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Lethal Weapons

Written by Chris Sheridan and directed by Brian Hogan

With a few tae-jitsu lessons under her black belt, Lois turns herself into Quahog's answer to Xena, cutting a wide swath through the hordes of obnoxious leaf-peeping tourists from New York. But soon her violent ways begin to hit home.

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Episode number: 307
Production number: 2ACX18
Season: Season 3 (2001/2002)

First broadcast:
Wednesday August 22, 2001

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Cultural references

Cultural references from Lethal Weapons.

ReferenceDetails
Do the Right ThingA reference is made to the 1989 Spike Lee movie ``Do the Right Thing`` when a black individual asks for pizza and the pizza guy starts acting crazy.
Ed SullivanStewie pretends to be Ed Sullivan on his pretend radio show.
Julie Andrews
Karate Kid / Ralph MacchioPeter calls Lois` Tai Jitzu teacher Ralph Macchio. Ralph Macchio played the part of Daniel LaRusso, the kid from the 1984 movie ``Karate Kid``.
Mad Max Beyond ThunderdomeWhilst fighting her Tae-Jitsu teacher, Lois yells, ``Spin the wheel, raggedy man``. This is a reference to the Mad Max 3 film in which Aunty Entity (Tina Turner) calls Mad Max (Mel Gibson) the Raggedy Man.
Mary PoppinsMary Poppins is the movie parodied in the Julie Andrews reference.
Mohammed AliPeter says of Lois, ``she floats like a butterfly, and stings like when I pee.`` This is a parody of Mohammed Ali saying, ``I float like a butterfly and sting like a bee.``
New York Jets football teamSee "New York Yankees".
New York KnicksSee "New York Yankees"
New York YankeesPeter is in a bar and antagonizes the New Yorkers by stating "Yankees suck".
OJ SimpsonLois defeats her Tai-Jitsu instructor and celebrates by grabbing Peter`s crotch stating, ``This is where my babies come from.`` At OJ Simpson`s trial for murdering his wife Nicole, some of his friends testified that OJ did this once to Nicole.
SatanStewie goes to Church dressed as Satan and scares an old woman to death.
SupermanIn the bar the bit where lois beats up the Kryptons and throws them in the square is actually from the movie Superman.
Superman IIReference is made to the movie Superman II when Peter says
Tai-JitsuLois takes up Tai-Jitsu.
The Charlie Brown ShowWhile Lois is practicing her Tai Jitsu in the gym, Lucy from Charlie Brown is holding a football that Lois is trying to kick, in typical fashion though Lucy removes the football just before Lois can kick it.
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Immediately after Lois is invited to Tai Jitsu classes and responds "I'd love to" she is seen grimacing at Peter. Could this have been an animation error?
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Characters (and voice credits)

CharacterVoiceNotes
Bonnie SwansonJennifer Tilly
Brian GriffinSeth MacFarlane
Chris GriffinSeth Green
Lois GriffinAlex Borstein
Meg GriffinMila Kunis
Peter GriffinSeth MacFarlane
Stewie GriffinSeth MacFarlane

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