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xxx Best Family Guy Episodes Ranked, According To IMDb

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One time the province of high school boys and twenty-somethings who should know better, Seth MacFarlane'southward sometimes sophomoric and ever-irreverent "Family Guy" has at present get an institution of American animation. First introduced in 1999, it was canceled in 2002, merely its syndicated reruns and DVD sales were successful enough that Fox resurrected the bear witness in 2004, and it's been on ever since. It'due south spawned everything from video games to the spin-off series "The Cleveland Show," and — believe it or non — has collected quite a few awards, including Primetime Emmys and Annies (an honour created by the International Blithe Film Clan). While it's even so the kind of show you either love or hate, you have to admit that they occasionally do things actually right.

According to IMDb voters, these are the thirty episodes "Family Guy" did really, really right. There are some prime classics on here, some unlikely suspects, some complete surprises, and a ton of nostalgia. In the unlikely consequence you don't meet your fave on the listing, get voting! You lot merely might see it here next time. Until then, savor our take on the all-time "Family Guy" episodes Seth MacFarlane et al take to offer.

40. Petergeist (Season 4, 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'due south home theater that he tries to one-up him by building a movie theater in his lawn. During structure, 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 static hypnotizes Stewie (who gets sucked into another dimension), and Peter helplessly rips off his ain confront skin to reveal he's "really" Hank Hill from "King of the Hill." To find and retrieve Stewie, the Griffins bring in soft-spoken Bruce, who apparently works equally a medium, and since Stewie won't emerge from the exit (Meg'south rear end), Lois gets him herself, only for the spirits to steal the Griffins' house. To get it back, they accept to rebury the skull, which Peter threw out, later on claimed past prop comedian Carrot Acme.

39. Barely Legal (Season 5, Episode eight)

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Meg Griffin is about always the butt of the joke and the target of seething derision on "Family Guy." In the 2006 episode "Barely Legal," Meg gets to be the star of the episode, and viewers realize the darkly funny depths of simply how starved she is for attention and amore. Meg tin can't go a date for the junior prom, and Brian, in a rare moment of sympathy, offers to have the person who is essentially his sister to the trip the light fantastic toe. Brian gets extremely drunk at the prom and unleashes a barrage of putdowns so fell and accurate to Meg's bang-up that 1000000 falls in honey with Brian. They make out a little and Brian moves on, but Meg grows obsessed, cured of her inappropriate crush only subsequently a surprisingly earnest heart-to-heart with Quagmire. In the episode's other storyline, Joe Swanson becomes Quahog'south sole active law officer later unhinged Mayor West sends the remainder of the force to Colombia to search for the kidnapped adult female from the '80s movie "Romancing the Stone." Peter, Cleveland, and Quagmire thus step in to get temporary (and incompetent) cops.

38. Road to Rupert (Season 5, Episode 9)

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"Route to Rupert" just might exist the quintessential "Family Guy" episode considering it revolves effectually two things at which the show excels and is best known for: a Brian and Stewie chance, and Peter doing something recklessly stupid and immature inspired by popular culture. Brian accidentally gets rid of Rupert, Stewie's love teddy acquit (and implied partner) at a thousand sale, and they go on a wide and wild chase to remember him while hitchhiking to Aspen, Colorado, which somehow also involves a helicopter flight and a dance number with archival footage of Gene Kelly. To become Rupert dorsum, Stewie must defeat the owner's son in a ski race, '80s moving-picture show style. Back in Quahog, Peter buys a pair of Evel Knievel gloves and engages in a motorcar leap stunt that goes horribly wrong. His driver's license is revoked and a road rage-decumbent Meg has to drive him effectually. Father and daughter bail, and Peter admits that he actually likes Meg — but he'll still publicly treat her like garbage.

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

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The average "Family Guy" episode unremarkably involves some kind of barely controlled chaos, much like Halloween tin experience like for the rest of the earth. In "Halloween on Spooner Street," very picayune goes right every bit each Griffin has their own nightmarish experience with the holiday. Chris attempts to hitting Quahog dressed as Bill Cosby (consummate with blackface makeup), but winds up at a political party and makes out with a daughter in a dark closet ... who turns out to be his sister Meg. Already humble most costumed people in the nighttime, Stewie gets his candy stolen by some awful teenagers who spray paint Brian and he tries to kill them with a rocket launcher. Lois steps in to go his candy back by going directly to one of the kids' moms, who she extorts cash from, too. Meanwhile, Peter and his friends showtime out playing pranks on Quagmire, who exacts revenge with a terrifying flight on a stolen Japanese Globe War II fighter airplane.

