Peterotica

Season 4, Episode 24, Aired
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After reading an erotic novel, Peter gets the idea to write one himself. Carter gets sued for publishing Peter's book on tape and loses all his money, where he is forced to become a middle-class citizen. Meanwhile, Stewie tries to train for the Olympics.
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  • It was okay

    5.5
    "Mediocre"
    By jmbsonic555, Oct 10, 2011 Report Abuse
    After reading an erotic novel, Peter gets the idea to write one himself. Carter gets sued for publishing Peter's book on tape and loses all his money, where he is forced to become a middle-class citizen. Meanwhile, Stewie tries to train for the Olympics.

    It was kind of boring, but I liked how Betty White guest starred and I liked Peter and Carter's plot

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  • I LOVE THIS EPISODE SO MUCH!!!!

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    By Iverson82094, Feb 02, 2008 Report Abuse
    Peter, Joe, and Cleveland accompany Quagmire to the local erotica store, where they find themselves fascinated by the oddities. There, Peter buys an erotic book called Much Ado About Humping, a parody of the Shakespeare play Much Ado About Nothing. He finds it disappointing. His friends suggest he write his own erotic book; this sells well from its beginning stages as a Xeroxed, stapled manuscript to its later incarnation as a professionally-produced audio-book read by Betty White and produced by Carter Pewterschmidt.

    A distracted, aroused driver listens to the audio-book and crashes into the Kool-Aid Man's house while trying to take his shirt off. The driver hires Scott Greenberg, Attorney of Law to sue Carter because the audio-book states that Carter was the publisher, whose entire assets are promptly seized. Peterotica is also pulled from the shelves of all book stores. An enraged Carter, feeling ruined, goes to Quahog to kill Peter with a rifle, but after Lois convinces him not to, he lives with the Griffins, while his wife divorces him and later marries Ted Turner.

    Meanwhile, Stewie practices to be a gymnast in the Olympics. He practices pole vaulting with the unconscious Chris as a cushion. His training climaxes with an in-the-house vault that winds up getting him a large shard of glass in his head.

    Peter tries to teach Carter how to be a regular person. Peter's attempt fails and Carter tells Peter what's wrong with his life. After Peter realizes his life sucks, he and Carter try to find ways to make money. Peter and Carter try several different ways of making money including stealing Lois's wallet, selling Meg pot (Carter knocks her out with a lamp and says "Now we have the pot and the money!"), making a teen drama TV show a la Dawson's Creek, and robbing a train, but each attempt fails. At the end, Barbara comes to Quahog to retrieve Carter, telling him that she divorced Turner and took half his assets. Despite the fact that he helped Carter turn his life and views of normal people around, Peter gets nothing. Lois tries to cheer Peter up by saying that they have true happiness since they have each other and that money doesn't matter; in doing so, she mentioned that she turned down $10 million from Carter a few years ago. After discovering this, Peter has a vivid fantasy of murdering Lois as she continues speaking.moreless

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  • One of the funniest FG episoodes I've seen

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    By ECCrypt, Jul 08, 2007 Report Abuse
    This episode is just hilarity from the word go, I mean, what other show could take Paula Cole's I Don't Want to Wait and turn it into this: Da da da da da da Da da da da da da I don't wanna wait For my lunch to get colder Da da da why can't I eat it now? I don't wanna wait Da da da the new Toyota I want a car that has a lot of gas...

    Plus, the scene on the train just kills me, that and the scene where Peter is tossing the thinking grenades out the window.moreless

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  • Peter writes an erotic novel.

