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'''''Saving Private Brian''''' is a season 5 episode of the [[FOX]] [[animated television series]] ''[[Family Guy]]''. The title is a parody of the film ''[[Saving Private Ryan]]''.
==Plot summary==
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A [[United States Army|US Army]] recruiter visits [[Chris Griffin|Chris]]' school, giving a picture of army life consisting of women in bikinis, money, and [[Academy Awards|Oscar]] awards (with a quick disclaimer, "Your experience may differ.") Chris is impressed, and tells his parents he wants to join. They are opposed to the idea, and decide to find another activity to distract him.
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Meanwhile, [[Brian Griffin|Brian]] is outraged by the army's distortions, and along with Stewie goes to a recruiting station to complain. Stewie is impressed by the guns and enlists, and collects a bonus for signing up Brian too. Brian does poorly at boot camp and plans to desert, but Stewie encourages him to stay.
They pass basic training and are deployed to [[Iraq]]. Unfortunately the war is too scary and dangerous for them so they try to get discharged by pretending to be gay and shooting themselves in the foot but nothing works. Fortunately for them, democracy abruptly kicks in exactly as [[George W. Bush]] predicted.
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▲* Meg does not appear in this episode, although she is mentioned when Peter says to Dr. Katz, "My daughter is so annoying, I just want to punch her in the face".
▲* In the episode "[[Brian Does Hollywood]]," Brian went to Hollywood and directed several porn films, including one titled ''Shaving Private Ryan''.
▲* At the dinner table, Lois swears, but is bleeped out.
*Vern and Johnny, the vaudeville duo, after many appearances in other episodes, are finally killed by Stewie in this episode. Stewie is breaking the [[fourth wall]] by telling the audience "OK. They're dead. We won't be seeing them again."
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*Stewie tells Brian not to desert, because "they'll go after you like Peter went after that hockey coach." When no cutaway appears, Stewie says "What, no clip? I thought we had a clip."
*Stewie mentions Brian's novel, but does not get into the long ramble.
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