List of Family Guy episodes: Difference between revisions

This is a list and description of the episodes from the animated television series Family Guy.

Season 1

Death Has a Shadow

Peter's on the job snoozing gets him fired from his job at the toy factory. To keep Lois from knowing, he applies for a welfare check, which is $150,000 due to a bureaucratic mistake. When Lois finds out, she prompts him to return the money to the taxpayers from a blimp at the Super Bowl. In court, Stewie uses his mind control device to make the judge suspend Peter's sentence and give him his job back.

I Never Met the Dead Man

Peter does a lousy job of teaching Meg how to drive and crashes into the local cable TV satellite dish. Peter doesn't cope with the loss very well at first, but eventually he spends more time with his family, wearing them out.

Chitty Chitty Death Bang

Peter loses the Cheesy Charlie's reservation for Stewie's birthday but promises Lois he will come up with a much better party. Meanwhile, Meg befriends a cult member who invites her to a mass suicide party, and Stewie worries that the birthday celebration has the hidden agenda of putting him back in the womb.

Mind over Murder

Lois feels unappreciated by Peter, who would rather build a bar in the basement than go to a romantic dinner with her. Lois becomes a popular singer at the basement bar, to the delight of Peter's male friends and the chagrin of their wives.

A Hero Sits Next Door

Peter must get a new ringer to replace the one he injured at the company baseball team practice. Lucky for him, his new neighbor, Joe Swanson, is an accomplished baseball player even now that he's paralyzed from the waist down. After Joe helps the company team win, Peter becomes jealous and cooks up a crazy scheme to become a hero.

The Son Also Draws

Chris gets kicked out of the Scouts and Peter will do everything he can to get him back in. But Chris doesn't want to be in the Scouts and tries to tell Peter. On the way to New York City, Peter must go to a restroom, choosing a Native American casino where Lois develops a gambling addiction, losing the family car. To get it back, Peter pretends to be a Native American and goes on a vision quest.

Brian: Portrait of a Dog

Brian reluctantly agrees to participate in a dog show to win an air conditioner for the family. But after feeling humiliated there, Brian leaves the family. Peter tries to replace Brian with a cat.

Season 2

Peter, Peter, Caviar Eater

The Griffins inherit a mansion from an aunt of Lois, and Brian attempts to turn Peter into a gentleman to match.

Holy Crap

When Peter's dad is forced to retire, he is hired on at Peter's factory, but the old man quickly causes misery with his autocratic style. Peter's idea for getting him fired again convince him by kidnapping the Pope.

DaBoom

When worldwide disasters usher in the new millennium, the Griffins relocate to a new town where Peter becomes the weapon-championing leader of the citizens of this new world, who eventually run him out of town. This episode has no bearing on the continuity of the series, similar to the "Treehouse of Horror" episodes of The Simpsons. It was revealed to have been dreamt up by Pam Ewing from Dallas, who rushes to the shower so she can tell her husband Bobby about it.

Brian in Love

A therapist tells Brian his carpet-wetting is the result of his repressed feelings for Lois.

Love Thy Trophy

When Stewie is placed in a foster home because Meg falsely claims he is a crack baby in order to get bigger tips as a waitress, the neighborhood puts aside its differences to get him back.

Death is a Bitch

In an attempt to avoid a hospital bill, Peter pretends he is dead, thereby attracting, then trying to outrun, Death. When Peter injures Death in a scuffle, he must temporarily take over Death's unpopular duties.

The King Is Dead

Peter wrestles control away from Lois during a Quahog Players theatre group production of "The King and I", making the play into a cyborg battle, complete with bikini-clad dancing girls.

I Am Peter, Hear Me Roar

To keep his job after telling a sexist joke to a female coworker, Peter is sent to a sensitivity training conducted by Gloria Ironbox. This has no effect, so Peter is sent on a woman's retreat, and after experiencing pain comparable to childbirth, Peter comes home acting effeminate.

If I'm Dyin' I'm Lyin'

Peter becomes very upset when a television network cancels his favorite show, a cop drama starring brothers Bryant Gumbel and Greg Gumbel. To get the show back on the air, Peter tells the "Grant-A-Dream" Foundation that being able to watch the show is Chris's dying wish (he made up a disease called "Tumorsyphilisitisosis"). He then gets a reputation for being a healer when he "miraculously" cures Chris in a bid to get out of defrauding the organization.

Running Mates

Lois and Peter face off against each other in a bitter run for the school board, culminating in Peter spreading lies and sexy pictures of Lois around town.

