Family Guy

Lexington And Concord The name of this episode refers to the "shot heard 'round the world" that started the American Revolutionary War, taken from Emerson's poem "Concord Hymn."

American Beauty Peter: It's so beautiful The part where Peter videotapes the bag in the breeze (up until the part where God yells at Peter for saying that it's just trash in the wind) is from a scene in the 1999 movie American Beauty where a kid videotapes a bag blowing in the wind.

Quantum Leap Neil: Al, why haven't I leaped? "Al" appears out of nowhere through a flash of light and explains to Neil "Ziggy says you can't leap until she loves you back." Al is from the TV show Quantum Leap, and Ziggy is his handheld computer. The show is about a guy, Sam, who travels time and takes the form of a person in order to relive parts of their lives for them so as to avoid making mistakes.

Peabody's Improbably History Brian: Well, Peter, we're going to visit the year 1492. This skit is a parody of the old cartoon Peabody's Improbably History. Brian plays the part of Peabody and Peter plays the part of Sherman. Peabody was a cartoon series about a time-travelling dog and his pet boy, Sherman. Using Peabody's "Wayback Machine", the pair would take jaunts through history, and usually wind up instrumental in making events come out "right", i.e., the way they're depicted in history books.

Roman Polanski Stewie: We're Playing Roman Polanski's House This is a reference to the murder of Roman Polanski's wife, Sharon Tate, on August 8th, 1969. Sharon Marie Tate-Polanski, her unborn baby boy, Paul Rich Polanski, friends Jay Sebring, Wojciech Frykowski and Abigail Folger were tied up in the Polanski home and murdered by a group led by Charles Milles Manson called "The Family." It may also reference Polanski's later statutory rape of Samantha Geimer in his basement.

Fast Times At Ridgemont High Tom Tucker: Meg, you know how cute I think you are. Fast Times at Ridgemont High was a coming of age teen movie of the early 80s. In the movie, Judge Reinhold's character Brad fantasizes a hot brunette (Phoebe Cates) coming out of the water saying, "Hi Brad, you know how cute I always thought you were," and she walks towards him as she takes off her top, and was set to Moving in Stereo by the Cars. Meg's fantasy about Tom Tucker in this episode parodies this scene, and is even set to the same song.

Huey Lewis Peter: We all miss the News Meg, but Huey Lewis needs time to create, and we need to learn to be patient. Hewy Lews is the lead singer in the 80s band, Huey Lewis and the News, a band that skyrocketed to fame. Interesting side note, they were the group that wrote the music for the song "Ghostbusters" they later sued the movies creators for ripping off their song (a suit that they won)