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Stewie justifies his choice of purchasing plutonium at the farmers' market with the phrase "[[Think Globally, Act Locally|Think Globally, Buy Locally]]". Stewie's form of communicating with Brian through the letter near the episode's conclusion mirrors the actions taken by [[Doc Brown]] in ''[[Back to the Future Part II]]''. [[Joe Flaherty]] satirizes his role from ''Part II'', delivering the message to Brian as he did to Marty McFly. This joke was also used in ''[[Something, Something Dark Side]]''. The episode also has some similarities to ''[[Futurama]]''. The part where Stewie is actually his own ancestor is similar to the episode "[[Roswell That Ends Well]]", where [[Phillip J. Fry|Fry]] is [[Grandfather paradox|his own grandfather]]. The part where Stewie is revealed to be in stasis and to have been in the basement for more than 500 years waiting to get to his own time is similar to the episode "[[Bender's Big Score]]", where [[Bender (Futurama)|Bender]] has to wait underground for hundreds of years to get back to his own time after time-travelling. The science-fiction theme to an episode revolving around Leonardo da Vinci also evokes "[[The Duh-Vinci Code]]". The scene where Brian and Stewie are launched back into the universe is very similar to the scenes in ''[[Doctor Who]]'' where the [[TARDIS]] is travelling through time. A cutaway shows [[Thomas Edison]]'s wife caught him in bed with [[Lewis Latimer]], stating that he is "experimenting". |
Stewie's time traveling causing the big bang is the same as Barry Dainton's [[temporal causality loop]] example in his book "Time and Space". Stewie justifies his choice of purchasing plutonium at the farmers' market with the phrase "[[Think Globally, Act Locally|Think Globally, Buy Locally]]". Stewie's form of communicating with Brian through the letter near the episode's conclusion mirrors the actions taken by [[Doc Brown]] in ''[[Back to the Future Part II]]''. [[Joe Flaherty]] satirizes his role from ''Part II'', delivering the message to Brian as he did to Marty McFly. This joke was also used in ''[[Something, Something Dark Side]]''. The episode also has some similarities to ''[[Futurama]]''. The part where Stewie is actually his own ancestor is similar to the episode "[[Roswell That Ends Well]]", where [[Phillip J. Fry|Fry]] is [[Grandfather paradox|his own grandfather]]. The part where Stewie is revealed to be in stasis and to have been in the basement for more than 500 years waiting to get to his own time is similar to the episode "[[Bender's Big Score]]", where [[Bender (Futurama)|Bender]] has to wait underground for hundreds of years to get back to his own time after time-travelling. The science-fiction theme to an episode revolving around Leonardo da Vinci also evokes "[[The Duh-Vinci Code]]". The scene where Brian and Stewie are launched back into the universe is very similar to the scenes in ''[[Doctor Who]]'' where the [[TARDIS]] is travelling through time. A cutaway shows [[Thomas Edison]]'s wife caught him in bed with [[Lewis Latimer]], stating that he is "experimenting". |
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"The Big Bang Theory" is the sixteenth episode of the ninth season of the animated comedy series Family Guy. It aired on Fox in the United States on May 8, 2011.[1] This episode follows Stewie and Brian on a quest to stop Bertram from killing Leonardo da Vinci, which would permanently erase Stewie from the universe.
The episode was written by David A. Goodman and directed by Dominic Polcino.
Plot
After failing to make a good comeback joke against Brian, Stewie goes back in time to redo it, before continually messing around with Brian. Eventually, Brian catches him inside the time machine. In fighting over its controls, they are accidentally transported out of the space-time continuum, where the laws of physics do not apply and where the return pad cannot get them home. Stewie decides to take a risky effort to overload his return pad to bounce them back into the space-time continuum. Stewie later determines that he was the cause of the Big Bang, because the background radiation that created the universe matches the signature of his return pad.
