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* [[Characters/FamilyGuyPeterGriffin Peter Griffin]] gets into zany schemes not because he's a typical stupid sitcom father, but because he's mentally handicapped and refuses to seek treatment. This has consequences for everyone in his family. His antics routinely cost him jobs. Lois and Meg have psychological problems. Chris, already having learning difficulties, is not getting the help he needs, largely because the family is too focused on Peter.
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* [[Characters/FamilyGuyPeterGriffin Peter Griffin]] gets into zany schemes not because he's a typical stupid sitcom father, but because he's mentally handicapped and refuses to seek treatment. This has consequences for everyone in his family. His family; his antics routinely cost him jobs. jobs, Lois and Meg have psychological problems. problems, Chris, already having learning difficulties, is not getting the help he needs, largely because the family is too focused on Peter.Peter, and they all pretty much have dead-end futures.
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--> '''Brian:''' No wonder Santa lost his mind! We can't do this!
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--> '''Brian:''' No wonder Santa lost his mind! mind, this is ridiculous! We can't do this!
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* "[[Recap/FamilyGuyS12E10GrimmJob Grimm Job]]" features a more realistic telling of ''Literature/LittleRedRidingHood'', including [[spoiler:Red immediately realizing the wolf is not her grandmother, and the woodsman cutting the wolf open in a '''very''' violent manner; said woodsman is also not the hero, but a madman going house to house killing people]].
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* "[[Recap/FamilyGuyS12E10GrimmJob Grimm Job]]" features both a more realistic and darker telling of ''Literature/LittleRedRidingHood'', including [[spoiler:Red immediately realizing the wolf is not her grandmother, and the woodsman cutting the wolf open in a '''very''' violent manner; said woodsman is also not the hero, but a madman going house to house killing people]].
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* The Christmas Episode, "Road to the North Pole" deconstructs the concept of both SantaClaus and SubbingForSanta. The former is shown to be deathly ill and suicidal from being unable to keep up with the demands of people during the holidays, while his factory looks like, as Stewie put it, Bridgeport, Connecticut. When Brian and Stewie try to do the latter, they find out how impossible it is to deliver presents to the entire world when their first delivery has them essentially commit a home invasion (and waste an hour and a half) in what turned out to be the ''wrong house''.
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* The Christmas Episode, "Road "[[Recap/FamilyGuyS9E7RoadToTheNorthPole Road to the North Pole" Pole]]" deconstructs the concept of both SantaClaus and SubbingForSanta. The former is shown to be deathly ill and suicidal from being unable to keep up with the demands of people during the holidays, while his factory looks like, as Stewie put it, Bridgeport, Connecticut. When Brian and Stewie try to do the latter, they find out how impossible it is to deliver presents to the entire world when their first delivery has them essentially commit a home invasion (and waste an hour and a half) in what turned out to be the ''wrong house''.
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* "Grimm Job" features a more realistic telling of ''Literature/LittleRedRidingHood'', including [[spoiler:Red immediately realizing the wolf is not her grandmother, and the woodsman cutting the wolf open in a '''very''' violent manner; said woodsman is also not the hero, but a madman going house to house killing people]].
* "Lottery Fever" deconstructs PooledFunds by showing Peter trying to pull a Scrooge [=McDuck=] and ending up bruised and bloody. As Peter put it, a pool full of coins does not act like a liquid.
* "Meet the Quagmires" deconstructs the opening sequence of ''WesternAnimation/TheJetsons'' by having George get sick of his wife always taking his entire wallet and calling her out on it.
* "80s Guy" deconstructs several 1980s movies and their tropes. Most notably, Chris' attempt to woo a girl by emulating ''Film/SayAnything'' gets him in trouble for stalking.
* "Lottery Fever" deconstructs PooledFunds by showing Peter trying to pull a Scrooge [=McDuck=] and ending up bruised and bloody. As Peter put it, a pool full of coins does not act like a liquid.
* "Meet the Quagmires" deconstructs the opening sequence of ''WesternAnimation/TheJetsons'' by having George get sick of his wife always taking his entire wallet and calling her out on it.
* "80s Guy" deconstructs several 1980s movies and their tropes. Most notably, Chris' attempt to woo a girl by emulating ''Film/SayAnything'' gets him in trouble for stalking.
