- Scrappy Brian is a parody to Scooby-Doo's nephew Scrappy-Doo.
- Brian's long hair and beard, as well as him throwing a spear into the lawn and catching a fish, is a parody of the Tom Hanks film Cast Away.
- Peter mentions "that woman in Texas who drowned all her kids", a reference to Andrea Yates, who killed her five children in 2001.
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| #01 | Finders Keepers | #08 | Christmas Guy | #15 | Secondhand Spoke | ||||||
| #02 | Vestigial Peter | #09 | Peter Problems | #16 | Herpe, the Love Sore | ||||||
| #03 | Quagmire's Quagmire | #10 | Grimm Job | #17 | The Most Interesting Man in the World | ||||||
| #04 | A Fistful of Meg | #11 | Brian's a Bad Father | #18 | Baby Got Black | ||||||
| #05 | Boopa-Dee Bappa-Dee | #12 | Mom's the Word | #19 | Meg Stinks! | ||||||
| #06 | Life of Brian | #13 | 3 Acts of God | #20 | He's Bla-ack! | ||||||
| #07 | In Harmony's Way | #14 | Fresh Heir | #21 | Chap Stewie | ||||||