While getting plutonium to power the return pad, Stewie's half-brother Bertram learns of the time machine and sneaks into the Griffin house to kill Stewie's ancestor in order to prevent him from being born. Unfortunately, as Stewie and Brian discover, by preventing the former from being born, then Stewie would not have been able to start the Big Bang, thereby creating a paradox that begins to wipe everything from existence. Brian and Stewie go back to fifteen minutes before Bertram arrives to stop him from killing Stewie's ancestor, revealed to be Leonardo da Vinci. After a vigorous fight, Bertram has all three of them at crossbow point. Despite being warned that he could destroy all existence, Bertram does not care and shoots da Vinci with a crossbow. In rage, Stewie shoots Bertram in the head and chest with the same crossbow.
Despite the fact that da Vinci is dead, the universe is still existing. Stewie then concludes that he must be his own ancestor. He sends Brian back to the present, where a letter from the Vatican arrives, detailing that Stewie has buried himself in a cryogenic tube underneath the Griffin household. Once he is unearthed and thawed, Stewie informs Brian he put his DNA into a syringe and injected it into da Vinci's girlfriend. Stewie brings back a candle from da Vinci's time, but Brian would rather have had him bring back da Vinci's notebook, angered at Stewie.
Production and development
"The Big Bang Theory" was originally intended to air as the seventeenth episode of the ninth season of Family Guy, airing a week after the second part of a fictional crossover event among American Dad!, The Cleveland Show, and Family Guy.[1] However just two days before its planned airing, it was announced by the executive of the entertainment division of the Fox Broadcasting Company that the event was pushed back until the following week, due to a series of tornadoes that killed nearly 300 people in the Southern United States.[2][3][4][5][6]
Cultural references
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Stewie's time traveling causing the big bang is the same as Barry Dainton's temporal causality loop example in his book "Time and Space". Stewie justifies his choice of purchasing plutonium at the farmers' market with the phrase "Think Globally, Buy Locally". Stewie's form of communicating with Brian through the letter near the episode's conclusion mirrors the actions taken by Doc Brown in Back to the Future Part II. Joe Flaherty satirizes his role from Part II, delivering the message to Brian as he did to Marty McFly. This joke was also used in Something, Something Dark Side. The episode also has some similarities to Futurama. The part where Stewie is actually his own ancestor is similar to the episode "Roswell That Ends Well", where Fry is his own grandfather. The part where Stewie is revealed to be in stasis and to have been in the basement for more than 500 years waiting to get to his own time is similar to the episode "Bender's Big Score", where Bender has to wait underground for hundreds of years to get back to his own time after time-travelling. The science-fiction theme to an episode revolving around Leonardo da Vinci also evokes "The Duh-Vinci Code". The scene where Brian and Stewie are launched back into the universe is very similar to the scenes in Doctor Who where the TARDIS is travelling through time. A cutaway shows Thomas Edison's wife caught him in bed with Lewis Latimer, stating that he is "experimenting".
References
- ^ a b "(FG-818) "The Big Bang Theory"". The Futon Critic. Retrieved April 25, 2011. Cite error: The named reference "FutonSeahorse" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
- ^ Goldberg, Lesley (April 30, 2011). "Fox Pulls 'Family Guy,' 'American Dad, 'Cleveland Show' Hurricane Episode". The Hollywood Reporter. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved April 30, 2011.
- ^ Itzkoff, Dave (April 29, 2011). "Fox Postpones Animated Comedies With Hurricane Story Line". New York Times. The New York Times Company. Retrieved May 1, 2011.
- ^ Mullins, Jenna (April 29, 2011). "Fox Pulls Hurricane Episodes of Family Guy, The Cleveland Show and American Dad". E! Online. Comcast. Retrieved May 1, 2011.
- ^ "Fox yanks storm episodes of 'Family Guy,' other animated comedies". Chicago Sun-Times. Sun-Times Media Group. April 29, 2011. Retrieved May 1, 2011.
- ^ Ho, Rodney (2011-04-23). "Fox postpones hurricane-themed 'Family Guy,' 'American Dad,' 'Cleveland Show' shows after recent storms". Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Cox Enterprises. Retrieved May 1, 2011.
External links
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