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From controversial storylines to offensive jokes that crossed the line, these Family Guy moments pushed viewers to their limits. Join us as we look at the scenes that made even die-hard fans consider changing the channel. Which moment almost made you quit watching the show?
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00:00Hey, I went by your house the other day. Is your baby pregnant?
00:03I don't know. Lois is in charge of the kids.
00:05Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we're counting down our picks for the most infuriating and
00:10annoying Family Guy moments that made even diehard fans want to change the channel.
00:14Spoilers will be mentioned, so this is your official warning.
00:18Chris, come on. We're going home. He can't make you do this.
00:21But mom, I want to do this.
00:24What?
00:26Number 30. Refrigerator Meg.
00:28Considering how long the show's been on air, you'd think it'd have its thumb firmly on the
00:33pulse of pop culture. Yet there are plenty of moments where it's incredibly out of touch.
00:37Girl internetted is the prime example. It's centered around Meg becoming an unexpectedly
00:42popular web star, subsequently ruining her own life to maintain her audience.
00:46Oh, and what's this? Strawberry yogurt? Is your girl Meg some kind of health nut?
00:51Nope. Turn it around. 35 grams of sugar!
00:54Yeah, through the roof!
00:59It had the potential to be an interesting satirical take, but ended up coming across like the writers
01:04hadn't been online in a decade. From referencing outdated YouTubers to surface-level observations
01:09on sponsors and the dangers of viral fame, it only appealed to those already scared of the
01:14internet. It's clear to see why even diehard fans consider this weak, even for a Meg episode.
01:18I'm still Refrigerator Meg! But from here on, my fridge will be full of fruits, vegetables,
01:25and lean meats! Yo, yo, yo!
01:31Number 29. Brian Acts on His Instincts.
01:34With all of his anthropomorphic qualities, it can be easy to overlook that the Griffin family pet
01:38is a dog. We'll sometimes get glimpses of Brian's canine qualities, often in a comedic way.
01:44Hey, get out of here! This is my house!
01:46So when he suddenly and viciously mauled a baby squirrel Chris and Stewie had been tirelessly
01:51raising, fans were genuinely shaken. It was a brutally violent moment that felt like it was
01:56purely done for shock value, especially when he never apologized for the horrific act.
02:01You knew there was a dog in the house! He's practically your best friend! Or maybe even more
02:06than that! You shut your damn mouth! It derailed the rest of the episode, and the failed attempt
02:12at tugging the viewer's heartstrings at the very end was the rotten cherry on top. If this is the
02:17alternative, we'll take the usual egotistical Brian any day. Number 28. Brian's Inflated Ego.
02:23We may have spoken too soon. When he's not acting like a dog, Brian has a tendency to act like a jerk.
02:30This is especially clear after his rise to fame in Brian writes a bestseller. After his self-help book
02:35became a hit, he quickly devolved into an arrogant diva. How do you think I feel walking out of the
02:40back room of a restaurant and seeing Renee Zellweger eating in the front room of that restaurant?
02:46I am mortified! Absolutely mortified! You should know better than this! The joke lost its luster early on,
02:52especially once he started using his fame to be a creep towards his fans and even being needlessly
02:56cruel to his best friend. The most insulting moment by far was his non-apology, a completely
03:02unsatisfying end to an annoying arc. It was a glaring example of his deterioration from the
03:07earliest season, making several viewers realize he had taken a permanent turn for the worse.
03:12I was just trying to write something that would sell. I think it's crap too.
03:16Wow. If I had even one shred of respect for you before this, it's gone now.
03:24Number 27. Meg's Santa Obsession. There are some moments throughout Family Guy that make you wonder
03:29what was going through the writers' minds at the time. Meg having an incredibly personal moment with
03:33the mall Santa, all while holding Stewie on her lap, takes the cake.
03:37What just happened?
03:41I'll have what she's having.
03:43Besides being incredibly long and drawn out, it also completely traumatized her brother.
