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The Perfect Castaway

Written by John Viener and directed by James Purdum

When Peter and the guys go on a fishing trip, they end up in choppy waters that leave them stranded on a desert island. Months later, the guys are rescued from the island and Peter returns home to discover the new man of the house has a bark that's worse than his bite.

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Episode number: 412
Production number: 4ACX15
Season: Season 4 (2005/2006)

First broadcast:
Sunday September 18, 2005

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Cultural references

Cultural references from The Perfect Castaway.

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Alfred HitchcockWhen Brian sees Peter and Lois in the hotel, we see a shadow of famous director Alfred Hitchcock (Psycho), doing a classic cameo from his TV show "Alfred Hitchock Presents."
BjorkPeter has to match a sound to either comedian Bobcat Goldthwait or singer Bjork
Bobcat GoldthwaitPeter has to match a sound to either comedian Bobcat Goldthwait or singer Bjork
Captain CavemanIn the Island, Peter opens a locket and says "I miss you" to a picture of Captain Caveman
CastawayThis episode is a knock off of the Tom Hanks movie Castaway.
Christmas AlbumsA commercial is shown for Peter's Christmas Album, in which he barely knows the words to the songs.
DeliverancePeter and Michael Moore fart to the tune of "Dueling Banjos" parodying the famous scene from the 1972 film "Deliverance".
DeLorean Time MachinePeter claims that he once built a time machine out of a DeLorean and we see a flashback of him driving the Back to the Future DeLorean around a Mall parking lot before seeing him crash into the wall of the Mall, as people run out of the burning building he says "Wow, everybody in 1955 was on fire". This refers to Marty McFly going back to 1955 in the first BttF film.
Gilmore GirlsBrian and Lois are seen watching this comedy at the beginning of the episode.
HurricanesThe guys run into a hurricane while on their fishing trip.
Michael MoorePeter reminisces about the time he challenged noted film director Michael Moore to a farting contest .
Old YellerPeter resorts to killing his workers a la Old Yeller.
Perfect StormThe title of the episode and the large wave that hits Peter's fishing boat
PortugalPeter's two employees are portugese workers that appeared on several other episodes.
Raiders of the Lost ArkThey run away from the natives and catch the prop-plane out, only to find meg shot in the bak by darts.
Raiders of the Lost Ark 2Peter screws an object to a pole to find his black book in the attick
Skeet ShootingCleveland says they went "skeet shooting" on the cruise when they were in fact shooting actor Skeeter Ulrich.
Skeet UlrichAs the guys get off of the cruise ship, Cleveland mentions how much he enjoyed "shooting skeet" as Skeet Ulrich is carried by them on a gurney with a gunshot wound.
Skeeter UlrichAs the guys get off of the cruise ship, Cleveland mentions how much he enjoyed "shooting skeet" as Skeeter Ulrich is carried by them on a gurney with a gunshot wound.
Super FriendsMeg dates the voiceover from Super Friends, the mid 20th century cartoon featuring DC comics characters.
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Episode notes

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Seth MacFarlane made a guest appearance on the Gilmore Girls, which was spoofed in this episode.
When Stewie is playing his memory game, he says "Red Green Blue Green Blue Blue" but when he pushes the buttons it's something entirely different.
In the opening scene where Peter is shooting at Santos and Pasqual, he holds a double barreled shotgun (only 2 shots before reload) but clearly inserts and shoots 4 shells.
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Characters (and voice credits)

CharacterVoiceNotes
Adam West (Mayor)Adam West
Bonnie SwansonUNKNOWN
Brian GriffinSeth MacFarlane
Chris GriffinSeth Green
Cleveland BrownMike Henry
Cleveland Jr. BrownUNKNOWN
DeathAdam Carolla
Francis Griffin
HerbertUNKNOWN
Joe SwansonPatrick Warburton
Kevin SwansonUNKNOWN
Lois GriffinAlex Borstein
Meg GriffinMila Kunis
Ollie WilliamsPhil LaMarr
Paddy TanningerUNKNOWN
PasqualUNKNOWN
Peter GriffinSeth MacFarlane
Rupert
SantosUNKNOWN
Stewie GriffinSeth MacFarlane
Thelma Griffin
VernSeth MacFarlane

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