The Tan Aquatic with Steve Zissou

Season 5, Episode 11, Aired
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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.moreless
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  • Finally a perfect Season 5 episode.

    10
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    By jmbsonic555, Oct 10, 2011 Report Abuse
    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.

    I liked both plots, they were funny and original.

    Overall, I reccomend this episode to every fan of the show.

    10/10 A+moreless

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  • Oh Squiggly Line..........................

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    By EvilMONKEY987, Apr 16, 2011 Report Abuse
    This episode just cracks me up! At the beginning, Peter, Quagmire, Joe, and Cleveland go golfing. Stewie gets a big tan from the sunlight, and Quagmire gets so frustrated from golfing! So they go home, and Lois gets mad. Meanwhile, someone else replaces Chris's paper route named Kyle. The next day, Kyle and his friends beat him up. So Peter go's to Kyles house to tell him what he did the other day was wrong, but due to Kyle calling him names, (Kyle: Your a poop nose)Peter beats him up! That part was so funny! And Stewie getting out of the tan machine was funny too. So then Peter starts acting like a bully, and even bullies his friends and family! So then he goes to bully an old bully in high school. But then, Chris beats Peter up! He tells Peter to stop bullying people, so he stops. And Stewie doesn't have a tan anymore, but thinks he has cancer from a black dot on his skin. But it turns out it isn't cancer. Overall, this episode is one of the best in Season 5!moreless

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  • Peter Becomes a Bully

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    By teenj12, Apr 16, 2011 Report Abuse
    Chris getting beat up was sorta funny, I felt bad for him though. The old man is extremely pedophile-ish, which is typically funny. Peter beating up that kid was funny and when Lois lectured him abouted when he ran up into the tree.

    Stewie and his sun tan stuff was sorta funny how STewie thought he was all cool. Signs of Stewie's homosexuality comes out in one minor scene I noticed.

    Peter being a bully to everyone was funny! I LOVED when he attacked Meg with his farts and Meg fell out crying and throwing up and Peter's all like "Meg that is gross.". I wish Chris had let Peter beat up the guy. He shouldn't have been mean to Peter back then. Overall, great episode, although not one of my TOP favorites.moreless

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  • Average I thought

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    By Southparkfa, Jun 08, 2010 Report Abuse
    This episode was ok, but it wasn't home-run like the score makes it seem like. The plot of Stewie tanning was really stupid, and although Peter becoming a bully was a decent plot, he was unlikeable throughout the epiosde, which doesn't help. The beginning with Quagmire screaming and cursing about him not being good at Golf was ok, but it went downhill quickly, and I thought some parts in the episode felt like they were trying to appeal to people who watch TV to hear F-bombs, and while that's fine try to appeal to the people who watch the crude humor and jokes. Also, there were stupid moments like Stewie staring at the painting which had no point. The Muppet's jokes also felt forced here, especially at the end. Overall, it's just ok. 7.5/10 C+moreless

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  • eh

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    By futuramarama, Apr 06, 2010 Report Abuse
    peter beats up a kid who was bullying chris and soon discovers it is great fun to be a bully.

    stewie gets a bad tan and soon he fears he may have cancer {in the end he does not though}.

    wow, i thought Peter was too unlikeable throughout this episode, and I didn't like the lesson at the end about bullying people. There was little to no laughs but the overall plot was alright, despite the lame lesson at the end.

    My overall grade would be roughly a C+ or B-, it was passable but only by a few parts, I thoughtmoreless

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    • As Stewie tans lies "getting his bronze on," he is listening to an instrumental version of the Burt Bacharach and Hal David classic, "I Say a Little Prayer for You." Edit
    • The painting in the Chicago Museum of Art that Stewie stares at transfixed is the 19th century masterpiece A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte by George Seurat. It is a definitive example of the impressionist style known as pointillism. Edit
    • 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

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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

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    • 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. That's a 2005 movie about two married cowboys who have an affair for decades. 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

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