History Recap / FamilyGuyS2E10RunningMates

-->''(raises an axe menacingly, seeming about to kill Lois, then [[MatchCut fades to outside with Peter in the same pose]])''

'''Airdate:''' April 11, 2000

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Mr. Fargus gets fired for tossing endangered bird eggs off the roof at the annual Egg Drop. In reality, this is quite true as harming endangered species eggs is considered a serious crime (not to mention he was violated the School Board's order of taking his pills)

** Peter gives Chris some pornographic magazines which he can 'peek' at instead of girls in real life. The magazines are called 'Playpen,' which is a reference to both ''Playboy'' and ''Penthouse'' magazines.

* MistakenForMasturbating: Peter knocks on Chris's door when he hears thumping noises and walks in on Chris trying to break his paddle ball record. Subverted after Peter gives Chris some girlie magazines and leaves the room. He hears the thumping and again -- and it's not from Chris's paddle ball, as Peter has it in his hands.

* MistakenForMasturbating: Peter knocks on Chris's door when he hears thumping noises and moaning and walks in on Chris trying to break his paddle ball record. Subverted after Peter gives Chris some girlie magazines and leaves the room. He hears the thumping and moaning again -- and it's not from Chris's paddle ball, as Peter has it in his hands.

* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: Peter's campaign signs are red and Lois's are blue. That's the only difference between them, because all read "Griffin for School Board President".

* MythologyGag: Stewie sings "I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face" a reference to Creator/RexHarrison's performance in ''Theatre/MyFairLady'', which was the inspiration Stewie's voice.

* BaitAndSwitch / MatchCut

-->''(raises an axe menacingly, seeming about to kill Lois, then fades to outside with Peter in the same pose)''

* BaitAndSwitch/MatchCut

* BaitAndSwitch

-->''(raises an ax menacingly, then hammers down a campaign sign with it)''

* {{Hypocrite}}: After the first debate, Lois insists she had no choice but to humiliate Peter for her cause. After Peter's smear campaign against her, she is outraged he could be so cruel as to humiliate his own spouse for the sake of winning. Granted, one feels more guilty about it than the other, but the point still stands. That said, in Lois's case she didn't so much as "humiliate" Peter as point out he's totally unfit to lead the school board because he's both an idiot and has no interest in education. In Peter's case, his smear campaign consisted of showing off a sexy photo Lois gave him as a gift and used it to paint her as a giant slut which had nothing to do with running the school board.

* {{Hypocrite}}: After the first debate, Lois insists she had no choice but to humiliate Peter for her cause. After Peter's smear campaign against her, she is outraged he could be so cruel as to humiliate his own spouse for the sake of winning. Granted, one feels more guilty about it than the other, but the point still stands.

* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: Peter's campaign signs are red and Lois' are blue. That's the only difference between them because all read "Griffin for School Board President".

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: "Now get back in that classroom and teach your [[PrecisionFStrike Fargin']] ass off!"
** The Channel 5 newscast announcing Peter's victory begins with the title "Erection Day" in the upper left of the screen.

-->'''Peter:''' Who?

* DisproportionateRetribution: A robot shoots at a girl for not having a pass (she actually had one, but the robot fails to notice it) and later kills Mr. Fargas for the same reason.

* ForgottenFallenFriend: Non-death variation. After Peter vows to run against Lois for School Board President for the sole purpose of giving Mr. Fargas his job back, he wins, but forgets about him entirely when Lois asks him if his underhanded winning tactics were for the sake of the unbalanced teacher.

* TheStoic: Mr. Fargas, after getting on medication:
-->'''Peter''': Fargas, what happened to you? Somebody give you a fun-ectomy?\\
'''Fargas''': No, they gave me these by order of the School Board. They said it evens me out. Sorry to fly off the handle.

-->'''Lois:''' You humiliated your own wife! And for what? To get that crazy Mr. Fargas back in the classroom?

** The question is answered during the end credits. A re-employed Mr. Fargas is walking the school corridor until ED-209 asks for his pass and eventually kills him.

* DisproportionateRetribution: A robot shoots at a girl for not having a pass (she actually had one but the robot fails to notice it) and later kills Mr. Fargas for the same reason.

--> '''Peter''': Fargas, what happened to you? Somebody give you a fun-ectomy?\\

* ShoutOut: In the flashback scene to 8th grade where Peter first notices girls beginning to develop, several girls in the auditorium's breasts immediately pop up, and then after that Peter's breasts immediately pop up. A similar scene in the comedy film Mafia! occurs where the lead character wishes upon a star with a female friend, and her breasts immediately appear.
** Mr. Fargus is a take-off on Mr. Vargas from the film Fast Times at Ridgemont High.
** Peter gives Chris some pornographic magazines which he can 'peek' at instead of girls in real life. The magazines are called 'Playpen' which is a reference to both Playboy and Penthouse magazines.

** When trying to convince Meg that "winning without honor isn’t really winning at all," Lois tries to get the help of one half of the 1990s musical duo Milli Vanilli, who happens to be in the Griffins’ kitchen. This is a reference to the infamous scandal revealing that the duo did not actually sing on their album.

** During the song, Stewie flips through a photo album of his attempts at killing Lois. The last photo is a parody of the shower scene in 1960 film Psycho directed by Alfred Hitchcock.

** The "XL-K" hall pass enforcement robot is a take-off on the "ED-209" police robot from the film RoboCop.
** In order to help Peter during the scandal, Quagmire hires Democratic political consultant James Carville, made famous during Bill Clinton’s 1992 presidential campaign. Peter can’t bear to look at his face, exclaiming "did somebody open the Ark of the Covenant?" a reference to the 1981 film Raiders of the Lost Ark.

** During the debate, Peter claims that he once "joined some underprivileged youths in saving a community center from being converted into a shopping mall." Lois reminds him that he is referring not to himself but Adolfo "Shabba-Doo" Quinones in the 1984 breakdancing film Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo.

** The question is answered during the end credits. A re-employed Mr. Fargas is walking the school corridor until ED-209 asks for his pass and eventually kills him.