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* EmasculatedCuckold: George Wilson already had it rough with his wife cheating on him, but Tom Buchanan just had to rub it in.
-->'''Tom:''' [''tossing a wad of money at George''] Have fun raising my bastard!
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* AdaptationalWimp: Curley (played by Quagmire) doesn't put up nearly as much of a fight against Lenny (Chris) compared to the original novel. [[CurbStompBattle Here, his hand is quickly crushed by a nonchalant Lenny before Curley could even land a hit.]]

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* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: When Jim orders Duke and King to leave they're left awkwardly floating next to him and Huck, with Duke pointing out how difficult it is to increase speed on a raft.



* WrapAround: Peter presents the stories while in a mansion. He gets locked in a library by the owner after crashing his car into the mansion, tries to hide from police in the attic, and gets arrested.

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* WrapAround: Peter presents the stories while in a mansion. He gets locked in a library by the owner after crashing his car into the mansion, tries to hide from police in the attic, and gets arrested.arrested.
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* AdaptationalJerkass: George, in the original novel, legitimately cared about Lenny, and emotionally struggled with having to MercyKill him; in this, George (played by Stewie) has very little sympathy for Lenny, mostly viewing him as a means to fulfill his own goals, and in the end, executes him without much concern.

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* AdaptationalJerkass: George, in the original novel, legitimately cared about Lenny, and emotionally struggled with having to MercyKill him; in this, George (played by Stewie) has very little sympathy for Lenny, mostly viewing him as a means to fulfill his own goals, and in the end, executes him without much concern.compunction.

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* AdaptationalJerkass: George, in the original novel, legitimately cared about Lenny, and emotionally struggled with having to MercyKill him; in this, George (played by Stewie), has absolutely no issue killing Lenny, and is generally all together unsympathetic to him.

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* AdaptationalJerkass: George, in the original novel, legitimately cared about Lenny, and emotionally struggled with having to MercyKill him; in this, George (played by Stewie), Stewie) has absolutely no issue killing very little sympathy for Lenny, mostly viewing him as a means to fulfill his own goals, and is generally all together unsympathetic to him.in the end, executes him without much concern.


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* LaserGuidedKarma: After crashing into a house, terrorizing the family who owns it, and raiding their belongings, Peter ends up getting arrested by the police; to top it off, after insulting the police officers, he gets his nose broken. [[note]] Ironically, in an alternate ending, he [[KarmaHoudini escapes the police]], and holds a doctor at gunpoint to treat a bullet he caught in the leg. [[/note]]


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* TooDumbToLive: In the between segments, Peter hides in the attic from the police, and sees a trunk of clothes, and instead of staying quiet, decides to put on a chef's outfit, and loudly play out a scenario. It goes about as well as you'd expect.

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* AdaptationalNiceGuy: Tom Buchanan (played by Peter) is portrayed here as being a bit stuffy and pretentious, and there's an offhanded mention of DomesticAbuse on his part, [[InformedFlaw but we never actually see that part]] and Tom overall acts like the OnlySaneMan pointing out the weird inconsistencies in the plot. All of this is a far cry from the brutish, racist bully he was in the original novel.

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* AdaptationalNiceGuy: AdaptationalNiceGuy:
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Tom Buchanan (played by Peter) is portrayed here as being a bit stuffy and pretentious, and there's an offhanded mention of DomesticAbuse on his part, [[InformedFlaw but we never actually see that part]] and Tom overall acts like the OnlySaneMan pointing out the weird inconsistencies in the plot. All of this is a far cry from the brutish, racist bully he was in the original novel.novel.
** In the novel, Wilson (played by Joe) was also a DomesticAbuser. Here, he shows none of that toward his wife.



* AdaptedOut: Nick (Stewie) acknowledges that he and Jordan (Meg) went on a few dates in the book. He then announces that they're going to skip all that.



* ContrivedCoincidence: As Nick (Stewie) points out, it's quite a "weird coincidence" that Gatsby (Brian)'s new friend just so happens to be cousins with the girl Gatsby has been in love with for years.



* {{Hypocrite}}: Gatsby tells Nick that he's getting a "funny vibe" from him. Nick is quick to point out that Gatsby was the one who invited him to the docks, alone, at night.



