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thirty All-time Family Guy Episodes Ranked, According To IMDb

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Once the province of high school boys and 20-somethings who should know better, Seth MacFarlane's sometimes sophomoric and always-irreverent "Family unit Guy" has now become an institution of American animation. Get-go introduced in 1999, it was canceled in 2002, only its syndicated reruns and DVD sales were successful enough that Fox resurrected the show in 2004, and information technology's been on e'er since. Information technology's spawned everything from video games to the spin-off serial "The Cleveland Testify," and — believe information technology or not — has collected quite a few awards, including Primetime Emmys and Annies (an accolade created past the International Animated Pic Association). While information technology'south however the kind of prove you either love or hate, you lot accept to admit that they occasionally do things really right.

According to IMDb voters, these are the 30 episodes "Family Guy" did really, actually right. There are some prime classics on here, some unlikely suspects, some consummate surprises, and a ton of nostalgia. In the unlikely event you don't see your fave on the listing, become voting! You lot only might run across it here next time. Until and so, enjoy our take on the all-time "Family Guy" episodes Seth MacFarlane et al take to offer.

40. Petergeist (Season four, Episode 26)

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In this episode-length parody of the 1982 horror classic "Poltergeist," Peter gets so jealous of buddy Joe'due south home theater that he tries to one-up him by building a movie theatre in his backyard. During structure, he finds the skull of a deceased Native American, which quickly becomes his favorite toy / thing he tin can desecrate. His disturbance of a burial site angers spirits, who invade the Griffin home — TV static hypnotizes Stewie (who gets sucked into another dimension), and Peter helplessly rips off his own face peel to reveal he'due south "really" Hank Hill from "King of the Colina." To detect and retrieve Stewie, the Griffins bring in soft-spoken Bruce, who evidently works as a medium, and since Stewie won't sally from the leave (Meg'southward rear cease), Lois gets him herself, only for the spirits to steal the Griffins' house. To get it back, they have to rebury the skull, which Peter threw out, later on claimed by prop comedian Carrot Tiptop.

39. Barely Legal (Flavour 5, Episode viii)

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One thousand thousand Griffin is almost ever the butt of the joke and the target of seething derision on "Family unit Guy." In the 2006 episode "Barely Legal," Million gets to be the star of the episode, and viewers realize the darkly funny depths of but how starved she is for attention and affection. Meg can't become a date for the junior prom, and Brian, in a rare moment of sympathy, offers to accept the person who is essentially his sis to the dance. Brian gets extremely drunk at the prom and unleashes a barrage of putdowns and then cruel and accurate to Meg'southward bully that One thousand thousand falls in honey with Brian. They make out a little and Brian moves on, but Meg grows obsessed, cured of her inappropriate crush only later a surprisingly hostage middle-to-heart with Quagmire. In the episode'due south other storyline, Joe Swanson becomes Quahog's sole agile police officeholder afterwards unhinged Mayor Westward sends the remainder of the strength to Republic of colombia to search for the kidnapped woman from the '80s movie "Romancing the Stone." Peter, Cleveland, and Quagmire thus pace in to become temporary (and incompetent) cops.

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

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"Road to Rupert" just might be the quintessential "Family Guy" episode because information technology revolves effectually two things at which the show excels and is best known for: a Brian and Stewie take chances, and Peter doing something recklessly stupid and immature inspired past pop culture. Brian accidentally gets rid of Rupert, Stewie's beloved teddy behave (and unsaid partner) at a yard sale, and they go on a wide and wild chase to retrieve him while hitchhiking to Aspen, Colorado, which somehow also involves a helicopter flight and a trip the light fantastic number with archival footage of Gene Kelly. To go Rupert back, Stewie must defeat the owner'south son in a ski race, '80s moving-picture show way. Back in Quahog, Peter buys a pair of Evel Knievel gloves and engages in a motorcar leap stunt that goes horribly incorrect. His driver's license is revoked and a road rage-prone Million has to drive him around. Father and daughter bond, and Peter admits that he actually likes 1000000 — merely he'll however publicly care for her like garbage.

