Stewie Loves Lois/References

• The family is watching a (fictional) TV show called Robin the Boy Wonder, in which Robin looks like Burt Ward’s portrayal of the character in the 1960's version of the Batman show. In the episode in question, four girls are in a car which is balancing dangerously on the edge of a ravine. When Robin arrives to save them, the girls express a certain doubt in Robin’s ability to save them, since he has no actual superpowers. Robin then produces a cell phone, but is unable to call for help since he has no reception.
• Peter claims that Frampton Comes Alive! was “a monster.” Curiously, Peter Frampton saved Peter’s marriage by playing for Lois at their anniversary in the episode “Death Lives.”
• In the flashback of Peter’s passing of his exam, the song “I’m Free (Heaven Helps the Man)” by Kenny Loggin is played.
• During the flashback of Peter’s “rape,” he is thrown on a pinball machine. This is a reference to the rape scene in the movie The Accused. Also, the scene in which Peter is pushed onto the grass and a carnival is taking place behind Dr. Hartman is a reference to the film Dr. Giggles. There is also a American History X reference when Hartman spanks and is about to penetrate Peter, and the low frequency droning sound in the background is a reference to Gaspar Noe’s Irréversible, another film notorious for its rape content.
• Kermit the Frog is shown to be racist in this episode, in a flashback taken from the opening of The Muppet Movie. When an African-American asks for directions to town, Kermit replies “Yeah! It’s back the way you came!” after which he pulls out a shotgun and cocks it.
• Stewie describes Lois as a female Bonnie Hunt.
• Stewie’s explanation for his speaking Spanish is that he fell asleep during Sábado Gigante, a popular Spanish-language variety television show.
• Stewie testifies against Michael Jackson, a reference to the People v. Jackson 2005 molestation trial against him
• Lois seems to initially reference Andrea Yates as a parallel to herself, then changes it to imply that Barbara Bush gave George W. Bush brain damage by holding him under water as a child.
• The eponymous characters from Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde become “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Sulu” in a cutaway scene.
• During the Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Sulu segment, Mr. Sulu says “Hello” in a suggestive tone and eyes a man passing by; this is a reference to the actor who plays Mr. Sulu, George Takei’s real life homosexuality. At the time the episode aired, Takei had recently come out.
• The end credits are an animated replication of the All in the Family end credits shot sequence, complete with the use of the actual All in the Family closing theme and scrolling credits in the show’s font. (Note that the first few seconds of the opening sequence of the show, when Lois and Peter play the piano, are also similar to the opening credits of All in the Family.)
• When Seamus the old pirate is showing Peter the random posters from his wooden arm, the last picture is of Primus. Other posters on his arm include one of Middle-Earth, and a “Hang in There” cat poster.
• Chris mentioning that there is an Orange Julius at the mall where Peter might find a personal injury lawyer is possibly a reference to The Simpsons episode “Burns' Heir” where lawyer Lionel Hutz is shown to have a mall office in close proximity to an Orange Julius stand. Hutz is also known for claiming he will take "any case, no matter how frivolous", as Meg reports.
• After Lois ignores Stewie’s pretended overdose of medication, Stewie asks if this is a “Tommy Lee pool party” referring to the 2001 drowning death of four-year-old Daniel Karven-Veres at Tommy Lee’s Malibu home during a birthday party for his son.
• Tom Tucker mentions a story about a woman inexplicably losing her sex drive after a big meal at an expensive restaurant. This is a reference to the stereotypical male attitude of an expensive meal equaling getting to have sex.
• When Peter is in the bathroom cutting his hair and putting lipstick all over his body, he is showing typical signs of emotional trauma that comes from rape (or what he thought was rape).
• When Brian turns on the TV and changes the channels, Peter sees the title card of Freddy Got Fingered, the scene from ET where the title character's finger sticks out and a light shines through his finger and says "Tooouuuuuccchhhhh....", and the logo for the Yellow Pages, with the slogan "Let your fingers do the walking."

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