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

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In one case the province of high school boys and 20-somethings who should know ameliorate, Seth MacFarlane's sometimes sophomoric and ever-irreverent "Family Guy" has at present become an establishment of American blitheness. First introduced in 1999, it was canceled in 2002, but its syndicated reruns and DVD sales were successful enough that Play a trick on resurrected the show in 2004, and it's been on ever since. It's 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 honor created by the International Animated Film Association). While it's even so the kind of show you either love or hate, you lot accept to admit that they occasionally practice things really right.

According to IMDb voters, these are the 30 episodes "Family Guy" did actually, really right. There are some prime classics on here, some unlikely suspects, some complete surprises, and a ton of nostalgia. In the unlikely issue you don't come across your fave on the list, get voting! You lot merely might see it here next fourth dimension. Until then, bask our take on the best "Family Guy" episodes Seth MacFarlane et al take to offering.

40. Petergeist (Season iv, Episode 26)

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In this episode-length parody of the 1982 horror classic "Poltergeist," Peter gets and then jealous of buddy Joe's dwelling house theater that he tries to ane-upward him by building a flick theater in his backyard. During construction, he finds the skull of a deceased Native American, which quickly becomes his favorite toy / thing he can desecrate. His disturbance of a burial site angers spirits, who invade the Griffin home — Tv set static hypnotizes Stewie (who gets sucked into some other dimension), and Peter helplessly rips off his own face skin to reveal he's "really" Hank Loma from "Male monarch of the Hill." To notice and recollect Stewie, the Griffins bring in soft-spoken Bruce, who apparently works as a medium, and since Stewie won't emerge from the go out (Million's rear end), Lois gets him herself, only for the spirits to steal the Griffins' house. To get information technology back, they have to rebury the skull, which Peter threw out, subsequently claimed past prop comedian Carrot Superlative.

39. Barely Legal (Season 5, Episode 8)

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Meg Griffin is virtually always the butt of the joke and the target of seething derision on "Family Guy." In the 2006 episode "Barely Legal," Meg gets to exist 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 can't get a date for the inferior prom, and Brian, in a rare moment of sympathy, offers to have the person who is essentially his sister to the dance. Brian gets extremely drunk at the prom and unleashes a barrage of putdowns so fell and accurate to Meg's corking that Meg falls in love with Brian. They make out a little and Brian moves on, simply Meg grows obsessed, cured of her inappropriate crush only after a surprisingly earnest heart-to-heart with Quagmire. In the episode'southward other storyline, Joe Swanson becomes Quahog's sole active police officer afterward unhinged Mayor West sends the rest of the force to Republic of colombia to search for the kidnapped woman from the '80s movie "Romancing the Stone." Peter, Cleveland, and Quagmire thus step in to become temporary (and incompetent) cops.

38. Route to Rupert (Flavor 5, Episode 9)

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"Road to Rupert" merely might be the quintessential "Family Guy" episode because it revolves effectually two things at which the show excels and is all-time known for: a Brian and Stewie adventure, and Peter doing something recklessly stupid and immature inspired by popular civilisation. Brian accidentally gets rid of Rupert, Stewie'southward beloved teddy acquit (and implied partner) at a one thousand sale, and they keep a wide and wild chase to retrieve him while hitchhiking to Aspen, Colorado, which somehow also involves a helicopter flying and a dance number with archival footage of Gene Kelly. To get Rupert dorsum, Stewie must defeat the owner's son in a ski race, '80s movie way. Dorsum in Quahog, Peter buys a pair of Evel Knievel gloves and engages in a car jump stunt that goes horribly incorrect. His commuter's license is revoked and a road rage-decumbent Meg has to bulldoze him around. Male parent and daughter bond, and Peter admits that he actually likes 1000000 — merely he'll still publicly treat her like garbage.

