Candy, Quahog Marshmallow

"Candy, Quahog Marshmallow" is the tenth episode of the fourteenth season of the animated sitcom Family Guy, and the 259th episode overall. It aired on Fox in the United States on January 3, 2016, and is written by Cherry Chevapravatdumrong and directed by Joseph Lee.^[1]In the episode, Peter discovers that Quagmire was once a Korean soap star and they travel to Korea to find the final tape of the series.

Plot

Peter Griffin goes to Glenn Quagmire's to pick up some clothes left by Dan/Ida. Once there, Peter, Quagmire, Cleveland Brown, and Joe Swanson come across some tapes of a Korean soap opera called Winter Summer which Quagmire starred in while in the service. Watching the tapes, they become enthused with the series but find the last episode is missing, leaving a cliffhanger unresolved and Quagmire unable to remember the final result. To find the final episode of Winter Summer, the men head to Korea to find it. When Lois tells Peter that work might call, Peter tells her to play an episode of Who's the Boss? to fool Angela.

Upon the guys arriving in Korea where Cleveland stated that Donna texted him about her mother Dee Dee Tubbs' suicide, Quagmire is still remembered as a celebrity by the people both in public and when checking in to the hotel. While searching for the video for the final episode of Winter Summer, they run into Quagmire's former co-star Sujin (who portrayed Hee-Sun in Winter Summer) who invites them to see the final episode after dinner at her place. There, they find out that Quagmire and Sujin had more that just a working relationship, but were lovers as well. While preparing dinner, she lets the guys watch K-pop music videos to pass the time, they start seeing the music video to Sistar's "Touch My Body." and Peter becomes intrigued." After dinner, they watch the final episode to the soap opera with Quagmire's character leaving to return home in America. Peter's comments about the show inspire Quagmire to stay in Korea this time with his co-star and lover. Peter, Cleveland, and Joe try to talk him out of it with no avail.

While having some drinks at a Korean bar, Peter, Cleveland, and Joe view "Touch My Body" once again, and they decide to come up with a K-pop song of their own. Performing the song "Candy Quahog Marshmallow," a parody of Hyuna's Bubble Pop. Peter, Cleveland, and Joe sing about the disadvantages of living in Korea to Quagmire but it doesn't convince him to go back to Quahog.

When about to get into bed with Sujin, Quagmire learns that her entire family will be sleeping with them as part of Asian tradition like her grandfather at the foot of the bed, the aunts, uncles, and cousins (three of them have night terrors) on the floor, and her great-grandmother who they can see through (the great-grandmother doesn't speak and can't tell them if she is dead or not).

The next day, Quagmire joins up with Peter, Cleveland, and Joe at the airport where he and Sujin's family perform "Candy, Quahog Marshmallow" before Sujin's family and the other people present see Quagmire off. The song made Sujin's great-grandmother so happy that she died and became a ghost as she is seen ascending to Heaven.

Back in Quahog at The Drunken Clam, Cleveland tells Peter, Quagmire, and Joe that the funeral for Dee Dee Tubbs went well as the four comment about their trip to Korea. A heavily-tanned Mayor Adam West, Mort Goldman, and Tom Tucker arrive stating to Peter, Quagmire, Cleveland, and Joe that they heard that they went to Korea. Peter responds that they did as Mayor Adam West quotes "Well, that's cool. We went to Lake Havasu, you losers! We nabbed so much college beav!"

Reception

The episode received an audience of 3.26 million, making it the second most watched show on Fox that night behind The Simpsons.^[2]

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