“The Thin White Line”
Family Guy episode
Brian is exposed to cocaine.
Episode no.	Season 3 Episode 1
Guest stars	Leif Garrett, June Foray, Haley Joel Osment
Written by	Steve Callaghan
Directed by	Glen Hill
Production no.	2ACX17
Original airdate	July 11, 2001
Season 3 episodes
Family Guy - Season 3 July 11, 2001 – February 14, 2002
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"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. “Peter, Peter, Caviar Eater” is an episode from the FOX animated television series Family Guy. ... North by North Quahog is the first episode of Season 4 of Family Guy. ... The following is an episode list for the FOX animated television series Family Guy. ... The following is an episode list for the FOX animated television series Family Guy. ... Family Guy is an Emmy Award-winning American animated television series about a dysfunctional family in the fictional town of Quahog, Rhode Island. ... “Brian Does Hollywood” is an episode of Family Guy. ... Leif Per Nervik (born November 8, 1961) better known by his stage name of Leif Garrett is an American singer and actor. ... June Foray (born September 18, 1917) is an extremely versatile voice actor who has worked for most of the studios which produced animated films since the 1940s. ... Rocky the Flying Squirrel. ... Haley Joel Osment (born April 10, 1988) is an Academy Award-nominated American actor. ...

Plot summary

At a company picnic, Mr. Weed, Peter's boss, announces a competition in which he will hunt down the employees with tranquilzer darts. Mr. Weed says he has enough tranquilizer darts “to take out Robert Downey Jr.". Weed’s audience reacts with umbrage to the remark, sympathizing with Downey's drug problems. Peter is the last one standing and wins a paid vacation. Peter Löwenbräu Griffin is the protagonist in the American animated television series Family Guy. ... Robert John Downey Jr. ...

As the family gets ready to go on a cruise. Joe Swanson recognizes the strength of Brian’s nose and offers him a job as a police dog to look for drugs. Brian proves instrumental in busting a midget gang’s drug ring. Lieutenant Joseph Joe Swanson is a fictional character in the Fox animated television show Family Guy. ... Brian Griffin is a fictional character on the FOX animated television series Family Guy, and is voiced by show creator, Seth MacFarlane. ... Police dog getting ready to search a vehicle for drugs A policemans dog is a dog that is trained specifically to assist police and similar law-enforcement personnel with their work. ...

When the cops go to the airport to greet Glenn Quagmire (who had been making love with two Filipino women and a man who Glenn thought was another woman), Brian sniffs out a bystander who is secretly carrying cocaine and his reputation grows. But when Brian scents the drugs, he accidentally inhales them and becomes addicted. Glenn Quagmire (sometimes spelled Glen) is a character on the animated series Family Guy, best known for his sexual deviancy. ... Cocaine is a crystalline tropane alkaloid that is obtained from the leaves of the coca plant. ...

When Lois discovers that Brian got addicted to drugs and goes to rehab, she insists the family has to cancel the vacation to help Brian. Peter, however, joins Brian at the rehab center and causes chaos and distress, like causing premature births in pregnant teens. Lois Griffin (née Pewterschmidt) is a cartoon character on the TV show Family Guy by Seth MacFarlane. ... Substance-abuse rehabilitation is a process of medical and/or psychotherapeutic treatment, for dependency on psychoactive substances. ...

After leaving the center, Brian stuns the family when he announces that he is leaving Quahog, to move in with his cousin, Jasper, in California. This sets the stage for the next episode, “Brian Does Hollywood.” “Brian Does Hollywood” is an episode of Family Guy. ...

Notes

• This episode was originally intended to air as the second season finale, with the next episode opening the third season; Fox’s constant shuffling of the show’s schedule prevented this from happening as planned.
• The newspaper containing an article about Brian also features the headline “Scientists Mystified by Paper Rain,” presumably a reference to the confetti seen on the image illustrating the article.
• This episode's name is a reference to a thin line of cocaine many users put into to snort as well as the fact Brian, a white dog, joins the police, traditionally known as the Thin Blue Line.
• This episode and Brian Does Hollywood aired together as the third season premiere of the show in Mexico.
• The 'Pea-Tear Griffin' gag from this episode was referenced in episode 713 of 8-bit Theatre.

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Cultural references

• A flashback shows Brian watching an episode of the VH1 program Behind the Music with Leif Garrett. The show is known for documenting the post-success breakdowns of once-popular recording artists, and Garrett’s episode is one of the best-known[1].
• A fantasy sequence shows Stewie and a group of sailors singing a parody of “My Gallant Crew” from the Gilbert and Sullivan operetta HMS Pinafore.
• At the school assembly Brian is called “McGriffin, the Drug Dog,” a reference to the anti-crime mascot McGruff the Crime Dog.
• Seth MacFarlane said that Brian’s coke laugh is based on Mozart’s laugh from the movie Amadeus.
• When Peter attempts to pull Chris out of the time machine, he pulls out a lion instead. This occurrence and Peter's response--"Must've got the wrong hat!"--is a gag often used when cartoon moose Bullwinkle pulls such a dangerous animal from a magician's hat. Rocky the Flying Squirrel then shows up and says, “And now, here’s something we hope you’ll really like,” completing the oft-used segué in The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show.
• Brian refers to Lois as a “Stepford wife,” a phrase used to describe a “perfect” suburban housewife after the satirical novel The Stepford Wives by Ira Levin and its film versions.
• A flashback shows Peter as a security guard for former Beatle George Harrison, watching Charles in Charge while an intruder invades the home. Harrison was attacked in his home on December 30, 1999, by an obsessed fan named Michael "Mad Mick" Abram.
• The picture hanging on the wall of the rehab doctor’s office is the same as the one behind the Simpson family's couch.[2].

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References

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• S. Callaghan, “The Thin White Line.” Family Guy: The Official Episode Guide Seasons 1–3. New York: HarperCollins, 2005. 128–131.
• A. Delarte, “Nitpicking Family Guy: Season 3” in Bob’s Poetry Magazine, 2.August 2005: 34–35 http://bobspoetry.com/Bobs02Au.pdf

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External links

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