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

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The boilerplate "Family unit Guy" episode commonly involves some kind of barely controlled anarchy, much like Halloween can feel similar for the residuum of the world. In "Halloween on Spooner Street," very little goes right as each Griffin has their own nightmarish experience with the vacation. Chris attempts to hit Quahog dressed as Beak Cosby (complete with blackface makeup), but winds upward at a party and makes out with a girl in a dark cupboard ... who turns out to be his sister Meg. Already apprehensive almost costumed people in the night, Stewie gets his processed stolen by some awful teenagers who spray pigment Brian and he tries to kill 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 start out playing pranks on Quagmire, who exacts revenge with a terrifying flying on a stolen Japanese World War II fighter plane.

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

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The "Road" episodes of "Family unit Guy" are ever a treat, both an homage and parody of the sometime Bing Crosby / Bob Hope "Road" movies, but centered on the Griffin family unit dog Brian and baby Stewie going on some kind of tumultuous, cluttered journey. "Roads to Vegas" is a mashup of the "Road" format with one of Stewie's gadget-powered sci-fi mishaps. Brian and Stewie win tickets to see Celine Dion in Las Vegas and fly out, while a different Brian and Stewie, sent via the latter's make-new teleporter, go far, which leads to some mistaken identity shenanigans in addition to some bad and dangerous gambling mistakes. At least i Brian and at least 1 Stewie is going to accept to dice to make things right with the universe once again.

35. Expiry 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 graphic symbol. He and Peter are pretty expert friends, and in the 2001 episode "Death Lives," Death shows upwardly to collect Peter's soul after he'due south killed by a falling tree during a golf game. In a twisted have on "Information technology's a Wonderful Life," Expiry takes Peter on a tour of his life to show him where he strayed, but he'due south too dim to learn any lessons that would merit him returning to life. Instead, Peter brokers a deal: He tin can go dorsum and live with Lois in exchange for helping the lovelorn, bad-with-women Death land a date with his crush (who turns out to be extremely dull).

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

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We could talk nearly the not-so-subtle critique of modern celebrity that runs through this episode, or the dig at the way some people use religion. But, as far as we're concerned, in that location's but one reason "I Dream of Jesus" appears on this list. No, it'southward not the spot-on Jay Leno impression. Or the succulent takedown of Dane Melt. (Who? Don't worry about information technology. Really. Don't fifty-fifty bother to Google him; you'll only depress yourself). It can only exist the glorious shot-for-shot recreation of one of the best scenes in "Office Space." For those of us of, ahem, a sure historic period, that movie was the perfect collision of workplace satire and Stephen Root (If you've never seen it, when yous're done with this listing, go find it. You lot can thank us afterward). Its inclusion guarantees a place on any best episodes listing anywhere, period.

33. Stew-Roids (Flavor seven, Episode 13)

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"Stew-Roids" from 2009 foisted upon the "Family Guy" audience the cursed images of a muscle-bound infant — information technology'southward all about baby Stewie Griffin getting super-shredded following his embarrassment over being browbeaten up by a daughter. 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 too turn him into a raging narcissist and fierce swell who makes life horrible for Brian the dog. The B plot of the episode involves social misfit Chris dating popular mean girl Connie D'Amico, who surprisingly actually likes Chris because of his sweet disposition. A gustation of popularity turns him into a wiggle, however, and he callously dumps Connie to date other popular classmates.

32. A Lot Going On Upstairs (Flavour fourteen, Episode 15)

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"A Lot Going On Upstairs" finds the ordinarily precocious and jaded Stewie Griffin dealing with actual toddler problems, specifically nightmares about monsters and a Glenn Close-hosted dinner party that are so terrifying he forgets the lyrics in the "Family Guy" theme vocal. With his vow to never slumber over again proving futile, Brian helps Stewie address the subconscious, psychological root of his problem — which, after bringing the dog into his dream, turns out to be a fearfulness of disappointing Brian. Because Stewie is sleeping in his parents' bed for comfort and solace, Peter is forced to bunk down elsewhere and turns the attic into a man cave he calls "Pete's Pad," where he and his friends get stuck inside later on angering Lois with their dangerous games of lawn darts and insulation fights.

