There's Something About Paulie

Season 2, Episode 16, Aired
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After the mob helps Peter with destroying his new beat up car, so he can get another new car, he must repay his debt to the mob by taking The Don's nephew, Big Fat Paulie, to the movies. Peter informs Paulie that they can't hang out anymore because of Lois, a misunderstanding that leads Paulie to believe that Peter wants Lois killed.moreless
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  • Peter ttry to take the Don's nephew to the movie

    9.0
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    By fsaenz0125, Feb 07, 2012 Report Abuse
    After the mob helps Peter with destroying his new beat up car, so he can get another new car, he must repay his debt to the mob by taking The Don's nephew, Big Fat Paulie, to the movies. Peter informs Paulie that they can't hang out anymore because of Lois, a misunderstanding that leads Paulie to believe that Peter wants Lois killed. A superb episode again. I pretty much liked all the cutaways(especailly the one with the British guy going "Oh Reginald, I disagree")in this episode. Stewie's appearance (at the beginning) was hilarious. The ending was funny as well. My score is a bit low because a couple jokes were repeated and I didn't know some of the old FG writers repeat the jokes over and over unlike the newer ones which gets annoying. Overall, besides that, enjoyable episode. 9/10moreless

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  • It's okay

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    By jmbsonic555, Oct 10, 2011 Report Abuse
    After the mob helps Peter with destroying his new beat up car, so he can get another new car, he must repay his debt to the mob by taking The Don's nephew, Big Fat Paulie, to the movies. Peter informs Paulie that they can't hang out anymore because of Lois, a misunderstanding that leads Paulie to believe that Peter wants Lois killed.

    What I liked:
    -Peter thinking everyone was Big Fat Paulie
    -that cake the don ate.
    -This is Big Paulie's Big Fat Ass

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  • Overall superb episode of "Family Guy"

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    By tigerdude22, Jun 14, 2011 Report Abuse
    I thought that this was a superb episode of "Family Guy". My score was just a little low because I thought it was disgusting when Big Fat Paulie sneezed on Peter's tie... that was unneeded. It was funny when Peter rode on the car and it broke down. The cutaway with Entertainment Tonight was very funny. The cutaway with Peter going to see Dr. Hartman about his growth and Dr. Hartman said "Peter, that's not a growth, that's your penis was absolutely hilarious. We also get a little bit of a Godfather reference which is pretty cool. Big Fat Paulie getting a guy to try to shoot Lois back at Meg's school play was very funny. Peter was absolutely funny in this episode. Big Fat Paulie was also a pretty funny character as well. All of the jokes were clever and really funny. It was very funny when the one favor that Peter asked for was a cake when he could have used that favor for Lois not to be killed. It was nice when Lois wasn't gonna get killed after Peter said how Lois means the world to him. Overall, despite that one gross scene that I didn't find funny, this was a superb episode of "Family Guy". 9/10moreless

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    By thefanof, Aug 13, 2010 Report Abuse
    It is a shame that there are a lot of new episodes of Family Guy that are rated higher than this one on this site because this is better than most, if not all, of them.

    "Big Fat Paulie" was a great one-off character they created here, and it was the perfect complement to another genius Peter Griffin performance. This is when the character was still revolutionary and iconic and not just a watered down version of Homer Simpson.

    And the episode itself was a good story and a good parody on mob movies. Try not saying, "On this, the day of my daughter's wedding," after watching this episode.moreless

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  • Good episode, quite funny.

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    By amazing_race, Nov 20, 2009 Report Abuse
    This episode, 'There's Something About Paulie', was an interesting one that I recently saw. It was a pretty funny episode, and there were some very funny quotes, such as when Stewie was making his speech after realising that Lois had a hit on her.

    That was a very funny moment, and I loved it when Stewie pulled that paper out of his pocket.

    I thought the plot to this episode was average. It wasn't the best plot to an episode, but it certainly did provide its fair share of laughs.

    I thoroughly enjoy this show and this was a good episode. Keep it up!moreless

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    • When the Griffins get their new car, there is a far-away camera shot of the house, with their new car in the driveway. In the shot, the car looks like a Volkswagen Beetle, but in a closer scene, the car looks completely different. It is much more square in shape. Edit
    • Lois points out that the red car Peter wants to buy only has a drawing of an engine, yet Peter is somehow able to make it go forward. Edit
    • When Peter goes to meet Big Fat Paulie so they can watch the movie, he is wearing a tie. While they are in the theater, the tie disappears. When Peter and Paulie go to Peter's house for dinner, the tie is then back on Peter. Edit

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    • Lois: I'm upset because you never listen to me. This is Atlantic City all over again. (Scene switches to Lois and Peter at a Blackjack table) Dealer: You've got 20! Peter: Hit me. Lois: Peter, don't. Peter: Hit me. Dealer: 21! Peter: Hit me. Lois: Peter. Peter: Hit me. Dealer: That's 30 Peter: Hit me. Edit
    • Peter (After watching Paulie fall down after getting shot for ten seconds): Oh, my God. You all right? Edit
    • (At the mafia's "Pet Store") Mafia Guy#1: I would like a "Bunny". Mafia Guy#2: What kind of "Bunny"? A semi-automatic "Bunny", or a hand-held "Bunny"? Mafia Guy#1: Whichever "Bunny" you think is better for shooting a guy in the head. Edit

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    • Goodfellas: The scene in which a mobster asks another "what kind of funny" he is references this film. Edit
    • When Peter and Paulie head to the movies Peter mentions a movie they can see How Stella Got Her Groove Back 2 and they show a clip. This is a reference parody of the movie How Stella Got Her Groove Back, starring Angela Bassett and Whoopi Goldberg. Edit
    • Title: There's Something About Paulie
      The title is a reference to the movie There's Something About Mary. Edit

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