03:48What's worse is that it didn't end there. She dragged him all over, harassing several costumed
03:53men in an attempt to recreate that first high, with her own father being one of them.
03:57Dad, I'm gonna ask you one question, and how you answer it will determine the rest of my life.
04:03Were you the Santa at this mall yesterday?
04:07No.
04:07Oh, thank God.
04:08It was gross and uncomfortable purely for the sake of it, with no comedic payoff to balance it out.
04:13If the goal was to pull fans out of their Christmas cheer, then they succeeded tenfold.
04:18Number 26. Chip. Love him or hate him, many will agree that Peter Griffin is annoying.
04:23Whether it's his actions or his mannerisms, to say that he can be grating is an understatement.
04:28So, the fact that the writers thought a tiny version of him with a pitched-up voice would
04:32be a good idea is baffling.
04:33Kids, remember how when you were little, you always wanted a neck, uncle?
04:37No.
04:37Well, now you got one!
04:39Ah! What is that, kid?
04:41His vestigial twin, Chip, was entertaining at first, but things quickly went off the rails
04:46when it became apparent that he'd be sticking around for the rest of the episode.
04:49His constant excitement for everything led to a series of one-note jokes.
04:53All punctuated by the aggravating cadence of his voice.
04:56But where are those good old-fashioned values?
05:00On which we used to rely?
05:02What the- what the hell is going on here?
05:05It's clear to see why both Peter and the fans hated him.
05:08Number 25. Racist and stereotypical jokes about India.
05:12Family Guy isn't exactly known for being sensitive towards any group,
05:16with practically everyone becoming a target for their offensive humor.
05:19Sometimes, though, it comes across as genuinely mean-spirited.
05:22Having an entire Road 2 episode dedicated to India had plenty of potential.
05:27However, they just couldn't help themselves from filling time with a litany of racist jokes.
05:32Everything about the country was eviscerated, from the crowds to their religious beliefs.
05:36What I wouldn't give right now for a big, juicy steak.
05:40How dare you?
05:41To us, cows are sacred!
05:42That's right!
05:43You are disrespecting our entire culture!
05:46And why did Wes Anderson come here to make his worst movie?
05:49It was a non-stop onslaught of tired stereotypes.
05:52What's worse is they were interwoven with the main plot, making them inescapable.
05:56Closing everything out with a by-the-numbers, unimaginative, Bollywood-inspired song was the final blow.
06:01It was a waste of what had been the fans' favorite installments in the series.
06:06You know what?
06:07It's about the journey, not the destination.
06:09No, it's not.
06:10This sucked and you failed.
06:11Number 24.
06:12Karen Griffin
06:13By this point, it's common knowledge that the show's protagonist isn't the best father or husband.
06:18With how much he's tormented them over the years,
06:21it makes sense that fans would want to see him get a taste of his own medicine from time to time.
06:24However, seeing his sister Karen make his life a living nightmare was too far, even for him.
06:30Peter, come say hello to your sister.
06:33Fine.
06:33She relentlessly berated and embarrassed him in front of his family and friends.
06:37The worst moment came when she performed one of her wrestling moves on him,
06:41nearly strangling him in the process.
06:43It was so intense that he reverted back to a childlike state,
06:46making the other characters and the audience wish they were watching anything else.
06:50And then so I'm like,
06:51Peter, how was I supposed to know you didn't want your teammates to know you wore a bra?
06:57It was a custom-designed sports halter top.
07:00More stories.
07:01More stories.
07:02Number 23.
07:03Treatment of Ida Quagmire
07:04The line between playful humor and hurtful insults is often razor thin.
07:09While Family Guy flirts with offensive comedy without taking it too far,
07:13he crossed that boundary with the treatment of Ida Quagmire.
07:16All I've talked about for years with these people is what a war hero you were.
07:19And I was.
07:21I'm changing my future, not my past.
07:23Oh yeah?
07:23What about my future?
