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Prick Up Your Ears

Written by Cherry Chavapravatdumrong and directed by James Purdum

When Lois discovers that Chris has some bad information about sex, she volunteers to teach a sex-ed class at the high school. After Lois upsets the other parents with her honest approach, Principal Shepherd is forced to replace her with Reverend Jerry Kirkwood. Meanwhile, Meg and her new guy take an abstinence pledge, but still manage to find a loophole. And a terrified Stewie sets a series of traps for the Tooth Fairy, hell-bent on destroying him.

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Reference	Details
Airplane		Just like a Woman from the 1980 Legendary Comedy Airplane, A line of famous Family Guy character wait their turn to beat the crap out of Stewie to knock some sense into him.
Bulimia nervosa		It is revealed Jillian suffers from Bulimia nervosa, an eating disorder.
Condoms		Lois' is stopped from teaching Sex Ed because she taught the students about condoms.
Fred Savage
Gary Numan "Cars"		Stewie has this on his mixtape, singing along and changing the words so he can get ice cream
General Hospital		The pornographic video Chris and his friends are watching is called Genital Hospital, a play on General Hospital.
Ghandi		Meg says that Rev. Jerry Kirkwood is a vissionary, like Wolfgang Amdaeus Mozart, or Ghandi, or Picasso.
Grimace		Lois dresses like Grimace, a character from McDonalds, when they role-play before sex.
He-Man		Stewie uses a toy of Man-E-Faces from He-Man to keep a lookout for the tooth fairy.
Knight Rider		At the end of one segment (before cutting to commercial), a live-action shot from Knight Rider is imposed behind Lois.
Laguna Beach		Peter watches "Laguna Beach" on TV.
Liam Neeson		Peter mentions kids being more lost than Liam Neeson would be playing an American cowboy; which, for Neeson, would be casting against type.
MADtv
Mel Gibson		Mel Gibson's alleged anti-semitism is parodied in an apology given after Mel apologizes for remarks he made during his infamous DUI incident.
Michael Jackson		Michael Jackson is parodied in a Kellogg Company Frosted Mini-Wheats commercial.
Mozart		Meg says that Rev. Jerry Kirkwood is a vissionary, like Wolfgang Amdaeus Mozart, or Ghandi, or Picasso.
Picasso		In a cutaway, Pablo Picasso unveils a new painting, which, once rearranged, resembled Dianne Wiest.
Prick Up Your Ears		The episode title is a reference to the 1987 British film "Prick Up Your Ears" by Alan Bennett. The film is about the gay playwright Joe Orton (Gary Oldman) and his lover Kenneth Halliwell (Alfred Molina).
Spongebob Squarepants
Tetris
The King of Queens		Rodney King of Queens is a parody of the CBS sitcom The King of Queens and the infamous Rodney King beating by the Los Angeles Police Department.
The Matrix
Tooth Fairy		Stewie hunts the tooth fairy.
Transformers		Stewie uses a toy of Starscream from Transformers to keep a lookout for the tooth fairy.

Reference

Details

Airplane

Just like a Woman from the 1980 Legendary Comedy Airplane, A line of famous Family Guy character wait their turn to beat the crap out of Stewie to knock some sense into him.

Bulimia nervosa

It is revealed Jillian suffers from Bulimia nervosa, an eating disorder.

Condoms

Lois' is stopped from teaching Sex Ed because she taught the students about condoms.

Fred Savage

Gary Numan "Cars"

Stewie has this on his mixtape, singing along and changing the words so he can get ice cream

General Hospital

The pornographic video Chris and his friends are watching is called Genital Hospital, a play on General Hospital.

Ghandi

Meg says that Rev. Jerry Kirkwood is a vissionary, like Wolfgang Amdaeus Mozart, or Ghandi, or Picasso.

Grimace

Lois dresses like Grimace, a character from McDonalds, when they role-play before sex.

He-Man

Stewie uses a toy of Man-E-Faces from He-Man to keep a lookout for the tooth fairy.

Knight Rider

At the end of one segment (before cutting to commercial), a live-action shot from Knight Rider is imposed behind Lois.

Laguna Beach

Peter watches "Laguna Beach" on TV.

Liam Neeson

Peter mentions kids being more lost than Liam Neeson would be playing an American cowboy; which, for Neeson, would be casting against type.

MADtv

Mel Gibson

Mel Gibson's alleged anti-semitism is parodied in an apology given after Mel apologizes for remarks he made during his infamous DUI incident.

Michael Jackson

Michael Jackson is parodied in a Kellogg Company Frosted Mini-Wheats commercial.

Mozart

Meg says that Rev. Jerry Kirkwood is a vissionary, like Wolfgang Amdaeus Mozart, or Ghandi, or Picasso.

Picasso

In a cutaway, Pablo Picasso unveils a new painting, which, once rearranged, resembled Dianne Wiest.

Prick Up Your Ears

The episode title is a reference to the 1987 British film "Prick Up Your Ears" by Alan Bennett. The film is about the gay playwright Joe Orton (Gary Oldman) and his lover Kenneth Halliwell (Alfred Molina).

Spongebob Squarepants

Tetris

The King of Queens

Rodney King of Queens is a parody of the CBS sitcom The King of Queens and the infamous Rodney King beating by the Los Angeles Police Department.

The Matrix

Tooth Fairy

Stewie hunts the tooth fairy.

Transformers

Stewie uses a toy of Starscream from Transformers to keep a lookout for the tooth fairy.

Note
The voice of the sex counseller is the character who plays Dubious in Arrested Development!
Adam West attacks a pizza delivery boy with his "cat launcher" and is amused by the fact that one of the cats is called Paul, a person's name.
This episode was watched by 9.26 million viewers in the US when it was first shown on Fox (source: Entertainment Now).
During the first opening scene, Adam West's hand overflows the bowl of popcorn for about a second (You need to record it and slow it down to see it).

Note

The voice of the sex counseller is the character who plays Dubious in Arrested Development!

Adam West attacks a pizza delivery boy with his "cat launcher" and is amused by the fact that one of the cats is called Paul, a person's name.

This episode was watched by 9.26 million viewers in the US when it was first shown on Fox (source: Entertainment Now).

During the first opening scene, Adam West's hand overflows the bowl of popcorn for about a second (You need to record it and slow it down to see it).

Character	Voice	Notes
Adam West (Mayor)	Adam West
Brian Griffin	Seth MacFarlane
Chris Griffin	Seth Green
Cleveland Brown	Mike Henry
Diane Simmons	Lori Alan
Doug II	Seth MacFarlane
Dr. Hartman
Evil Monkey
Exotic Entertainment Shop Assistant	Mike Henry	Appears as a Tetris brick in a cut scene
Herbert	Mike Henry
Jillian	Drew Barrymore
Kool Aid Guy
Lois Griffin	Alex Borstein
Meg Griffin	Mila Kunis
Mel Gibson	UNKNOWN
Peter Griffin	Seth MacFarlane
Principal Shepherd	Gary Cole
Quagmire (Glen Quagmire)	Seth MacFarlane
Reverend Jerry Kirkwood	David Cross
Rupert
Stewie Griffin	Seth MacFarlane
T Fairy	Seth MacFarlane
Tom Tucker	Seth MacFarlane

Character

Voice

Notes

Adam West

Seth MacFarlane

Seth Green

Mike Henry