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|contents = * The title references the film ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spies_Like_Us Spies Like Us]'', which also starred guest stars [[Chevy Chase]] and [[Dan Aykroyd]]. It is because this was [[Ronald Reagan]]'s favorite film, as revealed in the episode, that Aykroyd and Chase were made real-life spies.
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|contents = * The title references the film ''Spies Like Us'', which also starred guest stars [[Chevy Chase]] and [[Dan Aykroyd]].
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* During the scene in which Dan Aykroyd, Chevy Chase, Brian, and Stewie are brought before Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, Putin takes out a hanger for his jacket amongst other things. This is a reference to the scene in the 1981 Indiana Jones movie Raiders Of The Lost Ark where Toht takes out his jacket hanger.
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* During the scene in which Dan Aykroyd, Chevy Chase, Brian, and Stewie are brought before Russian Prime Minister [[Vladimir Putin]], Putin takes out a hanger for his jacket amongst other things. This is a reference to a scene in ''[[Raiders of the Lost Ark]]'' where Toht takes out his jacket hanger.
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*The tracking device used to find Adam West is similar looking to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PKE_Meter#Technology PKE Meter] from ''Ghostbusters.''
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* The tracking device used to find Adam West is similar looking to the PKE Meter from ''[[Ghostbusters]]''.
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*The plot of Brian, Stewie, et al searching for long forgotten Russian sleeper cells that can be 'activated' via a secret message is taken from Charles Bronson's 1977 film ''Telefon'', which had the same plot device.
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* The plot of Brian, Stewie, et al searching for long forgotten Russian sleeper cells that can be 'activated' via a secret message is similar to Charles Bronson's 1977 film ''Telefon'', which had the same plot device.
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*[[Vladimir Putin]]'s description of mercenaries invading the Czech Republic is of the movie ''Stripes'' starring Bill Murray and Harold Ramis, who also starred in [[Ghostbusters]]. Harold Ramis also directed and had a bit part in Chevy Chase's ''National Lampoon's Vacation''.
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* Vladimir Putin's description of mercenaries invading the Czech Republic is of the film ''Stripes'' starring Bill Murray and Harold Ramis.
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* The set of Stewie dolls popping one out of another is a reference to the [http://russian-crafts.com/crafts-history/nesting-dolls-history.html Russian Matryoshka Dolls] , also known as Russian nesting dolls or babushka dolls
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* Putin's cutaway is a parody of "Hedgehog in the Fog", a 1975 Soviet cartoon.
  
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* When Peter was doing his John Wayne bit he mentions John Wayne Gacy. Gacy was a real life serial killer whom raped and killed an estimated 32 teenage boys. He was also known to dress as a clown for parties.
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* The set of Stewie dolls popping one out of another is a reference to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matryoshka_doll Russian Matryoshka Dolls] , also known as Russian nesting dolls or babushka dolls
  
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* Quagmire's first suggestion for an improv troupe name "Improvda: The truth is ad-libbed" is a play on the Russian word for "truth," "Pravda." It also references a communist newspaper of the same name and so the troupe name comments on communist governments' propensity to twist or subvert the truth via the media.
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* The cutaway gag about 'a bad turn like Mike Brady's First Marriage' refers to the fictitious bad marriage of a character from ''[http://bradybunch.wikia.com/wiki/Special:MyHome The Brady Bunch]''.
  
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* When Peter was doing his John Wayne bit he mentions [[wikipedia:John Wayne Gacy|John Wayne Gacy]]. Gacy was a real life serial killer whom raped and killed an estimated 32 teenage boys. He was also known to dress as a clown for parties.
  
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*Quagmire's first suggestion for an improv troupe name "Improvda: The truth is ad-libbed" is a play on the Russian word for "truth," "Pravda." It also references a communist newspaper of the same name and so the troupe name comments on communist governments' propensity to twist or subvert the truth via the media.
 
   
 
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Revision as of 20:03, 21 July 2014

  • The title references the film Spies Like Us, which also starred guest stars Chevy Chase and Dan Aykroyd.
  • During the scene in which Dan Aykroyd, Chevy Chase, Brian, and Stewie are brought before Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, Putin takes out a hanger for his jacket amongst other things. This is a reference to a scene in Raiders of the Lost Ark where Toht takes out his jacket hanger.
  • The tracking device used to find Adam West is similar looking to the PKE Meter from Ghostbusters.
  • The plot of Brian, Stewie, et al searching for long forgotten Russian sleeper cells that can be 'activated' via a secret message is similar to Charles Bronson's 1977 film Telefon, which had the same plot device.
  • Vladimir Putin's description of mercenaries invading the Czech Republic is of the film Stripes starring Bill Murray and Harold Ramis.
  • The set of Stewie dolls popping one out of another is a reference to the Russian Matryoshka Dolls , also known as Russian nesting dolls or babushka dolls
  • When Peter was doing his John Wayne bit he mentions John Wayne Gacy. Gacy was a real life serial killer whom raped and killed an estimated 32 teenage boys. He was also known to dress as a clown for parties.
  • Quagmire's first suggestion for an improv troupe name "Improvda: The truth is ad-libbed" is a play on the Russian word for "truth," "Pravda." It also references a communist newspaper of the same name and so the troupe name comments on communist governments' propensity to twist or subvert the truth via the media.

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