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30 All-time Family unit Guy Episodes Ranked, Co-ordinate To IMDb

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Once the province of high school boys and twenty-somethings who should know better, Seth MacFarlane's sometimes sophomoric and ever-irreverent "Family Guy" has now get an institution of American blitheness. First introduced in 1999, it was canceled in 2002, but its syndicated reruns and DVD sales were successful enough that Fox resurrected the evidence in 2004, and information technology's been on ever since. It'south spawned everything from video games to the spin-off series "The Cleveland Show," and — believe it or not — has collected quite a few awards, including Primetime Emmys and Annies (an accolade created by the International Blithe Movie Clan). While it's withal the kind of show you either love or detest, yous have to admit that they occasionally do things really right.

According to IMDb voters, these are the 30 episodes "Family Guy" did really, really right. At that place are some prime classics on here, some unlikely suspects, some complete surprises, and a ton of nostalgia. In the unlikely event you don't run across your fave on the list, become voting! Y'all just might run across it here adjacent fourth dimension. Until then, enjoy our take on the best "Family Guy" episodes Seth MacFarlane et al have to offering.

forty. Petergeist (Flavour 4, Episode 26)

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In this episode-length parody of the 1982 horror classic "Poltergeist," Peter gets and so jealous of buddy Joe's dwelling theater that he tries to ane-upwards him by building a movie theater in his lawn. During construction, he finds the skull of a deceased Native American, which rapidly becomes his favorite toy / matter he can desecrate. His disturbance of a burial site angers spirits, who invade the Griffin home — Idiot box static hypnotizes Stewie (who gets sucked into some other dimension), and Peter helplessly rips off his own face up pare to reveal he'south "really" Hank Loma from "King of the Hill." To find and retrieve Stewie, the Griffins bring in soft-spoken Bruce, who apparently works as a medium, and since Stewie won't emerge from the exit (Million's rear end), Lois gets him herself, just for the spirits to steal the Griffins' house. To become it back, they have to rebury the skull, which Peter threw out, subsequently claimed by prop comedian Carrot Top.

39. Barely Legal (Season five, Episode eight)

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1000000 Griffin is almost ever the butt of the joke and the target of seething derision on "Family Guy." In the 2006 episode "Barely Legal," Million gets to be the star of the episode, and viewers realize the darkly funny depths of just how starved she is for attending and affection. One thousand thousand tin't get a date for the inferior prom, and Brian, in a rare moment of sympathy, offers to take the person who is essentially his sister to the dance. Brian gets extremely drunk at the prom and unleashes a barrage of putdowns so cruel and accurate to Meg's bully that Meg falls in love with Brian. They make out a little and Brian moves on, just Meg grows obsessed, cured of her inappropriate beat only after a surprisingly hostage heart-to-heart with Quagmire. In the episode's other storyline, Joe Swanson becomes Quahog's sole active constabulary officer later on unhinged Mayor W sends the rest of the force to Colombia to search for the kidnapped adult female from the '80s pic "Romancing the Stone." Peter, Cleveland, and Quagmire thus step in to get temporary (and incompetent) cops.

38. Route to Rupert (Season 5, Episode nine)

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"Route to Rupert" just might be the quintessential "Family unit Guy" episode considering it revolves around two things at which the prove excels and is best known for: a Brian and Stewie take chances, and Peter doing something recklessly stupid and immature inspired by pop civilisation. Brian accidentally gets rid of Rupert, Stewie'southward beloved teddy bear (and implied partner) at a yard sale, and they go along a wide and wild chase to think him while hitchhiking to Aspen, Colorado, which somehow likewise involves a helicopter flight and a dance number with archival footage of Gene Kelly. To go Rupert back, Stewie must defeat the possessor'south son in a ski race, '80s movie fashion. Back in Quahog, Peter buys a pair of Evel Knievel gloves and engages in a car jump stunt that goes horribly wrong. His driver'due south license is revoked and a road rage-prone Million has to drive him effectually. Male parent and girl bond, and Peter admits that he actually likes Million — only he'll still publicly care for her like garbage.

