“North by North Quahog”
Family Guy episode
Peter goes on the run as in North by Northwest.
Episode no.	Season 4 Episode 1
Written by	Seth Macfarlane
Directed by	Peter Shin
Guest stars	Don LaFontaine Hunter Gomez Bill Ratner Rick Kuhlman André Sogliuzzo
Production no.	4ACX01
Original airdate	May 1, 2005 (FOX)
Season 4 episodes
Family Guy - Season 4 May 1, 2005 – May 21, 2006
North by North Quahog Fast Times at Buddy Cianci, Jr. High Blind Ambition Don't Make Me Over The Cleveland-Loretta Quagmire Petarded Brian the Bachelor 8 Simple Rules for Buying My Teenage Daughter Breaking Out Is Hard to Do Model Misbehavior Peter's Got Woods Perfect Castaway Jungle Love PTV Brian Goes Back to College The Courtship of Stewie's Father The Fat Guy Strangler The Father, the Son, and the Holy Fonz Brian Sings and Swings Patriot Games I Take Thee Quagmire Sibling Rivalry Deep Throats Peterotica You May Now Kiss the...Uh...Guy Who Receives Petergeist Untitled Griffin Family History Stewie B. Goode (1) Bango Was His Name Oh! (2) Stu and Stewie's Excellent Adventure (3)
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“North by North Quahog” is the first episode of the fourth season of Family Guy and is the first new episode of Family Guy after the series revival. It premiered at University of Vermont in Burlington at a special screening on April 28, 2005^[1] and was first broadcast publicly on Fox on May 1, 2005. The episode accumulated a Nielsen rating/share of 6.3/9 on its first airing, making it the most-watched episode in the series.^[2] In the opening scene, Peter jabs at FOX by listing all the shows that were premiered and then canceled on FOX while Family Guy was off the air. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (975x729, 592 KB)Peter Griffin being chased by a crop duster in this North by Northwest spoof in the Family Guy episode North by North Quahog. ... North by Northwest (1959) is a comic thriller by Alfred Hitchcock produced at MGM. It was premiered in the San Sebastian International Film Festival. ... 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The episode’s plot revolves around Peter and Lois as they try to help their marriage by taking a second honeymoon, but the two are chased by Mel Gibson after Peter steals the sequel to The Passion of the Christ from Gibson’s private hotel room. Much of the plot and many of the technical aspects of the episode, as well as the title, are direct parodies of the 1959 Alfred Hitchcock movie North by Northwest. Peter Löwenbräu Griffin is the protagonist in the American animated television series Family Guy. ... Lois Griffin (née Pewterschmidt) is a cartoon character on the TV show Family Guy by Seth MacFarlane. ... A honeymoon is the traditional trip taken by newlyweds to celebrate their marriage with seclusion and sexual intimacy. ... Mel Columcille Gerard Gibson (born January 3, 1956) is an American-born actor, director and producer. ... This article is about the film. ... See also: 1958 in film 1959 1960 in film 1950s in film 1960s in film years in film film Events The Three Stooges make their 180th and last short film, Sappy Bullfighters. ... Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock KBE (August 13, 1899 â€“ April 29, 1980) was an iconic and highly influential British-born film director and producer who pioneered many techniques in the suspense and thriller genres. ... North by Northwest (1959) is a comic thriller by Alfred Hitchcock produced at MGM. It was premiered in the San Sebastian International Film Festival. ...

Like the very first episode of the series, “Death Has a Shadow,” “North by North Quahog” was written by Seth MacFarlane and directed by Peter Shin, who won an Annie Award for Directing in an Animated Television Production for this episode. The episode itself is regarded as one of the best Family Guy episodes and was nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Animated Program. “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. ... Seth Woodbury MacFarlane (born October 26, 1973) is a two-time Emmy-winning American animator, screenwriter, producer, actor, comedian and voice actor. ... Peter Shin is the: supervising director of Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story director of Big Bug Man. ... The Annie Awards are given to an animation award show created by the International Animated Film Society ASIFA-Hollywood, and are animations highest honor[1]. Originally designed to celebrate lifetime or career contributions to animation in the fields of producing, directing, animation, design, writing, voice acting, sound and sound... An Emmy Award. ...

