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It Takes a Village Idiot, an I Married One
Season 5, Episode 22
Clash for Mayors
Air date February 4, 2007
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It Takes a Village Idiot, and I Married One is the twenty-second episode of the fifth season of Family Guy. It is the one hundred and tenth episode, overall.

Synopsis[]

When Lois runs for mayor of Quahog against Adam West again, she isn't the front-runner until she "dumbs down" her political views. Once in office, she's corrupted by the power and starts accepting bribes so that she can buy herself expensive trinkets. Meanwhile, Peter's enjoying being the "first lady" and all of the perks that go along with it.

Plot[]

It Takes a Villaige Idiot, and I Married One

The Griffin family decides to take a vacation at Quagmire's cabin at Lake Quahog. When they go swimming in the lake, they discover that an oil refinery is dumping toxic waste into it; as they flee the lake their hair falls out, forcing them to wear powdered wigs until it grows back. Lois complains to Mayor Adam West, who admits that he sanctioned the dumping in exchange for free hair oil. Outraged, Lois decides to run against West in the upcoming mayoral election.

The family become strong supporters of Lois' campaign, helping out with making posters and getting the word out, especially Peter when he realizes that he and his friends will be able to get away with almost everything should she become mayor. He gets his friends to help out by staring in commericals and talking about the election at their jobs. But Lois's campaign soon falters as Mayor West proves more politically savvy. While Lois bores voters with detailed plans to improve the city, Mayor West uses glittering generalities and statements completely unrelated to the questions posed to him. Following Brian's advice to give short, simple answers, Lois resorts to similar tactics, dropping controversial terms such as "Jesus" and "9/11" in meaningless ways. She eventually gains the populace's support and wins the election.

Though clearly more intelligent than her opponent, Lois’ campaign falters as Mayor West proves more politically savvy than she is while Lois bores voters with detailed plans to improve the city, Mayor West garners support simply by avoiding answering questions and acting in a patronizing manner. Brian, observing that “undecided voters are the biggest idiots in the country,” advises Lois to dumb down her campaign. She soon discovers that she can generate support merely by dropping controversial terms such as “Jesus” and “terrorists” in meaningless ways, and by answering questions about her policy plans only by saying “9/11.” She wins the election, and continues to use fear tactics to raise funds for cleaning up the lake.

After the cleanup is completed, Lois has cash remaining, and embezzles $600 to purchase a new purse. Later she is tempted by a $4,300 fur coat. Bob Grossbeard, the president of Quahog Oil, offers to buy it for Lois if she will allow Quahog Oil to resume dumping into the lake. Lois accepts the bribe and the waste flows again. As the lake is once again spoiled, causing deformities and the normalization of Jake Tucker, Lois realizes how power has corrupted her and resigns as mayor, telling West she can have his job back. Adam West declares himself to be mayor again, despite the fact that, as one onlooker points out, there is no legal justification for him to do that and West's reinstatement would require a snap election. West pulls a gun and shoots the objector, and a few other onlookers as well. Despite West's blatant act of assault with a deadly weapon and possible homicides, no one in Quahog defends themselves against him, attempts to restrain him, or question his moral judgment to be mayor.

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Major Roles[]

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Quotes[]

