John Wayne Bobbitt (born 1967) and Lorena Bobbitt (née Gallo; born 1969) were an American couple married on June 18, 1989, whose relationship received international press coverage in 1993 when Lorena cut off John's penis with a knife while he was asleep in bed.
In "Bill and Peter's Bogus Journey", Lois Griffin declared sleeping with Bill Clinton is as horrible as when The Thing was married to Lorena Bobbitt.
In "Spies Reminiscent of Us" while doing a improv performance Peter did a impression of John Wayne Bobbitt at the first thanksgiving.
In the beginning of "Peter & Lois' Wedding", Peter describes the 1990s as "the decade of Viagra but also the decade of Lorena Bobbitt...", in reference to the incident.
When Quagmire and Lois end up sharing a honeymoon suite at the Newport Shores Hotel in "The Lois Quagmire", he promises to be more of a gentleman than John Wayne Bobbitt with his second wife. After eagerly aquising to her request to take out the trash, he finally hands her a knife, drops his pants and requests they 'just do this' when she wants to hear Rebel Wilson rap in a new movie.