Pop Culture Connections - Outgoing

It refers to these television episodes...

Family Guy:
Season:  5  / Episode:  8 
Barely Legal

This Television Episode is referred to by Something, Something, Something, Dark Side part of Family Guy Season 8
The title of this episode comes from a Star Wars cutaway of a previous episode where the Emperor figures out successful dialog by saying, "Something, something, something, Dark Side. Something, something, something, complete."

Family Guy:
Season:  6  / Episode:  1 
Blue Harvest

This Television Episode is referred to by Something, Something, Something, Dark Side part of Family Guy Season 8
SSSDS is the "sequel" to Blue Harvest in the same way The Empire Strikes Back is the sequel to Star Wars: A New Hope.

Robot Chicken:
Season:  3  / Episode:  99 
Star Wars Episode II

This Television Episode is referred to by Something, Something, Something, Dark Side part of Family Guy Season 8
Peter and Chris fight over how good The Empire Strikes Back version of Robot Chicken was. Peter says he didn't see it, and Chris (voiced by Robot Chicken producer, Seth Green) thinks it's great.

It refers to these albums...

Jagged Little Pill
performed by Alanis Morissette

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This Album is referred to by Something, Something, Something, Dark Side part of Family Guy Season 8
The Emperor (Mr. Pewterschmidt) asks Vader (Stewie) if he want his copy of Jagged Little Pill, and says that it was part of the soundtrack of his life in 1995-1996.

Tigerlily
performed by Natalie Merchant

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  • Type: Album
This Album is referred to by Something, Something, Something, Dark Side part of Family Guy Season 8
The Emperor (Mr. Pewterschmidt) asks Vader (Stewie) if he want his copy of Tigerlily, and says that it was part of the soundtrack of his life in 1995-1996.

It parodies these movies...

Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back
part of Star Wars

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This Movie is parodied by Something, Something, Something, Dark Side part of Family Guy Season 8
SSSDS is a parody of The Empire Strikes Back.

It refers to these movies...

About Schmidt

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This Movie is referred to by Something, Something, Something, Dark Side part of Family Guy Season 8
As part of his training, Yoda asks Luke the best and worst naked scenes from a movie. Kathy Bates from About Schmidt is the worst.
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Back to the Future Part II
part of Back to the Future

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This Movie is referred to by Something, Something, Something, Dark Side part of Family Guy Season 8
After realising how terrible the ending is to The Empire Strikes Back, they add in the ending for Back to the Future II where Luke receives a letter saying the Doc is okay in 1885.

Black Snake Moan

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This Movie is referred to by Something, Something, Something, Dark Side part of Family Guy Season 8
After the power goes out, Peter starts to tell a story, "This is the Story of Black Snake Moan and Christina Ricci was tied up for some reason..." Stewie is quickly bored, so Peter tells the story of TESB instead.
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Iron Man
part of Iron Man, Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), and The Avengers

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This Movie is referred to by Something, Something, Something, Dark Side part of Family Guy Season 8
This is one of the "sweet ass DVD releases" referred to by Yoda (Carl) which is a secret to mastering the force.

Risky Business

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  • Type: Movie
This Movie is referred to by Something, Something, Something, Dark Side part of Family Guy Season 8
As part of his training, Yoda asks Luke the best and worst naked scenes from a movie. Rebecca De Mornay from Risky Business is the best.
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Rocky IV
part of Rocky

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This Movie is referred to by Something, Something, Something, Dark Side part of Family Guy Season 8
The clips and music played while Luke (Chris) is training on Dagobah with Yoda are from the movie Rocky 4 where Rocky fights the Russian.

Teen Wolf
part of Teen Wolf

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This Movie is referred to by Something, Something, Something, Dark Side part of Family Guy Season 8
As part of his training, Yoda (Carl) asks Luke (Chris) what the best scene was in Teen Wolf. Luke identifies the scene where Scott (Michael J. Fox) discovers his dad is also a wolf. Yoda said he would have also accepted the end celebration scene in which an extra allegedly exposes himself.
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Van Wilder
part of Van Wilder

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  • Type: Movie
This Movie is referred to by Something, Something, Something, Dark Side part of Family Guy Season 8
This is one of the "sweet ass DVD releases" referred to by Yoda (Carl) which is a secret to mastering the force.
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Without a Paddle

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  • Type: Movie
This Movie is referred to by Something, Something, Something, Dark Side part of Family Guy Season 8
After arguing about Robot Chicken (which Seth Green, the voice of Chris, produces), Peter says, "I've got one for you then. It's called 'Without a Paddle'", which Seth Green is also in.
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It refers to these television series...