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

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The average "Family unit Guy" episode usually involves some kind of barely controlled chaos, much like Halloween can experience like for the rest of the earth. In "Halloween on Spooner Street," very little goes right as each Griffin has their own nightmarish experience with the holiday. Chris attempts to hitting Quahog dressed as Beak Cosby (consummate with blackface makeup), but winds upwardly at a party and makes out with a girl in a dark closet ... who turns out to exist his sister Meg. Already apprehensive about costumed people in the night, Stewie gets his processed stolen past some atrocious teenagers who spray paint Brian and he tries to kill them with a rocket launcher. Lois steps in to get his candy back past going directly to 1 of the kids' moms, who she extorts cash from, too. Meanwhile, Peter and his friends start out playing pranks on Quagmire, who exacts revenge with a terrifying flight on a stolen Japanese World War II fighter plane.

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

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

35. Death Lives (Flavor 3, Episode six)

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What with its fantastical cutaway gags and talking animals, "Family unit 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 skilful friends, and in the 2001 episode "Death Lives," Death shows up to collect Peter'southward soul after he'southward killed by a falling tree during a golf game 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, simply he's besides dim to learn any lessons that would merit him returning to life. Instead, Peter brokers a deal: He can get back and live with Lois in exchange for helping the lovelorn, bad-with-women Death state a date with his beat (who turns out to exist extremely dull).

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

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We could talk well-nigh the not-so-subtle critique of modern celebrity that runs through this episode, or the dig at the way some people apply organized religion. Just, as far as we're concerned, there'south merely 1 reason "I Dream of Jesus" appears on this list. No, it's not the spot-on Jay Leno impression. Or the delicious takedown of Dane Cook. (Who? Don't worry about it. Really. Don't fifty-fifty bother to Google him; you'll only depress yourself). It can only be the glorious shot-for-shot recreation of ane of the best scenes in "Role Space." For those of united states of, ahem, a certain age, that movie was the perfect standoff of workplace satire and Stephen Root (If you lot've never seen information technology, when you're done with this list, go notice it. You lot tin can thank united states afterward). Its inclusion guarantees a identify on any best episodes listing anywhere, period.

33. Stew-Roids (Flavour 7, Episode xiii)

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"Stew-Roids" from 2009 foisted upon the "Family Guy" audience the cursed images of a musculus-spring infant — it's all nearly baby Stewie Griffin getting super-shredded post-obit his embarrassment over being beaten up past a girl. To advance his progress, Peter lets a shady trainer at the weightlifting gym inject his babe son with steroids, which exercise brand Stewie all strong and ripped but also turn him into a raging narcissist and fierce bully 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 taste of popularity turns him into a jerk, however, and he callously dumps Connie to date other pop classmates.

32. A Lot Going On Upstairs (Flavor 14, 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 virtually monsters and a Glenn Close-hosted dinner party that are so terrifying he forgets the lyrics in the "Family Guy" theme song. With his vow to never sleep over again proving futile, Brian helps Stewie address the subconscious, psychological root of his problem — which, afterward bringing the canis familiaris into his dream, turns out to be a fearfulness of disappointing Brian. Because Stewie is sleeping in his parents' bed for condolement and solace, Peter is forced to bunk down elsewhere and turns the attic into a man cavern he calls "Pete's Pad," where he and his friends become stuck inside after angering Lois with their dangerous games of lawn darts and insulation fights.