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

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The "Route" episodes of "Family Guy" are always a care for, both an homage and parody of the old Bing Crosby / Bob Promise "Route" movies, but centered on the Griffin family dog Brian and baby Stewie going on some kind of tumultuous, chaotic journeying. "Roads to Vegas" is a mashup of the "Route" format with ane 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'due south make-new teleporter, arrive, which leads to some mistaken identity shenanigans in addition to some bad and dangerous gambling mistakes. At to the lowest degree i Brian and at least one Stewie is going to have to die to make things right with the universe over again.

35. Decease Lives (Season 3, Episode 6)

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What with its fantastical cutaway gags and talking animals, "Family Guy" eschews realism, embodied past the fact that the personification of the concept of Expiry — equally a scythe-wielding Grim Reaper — is a recurring character. He and Peter are pretty good friends, and in the 2001 episode "Expiry Lives," Death shows up to collect Peter's soul afterwards he'south 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, but he's too dim to learn any lessons that would merit him returning to life. Instead, Peter brokers a deal: He can go back and live with Lois in exchange for helping the lovelorn, bad-with-women Death country a date with his trounce (who turns out to exist extremely boring).

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

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Nosotros could talk well-nigh the not-and so-subtle critique of modern glory that runs through this episode, or the dig at the manner some people use religion. Simply, as far equally we're concerned, there'south only one reason "I Dream of Jesus" appears on this listing. No, it's non the spot-on Jay Leno impression. Or the delicious takedown of Dane Cook. (Who? Don't worry well-nigh it. Really. Don't even 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 "Office Space." For those of us of, ahem, a sure historic period, that film was the perfect standoff of workplace satire and Stephen Root (If you've never seen it, when you're done with this list, get detect information technology. Y'all can give thanks usa later). Its inclusion guarantees a place on any best episodes list anywhere, menstruum.

33. Stew-Roids (Season vii, Episode xiii)

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"Stew-Roids" from 2009 foisted upon the "Family Guy" audience the cursed images of a muscle-bound infant — it's all well-nigh baby Stewie Griffin getting super-shredded following his embarrassment over being 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 also turn him into a raging narcissist and violent bully who makes life horrible for Brian the canis familiaris. The B plot of the episode involves social misfit Chris dating popular hateful daughter Connie D'Amico, who surprisingly actually likes Chris considering of his sweet disposition. A gustatory modality of popularity turns him into a jerk, however, and he callously dumps Connie to date other popular classmates.

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

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"A Lot Going On Upstairs" finds the ordinarily precocious and jaded Stewie Griffin dealing with actual toddler bug, specifically nightmares about monsters and a Glenn Shut-hosted dinner party that are and then terrifying he forgets the lyrics in the "Family unit Guy" theme song. With his vow to never slumber over again proving futile, Brian helps Stewie address the subconscious, psychological root of his trouble — which, subsequently bringing the dog into his dream, turns out to be a fear 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 go stuck within after angering Lois with their unsafe games of lawn darts and insulation fights.

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

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In "Switch the Flip," Brian Griffin, ever the badly solitary and deluded ladies man, falls in love with Brandee, the vox of an Alexa-esque smart speaker. To impress the A.I., Brian buys a ton of expensive stuff, only to have information technology repossessed, prompting a concerned Stewie to build a torso-swapping device — he'll place his personality into Brian'due south body and get his life under control. While they're switching back, however, Peter and Chris barge in and become in the way, leading to a four-way swap: Stewie and Peter switch, as do Brian and Chris. And in that location's a ticking clock to get everybody back where they belong, because an actress-randy Lois is near to go abroad for a romantic weekend with Peter — or whoever happens to be in Peter's body, and nobody wants that to be Stewie. A high-speed motorcar chase ends with the family unit crashing into a ability 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 motorcar and return everyone to their biological home. It works, although not before Brian's greatest fantasy comes true — while stuck in Peter's torso, 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, "Fatty Guy Strangler" sees the show at the first height 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-law manages to hitting that murderous Jackie Gleason sugariness 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 W. Bush cutaways. The star, though, is Downey Jr., who gives Patrick that innocent but manifestly disturbed persona that can simply from Carter Pewterschmidt's repressed-rich-guy genes. We always knew that Peter would eventually turn someone into a homicidal maniac; we just thought information technology would be One thousand thousand.

