- 7/5/2025
From Ellen's dark side to global events, Seth MacFarlane's animated series has shown an uncanny ability to foreshadow the future! Join us as we count down the most jaw-dropping moments when Family Guy eerily predicted real-world events years before they happened. These aren't just coincidences - they're downright spooky premonitions that will make you wonder if the writers have a crystal ball!
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00:00oh my god are you serious very serious welcome to watch mojo and today we're looking at times
00:05when seth mcfarland's show eerily predicted real world events that happened long after the episode's
00:11air expect spoilers i don't know peter this all seems kind of creepy number 20 ellen's dark side
00:20in the early years ellen degenerate had a reputation as one of the nicest and most relatable
00:25comedians in the business um oh i'm in a good mood today i'm in a good mood uh every day really
00:30however as time went on we noticed a few cracks in her mask of positivity to us the first sign was
00:37during a family guy cutaway where ellen kept talking over her guests barely letting them
00:42get a word in edgewise only later on with the allegations of her harassing and intimidating
00:47her staff reached the public are you gonna talk over everything i love talking on tv i'll do anything
00:52to talk on tv was the cutaway a coincidence or a warning either way not long after the controversies
00:58broke out family guy naturally couldn't resist riffing on it when given the chance number 19
01:05passion of the christ sequel while on their second honeymoon peter and lois discover the film reel for
01:11a sequel to mel gibson's the passion of the christ wow mel gibson's secret screening room hey what's this
01:19this sequel has the messiah teaming up with chris tucker for an intense homage to the rush hour
01:24series peter made sure no one ever saw this film however after being teased for years gibson
01:31officially announced the resurrection of the christ despite peter's best efforts gibson succeeded in
01:37getting a sequel just not the one he originally planned it's a shame this version won't have the
01:42tagline let he who is without sin kick the first ass number 18 rip xxx tentacion stewie has fallen
01:53into the pratfalls of being a child star and brian tries to rescue it stewie this has gotten out of
01:58control if you're going to continue on this path you need to know what your future holds he pulls out
02:03a chart of infamous child stars who either died ended up in the adult video industry or both notice how
02:09close the rip and xxx are together some associated the xxx with controversial rap star xxx tentacion who
02:20was tragically murdered in 2018. police say the artist whose real name is jose onfroy was leaving
02:26a broward county motorcycle shop yesterday when he was shot by two men who ran up to his car
02:31he was rushed to a hospital but did not make it the episode with the chart debuted two years before the
02:37rapper's murder leading many to believe that seth mcfarland somehow predicted his death is it a
02:42stretch possibly but is it eerie to look back on what we know now definitely number 17 rhode island
02:51legalizing weed brian went through a lot of trouble to get cannabis substances legalized and co-op he even
02:57did a whole song and dance routine with stewie there you go you're all getting it now in 2022
03:08several years after the episode's debut the real world finally reflected brian's efforts rhode island
03:14the state where the show takes place legalized cannabis for recreational use it took longer than a
03:21simple musical number to make it happen but it allowed citizens of rhode island to buy and sell the
03:26substance legally and safely cannabis legalized at the stroke of governor dan mckee's pen the 19th state
03:33to do so joining four other new england states that have also legalized brian undid all his hard work
03:39to publish his novel and we all know how well that went hopefully things won't end up the same way there
03:46number 16 putin's intimidation while on a mission to stop a russian sleeper agent brian and stewie end up
03:53face to face with the prime minister himself vladimir putin he intimidates them with various weapons only
03:59to psych them out and offer help gentlemen let me put your minds at ease i know why you are here and i
04:05mean to help you years later when putin became president of russia many fans claimed this scene
04:11was a prediction of his strategy for the ukrainian situation he raised tensions at the border while
04:17promising peace between the european countries while the contexts aren't different it's easy to see
04:23how the two moments parallel each other and neither gives us hope of things ending as peacefully as he
04:29promises oh he was putting us on huh right what do you what do you think of that chevy right that
04:36would have passed for funny in one of your movies right okay moving on number 15 british censorship
04:43while relaxing in a fancy hotel peter puts on some high-class british adult films yeah and look at
04:49this they even got some of that high-class british porn this classy piece of cinema has a british couple
04:54considering getting intimate but then decide not to when they do get in bed together there's absolutely
05:00no movement no passion and everything is covered up little did british viewers know that several years
05:06later in 2017 the uk's government would pass a law placing their adult movie websites behind an age
05:12verification wall it's demanded age checks for every uk porn user many worried this would allow them
05:20to censor more of the internet this family guy clip was a sign of things to come for their privacy
05:26number 14 ice man's orientation in one particular cutaway peter recalls ice man sneaking into a gay bar
05:34behind his wife's back honey where'd you go when you went out last night uh just over to tom's house
05:38played some poker had some brewskis you know another classic tongue-in-cheek cutaway or is it
05:44the original episode with the gag aired in 2006 however in 2015 the x-men comics vocally confirmed
05:51that bobby drake is in fact gay he kept it hidden from the world out of fear of being persecuted even