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* "Grimm Job" "[[Recap/FamilyGuyS12E10GrimmJob Grimm Job]]" features a more realistic telling of ''Literature/LittleRedRidingHood'', including [[spoiler:Red immediately realizing the wolf is not her grandmother, and the woodsman cutting the wolf open in a '''very''' violent manner; said woodsman is also not the hero, but a madman going house to house killing people]].
*"Lottery Fever" "[[Recap/FamilyGuyS10E1LotteryFever Lottery Fever]]" deconstructs PooledFunds by showing Peter trying to pull a Scrooge [=McDuck=] and ending up bruised and bloody. As Peter put it, a pool full of coins does not act like a liquid.
*"Meet "[[Recap/FamilyGuyS5E18MeetTheQuagmires Meet the Quagmires" Quagmires]]" deconstructs the opening sequence of ''WesternAnimation/TheJetsons'' by having George get sick of his wife always taking his entire wallet and calling her out on it.
*"80s Guy" "[[Recap/FamilyGuyS20E480sGuy 80's Guy]]" deconstructs several 1980s movies and their tropes. Most notably, Chris' attempt tropes.
** In order towoo get a girl by emulating girl's attention , Peter gives Chris a bunch of old [[UsefulNotes/TheEighties 80’s movies]] and tells him to do what the characters did in those movies. Sometime later Joe brings Chris home and tells them he was [[DontTryThisAtHome imitating the boombox serenade scene]] from ''Film/SayAnything'' gets by standing outside a female classmates window with a boombox playing "In Your Eyes" by Music/PeterGabriel and as a result is being charged with [[StalkerWithACrush felony stalking]].
** In one of his efforts to prove the 80’s are still relevant and timeless, Peter plays up the Wille Coyote/Road Runner dynamic with the gopher from Caddyshack. This backfires for two reasons:
*** The Gopher, in clear violation of natural instinct, does his dance routine to Kenny Loggins “I’m Alright” leaving himin trouble exposed.
*** Peter’s opening salvo to the routine is to kill the gopher with a rocket launcher. From a mere two feet away. Not only does the gopher end up as gore splattered everywhere and not only does the family admonish him forstalking.killing the poor animal, he’s the only one shocked the gopher didn’t get away in time.
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** In one of his efforts to prove the 80’s are still relevant and timeless, Peter plays up the Wille Coyote/Road Runner dynamic with the gopher from Caddyshack. This backfires for two reasons:
*** The Gopher, in clear violation of natural instinct, does his dance routine to Kenny Loggins “I’m Alright” leaving him
*** Peter’s opening salvo to the routine is to kill the gopher with a rocket launcher. From a mere two feet away. Not only does the gopher end up as gore splattered everywhere and not only does the family admonish him for
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* "The Former Life of Brian" deconstructs the "goodbye scene" at the end of ''The Wizard of Oz''; Dorothy telling Scarecrow that she'll miss him most of all in front of Tin Man and Cowardly Lion really hurt the latter two's feelings.
* In "Living on a Prayer", the opening sequence of ''Little House on the Prairie'' gets a deconstruction when Stewie trips on a rock he had no way of seeing because of how tall the grass was. He remarks that if he got a cut from said rock, it would be a death sentence because of how un-advanced medicine was in those times.
* in "Herpe The Love Sore", Peter and the guys try to fight a group of soldiers who sat in their booth and refused to budge. As a last resort, Peter tries to power himself up with spinach ala ''Popeye'', only to spend about a minute trying to open the can and cutting his thumb in the process. When he finally opens the can and eats it, nothing happens.
* "Dead Dog Walking" deconstructs FatAndProud. After getting himself trapped in an unwanted marriage, Peter cheers him up by saying that he can let himself go, now that he "never has to attract another woman again". Brian takes it too far and ends up dislocating his hip.
* In "Living on a Prayer", the opening sequence of ''Little House on the Prairie'' gets a deconstruction when Stewie trips on a rock he had no way of seeing because of how tall the grass was. He remarks that if he got a cut from said rock, it would be a death sentence because of how un-advanced medicine was in those times.
