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* [[Aesop Ju Jitsu]]: Understandable, since this isn't a show that lends itself to coherent morals.

* [[Affably Evil]]: Stewie often talks about wanting to [[Take Over the World]], but he's easily a nicer person than at least Peter and Lois.

* [[AI Is a Crapshoot]]: "'''MILEY SMASH!'''"

* [[A.I. Is a Crapshoot]]: "'''MILEY SMASH!'''"

* [[Airplane Arms]]: For a split second, in the episode "No Meals On Wheels", after Peter shocks Lois in a little trap of his ([[It Makes Sense in Context]]), he runs away, makeshift cape flapping....in a very [[Super Mario World (video game)|familiar]] [[Shout-Out|manner]].

* [[All Gays Are Promiscuous]]: Used in the episode "Family Gay" where Peter sleeps with several men at once while he is under the influence of the 'gay gene' that was injected into him earlier in the episode. Although it's not like he'd be terribly opposed to an orgy with ten other women as a straight man, as long as Lois was cool with it.

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** Brian. His voice is simply Seth MacFarlane talking in his own voice. (MacFarlane has even admitted in interviews that sometimes when his tastes change, Brian's change is reflecting that, such as in his liquor/cocktail of choice changes, and that Brian is MacFarlane taking a bit of himself and putting it into the show more directly).

** Peter was this in the beginning, as he mirrored some of the creator's interests in sci-fi films and series, like ''[[Star Wars]]'' and ''[[Star Trek]]''.

* [[Back ~~From~~ the Dead]]:

* [[Back from the Dead]]:

** {{spoiler|James Woods. Being a celebrity entitled him to top-notch medical attention that allowed him to come back to life by transferring the [[Life Energy]] of a 17 year old girl into his own body.}}

** {{spoiler|Kevin Swanson, Joe and Bonnie's son, was alluded to have been killed in action while deployed in Iraq. Years later in a [[Thanksgiving Episode]] it is revealed he was the sole survivor of a bomb that wiped out his unit and he went AWOL from the military.}}

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'''Cuban 2''': (Do you remember if I closed the garage door this morning?) }}

** The recurring fisherman characters speak Spanish and Portuguese...to each other.

** Less a Bilingual Bonus and more of a dialectical one, in one episode with the cutaway scene to that episode of ''[[Star Trek: The ~~Next Generation|Star Trek the~~ Next Generation]]'' wherein Captain Picard comments that Commander Worf's forehead "Looks like a fanny". To Americans, it sounds like Picard is comparing Worf's forehead to someone's bottom. However, to English audiences, "fanny" is a slang term for the vagina. This is especially amusing given that the line is delivered by [[Patrick Stewart]], who ''is'' English and would know of the meaning. Plus Klingon foreheads ''do'' look more like vaginas than bottoms.

** Less a Bilingual Bonus and more of a dialectical one, in one episode with the cutaway scene to that episode of ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'' wherein Captain Picard comments that Commander Worf's forehead "Looks like a fanny". To Americans, it sounds like Picard is comparing Worf's forehead to someone's bottom. However, to English audiences, "fanny" is a slang term for the vagina. This is especially amusing given that the line is delivered by [[Patrick Stewart]], who ''is'' English and would know of the meaning. Plus Klingon foreheads ''do'' look more like vaginas than bottoms.

* [[Bitch in Sheep's Clothing]]: Lois, originally the most compassionate and down to Earth member of the family, has gradually leaned into this trope. Was arguably more a case of [[Comedic Sociopathy]] humor in having a [[Out-of-Character Moment|usually sweet character act callous]] in earlier cases (especially when [[Butt Monkey|Meg]] was involved) though as the show has progressed, Lois seems to have evolved more into a genuine [[Jerkass]], eg. attempting to have sex with Meg's boyfriend or becoming drunk with power from her martial arts skills, to the point of raping her husband (it is worth noting [[Never My Fault|she blamed Peter for provoking her for both instances]]). Also since [[Rule of Funny]] makes up half the cast's personalities anyway, it's hard to separate one instance from the other. Her behavior has even been lampshaded at least once:

{{quote|'''Lois:''' Ya see? I'm part of it. *laughs excited* I'm part of the joke just like everyone else!}}

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* [[Couch Gag]]: Before the opening sequence was created, Seth originally suggested each episode open with a parody of different tv show's classic opening credits. While this concept was ultimately deemed too expensive, a few examples have made it to the final show, such as ''[[Family Ties]]'', ''[[Will and Grace]]'' (used as a cutaway gag instead), ''[[That Girl]]'' (animation created for the opening was used instead as a joke in "Mr Griffin Goes to Washington"), ''[[24|Twenty Four]]'', and ''[[Law and Order]]''. ''[[Little House on the Prairie (TV series)|Little House On the Prairie]]'' and ''[[All in The Family]]'' have had their end credits parodied, right down to the font style. And, of course, the actual regular opening is a parody of [[All in The Family|Archie and Edith]] at the piano.

* [[Couldn't Find a Lighter]]: Peter and Lois end up temporarily trapped in Cuba. Peter takes to it quickly by getting a Cuban Havanna, but failing to find a lighter he lights it off a burning American flag that a helpful local was carrying past.

* [[~~Cowboy~~ ~~Bebop~~ ~~at His Computer~~]]:

* [[Media Research Failure]]:

** In "Baby Not on Board," a radio station identifies Roxette's "The Look" as "You've Got the Look." This would be a [[Refrain From Assuming]], but the phrase "you've got the look" never appears in the song; it's always "she's got the look".

** The [[Dish Network]] summary for the episode "Lois Kills Stewie" assumes that a [[Cutaway Gag]] about Stewie auditioning for ''[[American Idol]]'' is the focus of the episode.