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

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In "Switch the Flip," Brian Griffin, ever the desperately lonely and deluded ladies human, falls in love with Brandee, the voice of an Alexa-esque smart speaker. To impress the A.I., Brian buys a ton of expensive stuff, just to have information technology repossessed, prompting a concerned Stewie to build a body-swapping device — he'll place his personality into Brian's torso and go his life nether control. While they're switching back, withal, Peter and Chris barge in and go in the way, leading to a four-fashion swap: Stewie and Peter switch, equally do Brian and Chris. And there'south a ticking clock to get everybody back where they belong, because an extra-randy Lois is about to get away for a romantic weekend with Peter — or whoever happens to exist in Peter'southward torso, and nobody wants that to exist Stewie. A high-speed car hunt ends with the family crashing into a power pole which makes a transformer malfunction and ship 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 dwelling house. Information technology works, although not before Brian'due south greatest fantasy comes true — while stuck in Peter's torso, he gets to bask the sexy weekend with Lois.

30. Fatty Guy Strangler (Season iv, Episode 17)

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Kicking off with a archetype, "Fat Guy Strangler" sees the show at the start pinnacle of its comedic powers. They even managed to entice Robert Downey Jr. to voice the hilarious Patrick Pewterschmidt, secret brother to Lois. A serial killer with an unusual trigger, Peter's brother-in-police force manages to hit that murderous Jackie Gleason sweet spot with alarming regularity. Cue tons of reasons to get rid of Peter, a cute dig at Billy Joel, and one 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 tin only from Carter Pewterschmidt's repressed-rich-guy genes. We ever knew that Peter would eventually turn someone into a homicidal maniac; nosotros but thought information technology would be Meg.

29. Emission Impossible (Season 3, Episode 11)

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In this episode, "Family unit Guy" does "Inner Infinite" via the Enterprise'south reckoner. A hopelessly jealous Stewie tries to thwart his parents' try to have some other baby 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 future 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? Nosotros recollect not. Who knew it was then hard being the youngest child?

28. I Am Peter, Hear Me Roar (Flavor 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 existence Peter'south lesser lip getting pulled to the dorsum of his head every bit punishment for making sexist jokes at a women's retreat. The experience — purportedly about every bit painful equally childbirth — chastens Peter and makes him less hateable. When he inevitably reverts back to toxic masculinity, for a few seconds it really feels like a genuine loss, alike to that Simpson's episode where Homer, unable to tolerate the misery of intelligence, sticks the crayon that kept him stupid back up his nose. God knows we could all do without the faux breastfeeding, though, so information technology'south probably for the best.

27. The Thin White Line (Flavour iii, Episode one)

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I of the underrated aspects of "Family Guy" is that in between all the fart jokes, they occasionally make a serious point. "The Thin White Line" is an episode where they do just that. Yes, information technology's about substance abuse — Brian'south well-intentioned effort to become a drug-detecting dog for the Quahog police department inadvertently turns him on to cocaine — but it's also about abuse of power and how hands skillful intentions can be subverted. There's likewise the stunning revelation that not only is Peter literate, but he even reads Hemingway. As a bonus, the episode also contains our favorite-ever review of cult camcorder extravaganza "The Blair Witch Project." To whit: " ... Nothing'due south happening, zilch'south happening, something about a map, nothing's happening, it's over, a lot of people in the audition wait p*ssed."

26. Wasted Talent (Season 2, Episode 20)

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Peter really does accept a talent, but information technology'due south not the casual racism, insulting people, ignoring his kids, or drinking you'd expect (although information technology is booze-adjacent, natch). The generally useless begetter-of-three can expertly play obscure TV theme tunes on the piano when intoxicated. Or, every bit Lois puts it, "You're like the idiot from 'Shine'!" But with less class, apparently. For our money though, this episode also features on this list because Brian's 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 vii, Episode 3)

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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 fundamental theme, it's full of non-stop gags and flick references all the way dorsum to Earth War 2-era Germany. From the superb "Trivial Shop of Horrors" gear up to "The Blues Brothers," "Dorsum to the Future," and "Indiana Jones and the Terminal Crusade," there's an astonishing array of moving-picture show jokes on display here. The episode also features one of the show'south many and varied takes on idiotic Nazi leadership. All this and they still have fourth dimension to muse over how weird French cows sound, 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 nearly recent episodes on the list. Right from the start, you know it means business. How? The championship sequence alter! The business doesn't finish there — the "Rick and Morty" dig is priceless and in no manner sour grapes, or, say, hypocrisy. And then at that place's the fact that Brian causes the whole deplorable mess by existence his usual douchebag self on Instagram. When volition Stewie acquire? The chicken fight might not be the kickoff, only for our coin it's by far the all-time of all the poultry-related battles in the show. Equally if you lot'd demand any more than reasons to dear this episode, can we just quickly mention the bluesy version of "Surfin' Bird" from "I Dream of Jesus"? Equally far as callbacks go, they don't become much cooler than that.

