Screwed the Pooch/References

• Peter says he is like Roo when he is in the kangaroo’s pouch. He is referencing the joey from the Winnie-the-Pooh books.
• When Brian turns on the TV by himself, he sees a show called World’s Sluttiest Dogs, which airs on the Fox Network. This is a reference to Fox's tendency to air shows with moderate sexual undertones (Family Guy being one of many) and sensationalistic reality shows (usually starting with the phrase “World’s...” followed by a superlative, such as World’s Wildest Police Chases).
• After Joe tells Peter to find a common ground with Lois’ father, Peter acts upon the advice as if he were Ebenezer Scrooge; he shouts at Bob Cratchit, who’s copying letters in the corner, telling him he has to work through Christmas, like in A Christmas Carol. Cratchit asks, “But, sir, what of Tiny Tim?” Peter responds, “Bah, he and his ukulele shall go wanting” (a reference to Tiny Tim the musician, not Cratchit’s son).
• In another attempt to find common ground with Carter, Peter stands in front of a newspaper stand for several days attempting to understand a cartoon in The New Yorker, the caption of which reads “I’d be more apathetic if I weren’t so lethargic” (meaning “I’d be more uncaring if I weren’t so lazy”). After finally getting the joke, Peter snickers a little, then requests a copy of Juggs.
• Lois explains to Carter that Peter has “cultured himself like Julia Roberts in Pretty Woman.” In return, Carter burns Peter with a cigarette and Peter replies that it is fine, 'but no kissing on the lips', further referencing Pretty Woman.
• Carter mentions that, at a party at The Newport Country Club, Peter approached the Premier of China and said, “Dong, where is my automobile?” The line is a reference to John Hughes’s movie Sixteen Candles.
• The way Peter falls down and destroys everything after attempting to go back in time is reminiscent of Chris Farley’s Matt Foley character destroying chairs and other furniture during his motivational speeches on Saturday Night Live.
• Peter leaves the set of Survivor and trips into the set of The Price is Right. Interestingly, the numbers on the Showcase Showdown wheel are in the correct order.
• When Lois asks Carter if Peter can play in his poker game, he replies that he would rather be stuck in an elevator with Nathan Lane, Gilbert Gottfried, Carrot Top, and Sean Hayes.
• The guests of the poker game are Michael Eisner, Bill Gates, and Ted Turner (Carter told the others not to invite Turner).
• Bill Gates’ signal for a helicopter to pick him up is the Microsoft Windows symbol, and is a parody of the iconic method of signaling for Batman. The Windows logo’s colors are upside-down (the Windows logo is, from top row to bottom row: red–green, blue–yellow).
• Brian having sex with Sea Breeze right on The Newport Race Track and presumably impregnating her is a possible reference to the The Simpsons’ episode “Two Dozen and One Greyhounds,” with Santa's Little Helper and a female greyhound, though it is so brief and incidental that this is ambiguous. The puppies born with human faces at the Quahog Animal Clinic recalls the pig who looked suspiciously like Herbert Garrison in “An Elephant Makes Love to a Pig” (South Park).
• A sign outside Ed's Motel reads “As seen on America’s Mosted Wanted.” Brian and Sea Breeze are photographed being discovered in a closet at the motel by a soldier, just like Elián González.
• Brian rented for Peter two Pauly Shore films, Bio-Dome and Son in Law after Peter was banned from the video store for taping over their movies. Peter taped over a rented copy of Citizen Kane to let future viewers know Rosebud was “his sled. It was his sled from when he was a kid. There, I just saved you two boring, boobless hours.”
• Linda Blair from The Exorcist is at Brian’s trial, and does her famous 360-degree head-turning and vomiting.
• Peter rearranges a Pablo Picasso painting at the Quahog Art Museum so it actually looks like a face.

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