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Plot

Ok, before eveyone gets made and goes crazy--here is how the plot to this episode is taken from the Charles Bronson film Telefon. This film is from 1977, they show it on AMC and TNT sometimes, its not to bad of a film.

here is the basic plot. Bronson's character is a KGB agent that is sent to america to take out former sleeper cell spies. Basically, the Russians put people in America and brainwashed them so they have no memory, when they receive a phone call saying some phrase the people go and complete their mission (blowing up bases and Dams and things). Bronson has to stop them because Russia wants to cancel the peogram but this other rogue Russian agent doesnt. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.210.221.242 (talk) 02:51, 12 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Did you read the first sentence at WP:V? CTJF83 chat 02:53, 12 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Ok, so if the plot has four guys running around NYC with proton backs, capturing ghosts, and living in an old fire house--we wouldnt be able to say the episode is related to ghost busters, right? Ever heard of common sense. I wonder if there is a wikipedia policy for that. The plots are the same. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.210.221.242 (talk) 02:58, 12 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Policy is policy, take it to http://familyguy.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page CTJF83 chat 03:02, 12 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Pretty sure http://familyguy.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page is another wikipedia-type site. Are you saying that wikipedia, with its rock-solid maxims of verifiability, thinks its perfectly acceptable to cite other wiki articles as verifiable? If thats the case I will be sure to add Conservapedias content to wikipedia. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.187.83.247 (talk) 13:57, 12 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

No, I'm saying if you wanna add unsourced trivia, add it to that site. CTJF83 chat 16:13, 12 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Oh and just to answer the somewhat rhetorical question of the IP poster, yes, there is a Wikipedia policy to use common sense. —RobinHood70 ^{(talk • contribs)} 03:07, 13 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

No, there is a Wikipedia opinion essay on common sense. However WP:V is policy CTJF83 chat 07:54, 16 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Tell me, does WP:IAR sting much? ;) Orethrius (talk) 06:52, 20 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Nah, IAR is stupid. CTJF83 chat 18:40, 20 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Meg's Russian dialog

What is Meg saying in Russian? Mila Kunis is of course Russian.

I actually stumbled across that by accident here. It's apparently "Agent 2476 knows and is waiting for instructions from our side. Please wait for us to call you."

BTW, she says it with a very noticeable foreign accent - if I didn't know she was a native Russian speaker I would not have guessed. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.239.81.152 (talk) 20:46, 20 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

No, no, no! Mila is not Russian, she is Ukranian! Half of what she says in Russian isn't real words, and even what is real Russian is pronounced terribly. I would know, it is my 1st language.

Next question, is this a reference to something? 2476 sounded familiar to my partner; I'm wondering if it might be some kind of James Bond reference or something. If anybody knows, it should be added to the Cultural References section of the article. —RobinHood70 ^{(talk • contribs)} 03:05, 13 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Who is saying 'improv'?

Who is the guy who says 'improv' twice?

It's James Lipton. I'm not sure about what the reference is, but from Googling around, I think it might have something to do with a show he hosts called Inside the Actors Studio. I gather he interviewed some of the Family Guy cast and is a big fan of the show. —RobinHood70 ^{(talk • contribs)} 03:01, 13 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Reuters

No idea about whether or not it's useful, but here's a formatted link to a Reuters article if anyone is looking for sources Liquidluck (talk) 19:03, 17 October 2009 (UTC).[reply]
Ferris-Rotman, Amie (2009-16-10). "Family Guy spoofs Russia's Putin as macho spychief". Reuters. Yahoo! News. Retrieved 2009-10-17. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)

Dead Poets Society

I believe the episode had a reference to Dead Poets Society when Quagmire got Peter to imagine something. Can anyone confirm this and/or find a source? —Ynhockey ^(Talk) 03:00, 27 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

GA Review

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Reviewer: –MuZemike 23:41, 2 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Prose issue

Angered, Peter begins frequenting the toilet at Cleveland's old house until it is sold to Chevy Chase and Dan Aykroyd. → Should be rewritten to clarify the context behind Chase's and Aykroyd's move into Cleveland's house; it sounds like Peter's frequent bathroom trips have caused Chase and Aykroyd to move in.
- Done. Gage (talk) 01:58, 3 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Verifiability issues

Last sentence, first paragraph of the "Cultural references" section (should also be merged into another paragraph IMO): The underlying plot of brainwashed sleeper agents who are activated by a code phrase is identical to the Charles Bronson movie Telefon. → Needs a citation
- Someone else added that, and the statement is OR in my opinion. I've removed it, and merged the first two paragraphs. Gage (talk) 02:01, 3 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]
[1] → Dead link. Looks like the entire site moved to http://beta.dishonline.com for some reason, but I cannot find an archived copy of that URL anywhere.
- Removed it; the commentary ref covers it. Gage (talk) 01:58, 3 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]
[2] → Unreliable source; it's from Wikia, which anyone can edit it. Either change to a reliable source or remove what that source covers.
- That was added by some random user accidentally. I've now removed it, as the statement had no reason being in the CR section to begin with. Gage (talk) 01:58, 3 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Conclusions

On hold pending improvements/resolution to the issues I have mentioned above (normally about 7 days maximum). –MuZemike 23:41, 2 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Passed. Just keep in mind, for inline citations, that you only need to include one citation at the end of whatever you're referencing or at the end of the paragraph, whichever comes first. That being said, nice work! –MuZemike 16:39, 3 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

guy dance ?

Isnt this like the time I watched Mr Hat having a fantasia on the theme of seeing Enrique Iglesias gyrating his rear equiptment. --82.134.28.194 (talk) 09:03, 14 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Caddyshack reference

The line over dinner "speaking role or a background role" seems to be a Caddyshack reference. Drsruli (talk) 04:11, 4 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]