37. Halloween on Spooner Street (Season 9, Episode 4)

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The average "Family Guy" episode usually involves some kind of barely controlled chaos, much similar Halloween can experience like for the rest of the earth. In "Halloween on Spooner Street," very little goes correct as each Griffin has their own nightmarish feel with the holiday. Chris attempts to hit Quahog dressed as Pecker Cosby (consummate with blackface makeup), merely winds upwardly at a party and makes out with a girl in a dark cupboard ... who turns out to be his sister 1000000. Already apprehensive about costumed people in the nighttime, Stewie gets his processed stolen by some awful teenagers who spray paint Brian and he tries to impale them with a rocket launcher. Lois steps in to get his candy back by going directly to one of the kids' moms, who she extorts cash from, also. Meanwhile, Peter and his friends offset out playing pranks on Quagmire, who exacts revenge with a terrifying flight on a stolen Japanese Earth War 2 fighter aeroplane.

36. Roads to Vegas (Season 11, Episode 21)

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The "Route" episodes of "Family Guy" are e'er a treat, both an homage and parody of the old Bing Crosby / Bob Hope "Route" movies, but centered on the Griffin family canis familiaris Brian and baby Stewie going on some kind of tumultuous, chaotic journey. "Roads to Vegas" is a mashup of the "Road" format with one of Stewie'due south gadget-powered sci-fi mishaps. Brian and Stewie win tickets to see Celine Dion in Las Vegas and wing out, while a different Brian and Stewie, sent via the latter'southward brand-new teleporter, arrive, which leads to some mistaken identity shenanigans in addition to some bad and unsafe gambling mistakes. At least one Brian and at least one Stewie is going to take to die to make things right with the universe again.

35. Death Lives (Season 3, Episode 6)

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What with its fantastical cutaway gags and talking animals, "Family Guy" eschews realism, embodied by the fact that the personification of the concept of Death — as a scythe-wielding Grim Reaper — is a recurring character. He and Peter are pretty expert friends, and in the 2001 episode "Death Lives," Death shows upward to collect Peter's soul afterward he's killed by a falling tree during a golf game. In a twisted take on "It's a Wonderful Life," Death takes Peter on a bout of his life to show him where he strayed, just he'due south likewise dim to learn any lessons that would merit him returning to life. Instead, Peter brokers a deal: He tin become dorsum and live with Lois in exchange for helping the lovelorn, bad-with-women Death land a date with his vanquish (who turns out to be extremely dull).

34. I Dream of Jesus (Flavor 7, Episode 2)

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We could talk well-nigh the not-and so-subtle critique of modernistic celebrity that runs through this episode, or the dig at the way some people apply organized religion. But, as far equally we're concerned, there's just one reason "I Dream of Jesus" appears on this list. No, it'due south non the spot-on Jay Leno impression. Or the delicious takedown of Dane Cook. (Who? Don't worry virtually information technology. Really. Don't fifty-fifty bother to Google him; you'll just depress yourself). It tin can merely exist the glorious shot-for-shot recreation of one of the best scenes in "Office Infinite." For those of us of, ahem, a certain age, that movie was the perfect collision of workplace satire and Stephen Root (If you've never seen information technology, when yous're done with this list, go observe it. Y'all can thank us later). Its inclusion guarantees a place on any best episodes listing anywhere, period.

33. Stew-Roids (Season 7, Episode 13)

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"Stew-Roids" from 2009 foisted upon the "Family Guy" audience the cursed images of a musculus-bound infant — it's all nigh baby Stewie Griffin getting super-shredded post-obit his embarrassment over beingness beaten upward by a girl. To advance his progress, Peter lets a shady trainer at the weightlifting gym inject his baby son with steroids, which do make Stewie all strong and ripped but besides turn him into a raging narcissist and fierce slap-up who makes life horrible for Brian the dog. The B plot of the episode involves social misfit Chris dating popular hateful daughter Connie D'Amico, who surprisingly really likes Chris because of his sweetness disposition. A gustation of popularity turns him into a jerk, still, and he callously dumps Connie to date other popular classmates.