05:58further he was having a hard enough time being a mutant in an anti-mutant world did seeing the family
06:04guy cutaway inspire marvel to reveal this side of ice man to the world at least they know how to touch
06:09a man oh walk away probably not but it was a nice stepping stone to allowing him to accept himself
06:16number 13 the bitcoin rise the griffins are having financial struggles again and lois wishes there were
06:24a better way to save money peter every month our savings get smaller and smaller we really gotta figure
06:29out a better way to budget for this family's future bitcoin what i don't know peter offhandedly
06:35mentions bitcoin the cryptocurrency but no one gives it much thought however no one expected that
06:40in the early 2020s peter's offhand mention would cause the bitcoin market to skyrocket prices rose to
06:48the thousands and continued growing major companies capitalized on the coin even paypal added bitcoin
06:54support it's one thing for peter to inspire comedians but he caused an economic rise for
07:00cryptocurrency without really trying we're not sure if he ever really invested in bitcoin but if he did
07:06let's hope he does better than cryptocurrency carl yes no yes no yes no number 12. the will smith slap
07:16the incident between will smith and chris rock at the 2022 oscars became one of the most infamous pop
07:22culture moments of the decade in the aftermath many noticed a similarity between the slap and a
07:27family guy cutaway 20 years prior to set the scene brian recalls the time peter and lois went
07:33to a concert it is not exactly the most understanding guy when it comes to you and other men the charming
07:38singer on stage dedicates his next number to all the ladies in the audience in a jealous rage peter
07:44storms the stage and punches the singer's lights out while they have different contexts it's hard not
07:50to notice the similarities between the incidents this next one is for all the ladies out there
07:59rock should be thankful that smith only slapped him instead of following peter's example and decking
08:05him number 11 grim headlines stewie has been fighting tooth and nail against doug to be crowned the class
08:12snack captain stewie griffin is now running for snack captain and i will defeat that jerk doug however his
08:19efforts to get attention are constantly blocked by two grim news articles involving gaza and the middle
08:25east the episode aired almost a year before the middle eastern crisis in 2023 and the horrific attack
08:31on the gaza strip yet these seemingly random articles mentioned both events vividly did seth somehow know
08:38these tragedies would come to pass and try to warn us in any case it makes it much more uncomfortable to
08:44re-watch this episode knowing what would happen next no offense stewie but these are more important
08:50than your debate with doug stewie griffin for snack captain thank you stewie number 10 antonin scalia's
08:57death family guy likes its what ifs and one of them sees peter in a world where quagmire married lois
09:04instead of him when peter is given an opportunity by death to change it back brian objects when death
09:10tells them that dick cheney killed several political figures including supreme court justice antonin
09:17scalia man it's been a busy day dick cheney the chairman of halliburton shot supreme court justice
09:22scalia in a hunting accident and a bullet went right through him and killed carl rove and tucker carlson
09:28fast forward nine real world years and antonin scalia died in his sleep likely from heart-related
09:34causes he died in his sleep last night after a day of quail hunting outside el paso texas his death
09:40apparently of natural causes however it was the day after he'd gone on a hunting trip so while family
09:46guy didn't get the cause right it's still odd that hunting was involved oh my god peter you can't
09:53marry lois i don't know who any of those people are number nine brett ratner's misconduct in 2007
10:00director and producer brett ratner was accused by half a dozen women of sexual harassment and assault
10:06today six women have accused director producer brett ratner of sexual harassment and misconduct
10:11while ratner's legal battle over one incident ended without a public resolution he's effectively been
10:17out of work in hollywood for years though he has been attempting to make a comeback of late family guy
10:22it turns out knew the writing was on the wall years earlier in 2012 i hope we're not too late you should
10:29not be out here bidding is about to start what the hell stewie an episode parodying the movie taken
10:35sees stewie go undercover as an underage girl being bid on by various wealthy men one of these is announced
10:42as being brett ratner i have fifty thousand i have seventy five thousand thank you brett ratner he's
10:50certainly lucky liam neeson wasn't involved number eight barry manilow's orientation
10:57barry manilow is loved by millions of fans and some of his biggest fans are in quahog with peter joe
11:04cleveland and quagmire all loving his work even if they're reluctant to admit it i mean he's got
11:10he's got like one good song yeah i mean mandy is not terrible yeah the opening's okay the foursome
11:15attends his concert and quagmire is lucky enough to be serenaded by manilow himself to the tune of mandy
11:22how happy you made me oh quagmire well you came and you gave without taking i would never take from
11:31you barry although manilow singing a love song to a man may have been played for a gag in the episode
11:37it wasn't far off from reality as manilow later came out as gay in 2017. it was sensational kate it
11:46was just sensational and i knew it was going to be all positive because i know these people although
11:52rumors had long persisted about his orientation and i like weekend in new england yeah it's a good one
11:58looks like we made it yeah it's not bad right i love barry manilow oh my god he's the best number
12:05seven charlie rose's downfall when peter inadvertently ruins the career of local newsman tom tucker
12:12he compares the anchor's fall from grace to charlie rose a cutaway implies that rose is doing the news
