“Let’s Go to the Hop” is an episode from the second season of the FOX animated television series Family Guy. Its title is derived from the hit song “At the Hop” by Danny & the Juniors. It guest-stars Gregg Allman as himself and Fairuza Balk as Connie D'Amico. Image File history File links 2ACX04. ... Gregory Lenoir Allman (born December 8, 1947 in Nashville, Tennessee), known as Gregg Allman (sometimes spelled Greg Allman), is a rock and blues singer, keyboardist, guitarist, and songwriter, best known as a founding member of The Allman Brothers Band. ... is the 157th day of the year (158th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full 2000 Gregorian calendar). ... is the 266th day of the year (267th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the year. ... is the 213th day of the year (214th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full 2000 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. ... “Da Boom” is an episode from the second season of 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 I’m Dyin’, I’m Lyin’ â€ 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. ... “Dammit Janet!” is an episode from the second season of the FOX animated television series Family Guy. ... “There’s Something About Paulie” is an episode from the second season of the FOX animated television series Family Guy. ... “He’s 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 January 31, 1999. ... The Thin White Line is part one of the two-part season premiere of the third season of Family Guy (part two being Brian Does Hollywood. It guest-stars Leif Garrett as himself, June Foray as Rocket J. Squirrel, and Haley Joel Osment as the kid in the bathroom. ... The following is an episode list 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. ... . ... Family Guy is an Emmy Award-winning American animated television series about a dysfunctional family in the fictional town of Quahog, Rhode Island. ... Hit single by Danny & the Juniors which was released in 1957. ... Danny and the Juniors Danny & The Juniors were a Philadelphia-based quartet comprising of Danny Rapp, Dave White, Frank Mattei and Joe Terranova. ... Gregory Lenoir Allman (born December 8, 1947 in Nashville, Tennessee), known as Gregg Allman (sometimes spelled Greg Allman), is a rock and blues singer, keyboardist, guitarist, and songwriter, best known as a founding member of The Allman Brothers Band. ... Fairuza Alejandra Balk (born May 21, 1974) is an American film actress. ...

Plot summary

Lois and Peter become concerned when a toad-licking problem arises in school. After finding a toad in Chris’ pocket they suspect him, but then they discover that Meg was holding the toad for one of the popular kids in the hope that doing so would secure her a date to the Winter Snow Ball. Peter recalls his nervousness when he first asked his high school crush, Phoebe Diamond, to the prom. Later, Lois and Peter decide they need to do something to protect their kids from this drug problem. So, Peter talks with Meg’s principal about it and arrives at school the next day as “Lando Griffin”, an undercover student, no relation to Meg Griffin. Lois Griffin (born as Lois Pewterschmidt) is a cartoon character on the TV show Family Guy by Seth MacFarlane. ... Peter Löwenbräu Griffin is the protagonist in the American animated television series Family Guy. ... Psychoactive toad is a name used for toads from which psychoactive substances from the family of bufotoxins can be derived. ... Christopher Cross Chris Griffin (born 1993, in Quahog, Rhode Island) is the second child of Peter and Lois Griffin in the TV cartoon series Family Guy. ... Megan Meg Griffin is a cartoon character on the TV show Family Guy by Seth MacFarlane. ... Look up Undercover in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

Before long, Peter (as Lando) actually succeeds in convincing the kids at James Woods High that it’s not cool to lick toad. Meg, seeing an opportunity, tells the cool kids that Lando has asked her to the Winter Snow Ball, which immediately increases her popularity. Meanwhile, Peter seems to be enjoying his “high school” experience and persona a little too much. In fact, when Meg shows up at school on the day of the big dance, she is stunned to learn that “Lando” is, in fact, going to the Winter Snow Ball with Connie, a member of the popular clique. This article is about social groups, for other uses see Clique (disambiguation). ...

Things get “too real” for Peter.

Lois can’t believe Peter’s preposterous behavior until Brian explains that Peter has transferred his feelings for his old crush, Phoebe, onto Connie. Against Lois’ wishes, Peter sneaks out to go to the dance. Lois encourages Meg to go to the dance by herself. When Peter (as Lando) and Connie are crowned king and queen of the Winter Snow Ball, Peter uses the opportunity to tell the crowd that Meg was really his first choice as a date for the dance. This gets Meg lots of the attention she was seeking. “Lando” then drives recklessly off into the night, never to be heard from again. The next day, the news reports that “Lando” died when he went off Dead Man’s Curve. Although no body was found, the police decided it was best to not ask questions and get on with life. Meg is sort of cool at school and the yearbook is dedicated to Lando. Image File history File links FGLetsGototheHop. ... Image File history File links FGLetsGototheHop. ... Brian Griffin is a fictional character on the FOX animated television series Family Guy, and is voiced by show creator, Seth MacFarlane. ...