* LiteralMinded: PlayedForLaughs in a conversation between Curley's Wife (Meg) and Lenny (Chris):
-->'''Curley's Wife:''' I want you to destroy me.\\
'''Lenny:''' Okay! (''[[NeckSnap breaks her neck]]'')



** And in ''Of Mice and Men'', Brian is the puppy who Chris/Lennie accidentally crushes to death.

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** And in ''Of Mice and Men'', Brian is the puppy who Chris/Lennie accidentally [[DoesNotKnowHisOwnStrength accidentally]] crushes to death.



* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: When Jim orders Duke and King to leave they're left awkwardly floating next to him with Quagmire pointing out how difficult it is to increase speed on a raft.

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* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: When Jim orders Duke and King to leave they're left awkwardly floating next to him and Huck, with Quagmire Duke pointing out how difficult it is to increase speed on a raft.
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* NouveauRiche: ''The Great Gatsby's'' use of this trope is mocked here; OldMoney Tom Buchanan's mansion is said to be "[[NotSoDifferent equally large and fancy]] [[InformedAttribute yet imperceptibly classier]]" in comparison to nouveau riche Gatsby's. Tom even explicitly says to Gatsby, "I think you're a trash because you earned your money a little bit more recently than me", showing just how shallow and snobby someone would have to be to care about this sort of thing.

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* NouveauRiche: ''The Great Gatsby's'' use of this trope is mocked here; OldMoney Tom Buchanan's mansion is said to be "[[NotSoDifferent "[[NotSoDifferentRemark equally large and fancy]] [[InformedAttribute yet imperceptibly classier]]" in comparison to nouveau riche Gatsby's. Tom even explicitly says to Gatsby, "I think you're a trash because you earned your money a little bit more recently than me", showing just how shallow and snobby someone would have to be to care about this sort of thing.
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* TheCon: How the Duke and the King (Joe and Quagmire, respectively) introduce themselves to Huck and Jim:
-->'''The Duke:''' Hi, we're fake-selling the Brooklyn Bridge!\\
'''The King:''' Don't call it "fake-selling!"\\
'''The Duke:''' We're REAL-selling the Brooklyn Bridge!\\
'''The King:''' Stop qualifying the selling!



* LandmarkSale: How the Duke and the King (Joe and Quagmire, respectively) introduce themselves to Huck and Jim:
-->'''The Duke:''' Hi, we're fake-selling the Brooklyn Bridge!\\
'''The King:''' Don't call it "fake-selling!"\\
'''The Duke:''' We're REAL-selling the Brooklyn Bridge!\\
'''The King:''' Stop qualifying the selling!

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* RealityEnsues: When Jim orders Duke and King to leave they're left awkwardly floating next to him with Quagmire pointing out how difficult it is to increase speed on a raft.


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* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: When Jim orders Duke and King to leave they're left awkwardly floating next to him with Quagmire pointing out how difficult it is to increase speed on a raft.
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* AdaptaionalJerkass: George, in the original novel, legitimately cared about Lenny, and emotionally struggled with having to MercyKill him; in this, George (played by Stewie), has absolutely no issue killing Lenny, and is generally all together unsympathetic to him.

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* AdaptaionalJerkass: AdaptationalJerkass: George, in the original novel, legitimately cared about Lenny, and emotionally struggled with having to MercyKill him; in this, George (played by Stewie), has absolutely no issue killing Lenny, and is generally all together unsympathetic to him.
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* AdaptaionalJerkass: George, in the original novel, legitimately cared about Lenny, and emotionally struggled with having to MercyKill him; in this, George (played by Stewie), has absolutely no issue killing Lenny, and is generally all together unsympathetic to him.
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While hiding out in an unnamed man's house, Peter regales the audience with three retellings of American classic novels (all of which, at one point or another, have been taught in -- and sometimes banned from -- American [[TitleDrop high school English]] classes: ''Literature/TheGreatGatsby'' (with Brian as Jay Gatsby), ''Literature/AdventuresOfHuckleberryFinn'' (with Peter as Finn and Chris as Tom Sawyer) and ''Literature/OfMiceAndMen'' (with Stewie as George and Chris as Lenny).