07:24She became the butt of every joke in Quagmire's dad,
07:27many of which seemed intentionally cruel.
07:30While being subjected to invasive questions and Lois having her food thrown out was bad enough,
07:34the most sickening moment happened behind her back.
07:36She and Brian had spent the night together,
07:38and he was excited until he learned who she was.
07:41His drawn-out disgust was bad enough,
07:44and it coming after he sang her praises rubbed salt in the wound.
07:47How does this happen?
07:49When they move to a new place,
07:51they're supposed to notify the neighborhood!
07:52That's how it works!
07:53It was so mean-spirited that it caused fans and activist groups to change the channel.
07:58Number 22.
07:59Their contribution to the abortion debate.
08:02As hard as they've tried,
08:03this series just doesn't handle serious topics very well.
08:06Even causes they support end up being portrayed horribly.
08:09Partial terms of endearment is a perfect example.
08:12After Lois becomes a surrogate for her friends,
08:14they die in a tragic accident, leaving her to grapple with the decision to continue the
08:18pregnancy or not.
08:19Well, there's no harm in visiting the family planning center just to see what your options are.
08:23Ugh, it's such a big decision.
08:26Of course it's a big decision.
08:27Life is full of big decisions.
08:28Rather than take it seriously,
08:30the show took the opportunity to make several crude,
08:32violent jokes about the medical procedure.
08:34Their attempt at nuance only muddy things even further,
08:37putting off fans on both sides of the debate.
08:40Okay, this argument isn't working.
08:41Peter, what if carrying the baby to term would endanger the mother's life?
08:44I don't know what seven of those words were.
08:46It was so offensive that both cable and streaming networks gave it the chop,
08:50and it's clear to see why.
08:52Number 21.
08:53Brian's marriage.
08:54If there's one thing that's been made clear,
08:56it's that the family dog is not the luckiest when it comes to love.
08:59For a moment, that ended when he met Jess, a woman dying from cancer.
09:03He even asked her to marry him, though it was for selfish reasons.
09:07On their wedding day, her doctor revealed she was going to live.
09:11Brian, we really will be together forever.
09:17Forever and ever and ever.
09:19Jess's character was immediately destroyed,
09:22with her becoming unbearably annoying and physically unappealing to Brian.
09:26What's worse is that the arc lasted for two episodes.
09:29Both were filled to the brim with stereotypical boomer humor,
09:32from their weight gain to their general disdain for one another.
09:35Brian, I can explain.
09:37Explain what?
09:38How you brought me here to have me killed?
09:39Well, you're no better.
09:40You could have saved my life in the restaurant, but you let me choke to death.
09:44Okay, fine.
09:45I probably could have done more to save your life.
09:47It was a slog to get through,
09:49and it was a rough start to their 17th season.
09:52Number 20.
09:53The Long Conway Twitty Cutaway.
09:55Normally, the Conway Twitty Cutaway gags are funny distractions from awkward moments,
09:59while also paying tribute to the late country singer.
10:02Yikes!
10:03Looks like I need a distraction.
10:04However, when Peter tries to distract Lois in The Juice Is Loose,
10:08they show a full three-minute segment of Mr. Twitty performing I See The Want To In Your Eyes.
10:13Not only does the diversion not work,
10:15it also takes a sizable chunk out of the episode and feels more like cheap filler.
10:20Unfortunately, no matter how iconic the running gag is,
10:24this is a prime example of too much of a good thing.
10:27We're not even sure Mr. Twitty himself would have approved.
10:29Conway Twitty says cut it out.
10:31Just write a joke.
10:32Number 19.
10:33Brian Switches Political Ideologies.
10:36For a long time in the show's history,
10:38Brian acted as the conscience of the Griffin family.
10:41He was a cynical liberalist,
10:43leaning left with his antics,
10:44including weed legalization and jabs at George W. Bush.
10:48Oh my god, they just elected him out of pity
10:50because they think he's mentally challenged.
10:52Kind of like we did with George W. Bush.