29. Emission Impossible (Season 3, Episode eleven)

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In this episode, "Family unit Guy" does "Inner Space" via the Enterprise's calculator. 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 can't eradicate is the diabolically clever Bertram. Realizing how much he has in common with his potential futurity sibling, Stewie abandons his demolition, only for Lois and Peter to alter their minds. The episode also features aforementioned national treasure Wallace Shawn's debut. Is at that place a vocalisation better suited to being more annoyingly shrill and evil than Shawn's? We think not. Who knew it was 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 balance of the episode actually features some fantastic comedy comeuppances, the all-time being Peter'southward bottom lip getting pulled to the back of his head as penalty for making sexist jokes at a women's retreat. The experience — purportedly about 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 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 back upward his nose. God knows we could all exercise without the faux breastfeeding, though, so it's probably for the best.

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

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One of the underrated aspects of "Family unit Guy" is that in between all the fart jokes, they occasionally make a serious point. "The Thin White Line" is an episode where they practice but that. Yes, it's near substance abuse — Brian's well-intentioned attempt to become a drug-detecting dog for the Quahog police department inadvertently turns him on to cocaine — but it's as well about corruption of ability and how easily skillful intentions can exist subverted. There'south also the stunning revelation that not merely is Peter literate, but he even reads Hemingway. Equally a bonus, the episode also contains our favorite-e'er review of cult camcorder extravaganza "The Blair Witch Project." To whit: " ... Zero's happening, nothing'southward happening, something most a map, cypher's happening, it's over, a lot of people in the audience look p*ssed."

26. Wasted Talent (Season two, Episode 20)

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Peter actually does have a talent, only it'due south not the coincidental racism, insulting people, ignoring his kids, or drinking yous'd expect (although information technology is alcohol-adjacent, natch). The more often than not useless father-of-three tin expertly play obscure TV theme tunes on the piano when intoxicated. Or, equally Lois puts it, "You're similar the idiot from 'Shine'!" But with less class, obviously. For our coin though, this episode likewise features on this list considering Brian's drunken ear is hilarious and stays similar that for an age. The Willy Wonka-esque Pawtucket Pat helps, as well.

25. Route to Germany (Flavor seven, Episode 3)

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It came as admittedly no surprise to united states here at Looper HQ that "Road to Germany" fabricated this list. Despite the slightly risky primal theme, information technology's total of non-stop gags and film references all the mode back to World State of war 2-era Frg. From the superb "Fiddling Store of Horrors" gear up to "The Blues Brothers," "Back to the Futurity," and "Indiana Jones and the Concluding Crusade," in that location's an astonishing array of movie jokes on brandish here. The episode too features one of the show's many and varied takes on idiotic Nazi leadership. All this and they withal have time to muse over how weird French cows sound, how gross Quagmire is, and the vagaries of bacon pants.

24. PeTerminator (Season nineteen, Episode 13)

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This is one of the well-nigh recent episodes on the list. Right from the start, you know information technology means business. How? The championship sequence change! The business doesn't end at that place — the "Rick and Morty" dig is priceless and in no manner sour grapes, or, say, hypocrisy. And so there's the fact that Brian causes the whole deplorable mess by being his usual douchebag self on Instagram. When will Stewie larn? The chicken fight might not be the first, but for our money it's by far the best of all the poultry-related battles in the show. As if you'd need any more reasons to love this episode, tin we just rapidly mention the bluesy version of "Surfin' Bird" from "I Dream of Jesus"? As far as callbacks go, they don't get much libation than that.

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

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Stewie actually is the center of the universe. Aye, according to "Family Guy" lore, without that evil little genius, nada would exist. Also, he's responsible for some of the world'south best art. But we remember the real reason this episode made the list isn't just down to the hilarious time-travel gags. It's really most Brian discovering that he's the Fine art Garfunkel of the universe, which (near) completely explains all of his character flaws. Likewise, any fourth dimension Wallace Shawn (the vocalisation of Stewie'southward nemesis, Bertram) appears in the prove, you know you're in for a good fourth dimension. It's almost lamentable when Bertram is finally dispatched — though nosotros're still non quite sure how Stewie managed to invent cryogenesis during the Renaissance.