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While hiding out in an unnamed man's house, Peter regales the audience with three retellings of American classic novels (all of which, at one point or another, have been taught in -- and sometimes banned from -- American [[TitleDrop high school English]] classes: classes): ''Literature/TheGreatGatsby'' (with Brian as Jay Gatsby), ''Literature/AdventuresOfHuckleberryFinn'' (with Peter as Finn and Chris as Tom Sawyer) and ''Literature/OfMiceAndMen'' (with Stewie as George and Chris as Lenny).
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A retelling of three novels: ''Literature/TheGreatGatsby'' (with Brian as Jay Gatsby), ''Literature/AdventuresOfHuckleberryFinn'' (with Peter as Finn and Chris as Tom Sawyer) and ''Literature/OfMiceAndMen'' (with Stewie as George and Chris as Lenny).

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A retelling of While hiding out in an unnamed man's house, Peter regales the audience with three novels: retellings of American classic novels (all of which, at one point or another, have been taught in -- and sometimes banned from -- American [[TitleDrop high school English]] classes: ''Literature/TheGreatGatsby'' (with Brian as Jay Gatsby), ''Literature/AdventuresOfHuckleberryFinn'' (with Peter as Finn and Chris as Tom Sawyer) and ''Literature/OfMiceAndMen'' (with Stewie as George and Chris as Lenny).
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* RealityEnsues: When Jim orders Duke and King to leave they're left awkwardly floating next to him with Quagmire pointing out how difficult it is to increase speed on a raft.
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** Stewie is AmbiguouslyGay in both "The Great Gatsby" and "Of Mice and Men"


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* CompositeCharacter: Slim is the ranch owner in "Of Mice and Men" instead of Curly's father.
* CompressedAdaptation: "Of Mice and Men" happens over the course of seconds, invoking a large amount of ComedicSociopathy in the process.
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* MisplacedRetribution: This trope's use in ''Gatsby'' is lampshaded here:
-->'''George Wilson:''' "You were standing earlier in the day next to the car that hit my wife!" *''BangBangBang''*


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* SparedByTheAdaptation: George Wilson does not commit suicide here like he does in the book.
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* LandmarkSale: How the Duke and the King (Joe and Quagmire, respectively) introduce themselves to Huck and Jim:
-->'''The Duke:''' Hi, we're fake-selling the Brooklyn Bridge!\\
'''The King:''' Don't call it "fake-selling!"\\
'''The Duke:''' We're REAL-selling the Brooklyn Bridge!\\
'''The King:''' Stop qualifying the selling!


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* NWordPrivileges: Poked at twice in ''Huck Finn'':
** When Huck and Jim first meet, Huck asks the slave, "What's one half of your name?" This is based on [[BeamMeUpScotty a common misconception people have about the book]], specifically assuming that Jim's name is "N**ger Jim." While the N-word is used ''a lot'' in the book (210 times, to be exact), the character's name is only ever given as Jim.
** Later on, Huck asks Jim if it's okay to say the word if you spell it with an "a."

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* AdaptationalNiceGuy: Tom Buchanan (played by Peter) is portrayed here as being a bit stuffy and pretentious, and there's an offhanded mention of DomesticAbuse on his part, [[InformedFlaw but we never actually see that part]] and Tom overall acts like the OnlySaneMan pointing out the weird inconsistencies in the plot. All of this is a far cry from the brutish, racist bully he was in the original novel.
* AdaptationalSexuality: Not in the normal sense, but in ''Of Mice And Men'' Curley's Wife, played by Meg, is portrayed as a total slut, whereas in the book she was more lonely and upset at Curley, not so much flirting with Lennie as confiding in him before inviting him to stroke her hair.



* AdaptationalSexuality: Not in the normal sense, but in ''Of Mice And Men'' Curley's Wife, played by Meg, is portrayed as a total slut, whereas in the book she was more lonely and upset at Curley, not so much flirting with Lennie as confiding in him before inviting him to stroke her hair.



