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Plot summary

A US Army recruiter visits Chris’ school, giving a picture of army life consisting of women in bikinis, money, and Oscar awards (with the disclaimer, “Your experience may differ”). Chris is impressed, and tells his parents he wants to join. They are opposed to the idea, and decide to find another activity to distract him (Lois at one point thinks Chris might want to join the Marines). The United States Army is the largest and oldest branch of the armed forces of the United States. ... 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. ... Academy Award The Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars, are the most prominent and most watched film awards ceremony in the world. ... This article is in need of attention from an expert on the subject. ... Lois Griffin (née Pewterschmidt) is a cartoon character on the TV show Family Guy by Seth MacFarlane. ...

Peter notices a metal band practicing at the school, and introduces Chris to them. They are uncertain at first, but are impressed by his scream when Peter drops a piano on Chris’ foot. The band, Splash Log, is a hit with Chris singing “Evil, Evil Monkey” at a school dance, but the noise and antisocial attitude Chris picks up bothers Lois and Peter. They discover Marilyn Manson seems to be the main influence in Chris' new behavior, so they confront Manson at the Grammy Awards. He goes back to the house to talk to Chris. Manson encourages Chris to respect his parents and be a responsible citizen. Manson suggests that Peter and Chris share an activity like fishing. Peter Löwenbräu Griffin is the protagonist in the American animated television series Family Guy. ... A number of overlapping heavy metal genres have developed since the emergence of heavy metal (often shortened to metal) in the late 1960s. ... In music, a band is a company of musicians, or musical ensemble, usually popular or folk, playing parts of or improvising a musical arrangement on different musical instruments. ... A short grand piano, with the top up. ... Marilyn Manson (born Brian Hugh Warner on January 5, 1969) is an American musician and the lead vocalist of the band Marilyn Manson. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Fishing is the activity of hunting for fish by hooking, trapping, or gathering. ...

Meanwhile, Brian is outraged by the army’s distortions and, along with Stewie, goes to the recruiting station to complain. However, Stewie is impressed by the guns and enlists himself and Brian. Brian does poorly at boot camp and plans to desert, but Stewie encourages him to stay. They pass basic training and are deployed to Iraq, but attempt to get discharged (acting gay—it fails when they find out the Army’s commander is gay—and shooting themselves in the foot). Fortunately for them, democracy abruptly kicks in exactly as George W. Bush predicted, allowing them to go home. Brian Griffin is a fictional cartoon character on the FOX animated television series Family Guy, and is voiced by show creator, Seth MacFarlane. ... Stewart Gilligan Stewie Griffin is a fictional character in the animated television series Family Guy. ... Boot Camp is a software assistant made available by Apple Inc. ... For other uses of Desertion, see Abandonment. ... George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is the 43rd and current President of the United States, inaugurated on January 20, 2001. ...

Cultural references

• The music in the army recruiting video shown to Chris’s school is a parody of Def Leppard’s hit “Pour Some Sugar on Me.”
• Brian accuses Stewie of trying to plagiarize from The Onion.
• The sergeant’s banter with Brian includes lyrics from Tina Turner’s “Private Dancer,” and Primus’ “Sgt. Baker.”
• Muddy Waters tries to pass a kidney stone; his screams of pain form a call and response with the Chicago blues band in his bathroom. The song being played is “Mannish Boy.”
• The scene showing an Iraqi terrorist about to behead an American on camera (only to be stopped by democracy kicking in in Iraq) is an obvious reference to the beheadings of Nicholas Berg, Jack Hensley, Eugene Armstrong, and Daniel Pearl.
• The boot camp scene uses some of the dialogue from similar scenes in Full Metal Jacket and An Officer and a Gentleman.
• The birthday telegram delivery by Zinedine Zidane is a reference to his headbutt of Marco Materazzi during the 2006 FIFA World Cup final.
• During the obstacle course Brian solves a Rubik’s Cube, plays Perfection, and finds Waldo.
• Also during the obstacle course, the theme to the film Stripes plays. The music to the film was written by Elmer Bernstein. The same theme appears to play in “Hell Comes to Quahog” when Brian and Stewie wreck Superstore USA with a tank.
• When the Griffins are looking for Marilyn Manson at the Grammys, some well-known musicians are seen in the background, which include Bob Geldof, Michael Jackson, MC Hammer, Ashlee Simpson, Will Smith, Jewel, and Sisqó.
• When the Grammy host annunciates that Ja Rule wins the Grammy for the biggest posse, Madonna gets jealous because she misunderstood the word “posse.”
• While in Chris’s room Lois and Peter repeat lines from a popular Wu-Tang Clan song titled “Bring Da Ruckus” found on Chris’s floor.
• When Brian and Stewie are running in boot camp, the cadence is: “West Side Story, Anything Goes, two of our favorite Broadway shows. Miss Saigon and Cabaret, over-rated, I should say.” The march then turns into choreographed dancing to “Mambo” from “The Dance at the Gym” in West Side Story.
• After a suicide bomber blows himself up near Stewie and Brian, part of Stewie’s distress call is “Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman,” an obscure soap opera satire from the mid-seventies. He also says “Charlie Tango Cash,” which references the 1989 film Tango & Cash.
• Stewie misunderstands the location of their deployment to be “Fraggle Ir-rock,” rather than Iraq.
• A cutscene mentions Gregory Peck where he is driving a car with his children, who are all Gregory Pecks.
• A reference is made to Limp Bizkit frontman Fred Durst on the sign for the Grammys, which does not welcome him.
• The scene where the drill sergeant discovers a half-eaten bird in Brian’s foot-locker parodies a similar scene in Full Metal Jacket where a jelly donut is discovered.
• After Chris falls through the floor at the school dance, Mayor West is seen playing poker with the dogs from a famous painting by C.M. Coolidge.
• The chorus in the song played by Splash Log, “Evil Monkey,” bears a striking similarity to the song “Sabbath Bloody Sabbath” by Black Sabbath.
• The poster of Marilyn Manson that Chris had in his room is a picture of Manson from the cover of his album Mechanical Animals. Peter also refers to the controversy of the cover by suggesting that Manson is a girl in his sentences after seeing the cover.
• Stewie makes a reference to Minnie Driver’s large head.
• On the Volume 5 DVD, before they go to the army recruiter, Stewie makes a reference to Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, when he asks Brian why when Yoda walks into the Emperor's office, The Emperor is sitting at a desk.