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Season 4

Aired 15 years ago - May 18, 2008

Stan has a Spring Break-induced mid-life crisis. With Francine away visiting her parents, Roger invites Spring Breakers to party at the Smith household. But Stan nearly has a Spring Breakdown when he falls prey to booze-cruising Jessica and Steve tries to lose his virginity to the luscious Carmen Selectra.

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She was at a house in Cabo talking to this total idiot.
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My scepter shoots Chivas!
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You've read about them. Their mascot allegedly raped that stripper.
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I want to do everything with anybody!
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Five tears will have you on your ass.
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Breathe through your nose!
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You're funny! Are you a comedian?.
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You, like, protect the country and noise. You're a total hero.
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- I'm Jessica. - I'm Stan.
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[ Cheering, Hooting ]
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- In the time of chimpanzees, I was a monkey. - what?.
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Yeah. Had it in my storage space from when I lived in Phoenix.
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Hey, fatso! Get your dong out of the margarita machine!
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You're interesting, you're funny, and you're pretty.
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You're awesome.
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Don't be silly. I've been gone a day.
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I'm pretending you're a whale, and I'm a parasitic fish who's gonna eat all your algae!
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we're finally gonna get boob!
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I'm just a baby! [ Grunting ]
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I'm just kiddin', bitch. Hug me!
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That's very kind. whoo!
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# Let's get into it Get started#
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# Let's get it started Ha #
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Oh, you're getting wet!
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- It wasn't even that long! - Longest I've ever seen.
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Carmen, we're ready to light you, and I missed my kid's birthday.
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[Man ] # Everywhere I go people stop and they see #
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- [ Cheering] - Thanks, Carm.
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- # Dance a little, stranger ## - [ Roaring ]
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[ Sighs ] I wish spring break could last forever.
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Jess, we got to go.
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- You're being ridiculous! - well, Jessica doesn't think so.
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You hit that thing with a black light, it's gonna glow like a bedspread at Harrah's.
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[ Doorbell Rings ]
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- Oh, my God! I'm so excited! - Can I get flan?.
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My medical records. I'm free of all diseases.
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Nowadays you can't be too safe...
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You see that Mary-Louise Parker movie on Lifetime?.
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- He right! If I him, I leave you too! - what?.
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He's getting some laughs, but it's a little disrespectful. what should I do?.
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That was spring break. It wasn't real.
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Yup, clean as a- Hang on a mo.
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Officially declared dead after an accident with a pudding truck, Stan comes back to life to realize his dream of leaving a legacy on the world and begins to excavate his home in search of Ollie North's "Contra"-band buried treasure. As the search for gold goes "North," life at home heads south as Hayley turns to body-piercing, Steve creates a robotic girlfriend and Roger files for sexual harassment. MORE -LESS

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Body after charred body was pulled...
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with a former employee who was sexually harassed by a coworker.
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Are you kidding?. No man on earth can resist the charms of-
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# Me love you long time #
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It's a realization. And I just had one.
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I'm going to leave a grand legacy, just like they did.
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I can't believe you kids don't know about the great patriot Ollie North.
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# Ollie North Ollie North #
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- # By the press # - He-he!
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# To save Reagan from prison-rape shame #
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# And a novelist #
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As a young C.I.A. agent, I heard a rumor that when Iran-Contra became public...
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after I fixed the leaky roof his Realtor failed to mention.
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No! Ollie North's gold will be the biggest archaeological find this country's ever seen.
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- Mittens! - I don't understand.
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It's under the house.
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I can't believe- You- I- I-
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- what's goin' on?. - Hayley Dream-smasher Smith...
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Aw, yeah. Just me and my shorty, Bernice.
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I see beautiful things. Gold, silver, huge red socks fit for a giant.
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want to show me the ropes and perhaps misinterpret my friendliness?.
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Looking for something glazed and bad for ya?.
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Oh. [ Chuckles ] Come on now.
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That's what they used to call Iran-Contra in washington- "Ice Cream."
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Fantasy?. This is my legacy.
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where are you?. Show yourself!.
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I am harassable! I'll show you.
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You see that episode of Seinfeld Thursday night 1 0 years ago?.
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But I don't care, as long as he doesn't hassle me about my piercings.
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Family doesn't support me. That's okay. I know it's here.
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""about the good, the bad and the ugly...
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My Smithsonian exhibit will need that footage.
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like starting my own dance studio, or killing pigeons with my mind.
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Come on, Stan. You can do better. It's for your legacy, man.
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Go-o-o-o-o-o-o-l... d!
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- [ Beeps ] - Marjorie, could you please send in Luke Fondleburg?.
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Damn it! Now we have to pay her a settlement.
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a larger settlement to women who are more attractive.
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I know. Respectable, right?.
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- But I'm good for it. - No. I know. It's not about that.
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It's true what they say about geologists.
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Neither do I, but I got a truck full of foam and six kids to feed.
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Leave the gold, Stan!
Aired 15 years ago - May 04, 2008

