Family Guy

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.

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.

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.

Make 'em Laugh Quagmire's dance is a play on a scene from Singin' In The Rain. The original actor was Donald O'Connor.

20s Flapper Girls When Peter is in the sex store, he inserts a penny into a flapper girl viewfinder. The flappers were rebellious women during the 1920's.

Classic Novels Titles alluded to in Peter's erotic novels are: Angela's Ashes, Catcher In The Rye, Brave New World, Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince.

The Simpsons The Tracey Ullman joke and subsequent flashback are references to the original Simpsons shorts that aired during The Tracey Ullman show. Stewie's one line of dialouge and incredibly awkward sounding voice are pokes at how different the original voices were in early seasons of the show.

Mama Mia!: "Mama Mia!" is a theatrical musical with a storyline based on happenings and people occuring in songs from the 70s pop group ABBA. Its surprising success a few years ago on Broadway lead to a number of other musicals with stories based on songs made famous by singers and groups including Billy Joel, the Beach Boys, Elvis Presley and a very brief revival of the play version of "Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" - which was a theatrical musical in the mid 70s before being turned into one of the most universally panned movies in 1978.

Kerri Strug Stewie talking about getting on a Wheaties box for getting hurt is a reference to Kerri Strug who helped the US Woman's Gymnastic Olympic team win gold medal in 1996. She injured her ankle on her first vault and then landed her second vault before collapsing in pain. This performance put the 1996 US women's gymnastics team on the Wheaties box.

The Great Train Robbery When Carter and Peter attempt the robbery on the train it is a reference to the first moving picture, The Great Train Robbery.

Carter: Let's see how you do against the rancor! After Carter says this line, his attorney is forced into a conflict with the rancor, an exact situation Luke Skywalker was caught in in Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi. He also kills the rancor in the same way Luke did; forcing the rancor's cage door to drop on it by hitting the switch with a skull.

Peterotica The title comes from the book, Erotica.