23. The Big Bang Theory (Season 9, Episode 16)

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Stewie really is the center of the universe. Yeah, co-ordinate to "Family Guy" lore, without that evil little genius, cipher would exist. Also, he's responsible for some of the world's best fine art. But nosotros think the real reason this episode made the list isn't simply downwardly to the hilarious time-travel gags. It's really almost Brian discovering that he'south the Art Garfunkel of the universe, which (nearly) completely explains all of his graphic symbol flaws. Also, any time Wallace Shawn (the vox of Stewie's nemesis, Bertram) appears in the show, yous know you lot're in for a good time. It's nigh distressing when Bertram is finally dispatched — though we're all the same not quite sure how Stewie managed to invent cryogenesis during the Renaissance.

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

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1 of the weirder, more mysterious episodes of "Family unit Guy," "Forget-Me-Not" finds Peter, Brian, Joe, and Quagmire getting drunk at the Drunken Clam, and after encountering some eerie lights, blacking out. They awake in a infirmary with extreme amnesia, no memory of who they are or what happened, and in a Quahog that is devoid of all homo life. A little investigative work leads the guys to the Griffin firm, where they farther wrongly define that Brian is Quagmire'southward dog, that Joe is an exotic dancer, and — based on a false newspaper printed upward at a light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation tag arena — that Peter is a light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation-wielding alien who annihilated Quahog. A directly-up war breaks out ending in Brian's death, merely he'south fine, because the whole thing was just a simulation cooked up by techno genius Stewie.

21. Da Smash (Flavor ii, Episode 3)

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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 Island. Yes, following the consummate destruction of the U.South. thanks to the new millennium, Peter leads the survivors (ie, the Griffins) on a quest to a Twinkie Manufacturing plant before founding New Quahog and declaring himself Mayor for Life. Thanks to the throwback "Dallas" ending, though, it was all a dream; no one sleep-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 earth where Joe is fused to his yard and giant rats abound.  Also, Brian's post-apocalyptic stubble is both hilarious and completely unnecessary. Is it a nod to the futile attempts to survive in a globe without Twinkies, Goggle box, and martinis? Probably.

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

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Peter will go to insane lengths to get his own swimming pool. An allegory for the Iraq State of war (but mostly an excuse to let Peter annex Joe's yard and rub shoulders with fellow dictators), "E. Peterbus Unum" revels in the overzealous U.Due south. response to the not-very-threatening Petoria. And we're not just talking about the military; even Tom Tucker can't exist trusted to report the truth. Who knew? At that place's one thing that makes this episode really stand out, though: naked Neb Clinton. "Family Guy"'southward Clinton has always been the all-time of many, many caricatures, standing the exam of time.

19. To Dear and Die in Dixie (Season iii, Episode 12)

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This episode is a fave for more than than the "Dukes of Hazzard" references or Stewie'south newfound love 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 by and large reserved for Lisa; in the "Family unit Guy"-verse, it's Chris who has the virtually potential for 18-carat emotion. "To Love and Die in Dixie" explores that potential with a surprisingly light touch. Clearly feeling a tad sentimental that calendar week, the writers even allow habitual loser Meg briefly experience something akin to popularity. At that place'south also 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 (Season v, Episode 1)

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This episode most probable made the list because, frankly, who tin can blame Lois for attempting to ignore the cloying attentions of her weird-looking progeny? She'south clearly happier with a fiddling (or a lot) of altitude. Of class, it wouldn't be "Family Guy" if Stewie didn't end up hating his mom again, only nosotros totally become information technology. At that place'southward also Peter running dwelling house trouserless after a medical encounter with an extended digit. Despite, or perhaps because of, that utterly ridiculous set-up, the little buns-in-the-breeze run cracked us upwardly. We practise non, however, condone suing medical staff for conveying out legitimate medical procedures, no matter how much they sound similar Dr. Hartman. Get yourself checked, people.