Roger begins to release photos of himself to the local media for extra cash, prompting the CIA to initiate an Alien Task Force. Through a twist of fate, Roger ends up in charge of the task force in disguise, creating tension at home as he is now Stan's boss. Meanwhile, Francine comes to grips with being left-handed and Roger frames Stan as an alien in attempt to keep his identity a secret. MORE -LESS

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No one can take any more pictures of you.
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Hayley, I did my part to save water.
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I'm just not comfortable having their kind in my house.
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- Oh, my God! - That was terrible.
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The point is, we got him.
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And since he somehow managed to get closer to the alien than anyone...
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I'm gonna call you Mortimer. Now, run and fix me a coffee.
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My sister Samantha was abducted by aliens when I was 12.
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I have to show up, or it'll look suspicious.
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I'll be in your car wishing you had a better car.
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You have to take this seriously. Both of our asses are...
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What's your game, spaceman?
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The C.I.A. Will pay for anything you need to track the alien.
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Great! Book a flight.
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And I brought over some friends from school.
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- Uh, sure. - She said okay!
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Second prize, a shot to the chops.
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Roger, it's time for you to get your ass home and quit like we talked about.
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The kid who brought me my towel said " cabanya"...
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- Those Montego bitches are crazy. - [Fizzing]
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You saw me reach for it, and you just stood there. Why'd you just stand there?
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Apparently, he thought hanging with penguins would be a blast.
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Coffee stirrer. Hot cup. Cup, cup, cup.
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One minute, he's in front of you. The next, poof!
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I'm always kicking or jumping or flapping.
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We just wanna ask you, why does Mom hate left-handed people?
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No! Evil- writing with your left hand!
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Of course! Mom's left-handed hatred was learned...
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As soon as Agent Peters shows up, we can start.
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- Mmm. - Great. Thanks. My turn.
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I acquired this sample before the bastard got away.
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that means the alien is in the building.
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[Stan] Oh! It's everywhere!
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I followed him and caught him red-handed trying to destroy this evidence.
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So, the alien's inside of Smith.
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The whole cast. The whole damn dirty pirate cast.
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especially for a photographer we just plucked off the street.
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and you'll walk out that door scot-free.
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But it's worth it to finally nail this bastard.
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[Sobbing] You're right!
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Très jolie.
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He'll say anything to save his life. We'd better cut him up immediately.
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Mom, we know why you hate left-handed people.
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- You're a lefty! - No!
Aired 15 years ago - Apr 27, 2008

Stan goes in search of a former KGB agent, Sergei, and is shocked to find that the man is his new next-door neighbor and that Sergei has already turned Steve into a communist. Meanwhile, Roger and Klaus head to France for a little R&R but their trip takes a turn for the worse when Klaus gets busted for drug smuggling.

Aired 16 years ago - Feb 17, 2008

Francine pushes Stan to open up to her emotionally, but she gets more than she bargained for when he tells her that he killed her best friend Julie's husband. Meanwhile, Roger plays psychiatrist to help them work through their issues.