Notes

• While some toads do produce venom that can cause a psychoactive effect (see psychoactive toad), merely licking the toad would not likely produce a strong effect. Also, there is no actual species of toad called the “Colombian Spotted Toad”; this toad was deliberately made up with a fictional effect being given when licked.
• At the beginning of the episode the two parachuting Colombians speak ungrammatical Spanish with Korean subtitles. The first Columbian says, “When the [lady] boss hears about this, we’re dead.” The second asks, “Did you remember to close the garage door this morning?” The Korean subtitles are 1. “사장이 알면 우리는 파리 목숨이야!” and 2. “너 오늘아침 차고문 닫은것 기억하니?”; they say something similar to what is said in Spanish.
• During the cutaway to the United States Supreme Court, it is implied that David Souter is the newest justice, and there are two women justices shown. However, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the second woman ever to serve on the court, was not appointed until after Souter.
• When Meg is in her room with both her parents, being scolded about being in possession of a toad, the sky outside the windows denotes a mid-day lighting. When the “reference” to the judges’ acceptance ceremony is over, however, night has fallen.
• At the end of the episode, the flagpole outside James Woods High School is flying the American flag at half-staff, in memory of the “deceased” Lando Griffin.
• The bondage costume Lois wears in this episode (when she and Peter are discussing what to do about the school drug problem while preparing for S&M role-playing) would later be worn by Lois in Peter's Two Dads (on the cutaway of Stewie being put on a rack in the basement and tortured for pleasure by Lois).
• When Peter is singing on the table, his entire torso shrinks, most noticebly his head.
• At the dance in the background there is a black version of Phoebe Diamond, Peter’s high school crush.

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Cultural references

• Peter encounters Spider-Man. When he is sneaking out of his room he falls and is caught in a web hammock. (Spider-Man’s costume colors are slightly off.) Peter responds with "Thanks Spider-Man!" and Spider-man says "Everybody gets one." Spider-Man later saves Cleveland in "Believe It or Not, Joe's Walking on Air".
• The effects of toad-licking cause one of the teenagers to "finally get" Aaron Sorkin’s cult television show Sports Night: "It's a comedy that's too good to be funny," referring to the show's complex but dry humor.
• The Griffins watch a Doublemint Gum commercial featuring conjoined twins, a parody of the brand’s commercials featuring identical twins.
• A slang term for licking toads is "Doing Kermit", a reference to Kermit the Frog.
• The anti-toad licking public service announcement parodies a classic Tootsie Pop ad.
• In a cutaway to “the good old days” of public education a girl correctly recites the quadratic formula, causing the class to deem her a witch and stone her. This is a reference to the Salem witch trials and the atmosphere of sexism and paranoia that facilitated it.
• Lando fakes his way through saying slang terms, one of them being "Poppin' Fresh", a reference to Pillsbury.
• Peter attempts to imitate Happy Days character Fonzie by saying the catch phrase "Aaaay" and pounding on a jukebox in order to get it to start. (However, it doesn't work, and in his second attempt, he breaks the jukebox, causing glass shards to get stuck in his hand.)
• When Peter goes to detention, he exclaims, "Holy crap! It's the Breakfast Club!" However, instead of the gang from the 1985 teen movie, he sees several breakfast cereal mascots including Toucan Sam, Tony the Tiger, the Trix Rabbit, Lucky the Leprechaun, and Cap'n Crunch.
• When Meg confronts "Lando" about why he has broken his promise to take her to the dance, he says “Something suddenly came up!” This is what Marcia Brady's date said to her when he changed his mind about taking her to the dance after her nose was broken with a football and swelled up, on The Brady Bunch.
• "Lando" says goodbye to his classmates saying "I will ride recklessly into the night, and up Dead Man's Curve", parodying the climax of the 1982 movie Grease 2.
• At the end of the episode, Peter walks across the football field. He punches his fist into the air and the picture fades to black. This is a parody of the ending of The Breakfast Club. "Don’t You Forget About Me" by Simple Minds is also played, again parodying the ending of the film.
• When Peter sneaks off to the dance and has the tape recorder rigged up underneath his covers, this is a reference to Ferris Bueller's Day Off.
• The music cue heard when Peter sneaks out of the house until he loses his balance seems to be a stab at the music from The Raccoons.

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Musical References

• Peter spray paints “Thompson Twins Rule” on a school wall, referring to a 1980s new wave band.
• The song “Give Up the Toad Now” is based on “You’re the One That I Want” from the 1978 film Grease.
• Peter resolves to “fight for my right to party,” referencing the Beastie Boys’ 1986 release “You Gotta Fight for Your Right (To Party).”
• Peter’s sneaking out of his room is a parody of Fast Times at Ridgemont High’s Stacey sneaking out of her house, with the soundtrack featuring a sound-alike of Jackson Browne’s “Somebody's Baby,” which is featured in the original movie.
• The song being played at the dance is “Get Outta My Dreams, Get into My Car” by Billy Ocean.
• The name of the episode-Let's go to the Hop- is also a 1950s song by the same name.

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References

• S. Callaghan, “Let’s Go to the Hop.” Family Guy: The Official Episode Guide Seasons 1–3. New York: HarperCollins, 2005. 86–89.
• A. Delarte, “Nitpicking Family Guy: Season 2” in Bob’s Poetry Magazine, 2.May 2005: 20–21 http://bobspoetry.com/Bobs02My.pdf