* in "Herpe The Love Sore", Peter and the guys try to fight a group of soldiers who sat in their booth and refused to budge. As a last resort, Peter tries to power himself up with spinach ala ''Popeye'', only to spend about a minute trying to open the can and cutting his thumb in the process. When he finally opens the can and eats it, nothing happens.
* "Dead Dog Walking" deconstructs FatAndProud. After getting himself trapped in an unwanted marriage, Peter cheers him up by saying that he can let himself go, now that he "never has to attract another woman again". Brian takes it too far and ends up dislocating his hip.
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* "The "[[Recap/FamilyGuyS6E11TheFormerLifeOfBrian The Former Life of Brian" Brian]]": deconstructs the "goodbye scene" at the end of ''The Wizard of Oz''; Dorothy telling Scarecrow that she'll miss him most of all in front of Tin Man and Cowardly Lion really hurt the latter two's feelings.
* In"Living "[[Recap/FamilyGuyS10E12LivinOnAPrayer Livin' on a Prayer", Prayer]]", the opening sequence of ''Little House on the Prairie'' gets a deconstruction when Stewie trips on a rock he had no way of seeing because of how tall the grass was. He remarks that if he got a cut from said rock, it would be a death sentence because of how un-advanced medicine was in those times.
*in "Herpe The In "[[Recap/FamilyGuyS12E16HerpeTheLoveSore Herpe the Love Sore", Sore]]", Peter and the guys try to fight a group of soldiers who sat in their booth and refused to budge. As a last resort, Peter tries to power himself up with spinach ala ''Popeye'', only to spend about a minute trying to open the can and cutting his thumb in the process. When he finally opens the can and eats it, nothing happens.
* "[[Recap/FamilyGuyS17E2DeadDogWalking "Dead DogWalking" Walking]]" deconstructs FatAndProud. After getting himself trapped in an unwanted marriage, Peter cheers him up by saying that he can let himself go, now that he "never has to attract another woman again". Brian takes it too far and ends up dislocating his hip.
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* "The Former Life of Brian" deconstructs the "goodbye scene" at the end of ''The Wizard of Oz''; Dorothy telling Scarecrow that she'll miss him most of all in front of Tin Man and Cowardly Lion really hurt the latter two's feelings.
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* "The Former Life of Brian" deconstructs the "goodbye scene" at the end of ''The Wizard of Oz''; Dorothy telling Scarecrow that she'll miss him most of all in front of Tin Man and Cowardly Lion really hurt the latter two's feelings.feelings.
* In "Living on a Prayer", the opening sequence of ''Little House on the Prairie'' gets a deconstruction when Stewie trips on a rock he had no way of seeing because of how tall the grass was. He remarks that if he got a cut from said rock, it would be a death sentence because of how un-advanced medicine was in those times.
* in "Herpe The Love Sore", Peter and the guys try to fight a group of soldiers who sat in their booth and refused to budge. As a last resort, Peter tries to power himself up with spinach ala ''Popeye'', only to spend about a minute trying to open the can and cutting his thumb in the process. When he finally opens the can and eats it, nothing happens.
* "Dead Dog Walking" deconstructs FatAndProud. After getting himself trapped in an unwanted marriage, Peter cheers him up by saying that he can let himself go, now that he "never has to attract another woman again". Brian takes it too far and ends up dislocating his hip.
* In "Living on a Prayer", the opening sequence of ''Little House on the Prairie'' gets a deconstruction when Stewie trips on a rock he had no way of seeing because of how tall the grass was. He remarks that if he got a cut from said rock, it would be a death sentence because of how un-advanced medicine was in those times.
* in "Herpe The Love Sore", Peter and the guys try to fight a group of soldiers who sat in their booth and refused to budge. As a last resort, Peter tries to power himself up with spinach ala ''Popeye'', only to spend about a minute trying to open the can and cutting his thumb in the process. When he finally opens the can and eats it, nothing happens.
* "Dead Dog Walking" deconstructs FatAndProud. After getting himself trapped in an unwanted marriage, Peter cheers him up by saying that he can let himself go, now that he "never has to attract another woman again". Brian takes it too far and ends up dislocating his hip.
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''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' makes a habit out of deconstructing various tropes seen in media, usually via {{Cutaway Gag}}s.