10:54Huh?
10:55Right?
10:57I guess.
10:59I guess, Brian.
10:59In Excellence in Broadcasting,
11:01Brian does a complete 180
11:03and aligns himself with Rush Limbaugh,
11:06a premier American conservative.
11:08Oh my god.
11:10Rush Limbaugh was right all along.
11:12Conservative republicanism is the answer.
11:15Good.
11:16Good for Brian.
11:17Through this moment,
11:18Brian's ideology became less about what he believed in
11:21and more about how he could pretentiously laud his intelligence over everyone else.
11:25What did you think of the movie Titanic?
11:27Horrible.
11:27One of the worst movies ever made.
11:28How about Slumdog Millionaire?
11:30Overrated.
11:31Just a terrible movie.
11:32Cocktail.
11:33Actually, not a bad film.
11:35You know, as classically structured cinema,
11:36Cocktail was one of the best films of its era.
11:39Of course, this made you lose any kind of respect for the character.
11:42But it's not the last controversial moment featuring the anthropomorphic canine.
11:46Number 18.
11:47Diaper Eating.
11:49Family Guy has a consistently outlandish and hilarious tone throughout.
11:53But it isn't afraid to get serious when it needs to.
11:57The season 8 episode Brian and Stewie is such an episode.
12:00Featuring the iconic duo getting stuck in a bank vault and going to some dark places.
12:05Dogs are supposed to be able to instinctively live with purpose.
12:08Not even to have to think about it.
12:09Just born like that.
12:10But I wasn't.
12:13You know, I've tried to find meaning in my life and I just, I just can't.
12:17A lot of fans love this episode for showing development in the pair's relationship.
12:21So it's a shame the writers ruined it with this disgusting and unnecessary moment.
12:26If the poo were to be removed...
12:30What is it?
12:31What are you driving at?
12:33Eat it.
12:34What?
12:34Eat my poo, Brian.
12:36It goes on for a long time and makes viewers genuinely uncomfortable.
12:41Maybe that was what they were going for.
12:42But if you hate gross out humor,
12:44this quite possibly made you switch channels and miss out on what else the episode had to offer.
12:50Oh my god.
12:51What?
12:52It's all on tape.
12:54What's all on tape?
12:55Oh!
12:57Oh my god!
12:59Oh, that is gonna be on YouTube!
13:02Number 17.
13:03Time-filling gags and morbid premise.
13:05For many fans, the golden age of Family Guy had long passed by the time season 17 rolled around.
13:11Just like how the Conway Twitty gag felt like the show was just padding for time,
13:15Con Eris suffered the same problem throughout.
13:18The premise of Brian, Stewie, and Quagmire trying to inherit elderly women's fortunes is morbid enough.
13:24But what might have made you lose interest was something much more straightforward.
13:28The episode felt dragged out.
13:30Like, there wasn't much there.
13:31Especially during the long name joke.
13:33Who is she?
13:35That's Margaret Woolworth, Carrington, Von Schumacher, Chanel, Aster, Livingston,
13:38Comte de Saint, Exuberi, Mountbatten, Windsor, Armani, Roosevelt, Von Trapp,
13:42Wickenham, Hurst, Montgomery, Rothschild, Johnson & Johnson, Twillsworth, Dolce, Gabbana,
13:46Von Zweiger, Second Montgomery.
13:48There are plenty of elongated jokes like this throughout the series.
13:51But the punchline wasn't funny enough to justify the setup.
13:54Barrington, Chadsworth, Big League Chew, Chesterfield, Kensington, Booth, Bishop,
13:58Longbottom, Nottingham, Meisterburger, Burgermeister, Tudor, Hapsburg, Rockefeller, Onassis.
14:02Number 16. DVD Commentary.
14:05When a show becomes a staple of American television,
14:08you can experiment and get creative with episodes.
14:11While some of these break the formula concepts have done reasonably well,
14:14You Can't Handle the Booth from Season 17 did not.