Peter: Holy crap, we forgot Beaky!!
Meg: Oh Dad, I think this is Mr. Quagmire's driveway. Didn't he say it was between two big oak trees?
Lois: Well, there's a lot of trees around here. How do we know we're in the right spot?
Brian: [after seeing the driveway is shaped like a penis] Uh, I think it's a safe bet this is the place.
Bee: Oh, hey. Y'all best be careful or I'm gonna sting ya with my stinger. Oh, no! But then I is gonna die if I sting you! You know what? I'm not gonna sting y'all after all, and that's my choice. Y'all ain't worth it. I'm just gonna head over to that flower and suck on that stamen like there's no tomorrow.
Peter: Hey, Lois, look at me! I got postpartum depression. [dunks Stewie] Wagghh! I'm sad about stuff! Wagghh!
Stewie: Ugh..! You son of a bitch! Don't even joke about that!
Stewie: Hey, you've got a tattoo!
Brian: No, I don't.
Stewie: Is that Ziggy?
Brian: No.
Stewie: You have a Ziggy tattoo?
Brian: Aw, geez!
Stewie: Why do you have a Ziggy tattoo?
Brian: I just used to think...he was kind of funny. We should, uh... We should get to the hospital.
Peter: [holding an opera mask] Play "Peter Griffin".
Stewie: Ah! Now that is a challenge. [plays "Heart and Soul" ploddingly. Lois, Chris, Meg and Brian laugh at the highest rate. Peter remained still. Stewie ends with a fart]
[cutaway to classical period]
Peter: Go ahead, mock me. But it wasn't Stewie who was laughing at me. It was God!
Mayor West: What can I do for you, Mrs. Griffin?
Lois: Mayor West, I'm here as an outraged citizen. The Quahog Oil Refinery is emptying all their toxic waste into the lake. I mean, you couldn't have possibly have sanctioned that kind of blatant industrial pollution, could you?
Mayor West: Yeah, I told them it's fine.
Lois: What?
Mayor West: And in return, I get free oil for my hair.
[cutaway to Mayor West standing at the bus stop]
Mayor West: Hey, baby, want some Adam West penis?
[cuts back to Lois]
Lois: This is unbelievable! Well, I am not gonna stand by while you let this town be destroyed by corruption! Mr. Mayor, I promise you this. Next election, I'm gonna run against you, and I'm gonna win.
Mayor West: All right, Mrs. Griffin, you wanna take me on? Fine, but if you plan to beat me, you'll have to... [gasps]
Lois: What is it?
Mayor West: A bee just flew in through the window. Don't move. [Bee flies in and lands on the mayor's chair]
Bee: Hmm. Now look who's mayor. First order of business: free honey for everyone! Yay, Mayor Bee! Mayor Bee! Mayor Bee! Ow! Oh, done stung myself. Bye, world.
Lois: Oh you guys, I can't tell you how much I appreciate all of your hard work. It's really gonna make a difference with my campaign.
Peter: Hey Lois, take a look. Me and Becky just made 500 t-shirts that say: "Vote For Lois, unless you're queer. No, wait, even if you're queer. No Jews, though."
Adrianne Beaky: "Okay, Jews."
Peter: The Jew part was his idea.
Chris: [rings the doorbell] Hi, I'm going door to door to campaign on behalf of Lois Griffin, who's offering real change for the city of Quahog. May we count on your vote next Tuesday?
[Lois standing in the doorway of their house]
Lois: Chris, this is our house.
Chris: Ah, then what is for dinner?
Lois: Pork chops.
Chris: Excellent.
Lois: Chris, have you been to any other houses?
Chris: I have not.
Lois: Would you like to come in?
Chris: Please.
Cleveland: Boy, this election's gonna be a tight one.
Quagmire: Probably gonna be decided by just a couple of votes.
Peter: And here we are sitting here like a bunch of lazy paraplegic cops.
Joe: Huh?
Peter: Oh, I'm sorry, Joe. It's just an expression.
Joe: Ah.
[at The Drunken Clam...]
Peter: Boy, you guys, I really appreciate all the help you've given us. Except for you, Quagmire, you ain't done nothing.
Quagmire: What the hell are you talkin' about? Lois is gonna get the entire female vote because of me. I've been having sex with every woman in town nonstop for the past two days. If I tried to masturbate right now, you know what would come out? A little flag with the word "bang" on it.
Joe: Ha!
Lois: But what about the terrorists? [audience gasps] That's right, terrorists. We have intelligence that suggests that... Hitler is plotting with... with the Legion of Doom... to assassinate Jesus... using the lake as a base. [leaves audience in an uproar of gasps and murmuring]
Announcer: Meanwhile, at the Legion of Doom...
Lex Luthor: How did she discover our plan?!
Solomon Grundy: Me, Solomon Grundy, kind of dropped the ball on that one.
Chris: Mom, everyone on TV says you're running the town great. Maybe you could do some damn laundry once in a while.
Lois: What?
Chris: What?
Brian: Hey! Hey, Lois! Lois! There's a another dog in that car! [jumping] Hey, hey! Hey! Hey! There's an other dog in that car! Hey! Are you seeing that? Hey! Hey! Hey! Other dog! Fuck you!