17. Blue Harvest (Flavour 6, Episode 1)

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"Blue Harvest" is by far the nigh original and best of the MacFarlane "Star Wars" reimaginings, a witty, hilarious, and heartfelt love letter to the movie that changed a generation. The entire team is conspicuously having a blast, no pun intended. Simply even with "A New Hope" at its core, this is even so an essential "Family Guy" episode, which ways "Blues Brothers" getaways, Leslie Nielson, Darth Vader's actual theme every bit lift muzak, and Meg as the garbage monster. It besides features an extended couch 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. It'southward weird that this episode isn't higher in the rankings, simply when you see what'due south coming, yous'll know why.

sixteen. 3 Kings (Flavor 7, Episode fifteen)

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These "Family Guy" anthology-type episodes can sometimes exist a chip striking-and-miss. This Stephen King-themed variation, though, contains what may be the best comedy casting known to humanity. You know we're talking near Adam West every bit the Kiefer Sutherland equivalent in the "Stand Past Me" vignette, along with his oddball gang of random Telly characters. All together now: Norm! Quagmire is less likable as the River Phoenix facsimile, but that was probably the indicate. As for "Misery," having Stewie be Annie simply as an bodily babe, big wheel and all? That's actually kind of inspired. Think about it: In the movie, Annie actually is merely throwing an enormous tantrum, throwing it directly at the man responsible for it. "Shawshank" was a picayune more obvious, but the "Friends" claps assuasive Peter to escape on taco nighttime is genius. Thank you, 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. Information technology has even won a couple of times over the years for outstanding voice acting, music, and sound mixing. Still, relative to how long information technology's been airing, it seems like the Emmy committee habitually overlooks the show. That might non seem surprising given the show'south flippant, juvenile tone, which isn't exactly typical laurels-garnering fare. Still, snub apparently 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'due south incredible. Nosotros miss him. By dissimilarity, the addition of that aging perma-smirk in a cheap suit normally known as Bill Maher might have been a step too far. But to be fair, Emmys, isn't it about time "Family Guy" won for Oustanding Comedy or Animated Program?

14. The D in Apartment 23 (Flavour 16, Episode half-dozen)

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The best thing virtually this episode isn't the incredibly loud critique of the destructive power of social media. No, for u.s., it'south that Brian deserved it. "The D in Apartment 23" confirms what Quagmire has said for years and what we've all been thinking for nearly every bit long: That Brian is not a overnice dog-person. Similar, at all. He may have started out as a kind of external conscience a la Jiminy Cricket for Quahog'south special dad, simply past this indicate, his amorality has been painfully exposed. Don't hate him considering he'southward a douchebag; hate him because he's proud of information technology, and and so detest Stewie for assuasive this crap to keep happening.

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

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In this episode, Peter is allowed to cocky-declare his decease to become out of paying a hospital nib — a disastrous decision, since evidently Expiry himself takes orders from hospital paperwork. Nosotros also learned that middle-aged men actually made up the bulk of the "Dawson'due south Creek" audition, a program aimed squarely at teenage girls. Plus, the premise that decease is a cocky-serving douche is beautifully executed, perfectly utilizing the whiny tone that naturally comes from stand-upwards comedian Norm Macdonald. Only perhaps the existent reason this episode made the listing has more to do with the behemothic squid the entire family is ignoring than anything else.

