Peter starts a cartoon strip “For Pete's Sake” in the local newspaper. His anti-feminist tone gets him in trouble and the Griffins are forced to leave Quahog, Rhode Island.
On their way, their car gets stolen. The Griffins discover that they are in Springfield, home to arguably the most popular animated family - The Simpsons.
The Griffins run into Homer Simpson at Kwik-E-Mart. Homer offers them accommodation and takes Peter to Chief Clancy Wiggum to have a missing report filed. As is his wont, Clancy tries to get bribe money and Peter's refusal results in Wiggum refusing to file his missing car report.
Back at the Simpsons' house, the family members get acquainted with each other. Brian is surprised that Santa's Little Helper (SLH) is nothing like him. He is just a docile and sweet dog, in other words a regular family dog. He and Chris take SLH for a walk and Brian mistakenly unleashes SLH. SLH promptly runs away.
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Lisa tries to help Meg regain her sense of self esteem. After making a checklist of items (most of which Meg is not good at), Lisa finally suggests playing the saxophone. To Lisa's surprise, Meg proves to be a superior player.
Mystified and awed at Bart's simple arsenal, Stewie starts hanging out more. Bart teaches the art of skateboarding to Stewie.
They run into Nelson Mandela Muntz, the local bully. As usual, Nelson pushes Bart around and an enraged Stewie kidnaps Bart's tormentor and looks set to inflicting some true horror movie style.
When this strategy fails, Peter notices a lady filling gas in her car. These shenanigans results in a porn video that proves to be quite popular. They also organize a car washing service and then take to the skies.
Things go smooth for Peter and Homer, until Peter introduces the Pawtucket Patriot Ale to his new friend at Moe Szyslak's bar, “Moe's Tavern”. Homer claims that the ale is a copy of his favorite Duff Beer. The discussion soon becomes unfriendly and a legal case is filed by The Simpsons.
The judge, Fred Flinstone (“The Flinstones”) awards the case in Simpson's favor.
The Griffins leave Springfield shortly, but not before Homer and Peter have had a Family Guy style chicken fight.
This was one of the funniest The Simpsons/Family Guy episodes I have seen. As Chris correctly commented about crossovers, this episode did indeed bring out the best in both these shows.
Here are some of my favorite moments from the episode:
- Jaden Smith reference
- Bart's entry
- The Griffins discussing about which state Springfield belongs to.
- Homer's entrance at Kwik-E-Mart
- Peter referring to Kwik-E-Mart owner Apu Nahasapeemapetilon as a “funny sounding Cleveland”
- The final punch between Homer and Peter as well as green colored weapon used by Peter was a reference to the Superman-Doomsday fight from “The Death of Superman”
- Stewie kidnapping Nelson, Jimbo and Principal Skinner
- Comic Book Guy's appearance and his comment - “Worst Chicken fight ever”
- The closing scene with Stewie writing on the blackboard.
It was a great episode that finally acknowledges how much Family Guy has been inspired by The Simpsons. Must watch for fans of either show.
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Image Sources: 20th Century Fox Television, Film Roman Productions, Fuzzy Door Productions, Hands Down Entertainment
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