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

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Ane of the weirder, more mysterious episodes of "Family Guy," "Forget-Me-Non" finds Peter, Brian, Joe, and Quagmire getting drunk at the Drunken Clam, and later on encountering some eerie lights, blacking out. They awake in a hospital with extreme amnesia, no retentivity of who they are or what happened, and in a Quahog that is devoid of all human life. A lilliputian investigative work leads the guys to the Griffin business firm, where they further wrongly ascertain that Brian is Quagmire'south dog, that Joe is an exotic dancer, and — based on a imitation paper printed up at a light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation tag loonshit — that Peter is a laser-wielding alien who annihilated Quahog. A straight-upward war breaks out ending in Brian'southward death, but he's fine, because the whole thing was just a simulation cooked upwardly by techno genius Stewie.

21. Da Boom (Flavor 2, Episode 3)

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In this episode, Y2K was an actual thing, leaving a complete moron in charge of rebuilding America, or, at the very least, Rhode Island. Yes, following 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 Manufactory before founding New Quahog and declaring himself Mayor for Life. Thanks to the throwback "Dallas" ending, though, it was all a dream; no one slumber-walked into letting a moron pb the land (leastways not in "Family Guy" — wish we could say the same for reality). Stewie'south surprise egg-laying is somehow the most hilariously agonizing plow of events in a world where Joe is fused to his grand and giant rats abound.  As well, Brian'south mail service-apocalyptic stubble is both hilarious and completely unnecessary. Is information technology a nod to the futile attempts to survive in a globe without Twinkies, Goggle box, and martinis? Probably.

xx. E. Peterbus Unum (Flavour 2, Episode 18)

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Peter volition go to insane lengths to get his own pond puddle. An allegory for the Republic of iraq War (but generally an alibi to permit Peter addendum Joe'southward 1000 and rub shoulders with beau dictators), "Eastward. Peterbus Unum" revels in the overzealous U.South. response to the not-very-threatening Petoria. And nosotros're not just talking well-nigh the military machine; even Tom Tucker can't be trusted to report the truth. Who knew? There's one affair that makes this episode really stand up out, though: naked Bill Clinton. "Family Guy"'s Clinton has ever been the best of many, many caricatures, standing the exam of time.

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

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This episode is a fave for more than than 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 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 most potential for genuine emotion. "To Love and Die in Dixie" explores that potential with a surprisingly calorie-free touch. Conspicuously feeling a tad sentimental that week, the writers even let habitual loser Meg briefly experience something akin to popularity. At that place'due south also the best wheel theft joke ever and the fact that fifty-fifty Peter tin can tell when a civil war reenactment isn't accurate. Genius.

xviii. Stewie Loves Lois (Season 5, Episode 1)

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This episode about likely fabricated the list 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 Guy" if Stewie didn't end upwardly hating his mom again, but we totally get information technology. At that place'south also Peter running home trouserless after a medical meet with an extended digit. Despite, or peradventure because of, that utterly ridiculous set-upwards, the little buns-in-the-breeze run cracked usa upwardly. Nosotros practise not, yet, condone suing medical staff for carrying out legitimate medical procedures, no affair how much they sound similar Dr. Hartman. Go yourself checked, people.

17. Blue Harvest (Season 6, Episode 1)

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"Blue Harvest" is by far the most original and best of the MacFarlane "Star Wars" reimaginings, a witty, hilarious, and heartfelt love letter to the motion-picture show that changed a generation. The unabridged squad is clearly having a smash, no pun intended. But even with "A New Hope" at its core, this is still an essential "Family Guy" episode, which means "Blues Brothers" getaways, Leslie Nielson, Darth Vader's actual theme as elevator muzak, and Million as the garbage monster. Information technology also features an extended couch gag that would make "The Simpsons"... gag. Sorry. All that plus an extended run time and a crawl written by and for Peter himself. Sublime and essential repeated viewing. It's weird that this episode isn't college in the rankings, merely when you lot see what'south coming, you'll know why.

16. 3 Kings (Season 7, Episode 15)

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These "Family Guy" anthology-type episodes can sometimes be a flake striking-and-miss. This Stephen King-themed variation, though, contains what may be the best one-act casting known to humanity. You know we're talking well-nigh Adam West as the Kiefer Sutherland equivalent in the "Stand Past Me" vignette, along with his oddball gang of random Tv set characters. All together now: Norm! Quagmire is less likable as the River Phoenix facsimile, but that was probably the point. As for "Misery," having Stewie exist Annie but as an actual baby, large wheel and all? That's actually kind of inspired. Think nigh it: In the movie, Annie really is just throwing an enormous tantrum, throwing information technology directly at the human responsible for it. "Shawshank" was a little more than obvious, but the "Friends" claps allowing Peter to escape on taco night is genius. Thanks, Stephen King.