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''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' makes a habit out of deconstructing [[{{Deconstruction}} deconstructing]] various tropes seen in media, usually via {{Cutaway Gag}}s.
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* [[Characters/FamilyGuyPeterGriffin Peter Griffin]] gets into zany schemes not because he's a typical stupid sitcom father, but because he's mentally handicapped and refuses to seek treatment. This has consequences for everyone in his family. His antics routinely cost him jobs. Lois and Meg have psychological problems. Chris, already having learning difficulties, is not getting the help he needs, largely because the family is too focused on Peter.
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* The RunningGag of Meg being abused by everyone is deconstructed in later seasons by showing her going crazy and unstable from being the ButtMonkey... which became a new RunningGag.
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* The RunningGag of Meg being abused by everyone is deconstructed in later seasons by showing her going crazy and unstable from being the ButtMonkey... which became a new RunningGag. However, the episode "[[Recap/FamilyGuyS10E2SeahorseSeashellParty Seahorse Seashell Party]]" completely deconstructed Meg's abuse and how the family puts her through it because otherwise they'll turn on each other and Meg's an easier target than themselves.
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* "80s Guy" deconstructs several 1980s movies and their tropes. Most notably, Chris' attempt to woo a girl by emulating ''Film/SayAnything'' gets him in trouble for stalking.
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* "80s Guy" deconstructs several 1980s movies and their tropes. Most notably, Chris' attempt to woo a girl by emulating ''Film/SayAnything'' gets him in trouble for stalking.stalking.
* A scene in the DirectToDVD movie ''WesternAnimation/StewieGriffinTheUntoldStory'' does a [[CrossesTheLineTwice particularly nasty]] deconstruction of ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' and its AmusingInjuries, wherein Elmer Fudd is out "hunting wabbits", shoots Bugs Bunny four times in the stomach, snaps his neck amidst cries of pain, and then drags him off leaving behind a trail of blood.
* In "[[Recap/FamilyGuyS4E15BrianGoesBackToCollege Brian Goes Back to College]]" where Peter and friends became Series/TheATeam, the show's "amusing injuries" are discussed as actually life-threatening.
* In "[[Recap/FamilyGuyS4E21ITakeTheeQuagmire I Take Thee, Quagmire]]" Peter tries to get Quagmire out of a wedding by reminding him of his lustful nature, so Peter brings him the Statue of Liberty's foot. When Quagmire politely refuses, Peter rants about how difficult this stunt really was:
--->'''Peter:''' Hey. Hey. Do you have ''any'' idea what I went through to get this? A lot. A real lot. You think this is just, "Oh, here comes Peter with the Statue of Liberty’s foot. Oh, isn't that just a gas?" No. '''No.''' The reality, the real reality, of getting this together was ''staggering''. You know, this cost me '''''$437,000'''''. Don't ask me how I got it. I had to call in a whole bunch of favors from people I've never even met. So, the very least you can do is just rub up against... ''(putting his hands up in defeat)'' I don’t know.
* "The Former Life of Brian" deconstructs the "goodbye scene" at the end of ''The Wizard of Oz''; Dorothy telling Scarecrow that she'll miss him most of all in front of Tin Man and Cowardly Lion really hurt the latter two's feelings.
* A scene in the DirectToDVD movie ''WesternAnimation/StewieGriffinTheUntoldStory'' does a [[CrossesTheLineTwice particularly nasty]] deconstruction of ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' and its AmusingInjuries, wherein Elmer Fudd is out "hunting wabbits", shoots Bugs Bunny four times in the stomach, snaps his neck amidst cries of pain, and then drags him off leaving behind a trail of blood.
* In "[[Recap/FamilyGuyS4E15BrianGoesBackToCollege Brian Goes Back to College]]" where Peter and friends became Series/TheATeam, the show's "amusing injuries" are discussed as actually life-threatening.
