Stuck Together, Torn Apart/References

• CostMart is a combination of the warehouse club store Costco, and the department store Walmart. The comedian Gallagher is seen at CostMart, stocking up on watermelons. He was known for smashing watermelons in his act. A bystander comments “Is it 1981?” pointing out that Gallagher’s peak popularity was some time ago.
• In a flashback, the Griffins see a movie starring British actor Hugh Grant who is often typecast as a “charmingly befuddled” romantic lead.
• The song Quagmire hums after realizing that everyone can read his thoughts is the first three measures of the second strain of a march called “National Emblem” by E.E. Bagley.
• To find his little black book, Peter uses a device similar to the ark-finding amulet from Indiana Jones: Raiders of the Lost Ark.
• Peter visits adult versions of Peppermint Patty and Marcie from the comic strip Peanuts, who have been interpreted as being lesbians,despite the Peanuts stood for Christian values.
• The Goldman’s practice of watching movies to the Hotel California album is a reference to the Dark Side of the Rainbow.
• A flashback shows Peter at a discothèque smashing a disco ball, which he apparently mistook for a piñata.
• When Stewie sees the midget woman stuck in the well, he says “It rubs the lotion on its skin or else it gets the hose again!”, a line from the movie The Silence of the Lambs.
• Glenn Quagmire often orders a “Roofie Colada” for his dates. This is a play on the alcoholic drink, Piña Colada, but contains the modern pharmaceutical Rohypnol colloquially known as the date rape drug “roofie.”
• In one of Peter’s flashbacks, three of the ghosts from Pac-Man, Blinky, Clyde, and Funky from Pac-Mania, visit Pac-Man to cheer him up after Ms. Pac-Man had to break up with him in a simlar way Peter has to break up with Lois in the present time. The ghosts attempt to cheer him up by allowing Pac-Man to eat them. Getting no response, the ghosts give up and go visit Q*Bert.

References

• S. Callaghan, “Stuck Together, Torn Apart” Family Guy: The Official Episode Guide Seasons 1–3. New York: HarperCollins, 2005. 152–155.
• A. Delarte, “Nitpicking Family Guy: Season 3” in Bob’s Poetry Magazine, 2.August 2005: 54–56 http://bobspoetry.com/Bobs02Au.pdf

• The 'enemies stuck together' theme is a reference to "The Defiant Ones," which featured two feuding escaped convicts handcuffed together.

• When Peter digs out his little black book, it's a direct reproduction of the map room sequence in 'Raiders of the Lost Ark.'

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