Aired 16 years ago - Jan 27, 2008

When Stan’s mom gets dumped for the umpteenth time by a boyfriend, she comes running to Stan for support. Feeling threatened by her always-visiting mother-in-law, Francine is determined to cut Stan’s umbilical cord and figure out what keeps going wrong with the men in her life. Like a regular Cagney & Lacey, Francine and Roger go undercover to solve the case. Meanwhile, Klaus gives Steve the ick. MORE -LESS

Aired 16 years ago - Jan 13, 2008

Stan and the family are characters in a James Bond style spoof. Stan must stop Tearjerker, played by Roger, a diabolical film producer who makes movies that can kill. Tearjerker's fiendish plot involves abducting celebrities from his spa and replacing them with celebrity robots that make horrible movies, all in an effort to make his masterpiece "Oscar's Gold" the best and saddest movie ever, causing millions of moviegoers to cry themselves to death. MORE -LESS

Aired 16 years ago - Jan 06, 2008

After a big fight between Stan and Roger, Francine comes up with a plan to try and reunite the pair. Hoping to show Roger that Stan still cares about him, Francine fakes Roger's kidnapping, but when Stan never shows up to pay the ransom, it forces Roger to rethink the way he treats people.

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"to the Northern Fleet submarine base at Polyarny."
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My point is, Mull gets work.
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and you never have to sleep?
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I'll bet that'ssomething You could learn on the Internet
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I don't know, Francine. I work all day,
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My pleasure. Make sure you never mention the pills to your family.
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Damn! Do they make you fly?
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You've been taking pills every night so you don't have to sleep?
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And then your parachute opens.
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Fine. Then I'll take the pills and do my own stuff.
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It's become a ritual. Your presence would disrupt that.
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I assure you there are two things I know:
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Freddie, I want you to write with this kid.
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whispering, "Grow."
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'Cause I was thinking,
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Francine, I'm right in the middle of a "green bag" demonstration.
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And I did love going to the aquarium with my dad when I was a girl.
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That's it! I'm going to study fish who aren't complete!
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"How Modern Geophysical Currents have Affected the Migration Patterns
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and I figured out that they were looking in the wrong ocean.
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Gotta be able to work it with the glare because that's going to be thrown at me.
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This is set in the year 3020 on the planet Labia.
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You want to talk reality, let's talk reality!
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Mr. Francine!
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we will take Francine on a worldwide lecture tour.
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Mr. Francine, I know this is upsetting,
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That guy is a douche, yes?
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And I spoke to the kids. They support me.
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Now I don't have any distractions!
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Okay, porn scenario... Think, Steve, think.
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You get a dollar every time you say the word "anything"?
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Need a hand with that?
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That's the crap H.P. hated.
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Just thawed out!
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We have to pick your brother up at karate!
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having dinner, watching TV,
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What is it? What is it?
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I was just getting my sweater in case it gets chilly.
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I'm feeling vulnerable.
Aired 16 years ago - Dec 16, 2007

After Stan comes home from another dangerous mission, he finds that his family has decked the halls with boughs of holly and donned themselves with gay apparel, but just not to his satisfaction. He demands a grander Christmas starting with the search of a bigger and better tree in the forest. When his family has had enough, Stan powers on by himself, finds the perfect tree and meets an untimely end. While in Limbo, he has to fight for a second chance at life and battle the forces of good and evil to save his family. MORE -LESS

Aired 16 years ago - Dec 02, 2007

When Francine decides to be a surrogate for her gay neighbors Terry and Greg, Stan's Republican blood boils. Although he pretends to be happy, when the baby is born, Stan kidnaps her and heads to the Nebraska boarder, where gay couples have no rights. Meanwhile Steve and Roger pull a Howard Hughes and become reclusive after they think Klaus is out to get them. MORE -LESS

Aired 16 years ago - Nov 18, 2007

While playing poker with the guys, Stan is found to be a virgin. Not in the traditional way, but in that he's never killed anyone. Roger and the guys help Stan bust his killing cherry.

