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'Patriot Games' is the 20th episode of the fourth season of the animated television series Family Guy. It originally aired on Fox on January 29, 2006, around the time of Super Bowl XL, which fits the sports theme of the episode. In it, Peter goes to his high school reunion and meets Tom Brady.

'Patriot Games'
Family Guy episode
Episode no.Season 4
Episode 20
Directed byCyndi Tang
Written byMike Henry
Production code4ACX25
Original air dateJanuary 29, 2006
Guest appearance(s)
  • Tom Brady as himself
  • Troy Brown as himself
  • Carol Channing as herself
  • Bob Costas as himself
  • Jay Leno as himself
  • Jeff Bergman as Fred Flintstone
  • Alexander Siddig as London Silly Nannies Player
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'Patriot Games' is the 20th episode of the fourth season of the animated television seriesFamily Guy. It originally aired on Fox on January 29, 2006, around the time of Super Bowl XL, which fits the sports theme of the episode. In it, Peter goes to his high school reunion and meets Tom Brady. After Peter runs to the bathroom and tackles most of the people in his way, Brady hires him for the New England Patriots. Peter wins many games for the Patriots but is fired for showboating and is traded to a team in London called the Silly Nannies. Peter plays versus the Patriots and loses, and returns home. Meanwhile, Stewie becomes a bookie who attacks Brian until he pays off his debt.

'Patriot Games' was written by Mike Henry and directed by Cyndi Tang, and guest starred Tom Brady, Troy Brown, Jay Leno, Carol Channing, and Bob Costas as themselves. The episode received positive reviews from critics and finished as the 55th most-watched program of the week.[1]

Plot summary[edit]

At his high school reunion, Peter pretends to be a secret agent-astronaut-millionaire who wears a cowboy hat to impress his classmates, but the truth comes out when he meets Tom Brady. He subsequently gets drunk and has to make a run for the bathroom, knocking over everyone between him and the bathroom. Brady is impressed and gets Peter a spot on the New England Patriots football team as the starting center. Peter is soon fired for showboating in a game versus the Dallas Cowboys, driving on to the field then performing a massively-choreographed version of the song 'Shipoopi' after scoring one touchdown. He is traded to the London Silly Nannies, who apparently have no clue on how to play football. Peter decides to turn them around and challenges Brady to a game between the Silly Nannies and the Patriots. On the opening kickoff, Peter's teammates become terrified of the Patriots rushing toward them and run away, leaving Peter to face them alone. He tries and is immediately tackled. However, Brady compliments Peter on having the nerve to stand up to them, having now regained respect for him.

Meanwhile, Stewie becomes a bookie and takes a $50 bet from Brian on a Celebrity Boxing match pitting Mike Tyson against Carol Channing. Brian bets on Tyson and loses. Stewie comes to collect, but Brian laughs him off and tells him he will have the money in 24 hours. After 24 hours, Stewie asks for the money owed, but Brian says he does not have it and to give him until next Friday. Stewie reveals that he is serious about settling the bet and, on two occasions, brutally beats up Brian (using such means as a golf club, shooting him in both knees with a pistol, and a flamethrower) to coerce him into paying up. Eventually, Brian agrees to pay off the bet. After Stewie's bet is satisfied, he offers Brian an opportunity to get one 'free revenge shot' to make up for all the torture he caused. Brian accepts the offer, but leaves Stewie in suspense as to when the free hit will be delivered, until Stewie is overcome with paranoia and starts beating himself up in an attempt to satisfy Brian. After biding his time and making Stewie worry about what could happen, Brian—while the Griffins are in London, leaving the Patriots-Silly Nannies game—nonchalantly shoves Stewie in front of a moving bus.

Production[edit]

Mike Henry wrote the episode.

'Patriot Games' was written by Mike Henry,[2] and directed by Peter Shin, Pete Michels and Cyndi Tang.[3] The episode aired on January 29, 2006, a week before Super Bowl XL. Actress Carol Channing made a guest appearance as herself in a scene in which Brian loses a $50 bet on a boxing match between her and professional boxer Mike Tyson, though Tyson did not voice himself. Sportscaster Bob Costas also voiced himself in a short scene in which he interviews Peter and Tom Brady. Much of the episode was scripted with Patriots coach Bill Belichick in mind, but Brady was chosen to replace him. After numerous requests for Brady to voice himself in the episode, he eventually agreed. Comedian Jay Leno voiced himself in two short scenes that show him, respectively, threatening and attempting to kill Brady.[4]