Plot summary

Lois and Peter are having sex in their squeaky bed, much to the horror of their children, when Lois yells out George Clooney's name. Upset that their relationship has gotten so dull that Lois has to fantasize about other men, Peter decides that the two should go on a second honeymoon to put the spark back into their marriage. Lois Griffin (née 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. ... For other uses, see Bed (disambiguation). ... George Timothy Clooney (born May 6, 1961) is an American actor, director, producer and screenwriter who gained fame as one of the lead doctors in the long-running television drama, ER (1994–99), as Anthony Edwardss best friend and partner, Dr. Douglas Doug Ross, but is best known for...

While the two are on their way to their vacation spot, Peter crashes the car into a tree when he decides to read a comic book while driving. They are forced to spend all their honeymoon money on repairs. Peter feels they should head for home, feeling his plans won't work out at this rate, until he finds out about Mel Gibson’s personal suite at a swanky hotel. Peter then poses as Mel Gibson in order to get the room, which seems to be the ideal place for a honeymoon. In the suite, they try to rekindle the spark by making love again; however, Lois calls out Mel’s name. Seeing that their honeymoon idea isn't working as he hoped, Peter once again opts to head home early. Mel Columcille Gerard Gibson (born January 3, 1956) is an American-born actor, director and producer. ...

As they are about to leave, Peter accidentally stumbles upon Gibson's private screening room and view the trailer to Gibson's newest film, Passion of the Christ 2: Crucify This, a fictional sequel to The Passion of the Christ, in which Jesus and Chris Tucker's character from Rush Hour engage in high-speed car chases and shoot-outs against the police. In order to spare the world from “two hours of sacrelengen,” Peter steals the film. As the two are leaving the hotel, however, they are spotted by two priests, Gibson's associates, who were there to pick up the film. This article is about the film. ... Christopher Tucker (born August 31, 1972) is an American actor and comedian. ... “Rush Hour” redirects here. ...

Peter and Lois are pursued by the priests in a car chase that leads through a shopping mall. After they elude the two cronies, Peter buries the film in a cornfield. While he is doing so, the priests fly down in a cropduster as in North by Northwest, and kidnap Lois. Peter is given a message telling him if he does not return the film to Mel Gibson at his estate on top of Mount Rushmore, Lois will be killed. Aerial application, referred to by many as crop dusting, involves spraying crops with fertilizers, pesticides, and fungicides from an agricultural aircraft. ... North by Northwest (1959) is a comic thriller by Alfred Hitchcock produced at MGM. It was premiered in the San Sebastian International Film Festival. ... For the 1960s rock band, see Mount Rushmore (band). ...

Peter arrives at the house and gives Gibson a film can. As Peter and Lois are about to leave, however, Gibson discovers that the film has been replaced with dog turds, leading to a chase on the face of the mountain. Being held at gunpoint, Peter tells Gibson that the film is in President Rushmore's mouth and points to the other side of the monument. Gibson follows Peter's direction and walks off the edge to his death. Upon climbing back to the top of the mountain, the two make love on George Washington's head, bringing the spark back to their marriage. George Washington (February 22, 1732 – December 14, 1799)[1] led Americas Continental Army to victory over Britain in the American Revolutionary War (1775–1783), and in 1789 was elected the first President of the United States of America. ...

In the subplot, Brian is left in charge of the kids while Peter and Lois are gone, though he is unable to keep Chris and Meg under control until Stewie offers him advice. The two team up to manage the home, which turns them into a traditional couple. Brian and Stewie chaperone a dance at Chris's school. During the dance, Chris is caught with vodka in the bathroom that actually belongs to Tom Tucker's son, Jake. Though Brian and Stewie ground Chris for nearly succumbing to peer pressure, they go out to clear his name. A friendly visit to the Tuckers’ house the next day makes the situation worse, so Brian and Stewie plant drugs in Jake’s locker. Look up advice in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Stewart Gilligan Stewie Griffin is a fictional character in the animated television series Family Guy. ... 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. ... For other uses, see Dance (disambiguation). ... Vodka bottling machine, Shatskaya Vodka Shatsk, Russia Vodka (Polish: wódka, Russian: водка) is one of the worlds most popular distilled beverages. ... A typical American bathroom A bathroom is a room that may have different functions depending on the cultural context. ... Quahog 5 is the local television station the FOX network TV show Family Guy. ... Bold textBold text Look up locker in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

Voiceovers

• The Mel Gibson character was not voiced by Gibson himself, but by Andre Sogliuzzo.^[3]
• Don LaFontaine provided the voice for his own character.^[4]

