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The Tan Aquatic with Steve Zissou

Episode Number: 88    Season Num: 5    First Aired: Sunday February 18, 2007    Prod Code: 5ACX06
When a bully harasses Chris, Peter goes to his defense, but ends up beating him up. Peter realizes bullying is fun and begins to bully everyone in the house. Finally, Chris stands up to Peter and beats him senseless. Meanwhile, Stewie goes out without sunscreen and becomes obsessed with getting a tan. After Brian leaves him in the tanning booth for six hours, Stewie gets sunburned and fears he has cancer. While waiting for the results of his cancer screening, Stewie begins to live his life as if he had only days to live and drives Brian crazy with his demands.

Cast and Crew

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Writer: Mark Hentemann
Director: Julius Wu
Star: Mila Kunis (Meg (season 2+)),  Seth Green (Chris (and various)),  Seth MacFarlane (Peter / Stewie / Brian / Quagmire / Tom Tucker (and various)),  Mike Henry (VI) (Cleveland/Herbert/Performance Artist/Greased-Up Deaf Guy (and various)),  Alex Borstein (Lois (and various))
Recurring Role: Mike Barker (Various),  Alec Sulkin (Various),  Chris Cox (Various),  Danny Smith (IV) (Various),  Chris Sheridan (Various),  Rachael MacFarlane (Various),  John Viener (Various),  Patrick Warburton (Joe)
Guest Star: Michael Clarke Duncan (Fozzie),  Beth Littleford (Fran Drescher),  Jeff Bergman (Various),  Keir Gilchrist (Kyle)

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Quotes

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(Brian is teaching Stewie to ballroom dance)
Brian: If you're going to make me do this, at least let me lead.
Stewie: Okay, fine. (they move close together) I love you.
Brian: What?!
Stewie: Olive juice.
Brian: "Olive juice"?
Stewie: "Olive juice" you, too! (edit)
Quagmire: Hey, hey, hey, hey that's a stroke!
Peter: I just tapped my ball, Quagmire. Relax.
Quagmire: Oh relax, huh? Look, I just tapped my ball. Oh, just tapped it again. Tap, tap, tap...oh where is it? It's in the hole. Eagle. Yay Quagmire!
(Quagmire bends his putter across his knee and throws it against the cart)
Joe: Hey Quagmire, you know it's not fun when you're like this.
Quagmire: You want fun? Go home and buy a monkey!
Cleveland: What does that even mean?
Quagmire: I don't know. (voice drops to normal) Boy, we've got a beautiful day for this.
(edit)
Peter: Hey, Stewie, nice sunburn! (Slaps him on the back)
Stewie: Aaah, you horse's ass! (edit)
(Peter and Lois are sitting on the sofa and Chris walks in telling them about the Bully)
Peter: Chris, you have to stand up for yourself, like my great-grandfather Turn-Of-The-Century-Take-On-All-Comers Griffin.

(Black and white scene of Peter's Great-grandfather in a boxing ring with a kangaroo)
Peter's Great-grandfather: (in a posh voice) Alright, put 'em up! Put 'em up! Are you having a Bully day? I'm having a bully day. Is everyone having a bully day?
Posh man in the crowd 1: Bully!
Posh man in the crowd 2: Bully!
Posh man in the crowd 3: Yes, Bully!
Peter's Great-grandfather: Oh, thank god we live in this time!
(edit)
Brian: You're talking out of your ass!
Stewie: It doesn't matter Brian, I'm tan! Hey, Brian, Brian, Brian... Look at my tan walk! (edit)

Trivia

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When Stewie gets into the tanning booth, he's wearing goggles and headphones. When Brian goes to wake up Stewie, he's not wearing either of them. (edit)
Stewie complains that Jim Henson's death led to funny-sounding Muppets, using Kermit the Frog, Swedish Chef, and later Fozzie Bear as examples. However, Fozzie was voiced and operated by Frank Oz, and therefore Henson's death would've left his voice completely unaffected. (edit)
The midget from the cutaway right before Peter goes into Kyle's house seems to be re-used from the episode 'Mother Tucker' (although he was a "dwarf" in that one) (edit)
Featured Music: Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want by The Dream Academy (edit)
While Peter and Lois are arguing, Lois says Peter is 43 years old. (edit)

Allusions

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Brokeback Mountain

When Brian asks the guy at Stewie's party for a cigarette, he gives him one along with a script for his screenplay that he says is like Brokeback Mountain, but from the horse's perspective. (edit)
Eartha Kitt

As Stewie realizes that bein' out in the sun all day has darken his skin tone, he looks at himself in the mirror and says "wow, look at me, I'm a young Eartha Kitt, Grrrrrrr!..." Eartha Kitt was mostly known for her role As The Catwoman in the 1960 TV Series of Batman. Orson Welles once called her "the most exciting woman in the world." (edit)
The Sound of Music

When Peter has Joe strung up, they sing the first few lines of the song The Lonely Goatherd from The Sound of Music. (edit)
Three's Company

Mr. Furley walks in on Brian in an awkward situation with Stewie. This is reference to the show Three's Company where he would do the same to Jack. (edit)
The Giving Tree

In Peter's flashback, he was presenting a book report on The Giving Tree, a book by Shel Silverstein. (edit)
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Community Reviews (22)

 
10.0
Perfect
The Tan Aquatic with Steve Zissou
"A very special episode"
Stewie gets a tan while out with Peter one day, Lois gets mad, but Stewie loves it. He decides to keep the tan, and when Brian keeps him in the tanning bed for six and a half hours, he gets a very bad sun burn. He finds out he may have cancer...
Continue » Posted May 1, 2008 3:46 pm PST
9.1
Superb
The Tan Aquatic with Steve Zissou
"Exactly why I watch this series"
Stewie gets a tan, then later gets a huge sunburn. Thinking he has cancer, he tries to fulfill his wishes in life. Meanwhile, Peter becomes a bully.
Continue » Posted Jan 15, 2008 8:16 am PST
9.4
Superb
The Tan Aquatic with Steve Zissou
"Series classic"
Hilarious episode... Stewie thinks he has Cancer and Peter becomes a bully
Continue » Posted Jan 6, 2008 8:05 am PST
9.9
Superb
The Tan Aquatic with Steve Zissou
"Series classic"
This is a perfect example of the genius and full capability of the writers, and perfect execution by the talent.
Continue » Posted Aug 29, 2007 11:51 pm PST
10.0
Perfect
The Tan Aquatic with Steve Zissou
"Tearjerker"
so funny
Continue » Posted Aug 6, 2007 10:50 am PST
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