32. A Lot Going On Upstairs (Season 14, Episode fifteen)

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"A Lot Going On Upstairs" finds the ordinarily precocious and jaded Stewie Griffin dealing with bodily toddler problems, specifically nightmares nearly monsters and a Glenn Close-hosted dinner political party that are and so terrifying he forgets the lyrics in the "Family Guy" theme song. With his vow to never sleep once more proving futile, Brian helps Stewie address the hidden, psychological root of his problem — which, after bringing the dog into his dream, turns out to exist a fright of disappointing Brian. Because Stewie is sleeping in his parents' bed for comfort and solace, Peter is forced to bunk downward elsewhere and turns the attic into a human cave he calls "Pete's Pad," where he and his friends get stuck within after angering Lois with their dangerous games of lawn darts and insulation fights.

31. Switch the Flip (Flavor 16, Episode 17)

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In "Switch the Flip," Brian Griffin, ever the desperately lonely and deluded ladies human, falls in beloved with Brandee, the voice of an Alexa-esque smart speaker. To impress the A.I., Brian buys a ton of expensive stuff, only to have it repossessed, prompting a concerned Stewie to build a body-swapping device — he'll place his personality into Brian's body and get his life under control. While they're switching back, withal, Peter and Chris barge in and get in the style, leading to a 4-way swap: Stewie and Peter switch, as practice Brian and Chris. And there's a ticking clock to go everybody back where they belong, because an extra-randy Lois is near to go away for a romantic weekend with Peter — or whoever happens to be in Peter's body, and nobody wants that to exist Stewie. A high-speed motorcar chase ends with the family crashing into a ability pole which makes a transformer malfunction and send the trunk-switching rays out into all of Quahog, requiring Stewie leading Brian (through others' bodies) to fix the machine and return everyone to their biological habitation. It works, although non earlier Brian's greatest fantasy comes true — while stuck in Peter'south body, he gets to enjoy the sexy weekend with Lois.

xxx. Fat Guy Strangler (Season 4, Episode 17)

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Kick off with a classic, "Fatty Guy Strangler" sees the show at the first top of its comedic powers. They even managed to entice Robert Downey Jr. to vocalization the hilarious Patrick Pewterschmidt, hush-hush brother to Lois. A serial killer with an unusual trigger, Peter's brother-in-law manages to hitting that murderous Jackie Gleason sweet spot with alarming regularity. Cue tons of reasons to get rid of Peter, a beautiful dig at Billy Joel, and one of many, many hilarious George Westward. Bush cutaways. The star, though, is Downey Jr., who gives Patrick that innocent but obviously disturbed persona that can only from Carter Pewterschmidt's repressed-rich-guy genes. We always knew that Peter would eventually turn someone into a homicidal maniac; we just thought it would be Million.

29. Emission Impossible (Flavour 3, Episode 11)

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In this episode, "Family Guy" does "Inner Infinite" via the Enterprise's computer. A hopelessly jealous Stewie tries to thwart his parents' endeavor to have another baby past shrinking himself and infiltrating Peter'south body in a spaceship to destroy his sperm. The only sperm he tin can't eradicate is the diabolically clever Bertram. Realizing how much he has in common with his potential time to come sibling, Stewie abandons his demolition, simply for Lois and Peter to change their minds. The episode also features aforementioned national treasure Wallace Shawn's debut. Is at that place a vocalism better suited to being more annoyingly shrill and evil than Shawn's? We think not. Who knew it was and so hard being the youngest child?

28. I Am Peter, Hear Me Roar (Season ii, Episode 8)

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Consider yourselves warned: This is the episode that features a newly feminized Peter attempting to breastfeed Stewie, a gag that scarred many a viewer. Luckily, the remainder of the episode really features some fantastic comedy comeuppances, the best beingness Peter'south bottom lip getting pulled to the back of his head as punishment for making sexist jokes at a women's retreat. The experience — purportedly almost as painful as childbirth — chastens Peter and makes him less hateable. When he inevitably reverts back to toxic masculinity, for a few seconds it really feels similar a genuine loss, alike to that Simpson'south episode where Homer, unable to tolerate the misery of intelligence, sticks the crayon that kept him stupid back up his nose. God knows nosotros could all do without the faux breastfeeding, though, so information technology's probably for the all-time.