A Picture Is Worth a Thousand Bucks

When Chris's painting is championed by a snobby New York gallery owner who alienates Peter, Peter decides to exploit Meg's bird whistling talents. Stewie then becomes a fasion model for Cevin Klein.

Fifteen Minutes Of Shame

The Griffins star in a reality television show, but Meg quits, prompting the producers to replace her with a scantily-clad vixen.

Road To Rhode Island

Brian goes to California to escort Stewie home from his visit with his grandparents, but the dog's drinking binge results in the two travelers losing their luggage and tickets, prompting them to jump trains and trucks all the way back to Rhode Island.

This is also the episode with the infamous deleted Osama bin Laden scene, now only to be found on "The Freakin' Sweet Collection" DVD.

Let's Go To the Hop

When a craze involving frog-licking hits the high school, Peter goes undercover to stop the euphoria-causing trend and winds up as an icon of cool.

Dammit Janet

Stewie falls in love with a toddler at day-care named Janet, while Lois, now a stewardess, and Peter, taking advantage of free trips, board a plane that is hijacked to Cuba.

There's Something About Paulie

After the Mob helps Peter get his car repaired, he and Lois keep trying to avoid repaying the favor. In the process, Lois offends the nephew of the Don and a contract is taken out on her life.

He's Too Sexy For His Fat

Although Chris rejects the idea of liposuction in his efforts to lose weight, Peter becomes addicted to plastic surgery.

E. Peterbus Unum

A technicality allows the Griffin home to secede from the US as an independent country, but Peter's abrasive behavior towards his neighbors prompts sanctions against "Petoria" by the federal government.

The Story On Page 1

Meg writes an unflattering newspaper article on Mayor Adam West, which Peter discovers before press time and replaces with an article claiming that actor Luke Perry is gay; Peter then tries to seduce Perry to prove the validity of his article.

Wasted Talent

An over-zealous Lois loses a young piano student she chloroforms in order to force-train the girl to win the State Piano competition, but then she discovers that Peter, when inebriated, is a piano-playing genius.

Fore Father

Peter unsuccessfully teaches Chris to be responsible on a camping trip and then on the golf course. Meanwhile, Brian successfully convinces Stewie that the booster shots he just received are part of an attempt to control his mind.

When You Wish Upon a Weinstein

Peter is looking for a Jew to help him handle his money better. Later Peter decides to have Chris converted to Judaism as he thinks that will make him both smarter and more successful.

Season 3

The Thin White Line

After becoming addicted to cocaine while working as a drug-sniffing police dog, Brian goes to rehab only to find Peter, faking an addiction, is his roommate.

===Brian Does Hollywood=== (a sequel to "The Thin White Line," introduced with a "Previously on The Family Guy..." sequence showing action-packed events which never actually occurred) Brian moves to Los Angeles to write screenplays but only finds work directing pornos, while Stewie's twisted rants on Kids Say The Darndest Things are thwarted by host Bill Cosby.

Mr. Griffin Goes to Washington

When Happy-Go-Lucky Toys is bought out by a tobacco conglomerate, Peter is made President and sent to Washington to lobby on behalf of the cigarette peddlers.

One If By Clam, Two If By Sea

Peter and his friends are arrested for allegedly burning down their favorite bar after it is transformed into a British pub; meanwhile Stewie tries to get rid of the neighbor baby's Cockney accent in a parody of My Fair Lady.

And the Wiener is...

Peter becomes competitive with Chris when he discovers that his son has a bigger penis, as Meg unsuccessfully tries to fit in with the cool crowd at school and is pelted with rancid meat.

Death Lives

After being struck by lightning while playing golf on his wedding anniversary, Peter pleads with Death to give him another chance to make it up to Lois, with a little help from Peter Frampton.

Lethal Weapons

Although her newly discovered Tae-Jitsu abilities are handy in dealing with obnoxious New Yorkers ("leafers"), Lois fears her own rage and enters the family into anger management therapy, which angers everyone.

The Kiss Seen Around the World

Meg leaps at an opportunity to intern at a local news station in order to be closer to her crush, news anchor Tom Tucker, only to discover that Neil, who has a crush on her, will also intern there. Meanwhile, Stewie swears revenge on the bully who stole his tricycle.

Mr. Saturday Knight

After Peter's boss chokes to death at the Griffin home, the toy factory is sold and Peter is forced to take a job jousting at the local Renaissance fair. Macfarlane comments that for this episode the censors would not allow them to use the term half and half in the scene where Peter tries out prostitution as a job. The censors did allow the term "Cleveland steamer".

A Fish Out of Water

Peter puts his family's house in jeopardy with a $50,000 loan for a fishing boat. Meanwhile, Lois teaches Meg how to behave like a tramp during spring break.

