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| *At the beginning, Quagmire crashes his car through three ], 2 of which are for '']'' and one for '']''. (The French Tickler is a ] term for penis, hence the female crotches at the billboards as targets. | *At the beginning, Quagmire crashes his car through three ], 2 of which are for '']'' and one for '']''. (The French Tickler is a ] term for penis, hence the female crotches at the billboards as targets. | ||
| *The short-lived 2005 NBC series '']'' is spoofed in a cutaway sequence. The mention of ] in that sequence is a reference to the heavy involvement Sears rival ] had with the series. | *The short-lived 2005 NBC series '']'' is spoofed in a cutaway sequence. The mention of ] in that sequence is a reference to the heavy involvement Sears rival ] had with the series. | ||
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Mother Tucker is the second episode of season 5 of Family Guy.
Plot summary
Template:Spoiler Peter's mother gets divorced, which finds Peter taking an interest with a new father figure in his mom's new boyfriend, Tom Tucker. Meanwhile, Brian gets his own NPR-style radio show, but Stewie can't help but stir things up.
Cultural references
- WHen Peter has the ice cream it is taken from Kramer vs. Kramer.
- At the beginning, Quagmire crashes his car through three billboards, 2 of which are for Veronica Mars and one for The Simple Life. (The French Tickler is a slang term for penis, hence the female crotches at the billboards as targets.
- The short-lived 2005 NBC series Three Wishes is spoofed in a cutaway sequence. The mention of Sears in that sequence is a reference to the heavy involvement Sears rival J.C. Penney had with the series.
- In a brief cutaway, Charlotte of Charlotte's Web left the word "WHORE" as a final message.
- Kermit the Frog appears again in a brief debate with other men with extremely similar voices, along with Ray Romano.
- 97.1 WQHG, the talk radio station that briefly employs Brian and Stewie is based on 97.1 KLSX, a Los Angeles station with a similar format.
- "Weenie and The Butt", the morning team at WQHG, could be seen as a parody of the syndicated Don and Mike program (a la "Bill and Marty" on The Simpsons).
- "Dingo and The Baby", the on-air name of Brian and Stewie's program, is a reference to the Azaria Chamberlain disappearance.
- "Dingo and The Baby" is loosely based on The Howard Stern Show.
- Tom and Peter both watch the 2005 Disney Film Chicken Little.
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