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

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In "Switch the Flip," Brian Griffin, always the desperately lonely and deluded ladies man, falls in love with Brandee, the vocalisation of an Alexa-esque smart speaker. To impress the A.I., Brian buys a ton of expensive stuff, simply to have information technology repossessed, prompting a concerned Stewie to build a body-swapping device — he'll identify his personality into Brian's torso and get his life nether control. While they're switching back, nevertheless, Peter and Chris clomp in and make it the fashion, leading to a iv-way bandy: Stewie and Peter switch, as do Brian and Chris. And in that location's a ticking clock to go everybody back where they vest, because an extra-randy Lois is near to go away for a romantic weekend with Peter — or whoever happens to be in Peter's torso, and nobody wants that to exist Stewie. A high-speed car chase ends with the family crashing into a power pole which makes a transformer malfunction and send the body-switching rays out into all of Quahog, requiring Stewie leading Brian (through others' bodies) to fix the machine and return anybody to their biological home. It works, although non before Brian's greatest fantasy comes true — while stuck in Peter'due south body, he gets to enjoy the sexy weekend with Lois.

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

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Kicking off with a classic, "Fat Guy Strangler" sees the show at the beginning top of its comedic powers. They even managed to entice Robert Downey Jr. to phonation the hilarious Patrick Pewterschmidt, hugger-mugger blood brother to Lois. A serial killer with an unusual trigger, Peter's brother-in-law manages to hit 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 1 of many, many hilarious George W. Bush-league cutaways. The star, though, is Downey Jr., who gives Patrick that innocent but obviously disturbed persona that can but from Carter Pewterschmidt's repressed-rich-guy genes. Nosotros always knew that Peter would somewhen turn someone into a homicidal bedlamite; we but idea it would exist Meg.

29. Emission Incommunicable (Season 3, Episode xi)

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In this episode, "Family Guy" does "Inner Space" via the Enterprise'southward calculator. A hopelessly jealous Stewie tries to thwart his parents' attempt to have another infant by shrinking himself and infiltrating Peter's body in a spaceship to destroy his sperm. The only sperm he tin't eradicate is the diabolically clever Bertram. Realizing how much he has in common with his potential time to come sibling, Stewie abandons his sabotage, only for Lois and Peter to change their minds. The episode also features aforementioned national treasure Wallace Shawn's debut. Is there a vocalisation amend suited to being more annoyingly shrill and evil than Shawn's? We recall not. Who knew it was then hard beingness the youngest child?

28. I Am Peter, Hear Me Roar (Season 2, 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 rest of the episode actually features some fantastic comedy comeuppances, the all-time being Peter's bottom lip getting pulled to the back of his head as penalization for making sexist jokes at a women's retreat. The experience — purportedly virtually as painful as childbirth — chastens Peter and makes him less hateable. When he inevitably reverts back to toxic masculinity, for a few seconds it actually feels like a 18-carat loss, akin to that Simpson's episode where Homer, unable to tolerate the misery of intelligence, sticks the crayon that kept him stupid support his nose. God knows we could all do without the false breastfeeding, though, then information technology's probably for the best.

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

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One of the underrated aspects of "Family Guy" is that in between all the fart jokes, they occasionally brand a serious point. "The Thin White Line" is an episode where they exercise just that. Yes, it'southward about substance abuse — Brian's well-intentioned attempt to get a drug-detecting dog for the Quahog police force department inadvertently turns him on to cocaine — but it'due south also about abuse of power and how easily good intentions tin can be subverted. At that place's likewise the stunning revelation that not only is Peter literate, but he even reads Hemingway. As a bonus, the episode likewise contains our favorite-always review of cult camcorder caricature "The Blair Witch Projection." To whit: " ... Nothing'due south happening, aught's happening, something about a map, nothing's happening, it's over, a lot of people in the audience expect p*ssed."

26. Wasted Talent (Flavour 2, Episode 20)

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Peter actually does have a talent, but information technology's not the casual racism, insulting people, ignoring his kids, or drinking you lot'd expect (although information technology is alcohol-adjacent, natch). The more often than not useless begetter-of-three tin can expertly play obscure Boob tube theme tunes on the piano when intoxicated. Or, every bit Lois puts it, "You're like the idiot from 'Shine'!" But with less class, obviously. For our money though, this episode also features on this list considering Brian's drunken ear is hilarious and stays like that for an age. The Willy Wonka-esque Pawtucket Pat helps, also.

