Trading Places (Family Guy) shotgun similar to the one used in the massacre. Chris compares his high school's hierarchical structure to "Lord Of The Flies". The title is a reference to the film "Trading Places", in which Dan Aykroyd and Eddie Murphy have their lives swapped around in attempt to resolve a wager on the significance of someone's upbringing vs their genes (nature vs nurture) in determining what kind of person they become. The episode was watched by 6.55 million viewers according to Nielsen ratings. Rowan Kaiser of "The A.V. Club" gave "Trading Places" a mostly positive review, calling it "relatively entertaining", and stating
Trading Places rich master who tried to steal Figaro's bride to be. The music from "The Marriage of Figaro" is used as a cinematic narrative in the film when the viewers are introduced to the daily routine of protagonist Louis Winthorpe's privileged life with the opera's overture playing in the background. The work also takes inspiration from Twain's "The Million Pound Bank Note". American philosopher and professor at Harvard University Stanley Cavell wrote about "Trading Places" in his 2005 book "Cavell on Film". Cavell postulates that film is sometimes used as a new technology in the production and experience of an opera.