A Fish out of Water/References

• A flashback shows Peter stranded on a raft, talking to a volley ball is a parody of the 2000 film Cast Away. He is yelling at the ball saying, "Wilson! Wilson! What are we gonna' do now!?". The volleyball shouts back, "My name is Voit, dumbass!" This is a reference to the Voit Corporation (another sporting goods company).
• Peter names his boat the S.S. More Powerful Than Superman, Batman, Spider-Man and The Incredible Hulk Put Together, which are the names of four popular superheroes.
• Lois tells Meg “up your nose with a rubber hose,” the Sweathogs’ catch phrase from the sitcom Welcome Back, Kotter.
• Alfonso Ribeiro makes an appearance in this episode; he moves the furniture out of the Griffin's house. He was introduced when Peter asked him if he was on Silver Spoons and Alfonso replied, “Yes I was.” He also played Carlton in [The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air].
• In Stewie’s imagination, Peter spontaneously combusts, a reference to Charles Dickens’ novel Bleak House.
• When Seamus is talking about how hard it was to see Daggermouth, he says one of the reasons was that it was the hour that his glasses were at Lenscrafters.
• A cutaway shows Peter saving Quagmire, Joe and Cleveland, who have just been sodomized by two men.
• When Peter, Cleveland, Joe & Quagmire are talking about which of any woman they could have in the world if they were not married, Joe chooses Mariel Hemingway, Cleveland chooses Margaret Thatcher, Peter chooses “the chick from Total Recall with the three knockers,” and Quagmire chooses Taylor Hanson, but freaks out when Peter and Joe reveal that Taylor Hanson is a male.
• The man with elongated arms who eggs on the gang to find Daggermouth is from Monty Python’s 1983 film The Meaning of Life (the Find-the-Fish segment).
• There is a punk band from Vancouver, Canada called Daggermouth who are named after the robotic fish in this episode.
• MTV, CNN. & VH1 - All of these channels had a Spring Break Show Meg wasn't part of yes, even CNN.

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