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

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"Family unit Guy" one time got an Emmy nod in the outstanding comedy series category. It has even won a couple of times over the years for outstanding vox acting, music, and audio mixing. Still, relative to how long information technology's been airing, it seems like the Emmy commission habitually overlooks the show. That might not seem surprising given the prove'southward flippant, juvenile tone, which isn't exactly typical award-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 past far the strongest chemical element is its spot-on tribute to Jon Stewart. It's incredible. We miss him. Past contrast, the add-on of that aging perma-smirk in a cheap suit commonly known every bit Neb Maher might have been a step too far. Only to be fair, Emmys, isn't it about fourth dimension "Family Guy" won for Oustanding Comedy or Animated Programme?

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

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The best matter nigh this episode isn't the incredibly loud critique of the destructive power of social media. No, for us, 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 nigh as long: That Brian is non a nice dog-person. Like, at all. He may have started out as a kind of external censor a la Jiminy Cricket for Quahog's special dad, just by this betoken, his amorality has been painfully exposed. Don't hate him considering he's a douchebag; detest him considering he'south proud of information technology, and then detest Stewie for assuasive this crap to go along happening.

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

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In this episode, Peter is allowed to self-declare his death to become out of paying a hospital bill — a disastrous decision, since apparently Death himself takes orders from hospital paperwork. We also learned that middle-aged men really made upwardly the majority of the "Dawson's Creek" audience, a program aimed squarely at teenage girls. Plus, the premise that death is a cocky-serving douche is beautifully executed, perfectly utilizing the whiny tone that naturally comes from stand-up comedian Norm Macdonald. Only perhaps the existent reason this episode fabricated the list has more to do with the giant squid the entire family is ignoring than anything else.

12. Petarded (Season four, Episode six)

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There's really but one matter to say about this episode: It contains one of the best lines of dialogue written anywhere, at any time in man history. Fact. Set? Describing confusion over his special dad status, quoth Peter, "Black is east, up is white." Yeah, nosotros're serious. Call back about how frickin' smart that is for a 2nd. Or don't and consider instead the fact that this episode also contains the most surreal cutaway of the bear witness'due south unabridged run so far. That's right, folks: fire trucks hunting gazelle on the savannah. "Family unit Guy" gags do not get any weirder or funnier than that. Then there'south the Spooner Street callback at the end, MacArthur grants, soup helmets, and Trivial Pursuit questions that split the men from the boys. An undeniable classic.

eleven. Route to Rhode Isle (Flavour ii, Episode thirteen)

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In which Brian's origin story is partly explained by taxidermy. What isn't explained, however, is how he's getting away with drinking a Big Gulp-sized cup of wine for breakfast and then being trusted with an baby's rubber. On the way dorsum from Palm Springs via Texas for some reason, Brian finally meets what's left of his mom, and Stewie makes amazing use of the underappreciated give-and-take "slattern." Thus a classic "Family Guy" trope is built-in and Bob Hope'southward estate warms upward its lawyers. Spawning some of the prove'south most flamboyant musical episodes, this intro is a surprisingly dark affair, to the point 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 7)

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Despite looking for all the world like a traditional holiday special fronted past the jolly face up of ane Mr. MacFarlane Sr., "Road to: Festive Edition" turns out to exist anything but trad. Afterwards 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'southward actual reality long before the rest of the states defenseless on. Although nosotros even so haven't worked out exactly what Stewie has confronting Mrs. Claus. This episode is a darkly festive romp that leaves you lot wondering what the hell used to happen in the MacFarlane household at Christmas.