25. Route to Deutschland (Season 7, Episode three)

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Information technology came as absolutely no surprise to us here at Looper HQ that "Route to Germany" made this list. Despite the slightly risky central theme, it'due south full of not-stop gags and film references all the way dorsum to Earth War ii-era Germany. From the superb "Little Shop of Horrors" set upwards to "The Blues Brothers," "Back to the Future," and "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade," in that location'south an astonishing array of movie jokes on display here. The episode also features one of the bear witness's many and varied takes on idiotic Nazi leadership. All this and they still have fourth dimension to muse over how weird French cows audio, how gross Quagmire is, and the vagaries of bacon pants.

24. PeTerminator (Flavor 19, Episode 13)

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This is one of the well-nigh contempo episodes on the list. Right from the kickoff, yous know it means business. How? The title sequence change! The business concern doesn't finish there — the "Rick and Morty" dig is priceless and in no way sour grapes, or, say, hypocrisy. Then there'southward the fact that Brian causes the whole sorry mess by being his usual douchebag self on Instagram. When will Stewie learn? The craven fight might not be the first, just for our money information technology'southward by far the best of all the poultry-related battles in the bear witness. As if yous'd need any more than reasons to love this episode, tin we but quickly mention the bluesy version of "Surfin' Bird" from "I Dream of Jesus"? As far as callbacks go, they don't get much cooler than that.

23. The Big Bang Theory (Season nine, Episode 16)

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Stewie really is the center of the universe. Yeah, according to "Family Guy" lore, without that evil picayune genius, nil would be. Too, he'southward responsible for some of the earth'due south all-time art. But we call up the real reason this episode made the list isn't but downwardly to the hilarious fourth dimension-travel gags. It's really nearly Brian discovering that he's the Art Garfunkel of the universe, which (near) completely explains all of his character flaws. Also, any fourth dimension Wallace Shawn (the voice of Stewie's nemesis, Bertram) appears in the show, you know you lot're in for a expert time. Information technology'south almost sad when Bertram is finally dispatched — though we're still not quite certain how Stewie managed to invent cryogenesis during the Renaissance.

22. Forget-Me-Not (Season 10, Episode 17)

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One of the weirder, more than mysterious episodes of "Family unit Guy," "Forget-Me-Not" finds Peter, Brian, Joe, and Quagmire getting drunk at the Drunken Mollusk, and after encountering some eerie lights, blacking out. They awake in a hospital with extreme amnesia, no memory of who they are or what happened, and in a Quahog that is devoid of all human life. A piddling investigative work leads the guys to the Griffin house, where they further wrongly ascertain that Brian is Quagmire's dog, that Joe is an exotic dancer, and — based on a simulated paper printed upwardly at a light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation tag arena — that Peter is a laser-wielding conflicting who annihilated Quahog. A straight-up war breaks out ending in Brian'due south decease, simply he's fine, because the whole thing was just a simulation cooked upwardly by techno genius Stewie.

21. Da Boom (Season ii, Episode three)

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In this episode, Y2K was an actual affair, leaving a complete moron in charge of rebuilding America, or, at the very least, Rhode Isle. Yes, post-obit the complete destruction of the U.S. thanks 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, it was all a dream; no i sleep-walked into letting a moron lead the land (leastways not in "Family Guy" — wish we could say the aforementioned for reality). Stewie's surprise egg-laying is somehow the nigh hilariously disturbing plow of events in a world where Joe is fused to his thousand and giant rats abound.  Too, Brian's mail-apocalyptic stubble is both hilarious and completely unnecessary. Is information technology a nod to the futile attempts to survive in a world without Twinkies, Telly, and martinis? Probably.

