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The Fat Guy Strangler

Written by Chris Sheridan and directed by Sarah Frost

After discovering she has a brother named Patrick (guest voice Robert Downey Jr.) whom she never knew about, Lois takes the family cross-country to meet him - only to discover he's in a mental institution. Patrick seems sane, so Lois checks him out of the asylum to live with the Griffins. Meanwhile, Peter, urged to lose weight by his doctor, starts a Society for the Acceptance of Fat Men. But when a fat man is strangled in Quahog, Peter and his Fat Society live in terror, and all fingers point to Patrick

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The Fat Guy Strangler on DVD

Episode number: 417
Production number: 4ACX20
Season: Season 4 (2005/2006)

First broadcast:
Sunday November 27, 2005

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Cultural references

Cultural references from The Fat Guy Strangler.

ReferenceDetails
American PiePeter says he saw what the pie did in the movie and instead of having sex with it, he's going to eat it instead.
BeowulfPeter fights the dragon (Cybil Sheperd) to save Quahog
Billy JoelCavemen sing his hit "For the longest time".
Bobby McFerrin80s singer Stewie witnesses falling down stairs
Country Crock ButterA man and a woman have a conversation over a bowl a butter and all we see is their hands, like the commercial.
Cybil ShepardPeter slays this dragon / actress.
DatelineLois wonders whether Dateline will do a show on their family whilst she is driving with the kids to meet her long lost brother Patrick.
Dean Martin's Celebrity RoastsWhen Peter and Lois visit the doctor for a physical, the doctor mentions the old show, "Dean Martin's Celebrity Roasts" in his shtick.
Dukes of HazzardThe "General Lee" was the Confederacy-themed Dodge Charger driven by the Dukes in the TV show.
Family GuyThe cow in the steakhouse also appeared in the episode "Don't Make Me Over."
GravityTo prove that Peter is fat Brian throws an apple towards him that gets caught in his gravitational pull and orbits his waist.
Jackie GleasonPatrick was traumatised as a child when he walked in on his mother having an affair with Jackie Gleason, who scared him away by saying his catchphrase "Pow! Right in the kisser!" Peter triggers Patrick's killing spree by wearing a bus driver's uniform identical to the one Gleason wore on The Honeymooners and repeating this phrase several times.
James WoodsThe forest that Patrick enters is named after this actor.
NAACPPeter starts a group called NAAFP (national association of the advancement of fat people) which is a knock off of the NAACP (national association of the advancement of colored people)
Sling BladeStewie imitates this movie when he says "Eatin' fried potaters" while wearing the slack-jawed expression.
St GeorgePeter took the roll of St. George when he slayed Cibil Shepard.
SuperfudgeGeorge W is reading the 1980 Judy Blume novel "Superfudge" while hiding in his Crawford, TX treehouse
Tara ReidPeter drops pepperoni onto Tara Reid's breasts while performing a boob job.
The General Lee/"To Live and Die in Dixie"When Brian hits Peter in the head with a rock, he mentions that it was revenge for not rolling down the window on the General Lee, from the episode "To Live and Die in Dixie," Season 3.
The Honeymooners"Pow right in the kisser!"
The Late Show with David LettermanThe Paul Shaffer Fire Alarm sounds like Shaffer's laughter on The Late Show with David Letterman
The Price is RightA contestant is seen yelling at another after being outbid by a dollar.
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The sign on Jamie Mack's House of Steak reads: "Jamie Mack's House of Steak $9.99 all you can eat steak; Plus bonus steak."
The Volume 4 DVD commentary for this episode is given by Seth MacFarlane, Chris Sheridan, Alec Sulkin, Wellesly Wild, and Sarah Frost.
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Characters (and voice credits)

CharacterVoiceNotes
Barbara Pewterschmidt
Brian GriffinSeth MacFarlane
Carter PewterschmidtSeth MacFarlane
Chris GriffinSeth Green
Cleveland BrownMike Henry
Dr. HartmanSeth MacFarlane
Joe SwansonPatrick Warburton
Lois GriffinAlex Borstein
Marion
Meg GriffinMila Kunis
Patrick PewterschmidtRobert Downey Jr.
Peter GriffinSeth MacFarlane
Quagmire (Glen Quagmire)Seth MacFarlane
Stewie GriffinSeth MacFarlane
Tom TuckerSeth MacFarlane

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