27. The Thin White Line (Season 3, Episode 1)

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One of the underrated aspects of "Family Guy" is that in betwixt all the fart jokes, they occasionally make a serious point. "The Sparse White Line" is an episode where they do only that. Yes, it'southward about substance corruption — Brian'due south well-intentioned endeavor to become a drug-detecting canis familiaris for the Quahog police department inadvertently turns him on to cocaine — but it'due south also about abuse of power and how easily good intentions tin be subverted. There's likewise the stunning revelation that non only is Peter literate, but he even reads Hemingway. Equally a bonus, the episode also contains our favorite-ever review of cult camcorder extravaganza "The Blair Witch Project." To whit: " ... Nothing's happening, cypher's happening, something about a map, cypher's happening, it'southward over, a lot of people in the audition wait p*ssed."

26. Wasted Talent (Season two, Episode 20)

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Peter actually does have a talent, only it's not the casual racism, insulting people, ignoring his kids, or drinking you'd look (although it is alcohol-adjacent, natch). The by and large useless male parent-of-three tin can expertly play obscure TV theme tunes on the pianoforte when intoxicated. Or, as Lois puts it, "You're like the idiot from 'Smoothen'!" But with less class, manifestly. For our money though, this episode too features on this list because Brian'southward drunken ear is hilarious and stays similar that for an historic period. The Willy Wonka-esque Pawtucket Pat helps, too.

25. Road to Germany (Season 7, Episode 3)

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Information technology came as admittedly no surprise to us here at Looper HQ that "Road to Germany" made this list. Despite the slightly risky fundamental theme, it'southward total of non-terminate gags and film references all the way back to Earth War 2-era Germany. From the superb "Little Shop of Horrors" prepare to "The Blues Brothers," "Back to the Future," and "Indiana Jones and the Last Cause," in that location'south an amazing array of moving picture jokes on display here. The episode also features 1 of the show's many and varied takes on idiotic Nazi leadership. All this and they withal have fourth dimension to muse over how weird French cows sound, how gross Quagmire is, and the vagaries of bacon pants.

24. PeTerminator (Flavour 19, Episode 13)

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This is one of the almost recent episodes on the list. Right from the start, you know it ways business organization. How? The championship sequence change! The business doesn't end there — the "Rick and Morty" dig is priceless and in no way sour grapes, or, say, hypocrisy. Then at that place's the fact that Brian causes the whole sorry mess by being his usual douchebag self on Instagram. When will Stewie learn? The chicken fight might not be the offset, merely for our money information technology's by far the best of all the poultry-related battles in the bear witness. Every bit if y'all'd need whatever more reasons to love this episode, can nosotros just chop-chop mention the bluesy version of "Surfin' Bird" from "I Dream of Jesus"? Equally far as callbacks become, they don't go much cooler than that.

23. The Big Blindside Theory (Flavour nine, Episode 16)

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Stewie really is the center of the universe. Yeah, according to "Family Guy" lore, without that evil petty genius, nothing would exist. Also, he's responsible for some of the world's all-time fine art. But we recall the existent reason this episode made the list isn't just downwardly to the hilarious time-travel gags. It'due south really about Brian discovering that he'due south the Art Garfunkel of the universe, which (almost) completely explains all of his graphic symbol flaws. As well, whatever time Wallace Shawn (the voice of Stewie's nemesis, Bertram) appears in the show, you lot know you're in for a practiced fourth dimension. It'due south almost sad when Bertram is finally dispatched — though nosotros're even so not quite sure how Stewie managed to invent cryogenesis during the Renaissance.

