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Brian’s primary identity, in his mind, is that of a writer with creations such as “Faster Than the Speed of Love,” and the self–help book, “Wish It, Want It, Do It,” with the latter even becoming a best-seller. Of course, his first book, which is a rip-off of the “Iron Eagle” series, sells 0 copies after unanimous criticism from literary critics, while his second earns Brian a humiliating appearance on “Real Time with Bill Maher.”
However, in Season 11, Episode 11 (“Brian’s Play”), he finds fame in Quahog when his new play “A Passing Fancy” is loved by everyone in the town. Once again, the sudden popularity goes to his head, until he comes across Stewie’s play, “An American Marriage.” Stunned at how exponentially better of a playwright his infant friend is, and unable to bear the disappointment of being outshone by a play that far supersedes his own, he chooses to chide Stewie about the play and is visibly upset upon learning that the production is headed for Broadway.
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The same night, Brian buries Stewie’s play in the backyard in an attempt to destroy it and foil Stewie’s success. However, Stewie confronts his friend, slamming “A Passing Fancy” as a “mediocre patchwork of hackneyed ideas and tired clichés,” before reminding Brian that he will never be able to climb out of the “eternal mediocrity” that Brian calls writing.