12. Petarded (Flavour 4, Episode 6)

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There's really only 1 thing to say about this episode: It contains one of the best lines of dialogue written anywhere, at any time in human history. Fact. Prepare? Describing defoliation over his special dad condition, quoth Peter, "Black is eastward, upward is white." Yep, we're serious. Think about how frickin' smart that is for a second. Or don't and consider instead the fact that this episode too contains the well-nigh surreal cutaway of the show's entire run so far. That'southward correct, folks: fire trucks hunting gazelle on the savannah. "Family unit Guy" gags do not get whatever weirder or funnier than that. And then there's the Spooner Street callback at the end, MacArthur grants, soup helmets, and Piddling Pursuit questions that separate the men from the boys. An undeniable classic.

11. Road to Rhode Island (Season 2, Episode thirteen)

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In which Brian'due south origin story is partly explained by taxidermy. What isn't explained, still, is how he'southward getting away with drinking a Big Gulp-sized cup of wine for breakfast so being trusted with an infant's safe. On the manner back from Palm Springs via Texas for some reason, Brian finally meets what'south left of his mom, and Stewie makes amazing utilize of the underappreciated word "slattern." Thus a classic "Family unit Guy" trope is born and Bob Promise's estate warms up its lawyers. Spawning some of the show'southward well-nigh flamboyant musical episodes, this intro is a surprisingly dark affair, to the betoken that Brian buries his own blimp mom in a random park. Never permit it be said that "Family Guy" lacks range.

x. Route to the North Pole (Season 9, Episode vii)

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Despite looking for all the earth like a traditional holiday special fronted past the jolly face of ane Mr. MacFarlane Sr., "Road to: Festive Edition" turns out to be anything only trad. After Quagmire gives Brian the gift of searing honesty, he would, of form, rather drag a baby to the North Pole than face up the consequences of his canine thoughtlessness. Cue a Tim Burton-esque treatise on the commercialism of the holidays, also an uncanny prediction about Gary Busey's actual reality long before the rest of us caught on. Although we still haven't worked out exactly what Stewie has confronting 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. Meet the Quagmires (Season v, Episode 18)

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This episode, hands down, contains the most agonizing of all the "Family unit Guy" alternating realities. And it's not just the creepy hellspawn that Quagmire'southward genes produce. It's that Lois is happier as Mrs. Quagmire than she always was every bit Mrs. Griffin. Throw in the idea that they at present inhabit an almost perfect world, Chevy Chase withal, and you accept grounds for someone putting an end to Peter right there and then. We're looking at you lot, Brian. This episode represents the height of Peter's pathological need to get his own way, and apparently, everyone is just fine with that — fifty-fifty when giving Peter his own way means going back to a earth 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 (Season half-dozen, Episode 5)

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Opposite to Brian's prediction that the "Dallas" catastrophe would upset a lot of people, its position on the list proves that actually, we really did enjoy the ride. And the fact that the whole thing is a simulation allows the episode to send Consuela to the Fortress of Confinement, reveal a smoking Willem Dafoe under Stewie's bed, and plough Stewie into the devil's spawn. Just considering he'southward a murderous infant dictator doesn't hateful he'due south not her murderous baby dictator. Peter finally does something useful, though, and that, surely, is the biggest clue that none of it was real, plus the fact that anybody was suddenly able to understand Stewie, including Simon Cowell of all people. To top it all off, naked Bill Clinton's portrait hangs in Stewie's Oval Part. "Dallas" rules!

vii. Stewie Kills Lois (Flavor 6, Episode 4)

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While Stewie about immediately regrets getting rid of his dear mama, everyone else seems but fine. Peter's dating and even Meg is incredibly comfortable playing mom to her youngest sibling. The Griffins appear to move on very chop-chop. For our coin, though, this episode made the list purely because when Joe dressed upward as Lois to go Chris to become shopping, his commitment to the character did non extend to changing his vocalisation, however Chris somehow fails to find that "she" sounds exactly similar Joe or that she's now in a wheelchair. It's either that or the old-timey "Say Anything" reference. John Cusack, you lot know?