Two scenes in which Stewie brutally beats up Brian using a glass filled with orange juice, various household objects, and guns polarized people who viewed it. Several production members were offended. Cast members—as well as MacFarlane's mother and an animal rights advocate—enjoyed the scene; MacFarlane quoted his mother: 'I don't see what the problem is? He (Brian) owed him (Stewie) money!', and so it was kept in the final cut.[4] When Lois gives the finger to the camera during the interview with Peter and Brady, her hand was blurred out on Fox airings of the episode. However, reruns on Adult Swim and TBS left the gesture intact.[5] The gesture was also left intact on the DVD of 'Volume Four'; the production team enjoyed having this level of freedom. After the initial airing of the episode, where newscaster Tom Tucker announces a report on a fictional curse word, clemen, many viewers looked up the word on the Internet to try to find a definition. MacFarlane stated in the episode's DVD commentary that if someone invents an obscene definition for the word, the show will have to stop using it (it has not been used since this episode).[4]

In 2009, the bathroom scene was reused for a series of YouTube videos promoting the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series nominations that Family Guy received for consideration to voters for the 61st Primetime Emmy Awards. In it, Brian considers voting for the fellow nominees—The Office,[6]Flight of the Conchords,[7]Entourage,[8]30 Rock,[9]How I Met Your Mother,[10] and Weeds.[11] In the first five videos, Stewie brutally beats up Brian for his different votes, in their respective videos, asking 'Where's my Emmy man?' and forces him to vote for Family Guy. In the last video, when Brian thinks about voting for Weeds, Stewie doesn't beat him up and instead says, 'Oh, fuck this. I'm not doing one for fucking Weeds,' referring to the declining quality of the show within its fourth season.

Cultural references[edit]

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The episode features a 2.5-minute rendition of the song 'Shipoopi' from the 1957 musical The Music Man, conducted by Peter and performed by the Patriots and people in the stadium.[12] The rendition was directed by Dan Povenmire, who would later go on to co-create Phineas and Ferb with fellow Family Guy worker Jeff 'Swampy' Marsh. The original number in The Music Man was performed by around 40 or 50 singers and around 80 other musicians, as estimated by MacFarlane. Family Guy's rendition was recorded by an orchestra not as large as the original's, but one of the largest the show has ever used. Another musical number, in which the London Silly Nannies sing while dancing around a maypole, was taken from the Gilbert and Sullivan production The Sorcerer. A visual joke that shows Peter's $30,000 wax sculpture of Harriet Tubman 'doing' a naked Gwyneth Paltrow originally featured the droid R2-D2 from Star Wars in place of Tubman. MacFarlane is a fan of Star Wars, and its characters are often featured in the series' jokes.[4] A spoof drama programme called Condensation is shown on BBC Four, which is a BBC channel dedicated to the arts, culture and factual programmes. The episode title is taken from the 1987 Tom Clancy novel Patriot Games.

Reception[edit]

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'Patriot Games' was watched by 8.45 million viewers, making it the 55th most-watched program of the week.[1] According to MacFarlane, the episode polarized viewers, who either 'hated or loved the violence'.[4] Ryan J. Budke from AOL's TV Squad gave the episode a positive review, specifically praising the scene in which Stewie beats up Brian. Budke also said that it was 'fun' and that you could tell the crew had a good time making it. Overall, he considered it 'not a bad episode. The scene eventually became one of the most popular videos on YouTube.'[13] The episode ranked number 1 in IGN's Top 10 Musical Moments in the show, for 'Shipoopi,'[14] and Stewie's assault on Brian in the bathroom was named the 5th greatest fight scene in the show on another list.[15]

References[edit]

