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Emission Impossible

Written by David Collard and Ken Goin and directed by Peter Shin

Peter and Lois are inspired by her pregnant sister Carol to have another baby. Stewie is appalled at the prospect of another sibling and vows to keep Lois and Peter from sleeping together. After various attempts to stop them, Stewie shrinks himself down to a microscopic size and enters Peter's body in hopes of destroying all of his sperm.

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Episode number: 311
Production number: 3ACX01
Season: Season 3 (2001/2002)

First broadcast:
Thursday November 8, 2001

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Cultural references

Cultural references from Emission Impossible.

ReferenceDetails
Air Supply / ``Lost In Love``When Stewie uses the `air supply` voice command in his ship ``Lost In Love`` by 1980s band Air Supply plays.
An Officer and a GentlemanWhen Stewie and his sperm brother sing ``Up Where We Belong``, Peter is reminded of the movie ``An Officer and a Gentleman`` starring Richard Gere, Debra Winger, and Lou Gossett Jr, and responds to Lois: ``And I love you, Lou Gossett Jr.``
Batman
Dirty Dancing / ``Hungry Eyes``Stewie sings the Dirty Dancing song ``Hungry Eyes`` at Quagmire`s party.
Fantastic Voyage
Gone With the WindStewie`s vowto prevent conception is a reference to Scarlet O`Hara`s line ``As God as my witness, I`ll never go hungry again!`` from this classic movie.
Hogan`s HeroesCleveland sees Stewie running away after the robotic Peter has fallen out of the window and responds saying ``I see nothing``, hence making reference to the P.O.W. sitcom Hogan`s Heroes.
Innerspace the movie
Megan`s LawQuagmire begins to bring up the subject of Megan`s Law when Lois and Peter ask him to look after the kids, but stops mid-sentence.
Pet RocksPeter finds his old pet rock, a reference to a 1970s craze of having pet rocks.
Soap OperasPeter watches the Laundry Theater, reference to the many soap operas in existence.
Star Trek
Star Wars / Death StarPeter`s testicles resemble a couple of Death Stars from the Star Wars trilogy (the good one).
Sunny Delight advertsStewie opens the fridge and helps himself to some Sunny D
The BaliffLois is sat reading it on the bed.
The Brady Bunch
The Incredible HulkPeter asks Carol if he can have her estranged husband`s shirts so that he can do impressions of David Banner turning into the Incredible Hulk.
The SmurfsStewie is watching it on TV
``Up Where we Belong``Stewie sings this 1980s song as a duet with his sperm brother. Also see the ``An Officer and a Gentleman`` reference.
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Episode notes

Facts, bloopers, and visual gags from Emission Impossible (not cultural references).

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The password for the Spaceship was 3515.
Right after Carol has the baby and Peter's holding her, the next scene shows Carol still pregnant.
Lois says she told Carol she would be on the next train, but she has the car when they're taking Carol to the hospital.
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Characters (and voice credits)

CharacterVoiceNotes
BertramWallace ShawnThe name Bertram isn`t mentioned in the episode, but appeared on many voice credit lists associated with this episode.
Brian GriffinSeth MacFarlane
Carol PewterschmidtCarol KaneLois and Peter go and visit Carol, who is expecting a baby and has just been left by her boyfriend.
Chris GriffinSeth Green
Evil Monkey
Lois GriffinAlex Borstein
Meg GriffinMila Kunis
Pet RockUNKNOWN
Peter GriffinSeth MacFarlane
Quagmire (Glen Quagmire)Seth MacFarlaneQuagmire babysits the Griffin children.
Stewie GriffinSeth MacFarlaneStewie tries to stop Lois and Peter having another baby.

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