22. Forget-Me-Non (Season 10, Episode 17)

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One of the weirder, more mysterious episodes of "Family Guy," "Forget-Me-Not" finds Peter, Brian, Joe, and Quagmire getting drunkard at the Drunken Clam, and after encountering some eerie lights, blacking out. They awake in a infirmary with extreme amnesia, no retentiveness of who they are or what happened, and in a Quahog that is devoid of all human being life. A little investigative work leads the guys to the Griffin firm, where they further wrongly define that Brian is Quagmire's domestic dog, that Joe is an exotic dancer, and — based on a fake newspaper printed upwards at a light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation tag loonshit — that Peter is a laser-wielding alien who annihilated Quahog. A direct-upward war breaks out catastrophe in Brian'southward death, but he'due south fine, considering the whole affair was just a simulation cooked up by techno genius Stewie.

21. Da Boom (Season 2, Episode 3)

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In this episode, Y2K was an actual affair, leaving a consummate moron in charge of rebuilding America, or, at the very least, Rhode Island. Yep, following the complete destruction of the U.S. thank you to the new millennium, Peter leads the survivors (ie, the Griffins) on a quest to a Twinkie Factory before founding New Quahog and declaring himself Mayor for Life. Cheers to the throwback "Dallas" ending, though, information technology was all a dream; no one slumber-walked into letting a moron lead the country (leastways not in "Family unit Guy" — wish we could say the same for reality). Stewie's surprise egg-laying is somehow the most hilariously disturbing turn of events in a globe where Joe is fused to his yard and behemothic rats abound.  Also, Brian'due south post-apocalyptic stubble is both hilarious and completely unnecessary. Is information technology a nod to the futile attempts to survive in a earth without Twinkies, Goggle box, and martinis? Probably.

20. East. Peterbus Unum (Season two, Episode 18)

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Peter volition become to insane lengths to get his own pond pool. An apologue for the Iraq State of war (only mostly an excuse to allow Peter annex Joe's yard and rub shoulders with fellow dictators), "E. Peterbus Unum" revels in the overzealous U.S. response to the not-very-threatening Petoria. And we're not just talking near the military; even Tom Tucker tin't be trusted to report the truth. Who knew? There's one thing that makes this episode really stand out, though: naked Beak Clinton. "Family Guy"'due south Clinton has always been the best of many, many caricatures, standing the exam of time.

19. To Beloved and Dice in Dixie (Season 3, Episode 12)

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This episode is a fave for more the "Dukes of Hazzard" references or Stewie's newfound love of banjos and nappies. In an unusual motility, this episode strays into "The Simpsons" territory past including a genuinely sweet moment. In "The Simpsons," heartfelt episodes are mostly reserved for Lisa; in the "Family Guy"-verse, it's Chris who has the almost potential for genuine emotion. "To Honey and Die in Dixie" explores that potential with a surprisingly low-cal touch. Conspicuously feeling a tad sentimental that week, the writers fifty-fifty let habitual loser Meg briefly experience something akin to popularity. There'south too the best bike theft joke ever and the fact that even Peter can tell when a civil war reenactment isn't accurate. Genius.

18. Stewie Loves Lois (Flavor 5, Episode 1)

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This episode most likely fabricated the list considering, frankly, who can blame Lois for attempting to ignore the cloying attentions of her weird-looking progeny? She'south conspicuously happier with a piddling (or a lot) of distance. Of course, it wouldn't be "Family Guy" if Stewie didn't terminate up hating his mom again, only we totally get it. There'due south likewise Peter running home trouserless later a medical encounter with an extended digit. Despite, or perhaps because of, that utterly ridiculous set-upwards, the petty buns-in-the-breeze run croaky u.s.a. up. We do not, however, condone suing medical staff for carrying out legitimate medical procedures, no matter how much they sound like Dr. Hartman. Get yourself checked, people.