9. Run across the Quagmires (Season v, Episode 18)

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This episode, hands downwardly, contains the well-nigh disturbing of all the "Family unit Guy" alternate 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 ever was as Mrs. Griffin. Throw in the idea that they now inhabit an almost perfect world, Chevy Chase notwithstanding, and you accept grounds for someone putting an terminate to Peter right there then. We're looking at you, Brian. This episode represents the peak of Peter'south pathological need to get his own mode, and obviously, anybody is only fine with that — even when giving Peter his ain fashion 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 6, Episode 5)

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Contrary to Brian's prediction that the "Dallas" ending would upset a lot of people, its position on the list proves that actually, we really did bask 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 nether Stewie'south bed, and turn Stewie into the devil's spawn. Just because he'due south a murderous infant dictator doesn't hateful he'south not her murderous babe 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 top information technology all off, naked Bill Clinton'southward portrait hangs in Stewie'due south Oval Part. "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, everyone else seems only fine. Peter's dating and fifty-fifty One thousand thousand is incredibly comfy playing mom to her youngest sibling. The Griffins appear to move on very quickly. For our money, though, this episode made the list purely because when Joe dressed up every bit Lois to get Chris to go shopping, his delivery to the graphic symbol did not extend to irresolute his voice, however Chris somehow fails to find that "she" sounds exactly like Joe or that she's at present in a wheelchair. Information technology'south either that or the old-timey "Say Anything" reference. John Cusack, you know?

half-dozen. Yug Ylimaf (Flavour 11, 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. As Stewie is Benjamin Buttoning information technology all the style 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 machine malfunction on Meg, Brian says he saw her "leaving a minute agone, going, 'Mwah-ha-ha-ha-ha.'" Information technology's then beautifully thrown away you may well have missed it, but information technology'southward genius. And no, nosotros are not going to mention the diaper reversal, because it's 100% the nastiest matter they've ever — Always — done. Ever.

v. The Simpsons Guy (Season thirteen, Episode one)

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This episode occupies some rarefied state indeed. Most crossovers are disappointing affairs, but "The Simpsons Guy" is anything but. Information technology succeeds partly because information technology doesn't exist solely to annunciate another MacFarlane production, though it absolutely does that, thanks to the advent of Stan Smith et al. But information technology likewise manages to perfectly blend the 2 bigger shows, a feat beautifully encapsulated by Homer'southward mail-fight exclamation of "Roadhouse." Genuinely sweet in places, truly gross in others, and fifty-fifty managing a random dig at "Bob'due south 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 Meg finally finds a temporary friend ... and some equally temporary talent. Anoint. A great idea, beautifully and thoughtfully executed. You lot couldn't perhaps ask for more than from your friendly Flim-flam-based animators.

4. PTV (Flavor 4, Episode fourteen)

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This is a strong showing for ane of the best "Family Guy" episodes of all time. The Federal Communications Commission and the strange standards they strength TV 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 melody that throws so many unbroadcastable gags at the FCC that they but couldn't catch them all. It's a genius manner to testify how unworkable the system really is. Let's not forget, that tune went out live at the actual Emmys. That's why we love this frickin' show. Might help explain that lack of Emmy wins, though. Also, they called "Jackass" admittedly right.

3. And so There Were Fewer (Season nine, 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, simply it's likewise a successful whodunit in its own correct, with a plot that would make Agatha Christie herself proud. Beautiful, funny, and full of twists and turns, the episode confirms that no 1 is improve prepared or more psychotic than Stewie Griffin. A lovingly crafted homage to a foretime 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.

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

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What better way to celebrate making it to season 10 than with a visit to the episode that started it all? Well, the revelation that the entire show may be based on Stewie's early memories, for a first. Or proving that no thing what's going on, Brian can always be relied upon to brand it entirely about him, and, in the procedure, start Civil State of war 2. Yes, only in the "Family Guy"-verse can looking for a pee-covered brawl kick off the apocalypse and reveal that revolving barber shop signs are life. In the terminate, it'south an ode to humble beginnings and a route well travelled. Thank God for DVD sales, right? Because without them, nosotros'd never accept got this far.

1. Route to the Multiverse (Flavor eight, Episode 1)

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This is possibly the finest of the "Road to" serial, and, co-ordinate to IMDb, the finest of all "Family Guy" episodes. It's packed with gags, what-ifs, and a sickening vision of a future that features flying cars, lightspeed rail travel, and a human being race 1,000 years more advanced than ours. Remote bathroom breaks, anyone? Never heed a dig at Disney, the genuinely inspired ii-headed universe, eating Mayor McCheese's hamburger brains, and the truthful role-reversal in the canine universe. As well, Peter works manner improve every bit a domestic dog. Gross and hilarious, these 20-odd minutes of Telly encapsulate the essence of "Family unit Guy" in every sense.

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