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Plot summary

The Griffins need a new car. Lois decides to buy one out of the classified ads, but Peter refuses, having concluded that buying a car out of the classifieds is what led to an acquaintance of his contracting herpes ten years earlier. 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. ...

Peter and Lois go to the local car dealership, where despite Lois’s advice, a salesman (Jim Kaplan the conman) convinces Peter to buy a car that is said to have had James Bond as an owner. The car maulfunctions, but Peter is abled to trade it in with one from a mafia soldier. The favor he needs to repay is simple: to take the Don's nephew, Big Fat Paulie to the movies. Peter and Big Fat Paulie become friends, but Lois says that she does not think that Big Fat Paulie is a good person, so she attemps to get Big Fat Paulie out of her life. Big Fat Paulie then puts a hit on Lois' life. But the Don's daughter is soon getting married, and Peter comes to the wedding to ask the Don to call off the hit. He screws up, getting nothing but a tiramisou.

In order to save Lois's life, Peter asks the Don to kill him instead. The Don, overwhelmed by Peter's kindness to Lois, calls off the hit entirely.

They ask the valet to bring their car around and it explodes, killing him. Peter and Lois reflect on how nobody got hurt in this incident, then the valet's vest falls from the sky.

Notes

• Despite being a 1ACX episode, Mila Kunis provides Meg’s voice, even though Lacey Chabert goes on to voice her in 1ACX11–1ACX15 before leaving.

Goofs

• When Peter says to Lois, "Have you been drinking?" the screen shakes.

• The first shot of Peters new blue car clearly shows that it is a Volkswagen Beetle, however in the next shot it is another type of car.

• When the cutaway shows English drive-by arguments, the car is driven on the right side of the road. In England, cars are driven on the left. Despite this mistake, the driver is in the correct place in the car.

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Cultural references

• When Peter is talking about taxis, a parody of the 1980s sitcom Taxi is shown.
• Peter is watching the show Dharma & Greg.
• Meg plays Linda Loman in James Woods HS's production of Death of a Salesman.
• Peter meets “the Don” at Mobster’s Bar and Grill. This is a reference to restaurants in the Federal Hill neighborhood of Providence serving as fronts for the Mafia.
• A scene showing “the mob in the movies” parodies the infamous scene in 1990 film Goodfellas in which Joe Pesci harasses Ray Liotta for calling him “funny.” After Pesci suggests if he's "George Carlin funny", or "Spin City funny", it is finally agreed that he is "Rita Rudner funny".
• Peter and Paulie watch the fictional sequel to How Stella Got Her Groove Back starring Whoopi Goldberg.
• When Paulie calls Lois crazy, Peter suggests that he didn't mean crazy like Elizabeth Taylor but rather like the glue.
• Stewie curses Entertainment Tonight and a cutaway features Bob Goen and Mary Hart's legs.
• Peter uses a copy of the magazine Entertainment Weekly as toilet paper.
• After Paulie dumps a small milk carton down Peter’s pants, Peter says “Guess I got milk!” a reference to the got milk? advertising campaign.
• A flashback shows Peter as one of the “cavity creeps” from Crest toothpaste’s 1980s television commercials.
• At the Don’s daughter’s wedding, Peter sings country singer Glen Campbell’s song “Rhinestone Cowboy.”
• When Peter gets in line to ask the Don for his favor, he meets David Schwimmer, who asked the Don for world peace.

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References

• S. Callaghan, “There’s Something About Paulie.” Family Guy: The Official Episode Guide Seasons 1–3. New York: HarperCollins, 2005. 103–107.
• A. Delarte, “Nitpicking Family Guy: Season 2” in Bob’s Poetry Magazine, 2.May 2005: 22–23 http://bobspoetry.com/Bobs02My.pdf