14:18An episode plays out as expected in front of us.
14:21But the difference is, the fictional cast of Griffins gets frustrated while recording DVD commentary.
14:26They're not even going to explain how we all got stuck.
14:29Season 16, ladies and gentlemen.
14:31Suddenly the family's stuck in the bannister slats.
14:34Ballister.
14:35Brian, seriously.
14:36While there are plenty of funny fourth wall-breaking moments,
14:38it proved a little too hard to follow for some.
14:41As a result, the episode became one of the lowest ever rated on IMDb.
14:46There wasn't a single final straw,
14:48as many user reviews claimed it was too dull to finish,
14:52pointing to a decline in the show's overall quality.
14:55Number 15. Peter saving the whale.
14:58When Peter gets promoted to forklift operator at work,
15:01he naturally starts having too much fun with his new vehicle.
15:05He tries to use it to rescue a beached sperm whale,
15:07only to accidentally impale the poor mammal.
15:10Step aside, I'll handle this.
15:11Give me some room.
15:12Afterward, we're subjected to a whole minute of Peter trying to dislodge the creature,
15:16only for it to fall completely apart in a grotesque display,
15:20as blood and organs topple out of the carcass.
15:23While we should maybe give props to the art directors and animators for not missing any gruesome details,
15:29fans were too busy gagging at the scene and feeling disheartened over the poor whale's suffering.
15:34Your whale come.
15:36Number 14. Vern and Johnny.
15:39Every now and then in the first few seasons,
15:41the action would be interrupted by two vaudevillian performers named Vern and Johnny.
15:45While Vern tried and usually failed to entertain viewers,
15:49Johnny was just there to play him off on a piano.
15:51Do not ask where the piano comes from.
15:53Now that's rich!
15:54Ha ha ha ha!
15:55Play me off, Johnny!
16:00While their antics were mostly harmless,
16:03fans got tired of them disrupting the episode,
16:05and even then-producer David Goodman admitted that they'd use the duo way too much.
16:10The gag was finally laid to rest when Stewie shot them to death in season 5,
16:14and aside from a few brief cameos,
16:16they haven't bothered us since.
16:18Number 13.
16:19Making fun of President Trump.
16:22Family Guy and its various animated sitcom competitors
16:24have never shied away from taking shots at high-profile figures.
16:28Political satire is an essential part of our media,
16:31but unfortunately, Trump Guy wasn't an excellent example of it.
16:35In this episode, Peter assists then-U.S. President Donald Trump,
16:39getting into all sorts of shenanigans as his press secretary.
16:42This country needs stronger border security.
16:44Our border security is the strongest in the world.
16:46What we need is to take care of our children.
16:49I can't get an erection.
16:50You think giving them amnesty is fair to the people who are already here?
16:53They're contributing to the economy.
16:55I've tried all the herbs.
16:56The episode is obviously taking shots at the man and his various controversies,
17:00but many fans found his depiction lazy.
17:03It was a pretty gross depiction at that,
17:05but the last straw for some was when he makes advances towards Meg.
17:10Oh please, every president since Washington has done this.
17:14Some might have quit this episode for making fun of a president they admired,
17:17while others just got agitated by the cheap humor.
17:20Number 12. Jesus is a Virgin
17:23The episode, I Dream of Jesus,
17:25in which the Son of God is made a fully formed character,
17:28is one of the most beloved episodes of Seth MacFarlane's show.
17:31But a follow-up appearance in the 2,000-year-old Virgin became one of the most hated.
17:36Alright, Jesus, nowadays everything is done on the internet.
17:39Alright, so we gotta get you on Facebook.
17:41Let me just close a couple of these windows.
17:44There we go. Sorry, I was up late last night.
17:46I had the house to myself.
17:47In season 13, Peter tries to get the Lord and Savior laid,
17:51eventually trying it with Lois.
17:53But overall, the episode was criticized for being edgy to garner more viewers,
17:58while lacking the substance to keep people laughing.
