Lethal Weapons/References

• Peter says “brothers and sisters fighting is as natural as a white man’s dialogue in a Spike Lee movie,” leading to a cutaway parodying Lee’s movie Do the Right Thing.
• Lois says she is cutting loose just like “Julie Andrews in that movie where she shows her breasts,” leading to a cutaway of Mary Poppins in which Andrews inexplicably opens her blouse. In reality, the movie Lois is referring to is the 1981 film S.O.B..
• Cleveland says that protesters at the Million Man March set fire to their port-a-potties.
• While voicing the “man-eating tree,” Peter claims he ate “insane New York anchorman Dan Rather” and “asexual former Mayor Ed Koch.”
• Peter says Lois “floats like a butterfly and stings like when I pee,” a reference to Muhammad Ali’s famous quote: “Floats like a butterfly, stings like a bee.”
• Peter refers to the Tae Jitsu instructor as “Ralph Macchio,” the star of The Karate Kid.
• Lucy van Pelt from the comic strip Peanuts appears and pulls away a football as Lois tries to kick it (as she does to Charlie Brown). Lois then kicks her in the face and she cries.
• Among the garbage the leafers dump on the Griffins yard are the publications New York Magazine and The New York Post, and the Major League Baseball team the New York Mets.
• Lois suggests they go to the Olive Garden for breadsticks. She then chants “Me likey breadsticks!” as a throwback to an earlier scene in the episode.
• At the bar, Peter says “Krypton sucks,” angering General Zod and his partners, the Kryptonian villains from Superman II, sending them to the "Phantom Zone", flying out to space - exactly like the movie.
• Lois challenges Jared by saying “Spin the wheel, raggedy man,” a quote from the 1985 movie Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome.
• Peter watches a fictitious sequel to the movie Speed 2: Cruise Control (Speed 3: Glacier of Doom).
• In Stewie’s fantasy radio program, he interviews deceased variety show host Ed Sullivan and then imitates a commercial for the board game Operation.
• To frighten the therapist, Stewie imitates “Martin Lawrence on a bender,” a reference to the comedian’s spouts of violence and supposed drug abuse.
• While under the influence of Brian’s “mood-enhancing pills,” the Griffins imitate South African mbube group Ladysmith Black Mambazo.
• While the family lists derogatory terms for a fat person, Stewie shouts “country virtuoso Roy Clark.”
• Peter calls Lois “Martin Mull” because of her bleaching the facial hair in her upper lip. Mull is famous for sporting a blond upper lip mustache and has guest-starred in the show in If I'm Dyin', I'm Lyin'. In the Spanish version he says Burt Reynolds.
• The part where Lois grabs Peter’s crotch and says “This is mine! This is where my babies come from!” is a reference to a real incident that happened between O.J. Simpson and Nicole Brown Simpson when they were still married.
• When Peter holds a "Fight the ass kicking wife stand" Lois says she's not a sideshow attraction anymore. Then it shows a clip of Lois as a midget cave person bouncing on a trampoline chanting "Me Likey Bouncy!". Later at The Drunken Clam, Peter offers to take her to The Olive Garden Italian Restaurant. Lois starts chanting "Me Likey Breadsticks!" before getting herself under control.
• The title of the episode is a reference to the 1987 movie Lethal Weapon.
• "Spin the wheel, Raggedy Man!" is a reference to the movie "Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome."

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