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Review on an episode of Family Guy

With nine seasons in so far, Family Guy finally joins a Simpson’s tradition and makes a Halloween special episode. "Family Guy" is an animated series created by the infamous Seth MacFarlane. It is a show that either one loves or hates; there is no in-between. The show also exploits stereotypical comedy, focusing on topics and events that are usually regarded as to off limits to comedy sitcoms, and even pokes fun at religion. Family Guy treats relevant matters in an unusually humorous or satirical manner while actually retaining their seriousness.

The main characters in this episode include The Griffin Family, Glen Quagmire, and Joe Swanson. Brian is the liberal, atheist, talking dog of the Griffin family. Brian stands upright, is portrayed as intelligent, and dates beautiful human women. Stewie is the baby, but behaves as an adult. He speaks in such an unusual manner, similar to a British man with a large vocabulary. He also carries weapons, and invents new technology. Meg is the only daughter; she is the hideous self-conscious teenager. Chris is the older teenage son. He is unintelligent and obese, partial to his dad Peter. Lois is the mother and wife. She stays at home and takes care of her husband (Peter) and the kids. Peter is the husband and father. He is an idiotic, irresponsible, overweight, lush. Quagmire is the sex-addicted, pedophilic, next-door neighbor to the Griffin family. He is also Peter’s friend. Joe Swanson is a paraplegic police officer that lives next door to the Griffin family as well. Joe is also Peter’s friend.

This episode, “Halloween On Spooner Street,” was a particularly hilarious episode. There are three story lines to follow. The main story line, which was also the most funny, included Brian taking Stewie on his first Trick-or-Treating experience. There were various jokes such as:

Brian: “How do you not know about Trick-or-Treating?

Stewie: “How do you not know that your reflection in the patio door isn't another dog?”
Brian: “Hey… that guy is a dick!”

And

Stewie: “It's True Blood.”
Brian: “Yeah…No one knows what that is.”
Stewie: “Rich, gay people do.”

During Brian and Stewie’s Trick-or-Treating session, Brian wanders off and leaves Stewie alone only to be harassed by some older candy stealing kids. Stewie and Brian spend the rest of the episode trying to get his candy back but run into hardship and ending having to ask Lois for help.

The other two story lines consisted of Meg and Chris attending a high school costume party and Joe and Peter playing pranks on Quagmire. In the two story lines there is more of the traditional edgy crossing-the-line humor that Family Guy usually displays. Humor such as, Chris and Meg’s accidential incestual makeout session, which was awful yet still funny. Also there was the Trick-or-Treat prank which involves Joe fooling Quagmire into thinking that he was a woman so that they could sleep together.

posted by Sara Hunt @ 6:25 PM