18:01And if there was a rock-bottom moment for the episode,
18:04it's the unfunny instance when Jesus' real middle name is revealed.
18:09I don't know, man. Jesus, Hitler, Christ sounds weird.
18:12So just go with H.
18:13Yeah.
18:14Number 11. Stewie's Therapist
18:16Stewie has a lot of issues.
18:19So it's no surprise that a visit to a child psychologist
18:22sees him sharing a lot of secrets and insecurities.
18:25Towards the end of the session, however,
18:27the doctor starts having a heart attack
18:29and asks Stewie to hand him his medicine.
18:32But Stewie refuses.
18:33I don't understand.
18:34Why aren't you getting my medication?
18:37It's true that Stewie is a sadistic little toddler
18:39and has killed plenty of times,
18:41but this was especially shocking
18:42because he didn't even get his hands dirty.
18:44I'm not going to get it.
18:46Is this because I made you wait?
18:48It's because I can't have anyone know the real me.
18:51Instead, he elected to ignore the pleas of someone
18:53who only wanted to help him
18:55and let the poor therapist suffer a slow, agonizing death,
18:59taking all of Stewie's secrets with him to the grave.
19:02Number 10. Male Sexual Assault is Disregarded
19:05Humor can be a great way to bring awareness
19:07to serious topics in the real world,
19:09but the Family Guy team handled this one poorly.
19:12Oh no, I dropped my pencil.
19:15Oh, I'll get it for you.
19:16In Peter Assment, Peter gets blackmailed
19:18and inappropriately harassed by his boss, Angela.
19:21The episode plays out very cynically,
19:24with one particular moment between Peter and Lois
19:26hitting a sore point for male victims.
19:28Peter, a woman can't sexually harass a man.
19:30Why not?
19:31I don't know, it just doesn't make any sense.
19:34I mean, guys like being touched by women.
19:36It's not harassment if you like it.
19:38But I didn't like it.
19:39While this highlights a real problem with these cases,
19:42the episode ends trying to create sympathy for the perpetrator.
19:45I just wish one person was able to find me attractive.
19:49But that's not too much to ask, is it?
19:52No.
19:53It was a bizarre episode,
19:55and even weirder for the late Carrie Fisher
19:57to be playing the role of an aggressor
19:59when she was a silent champion to victims of such crimes.
20:03Number 9.
20:04Stewie gets herpes.
20:06This moment removed any shadow of likability for Brian Griffin.
20:10After seeing a Blood Brothers ritual on television,
20:13Stewie asks Brian if they can share blood in the same way.
20:16Brian accepts,
20:17knowing full well he has a transmittable disease
20:20and ends up getting Stewie infected.
20:23The show pulls no punches,
20:24showing disgusting hard-to-watch imagery relating to the condition.
20:28Stewie, that's crazy.
20:29There's no way I gave you herpes.
20:30Then how do you explain this?
20:32While Stewie has been horrendously hurt before
20:34in episodes like Brian Griffin's House of Pain,
20:37the difference here is the perpetrator shows no remorse for his actions.
20:41It transforms Brian's character into an insensitive jerk,
20:44which we saw hints at just episodes before with Brian's a bad father.
20:48And you know what's weird?
20:50You're on a show.
20:51I'm a writer.
20:53It's almost like the universe is trying to,
20:55I don't know,
20:56make us work together or something.
20:58I don't know.
20:58Number 8.
20:59Lois cheats on Peter.
21:01Lois and Peter have never had the best marriage in the world,
21:04but they've always stuck together no matter what.
21:06However,
21:07this episode destroyed any respect you had
21:10for the matriarch of the Griffin household.
21:12Peter has been neglecting and insulting Lois recently,
21:15so she attempts to get with Meg's boyfriend, Anthony.
21:18The action of cheating on Peter is terrible enough,
21:21but what's worse is her interaction with her daughter afterward.
21:24It was an awful thing that I did.
21:26I never meant to steal him from you.