6. Yug Ylimaf (Season eleven, Episode 4)

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Aye, this is basically an excuse to revisit some classic Griffin moments, add together some super-gross new ones, and confirm that children definitely don't salve marriages. As Stewie is Benjamin Buttoning it all the manner back to that dreaded ovarian fortress, Brian quietly steals the episode, from his discomfiting habit of dating at disaster zones and to the way the writers handed him the best lines. While blaming the time automobile malfunction on Meg, Brian says he saw her "leaving a minute ago, going, 'Mwah-ha-ha-ha-ha.'" It'southward so beautifully thrown away you lot may well accept missed it, but it'southward genius. And no, we are not going to mention the diaper reversal, considering information technology's 100% the nastiest thing they've ever — Always — done. EVER.

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

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This episode occupies some rarefied state indeed. Almost crossovers are disappointing affairs, only "The Simpsons Guy" is anything merely. Information technology succeeds partly considering it doesn't exist solely to advertise some other MacFarlane product, though it admittedly does that, thank you to the appearance of Stan Smith et al. Merely it also manages to perfectly blend the two bigger shows, a feat beautifully encapsulated by Homer's post-fight exclamation of "Roadhouse." Genuinely sweetness 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 we are super-grateful for it. If for no other reason than Million finally finds a temporary friend ... and some as temporary talent. Bless. A great thought, beautifully and thoughtfully executed. You couldn't maybe ask for more from your friendly Fox-based animators.

4. PTV (Season 4, Episode 14)

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This is a stiff showing for ane of the best "Family unit Guy" episodes of all time. The Federal Communications Commission and the strange standards they force TV shows to adhere to may seem like easy targets, and they are, just this episode puts a fresh spin on time-tested critiques by making a jaunty tune that throws so many unbroadcastable gags at the FCC that they simply couldn't catch them all. It'due south a genius fashion to prove how unworkable the system really is. Allow'southward not forget, that tune went out live at the actual Emmys. That's why nosotros beloved this frickin' evidence. Might help explain that lack of Emmy wins, though. Also, they called "Jackass" admittedly right.

three. And So In that location Were Fewer (Season 9, Episode ane)

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"Family unit Guy" arguably crossed from comedy into art here. "Fewer" is not only a pastiche of "Clue" and other mysteries, merely it's also a successful whodunit in its ain correct, with a plot that would make Agatha Christie herself proud. Cute, funny, and total of twists and turns, the episode confirms that no one is better prepared or more than psychotic than Stewie Griffin. A lovingly crafted homage to a foretime era, "Fewer" proves that just because they're good at fart gags doesn't mean they can't do sumptuous murder mysteries or gorgeous Art Deco-inspired vistas.

ii. Back to the Pilot (Season 10, Episode 5)

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What meliorate manner to celebrate making it to flavor ten than with a visit to the episode that started information technology all? Well, the revelation that the entire show may be based on Stewie'southward early memories, for a starting time. Or proving that no matter what'due south going on, Brian tin can e'er exist relied upon to make it entirely virtually him, and, in the process, commencement Civil War 2. Yes, only in the "Family Guy"-verse can looking for a pee-covered ball kick off the apocalypse and reveal that revolving barber shop signs are life. In the end, it'due south an ode to humble beginnings and a road well travelled. Give thanks God for DVD sales, right? Considering without them, we'd never have got this far.

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

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This is maybe the finest of the "Route to" series, and, co-ordinate to IMDb, the finest of all "Family Guy" episodes. It'south packed with gags, what-ifs, and a sickening vision of a future that features flight cars, lightspeed track travel, and a homo race i,000 years more advanced than ours. Remote bathroom breaks, anyone? Never listen a dig at Disney, the genuinely inspired ii-headed universe, eating Mayor McCheese's hamburger brains, and the true role-reversal in the canine universe. Too, Peter works fashion meliorate as a canis familiaris. Gross and hilarious, these xx-odd minutes of TV encapsulate the essence of "Family Guy" in every sense.

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