“Da Boom” is an episode from the second season of the FOX animated television series Family Guy. Since the episode directly contradicts every postmillenial episode, it is almost never considered canon. This is explained at the end of the episode, when it is revealed to be a dream by Pamela Ewing (played by Victoria Principal) from TV series Dallas. Image File history File links FGDaBoom. ... is the 360th day of the year (361st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar). ... September 23 is the 266th day of the year (267th in leap years). ... Year 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar). ... is the 213th day of the year (214th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Peter, Peter, Caviar Eater is an episode from the FOX animated television series Family Guy. ... Holy Crap is an episode from the FOX animated television series Family Guy. ... “Brian in Love” is an episode from the second season of the FOX animated television series Family Guy. ... “Love Thy Trophy” is an episode from the FOX animated television series Family Guy. ... “Death Is a Bitch” is an episode from the FOX animated television series Family Guy. ... “The King Is Dead” is an episode from the FOX animated television series Family Guy. ... “I Am Peter, Hear Me Roar” is an episode from the second season of the FOX animated television series Family Guy. ... If Im Dyin, Im Lyin is an episode from the FOX animated television series Family Guy. ... Running Mates is an episode from the second season of the FOX animated television series Family Guy. ... “A Picture Is Worth a 1,000 Bucks” is an episode from the second season of the FOX animated television series Family Guy. ... Fifteen Minutes of Shame is an episode from the second season of the FOX animated television series Family Guy. ... Road to Rhode Island is an episode from the second season of the FOX animated television series Family Guy. ... “Let’s Go to the Hop” is an episode from the second season of the FOX animated television series Family Guy. ... “Dammit Janet!” is an episode from the second season of the FOX animated television series Family Guy. ... Theres Something About Paulie is an episode from the second season of the FOX animated television series Family Guy. ... Hes Too Sexy for His Fat is an episode from the second season of the FOX animated television series Family Guy. ... “E Peterbus Unum” is an episode from the second season of the FOX animated television series Family Guy. ... “The Story on Page One” is an episode from the second season of the FOX animated television series Family Guy. ... Wasted Talent is an episode from the second season of the FOX animated television series Family Guy, guest starring Adam Carolla as Death. ... This article is about the Family Guy episode. ... Death Has a Shadow was the first episode of the FOX animated television series Family Guy, which first aired after Super Bowl XXXIII, on 31 January 1999. ... “The Thin White Line” is an episode of Family Guy. ... The following is a list of episodes for the FOX animated television series Family Guy. ... The Fox Broadcasting Company, usually referred to as just Fox (the company itself prefers the capitalized version FOX), is a television network in the United States. ... An animated series or cartoon series is a television series produced by means of animation. ... Family Guy is an Emmy award winning American animated television series about a nuclear family in the fictional town of Quahog (IPA or ), Rhode Island. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Victoria Principal as Pamela Ewing on the main title caption from Dallas. ... Victoria Principal, in a still from Dallas. ... The Southfork Ranch, home of the Ewing family The original cast of Dallas. ...

Plot summary

A costumed man warns Peter about the dangers of Y2K. Peter locks his family up in their basement on December 31, 1999. A nuclear holocaust occurs at the stroke of midnight, destroying much of Quahog and mutating or injuring many of the surviving citizens. The Griffins are free from mutations. Swanson is melted into his driveway, while Quagmie and Cleveland have merged. Peter Löwenbräu Griffin is the protagonist in the American animated television series Family Guy. ... The year 2000 problem (also known as the Y2K problem and the millennium bug) was a flaw in computer program design that caused some date-related processing to operate incorrectly for dates and times on and after January 1, 2000. ... A townhouse with basement windows showing A basement is one or more floors of a building that are either completely or partially below the ground floor. ... is the 365th day of the year (366th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar). ... The actual skyline of Providence as viewed from the northwest looking southeast Animated counterpart: suggesting a location mostly west of Providence for Quahog Quahog (pronounced koh-hawg, IPA , kwag, or kwa-HOG, IPA ) is a fictional suburb of Providence, Rhode Island where the animated television comedy Family Guy is set. ... It has been suggested that mutant be merged into this article or section. ...

When food runs out, the family travels to Natick, Massachusetts, in hopes that the “Twinkee” (spelt “Twinkees” throughout the episode) factory survived. Before leaving, Meg lays rat traps around Swanson, who thanks her. Then a giant rat menaces him. Natick Common, Halloween 2004 Natick is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. ... Twinkies A Twinkie is a Golden Sponge Cake with a Creamy Filling created by Hostess, and baked by Continental Baking Co. ...