21:28Is that what you think?
21:29You stole him from me?
21:31Are you kidding?
21:32You couldn't steal him from me?
21:34Well,
21:34I do know a few things,
21:36Meg,
21:36and clearly if I wanted him,
21:38I could have him.
21:38Lois doesn't face any consequences for her actions
21:41and instead lays all the blame on Peter.
21:43And how the hell could you do that to me?
21:45Because Peter,
21:46you've been making me feel old and fat
21:48and unattractive and worthless.
21:50How do you expect me to respond?
21:51While it is a complex situation,
21:54it doesn't shine a very nice light on Lois' character.
21:58Number 7.
21:58Peter in the Boston Marathon
22:00While the rest of the episode Turban Cowboy
22:03was nothing to boast about,
22:04the worst moment came when Peter recalled
22:06how he won the Boston Marathon.
22:08Turns out he drove his car to the finish line,
22:10killing everyone in his path.
22:12It was an uninspired joke at the time,
22:14but then tragedy struck one month later
22:16with the Boston Marathon bombings.
22:19Fox pulled the episode from the airwaves
22:21and streaming services,
22:22and professional conspiracy theorist
22:24and tragedy troll Alex Jones went so far
22:26as to blame Family Guy for inspiring the incident.
22:29While that was quite a stretch,
22:31any way you look at it,
22:32the gag was in poor taste,
22:34especially in retrospect.
22:36Number 6.
22:37Meg the Martyr
22:38She's constantly tormented at school
22:41and her own family treats her like garbage.
22:44In Season 10's Seahorse Seashell Party,
22:47she's finally had enough
22:48and tears Chris, Lois, and Peter a new one.
22:51You're my mother,
22:52and you took a child's trust
22:54and smashed it into bits
22:56in a 17-year-long mission
22:57to destroy something that you killed a long time ago.
23:00The scene is unbelievably cathartic
23:02until Meg sees the way the family turns on each other
23:05and decides to allow herself to be their lightning rod.
23:08Maybe if I feel bad,
23:10they don't have to.
23:11This could be seen as a noble act on paper,
23:14but it really shows how toxic
23:15and dysfunctional the Griffin family is
23:17if they have to rely on Meg's misery
23:19to stay somewhat stable.
23:21A similar moment that made us rage quit
23:23was when Meg faked her death
23:24to get away from her family,
23:26but eventually came back.
23:28So close to freedom.
23:29I owe my sister an apology.
23:31I shouldn't have treated her the way I did.
23:33And I think if Meg were here today,
23:35she'd be the first one to agree.
23:37I am here!
23:39I'm right here!
23:40Number 5.
23:41Quagmire's Trial
23:42Quagmire is very controversial in this day and age
23:45since the character's humor revolves around
23:47questionable, intimate situations.
23:49During a party,
23:50Quagmire's hookup with a girl
23:51gets him promptly arrested.
23:54At his trial,
23:54he explains he ended up the way he is
23:56because his mother was very promiscuous.
23:58So you see, Your Honor,
24:00thanks to my mom,
24:01I never had a chance to be like everyone else.
24:03My misguided carnal instincts
24:05are the result of being raised by a sexual deviant.
24:08All I'm asking is that you give me the break
24:10that my childhood never did.
24:12While this does give context to his character,
24:14this shouldn't absolve him from his antics.
24:17In fact, it almost doesn't.
24:19But his mother is able to
24:20curry favor with the judge.
24:23Mom,
24:23did you?
24:24Yep.
24:25Twice.
24:25Instead of holding Quagmire somewhat accountable,
24:28all the blame is laid on a throwaway character.
24:31We could have seen a slightly mature response to his hijinks,
24:34but it gets disregarded using a lackluster excuse.
24:37Aw,
24:38Quagmire got away with it and learned nothing.
24:41That's great.
24:42Number 4.
24:43Peter marrying Chris?
24:45After Chris bonds with his grandpa Carter,
24:47Carter makes him the sole heir
24:49of the Pewterschmidt family fortune.