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Oh, that's where we know him from.
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Whose deal is it? Come on! I'm in a big hole here!
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Turned out he was working for the East Germans.
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Oh, now, I'm a gentleman. I never kill and tell.
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- In the body. - Where inthe body?
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Whose deal is it? You didn't kill anyone today.
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Big macho Stan, he's a killing virgin!
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Roger, I've never killed anyone.
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Remember when your new episodes are out with TVShow Time for iPhone and Android
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That's stupid! It probably won't even kill me.
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I couldn't pull the trigger. I just froze up.
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Not exactly.
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Liar! Your whole life has been a lie!
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Aren't we a fine pair? The jerk and the guy that made him a jerk!
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Everyone, just relax. So Stan hasn't killed anyone.
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I reveal people's darkest secrets so I can seem momentarily interesting.
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It's like Applebee's with a bar.
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had a hysterectomy,so even if she does find that special someone-- ha-ha--
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His sport jacket, as you can see, is made of newspapers.
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This is Mark. He created that TV show Quintuplets.
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Oh, you'll know.
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He is elephant-making-love-to-a-cat rough on you.
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to tell everyone within a two-mile radius that I'm a registered sex offender.
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Can I come in? I would very much like to come in.
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Well, I... didn't actually kill anyone.I tried to...
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Good. Now, if you start to getnervous, picture them naked.
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we need an outsider to deliver the poison which will return us to our home planet.
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So...
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Who was I kidding? I'm just a wimpy non-killer
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I am in Danskin, yet you are the one sho is shamed.
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Give it up, Roger.There is no "one". That person doesn't exist.
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That's it, that's, the "one".
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You don't even realize it's happening, then...
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Randy used to work at the water park before the Troubles.
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What an awesome place.
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I need a ticket quickly.
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Wow. That bums me out.
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Goodbye, sweet virtue.
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Look, I'm a sex offender. I love offensive sex.
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If it happens for me, and I kill someone, great.
Aired 16 years ago - Nov 11, 2007

When Hayley decides to move to France because of imperialistic oppression, Stan will do anything to stop her including revealing the fact that she was brainwashed as a child by the CIA. Feeling desperate, Stan activates her trigger word and gains control over Hayley against the advice of his boss, Bullock. Everything is going fine until Stan remembers that if he doesn’t change Hayley back to normal, there will be deadly consequences for him. Meanwhile, Steve and Roger become private Dick Tracys. MORE -LESS

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Mex is a street-wiseday laborer.
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Best. Catchphrase. Ever.
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We would have made great detectives.
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The Path to Happiness, but yeah, me, too.
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working up a sweat.
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that took me around the globe, where I feasted on the sweet, sticky nectar of life.
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Huh? What do you think?
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I can't. I was a cop who got shot.
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I was that baby.
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I'll just mosey on over to the men's room, and see if I can't find a willing foreigner
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You won't let me? It's my life.
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Agent Small Wonder activated. What are my orders?
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Ah, young love.
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Dill!
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Your daughter is as nimbleas Johnny Yip,
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She doesn't really seem happy.
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I kinda brainwashed Hayley.
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I think you only talk to me when there's no one else to turn to.
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Yes, why don't you do that.
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You know, like answering the phone with dirty limericks, or constantly talking
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The ABC story department would never approve that.
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Something wird is going on, Stan.
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or rubbed vigorously with soap and water.
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He didn't. I did. Those weremy orders.
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Wait. Why would it haveto happen by...?
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Really.
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Listen, Stan, I know your heart's in the right place,
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Can you teach me how to read?
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mostly divorce cases and insurance fraud.
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But that... but you...but she...
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Do you, Dill, take Hayley to be your lawfully wedded wife,
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I'm getting fed up with this orgasm!
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My, how courting has changed.
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I can't. It's been over seven days.
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The problem is, she's going to turn on her handler.
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Come on, Hayley,cut the cake.
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Oh, I would, but, uh, I have to tip the dove guy. Ow!
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So, after she died in Hurricane Katrina,
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Something about this angel stinks to high heaven!
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My first clue that something was amiss was when Angel asked me...
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Say it now.
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Yeah. Except I'm going to kill you.
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416 Cherry Street! Go!
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Aired 16 years ago - Nov 04, 2007

When Francine's adopted parents stop by for an unannounced stay, Stan is furious that they refuse to assimilate to his "man of the house" ways. After he unsuccessfully tries to give them the boot, he is convinced that finding Francine's birth parents will change things. Meanwhile, Steve tries to live to the extreme in order to get to second base with the class hottie. MORE -LESS

Aired 16 years ago - Oct 14, 2007

Stan prays for a friend and thinks God sent him one, but he turns out to be an atheist. Stan tries to convince his friend that God exists by making his life extremely hard until his plan backfires. Meanwhile, Roger convinces Steve that he has been accepted to Hogwarts.

