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It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia: Charlie Goes America All Over Everybody's Ass

After a debate about constitutional rights and whether smoking should be banned in the bar, Mac, Dennis, and Frank lift all rules to uphold the American principle of freedom. This turns the bar into a place where anything goes. Charlie and Dee, disagreeing with this decision, leave and get involved with anti-smoking demonstrations.


9/10 (4 Votes cast)

Episode Info


Episode number: 2x9
Production Number: IP02008
Airdate: Thursday August 10th, 2006


Alternate Airdates:

NL (Comedy Central) Aug 06, 2009

Guest Stars
Jimmi SimpsonJimmi Simpson
As Liam McPoyle
Recurring
Nate MooneyNate Mooney
As Ryan McPoyle
Recurring
Artemis PebdaniArtemis Pebdani
As Artemis
Recurring
Carla AlapontCarla Alapont
As Cute Girl #1
Sabrina MachadoSabrina Machado
As Cute Girl #2

Co-Guest Stars
Morgan VukovicMorgan Vukovic
As Cute Girl #3

Uncredited
Thesy SurfaceThesy Surface
As Margaret McPoyle
Recurring
Main Cast
Charlie Day (1)Charlie Day (1)
As Charlie Kelly
Glenn HowertonGlenn Howerton
As Dennis Reynolds
Kaitlin OlsonKaitlin Olson
As Deandra "Sweet Dee" Reynolds
Danny DeVitoDanny DeVito
As Frank Reynolds
Episode Notes
This episode marks the first time that the McPoyle brothers are seen this season.



Episode Quotes
Frank: Look, I didn't go to Vietnam just to have pansies like you take my freedom away from me.
Dee: You went to Vietnam in 1993 to open up a sweatshop!
Frank: And a lot of good men died in that sweatshop!

Charlie: OK, you wanna talk America? You wanna learn a little something about America? Dee, let's roll out of here.
Dee: Where are we going?
Charlie: We're gonna go America all over their asses!

Mac: The girls in Philly need a place to go wild.
Dennis: Right, I mean, New Orleans was washed away in that terrible, terrible storm. We need to open up Paddy's as a haven for freedom! A replacement for the tragic loss of New Orleans.
Frank: We should have gambling, too.
Mac: And we should have gambling, too. Sure.

Charlie: My body is in tip-top shape.
Dee: Well, maybe for a small fat person.

Dee: OK, then let's—let's focus on finding your breath.
Charlie: What?
Dee: Where is your breath?
Charlie: (thinks) In my mouth?
Dee: N—no. It starts in your chest. You gotta focus on your diaphragm.
Charlie: What the hell's a diaphragm?

Dennis: See, this is what it was like to have a bar in New Orleans, bro.
Mac: Oh, man, New Orleans really had their shit figured out!
Dennis: Oh, they totally had their shit figured out. Yeah, except for the levees.

Frank: Boundaries? Sounds like it's coming right out of Stalin's mouth.
Dennis: Stalin's mouth? That is not what we were talking about.
Mac: I don't know who Stalin is.
Dennis: He doesn't even—
Mac: Who the hell is Stalin?
Dennis: How do you not know who Stalin is?

(Vietnamese music plays in background)
Mac: This music sounds like whales raping each other.

Charlie: (singing) I'm gonna rise up. / Gonna kick a little ass. / Gonna kick some ass in the USA. / Gonna climb a mountain. / Gonna sew a flag. / Gonna fly on an eagle. / I'm gonna kick some butt. / I'm gonna drive a big truck. / I'm gonna rule this world. / I'm gonna kick some ass. / I'm gonna rise up. / I'm gonna kick a little ass. / Rock, flag, and eagle!

(Dee tries to get Artemis in her street performance)
Dee: So let's go show the world.
Artemis: Is there any nudity involved?
Dee: No.
Artemis: Can there be?
Dee: No.
Artemis: I'll do it anyway.

Liam: My sister wants to ask you something.
Dennis: What?
Liam: She's mute, dude.
Dennis: Mute?
Mac: (sighs) OK, what?
Ryan: She wants to show you her boobies.
Mac: What? No! No! No!
Ryan: Trust me, they're top notch.
Mac: Goddamn it. Goddamn it! What is wrong with you people, all of you?

Charlie: (chasing away a crowd with a broom) Get outta here! Get outta here! If you come in this bar you're gonna get cancer and die!
Dee: What are you doing?
Charlie: We're protesting the bar! Attica! Attica! Attica, man!

Charlie: Ah, hey, Liam, I'm sorry I sent you to jail, man, but anytime you wanna stab me would be really great for me. I—
(Liam stabs Charlie in the back with a fork; Charlie screams and falls to the ground)
Liam: (shouting) That's what you get, Charlie!
Dennis: Hey, hey, hey! Get the hell outta here!
Liam: You get fork-stabbed! Fork-stabbed!



Cultural References
Mac: Because they're free to go wild! The girls go wild.

This is a reference to the Girls Gone Wild videos, which feature young degenerate women partying and exposing themselves for the camera, often in exchange for a shirt.

Dennis: Right, New Orleans was washed away in that terrible, terrible storm.

In 2005, New Orleans, Louisiana was destroyed by Hurricane Katrina. Over 80% of the city was flooded when the flood walls and levees failed to protect the city.

(Charlie and Dee enter the bar and find everyone passed out on the floor)
Charlie: What the hell happened in here?
Dee: It looks like Jonestown.

Jonestown was the site of a mass suicide by cult members led by Jim Jones in 1978.

Charlie: Attica! Attica!

Attica is a maximum-security prison in Attica, New York where a huge prison riot took place in 1971. In the 1975 film Dog Day Afternoon, the police try to get Sonny (Al Pacino) to let his hostages go free. He starts shouting, "Attica!" repeatedly , rousing the crowd and bringing in more police.

Mac: (to Charlie) Yeah, well, whose fault is that, Captain America?

Captain America is a patriotic comic book character.



Episode References
Dennis: (to the McPoyles) I thought you guys were in jail.

In "Charlie Got Molested," the McPoyles lie that their high school gym teacher molested them when they were younger. Charlie turned the McPoyles in to the police.

Dee: So here's the thing, Artemis. I know last time we saw each other things got kind of awkward when you licked my brother's face...

Dee hires Artemis to work at the bar as a dancer in "Charlie Has Cancer." While Artemis is giving Dennis a private show, she licks his face.



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