American Idol

This Television Series is referred to by Something, Something, Something, Dark Side part of Family Guy Season 8
Luke (Chris) is raised up onto the American Idol stage while the AI theme music is playing right before the lightsaber fight with Darth Vader (Stewie).
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Dog the Bounty Hunter

This Television Series is referred to by Something, Something, Something, Dark Side part of Family Guy Season 8
In trying to decide which bounty hunter to send after Han Solo (Peter), Darth Vader (Stewie) reviews IG-88, Zuckuss, Bossk, Boba Fett (Giant Chicken), as well as Dog the Bounty Hunter, and Raggedy Andy.
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Sesame Street

This Television Series is referred to by Something, Something, Something, Dark Side part of Family Guy Season 8
The wampa (ice/snow monster on Hoth) is Cookie Monster with horns.
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Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip

This Television Series is referred to by Something, Something, Something, Dark Side part of Family Guy Season 8
Before the power goes out at the beginning, the family is watching Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip.
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Super Friends

This Television Series is referred to by Something, Something, Something, Dark Side part of Family Guy Season 8
While Luke (Chris) is training on Dagobah with Yoda, the Hall of Doom begins to rise out of the swamp, and the narrator says, "Meanwhile at the Legion of Doom" which is a parody of the old Super Friends cartoon.
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The Jetsons

This Television Series is referred to by Something, Something, Something, Dark Side part of Family Guy Season 8
At the beginning, we see ships coming out of the Star Destroyers, and then part of the Jetsons theme song is played, "His boy Elroy", and we see Elroy from the cartoon come out of the destroyer.
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Wonder Woman

This Television Series is referred to by Something, Something, Something, Dark Side part of Family Guy Season 8
When Han Solo starts firing his weapon at Darth Vader in Cloud City, Vader blocks the lasers in the style of Wonder Woman while singing part of the theme from this TV show.
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World's Wildest Police Videos

This Television Series is referred to by Something, Something, Something, Dark Side part of Family Guy Season 8
The commentary while the Millenium Falcon was running from the Tie Fighters was narrated by Sheriff John Bunnell in the style of his other show he narrated for, WWPV.
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It plays these songs...

Hold On to the Nights
performed by Richard Marx

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This Song is played in Something, Something, Something, Dark Side part of Family Guy Season 8
After bringing up Tigerlily and Jagged Little Pill (which were the Emperor's life soundtrack in 1995-96) he also mentions Hold On to the Nights.

The Imperial March
composed by John Williams

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  • Type: Song
This Song is played in Something, Something, Something, Dark Side part of Family Guy Season 8
This song is played numerous times throughout the episode.

Training Montage
written by

This Song is played in Something, Something, Something, Dark Side part of Family Guy Season 8
This is the music played while Luke (Chris) is doing the old-school training on Dagobah with Yoda while the Dark Side's Russian has all the great gym equipment.

It parodies these songs...

Turn the Beat Around
performed by Vicki Sue Robinson

This Song is parodied by Something, Something, Something, Dark Side part of Family Guy Season 8
A parody of this song is played when Leia (Lois) hears Luke (Chris) calling her while he is hanging from bottom of Cloud City. "Turn the ship around. Leia knows where Luke is. Turn it upside down..."

It refers to these songs...

Strawberry Fields Forever
performed by The Beatles

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This Song is referred to by Something, Something, Something, Dark Side part of Family Guy Season 8
While being chased by Tie Fighters Han Solo (Peter) decides to escape through an asteroid field instead of the "strawberry fields (forever)" which has the members of The Beatles in it.

It refers to these book series...

Raggedy Ann

This Book Series is referred to by Something, Something, Something, Dark Side part of Family Guy Season 8
In trying to decide which bounty hunter to send after Han Solo (Peter), Darth Vader (Stewie) reviews IG-88, Zuckuss, Bossk, Boba Fett (Giant Chicken), as well as Dog the Bounty Hunter, and Raggedy Andy.
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It shows these books...

Tuesdays with Morrie
written by

This Book is shown on Something, Something, Something, Dark Side part of Family Guy Season 8
Han Solo (Peter) can be seen reading this book when Princess Leia comes in after being scared by the mynocks (Evil Monkey) while in the space slug (Meg).

Pop Culture Connections - Incoming

It is referred to by these television episodes...

Family Guy:
Season:  10  / Episode:  16 
Killer Queen

This Television Episode refers to Something, Something, Something, Dark Side part of Family Guy Season 8
Carl (the convenience story guy) says to Brian (voiced by Family Guy creator, Seth MacFarlane), "Thanks for letting me be Yoda". This is a reference to The Empire Strikes Back parody episode.

Other Connections and Related Pop Culture

Family Guy Season 8

# Title Air Date
Family Guy
8:1 Road to the Multiverse Sep 27, 2009
8:2 Family Goy Oct 4, 2009
8:3 Spies Reminiscent of Us Oct 11, 2009
8:4 Seth & Alex's Almost Live Comedy Show Nov 8, 2009
8:4 Brian's Got a Brand New Bag Nov 8, 2009
8:5 Hannah Banana Nov 8, 2009
8:6 Quagmire's Baby Nov 15, 2009
8:7 Jerome is the New Black Nov 22, 2009
8:8 Dog Gone Nov 29, 2009
8:9 Business Guy Dec 13, 2009
8:10 Big Man on Hippocampus Jan 3, 2010
8:11 Dial Meg for Murder Jan 31, 2010
8:12 Extra Large Medium Feb 14, 2010
8:13 Go Stewie, Go Mar 14, 2010
8:14 Peter-assment Mar 21, 2010
8:15 Brian Griffin's House of Payne Mar 28, 2010
8:16 April in Quahog Apr 11, 2010
8:17 Brian & Stewie May 2, 2010
8:18 Quagmire's Dad May 9, 2010
8:19 The Splendid Source May 16, 2010
8:20 Something, Something, Something, Dark Side May 23, 2010

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