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Cultural references

While most of the episode is a spoof of Hitchcock's North by Northwest, several other aspects of the plot are parodies of other films and pop culture as a whole. The chase scene in the shopping mall is a direct parody of the similar scene in The Blues Brothers and includes the music from the original scene. The fictional sequel to The Passion of the Christ stars Jim Caviezel (whose last name appears spelt as "Caviziel" on-screen, as if the production crew did not know how to spell it) and Chris Tucker and spoofs Tucker's previous buddy cop films Rush Hour and Rush Hour 2, with Caviezel replacing Jackie Chan. Also, Peter tells Lois that prostitutes' vision is based on movement, a reference to the Tyrannosaurus Rex in Jurassic Park, and Brian reads a novelization of the film Caddyshack. In another scene, Geppetto is shown as a pedophile trying to get Pinocchio to lie and grow his nose into Geppetto's rear. While dragging his buttocks across Tom Tucker's living room rug, Brian refers to himself as Benji. This article does not cite any references or sources. ... James Patrick Caviezel (born September 26, 1968 in Mount Vernon, Washington) is a movie actor with a wide variety of film roles to his credit. ... Christopher Tucker (born August 31, 1972) is an American actor and comedian. ... The Buddy Cop subgenre of buddy films are actions films with plots involving two men of very different and conflicting personalities who are forced to work together to solve a crime and/or defeat criminals, sometimes learning from each other in the process. ... “Rush Hour” redirects here. ... Rush Hour 2 is a 2001 martial arts/buddy cop film starring Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker. ... Chan Kong-Sang (Simplified Chinese: ; Traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: ), also known as Jackie Chan Sing Lung (Simplified Chinese: ; Traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: ) or Jackie Chan SBS, (born on April 7, 1954) is a Chinese martial artist, action star, actor, director, screenwriter, film producer, singer and stunt performer. ... Binomial name Tyrannosaurus rex Osborn, 1905 Synonyms Manospondylus gigas Dynamosaurus imperiosus Dinotyrannus megagracilis Nanotyrannus lancensis? Tyrannosaurus (IPA pronunciation or ; from the Greek τυραννόσαυρος, meaning tyrant lizard) is a genus of tyrannosaurid theropod dinosaur. ... Jurassic Park is a 1993 science fiction film directed by Steven Spielberg, based on the novel of the same name by Michael Crichton. ... Caddyshack is a 1980 U.S. comedy film directed by Harold Ramis and written by Brian Doyle-Murray, Ramis and Douglas Kenney. ... Pedophilia, paedophilia, or pædophilia (see spelling differences), is the paraphilia of being sexually attracted primarily or exclusively to pre-pubescent children. ... Pinocchio is the second animated feature in the Disney animated features canon. ... Bottom commonly refers to the human buttocks but also has other uses. ... For village in India, see Benji Village. ...

The episode contains many other references outside of film, including television and print. While watching Two and a Half Men, (Two men and a man who got sliced in half), Meg tells Chris that she wants to watch The George Lopez Show, only for Chris to retort by saying the show furthers the stereotype that George Lopez is funny. When Peter crashes the car on the way to Cape Cod, he is reading from a Jughead comic book. Also, Stewie reads from a Garfield comic book. Two and a Half Men is an Emmy-nominated television sitcom centered around a freewheeling bachelor, Charlie, whose carefree lifestyle is interrupted when his newly separated brother, Alan, moves in, along with Alans son Jake. ... Promotional photo with the cast of The George Lopez Show The George Lopez Show is an ABC sitcom starring George Lopez. ... George C. Lopez (born April 23, 1961) is an American comedian and actor. ... This article is about the area of Massachusetts known as Cape Cod. For other uses, see Cape Cod (disambiguation). ... Forsythe Pendleton Jughead Jones III is a fictional character in Archie Comics, first appearing in December 1941. ... This article is about the comic strip. ...

In the final scene of the episode, the recurring character The Greased Up Deaf Guy makes an appearance and breaks the fourth wall by waving to the audience and saying, "It's good to be back, America!" This is a self-reference regarding the show's cancellation and subsequent revival and return to television. These are characters from the animated TV series Family Guy. ... The fourth wall is the imaginary invisible wall at the front of the stage in a proscenium theater, through which the audience sees the action in the world of the play. ...

References

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External links

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• "North by North Quahog" at the Internet Movie Database
• "North by North Quahog" at IGN.com

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