A Fish out of Water (Family Guy)

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“A Fish Out of Water”
Family Guy episode
Episode no. Season 3
Episode 10
Guest stars Michael Chiklis, Ralph Garman, Brian Doyle-Murray and Lisa Wilhoit
Written by Alex Borstein and Mike Henry
Directed by Bert Ring
Production no. 3ACX05
Original airdate September 19, 2001
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"A Fish Out of Water" is an episode of Family Guy that first aired September 19, 2001. This episode was scheduled to air on September 12, but was postponed due to the September 11, 2001 attacks. Guest starring Michael Chiklis, Ralph Garman, Brian Doyle-Murray as Salty and Lisa Wilhoit.

[edit] Plot summary

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

Jobless, unmotivated, and depressed, Peter becomes morbidly obese.

Inspired by a "walk" on the docks (assisted by Brian and a forklift), he resolves to lose the weight and become a fisherman. Joe takes Peter to a police seized-property auction, where Peter buys a boat for $50,000; he names the boat "S.S. More Powerful Than Superman, Batman, Spider-Man, And The Incredible Hulk Put Together."

To pay for the vessel, Peter takes out a loan with his house as collateral. The bank is so certain that Peter will default on the loan that they sell the house to another family and repossess his furniture before the payment deadline arrives. Peter must now raise $50,000 before the imminent deadline arrives or his house and furniture will be permanently taken away from him (despite this, he finds some inspiration from the people who have purchased his house).

Peter's new fishing career does not prove very successful, and rival fishermen berate and taunt him. Rejecting Quagmire's idea of prostituting himself to fat women for quick cash, Peter decides to catch the legendary killer fish Daggermouth for a $50,000 reward. Quagmire, Cleveland and Joe accompany him on his quest.

Meanwhile, Lois and Meg go on spring break, but Lois fits in better with the party crowd than Meg does. In a moment of exuberance, Meg flashes her breasts; both she and Lois are quickly arrested. They escape from the police car and are returning home when a car full of spring breakers pull alongside them, honking and yelling. They are not just cheering for Lois, as it first appears, but Meg as well; Meg obliges them by flashing again.

Peter and his friends manage to track the fish to his lair, where they discover Daggermouth is a robotic fish created to generate a demand for merchandise. In exchange for his silence, the robot's creator gives Peter $50,000, which he promptly uses to pay off the loan, buy back his furniture, and get the other family out of his house (although the episode ends with them still there).

Spoilers end here.

[edit] Notes

  • This episode marks the first appearance of Seamus, the man with wooden limbs.

[edit] Cultural references

  • Alfonso Ribeiro makes an appearance in this episode; he moves the furniture out of the Grffin's house. He was introduced when Peter asked him if he was on Silver Spoons and Alfonso replied, "Yes I was."
  • When Shamus is talking about how hard it was to see Daggermouth, he says one of the reasons was that it was the hour that his glasses were at Lenscrafters.
  • A cutaway shows Peter saving Quagmire, Joe and Cleveland, who have just been sodomized by two men. The entire scene is borrowed from the 1994 film Pulp Fiction.
  • When Peter, Cleveland, Joe & Quagmire are talking about which of any woman they could have in the world if they were not married, Joe chooses Mariel Hemingway, Cleveland chooses Margaret Thatcher, Peter chooses "the chick from Total Recall with the three knockers", and Quagmire chooses Taylor Hanson, but freaks out when Peter and Joe reveal that Taylor Hanson is a male.

[edit] Goofs

  • When Lois and Meg are in the back of the cruiser, Lois takes her ear ring out and picks the lock with it. When she turns to roll out the door you can see it is still in her ear.
  • You can't exit the back seat of a police car by yourself for there are no handles.

[edit] References

  • S. Callaghan, "Fish out of water." Family Guy: The Official Episode Guide Seasons 1-3. New York: HarperCollins, 2005. 152 - 155.
  • A. Delarte, "Nitpicking Family Guy: Season 3" in Bob's Poetry Magazine, 2.August 2005: 44 - 46 http://bobspoetry.com/Bobs02Au.pdf


Preceded by
"Mr. Saturday Knight"		 Family Guy Episodes Followed by
"Emission Impossible"
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