17. Bluish Harvest (Season 6, Episode i)

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"Blueish Harvest" is by far the near original and best of the MacFarlane "Star Wars" reimaginings, a witty, hilarious, and heartfelt beloved letter to the pic that changed a generation. The entire team is conspicuously having a nail, no pun intended. But even with "A New Promise" at its core, this is withal an essential "Family Guy" episode, which ways "Dejection Brothers" getaways, Leslie Nielson, Darth Vader's bodily theme as lift muzak, and Meg equally the garbage monster. It besides features an extended couch gag that would make "The Simpsons"... gag. Sad. All that plus an extended run time and a crawl written by and for Peter himself. Sublime and essential repeated viewing. It'due south weird that this episode isn't higher in the rankings, merely when you lot meet what'due south coming, you lot'll know why.

16. Three Kings (Flavor 7, Episode xv)

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These "Family unit Guy" anthology-type episodes tin sometimes be a scrap hitting-and-miss. This Stephen King-themed variation, though, contains what may exist the all-time one-act casting known to humanity. You lot know we're talking almost Adam West as the Kiefer Sutherland equivalent in the "Stand By Me" vignette, along with his oddball gang of random TV characters. All together now: Norm! Quagmire is less likable as the River Phoenix facsimile, but that was probably the signal. As for "Misery," having Stewie be Annie but as an actual baby, large wheel and all? That'due south actually kind of inspired. Call up about it: In the movie, Annie actually is just throwing an enormous tantrum, throwing it direct at the human being responsible for information technology. "Shawshank" was a fiddling more obvious, simply the "Friends" claps assuasive Peter to escape on taco dark is genius. Thanks, Stephen King.

15. Emmy-Winning Episode (Flavour 16, Episode one)

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"Family unit Guy" one time got an Emmy nod in the outstanding one-act series category. It has even won a couple of times over the years for outstanding voice interim, music, and sound mixing. Still, relative to how long it'due south been ambulation, it seems similar the Emmy committee habitually overlooks the bear witness. That might not seem surprising given the testify's flippant, juvenile tone, which isn't exactly typical award-garnering fare. Notwithstanding, snub plainly stings. This episode, which pokes fun at any and all shows with an Emmy to their name, has plenty going for it, but by far the strongest element is its spot-on tribute to Jon Stewart. It'south incredible. Nosotros miss him. By dissimilarity, the addition of that crumbling perma-smirk in a inexpensive accommodate commonly known every bit Bill Maher might accept been a step too far. But to exist off-white, Emmys, isn't it near time "Family Guy" won for Oustanding One-act or Animated Plan?

fourteen. The D in Apartment 23 (Season 16, Episode 6)

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The best thing about this episode isn't the incredibly loud critique of the destructive power of social media. No, for us, it's that Brian deserved it. "The D in Flat 23" confirms what Quagmire has said for years and what we've all been thinking for almost equally long: That Brian is not a nice dog-person. Like, at all. He may have started out as a kind of external censor a la Jiminy Cricket for Quahog'south special dad, merely by this betoken, his amorality has been painfully exposed. Don't hate him because he'south a douchebag; hate him because he's proud of it, and and then hate Stewie for allowing this crap to keep happening.

xiii. Death is a Bitch (Season two, Episode vi)

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In this episode, Peter is allowed to self-declare his decease to go out of paying a hospital bill — a disastrous conclusion, since evidently Death himself takes orders from hospital paperwork. Nosotros also learned that middle-aged men actually made upward the bulk of the "Dawson's Creek" audience, a plan aimed squarely at teenage girls. Plus, the premise that death is a self-serving douche is beautifully executed, perfectly utilizing the whiny tone that naturally comes from stand-up comedian Norm Macdonald. But perhaps the real reason this episode made the listing has more to do with the giant squid the entire family is ignoring than anything else.

12. Petarded (Season iv, Episode 6)

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At that place'southward really just one affair to say about this episode: It contains one of the best lines of dialogue written anywhere, at whatsoever time in human being history. Fact. Ready? Describing confusion over his special dad status, quoth Peter, "Black is east, up is white." Yes, we're serious. Remember about how frickin' smart that is for a second. Or don't and consider instead the fact that this episode also contains the most surreal cutaway of the evidence's entire run so far. That's correct, folks: fire trucks hunting gazelle on the savannah. "Family Guy" gags exercise not go whatsoever weirder or funnier than that. Then at that place'due south the Spooner Street callback at the end, MacArthur grants, soup helmets, and Trivial Pursuit questions that split up the men from the boys. An undeniable archetype.