20. East. Peterbus Unum (Season 2, Episode 18)

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Peter will go to insane lengths to get his own pond pool. An allegory for the Republic of iraq State of war (but mostly an excuse to permit Peter annex Joe's yard and rub shoulders with beau dictators), "Due east. Peterbus Unum" revels in the overzealous U.S. response to the not-very-threatening Petoria. And we're not simply talking nigh the military; even Tom Tucker tin can't be trusted to report the truth. Who knew? There's one thing that makes this episode really stand out, though: naked Bill Clinton. "Family Guy"'s Clinton has always been the best of many, many caricatures, continuing the test of fourth dimension.

19. To Love and Die in Dixie (Flavor 3, Episode 12)

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

18. Stewie Loves Lois (Flavour v, Episode 1)

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This episode about likely made the listing because, frankly, who can blame Lois for attempting to ignore the cloying attentions of her weird-looking progeny? She'southward clearly happier with a little (or a lot) of distance. Of class, information technology wouldn't be "Family unit Guy" if Stewie didn't finish upwardly antisocial his mom again, but nosotros totally become it. There'south as well Peter running home trouserless after a medical encounter with an extended digit. Despite, or possibly because of, that utterly ridiculous set-upwards, the little buns-in-the-cakewalk run cracked us up. We do not, nonetheless, disregard suing medical staff for conveying out legitimate medical procedures, no matter how much they sound like Dr. Hartman. Get yourself checked, people.

17. Blue Harvest (Season vi, Episode 1)

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"Blue Harvest" is by far the most original and all-time of the MacFarlane "Star Wars" reimaginings, a witty, hilarious, and heartfelt beloved letter to the movie that changed a generation. The unabridged team is clearly having a nail, no pun intended. Just fifty-fifty with "A New Promise" at its core, this is notwithstanding an essential "Family unit Guy" episode, which ways "Blues Brothers" getaways, Leslie Nielson, Darth Vader's actual theme as elevator muzak, and Million as the garbage monster. It too features an extended burrow gag that would make "The Simpsons"... gag. Sorry. All that plus an extended run time and a clamber written by and for Peter himself. Sublime and essential repeated viewing. Information technology's weird that this episode isn't higher in the rankings, simply when you run across what'south coming, you'll know why.

xvi. Three Kings (Season 7, Episode 15)

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These "Family unit Guy" anthology-type episodes can sometimes be a flake striking-and-miss. This Stephen Male monarch-themed variation, though, contains what may exist the best comedy casting known to humanity. You know we're talking well-nigh Adam West every bit the Kiefer Sutherland equivalent in the "Stand up By Me" vignette, along with his oddball gang of random Television set characters. All together at present: Norm! Quagmire is less likable as the River Phoenix facsimile, but that was probably the point. Every bit for "Misery," having Stewie be Annie simply as an bodily infant, big wheel and all? That's actually kind of inspired. Recollect about it: In the movie, Annie really is only throwing an enormous tantrum, throwing information technology directly at the man responsible for it. "Shawshank" was a picayune more obvious, but the "Friends" claps allowing Peter to escape on taco nighttime is genius. Thanks, Stephen King.

15. Emmy-Winning Episode (Season 16, Episode 1)

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"Family Guy" once got an Emmy nod in the outstanding comedy series category. It has fifty-fifty won a couple of times over the years for outstanding voice acting, music, and audio mixing. Still, relative to how long it'southward been airing, information technology seems like the Emmy committee habitually overlooks the show. That might non seem surprising given the testify's flippant, juvenile tone, which isn't exactly typical honor-garnering fare. Still, snub obviously stings. This episode, which pokes fun at any and all shows with an Emmy to their proper name, has enough going for it, but by far the strongest element is its spot-on tribute to Jon Stewart. Information technology's incredible. We miss him. Past dissimilarity, the addition of that aging perma-smirk in a cheap suit usually known as Nib Maher might have been a footstep too far. But to be fair, Emmys, isn't it most time "Family Guy" won for Oustanding Comedy or Animated Program?