On the way, Stewie is exposed to nuclear waste and later mutates into an octopus-like creature. Upon their arrival at Natick, they establish a town, dubbed New Quahog. Their starting food supply is the twinkee factory that was protected by a rock formation. Swanson, Quagmire and Cleveland join him to form a ruling coincil, implying Joe successfully fought off the rat. Despite their advice, Peter mismanages everything, such as assigning an elderly lady to firefighting duties, and making a physician the village idiot. Peter eventually spends the town funds on guns, using the pipes form the city's water irrigation system, outraging the citizens. Stewie begins to lay eggs. This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... Suborders †Pohlsepia (incertae sedis) †Proteroctopus (incertae sedis) †Palaeoctopus (incertae sedis) Cirrina Incirrina Synonyms Octopoida Leach, 1817 The octopus (Greek , eight-legs) is a cephalopod of the order Octopoda that inhabits many diverse regions of the ocean, especially coral reefs. ...

Peter is eventually kicked out of the town he founded, and his family follows him, deciding where they should go next: a Carvel factory in Framingham, Massachusetts. Meanwhile, the citizens burn the guns while Stewie’s spawn hatch. They attack and kill the citizens, some of who comment on the irony of the situation. For other uses, see Carvel (disambiguation). ... Framingham is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA and the only such named town in the United States. ...

The episode ends in a live-action parody of a famous episode of Dallas, where Pam Ewing wakes to find her husband Bobby in the shower. She tells him about the episode, which was apparently a dream, thus ret-conning the entire episode. This parodies of the famous Dallas shower scene, where an entire previous season of Dallas was ret-conned as a dream. Parick Duffy as Bobby Ewing on the main title caption from the early seasons of Dallas. ... The Southfork Ranch, home of the Ewing family The original cast of Dallas. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

Notes

• In Natick, Massachusetts, there was a factory, owned by Continental Bakeries, that made Twinkies. It was torn down in 2004 and its location is currently being made into an extension to the Natick Mall.
• This was the first episode to credit Mila Kunis for the voice of Meg Griffin.
• This episodes introduces us to the fight between Peter and the giant chicken. Peter flashes back to a fight with the giant chicken to explain to the man in the chicken costume why he doesn’t accept coupons from giant chickens.
• It is unknown why the giant chicken comes back because it was a flashback in a non-canonical episode so it is like he didn't exist "literally" until his season 4 return.

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Cultural references

• The fight between Peter and the giant chicken features numerous cliches found in action films such as fighting on a fast moving vehicle, crashing through windows and the opponent suddenly coming back to life.
• The title of the episode is based on a FOX ad campaign at the time, where “Da Boom” was supposed to be Jamaican slang for the best, or cool. (From episode guide.)
• The instrumental piece that plays during the “tribute” to those who have died during that last millennium is Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 2.
• When Stewie breaks under the pressure of the Griffins’ exodus, he says “Game over, man. Game over!” like the character Hudson (Bill Paxton) does in Aliens.
• Randy Newman was parodied as a senile man at a piano singing about everything he sees. Newman was voiced by Will Sasso, who was reprising the character from a recurring MADtv sketch.
• Awestruck by the Twinkie factory, Peter parodies the movie Contact, saying “No words...should have sent...a poet...”
• Stewie, as an octopus, climbs onto the ceiling declaring he is Fred Astaire, the famous actor/dancer. Specifically, he is referring to “You’re All the World to Me,” one of Astaire’s most famous dances, from the movie Royal Wedding. In it, a rotating room was used to enable Astaire to dance on the ceiling.
• When Peter's orders for guns have been met, he holds a hand gun while saying "A chicken in every pot, and a cap in every ass", referring to Herbert Hoover's 1928 campaign slogan "A chicken in every pot, and a car in every garage".
• Peter’s line, “When the end of the world happens you’ll have to meet those two dead bailiff ladies from Night Court, and you won't know which is which, and it will be really awkward, so bite me!” is a reference to actresses Selma Diamond and Florence Halop, who died in 1985 and 1986, respectively.
• Peter watches a special about Twinkee the Kid, where his family talk about his flamboyantly gay personality as a kid. This may be a reference to a popular slang word for gay men, twink (itself an abbreviation of the gay slang term twinkie, originally for very young, blond, pretty men).
• When Peter suggests that the family head for the Carvel factory in Framingham, Chris excitedly mentions "Fudgie the Whale! And Cookie Puss! And Cookie O'Puss! And Nutty the Chocolate Ghost!" These are the names of ice cream cakes that Carvel has offered.
• When Peter comes out dressed in the space-suit-themed outfit, Chris throws up his arms and yells "Oh my God! The government is here! Run, E.T.! Run!" and E.T. comes running across the room, with his arms in the air.

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References

• Callaghan, Steve. “Da Boom.” Family Guy: The Official Episode Guide Seasons 1–3. New York: HarperCollins, 2005. 50–52.
• Delarte, Alonso. “Nitpicking Family Guy: Season 2.” Bob’s Poetry Magazine May 2005: 8–10. http://bobspoetry.com/Bobs02My.pdf