11. Route to Rhode Island (Season ii, Episode 13)

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In which Brian'southward origin story is partly explained by taxidermy. What isn't explained, however, is how he's getting away with drinking a Large Gulp-sized cup of wine for breakfast and then beingness trusted with an infant'south safety. On the way back from Palm Springs via Texas for some reason, Brian finally meets what'southward left of his mom, and Stewie makes amazing use of the underappreciated word "slattern." Thus a classic "Family Guy" trope is built-in and Bob Hope's estate warms up its lawyers. Spawning some of the testify's almost flamboyant musical episodes, this intro is a surprisingly dark affair, to the indicate that Brian buries his own stuffed mom in a random park. Never let information technology be said that "Family Guy" lacks range.

10. Road to the North Pole (Season 9, Episode seven)

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Despite looking for all the world like a traditional holiday special fronted by the jolly face of 1 Mr. MacFarlane Sr., "Road to: Festive Edition" turns out to be annihilation simply trad. Subsequently Quagmire gives Brian the gift of searing honesty, he would, of course, rather drag a baby to the North Pole than face the consequences of his canine thoughtlessness. Cue a Tim Burton-esque treatise on the capitalism of the holidays, as well an uncanny prediction about Gary Busey'south actual reality long before the rest of us caught on. Although nosotros still haven't worked out exactly what Stewie has against Mrs. Claus. This episode is a darkly festive romp that leaves you wondering what the hell used to happen in the MacFarlane household at Christmas.

ix. Meet the Quagmires (Season 5, Episode eighteen)

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This episode, easily down, contains the almost disturbing of all the "Family Guy" alternate realities. And it's not but the creepy hellspawn that Quagmire's genes produce. It's that Lois is happier every bit Mrs. Quagmire than she ever was every bit Mrs. Griffin. Throw in the idea that they at present inhabit an most perfect world, Chevy Chase yet, and you have grounds for someone putting an end to Peter right there and and so. We're looking at you, Brian. This episode represents the pinnacle of Peter's pathological need to go his own way, and apparently, anybody is just fine with that — even when giving Peter his own style means going back to a world where literally everyone is unhappy. Hence the Griffin pathology. Having said that, the Axel F-inspired theme callback over the closing credits totally rules.

8. Lois Kills Stewie (Flavour 6, Episode 5)

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Opposite to Brian's prediction that the "Dallas" ending would upset a lot of people, its position on the listing proves that actually, we really did enjoy the ride. And the fact that the whole affair is a simulation allows the episode to ship Consuela to the Fortress of Confinement, reveal a smoking Willem Dafoe nether Stewie's bed, and turn Stewie into the devil's spawn. Just considering he'southward a murderous babe dictator doesn't mean he'due south not her murderous infant dictator. Peter finally does something useful, though, and that, surely, is the biggest clue that none of information technology was real, plus the fact that everyone was suddenly able to understand Stewie, including Simon Cowell of all people. To acme it all off, naked Bill Clinton's portrait hangs in Stewie'south Oval Office. "Dallas" rules!

7. Stewie Kills Lois (Season 6, Episode four)

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While Stewie almost immediately regrets getting rid of his dear mama, anybody else seems just fine. Peter's dating and even 1000000 is incredibly comfortable playing mom to her youngest sibling. The Griffins appear to motility on very chop-chop. For our money, though, this episode fabricated the list purely considering when Joe dressed upward as Lois to get Chris to become shopping, his commitment to the character did not extend to irresolute his phonation, still Chris somehow fails to notice that "she" sounds exactly like Joe or that she'due south at present in a wheelchair. Information technology's either that or the erstwhile-timey "Say Anything" reference. John Cusack, y'all know?

six. Yug Ylimaf (Flavor eleven, Episode 4)

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Yes, this is basically an excuse to revisit some classic Griffin moments, add some super-gross new ones, and confirm that children definitely don't save marriages. Equally Stewie is Benjamin Buttoning it all the way back to that dreaded ovarian fortress, Brian quietly steals the episode, from his discomfiting habit of dating at disaster zones and to the mode the writers handed him the best lines. While blaming the fourth dimension machine malfunction on 1000000, Brian says he saw her "leaving a minute ago, going, 'Mwah-ha-ha-ha-ha.'" It'southward so beautifully thrown abroad yous may well have missed it, but it'south genius. And no, we are not going to mention the diaper reversal, because it's 100% the nastiest thing they've ever — EVER — washed. EVER.