* HerCodenameWasMarySue: Played with. Peter basically portrays himself as the most attractive and intelligent character in all three stories - even though in ''Huckleberry Finn'' he plays Huck and ''Stewie'' plays Huck's abusive father.

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* HerCodenameWasMarySue: Played with. Peter basically portrays himself as the most attractive and intelligent character in all three stories - even though -- not only is he the endearingly boyish lead role in ''Huckleberry Finn'' he plays Huck Finn'', he's also the affable boss Slim in ''Of Mice and ''Stewie'' plays Huck's abusive father.Men'', and Tom Buchanan as he appears in this retelling of ''Gatsby'' undergoes a case of AdaptationalNiceGuy.
* ImmediateSelfContradiction: When Nick (Stewie) goes to Gatsby's party and asks a [[TheFlapper flapper girl]] about Gatsby.
-->'''Nick:''' Whose party is this?\\
'''Flapper:''' I'm not sure. [[DeliberateValuesDissonance Women aren't allowed to ask questions yet]]. (''seductively'') So, what's ''your'' name?\\
'''Nick:''' [[LampshadeHanging Madam, you forget yourself!]]


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* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: Nick tells Gatsby that the green light at the end of a dock is from a gay gym called "The Pump House," then nervously explains immediately afterward that he only knows because he saw an ad for it in his magazine subscription.
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* InsaneTrollLogic: Occurs on two occasions in ''The Great Gatsby''. First, Myrtle (played by Bonnie) thinks that the yellow car speeding crazily towards her is driven by Tom, because he was in that same car earlier (it was actually driven by a drunken Lois as Daisy, with Brian as Gatsby beside her). So she steps out and gets run over. The next day, George (played by Joe) shoots and kills Brian/Gatsby simply because he was in the same car that ran down his wife.

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* BetterThanABareBulb: Roughly 90% of the episode's dialogue is LampshadeHanging on the stories' various oddities and inconsistencies.
-->'''Tom Buchanan:''' Hey, you know what we should do? We should all drive drunk into Manhattan and get a hotel room and have the exact same conversation we're having here [[BreathlessNonSequitur I'm starting to think this isn't a very good book.]]



* HerCodenameWasMarySue: Played with. Peter basically portrays himself as the most attractive and intelligent character in all three stories - even though in ''Huckleberry Finn'' he plays Huck and ''Stewie'' plays Huck's abusive father.



* MartyStu: Played with. Peter basically portrays himself as the most attractive and intelligent character in all three stories - even though in ''Huckleberry Finn'' he plays Huck and ''Stewie'' plays Huck's abusive father.

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* MartyStu: Played with. Peter basically portrays himself as the most attractive NouveauRiche: ''The Great Gatsby's'' use of this trope is mocked here; OldMoney Tom Buchanan's mansion is said to be "[[NotSoDifferent equally large and intelligent character fancy]] [[InformedAttribute yet imperceptibly classier]]" in all three stories - comparison to nouveau riche Gatsby's. Tom even though in ''Huckleberry Finn'' he plays Huck explicitly says to Gatsby, "I think you're a trash because you earned your money a little bit more recently than me", showing just how shallow and ''Stewie'' plays Huck's abusive father.snobby someone would have to be to care about this sort of thing.
* ObviouslyEvil: "As you can tell by the 'well-well-well', he's the villain."


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* Title1: Parodied when Tom anachronistically refers to UsefulNotes/WorldWar1 as such, despite being in TheRoaringTwenties (during which time the war was just called "The Great War.") Lampshaded immediately afterward.
-->'''Nick:''' Why is he calling it that? Is there gonna be [[UsefulNotes/WorldWar2 ANOTHER big war?]]
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* AdaptationDecay: "Good night, kids. Good luck with those book reports."



* BreakingTheFourthWall: In the second story, Brian breaks character to protest being killed immediately after getting shot in the pool. In the third story, he insists he not be given to Lenny.



** And in ''Of Mice and Men'', Brian is the puppy who Chris/Lennie accidentally crushes to death.

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** And in ''Of Mice and Men'', Brian is the puppy who Chris/Lennie accidentally crushes to death.death.
* WrapAround: Peter presents the stories while in a mansion. He gets locked in a library by the owner after crashing his car into the mansion, tries to hide from police in the attic, and gets arrested.
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* AdaptationalVillainy: In ''Of Mice And Men'' Curley's Wife, played by Meg, is portrayed as a slut, whereas in the book she was more lonely and upset at Curley, not so much flirting with Lennie as confiding in him before inviting him to stroke her hair.