12:18after drinking heavily the night before today on cbs this morning we'll be talking about how much sleep
12:23you need to not be drunk from the night before that's not what we're talking about that's what
12:28i'm talking about but little did the family guy writers know that rose would fall much further than
12:34reading the news hungover the veteran journalist fired from cbs news and pbs terminating their relationship
12:41with him amidst an avalanche of sexual misconduct allegations in 2017 a year after the episode
12:48aired rose was fired from both cbs and pbs after multiple allegations of sexual harassment going back
12:55decades the show got the fall from grace right even if how rose fell differed from their version we now
13:01return to cbs this morning with charlie rose sadly pressed against the window coming up this morning
13:07christmas came early number six paul walker's death much like his character brian o'connor from the fast
13:15and furious films actor paul walker was an avid car enthusiast however walker was tragically killed in
13:22a high-speed car accident on november 30th 2013 the deaths of fast and furious star paul walker and his
13:29friend killed in a fiery car accident over the weekend in an eerie coincidence earlier that week brian
13:35griffin also died in a vehicular related accident both brian's meeting their fate in the same week
13:41struck several family guy fans as rather spooky thank you so much for coming guys brian would be
13:47very thankful that you're here and while brian griffin ultimately came back because of time travel
13:52all that could be done for walker were some fitting and emotional tributes both in furious seven and on
13:58family guy number five kevin spacey's harassment allegations in 2017 in yet another scandal that
14:17erupted from the hashtag me too movement actor anthony rapp came forward with the allegation that fellow
14:22actor kevin spacey made advances on him when rap was underage facey also under fire for his reaction
14:29to actor anthony rapp's allegations this sparked several others to come forward with more accusations
14:34of similar misconduct however back in 2005 family guy featured stewie griffin accepting money from brian
14:41to go streaking through the mall yelling that he'd escaped from spacey's basement clearly family guy's
14:46staff had the inside scoop on all hollywood's unsavory secrets years before the press even got a hold of
14:52them so you're not interested in having sex with kevin spacey oh good kevin's going to love that
14:58number four caitlin jenner's gender identity in 2015 caitlin jenner came out as a trans woman
15:06her transition helped spread awareness to non-trans people about trans identities even if her views are
15:12considered odd compared to most in the community but once again family guy was years ahead with their
15:18predictions a 2009 episode saw stewie express his disbelief that brodie jenner was born to a woman
15:25like caitlin an elegant beautiful dutch woman this may have been another open secret in the industry
15:32that the showmakers knew about beforehand or maybe seth mcfarland is magic we know which possibility we
15:39prefer hey i've been right about these things before remember what i said in 2009 number three robin
15:45williams's death comedian and actor robin williams was a beloved icon for decades you don't know about
15:51real loss because that only occurs when you love something more than you love yourself tragically
15:57williams took his own life in 2014 after experiencing worsening health problems in a bizarre twist of
16:04fate family guy once did an episode where everything peter touches becomes robin williams gonna have some hot
16:11tea baby this morning while peter enjoys it at first williams's presence everywhere begins to take
16:17a toll on his mental health and he tries to make it stop permanently it's a dark pseudo prediction on
16:23its own but in an eerie coincidence this same episode aired in the uk the same day williams died
16:30i guess disney wouldn't let us do the aladdin one number two boston marathon tragedy on april 15th 2013
16:40the boston marathon suffered a terrorist attack by two brothers whose homemade explosives killed three
16:46and injured hundreds tonight these streets seem frozen in time at that moment this afternoon it
16:52was a horrific event that's still shocking years later however it's made even more shocking by the
16:57fact that family guys seem to foreshadow the event in a cutaway peter mentions winning a marathon
17:03and a flashback shows him driving through the runners to win the boston marathon i haven't felt a rush
17:08like this since i won that marathon it's already a dark joke but with hindsight and the fact that the
17:14other parts of the episode see peter unwittingly become a terrorist the sight of him causing mass
17:19death at the specific city's marathon is downright grim that was some pretty rough stuff before we
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17:36you go into your settings and switch on notifications number one quarantine and anti-vaccination movements
17:45in 2016 family guy did an episode focused on the anti-vaccination movement well that was before
17:51internet chat rooms made everybody an expert it's a better world now lois and peter persuade the town
17:56to forgo vaccination and predictably all of quahog is put in quarantine until they can be vaccinated
18:02while the anti-vaxxer crowd certainly predates covet 19 it's still wild to see that the show predicted
18:08this several years before the pandemic began you happy now lois because of you there's a measles
18:13epidemic and the whole town is quarantined the episode essentially boiled down the cycle of
18:18quarantines and vaccination refusals that have extended the pandemic across large swaths of the
18:23world given how frequently they predicted future events we wonder if the family guy writers have been
18:29given a shot of something special themselves it's bad enough you guys aren't vaccinating stewie now
18:34you're trying to convince other people to make the same reckless choice i'm also gonna pet a bunch
18:38of dogs without asking don't do that we don't like that
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