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    By Famguy1, May 06, 2007 Report Abuse
    Peter buys an erotic novel at a sex shop.He finds it boring, and with positive reviews from his friends, he decides to write his own novel. He gets 5 dollars from Carter Pewterschmidt to publish more copies, and when 'Peterotica' gets turned into a book on tape, someone crashes while listening to it and Carter gets sued. Carter then moves in with the Griffins when Babs divorces him, but can't adapt to life as an average person. Peter decides that he will help Carter get rich again. They attempt several times to get rich, with stealing from Lois, selling drugs to Meg, Creating a teen drama named 'Quohog creek' and robbing a train all being unsuccessful. But when Babs divorces Ted Turner they get rich again, leaving Peter depressed with being average again.A lot of the jokes come from Peter and Carter trying to get rich again, but the episode as a whole is a highlight of Season 4. Some people dislike this episode but it is one of my personal favourites.moreless

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  • Who would ever have thought that Peter could write!

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    By prada212vogue, Mar 11, 2007 Report Abuse
    When Peter along with Quagmire ,Joe and Cleveland go to an erotic store Peter buys an erotic novel. Not turned on peter decides to write his own novel and with 5 bucks from Carter he can. The books then get put on tape and when a guy who is listening is involved in a car crash he sues Carter leaving him middle class and his wife leaving him. When Carter moves in with the Griffins in Quohog he and Peter come up with ways of becoming rich. From robbing Lois and destracting her with a unicycle, being robbers on a train to making a teen drama called "Quohog Creek" a P**S take off "Dawsons Creek". Carters wife Babs is seeing some guy who works for CNN and they marry. She divorces him and gets half of CNN and some of FOX and goes back to Carter.moreless

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    • Peter tells the flapper girl to vote for Taft. Taft ran for President in 1908 and in 1912, but the flappers weren't around until the 20s. Edit
    • The piece of music that is played during Stewie's floor routine is "Piano Sonata No. 11: Rondo Alla Turca" a.k.a "Turkish March" by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Edit
    • The song played during the movie preview is Roll to Me by Del Amitri Edit

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    • When Peter talks about being on the Tracey Ullman Show people on the internet took this as a shot at the Simpsons, but Seth has said it was not a shot. He was just trying to show people what the family would look like if they were on the Tracey Ullman Show because of the change in appearance and how different the voices would sound. Edit
    • Carol Burnett filed a $2 million copyright infringement lawsuit against 20th Century Fox, claiming her cleaning woman character was portrayed on Family Guy. Which occurred in this episode. Edit
    • The B story in this episode was originally much longer, and included Stewie building a device that made Chris smarter. But according to David A. Goodman, "It was like communism. It looked good on paper but just didn't work at all." Edit

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    • Peter: Hey Meg, uh, we're trying to make some money and, um, would you like to buy some pot from your granddaddy and me? Meg: Uh. Wow. Sure. Peter: Aw. Fantastic. (Carter hits Meg with a lamp) Peter: What the hell was that for? Carter: Now we've got the pot and the money. Edit
    • Betty White: (as Peter opens the door) Hi. I'm Betty White. I just got a subpoena regarding an erotic novel and I'm looking for the son of a bitch responsible. Edit
    • Peter: You can stay with us if you want, you filthy hobo. You shouldn't be embarressed of mooching off your kids at age seventy. Carter: Go to hell, fathead! Wait, have I used that one? No I haven't. Go to hell, fathead! Edit

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    • Dawson's Creek The teen drama 'Quahog's Creek' seen in this episode, is an allusion to the popular show Dawson's Creek on from 1998 to 2003. Joey and Dawson were also characters on Dawson's Creek, played by Katie Holmes and James Van Der Beek. Edit
    • Kool Aid Pitcher: (commenting on the fact that a car has just crashed through a wall of his house)You know, from the other side that is really annoying. This refers to the fact that Kool Aid commercials usually feature the pitcher crashing through walls. It's funny because for once he gets to see what it feels like. Edit
    • Olympic Commentators While Stewie is doing gymnastics in the living room, he pretends that "Cathy" and "Mitch" are doing the commentary on his performance. "Cathy" Johnson and "Mitch" Gaylord are two US Olympic gymnasts from the 1980s that have done commentary for gymnastics competitions in the past. Edit

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