Trivia[]

  • The title of this episode is also the title of a Family Guy book written from Lois’ point of view, released around the same time as this episode.
  • This is the third time the writers reference 9/11, the others being in “Airport '07” and “Boys Do Cry.”
  • Writer Alex Borstein is credited as “a.bo” at the beginning of the episode.
  • At the end of the episode, the last scene cuts to an “Executive Producers” credit. The previous time an episode ended with an “Executive Producers” credit was a freeze frame during the pilot.
  • Lois allows the waste to be dumped into Quahog Lake once again, inadvertently causing the face of Jake Tucker to be fixed.
  • This is the first episode with a cutaway gag in a cutaway gag.
  • In the bedroom of the cabin, Quagmire performs kabuki to an Asian woman as foreplay.
  • Once Brian's fur falls off, Stewie discovers that Brian has a tattoo of Ziggy.
  • Evil Monkey becomes a member of the Jehovah’s Witnesses, and is shown with an issue of The Watchtower, a magazine published by and closely associated with the Witnesses. The cover of the magazine says The Watchtower even though the true cover only features the word Watchtower.
  • Peter strums a guitar with his left hand when he sings "Cowboy Butt Sex". By the nature of animation, most cartoon characters are naturally left-handed, but Peter strums with his right hand at other times including "Rock Lobster", "Iraq Lobster" and "A Lot of Tubes".
  • Live-action footage of Ashley Ferl, the girl who cried during Sanjaya Malakar's performance on American Idol, is shown during the applause after the debate with Lois and Mayor West.[1]
  • Jason Voorhees appears twice, once in an interview with Trisha Takanawa, and again as the manager of the "Britches and Hose" clothing store.
  • Peter recalls the time he and the family vacationed with the mountain climber from the 'Cliffhangers' game on The Price is Right while Cleveland went to "Plinko". However, on the actual show, the mountain goes up to 25, and the Griffins are shown falling off after 17.
  • In the Amadeus parody scene, Brian has all of his fur back despite having lost the majority of it in the lake with the rest of the family. He is shown with a powdered wig like everyone else, however.
  • Stewie reminds Brian of "How many years" they should've gone berry picking, although Stewie remains only 1 year old.
  • In the censored version, when the Griffin family wear the white wigs and Stewie plays the piano, when he farts he is wearing a diaper. Uncensored, it's his bare buttocks.
  • At the beginning of the episode, the uncut version shows that the driveway to Quagmire’s Cabin is shaped like a penis.

Cultural References[]

  • Peter's campfire song "inspired by one of the great legends of the Old West" is about two cowboys engaging in sodomy, a reference to the film Brokeback Mountain.
  • Lois claims that Darth Vader tried to buy yellowcake uranium from unwed teenage mothers. This is a reference to George W. Bush’s claim in his 2003 State of the Union Address that the Iraqi government under Saddam Hussein had attempted to purchase yellowcake from Niger, a claim based on the Niger uranium forgeries.
  • Stewie tells Brian that every hundred years, Donny Most rises from the mist; soon after, Most is seen rising from the mist as a choir sings his name to the tune of the title song from Brigadoon, a reference to the television show Happy Days and a parody of the lyrics of its title song.
  • The Disney film shown in the movie theater in one cutaway is a parody of Home on the Range, a Disney animated Feature Film released in 2004 about three cows who set out to save their farm. One of the cow character designs is similar to the main character Maggie.
  • After the Griffin family loses their hair and dons 18th-century wigs, Stewie and Peter parody the scene from Amadeus where Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart mocks Antonio Salieri’s music after a disguised Salieri requests it.

Continuity[]

  • The episode takes place four years after the events of "Do and Die", despite the characters not aging by whatcanyado, and said events from the episode are mentioned repeatedly throughout.
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