At his job, Quagmire sexually harasses a female co-worker and - compared to in the show where it be brushed off as Quagmire being Quagmire - ends up being canceled by the # Me Too! movement, forbidden from seeing his friends Peter, Joe and Cleveland, loses his job, his respect, and becomes a social pariah everywhere he goes.

'The Quagmire Show' deconstructs Quagmire's sexual deviant traits.

As the two go on a date after hinting their relationship in 'Follow the Money', but Seamus gets boycotted due that regardless of whatever love they have for each other and the fact Meg's legal age to be classed as an adult in some places, Seamus is an eighty year old man and Meg's an eighteen year old woman.

' Treasure Map ' deconstructs Meg's relationship with Seamus.

Compared to the other times where its Played for Laughs, it's played more seriously and Meg gets taken away by Child Services and relocated with a foster family.

' GriffinTube ' deconstructs the way the Griffins treat Meg and what would happen if a family really treated one of their family members.

Brian, meanwhile, became a cop with little previous experience, aside from being a drug-sniffing dog for the police but that's seems to be forgoten, and his broken leg that's sticking up, making it harder for him to fight crime. With the difference between Joe and Brian was the fact Joe was a cop in advance before he got crippled and had both of his legs crippled. However, compared to Joe, Brian's broken leg got in the way of his crime fighting.

'Break a Leg' deconstructs Joe's job as a cop while being in a wheelchair, with Brian, who had a broken leg and needing money to pay the rent in his apartment, becoming a cop.

He still does have his shades of Jerkass, but a lot more downplayed. Though compared to other examples, it leads to Francis realizing his awful attitude and tries to be a better himself.

Francis, in turn, gets in trouble for his temper, whether being fired from his job as the Pope’s special assistant and basically being treated worse as a result.

From calling him out, slapping him, to even trying to shoot him. Peter reacts (sometimes physically) to Francis' abusive treatment in multiple ways. In canon, Francis was downright cruel to Peter and times, and despite Francis' abuse, Peter was surprisingly tolerant of Francis' cantankerous behavior. The first six seasons overall deconstructs Francis' Jerkass nature and his mistreatment of his son Peter.Death by Adaptation: Peter's real father Mickey dies from beer posioning compared to the real show.Darker and Edgier: Some of the added fan episodes, 'Between Sanity and Madness', 'Power Over Peter' and 'The Quagmire Show' are way more character-focused and taken seriously with them being Deconstructions, with few jokes told.

The Maniac by E. Thelmar