| Action / Jay Mohr |    | The TV executive, voiced by Jay Mohr, who makes the deal with Peter for the TV show is a reference to a character played by Mohr in the film Action. The TV executive also looks like Jay Mohr. |
| American Beauty | | Peter is filming Stewie riding his tricylce when he is distracted by a bag flying around. He films it and says "Look, it's dancing with me! It's like there is this incredibly benevolent force that wants me to know there's no reason to be afraid. Sometimes there's so much beauty in the world it makes my heart burst." To which the picture switches to God who has a funny retort. |
| Ben Affleck | | See "Brad Pitt" reference. |
| Bob Ross | | Bob Ross, the famous television painter, appears at the start of the episode. |
| Boogie Nights | | In the replacement Griffin family, the fat guy, Philip Seymour Hoffman, from Boogie Nights plays the part of Chris. |
| Brad Pitt | | When the girls are sat around talking about the perfect boy they mention the famous actors Brad Pitt, Brendan Frasier and Ben Affleck, Lois then joins in listing James Brolin, Mark Spitzer and Milton Burle. |
| Brendan Frasier | | See "Brad Pitt" reference. |
| Cheers | | |
| Cybill Shephard | | Stewie asks the camera man to use the "Cybill Shephard" filter. |
| Davey Jones | | Peter says he'll get Davey Jones from the Monkees to perform at the school dance in order to make up with the girls. This is a reference to the Brady Bunch episode in which Marcia Brady got Davey Jones to play at her school prom. |
| Doogie Houser, M.D. | | Meg is seen typing in a computer journal similar to the journal used by Doogie Houser in the early nineties hit about a teen-aged doctor, Doogie Houser, M.D. |
| Family Guy | | Yes they reference themselves in this episode, the replacement cast of the Griffins recreate the scene from the first ever episode (and also the pilot) in which a hung-over Peter is lying on the kitchen table with plates and other things set out on top of him. |
| Family Ties | | Peter paints a picture of Family Ties, with the theme music playing over the top. |
| Forth Wall | | In the Lobster Shanty when Meg shouts for the cameras to be switch off Chris starts yelling "fourth wall! Your breaking the fourth wall." The Forth Wall is the idea of an imaginary wall between the fictional characters in a show and the audience. |
| Fran Drescher | | In the replacement Griffin family, Fran Drescher plays the part of Lois. |
| God | | Meg asks God to kill her, but he is inturrupted by the phone ringing (Karen is on the other end). |
| Gulliver's Travels | | Peter urinating in the bathroom saying "Fire!! Fire!! City hall's on fire! Don't worry, I'll put it out" is a parody of Gulliver's Travels in which Gulliver puts out a fire by urinating on it. |
| Holy Communion | | |
| Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom | | Whilst on the Diane Show, Peter says to Meg, ``now I won`t give you the antidote....``, when she asks what for he replies ``for the poison you just drank``, making reference to the start of the movie `Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom`. |
| James Brolin | | See "Brad Pitt" reference. |
| Madame / Wayland Flowers | | |
| Mark Spitzer | | See "Brad Pitt" reference. |
| Mark Wahlberg | | See "Boogie Nights" reference. |
| MASH | | A cut scene shows a parody of hit comedy MASH as a suggestion to the disappearance of Meg's character. |
| Milton Burle | | See "Brad Pitt" reference. |
| Rainbow Connection | | |
| Reality shows | | |
| Richard Nixon | | Peter puts on a mask of Ronald Regan and then impersonates Nixon by saying "I am not a crook." |
| Ronald McDonald | | In a cut scene we see Ronald McDonald telling his daughter that she's not going out with that make-up on as it makes her look like a whore. |
| Ronald Regan | | See "Richard Nixon" reference. |
| Shazam / Captain Marvel | | Whilst having sex Peter yells out Shazam just as Captain Marvel's alternate personality did to turn himself into the superhero Captain Marvel. |
| Squanto | | The American Indian Squanto is mentioned in the story of Quahog. |
| The Brady Bunch | | See "Davey Jones" reference. |
| The Jerry Springer Show | | The Diane show is a parody of the Jerry Springer type of shows, the fighting and bleeped out swearing in the scene are common features of this genre. |
| The Olson Twins | | In the replacement Griffin family, the Olson twins play the parts of Stewie and Brian. |
| Three's Company/ Larry | | Larry from Three's Company is mentioned. |
| Tom Arnold | | In the replacement Griffin family, Tom Arnold plays the part of Peter. |
| Uncle Tom | | Dyring the Diane show Peter says "Who are you calling Uncle Tom?" this is a slang expression which is used to describe a black person who was more than willing to forget their own 'blackness' and betray their people by kissing the white man's ass. |
