Love Thy Trophy part of Family Guy Season 2 - Pop Culture References (2000 Television Episode)

The neighbors fight over a trophy won for the best parade float, and when it ends up getting stolen, everyone in town becomes a prime suspect. Meanwhile, Meg takes a job as a waitress at a pancake restaurant to earn money for a Prada bag, and claims that Stewie is her crack-addicted son for sympathy tips.

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What Movies are referenced by this Television Episode?

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Trainspotting
part of Trainspotting

Date: February 23, 1996
Type: Movie

The end of the episode shows Stewie going through "pancake detox", and he has a hallucination of a baby (himself) crawling on the ceiling which is a parody of the scene from Trainspotting where Renton sees his girlfriend's dead baby on the ceiling

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The Ten Commandments

Date: October 5, 1956
Type: Movie

Charlton Heston (who played Moses in The Ten Commandments) says in the episode "Let my pigeons go!" which is a parody of his line from the movie, "Let my people go!"

What Books are referenced by this Television Episode?

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The Shining
written by Stephen King

Dates: 1977 - January 28, 1977
Type: Book

Stewie is seen playing with building blocks which spell out REDRUM.

What Television Episodes are referenced by this Television Episode?

It is based on these television episodes...

The Twilight Zone:
Season: 1 / Episode: 22
The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street

Date: March 4, 1960
Type: Television Episode

In addition to having Rod Sterling, writer and narrator of The Twilight Zone come on and narrate twice, this episode's plot is also based on The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street episode.

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Who's the Boss?:
Season: 1 / Episode: 2
Briefless Encounter

Date: September 27, 1984
Type: Television Episode

The theme of the harvest festival parade is "That episode of [Who's the Boss] where Tony sees Angela naked in the shower?"

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Family Guy Season 2

#	Title	Air Date
Family Guy
2:1	Peter, Peter, Caviar Eater	Sep 23, 1999
2:2	Holy Crap	Sep 30, 1999
2:3	Da Boom	Dec 26, 1999
2:5	Love Thy Trophy	Mar 14, 2000
2:6	Death is a Bitch	Mar 21, 2000
2:7	The King is Dead	Mar 28, 2000
2:8	I Am Peter, Hear Me Roar	Mar 28, 2000
2:9	If I'm Dyin', I'm Lyin'	Apr 4, 2000
2:10	Running Mates	Apr 11, 2000
2:11	A Picture is worth a 1,000 Bucks	Apr 18, 2000
2:12	Fifteen Minutes of Shame	Apr 25, 2000
2:13	Road to Rhode Island	May 30, 2000
2:14	Let's Go to the Hop	Jun 6, 2000
2:15	Dammit Janet!	Jun 13, 2000
2:16	There's Something About Paulie	Jun 27, 2000
2:17	He's Too Sexy for His Fat	Jun 27, 2000
2:18	E. Peterbus Unum	Jul 18, 2000
2:19	The Story on Page One	Jul 18, 2000
2:20	Wasted Talent	Jul 25, 2000
2:21	Fore Father	Aug 1, 2000
2:4	Brian in Love	Mar 7, 2001

Family Guy:
Season: 2 / Episode: 5
Love Thy Trophy

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