14. 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 ability 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 as long: That Brian is not a nice dog-person. Similar, at all. He may have started out as a kind of external censor a la Jiminy Cricket for Quahog'south special dad, but past this point, his amorality has been painfully exposed. Don't hate him because he's a douchebag; hate him because he'south proud of it, and and then hate Stewie for allowing this crap to continue happening.

13. Death is a Bitch (Season 2, Episode 6)

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In this episode, Peter is allowed to self-declare his expiry to become out of paying a infirmary bill — a disastrous determination, since apparently Death himself takes orders from hospital paperwork. Nosotros also learned that centre-anile men actually fabricated up the majority of the "Dawson's Creek" audience, a program aimed squarely at teenage girls. Plus, the premise that expiry is a cocky-serving douche is beautifully executed, perfectly utilizing the whiny tone that naturally comes from stand up-up comedian Norm Macdonald. But perhaps the real reason this episode made the list has more to exercise with the behemothic squid the unabridged family is ignoring than anything else.

12. Petarded (Season 4, Episode 6)

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There's really merely 1 matter to say about this episode: Information technology contains i of the all-time lines of dialogue written anywhere, at whatever time in homo history. Fact. Ready? Describing confusion over his special dad condition, quoth Peter, "Black is eastward, up is white." Yes, nosotros're serious. Think near how frickin' smart that is for a second. Or don't and consider instead the fact that this episode as well contains the most surreal cutaway of the evidence'south unabridged run and so far. That's correct, folks: burn down trucks hunting gazelle on the savannah. "Family Guy" gags do non go whatsoever weirder or funnier than that. Then there's the Spooner Street callback at the finish, MacArthur grants, soup helmets, and Trivial Pursuit questions that separate the men from the boys. An undeniable classic.

11. Road to Rhode Isle (Season ii, Episode 13)

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In which Brian'due south origin story is partly explained past taxidermy. What isn't explained, all the same, is how he's getting away with drinking a Large Gulp-sized loving cup of wine for breakfast and then being trusted with an infant's safety. On the way back from Palm Springs via Texas for some reason, Brian finally meets what'due south left of his mom, and Stewie makes astonishing use of the underappreciated word "slattern." Thus a classic "Family unit Guy" trope is built-in and Bob Promise's estate warms up its lawyers. Spawning some of the show'south near flamboyant musical episodes, this intro is a surprisingly dark affair, to the point that Brian buries his own blimp mom in a random park. Never allow it be said that "Family unit Guy" lacks range.

10. Road to the North Pole (Flavour 9, Episode vii)

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Despite looking for all the world like a traditional vacation special fronted past the jolly face of one Mr. MacFarlane Sr., "Route to: Festive Edition" turns out to be anything but trad. After Quagmire gives Brian the gift of searing honesty, he would, of course, rather drag a baby to the Due north Pole than face the consequences of his canine thoughtlessness. Cue a Tim Burton-esque treatise on the commercialism of the holidays, as well an uncanny prediction about Gary Busey's actual reality long before the remainder of us caught on. Although we notwithstanding 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.

9. See the Quagmires (Season v, Episode xviii)

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This episode, hands down, contains the well-nigh disturbing of all the "Family Guy" alternating realities. And it'southward not just the creepy hellspawn that Quagmire's genes produce. It'due south that Lois is happier as Mrs. Quagmire than she ever was as Mrs. Griffin. Throw in the idea that they now inhabit an almost perfect globe, Chevy Hunt withal, and you lot have grounds for someone putting an stop to Peter right there so. We're looking at you, Brian. This episode represents the acme of Peter'due south pathological demand to get his own manner, and apparently, everyone is just fine with that — fifty-fifty when giving Peter his own manner means going back to a world where literally anybody 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 (Season vi, Episode 5)

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Contrary to Brian'southward 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 Solitude, reveal a smoking Willem Dafoe nether Stewie's bed, and turn Stewie into the devil'due south spawn. Simply because he's a murderous babe dictator doesn't mean he's non her murderous babe dictator. Peter finally does something useful, though, and that, surely, is the biggest clue that none of it was real, plus the fact that everyone was of a sudden able to understand Stewie, including Simon Cowell of all people. To top it all off, naked Bill Clinton'due south portrait hangs in Stewie'due south Oval Role. "Dallas" rules!