* In "[[Recap/FamilyGuyS4E21ITakeTheeQuagmire I Take Thee, Quagmire]]" Peter tries to get Quagmire out of a wedding by reminding him of his lustful nature, so Peter brings him the Statue of Liberty's foot. When Quagmire politely refuses, Peter rants about how difficult this stunt really was:
--->'''Peter:''' Hey. Hey. Do you have ''any'' idea what I went through to get this? A lot. A real lot. You think this is just, "Oh, here comes Peter with the Statue of Liberty’s foot. Oh, isn't that just a gas?" No. '''No.''' The reality, the real reality, of getting this together was ''staggering''. You know, this cost me '''''$437,000'''''. Don't ask me how I got it. I had to call in a whole bunch of favors from people I've never even met. So, the very least you can do is just rub up against... ''(putting his hands up in defeat)'' I don’t know.
* "The Former Life of Brian" deconstructs the "goodbye scene" at the end of ''The Wizard of Oz''; Dorothy telling Scarecrow that she'll miss him most of all in front of Tin Man and Cowardly Lion really hurt the latter two's feelings.
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''Family Guy'' makes a habit out of deconstructing various tropes seen in media, usually via {{Cutaway Gag}}s.
* The Christmas Episode, "Road to the North Pole" deconstructs the concept of both SantaClaus and SubbingForSanta. The former is shown to be deathly ill and suicidal from being unable to keep up with the demands of people during the holidays, while his factory looks like, as Stewie put it, Bridgeport, Connecticut. When Brian and Stewie try to do the latter, they find out how impossible it is to deliver presents to the entire world when their first delivery has them essentially commit a home invasion (and waste an hour and a half) in what turned out to be the ''wrong house''.
--> '''Brian:''' No wonder Santa lost his mind! We can't do this!
--> '''Stewie:''' ''Nobody'' can! It's INHUMAN!
* The RunningGag of Meg being abused by everyone is deconstructed in later seasons by showing her going crazy and unstable from being the ButtMonkey... which became a new RunningGag.
* "Grimm Job" features a more realistic telling of ''Literature/LittleRedRidingHood'', including [[spoiler:Red immediately realizing the wolf is not her grandmother, and the woodsman cutting the wolf open in a '''very''' violent manner; said woodsman is also not the hero, but a madman going house to house killing people]].
* "Lottery Fever" deconstructs PooledFunds by showing Peter trying to pull a Scrooge [=McDuck=] and ending up bruised and bloody. As Peter put it, a pool full of coins does not act like a liquid.
* "Meet the Quagmires" deconstructs the opening sequence of ''WesternAnimation/TheJetsons'' by having George get sick of his wife always taking his entire wallet and calling her out on it.
* "80s Guy" deconstructs several 1980s movies and their tropes. Most notably, Chris' attempt to woo a girl by emulating ''Film/SayAnything'' gets him in trouble for stalking.
* The Christmas Episode, "Road to the North Pole" deconstructs the concept of both SantaClaus and SubbingForSanta. The former is shown to be deathly ill and suicidal from being unable to keep up with the demands of people during the holidays, while his factory looks like, as Stewie put it, Bridgeport, Connecticut. When Brian and Stewie try to do the latter, they find out how impossible it is to deliver presents to the entire world when their first delivery has them essentially commit a home invasion (and waste an hour and a half) in what turned out to be the ''wrong house''.
--> '''Brian:''' No wonder Santa lost his mind! We can't do this!
--> '''Stewie:''' ''Nobody'' can! It's INHUMAN!
* The RunningGag of Meg being abused by everyone is deconstructed in later seasons by showing her going crazy and unstable from being the ButtMonkey... which became a new RunningGag.
* "Grimm Job" features a more realistic telling of ''Literature/LittleRedRidingHood'', including [[spoiler:Red immediately realizing the wolf is not her grandmother, and the woodsman cutting the wolf open in a '''very''' violent manner; said woodsman is also not the hero, but a madman going house to house killing people]].
* "Lottery Fever" deconstructs PooledFunds by showing Peter trying to pull a Scrooge [=McDuck=] and ending up bruised and bloody. As Peter put it, a pool full of coins does not act like a liquid.
* "Meet the Quagmires" deconstructs the opening sequence of ''WesternAnimation/TheJetsons'' by having George get sick of his wife always taking his entire wallet and calling her out on it.
* "80s Guy" deconstructs several 1980s movies and their tropes. Most notably, Chris' attempt to woo a girl by emulating ''Film/SayAnything'' gets him in trouble for stalking.