Emission Impossible

When Lois and Peter decide to have another baby, Stewie hops aboard a microscopic spacecraft and enters Peter's body in an attempt to terminate his sperm.

To Live and Die in Dixie

After Chris identifies an armed robber who is now bent on revenge, the Griffins enter a witness protection program in a small southern town, where Peter becomes sheriff.

Screwed the Pooch

While visiting Lois's parents, Brian falls in love with Sea Breeze, the family greyhound, prompting an ugly custody battle when the bitch becomes pregnant.

Peter Griffin Husband, Father...Brother?

Discovering he has black ancestry, Peter tries to connect with his alter-ethnicity, while Stewie becomes obsessed with discovering the mind control secrets of cheerleaders.

Ready, Willing, and Disabled

Unable to stop a car wash thief, Joe is humiliated until Peter encourages him to enter the "Special People's Games" and go for the gold.

A Very Special Family Guy Freakin' Christmas

Christmastime stress causes temporary insanity for Lois, and Stewie's faith in Santa Claus is renewed when he receives the plutonium he has put on his wish list.

Brian Wallows and Peter's Swallows

Brian frets he'll never find a woman who loves him and gets arrested for drunk driving. Peter decides to grow a beard and a rare bird decides to nest in Peter's beard.

From Method to Madness

Stewie becomes a hit with Olivia singing a love song, but when they have a fight onstage, Stewie quickly falls out of favor with the public. Meg deals with her father's dislike of her new boyfriend, a nudist boy.

Stuck Together, Torn Apart

Peter and Lois act extremely jealous of anyone who makes the slightest pass at the other. In trial separation, Peter lands a date with Jennifer Love Hewitt. Brian and Stewie accidentally get stuck together for a week.

Road to Europe

Stewie travels to England in hopes of living on the set of Jolly Farm Revue. Peter and Lois go to KISS-stock.

Family Guy Viewer Mail #1

Viewer mail inspires three short stories: Peter becomes a boneless blob due to a genie's interpretation of his wish, the Griffins develop superhuman abilities, and young Peter and Lois live in a "Little Rascals"-type alternate reality. This episode has no bearing on the continuity of the series.

Season 4

North by North Quahog

Peter and Lois go on a second honeymoon to put the life back into their marriage, but run into trouble with Mel Gibson and his Catholic cronies. Brian and Stewie are left in charge at home and Chris is caught with alcohol at the school dance.

Fast Times at Buddy Cianci Jr. High

When Chris' beloved teacher wins the lottery and quits, Brian fills in as substitute but is moved to another class for troubled kids and teaches them to aspire to low-level jobs. Meanwhile, Chris is instantly smitten with his new teacher (guest voiced by Drew Barrymore), who ends up promising to be with him if he kills her husband. When Lois finds the teacher's written instructions in Chris' laundry, she and Stewie conspire to cover up the plot with hilarious results.

Blind Ambition

Jealous of his friends' achievements, Peter attempts to set a world record by swallowing the most nickels. Unfortunately, he becomes blind due to nickel poisoning, but the effect soon makes him a hero after he saves the life of the bartender from The Drunken Clam from a fire.

Don't Make Me Over

When Meg asks a cute boy at school on a date and he turns her down, she looks to her family for support. In an effort to cheer her up, Lois takes Meg to the mall, where she gets the ultimate makeover. Meanwhile, Peter tries to start a band with the guys, but it’s Meg’s new look that has the record producers singing their praises. So the Griffins form a traveling family band that takes them all the way to New York to perform on “Saturday Night Live”.

The Cleveland-Loretta Quagmire

Peter and Brian find Cleveland's wife Loretta and Quagmire having sex, and when Cleveland finds out, he gets his revenge.

Petarded

At a game night among friends, Lois lets Peter win at Trivial Pursuit, which leads Peter to gloat and think he’s a genius. Brian knows the truth and challenges Peter to prove his intelligence by getting an IQ test. But when the test results determine Peter is legally mentally challenged, everyone ends up looking stupid.

Stewie B. Goode

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Bango Was His Name Oh

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Stu & Stewie's Excellent Adventure

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Brian the Bachelor

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8 Simple Rules for Buying My Teenage Daughter

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Breaking Out Is Hard to Do

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Model Misbehavior

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Iraq vs. The Griffins

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Mastubation Bowl

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Howdy Texas

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Lois's New job/Working Mother

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Mabuhay to the Philippines

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Desperate Houseowners

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External links

• Family Guy at the Big Cartoon DataBase