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"Da Boom" is the third episode of season 2 of Family Guy, originally aired on December 19, 1999. In it, Peter's newly adopted fears of the Y2K bug are realized after he cancels his family's New Year's Eve plans. After the Y2K apocalypse the Griffins must find a Twinkie factory to survive and establish a new town.[1] Meanwhile Stewie is exposed to nuclear waste and soon mutates into an octopus-like creature.
This is the first episode that aired with Mila Kunis as the voice of Meg. The episode was written by Neil Goldman and Garrett Donovan and it was directed by Bob Jacques. It received praise from one critic for its storyline and use of cultural references. The episode featured guest performances by Patrick Duffy, Victoria Principal, Jack Perkins and Will Sasso, along with several recurring voice actors for the series. It first aired in December 19, 1999.
Plot
After a man in a chicken suit warns Peter that the world will end because of Y2K, Peter locks his family up in their basement on December 31, 1999. A nuclear holocaust then occurs a few seconds after midnight, destroying much of the world and mutating, injuring, or killing many of the surviving citizens of Quahog. The Griffins remain free from mutations but Joe is melted into his driveway, his son Kevin is vaporized, while Quagmire and Cleveland have fused together and are now called "Clevemire", with the former wishing to be called "Quagland". Peter eats all the dehydrated food before and the family travels to Natick, Massachusetts, in hopes that the Twinkie (spelled "Twinkee" in the episode) factory survived. On the way, Stewie is exposed to nuclear waste and soon mutates into an octopus-like creature. Upon their arrival at Natick, they establish a town, dubbed New Quahog.
Their starting food supply is the Twinkee factory that was protected by a rock formation. Because it was Peter who knew about the factory's existence and led everyone else here, he is permitted to become the head of the town's government. Joe and "Clevemire" join him to form a ruling council. Despite their advice, Peter makes several disastrous mistakes, most notably by giving the citizens careers by having them draw one out of a hat. The last straw is when Peter tears up the city's water irrigation system in order to use its pipes to make guns, outraging the citizens. Meanwhile, Stewie, who has "gained girth" according to Lois, suddenly lays hundreds of eggs in the basement of their house.
Despite Peter's insistence that he is fit to be a leader, the townspeople run him out of New Quahog, and his family follows him. The citizens proceed to burn the guns Peter made when Stewie's spawn hatch and destroy the city; ironically, the citizens could have saved themselves with the guns. As the family walks away, oblivious to the town's destruction, they decide where they should go next: a Carvel factory in Framingham, Massachusetts.
The episode ends in a live-action sequence, where Pamela Barnes Ewing wakes to find her husband Bobby in the shower. She tells him about the episode, which was apparently a dream, thus retconning the entire episode. Although after she tells him about the dream, he says "What's Family Guy?" and both of them turn and look confused with Bobby looking directly at the camera, breaking the fourth wall.[1][2]
Production
Da Boom was the third episode of the second season of Family Guy and the first for director Bob Jacques. The episode was written by brothers Neil Goldman and Garrett Donovan, who had wrote episodes for the show in the first season includeing "Mind Over Murder".[3]
This was the first episode to have Mila Kunis providing the voice of Meg.[4] After Lacey Chabert, the original voice of Meg, left the series due to time constraints with her acting role in Party of Five, as well as schoolwork.[5] The show needed a replacement to play Meg. Kunis won the role after auditions and a slight rewrite of the character, in part due to her performance on That '70s Show.[6] Seth MacFarlane the shows creator, called Kunis back after her first audition, instructing her to speak slower, and then told her to come back another time and enunciate more. Once she claimed that she had it under control, MacFarlane hired her.[6]
In addition to the regular cast, actress Victoria Principal, comedian and actor Will Sasso, reporter, commentator, war correspondent, and anchorman Jack Perkins and character actor Patrick Duffy guest starred in the episode. Recurring guest voice actress Lori Alan also made minor appearances.[3] It first aired in December 19, 1999.[3]
Cultural refrences
The live-action sequence in the episode is a refrence to an episode of the CBS soap opera Dallas with both Patrick Duffy and Victoria Principal, who started in the series appearing in the episode.[7][3] Randy Newman appears singing everything he sees in a musical moment.[7] The plot includes refrences to Y2K bug.[7]
Reception
Ahsan Haque of IGN rated the episode a 10/10, saying "Overall, this episode easily ranks as one of the best in the series. Almost every joke succeeds, and the far-fetched alternate reality storyline thoroughly entertains. Despite the fact that all of the events in the episode are revealed to be a dream, it doesn't take away from the high degree of amusement provided."[7]
References
- ^ a b Plot synopsis information for the episode "Da Boom" (DVD). 20th Century Fox. 2003.
- ^ Callaghan, Steve (2005). Family Guy: The Official Episode Guide Seasons 1–3. Harper Paperbacks. New York: HarperCollins. pp. 50–52. ISBN 978-0060833053.
- ^ a b c d "Family Guy: Da Boom". Film.com. Retrieved 2010-5-10.
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(help) - ^ "Family Guy Cast and Details". TV Guide. Retrieved August 24, 2009.
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- ^ a b "Inside Media at MTR (2006): Family Guy 7". Yahoo! Video. Retrieved August 24, 2009.
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(help) - ^ a b c d Haque, Ashan (2008). "Family Guy Flashback: "Da Boom" Review". IGN. Retrieved 2009-09-14.
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