, Stewie Griffin, Brian Griffin, Glen Quagmire, Tom Tucker, Jake Tucker, Carter Pewterschmidt, Kevin Swanson, Seamus, Dr. Elmer Hartman, Jasper, God, Jesus, Various | | •Alex Borstein | voiced | Lois Griffin, Loretta Brown, Tricia Takanawa, Barbara Pewterschmidt, Various | | •Seth Green | voiced | Chris Griffin, Neil Goldman, Dylan (Brian's son), Various | | •Mike Henry (1) | voiced | Cleveland Brown, Herbert, Bruce, Fouad, Cleveland Jr., Greased Up Deaf Guy (Jay), Various | | •Lacey Chabert | voiced | Meg Griffin |
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This is the first appearence of Joe & Bonnie.
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Peter: You’re not supposed to admire wheelchair people. You’re supposed to feel sorry for them.
| Joe: I just suggested a line of handicapable toys – ya know, to show the kids the fun of being physically challenged!
| Chris: When the kids at school see this, they’re gonna think you’re a total psycho.
| Chris: He’s cool, Dad…he killed a guy.
| Peter: My whole family worships the ground he can’t even walk on…
| Peter: Holy crip, he's a crapple!
| Brian: Gosh, I'd like to help you, Peter, but I've got to go out in the hall and chew on the back of my ass for about five minutes.
| Lois: Stewie, say hi to our new neighbor, Officer Swanson.
Stewie: You will bow to me!
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Joe says that he is crippled from fighting the Grinch ten years earlier, but when in the flashback we see Bonnie was still pregnant back then. However, in "A Very Special Family Guy Freakin Christmas", Joe implies that he has been impotent since becoming crippled.
| In the bingo flashback, the man gets hit in right eye, and holds his left eye.
| When watching the Wheel of Fortune, Peter believes the answer to the puzzle will be "Go (F Word) Yourself", when it turns out to be "Go Tuck Yourself In". However, it would have been impossible for the answer to be "Go (F Word) Yourself". Since the F in (F Word) would have been revealed when the F in Yourself was revealed.
| In the cutaway scene of the Super Friends playing strip poker with Wonder Woman, Peter asks Robin why he's looking at him and not at Wonder Woman.
In the wide shot however, The only Super Friends seen are Superman & Batman who are seated. Flash, Black Vulcan & Green Lantern are on Peter's right. Hawkman is behind Peter & Aquaman is on Peter's left.
Robin is not there.
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Stewie: “Oh Machiavelli, you've told me nothing I don't already know. Ahh Sun Tzu's The Art of War”
Stewie reads “The Prince” by Niccolò Machiavelli & “The Art of War” by Sun Tzu
| Lois: “Here, watch the Teletubbies”
Stewie becomes hypnotized by the PBS show “Teletubbies”
| Peter: “A&E Biography is doing the life of the other guy from WHAM”
The “other guy” is Andrew Ridgeley the lesser known member of the pop group WHAM! that formed in 1981.
The other half of the duo was George Michael, who after WHAM broke up in 1986 went on to a very successful solo career while Andrew faded into obscurity.
Also, “A&E Biography” is a TV show that began in 1987 on the A&E cable network that profiles different celebrities or historical figures.
| The long running Korean War based sitcom “M*A*S*H” (1972-1983) & it's star Alan Alda are mentioned by Peter as something he hates more than their opposing softball team.
| Peter: “Hey Mr. Weed, I have a great ides for a new line of action figures. Facts of Life Transformers”
As Peter says he's invented a line of toys based on the characters from the TV sitcom “The Facts of Life” (1979-1988). The one we see is of “Blair”.
He also mentions “Tootie” who transforms into a stink bug, “Natalie” who transforms into “one of those spitting lizards” from 1993's “Jurassic Park” & “Mrs. Garrett”.
The toys transforms like the “Transformers” from the TV series of the same name (1979-1988).
| Chris, Peter & Brian watch the long running game show “Wheel of Fortune”
| The 42nd President of the United States, Bill Clinton (1993-2001) is mentioned
| Peter: “Oh man what am I gonna do if I get fired? I'll have to go back to my old job as a Calvin Klein model”
Reference to a real series of commercials for “Calvin Klein” products from the 80s
| Peter: “What was the name of the bad guy from TRON?”
Peter tries to recall the 1982 scifi Disney movie “TRON” starring Jeff Bridges & Bruce Boxleitner.
Incidentally, the bad guy's name was “Sark”.
| Peter: “Uh, me love you long time?”
A reference to a quote from the 1987 movie “Full Metal Jacket”
| Peter: “...it should be illegal, like copyright infringement”
Peter (obviously) transforms into iconic Disney character Mickey Mouse
| Peter: “First he takes my friends, then he takes my job, but the way I wear my hat. No no, he can't take that away from me”
Allusion to the 1937 song, “They Can't Take That Away from Me”, written by George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin and introduced by Fred Astaire in the 1937 film “Shall We Dance”.
It's been recorded many time throughout the years, most notable by Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong, Frank Sinatra & Tony Bennett
| Grinch: “You think you have won, you think all is well, but kiss my green ass, I shall see you in hell!”
We learn that Joe became paralyzed when he stopped the Grinch from stealing toys from an orphanage.
“The Grinch” of course is the character from Dr. Seuss' book and popular 1966 animated Christmas special “How the Grinch Stole Christmas”
| Peter: {singing} “Jesus loves me, he loves me a bunch, cause he always puts Skippy in my lunch”
Skippy is of course the popular brand of peanut butter and the second part of the lyric, “cause {she} always puts Skippy in my lunch” was part of series of commercials in the 80s & 90s
| Peter: “They're about to see a real hero in action. To the Batcave!”
Peter lifting the head of the bust, pressing the button and sliding down the pole is the same way Adam West (who played Batman) & Burt Ward (who played Robin) entered the Batcave on the “Batman” TV series (1966-1968)
| Peter: “...I thought being a hero would be all fun and games”
The cutaway shows Peter as part of the “Super Friends” (1973-1977) playing strip poker at the Hall of Justice.
It even includes the same type of scene change and music used in the series.
| Kevin Swanson says he is a fan of the alternative rock bands Garbage, Phish, Blur & Radiohead
| Silver medal winner at the 1998 Nagano Olympics & Bronze medal winner at the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympics, Michelle Kwan plays herself thanking Peter for driving her to the skating rink.
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