3. Mr. Griffin Goes to Washington
🎞️ S3 E3 🚫 Hard pass

Family Guy

Is Family Guy S3 E3 OK for kids?

3. Mr. Griffin Goes to Washington

A conglomerate buys Happy Go Lucky Toys and installs Peter (voice of series creator Seth McFarlane) as president. The conglomerate also owns a tobacco company, and before long Peter is on his way to Washington to testify before Congress on the benefits of smoking.

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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 S3 E3, “3. Mr. Griffin Goes to Washington”, scores 3/5 for violence, 4/5 for sex and 3/5 for language, for an overall kid-rating of 4/5 — Skip for under 14. A conglomerate buys Happy Go Lucky Toys and installs Peter (voice of series creator Seth McFarlane) as president. The conglomerate also owns a tobacco company, and before long Peter is on his way to Washington to testify before Congress on the benefits of smoking.

Across the episode we counted 20 flagged moments in 6 themes: Sex & hookups (1); Nudity & bodies (4); Porn / strippers / sex work (2); Violence & injury (2); Swearing (8); Alcohol & drugs (3). 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 S3 E3:

  • "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 4 moments

How Nudity & bodies shows up in Family Guy S3 E3:

  • Explicit body / sex-act language appears in dialogue.
  • How do you respond to that? Bababooie! Bababooie!|Howard Stern's penis! Bababooie! How long is Dad gonna be in Washington? As long as it takes.
  • Hey, what's your|wife's name? Vagina Coastguard? I'm kidding.
  • Naked people who may be willing|to pleasure you for a price you negotiate.

Porn / strippers / sex work 2 moments

How Porn / strippers / sex work shows up in Family Guy S3 E3:

  • |Killing strippers.
  • Strippers are people, too.

Violence & injury 2 moments

How Violence & injury shows up in Family Guy S3 E3:

  • (cocks gun) Pull.
  • Al Gore? George W Bush? - Yes?|- Yes? Great.

Swearing 8 moments

How Swearing shows up in Family Guy S3 E3:

  • (cocks gun) Pull.
  • And what's your friend's name? Dick Armey.
  • What's his name?|- Dick Armey.
  • Where the hell is Louie?|- You tell me.
  • What the hell? "El Dorado Cigarettes"?|That's who bought your company? Oh, my God!|They're trying to corrupt our children! Those bastards turned a whole generation|of Americans into smokers with subliminal advertising.
  • |- You make me sick, you fat sack of crap.
  • We need someone important like you|to go down to Washington and help those bastards see|what fun-loving people the tobacco industry's made of.
  • |Brian, could you pass me the TV guide? - Piss off!|- What? I'm sorry.

Alcohol & drugs 3 moments

How Alcohol & drugs shows up in Family Guy S3 E3:

  • Why? Why did I have to go and smoke pot|when I was pregnant with you? Cheer up.
  • Hello?|- Mr Weed? I can't come to work today.
  • Peter?|- Oh Hi, Mr Weed.

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