Aired 16 years ago - Oct 07, 2007

In order to be taken more seriously and to be a somebody, Stan becomes a meter maid who seems to have all of the power. Now he's getting the best tables at restaurants, pocketing quarters from meters and impressing Francine with his prowess. But, when Turlington from Parking Internal Affairs pays him a visit, Stan realizes crime and this lifestyle don't pay. Meanwhile, Hayley poses nude for a college art class and is surprised to see Roger there. MORE -LESS

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Nice!
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I didn't know what to do, sis.
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everything.
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She thinks she married a nobody.
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until you can find a dramatic enough reason to show up on my doorstep unannounced!
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Come on, you can't give me a ticket. You just can't.
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I sentence you to two weeks of community service...
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Hey, Dad, what's your route? It's not near my school, is it?
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Just being passive aggressive.
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You are not keeping a naked drawing of me in this house.
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You out your key in the meter.
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because she knows I'm on these mean streets every day
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Man, he was really afraid of you.
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You have to take that off. I have a meeting to get to.
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Oh, touché, Monsieur.
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Thank you.
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Unfortunately, I didn't count on her having an appetite.
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Look how short your shorts are.
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Okay, vroom-vroom.
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Oh, please, sir, if I have to pay that ticket you're writing,
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but I got news for you, mister.
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and tell all your friends Belmonpan is looking for some weed.
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Do you know what he just did with it?!
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Recent rumblings from the art world suggest the market should decide this one.
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somebody... somebody... somebody... somebody.
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That darn neighbor's cat, always stealing our salami.
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Seems like more change than you usually carry.
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there was something about Stan ticketing people that turned me on.
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Anonymous and very wealthy.
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Well, I guess it's back to squinting really hard till stuff looks like boobs.
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See, if you were a liar, you might say you were enjoying your coffee,
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This couch is upholstered in cheetah and the throw pillows are made from her cubs.
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the beautiful marble on this wall came from Italy, not from marbles.
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We have to destroy everything we bought with that dirty change.
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That was bought with dirty money.
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Your Aunt Sadie, Great Gram-Gram, Star Trek's James Doohan.
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Aired 16 years ago - Sep 30, 2007

When Francine discovers that all of their family vacations have been artificially created memories, she gets very angry and demands a real vacation. However, when the vacation seems too good to be true, Francine is convinced it's the work of the CIA and causes the family to suffer the consequences. Meanwhile, Roger attempts to become the greatest actor who ever lived. MORE -LESS

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No, Roger. Why are we in these things?.
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See? 'Cause you didn't really go.
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There are other sayings, but they, um, mostly involve genocide.
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Well, uh, remember how every year I cook our annual pre-vacation pancakes?
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Then I gingerly carry your bodies downstairs...
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but my idea of a vacation is a vacation away from you people.
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I take a long bath and then, wait for it...none of you are here.
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Excuse me.
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Stan!
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Clearly the men in this house can't be trusted.
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Well, I... I'm pregnant!
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I quit.
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Attach stabilizing rod B to ankle constraint A.
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All I wanted was to have dinner once in a while
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No, we're not. Honey, look.
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- No. - That's right.
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Here is the line, and here's face painting, 'kay?
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Steve, you stay here and cool off with a charley horse.
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No, in an "I've taken a lot of boys' virginity" kind of way.
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Family!
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Francine, I swear on the lives of our future grandchildren
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Roger's playing Olivia Newton-John on our cruise ship?!
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You know, while I was out there, I made a promise to God.
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I'm sure Roger will get them to come back.
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So who's the real thief here?
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Perhaps he could use you.
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No! It's just a picture I took with some grapes.
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And you guys can check out my ass as I walk away.
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Okay, here's the deal:
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My husband seems to think that you are going to hunt us down like animals.
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Yeah, and that string of clouds next to it looks like the cord.
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and I'll... I'll catch rain water with one of these plant leaves.
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I used my last bit of energy giving Steve that charley horse.
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Actually, there is one thing.
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Francine, you've clearly gone insane.
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Eddie, what's become of me?
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I... I miss my house. I miss my family.
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Go... Go start a new life for yourself,