Dammit Janet!

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"Dammit Janet!"
Family Guy episode
Stewie and Janet
Episode no.	Season 2 Episode 15
Written by	Matt Weitzman and Mike Barker
Directed by	Bert Ring
Production no.	2ACX09
Original airdate	June 13, 2000
Guest stars
Mo Collins Camryn Manheim Haley Joel Osment Tara Strong
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"Dammit Janet!" is an episode from the second season of the FOX animated television series Family Guy. It was the 22nd episode of Family Guy to air.^{[citation needed]}

Plot summary

Concerned that Stewie isn't playing well with other children, Lois puts him in daycare to be around other children his age. With Stewie out of the house, Lois is bored so Brian suggests she get a job.

Peter seizes the opportunity to steer her to get a job as a flight attendant so he can get free travel. With Quagmire's connection, Lois gets the job. The work is hard and she has to take abuse from the passengers—meanwhile, Peter takes a day trip to Australia.

Overhearing Peter boast about his free travel, she drags him into a lavatory to discuss him using her. While they're occupied, the plane is hijacked to Cuba. Unable to get documents to return to the US, they ride a refugee raft to Florida.

Meanwhile, at the day care center, Stewie falls in love with another toddler, named Janet, despite his best efforts. Giving in, he decides to woo her. For example, he serenades Janet with Frank Sinatra's "You Make Me Feel So Young". The one-sided relationship is rocky. In the end, he is heartbroken when he discovers she only wanted his cookies.

Reception

In his 2009 review, Ahsan Haque of IGN stated that "Dammit Janet! has "plenty of laughs" and "watching Stewie bumble his way around when he's in love is always fun" However, he noted that Peter is "particularly obnoxious" in the episode, and he "increasingly becomes more and more unrealistic". ^[1]

Cultural references

• The song Stewie sings, as he rakes the leaves to conceal the trap door to the pit containing children, is the opening line to "Another One Bites the Dust" by Queen.^{[citation needed]}
• In a gag, Peter wonders what it would be like if Kurt Cobain stopped drugs, resulting in his then-wife, Courtney Love, not achieving any fame.
• The title of the episode is a reference to the second musical number in the 1975 cult-classic film The Rocky Horror Picture Show. The episode also features characters named 'Brad' and 'Janet', as in the movie.^{[citation needed]}
• Janet is a baby of Francine and Terry in "American Dad!".^{[citation needed]}

References

Bibliography

• Callaghan, S. (2005). "Dammit Janet!". Family Guy: The Official Episode Guide Seasons 1–3. New York: HarperCollins, 2005. pp 100–102.

External links

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• "Dammit Janet!" at the Internet Movie Database
• "Dammit Janet!" at TV.com