7. Stewie Kills Lois (Season 6, Episode 4)

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While Stewie nigh immediately regrets getting rid of his love mama, anybody else seems but fine. Peter'southward dating and even 1000000 is incredibly comfortable playing mom to her youngest sibling. The Griffins announced to move on very apace. For our money, though, this episode made the listing purely because when Joe dressed upward equally Lois to get Chris to get shopping, his commitment to the character did not extend to changing his phonation, yet Chris somehow fails to notice that "she" sounds exactly like Joe or that she's now in a wheelchair. It's either that or the sometime-timey "Say Anything" reference. John Cusack, you lot know?

half dozen. Yug Ylimaf (Flavour 11, Episode four)

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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. As Stewie is Benjamin Buttoning information technology all the way back to that dreaded ovarian fortress, Brian quietly steals the episode, from his discomfiting addiction of dating at disaster zones and to the mode the writers handed him the all-time lines. While blaming the time machine malfunction on Meg, Brian says he saw her "leaving a minute agone, going, 'Mwah-ha-ha-ha-ha.'" It's and so beautifully thrown away you lot may well take missed information technology, but it's genius. And no, we are not going to mention the diaper reversal, because information technology'southward 100% the nastiest thing they've ever — E'er — done. E'er.

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

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This episode occupies some rarefied state indeed. Most crossovers are disappointing affairs, but "The Simpsons Guy" is annihilation but. It succeeds partly because it doesn't exist solely to annunciate another MacFarlane product, though information technology admittedly does that, thanks to the appearance of Stan Smith et al. Simply it likewise manages to perfectly blend the two bigger shows, a feat beautifully encapsulated by Homer'south post-fight exclamation of "Roadhouse." Genuinely sugariness in places, truly gross in others, and even managing a random dig at "Bob's Burgers," "The Simpsons Guy" lands squarely in one time-in-a-generation crossover territory, and we are super-grateful for it. 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 couldn't possibly inquire for more from your friendly Play a trick on-based animators.

4. PTV (Season four, Episode fourteen)

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This is a strong showing for one of the best "Family Guy" episodes of all fourth dimension. The Federal Communications Commission and the foreign standards they force Television receiver shows to adhere to may seem like easy targets, and they are, but this episode puts a fresh spin on time-tested critiques past making a jaunty tune that throws so many unbroadcastable gags at the FCC that they simply couldn't catch them all. It's a genius style to prove how unworkable the organisation really is. Allow's non forget, that tune went out alive at the actual Emmys. That's why we love this frickin' show. Might help explicate that lack of Emmy wins, though. Also, they chosen "Jackass" absolutely right.

3. And Then There Were Fewer (Flavour 9, Episode 1)

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

2. Back to the Pilot (Flavor x, Episode five)

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What better way to gloat making it to season 10 than with a visit to the episode that started it all? Well, the revelation that the entire prove may exist based on Stewie'due south early memories, for a start. Or proving that no matter what'south going on, Brian tin can ever be relied upon to make information technology entirely about him, and, in the procedure, commencement Civil War 2. Yes, only in the "Family Guy"-verse can looking for a pee-covered ball kicking off the apocalypse and reveal that revolving barber shop signs are life. In the end, it'due south an ode to apprehensive beginnings and a route well travelled. Thank God for DVD sales, correct? Considering without them, we'd never accept got this far.

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

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This is possibly the finest of the "Road to" serial, and, according to IMDb, the finest of all "Family Guy" episodes. It'southward packed with gags, what-ifs, and a sickening vision of a time to come that features flight cars, lightspeed rail travel, and a human race one,000 years more advanced than ours. Remote bathroom breaks, anyone? Never heed a dig at Disney, the genuinely inspired two-headed universe, eating Mayor McCheese'southward hamburger brains, and the truthful role-reversal in the canine universe. Also, Peter works way ameliorate equally a dog. Gross and hilarious, these 20-odd minutes of TV encapsulate the essence of "Family unit Guy" in every sense.

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