5. The Simpsons Guy (Flavor 13, Episode 1)

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This episode occupies some rarefied land indeed. Near crossovers are disappointing diplomacy, simply "The Simpsons Guy" is anything but. Information technology succeeds partly because it doesn't exist solely to advertise some other MacFarlane production, though it absolutely does that, thank you to the appearance of Stan Smith et al. Just it also manages to perfectly blend the two bigger shows, a feat beautifully encapsulated past Homer'due south mail-fight exclamation of "Roadhouse." Genuinely sweet in places, truly gross in others, and even managing a random dig at "Bob's Burgers," "The Simpsons Guy" lands squarely in once-in-a-generation crossover territory, and nosotros are super-grateful for information technology. If for no other reason than Meg finally finds a temporary friend ... and some equally temporary talent. Bless. A great thought, beautifully and thoughtfully executed. You lot couldn't possibly ask for more than from your friendly Play tricks-based animators.

iv. PTV (Season 4, Episode 14)

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This is a strong showing for i of the best "Family Guy" episodes of all time. The Federal Communications Commission and the strange standards they force Television set shows to attach to may seem like easy targets, and they are, but this episode puts a fresh spin on time-tested critiques by making a jaunty melody that throws so many unbroadcastable gags at the FCC that they simply couldn't catch them all. It'due south a genius fashion to show how unworkable the system really is. Let's not forget, that tune went out live at the actual Emmys. That's why we beloved this frickin' show. Might help explicate that lack of Emmy wins, though. Also, they called "Jackass" absolutely right.

3. And then At that place Were Fewer (Season ix, Episode i)

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"Family Guy" arguably crossed from comedy into art hither. "Fewer" is non only a pastiche of "Clue" and other mysteries, but it's also a successful whodunit in its own right, with a plot that would brand Agatha Christie herself proud. Beautiful, funny, and full of twists and turns, the episode confirms that no one is ameliorate prepared or more psychotic than Stewie Griffin. A lovingly crafted homage to a bygone era, "Fewer" proves that just because they're skillful at fart gags doesn't hateful they can't do sumptuous murder mysteries or gorgeous Art Deco-inspired vistas.

2. Back to the Airplane pilot (Flavor 10, Episode 5)

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What better style to celebrate making it to flavour 10 than with a visit to the episode that started it all? Well, the revelation that the entire show may exist based on Stewie's early on memories, for a start. Or proving that no matter what's going on, Brian can always exist relied upon to make it entirely about him, and, in the process, starting time Ceremonious War two. Aye, only in the "Family unit Guy"-verse can looking for a pee-covered ball kicking off the apocalypse and reveal that revolving hairdresser shop signs are life. In the end, information technology'due south an ode to humble ancestry and a road well travelled. Thank God for DVD sales, correct? Because without them, we'd never take got this far.

1. Route to the Multiverse (Season 8, Episode 1)

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This is perhaps the finest of the "Road to" series, and, according to IMDb, the finest of all "Family Guy" episodes. Information technology's packed with gags, what-ifs, and a sickening vision of a futurity that features flying cars, lightspeed runway travel, and a human race ane,000 years more than avant-garde than ours. Remote bathroom breaks, anyone? Never mind a dig at Disney, the genuinely inspired two-headed universe, eating Mayor McCheese'south hamburger brains, and the true role-reversal in the canine universe. Too, Peter works way meliorate as a canis familiaris. Gross and hilarious, these 20-odd minutes of TV encapsulate the essence of "Family Guy" in every sense.

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