24:50A jealous Peter tries unsuccessfully
24:53to get on Chris's good side
24:54to earn a chance at the money.
24:56But things turn creepy real fast.
24:58There comes a time when every man looks at his son
25:00and thinks,
25:01I want to take this to the next level.
25:06Peter asks Chris to marry him,
25:09and Chris agrees.
25:11What makes this really tragic
25:12is that the only reason Chris went along with the escapade
25:16was so that he could spend time with his father,
25:18which by itself could have made for a decent enough theme,
25:21without the proposal thrown into the mix.
25:23Peter's uncomfortable jokes do nothing to help.
25:26Yeah, and I bet you're especially happy
25:28we're getting married on a Thursday.
25:30School yuck, right?
25:31Number 3.
25:32Stewie gets pregnant.
25:34We really, really wish we were joking,
25:36but no.
25:37Wanting to spend more time with Brian,
25:39Stewie uses Brian's DNA to impregnate himself.
25:42We could even use my old crib.
25:44You use your old crib.
25:45It might have been funny watching Stewie discover
25:47the joys of being an expectant mother
25:49if he weren't a toddler himself.
25:51When the childbirth finally comes,
25:53it's horrifically gruesome,
25:55even without seeing the actual birth.
25:57Worst of all,
25:58their children turn out to be human-puppy hybrids.
26:01Oh, I caught two of them trying to eat each other,
26:03so that's something we need to watch out for.
26:05Thanks to birth defects,
26:07some end up dying,
26:08while Stewie and Brian abandon the rest at a shelter.
26:10They might be an iconic duo,
26:12but this was a huge, disturbing no-no.
26:16Number 2.
26:17Jeff Fiekelman.
26:18We first met Quagmire's sister Brenda in Season 8,
26:21where we learned that she's constantly beaten
26:23by her boyfriend Jeff.
26:25In Season 10's Screams of Silence,
26:27the story of Brenda Q,
26:28we got another look at their toxic relationship,
26:30and it is a nightmare to watch.
26:33Jeff pushes Brenda around for the pettiest of reasons,
26:36and a lot of the blame is shifted onto Brenda
26:38for staying with him.
26:39Sadly, the fact that you are with Jeff
26:42proves to me that you have made a choice
26:45to make your life worse.
26:47Domestic violence is normally played for laughs
26:49on Family Guy,
26:50and in this episode,
26:52they tried to take it seriously and failed,
26:55which was somehow even more uncomfortable.
26:58Even the happy ending was more bittersweet
27:00than it should have been.
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27:17Number 1.
27:18The Life of Brian Ratings Trap
27:20In the infamous episode Life of Brian,
27:23Brian's unexpected death forced fans
27:25to bid a tearful goodbye
27:26to one of the show's most beloved characters.
27:28Needless to say,
27:29fans were horrified or just enraged,
27:32and even launched a petition
27:33to bring the dog back.
27:35Brian, look out!
27:38What the hell?
27:40You're alive, my friend!
27:42What? Of course I'm alive.
27:43What the hell's going on here?
27:44However,
27:45Brian was miraculously saved
27:46via time travel two episodes later,
27:48and Seth MacFarlane tweeted
27:50that it was supposed to teach viewers
27:51a lesson about taking loved ones for granted.
27:54Unfortunately,
27:55this came off as emotionally manipulative
27:56and felt like a major ratings trap,
27:59resulting in probably the biggest backlash
28:01in Family Guy history.
28:03Which Family Guy moment
28:04nearly made you give up on the series?
28:06Let us know in the comments below.
28:07I don't have the parenting skills
28:09necessary to deal with this.
28:10I say we never speak of this again.
28:12I...
28:12I might move.
28:14I think hey dad make you month off.
28:15Teddy will begin.
28:17Teddy will begin.
28:21It is.
28:22I want you to walk.
28:23I want you to walk away from me.
28:23I want you to run.
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