1. Death Has a Shadow
🎞️ S1 E1 🚫 Hard pass

Family Guy

Is Family Guy S1 E1 OK for kids?

1. Death Has a Shadow

Peter ignores his wife's warning about a bachelor party. Voices include Seth MacFarlane, Alex Borstein, Seth Green and Phil LaMarr.

📺 Where to watch

Netflix, HBO or Disney+ — catalogs differ by country.

🛒 Where to buy

Digital seasons or a box set to keep.

Content guide

👊 Violence
💋 Sex
🙊 Language
⭐ Overall

Skip for under 14

Family Guy S1 E1, “1. Death Has a Shadow”, scores 2/5 for violence, 4/5 for sex and 4/5 for language, for an overall kid-rating of 4/5 — Skip for under 14. Peter ignores his wife's warning about a bachelor party. Voices include Seth MacFarlane, Alex Borstein, Seth Green and Phil LaMarr.

Across the episode we counted 25 flagged moments in 7 themes: Sex & hookups (3); Nudity & bodies (3); Porn / strippers / sex work (1); Violence & injury (1); Swearing (9); Alcohol & drugs (7); Fat-shaming (1). Every moment below is either a direct quote from the episode transcript or a short description of what happens on screen, so you can decide before you press play.

Watch for — every moment, theme by theme

Sex & hookups 3 moments

How Sex & hookups shows up in Family Guy S1 E1:

  • "It seems today that all you see "is violence in movies and sex on TV "But where are those good, old-fashioned values "on which we used to rely?
  • The one where Arnold and Dudley get sexually molested by the bike shop owner? All right.
  • STEWIE Are you insane? Okay, I mean sexual harassment suit.

Nudity & bodies 3 moments

How Nudity & bodies shows up in Family Guy S1 E1:

  • Explicit body / sex-act language appears in dialogue.
  • The penis broke off while I was loading it into the car.
  • But did you have to buy breast implants for Chris? It makes him happy.

Porn / strippers / sex work 1 moment

How Porn / strippers / sex work shows up in Family Guy S1 E1:

  • Did you bring the porno? Did I bring the porno? You're gonna love it.

Violence & injury 1 moment

How Violence & injury shows up in Family Guy S1 E1:

  • Is that really the blood of Christ? - Yes.

Swearing 9 moments

How Swearing shows up in Family Guy S1 E1:

  • Dick, you ever wonder what's outside those walls? That's dangerous thinking, Paul.
  • ED That was a crazy one, Dick.
  • Damn you, vile woman! You've impeded my work since the day I escaped from your wretched womb.
  • Damn! [Suspenseful instrumental music.]
  • How the hell am I gonna break this to Lois? If she finds out I got fired for drinking, she's gonna blame me! DEVIL: Lie to her.
  • Come on, you bastard! I'm late for work.
  • How's your job search going? It sucks, Brian.
  • Peter, what the hell is the matter with you? Honey, if there's something wrong, you can tell me.
  • The man I married would never think he could fix a problem just by spending money! Boy, she's pretty pissed.

Alcohol & drugs 7 moments

How Alcohol & drugs shows up in Family Guy S1 E1:

  • Weed, I've been working on the new G.
  • Remember when you got drunk off the Communion wine at church? And so the Lord God smote poor Job with festering boils all over his body.
  • Man, that guy must've been wasted And then there was that time at the ice cream store.
  • Who wants to play Drink The Beer? Right here.
  • What do I win? Another beer! I'm going for the high score! Actually, Charlie's got the high score.
  • You see? A hangover is nature's way of telling you I was right.
  • Who would've thought getting drunk would get me $150,000 a week from the government? This is why I don't vote.

Fat-shaming 1 moment

How Fat-shaming shows up in Family Guy S1 E1:

  • President, why do you think the public supports you during these impeachment proceedings? Probably because you're so fat.

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