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* AdaptationalVillainy: In AdaptationalSexuality: Not in the normal sense, but in ''Of Mice And Men'' Curley's Wife, played by Meg, is portrayed as a total slut, whereas in the book she was more lonely and upset at Curley, not so much flirting with Lennie as confiding in him before inviting him to stroke her hair.



** And in ''Of Mice and Men'', Brian is a puppy who Chris/Lennie accidentally crushes to death.

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** And in ''Of Mice and Men'', Brian is a the puppy who Chris/Lennie accidentally crushes to death.
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* AdaptationalVillany: In ''Of Mice And Men'' Curley's Wife, played by Meg, is portrayed as a slut, whereas in the book she was more lonely and upset at Curley, not so much flirting with Lennie as confiding in him before inviting him to stroke her hair.

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* AdaptationalVillany: AdaptationalVillainy: In ''Of Mice And Men'' Curley's Wife, played by Meg, is portrayed as a slut, whereas in the book she was more lonely and upset at Curley, not so much flirting with Lennie as confiding in him before inviting him to stroke her hair.

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* IronicNickname: Slim of ''Of Mice and Men'' is a fat guy, considering who he is played by.

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* AdaptationalVillany: In ''Of Mice And Men'' Curley's Wife, played by Meg, is portrayed as a slut, whereas in the book she was more lonely and upset at Curley, not so much flirting with Lennie as confiding in him before inviting him to stroke her hair.
* CallBack: Way back in the Season 10 episode "Quagmire and Meg" Quagmire wanted to have sex with Meg. He now plays Curley and Meg plays Curley's Wife.
* IronicNickname: Slim of ''Of Mice and Men'' is a fat guy, considering who he is played by.by Peter, so George/Stewie points out that his nickname must be ironic (in the book he really was handsome).
* MartyStu: Played with. Peter basically portrays himself as the most attractive and intelligent character in all three stories - even though in ''Huckleberry Finn'' he plays Huck and ''Stewie'' plays Huck's abusive father.



** And in ''Of Mice and Men'', Brian is a puppy who Chris/Lenny accidentally crushes to death.

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** And in ''Of Mice and Men'', Brian is a puppy who Chris/Lenny Chris/Lennie accidentally crushes to death.
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* RunningGag: Brian gets killed in all three stories (much to his annoyance), just like Joe getting crippled in all three stories in ''[[Recap/FamilyGuyS7E15ThreeKings The Three Kings]]''. In Brian's case, all the deaths are canon in their respective stories.

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* RunningGag: Brian gets killed in all three stories (much to his annoyance), just like Joe getting crippled in all three stories in ''[[Recap/FamilyGuyS7E15ThreeKings "[[Recap/FamilyGuyS7E15ThreeKings The Three Kings]]''.Kings]]". In Brian's case, all the deaths are canon in their respective stories.
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* IronicNickname: Slim of ''Of Mice and Men'' is a fat guy, considering who he is played by.
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A retelling of three novels: ''Literature/TheGreatGatsby'' (with Brian as Jay Gatsby), ''Literature/AdventuresOfHuckleberryFinn'' (with Peter as Finn and Chris as Tom Sawyer) and ''Literature/OfMiceAndMen'' (with Stewie as George and Chris as Lenny).

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* RunningGag: Brian gets killed in all three stories (much to his annoyance), just like Joe getting crippled in all three stories in ''[[Recap/FamilyGuyS7E15ThreeKings The Three Kings]]''. In Brian's case, all the deaths are canon in their respective stories.
** In ''The Great Gatsby'', Brian/Jay was shot by Joe/Wilson in a pool just like in the actual story (minus the Wilson suicide).
** In the ''Adventures of Huckleberry Finn'', Brian is a pig killed by Peter/Finn.
** And in ''Of Mice and Men'', Brian is a puppy who Chris/Lenny accidentally crushes to death.

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