  1. ^ ab'Weekly Program Rankings'. ABC Medianet. January 29, 2006. Retrieved 2009-09-27.
  2. ^'Mike Henry of 'Family Guy' talks voices, gags and instinct'. Campus Times. Archived from the original on 2009-10-16. Retrieved 2009-09-27.
  3. ^'Family Guy: Patriot Games'. Film.com. Archived from the original on December 12, 2008. Retrieved 2009-09-27.
  4. ^ abcdeMcFarlane, Seth (writer); Henry, Mike (voice actor); Tang, Cyndi (director); Povenmire, Dan (director of 'Shipoopi' sequence); Elias, Mike (editor) (November 14, 2006). Family Guy: Volume Four: Commentary for 'Patriot Games'(DVD)|format= requires |url= (help). Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation.
  5. ^'Family Guy'. Adult Swim. Archived from the original on 2012-04-09. Retrieved 2009-09-27.
  6. ^FAMILY GUY – Brian's Emmy Vote – The Office
  7. ^FAMILY GUY – Brian's Emmy Vote – Flight of the Conchords
  8. ^FAMILY GUY – Brian's Emmy Vote – Entourage
  9. ^FAMILY GUY – Brian's Emmy Vote – 30 Rock
  10. ^FAMILY GUY – Brian's Emmy Vote – How I Met Your Mother
  11. ^FAMILY GUY – Brian's Emmy Vote – Weeds
  12. ^Schellework, Charles (March 27, 2008). ''Music Man' marches into Century High'. The Maryland Gazette. Retrieved 2009-09-27.
  13. ^'Family Guy: Patriot Games'. TV Squad. Archived from the original on 2007-08-20. Retrieved 2009-09-27.
  14. ^Haque, Ahsan. 'Family Guy: Top 10 Musical Moments'. IGN. Retrieved 2009-11-14.
  15. ^Haque, Ahsan. 'Family Guy: Top 10 Fights'. IGN. Retrieved 2009-11-14.

External links[edit]

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  • 'Patriot Games' on IMDb
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Family Guy Vol. 4 (Season 4 Part 2) [Unrated]


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4.22 Sibling Rivalry

Comparison:

  • TV Version
  • DVD Version
Release: Feb 24, 2011 - Author: Muck47 - Translator: DaxRider123 - external link: IMDB - more from this series
Comparison between the TV Version and the extended DVD Version (both included in the DVD Box 'Volume 4').
1 new scene (duration: 78.9 sec)
Family Guy is a very successful show aired on FOX. Since some jokes are simply too rude to air them on national television, the producers have to censor/cut scenes from time to time. However, they sometimes also cut some jokes away in order to reach the appropiate length for a TV-episode. Therefore, not all the changes that were made are a result of censorship. Nevertheless there still are enough hilarious, outrageous jokes in the show - fans will be in for a good time, weven when watching the TV Version on FOX. (I'm speaking from experience.)
BTW, it airs every sunday evening on FOX. That's really nice because you can also watch the new American Dad episode as well as the new episode of The Cleveland Show. So you've got a terrific triple feature. If you're watching FOX anyway, you can also watch the latest Simpsons episode. After all, what's better than spent your whole evening laughing your ass of while watching the latest episodes of the series by Seth MacFarlane plus some new adventures of Homer & Co?
For the 22nd Episode of the 4th season - 'Sibling Rivalry' - the producers decided to delete one scene in order to reach the usual lenght of 22 minutes for the episode.
Time index refers to the TV Version.
Please note:
There is no longer / uncensored DVD Version of the first 5 episodes of season 4.
04:32
After the song about vasectomy, the DVD Version continues with a pretty long scene where Peter loses a bet and therefore has to undergo this kind of operation.
Peter comes into the room and pulls Lois outside; 'Lois, I know how to settle our vasectomy dispute.'
In front of the door there are 2 old timey cars and Peter announces: 'A no-rules funny car race from here to Boston. Last one to Fenway gets snipped.'
Lois: 'Peter, what the hell? Where did these things come from?'
Cleveland joins them: 'They were Loretta's. Please take them, they are no longer funny to me.'

Peter already changed his outfit and jumps into the first car; 'Go!'
Lois sighs and then follows her husband.
You hear carnival-like music; Peter's car is clearly faster. Lois changes the channel of her radio and you hear Shania Twain's song 'You're Still The One'.
Meanwhile, Peter passes several cars at full speed, while several cars overtake Lois.

Peter says: 'Almost there...eat my dust Lois!'
Then he comes across a sign that says 'Duck Boat Tours' and he suddenly brakes. Peter is torn between the tour and the exit ramp leading to Fenway Park.

Next, you see Lois waiting at Fenway Park (she's obviously annoyed), while Peter joyfully reaches for the ducks in the water.
Finally, he arrives and realizes: 'Well, it looks like I'm a man with no sperm. But I'll always be a man with no sperm who once had a wonderful day.'

According to the audio commentary on the DVD this scene was cut out in order to reach the regular length of 22 minutes.
All in all 78.9 sec

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