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First Aired: Jun. 19, 2005 on FOX

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Season 4 » Episode #06 - Petarded

Summary: After Peter wins a game of Trivial Pursuit, he is convinced he is a genius. Brian tries to bring him down to earth by telling him to take the MacArthur Genius test. Not only does the test prove he's not a genius, but it turns out he is mentally challenged. He has a good time taking advantage of this, until he puts Lois in the hospital and the kids are taken from him.

Who appeared in this episode?

Additional Voices	voiced by Seth MacFarlane
Glenn Quagmire	voiced by Seth MacFarlane
Additional Voices	voiced by Alex Borstein
Barbara Pewterschmidt	voiced by Alex Borstein
Additional Voices	voiced by Seth Green
Vern	voiced by LeVar Burton
Agent Jessup	voiced by Gary Cole
Jake	voiced by Ralph Garman

Episode Quotes

Joe Swanson: Hey Peter, what's up?
Peter Griffin: Joe, I just, umm... just recently found out that I'm umm... I'm mentally retarded, and umm... I just wanted to ask, umm... h-how do you deal with it?
Joe Swanson: Peter, I'm handicapped, not retarded.
Peter Griffin: Okay, now we're splittin' hairs.

Peter Griffin: Oh, God! What have I done? I'm the worst husband ever!
Agent Jessup: Make that the worst father ever. Hi, I'm Agent Jessup form child services. I'm here to take your kids away.
Peter Griffin: What? Why?
Agent Jessup: Because you're mentally unfit to take care of them.
Chris Griffin: No way!
Meg Griffin: Oh, my God!
Stewie Griffin: Finally!

Lois Griffin: Peter, mental retardation usually happens before you're born. It isn't something you can catch. Don't you think you're overreacting?
Peter Griffin: Well, excuse me for being retarded!

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Trivia

The character Vern (Peter's social worker) is based on the character Vern (played by Micheal D. Roberts) in Rain Man (1988). In this film, Vern is a supportive worker at Raymond's (Dustin Hoffman) asylum, and says the line "I'm your main man Raymond, I'm your main man."