There's Something About Paulie
🎞️ S2 E16 🚫 Hard pass

Family Guy

Is Family Guy S2 E16 OK for kids?

There's Something About Paulie

Peter finds himself tied to the mob after he buys a car that turns out to be a lemon, and a wiseguy (voice of Jon Cryer) offers lemon aid. Other guest voices include Michael Chiklis (Big Fat Paulie) and Alan King (the Don).

📺 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 S2 E16, “There's Something About Paulie”, scores 3/5 for violence, 4/5 for sex and 2/5 for language, for an overall kid-rating of 4/5 — Skip for under 14. Peter finds himself tied to the mob after he buys a car that turns out to be a lemon, and a wiseguy (voice of Jon Cryer) offers lemon aid. Other guest voices include Michael Chiklis (Big Fat Paulie) and Alan King (the Don).

Across the episode we counted 7 flagged moments in 4 themes: Sex & hookups (1); Nudity & bodies (3); Violence & injury (2); 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 1 moment

How Sex & hookups shows up in Family Guy S2 E16:

  • 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?

Nudity & bodies 3 moments

How Nudity & bodies shows up in Family Guy S2 E16:

  • Explicit body / sex-act language appears in dialogue.
  • That's your penis.
  • OK, so I tried on your bra.

Violence & injury 2 moments

How Violence & injury shows up in Family Guy S2 E16:

  • You can jot it down on the back of my gun.
  • Do you have another gun? Dharma, come down from there.

Fat-shaming 1 moment

How Fat-shaming shows up in Family Guy S2 E16:

  • This is my friend, Big Fat Paulie, and, uh this is his big fat ass.

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