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Petarded

Episode Number: 56    Season Num: 4    First Aired: Sunday June 19, 2005    Prod Code: 4ACX09
After winning a game of Trivial Pursuit, Peter is convinced he is a genius. To prove Peter wrong, Brian suggests he take a test of the MacArthur Genius Grant. The test results say that Peter is technically mentally challenged. Peter has no problem abusing this handicap until Lois is injured and the kids are taken away because Peter is not mentally fit for parenting.

Cast and Crew

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Writer: Alec Sulkin, Wellesley Wild
Director: Seth Kearsley
Star: Seth Green (Chris (and various)),  Seth MacFarlane (Peter / Stewie / Brian / Quagmire / Tom Tucker (and various)),  Alex Borstein (Lois (and various)),  Mila Kunis (Meg (season 2+))
Recurring Role: Ralph Garman (various),  Adam West (Mayor Adam West),  Nicole Sullivan (Various),  Mike Henry (VI) (Various),  Danny Smith (IV) (Various),  Patrick Warburton (Joe),  Phil LaMarr (Various),  Gary Cole (Various)
Guest Star: Gilbert Gottfried (Child Servis),  LeVar Burton (Levar Burton),  Cloris Leachman (Cloris Leachman)

Notes

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During Meg's sleep over at Cleavland's, the girls mention a hot guy at school named Craig Hoffman. Craig Hoffman is the name of one of the writer/producers of the show. (edit)
This sort of situation happened in The Simpsons' "Home Sweet Home-Dum-Diddly Doodly", when Homer lost the kids and a friendly neighbour was granted custody. (edit)
An unaired song can be seen in this episode in the volume 3 DVD. (edit)
Scandal's The Warrior was played during Stewie's iPod commercial. (edit)

Quotes

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Peter: All right everybody, time for paint ball!
Brian: Uh... I forgot to pick up the paint ballguns.
Joe: We can use these, (he brings a box of live guns) I brought them from the office.
Everyone takes a gun.
Lois: Peter, is it safe to be firing real gun in the house?
Peter: All right, All Right, nobody fire at Lois, she's scare... Okay 1.. 2.. 3... GO! (edit)
Quagmire: (after Peter shoots him in the leg) Dammit, Peter, that hurt!
Peter: Relax, Quagmire. You're doing better than Peter Weller from the opening scene of "RoboCop".
(scene switches to Joe, Mort, and Cleveland shooting Peter Weller)
Peter Weller: (screaming) (edit)
Lois: Now, that the mess is all cleaned up and we're back from the emergency room, it's time for the last game of the night, Trivial Pursuit.
Peter: Aw, man! I hate Trivial Pursuit. Always makes me feel so stupid.
Brian: More stupid than that time when you locked your keys out of the car?
(flashback to a time when Peter locked his keys out of the car)
Peter: Dammit. Hey, somebody!
(a guy walks by)
Peter: (to the guy walking by) Hey, sir? You see those keys down there? Sir? Oh, screw you!
(guy walks off)
Peter: (uses a bent coat hanger to get his keys, but fails, starts crying afterwards)
(edit)
Peter: Well excuse me for being retarded. My whole world is turned upside-down. Black is east, up is white.
Brian: Peter, I hate to say 'I told you so' about not being a genius, but uh... YEAH! IN YOUR F**KING FACE, F**KWAD! I'm... I'm sorry. (edit)
Peter: Attention, restaurant customers. Testicles. That is all. (edit)

Trivia

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The 'Caution Special Dad' sign is facing the wrong direction. It should either be facing on-coming traffic, or be put on the other side of the road. (edit)

Allusions

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The tumor: I'm a Tumor

The song Lois' tumor is parodying is Falco's "Rock Me Amadeus" chorus. (edit)
Jake & The Fat Man

Jake & The Fat Man was a spin off show from a Matlock episode "The Don" In it Jake, and his portly friend solve crimes in a typical Matlock type way. The show ran from 1987 - 1992. (edit)

Geena Davis

Stewie: Hey Chris? Whatever happened to Geena Davis? She used to be in movies but she's not in movies anymore.

In the eighties Geena Davis was quite a popular actress. She appeared in movies like Tootsie (1982), The Fly (1986)Beetle Juice, (1988) Earth Girls are Easy (1988) and A League of Their Own (1992). (edit)

Mask

Peter: Lois, you look worse than that Rocky Dennis kid from Mask.

Mask is a movie about a child with a massive facial deformity. (edit)

Bombing Hiroshima

August 6, 1945, The United States drops one of two nuclear bombs on Hiroshima, Japan murdering 100 - 140,000 civilians. (edit)

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Community Reviews (72)

 
10.0
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"Above average"
Hilarious!
Continue » Posted Jun 6, 2008 12:24 pm PST
8.9
Great
Petarded
"Another great installment"
The ambulances have to wait. LOL!
Continue » Posted Mar 11, 2008 5:05 pm PST
8.5
Great
Petarded
"Well written"
I'm not a fan of the show but there's no denying the quality of this episode.
Continue » Posted Feb 23, 2008 9:53 pm PST
10.0
Perfect
Petarded
"Exactly why I watch this series"
Peter discovers he is retarded after taking an intelligence test.
Continue » Posted Feb 9, 2008 1:16 am PST
10.0
Perfect
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"Series classic"
One of the funniest episodes I have ever seen in the whole series...
Continue » Posted Jan 1, 2008 1:43 pm PST
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